Liu Qi didn't spend much effort to persuade more than a dozen small tribes such as Mosan, plus some tribes that had been officially appointed by the Great Song Dynasty, and more than 30,000 people were attached for a time. Mossan specially came to Shaanzhou, and the people on the other side of Hehuang knew that the center of Guanzhong had always been Chang'an City, and now I heard that the new Zhifu Division was in Qinzhou, not even Fengxiang Mansion, Mossan was a little relieved, and came to see Yang Zhi in person to talk about the truth.

Mo Sang brought 300 war horses as gifts, accompanied by Li Qiong to Qinzhou, Yang Zhi asked Fan Shiyan to prepare gifts at double the price, set up a banquet in the Zhifu Division, and called the chef of the fish and sheep to cook; The twenty-course flowing water table made Mossan eat very satisfied, and when he was half-drunk, Mossan asked Yang Zhi: "If I don't agree to join him, what will you do?"

"Are you testing me?" Yang Zhi sneered: "I will choose another person who is willing to belong, Hehuang all the way to the plateau, there are hundreds of tribes fighting on their own, and they are bullied by the Tangut and Tubo people, I believe that there will be someone willing to cooperate with me." ”

Mo Sang picked up his glass and said: "My lord, I just want to state a fact, we are all a nomadic people, and the Tangut people are also helpless, and there is nothing to embarrass us if they want to come to the Great Song Dynasty;

Yang Zhi looked at Mossan with disdain and said with a smile: "Mossan, don't forget, now I have hundreds of thousands of troops here, and no one can stop my army?"

Mossan snorted and said, "Our warriors are indeed inferior to the Western Xia army, but we are light horsemen. ”

Xu Wen, who accompanied him, laughed and said, "Jin Guo is also an iron horseman. ”

"You!" Mo Sang was furious, Huo Ran stood up, stared at Xu Wen for a long time and didn't speak; Mo Sang is not stupid, the Dingbei army in front of him fought all the way from Hedong, Guanzhong, and Bianliang, and wiped out more than 100,000 cavalry of the Jin State, and the cavalry really seemed to be useless. After a while, Mossan finally sat down slowly and asked Yang Zhi, "How are you doing?"

Yang Zhi smiled and asked Fan Shiyan to report the list of gifts to Mossan, and waited for Mosan to figure it out before he said: "Thousands of miles as an official is just for money, Mosang, it is a good thing for you to belong to the Great Song Dynasty for the tribe, why bother to spoil the harmony between us for the sake of a momentary anger? I can tell you clearly, as long as you listen to me, we will cooperate happily in the future and get rich together." ”

"Do you want to open up the road to the Western Regions?" Mo San's mind turned dissatisfied, Yang Zhi said lightly: "It's just a trade route, what's the matter? For the future, it's just some drizzle; when the Western Xia is defeated, I will arrange another field on Xihe Road, in addition to the business of tea and horses, there is also private business." ”

Even when Tong Guan was at his peak, he didn't dare to open a field on Xihe Road, and the chips offered by Yang Zhi were very high; Mo San's breathing became heavier, his face changed, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'll gamble with you, and the materials I need to raise every year can't be missing from me." ”

"Naturally. Fan Shiyan agreed: "This is a trivial matter, Mosan, after you are attached, we will be friends and colleagues, and it is only right to cooperate together." ”

Mo Sang was reminded by Fan Shiyan's words, and had to admit that Fan Shiyan was telling the truth, and his temptation here seemed meaningless, and might even be misunderstood; Mo Sang immediately changed his face, saying how he wanted to get the support of the imperial court. Yang Zhi stood up with a smile and said, "Since you have made up your mind, let's wait for good news." ”

Fan Shiyan exhaled softly, he didn't have too much to worry about Yang Zhi, Yang Zhi's rich experience in governing made him worry about Mossan's mysterious coalition army. According to Liu Qi's report, those tribes are working in one direction, and they are currently the only people who can use their official status to make transactions; Mosan's consent means that business will be prosperous in the future, and only when business is done, will the tea and horse division become a decisive force in Qinzhou.

After the negotiation of Mosan's affairs, it seems that the situation is very good, but Yang Zhi understands that the vast majority of the tribes in Hehuang will continue to wait and see, and will not make a decision between the Great Song and the Western Xia people in a short time; after all, these tribes are also armed, and in order to survive, it is entirely possible to give the Great Song or Western Xia a visit from time to time. If we want to stabilize the river, we must properly handle this aspect of the matter and strive to get more and more tribes to join us.

But Yang Zhi did not approve of the original Tong Guan method, spending money to buy land is not long-lasting, and secondly, it will let the castle built fall into the hands of these tribes, once the rebellion, it is more troublesome than before; this time the Western Xia and Jin attacked Guanzhong, at least a dozen castles in the Great Song Dynasty fell into the hands of these nomadic tribes, the most famous is Xining Prefecture, that is, the original Qingtang City, although it was captured by the Great Song Dynasty several times, but no Han people moved there, and each time it was taken away by the local tribe rebellion.

After the Hexi Uighurs were wiped out by the Western Xia, the people who escaped also became a nomadic tribe in the Hehuang area; Silian was once rewarded by Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and this time he claimed to be the governor of Xining Prefecture, but in fact he had no contact with Wang Shu and Xie Liang at all, and was completely trying to see if it was possible to restore the country in the chaos. Mossan also seemed to have a headache about this problem, and asked Yang Zhi for advice on how to implement great governance in the chaotic situation of Hehuang.

Yang Zhi said straight to the point: "I hope that Mosan can sincerely cooperate with us, don't think about anything anymore, as long as you defeat the Western Xia, those nomads will gradually settle down without the opportunity to bargain on both sides, but with the interference of the Gaochang Uighurs and the tribal alliance on the plateau, it is difficult to settle forever, but we can build Hehuang into a region no less than Gaochang." ”

Yang Zhi's attitude was sincere, and he didn't draw a circle to deceive people, but Mossan didn't believe that pies fell from the sky: "Can you really do it?"

"There's nothing that can't be done," Yang Zhi said calmly: "The general trend is irresistible, when Hehuang can live a stable life, even careerists can't stop the hope of their own people, when the time comes, I will help you build a fish and sheep fresh wine shop in the city where Hehuang is stationed, and help you build a money-making workshop." ”

Stimulated by the blueprint, Mo Sang personally wrote a document requesting to be attached; Yang Zhi reported to Taiyuan, Zhao Kai wrote to Runzhou, Song Huizong was overjoyed, and the Hehuang area was the historical Tuyuhun Road, and the Sino-Western traffic must pass through, and this trade route from the Western Regions to the Central Plains through the river was reopened, and the tributaries and merchants of the Western Regions countries could travel thousands of miles to detour through the river and go straight to the Great Song Dynasty. Such a grand occasion had already been seen by the monarchs and ministers of Song Huizong in the era of Wang Hou's reign in Xihe, and they had stronger confidence in this than Yang Zhi.