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Xie Qian said: "The imperial court allocated a large amount of sugar in various military towns in the north, and the demand for sugar cane also increased sharply, making the price of sugar cane more expensive than in the past. It seems that the merchants in the south are changing this situation."

Zhang An said casually: "That's right, didn't you also say that, if there is demand, there will be output."

Unraveling the potential but falling into thinking.

Zhang An asked curiously, "Xie Shuai, what are you thinking?"

"There are businessmen from Dali, Luo Dian, and Ziqi in Hengshanzhai Boyichang. The imperial court sent me here. One is to clear up the purchase of horses in the southwest and expand the trade of horses. The other is to establish a bridge from Hengshanzhai to Qinzhou Qinzhou has begun to build a seaport, so it seems that the South China Sea is more profitable than we imagined."

While talking, someone ran over from the front: "Xie Shuai, it's not good, there is a fight ahead, people from Qi State and our people are fighting."

Xie Qian hurriedly got up, wiped off the water on his body, and put on his clothes.

Zhang An went to lead the horse, Jie Qian got on the horse, and led the crowd to the Boyichang.

At this time, in front of the Bo Yichang, a group of people from Qi State took bows and arrows and shot towards the Bo Yichang one after another.

Several businessmen have been shot by arrows, and some businessmen from Dali Kingdom are among them.

The relationship between Qi State and Song Dynasty is actually very good.

They did a lot of business with Da Song at the Bo Yichang in Hengshan Village, West Guangnan Road.

In recent years, the purchase of horses in the southwest of the Great Song Dynasty has advanced by leaps and bounds, which has made the establishment of various post stations in the south very fast, which is inseparable from the Qi State.

But, some people from the country of Qi are very savage and irritable, and want to use a knife if they disagree with each other.

At this moment they were shooting arrows and roaring angrily.

A man named Ding Wu scolded in the local dialect: "These Song people have nothing good, kill them all! Kill them!"

The merchants in Boyichang ran away without even taking their goods, and the horses there were also frightened.

When Jie Qian rushed over with his people, seeing such a scene, he couldn't help being furious: "Array!"

Song Jun immediately took out his crossbow, stepped forward one after another, and hid behind wooden boards and earthen walls.

Zhang An is proficient in the language of Qi, he shouted loudly: "Put down your arms, we have discussed in advance, everyone is here to do business."

Ding Wu shouted loudly: "Don't listen to their nonsense, shoot them dead!"

Xie Qian said, "What did they say?"

"They said they were going to kill us."

"what reason?"

"Maybe the deal didn't work out."

"If you don't agree on a deal, you're going to kill someone?"

"These self-proclaimers have a bad temper and are very barbaric. They used to kill people in this area, and it's useless for the government to control them."

Xie Qian said angrily, "Then what are you talking about, kill them!"

"Wait, Xie Shuai, killing these people will affect the transaction in the horse market."

"If you don't punish them severely, there will never be peace here. Peace is not brought about by patience. Since Qi State and our dynasty are also considered good friends, but these people don't take the relationship between the two countries seriously. They don't respect us. Don't even think that we respect them!" Xie Qian said angrily, "Shoot to kill!"

"Order!"

Song Jun received the order and began to rush out in groups of three or five.

The Song army at the front held their shields, and someone behind them held crossbows and arrows, as well as knives and axes, forming a small formation and advancing quickly.

The bow and arrow shot from Qi State in front bounced off the shield, and the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed.

The crossbowmen of the Song Army rushed out and started shooting at those people, and screams rang out.

After the two sides shot a wave, the Song Army knives and axemen rushed out, holding sharp weapons, and slashed at the enemy's head.

click...

The bones were split by sharp knives and axes, the tendons and bones were broken, and blood poured out.

After some battles, the people from Qi State suffered heavy losses, and the rest fled one after another. Na Dingwu was captured alive and handed over to Xie Qian.

This relationship in the Southwest is now being slowly smoothed out by Zhao Ning.

The most powerful state in the southwest is the Dali Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty further strengthened its control over the Dali court.

From a long-term strategic point of view, Dali's territory must be incorporated in the future.

From the current point of view, using economic means to weaken Dali and take out more tea leaves will have immediate benefits:

[-]. It can be the main force for the export of Qinzhou seaport.

Second, it can supplement the shortage of tea consumption in the Song Dynasty.

Third, there can be strategic resources to enrich the grassland tea diplomacy.

There is another thing, which is also an inseparable part of the Southwest Strategy.

what?

Yunnan horse!

Many sources of these Yunnan horses were obtained by Qi people.

The Yunnan horse is related to the post station and transportation system in the south, and the resources in the south are related to the recovery speed of people's livelihood in the north.

So, in fact, from these points of view, Hengshan Village on Guangnan West Road not only directly involves tea, horses and sea transportation, but also a great supplement to the transportation capacity of the south.

When the number of such Yunnan horses increased, the speed of transporting sugar cane and tea from the south to the north would also increase.

Chapter 884 Completely Get Through the Southwest (Second Change)

"What! Ding Wu was captured by the people of Song Dynasty!" Zi Qi was taken aback.

Although Ding Wu is greedy and domineering, he is Ziqi's confidant.

"Yes, leader, the Song people killed many of us." The man who escaped briefly explained the situation at that time.

Of course, in their mouths, the reason for the conflict was that the other party was arbitrarily unreasonable and refused to accept the price set on the spot.

This angered all the people from Qi, so the two sides fought.

Ah Wei stood up and said: "Father, the Song people are really too much. We keep sending them horses and tea. They say that those who kill us will kill our people. If we don't get justice this time, how will we tell the people below?" Confess!"

"How do you want justice?"

"Gather a group of people immediately and go to Hengshan Village!"

"Do you know that there is news from Dali that Gao Liangcheng has been escorted to the capital of Song Dynasty?"

"High success?" Ah Wei was taken aback.

Ah Wei didn't even take Duan Zhengyan seriously, but he definitely didn't dare not take high-quality results seriously.

The Wuman tribes rebelled against Dali and attacked the eastern capital of Dali, and the Dali army retreated steadily. It was Gao Liangcheng who stepped forward to turn the tide and change the entire situation of the war.

These Wuman tribes are naturally the people from the Qi Kingdom in front of them.

They are Gao Liangcheng's defeated opponents, and they hate and fear Gao Liangcheng.

However, now that Gao Liangcheng was escorted to the capital of Song Dynasty, how could everyone not be shocked?

It is a completely different thing to die on the battlefield and be escorted to the enemy's capital.

The death on the battlefield may be due to a temporary misjudgment during the war.

But being escorted to the enemy's capital meant a total defeat and gave up resistance.

"Even Gao Liangcheng has surrendered, what are we going to use to fight Da Song?" Ziqi coughed twice and sighed, "It has been 34 years since I raised troops to build a country, and the fastest growing power in our country is indeed In the past few years, just because the people of Song Dynasty opened a trade fair in Hengshan Village, we can buy horses in Dali Kingdom and sell horses and tea to Hengshan Village to make money."

This is from Qi State, which is a very strange small country in ancient China.

It is sandwiched between Dali and Dasong. Dali produces horses and tea, and Dasong needs horses and teas. He resells them in the middle to make a profit.

In the official history, he also played like this, earning a lot of money.

Ah Wei asked: "Then what should we do now?"

"Go to Hengshan Village and talk to the Song people." Ziqi said, "I heard that the Zhao Guan family of the Song Dynasty is a very powerful monarch, and he will not allow anyone to ride on the head of the Song Dynasty. If you want to make money, you have to be more polite."

"How polite, it's those Song people who don't follow the rules when buying and selling, and change their minds on the spot at the agreed price!"

"Then the two parties agree on a price, and they are not allowed to change it arbitrarily in the future."

Ah Wei sighed, and said, "Yes, I'll just take a trip."

In late May, Ah Wei arrived at Hengshan Village and met Xie Qian.

More than 200 people from the Qi State died in the last conflict, which was the first time since the Song Dynasty traded with the Qi State.

In the past few years, some people from Qi State were extremely arrogant and domineering in Hengshan Village, Guangnan West Road turned a blind eye.

But this time, Xie Qian was ruthless.

After Ah Wei arrived, he said very bluntly: "We have always supported Da Song very much in the past, but Da Song killed so many of us. How should you explain this matter?"

Zhang An said, "It was your people who made the first move."

"But your people have temporarily changed their minds and are unwilling to trade at the previous price."

Zhang An told Xie Qian what A Wei said.

Xie Qian said: "Commercial transactions are voluntary. They are unwilling to trade at the previous price, which means that the previous price was too high. You have a caravan to offer a lower price. If anyone is like you, if they are not satisfied, they will kill them. How can you sit still for a long time after this business?"

A only time speechless.

But he still forced himself to bite the bullet and said: "If you can't give an explanation, we will stop sending horses and tea."

Xie Qian said: "You don't need to make a decision, the commander has already ordered that people from Qi State are not allowed to enter Hengshanzhai Boyichang for the time being."

A Wei suddenly turned pale with shock, he actually just wanted to put pressure on Xie Qian, so as to take the opportunity to ask for a price.

Unexpectedly, the other party would not give this opportunity at all.

"Aren't you short of horses?"

"Horses are bought by people, and when people are gone, what do you need horses for?"

Ah Weiji didn't know how to refute.

If Hengshan Village really does not allow people from Qi State to enter, then Qi State will suffer a great loss.

You know, since the state of Qi does not farm land, and there is no mine at home, why can it stand between Song Dynasty and Dali?

Its way of survival is the middleman.

In China, most people are extremely rich.

Why?

It's not about relying on Da Song, the gold master.

Doing business with the benefactor, dare to beat the benefactor?

Is there such a reason in the world?

Of course!

For example, the Qing Dynasty.

But the current Song Dynasty is not at the mercy of others.

Ziqi himself knew very well, so he sent his son to clarify the good words.

Ah Wei said on the spot: "Please calm down, this is something we did wrong."

Xie Qian didn't speak.

After a moment of silence, Ah Wei said: "What does Shangguan want, why not put forward a condition."

Xie Qian said: "We must guarantee that we will not do anything indiscriminately in the future."

"Okay! Absolutely guaranteed!"

"Cash must be used!"

"Ok?"

"The commander-in-chief said that in the future, you must use the banknotes to make transactions at the Hengshanzhai Boyichang!"

"Pay money?"

Xie Qian took out a note worth 10 Wen from his pocket, and Zhang An handed it to A Wei.