Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

When Yelu Nanyin brought a huge Silk Road convoy passing by the junction of Liao and Xia, suddenly a guard came to Yelu Nanyin to report.

"Princess Qi! The Xixia envoy is visiting!"

Yelu Nanyin couldn't help but frown. Why did the Xixia envoy find her, a princess with no real power, instead of going to Beijing?

"Invite him over!" Yelu Nanyin said, suppressing the doubts in his heart.

Soon, Weiming Awu came to Yelu Nanyin's horse! He solemnly bowed and said: "Farewell to Bianjing in the Song Dynasty, Princess Yelu is even more elegant than before!"

Weiming Awu and Yelu Nanyin had known each other for a long time when they were in Bianjing for peace talks with the Song Dynasty, but they didn't expect to meet at this moment.

"It turns out to be Sir Wei Ming. I wonder why you stopped Nanyin?" Yelu Nanyin said in surprise.

Wei Ming A Wu showed a trace of uneasiness and said: "Your Highness the Princess should know that the Song State broke off diplomatic relations with Daxia without any reason. Not only did it cut off the Sui coins, but also sealed all the forecourts. It is really too much to deceive people."

Yelu Nanyin said calmly: "If Xixia hadn't repeatedly violated the border, how could the Song Dynasty have done everything possible? It's Xixia's own fault for this matter."

This is not because Yelu Nanyin favors the Song Dynasty, but the attitude of many people in the Liao Kingdom. Although Song and Liao are at odds with each other and secretly compete with each other, no one knows that they cannot truly defeat each other.

Therefore, since the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries have not had a war for nearly a hundred years, which is extremely rare in any dynasty.

After Xixia and the Song Dynasty signed the Qingli Peace Agreement, they continued to fight many times. Xixia won the battle and extorted a sum of money from the Song Dynasty. If they lost, they took the Liao Kingdom to put pressure on the Song Dynasty! This rogue style of play annoyed the Liao Kingdom.

Weiming Awu was a determined opponent of the Song faction. Hearing this, he couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Song and Xia have been entangled in grievances for a long time, and it has long been difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong. However, the Song Dynasty cut off the currency and the market, and the Xia Dynasty The Queen Mother does not even have the latest silk clothes, and for fear of being disrespectful, she specially ordered her ministers to come to Princess Yelu to purchase a batch of Silk Road materials."

In the past, the Song Dynasty continuously sent coins to Xixia, and with the opening of the market, there was no shortage of these materials. Xixia could even sell these materials to the Uighurs and other countries in the Western Regions, earning a lot of profits.

Now in the Battle of Pingxia City, Xixia was defeated miserably. The Song Dynasty took the opportunity to retaliate and used the profits from the Silk Road to make Liao and Xia at odds. Xixia was completely isolated and helpless.

When Yelu Nanyin heard this, he waved his hand and said, "It's a simple matter. I'll prepare a generous gift for Mr. Weiming Awu to take back to Xingqing Mansion. It will be treated as a gift from Nanyin to Empress Dowager Xiaoliang."

Weiming Awu twitched his lips and said: "Thank you very much for Princess Nanyin's kindness. Xixia's intention is to establish a long-term cooperation with the princess and purchase a large amount of silk and other materials from the princess."

How can the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang be short of silk? This is just an excuse for Weiming Awu.

Yelu Nanyin was stunned when he heard this. It turned out that Xixia saw the huge benefits gained from the Liao Silk Road and couldn't help but want a piece of the pie.

At that moment, Yelu Nanyin pretended not to know: "So it turns out that Nanyin and Master Weiming Awu are old acquaintances. When Nanyin is sold to the countries in the Western Regions, it is sold at a price increase of five times. So, let's sell it to Xixia at four times the price." To demonstrate the friendship between Liao and Xia."

"Four times the price?"

Weiming Awu exclaimed that when Xixia was operating the Silk Road, they usually only doubled the price, or tripled the price at most, which was already a huge profit.

But now they directly sell it at a five-fold increase, and sell it to Xixia at a four-fold increase, but they still look at the friendship between Liao and Xia.

"Princess Yelu, are you kidding! We both know the price of silk in the Song Dynasty. It is too expensive to increase the price by four times!"

Weiming Awu smiled bitterly.

"Is it expensive?"

Yelu Nanyin asked back: "As long as I send this batch of materials to the Western Regions, let alone five times the price, when the supply is tight, the supply will still exceed demand at ten times the price."

Nowadays, only the Liao Kingdom can open up the Silk Road, and the Liao Kingdom can directly send Silk Road materials to Zhaisangbo Lake in the far west, eliminating the long journey of Hu merchants in the Western Regions, reducing most of the time, and at the same time avoiding The security is greatly improved against the invasion of sand pirates, and the price of five times is extremely reasonable. "

Weiming Awu was speechless. He naturally knew that Xixia increased the price of silk supplies by twice as much, while the Uighurs and other countries further away might increase the price even more.

Zhaisangbo is located to the west of the Uighurs in the Western Regions and closer to the Western Regions. The Liao Kingdom was vast and sparsely populated, almost running from east to west, and bordered the countries in the Western Regions, which greatly simplified the distance and risks of the Silk Road. In addition, This was the exclusive business of the Liao Kingdom, and of course the selling price also increased sharply.

"With such huge profits, no wonder the Liao Dynasty would be willing to give up the annual coins." Weiming Awu said bitterly in his heart.

Even so, Wei Ming A Wu could only hold his nose and buy a batch of Silk Road materials, including soaps and mirrors. After all, he could transport them back to Xixia and sell them at a higher price, which would also make a huge profit. Make a fortune.

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Xingqing Mansion!

Queen Mother Xiaoliang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Today, the situation in Xixia is very critical. Since the defeat of Pingxia City, her prestige in Xixia has plummeted, and various party ministries are increasingly dissatisfied with her.

According to past experience, even if Xixia is defeated, as long as they give in a little and win over the Liao Kingdom to use both soft and hard tactics, the Song Dynasty will immediately obediently send 300,000 yuan worth of annual coins to win over the leaders of the party departments.

However, this time she miscalculated, and the Song Dynasty went against the norm and directly cut off all the Xixia coins, closed the Song and Xia's convenient shopping malls, and used the benefits of the Silk Road to prevent the Liao Kingdom from helping each other.

Now Xixia has not only lost 300,000 yuan of annual coins, but also lost the financial source of the Silk Road, which has made the finances that were originally maintained by looting extremely tight.

"Reporting to the official family, the Jingsai Army Commander came to report that the Song army marched out of Pingxia City more than ten times in January and burned countless farmlands. Our Xixia people could not bear the disturbance and have retreated for more than 200 miles." In the court hall, Prime Minister Liang Yibu Report.

"Pingxia City!" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said through gritted teeth. The humiliation she had suffered under Pingxia City couldn't help but flood her heart.

What made her even more angry was that since the defeat of the Xia army in Pingxia City, the Song Dynasty used Pingxia City as a stronghold and implemented the tactics of shallow attacks and harassment of farming. It no longer went deep into the hinterland of Xixia to attack, and continued to invade the farming areas of Xixia. Xixia lost a large area of ​​grain-producing area, which made Xixia's already fragile economy even worse.

"Has the team that went to request a marriage ever sent back any news?"

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said helplessly that now that Xixia was at a disadvantage, they could only hope for help from the Liao Kingdom.

"To report to the Queen Mother, there is news from the Liao Kingdom. Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty believes that His Majesty is too young and it is too early to get married." Liang Yibu shook his head.

"Too early? It's common for people to get married on the twelfth or third day of the year. It's just right to get engaged now and get married in a few years." Empress Dowager Xiaoliang frowned. Most of the royal families get married at the age of fifteen, and Xixia has repeatedly requested for marriage. Although they do not get married immediately, it is not an exaggeration to get engaged first.

Liang Yibu said helplessly: "What Emperor Liao means is that according to the research of doctors in the Song Dynasty, it is most suitable for men to marry at the age of 18 and for women at the age of 16."

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's face suddenly turned red. How could the marriage between Liao and Xia be related to the research of the Song Dynasty doctors? This was obviously the Liao Kingdom's delaying technique. They did not want to offend the Song Dynasty prematurely and monopolize the benefits of the Silk Road. At the same time, they also wanted to Let Xixia continue to weaken the Song Dynasty.