The field is run and managed by the government, and both sides have official officials in the field. The Song Dynasty set up official positions such as raising, arranging, proposing, raising, standing, and escorting, and the official positions of the Western Xia were borrowed from the Song Dynasty, except for the addition of a field envoy, the rest were almost the same.

One of the important duties of these officials was to inspect the goods exchanged by merchants of the two countries and not allow unapproved goods to leave the customs, much like the customs authorities of later generations. Therefore, the field can circulate the flower paste, but it is basically hopeless to exchange it for a large number of horses, camels, and yak horns.

So Hong Tao naturally thought of another way, that is, smuggling. Since green salt can be smuggled, so should flower paste. In terms of ease of carrying and weight, the unit value of flower paste is much higher than that of green salt, and the smaller the goods and the higher the unit price, the more suitable for smuggling

The word smuggling must have been invented later, but the concept should have been around for a long time. The border people on both sides will exchange as long as there is a demand, regardless of the regulations of the imperial court. Such a long border could not be completely blocked even under the conditions of developed transportation and communication in later generations, let alone in ancient times.

If you are not a border person, you are not familiar with the human geography of the border, and you don't know the Xixia tribe, it is really not easy to smuggle. The border areas are inherently populated, and many areas are uninhabited, except for some key points. In addition, both sides have heavy troops in the border area, and if they are not careful, they will be beaten with chickens and eggs, and they will lose their wives and lose their troops.

This is what Hong Tao needs Fu Ji to do, she wants to create one or N smuggling channels for herself, and establish good personal relations with the merchants and tribal nobles on the border of Western Xia, so that it is possible to exchange for scarce materials.

How to get in touch with the nobles of the Western Xia tribe? There must be a reason to make the other person happy. It is not safe to use flower paste directly, and a medium is needed, and Hong Tao chose books first.

The Tangut people were particularly interested in the books of the Song Dynasty because they were culturally very dependent on the Song Dynasty, which was a bit like the United States in later generations, although many countries condemned and cursed all day long, but their bones were invaded by American culture every day, and they could not stop it.

Culture is a tornado, the more developed it is, the closer it gets to the center, and then it sucks everything around it and spins it with it, whether the other person likes it or not.

According to the materials held by Hong Tao, since Li Yuanhao's father Li Deming, he has constantly asked the Northern Song Dynasty court for books, and each time he has exchanged horses for them.

What kind of books are you changing? The Tripitaka has the most, with four times; The Nine Classics, the History of the New Tang Dynasty, the Yuan Turtle of the Book of Books, the Nine Classics of Justice, and Mencius are second.

On the one hand, the Tangut people believed in Buddhism, and on the other hand, it also showed that the printing technology of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time was much higher than that of the Tangut. Other books can be improvised, but Buddhist scriptures and scriptures and historical classics really can't be improvised. If you can't print it yourself or the quantity is insufficient, you can only use horses to change it.

In fact, these tomes of books were also very valuable in the Song Dynasty, and it was not easy to print engravings, especially scriptures, which often had dozens or hundreds of volumes, and it was a big project to engrave a engraving, and it was even more difficult to preserve them for a long time.

Compared with engraving books, the font of the books printed by Hoedo may not be very suitable for the taste of high-end cultural people, but it is not enough to hold up, and the lead characters are more clear and neat, which is an advantage for people who do not pursue the ultimate.

The most important thing is that the cost is cheap, you can print when you want, it doesn't matter if you wear out, you can get some lead and cast a batch with a copper mold.

If the print volume is large, there is almost no cost other than the cost of paper. Therefore, the Hoedodo prints can be used with better paper and more exquisite binding, but the price is much lower than that of the engraving prints.

“…… Ji is not familiar with the party members, how to start and ask the officials to make it clear. "Hong Tao's plan is very good, but it is even more difficult to listen to Fu Ji's ears. No matter how difficult it is for her to do business in the Song Kingdom, she is not afraid, but if she wants to do business with party members, she has no experience and no connections.

"It's okay, I've already helped you solve the matter of the party people. In a few days, a woman named Aunt Han will come to you, just do what she says. Don't ask who Aunt Han is, and don't ask her how she knows Xia Guoren. Don't ask anything, try to meet the needs of the Xia people, and make an attitude that you want to do business with them. Oh, by the way, it is the material that allows you to meet the needs of the Xia people, not your people. In this regard, Aunt Han will arrange it, you don't have to get involved! I will ask Zhu Bajin to arrange a few capable apprentices to accompany you, if the other party has a part, you can call someone to rescue, you must pay attention to your own safety. ”

Hong Tao had already arranged for this problem, and it was an idle move for Zhu Bajin to bring the two people wearing hooded cloaks. The two of them ...... No, it should be the two of them. That's right, those are two women, not too young, one is called Aunt Han and the other is called Hua Sanniang.

What do they do? At this time, it was called bustard or mother, and later generations were called mommy or nightclub manager. Actually, it's all the same thing, old bustard!

These two mothers both run an hotel, one is in Xiaoguanzi Street outside Chongming Gate, and the other is in Xiji'er Lane. Both of them have two common characteristics, Hu people and foreign women, and they are protected by Zhu Bajin's apprentices.

The last time Hong Tao was drinking tea at the Huangjianzui Tea Shop, he accidentally learned that the Liao delegation lived in the Xidu Pavilion on the opposite side, and the Xia delegation was in the Duting Station in the east of the city, so he had an idea to find someone to approach them, which may be the only people from the two countries he could contact without leaving the city.

How to get in touch with it? It's definitely no fun to play poetry and songs, and you can't keep your level as high as those envoys who advocate Central Plains culture. It will definitely not be possible to find Wang Anshi to send someone to introduce him, this kind of contact must be non-governmental, and do not have anything to do with the government.

So Hong Tao thought of women, not that his thoughts were dirty, but a habit he developed in later generations. Whether it's talking about business or entrusting someone to do things, it is not sincere enough to eat, wash and play first. If you think that ancient people were also people, it shouldn't be too vulgar.

It's still the same reason.,I can't play with the tune of the female singer in the Qinglou by myself.,Just pull the lower limit to the end.,See if you can make a fuss on the hotel.。

Who to ask about this? can only be Zhu Bajin, and only he is more familiar with market culture. The result made Hong Tao very pleasantly surprised, according to Zhu Bajin, he not only knew his mother in the hotel, but also had many apprentices who worked as bodyguards for the hotel.

Come to think of it, his apprentices don't know anything other than sumo fighting, and they won't all starve to death if they don't collect some protection money.

So these two Zhu Bajin personal guarantee of the most reliable mother was invited to the Horse Mansion, by Hong Tao face-to-face teaching the opportunity to begin to deliberately curry favor with those who came to the store to consume the Liao and Xixia people, the main target is the entourage of the two countries' missions.

The real envoy can't look down on this kind of hotel, even if he goes out to play, he will go to the Qinglou. Hong Tao also did not intend to get to know these officials, they were more vigilant and more conscious.

On the contrary, the retinues are more useful, because they come from different tribes, and if they are not in order, they will be close to the border areas. Who doesn't have a few relatives and friends, as long as they see enough benefits and there is no overtly obvious traitorous behavior, these ordinary people will not think too much.

This arrangement was launched at the end of last year, but I didn't expect good news to come in March, a Hu female prostitute under Aunt Han succeeded.

The target's Han name was Ahmad, who was of low status and was a groom in the Western Xia mission. However, his tribe happened to graze cattle in the area of Xiliangfu in the Xixia Hexi region, which was very close to the border.

Ahmad, when he heard this name, Hong Tao felt that something was wrong, he should not be a member of the party. It turned out that Ahmad was a Uighur.

After the Uighur Khanate was destroyed, one group moved to the Turpan Basin, where it became known as the Uighurs. One group moved west to the west of the Green Ridge and was called the Green Ridge Uighurs, and the other moved to the Hexi Corridor and became known as the Yellow Headed Uighurs.

The Yellow Uighurs were the closest to the Central Plains, and were first attacked by the Liao State, then Li Yuanhao took the opportunity to enter and was scattered again, and some of the Yellow Head Uighurs submitted to the Xia State. Ahmad was a yellow-headed Uighur who had migrated several times and settled near the Slaughtering Bull Ridge.

The yellow-headed Uighurs do not mean that their hair is yellow, but that it is translated from the Turkic language. In Turkic language, these tribes are known as Saarighul.

Sari means yellow, and Ughul means Uighur. In fact, the Uyghurs in later generations were the Uighurs who moved to the Turpan Basin.

Although they were submissive, the lives of the yellow-headed Uighurs did not change substantially, and most of them lived as herds and worked part-time as coppersmiths. However, the policy adopted by the party members against these foreigners was to fend for themselves, and when they were conscripted, they were conscripted to levy more troops, and when they divided the spoils of war, they were left behind, and they often had to requisition craftsmen who knew how to work in their crafts, and it was not uncommon for them to be forced to buy and sell.

And even if you fight bravely and make repeated military exploits, it is difficult to be promoted, because the party members have adopted the official system, and important official positions must be held by the party members, not the same clan at most as a small official. Like Ahmad, he still serves people.