Although the Western Envoy City is still called a city, it is just a name that has been preserved, and it has long lost the appearance of a city. The walls of the www.biquge.info have fallen into decay, and the grass grows in a mess, and the city gate does not know where to go. Most of the houses in the city were already in ruins, and tents were scattered in the open spaces.

A few merchants in Han costumes walked on the street and said to the people who led the way: "This city seems to be much more lively than a few days ago, and the king of Yuzang has a skill in governance." ”

The man said: "Now after autumn, the cattle and sheep are fat and strong, and naturally there are more people in the city." ”

After walking a short distance, I saw a shop on the side of the road, which was very tidy and tidy, and there was a crowd of people in front of the shop. There is a sign hanging in front of the door, which looks like it sells groceries, just like the custom of the Han region.

"After a few months, the business of this shop seems to be much bigger!"

"That's natural, they sold a lot of novelty goods from the Sansi shop in Qinzhou, and the leaders of the surrounding clan tents came here to buy them. They don't know how much money they get into their accounts every day, but it's not that the business is getting bigger and bigger! ”

"I see! I didn't expect that the foresters had such skills to traffic goods from Qinzhou here. I've known the forester before, and he's done a good job, so it's time to go over and congratulate him! ”

The person who led the way said impatiently: "That's it, the forester has made money outside and has already returned to his hometown." The current staff member is a relative of his hometown, who bought his shop a few months ago, and is not someone you used to know. The king waits, let's not make extraneous branches. ”

The official said that it was a pity, so he had to dispel this thought, and followed the leader all the way to the city.

In the grocery store, Director Peng, who was taking care of the business in front, looked at the people in the shop, and the corner of his eye swept to the group of people on the road outside, and couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly. commanded the little guy next to him, turned around and entered a side room.

After a while, a shrewd and capable man came in and bowed to Director Peng.

Carefully looking at the surroundings and seeing that there was nothing abnormal, the drum supervisor said to the man who came in: "The few people who walked by on the street just now, I looked like Qiao Guanren who was selling smuggled salt nearby, and they were led by a person in charge of the palace of the Great King of Yuzang. These smuggled salt sellers are now in the Western Envoy City, but I am afraid that it will be related to the war, so you can go out and investigate. ”

The man promised, turned around to leave, and was stopped by Director Peng.

"Our every move in the Western Envoy City is easy to attract attention, you should be careful in everything, don't miss the line. Go out first to buy a drawer of tofu from the Wang's shop at the end of the road, and then buy a sheep, and inquire by the way. - I really can't find out the news and there is nothing, let's not think of a way, just don't let people see the flaws! ”

The man solemnly agreed, and then saluted and turned around and walked out of the room.

Sansi Shop wholesaled a large number of novelty goods from the mainland in Qinzhou, which quickly changed the retail industry in this area. Originally, all kinds of grocery stores and merchant stalls were operated by Han people from the mainland, and Jiyisi cooperated with Sansi Shops to install their people in this business network. These people do business normally on weekdays, and collect news, and every day some people gather the news they receive and use the opportunity to sell goods to send it to Qinzhou. In this era, there is not much sense of secrecy about major military affairs, so the activities of collecting intelligence are not considered espionage activities at all, and there is no slightest precaution. The fact is that Xu Ping was too strict with the various regulations set by these people, and the surrounding Tibetan tribes did not know about it at all, of course, such too strict restrictions ensured the normal operation of the system, so that the Qinzhou Marshal Mansion has always firmly controlled the movements of the surrounding forces.

In addition to Jiyisi, Wang Kai's subordinates also have intelligence collection agencies, mostly using the identities of mobile businessmen, Jianghu Langzhong, various monks, and even mobile artists to inquire about the surrounding areas. The two intelligence systems run in parallel, do not interfere with each other, and do not know each other. The information collected corroborates each other, one is to ensure accuracy, and the other is to ensure that there are no omissions as much as possible.

Qiao Guanren went all the way to Yuzang's tent, and after waiting for a while, he was led into the tent.

As soon as I entered the tent, I saw a British Wuhan son in his thirties sitting on the guest seat, with bald hair and a party outfit.

Yu Zang Hua Ma on the main seat said: "Qiao Guanren, this one is the admirer of the Xishou Supervisor Military Division, come forward to see the salute!" ”

can make Yu Zang Huama pay so much attention, Qiao Guanren knew that it was a big man in the party, and he was busy stepping forward to salute and call him an adult.

The habit of the party is to call high-ranking officials adults. Since Yuan Hao established the legal system, it has been called so in their documents, and I don't know where it was inherited, it may be the old customs of Qiang. This habit is just like the Han people call officials officials, which is almost the same, they are all from bottom to top, and they are used when they don't know the exact official position.

The official system of the party is mainly learned from the Great Song Dynasty, with the same Zhongshu and the Privy Council, and even the Kaifeng Mansion in the capital, and the habits of some officialdom are the same. For example, civil officials are respected, officials of the same level get along, and civil officials are superior. However, when the Han and Tibetan officials were together, the Song Dynasty respected the Han officials, and the Fan officials were under the Han officials regardless of their rank. In turn, the party is honored by the Tibetan officials, and when the official rank is high, the high-ranking officials are respected, and when the official ranks are the same, they are ranked by the Fan, Han, Han, Tubo, and Uighur.

With such officialdom habits, the appreciators are quite arrogant, and said to Yu Zanghuama: "King, we are talking about military affairs, what are you going to do with a few Han smugglers?" Do they have knives and guns? ”

Yu Zanghua Ma said: "Lord Dutong, don't underestimate these people, they sell smuggled salt near Qinzhou, which is illegal and forbidden in the Song Kingdom, and idlers can't do it." Dancing knives and guns, they are all good hands. - But this time they were summoned not to help us in the war, but to do something on our behalf that we would not be able to do on our own. ”

The appreciator said coldly: "Is there anything we can't do?" Ask them to do it! ”

This time, the troops were sent out to borrow the soldiers and horses of the heavy reward, and Yu Zang Huama did not bother with the rewarders, and said: "There are also salt wells in Guweizhou, and green and white salt has always been produced, and these people are also selling it." The three divisions of Qinzhou sell fine salt, and these tribes with salt ponds also have a lot of losses. ”

Qiao Guanren hurriedly said: "The king only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other. When Sansi Shop first sold fine salt, the Shangding and Qingtang tribes who had salt ponds did have many complaints, but soon Sansi Shop agreed to accept their salt and appeased them. ”

"Sell the salt to the three shops, where can you fry the salt yourself and sell it happily? I don't believe they swallowed it like that! ”

Qiao Guanren lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Everyone buys fine salt, and we have also lost our way out, and we have been thinking of a way these days." The Nazhi Lin felt of the Qingtang clan is the same in the clan, and he is very satisfied with the salt of the third division shop, which we can't imagine. It's the Shang Ding—"

Yu Zanghua Ma saw that there was a play, and hurriedly asked: "Is there a way for the Shangding clan?" ”

Qiao Guanren groaned: "I can't say that there is a way, I can only give it a try." The Shangding clan asked Qinzhou for quality many years ago and sent their young son to the Nazhi courtyard. I didn't want the new marshal of Qinzhou to come, so he released all the protons in the Naqin courtyard and taught them to read and write. I learned very well and was given a name by the imperial court, and maybe there will be an official and a half position on my body in the future. The leader wanted to welcome the priest back to the clan and take over the position of leader. As a result, his eldest son, the blind priest, became disgruntled. If we have a heart, we can put some effort into the blind priest's heart. The Shangding people are a large ethnic group in the ancient area, especially the tribes south of the Wei River, who listen to their orders. With the help of the Shangding clan, the king's dispatch of troops this time would be half of the success. ”

Yuzang Huama was overjoyed when he heard it: "We sent troops this time, facing the Xuanwei Army from Kaifeng at the mouth of the Sandu River, although the number of the army is not large, but it is said that it is the elite of the forbidden army, and it cannot be underestimated!" If the Shangding clan rises to help, the Xuanwei army will be attacked by the enemy, and the help is not small! Qiao Guanren, if you can succeed this time, I will reward you here! ”

Although the rewarder is arrogant, in the end he is leading the troops to fight, hearing this, he knows that this Qiao official is not a small help, temporarily put away his arrogance, and said to him: "You go to him and say to him, if he can bring the Ding people to help him, not only the king of Yuzang will reward him, but our party will also reward him." When Qinzhou is defeated, all the Guwei area can be handed over to his clan. In addition, whether it is gold, silver, silk, cattle, sheep and horses, or armor and staff, we can give it to him! ”

Qiao Guanren said with a happy face: "If an adult guarantees it like this, this matter is half of it!" However, there is no basis for words, and it is better to have a token of mine that I will carry, and show it to the blind priest when the time comes, so that he can know that what I say is true. ”

"Tokens?" The appreciator touched himself, and he didn't know what to give to Qiao Guanren for a while. Finally, he untied the treasure belt on his waist and handed it to Qiao Guanren. "This treasure belt was given to me by Wuzhu himself when I was the captain of the Iron Cavalry by Wuzhu's side, and it has always been very precious. This time, you will carry this treasure belt, and I am afraid that the people of the Shangding clan will not believe it! ”

Wuzhu is the meaning of Qingtianzi in the party language, Yuan Hao called the emperor, called himself Wuzhu, which means that the emperor of the Central Plains is Huang Tianzi, he is the son of Qingtian, and he is on an equal footing. In Chinese, Wuzhu means emperor. There are 3,000 iron horsemen in Yuan Hao's guards, divided into ten teams, and the rewarder Buri Yuan is one of the ten captains, and he was sent to the Xishou Supervision Military Division this time.

Qiao Guanren received the treasure belt, which was just made of gold, and it was inlaid with a lot of precious stones, which was indeed very precious. This kind of treasure belt is definitely not worn by ordinary people, and it should be able to bluff the blind priest's heart.

After receiving the treasure belt, Qiao Guanren said again: "With the token, it is best to have a letter from an adult, so that it is good to talk about the Shangding clan." ”

"What's so hard about that!" The appreciator recruited the accompanying scribes, helped write the letter, and used the flower charge himself to deliver it to the Qiao officials.

Qiao Guanren took the letter and said with a smile: "With the trust of the adults so much, this matter has become seven or eight points!" ”