I saw those people rushing up.

The iron head did not move, and the four servants beside him met him. They used short sticks to block them, and they had already pulled the knife out of half the sheath.

"Outside, Duan Jue, the foreign minister, has met Liu Zhengjian."

Liu An did not return the gift, but just said in a simple manner: "Come again the day after tomorrow."

"Yes, yes." Duan Jue leaned back.

Liu An only gave a half salute, turned around and went back to the house, and Tietou ordered people to close the door.

On the way to the backyard, Liu An said to Tietou: "Go and ask what these people do, what do they do? What does Dali Duan want to get from me?"

"Yes, lord."

Duan Jue outside the door sighed and turned around and left.

He was also sad.

Originally, he thought that he would lose the Lingzhou of the Song Dynasty and have no source of horses, so he would increase the price of horses three times to make huge profits. But who would have thought that the daily forage fees he brought was almost impossible to afford.

However, the merchants of the Song Dynasty were extremely united.

Before Lingzhou had a fruit, the horse merchants gritted their teeth and waited for the result.

No one bought his horse. At present, even if he has dropped to half the price, no one still bought it.

And not only horses, but also all kinds of goods brought from Dali were not cashed in a penny.

The weak civil servants of the Song Dynasty do not mean that the weak people of the Song Dynasty do not mean.

I think when the Song Dynasty was destroyed by Mongolia, how many people would rather jump into the sea and commit suicide than live.

Dali took advantage of the crisis of the Song Dynasty and made the wealth of the Song Dynasty. The merchants in Bianliang City joined forces very hard, and they would not fight for anything else, but to fight for this breath.

At present, the horses from Lingzhou are sent to Bianliang in large numbers, and the merchants are more united and tougher.

I just don’t buy your Dali horses or Dali goods.

Duan Jue had no money anymore, he begged many people and spent all his money. He also had a treasure that he planned to use for his last chance.

That is Liu An.

Liu An is too lazy to think about what Dali people want to do.

At least it is certain that Dali people do not want to be enemies with the Song Dynasty. Dali is actually not weak. If the Song Dynasty does not want to compete for national strength, there is no way to deal with Dali.

However, now, Liu An is going to go back to sleep.

But unexpectedly, someone knocked on the door again.

Not knocking, but smashing.

This rhythm, this sound...

Your own people.

Tietou quickly went to open the door, and saw Pan Su, the old king of the Pan family, following ten imperial guards and two young eunuchs.

"Receive the order."

"After the middle of the night, I will accept the order." Liu An sighed that he still reacted quickly. If he said the wrong thing just now, he would be impeached by the censor until he had no desire to live.

Time goes back half an hour ago.

The Palace of the Song Dynasty, the Harem.

The emperor and the empress came out of a concubine's palace, and there were crying behind her.

Empress Guo said to the emperor: "The official family, the fourth brother, Zhou Ji, are you really not going to do it?"

The emperor shook his head: "If you don't do it, I feel uncomfortable."

The fourth brother is the emperor's fourth son, Zhao Zhi. In short, he has been dead for almost a year, and the emperor doesn't want to hold an anniversary celebration, not just because he feels uncomfortable.

But I have five sons in total, and three are dead now.

It's terrible that the cause of death is the same.

smallpox.

Therefore, the emperor was a little scared and was even more worried that some bad words would be spread in the palace.

In real history, the emperor had six sons in total, and five of them died prematurely.

Queen Guo suddenly said, "How many days will you let Brother You leave the palace and stay?"

“Okay.”

Queen Guo said again: "Brother You lived with Miss Pan Liu. They were playing together a few years ago."

"Okay." The emperor thought it was also appropriate.

The atmosphere in the palace has not been very good recently.

Then, Pan Su came to smash the door, saying that Duke Xin was coming to live for a month, and asked Liu An to take care of him, leaving Pan Su to bring ten imperial guards to be responsible for safety, and the eunuch who announced the order was back.

Duke Xinguo Zhao You, eight years old this year.

He was eight years old and was born in the winter of the first year of Zhidao. To be precise, he is six years and eight months old.

Zhao You wore two small braids with sheep horns, a silk jacket, and a red face on his face.

As soon as he entered the yard, the little thing ran to the backyard, stopped after a few steps, and shouted at Liu An: "Take me to find Sister Six."

Then, Liu An lifted the little thing to her collar.

"You, what are you? You dare...dare...dare when you see me!" The little guy waved his fist, because his collar was pulled by Liu An, but he couldn't touch Liu An's clothes. He didn't have the strength to move any longer after a while.

Liu An didn't answer either.

Pan Su then stepped forward: "I said brother-in-law, this one is..."

"Don't worry." Liu An stopped Pan Su and continued, carrying Zhao You to the study.

The little thing soon had an intimate contact with the carpet. He never expected that someone would dare to throw it on the ground, and throw it face down on the ground.

The little thing Zhao You jumped up, he was taking revenge because he knew, God, his second brother.

"Hey, little girl, what's your name?"

Little...girl...maid!!!

Although Zhao You was young, he knew that he was a boy. He was only four inches long and had no edge. In fact, the wooden sword was covered with a layer of silver paint and held in Zhao You's hand: "I, I am Duke Xinguo."

Liu An grabbed Zhao You's braid: "Female Duke?"

"you……"

"Wearing colorful, women's clothing?"

"Come, my country's Duke wants to hit you."

Zhao You shouted three times, but he and Liu An were still the only ones in the room. The little guy felt a little fear, and the guy in front of him seemed to be unable to beat him.

Liu An took out a box of cookies from his desk and put it in front of Zhao You as if he was a magician.

Zhao You approached and smelled it, and reached out to take it, but Liu An hit it in his hand with a small ruler.

Take it again, and hit it again.

"Give me, my country's official rewards you with 10,000 yuan."

"No, one dollar."

Zhao You touched his body for a long time, and he had half a penny. After a few strokes, Zhao You pulled off his belt: "For you, change it, this is worth five pennies, no, ten pennies."

The little thing is very good at counting, and the box has exactly ten biscuits.

Liu An shook his head: "I don't want a belt, I want money."

"I have no money."

"How about changing to a boy's clothes, two cents, and memorizing a piece of paper and a penny?"

Zhao You thought about it and nodded: "Okay."

Liu An opened the door and asked Tietou to prepare his clothes.

A quarter of an hour later, the gorgeous Duke of Xinguo became a farmer's child wearing linen clothes. He no longer had small braids and wrapped a scholar's hair bun on his head with linen cloth.

After getting two biscuits, Zhao You only ate one piece and put the other aside.

“Not to eat.”

"Leave it to Sister Six."

Liu An was surprised that this kid is affectionate and loyal.

Liu An took a pen and wrote sixty words, then placed the paper in front of Zhao You: "Can you read it?"

Zhao You shook his head.
Chapter completed!