Mou Yu Khan snorted coldly. He grew up on the grassland and had no idea what fairness was.
His mother was just the daughter of a Lite merchant kidnapped by Gel Khan. After giving birth to Mou Yu Khan, no one cared about her, and she lived in the most dilapidated tent in the royal tent.
Mou Yu Khan was able to transform from a neglected merchant's son to the current owner of the grassland. Nothing was a fair exchange for him.
But Mou Yu Khan also knew that equal exchange is the most important principle for merchants to trade.
Shang Bo said: "Let the merchants of the Tang Dynasty enter the grassland and trade at our trading station in the Tang Dynasty."
Mou Yu Khan was stunned. Is this what Datang asked for?
However, it was very common for Tang Dynasty merchants to enter the grasslands before the Baowen Mountain Tea and Horse Market was opened.
Only after the Tea Horse Market in Baowen Mountain was opened did the Tang Dynasty restrict merchants from entering the grasslands.
Shangbo said: "We in the Tang Dynasty will set up trading stations on the grasslands to directly purchase goods and sell grain."
Mou Yu Khan was a little strange. He didn't understand why Datang did this.
However, the Tang Dynasty was willing to increase the cost to transport grain to the grassland. Mou Yu Khan wanted it. He nodded and said: "Of course there is no problem. The Khan can agree to the Tang merchants to build trading stations and engage in business on the grassland.
trading."
Shang Bo bowed and said: "Great Khan, your mind is as broad as an eagle. May the friendship between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs last forever!"
Shang Bo and Mou Yu Khan signed a secret agreement. Longyou first transported 100,000 tons of grain to the grassland for sale, and the Tang Dynasty would build ten trading stations on the grassland. Datang merchants could engage in trade in the trading stations, and Mou Yu Khan
Feather Khan needs to protect the safety of the trading post.
The offensive and defensive situation between Longyou and the Uighurs changed, and news spread from Longyou to Tubo.
Ever since the defeat at Jinshan Pass, Shang Qixin'er, the host of Da Lun, has been holding back a breath of anger.
However, the loss of Dangjin Mountain Pass also caused Tibet to lose its passage north from Shazhou.
Shang Qi Xin'er was holding back her anger and wanted to create some more colors for Datang.
A few days ago, the Tibetan envoys in Datang reported that the Tubo envoys actively requested to lend troops to the Tang Dynasty. They only asked the Tang Dynasty to allow Tibet to enter Longyou to "protect" the trade route. This suggestion was rejected by the Tang Dynasty court.
Shang Qixin'er was angry. Now that he had lost the passage to the north at Dangjin Mountain Pass, he set his sights on the first of the four counties in Hexi, Wuwei City in Liangzhou!
When Shang Qixin'er sent spies into Liangzhou to inquire about the situation in Wuwei.
King Jianning's officials finally arrived at Zhangye City, and Yuchixin, who was guarding Zhangye City, was finally willing to let the four members of the eastbound group continue their eastward journey.
Li Daoyuan and his party set off from Zhangye and continued westward to the last stop in the four counties of Hexi, Wuwei City in Liangzhou.
Yu Xiaoxiao rode her horse happily. She was finally freed from the busy government affairs in Zhangye and could continue her tourism career!
From Zhangye to the east, the architectural style gradually moves closer to the Central Plains.
Not far ahead is the most important of the four counties in Hexi, Wuwei City in Liangzhou.
Yu Xiaoxiao saw the majestic Wuwei City and asked Zhang Duanyang: "Teacher Zhang, why does it seem that Zhangye is more prosperous in Wuwei City, where the Hexi Jiedushi is based?"
What Yu Xiaoxiao said is indeed correct. People at that time said that "Gold is Zhangye, Silver is Wuwei". Zhangye's climate and soil conditions are better. In this agricultural era, Zhangye is a fertile area with thousands of miles of fertile land.
In comparison, the environment in Wuwei is not as good as that in Zhangye. Yu Xiaoxiao does not understand that Hexi Jiedushi is not stationed in Zhangye City, but in Wuwei City, where the environment is even worse.
Zhang Duanyang said: "This is because the location of Wuwei City is so important. Wuwei controls the southward path of the Mobei Grassland in the north, strangles the Hexi Corridor in the west, and blocks the eastward path of the plateau. Do you think this city is important?
important?"
Yu Xiaoxiao nodded in understanding, but compared to Zhangye City, the walls of Wuwei City are taller and the city is much larger than Zhangye City.
Li Daoyuan said: "The terrain in Liangzhou is very steep. There is still a plain area near Wuwei City, but not far from Wuwei City, there are mountains and mountains, and the altitude rises suddenly."
Yu Xiaoxiao still didn't understand and asked: "Is this the reason for being dangerous in Wuwei?"
Li Daoyuan said: "Our country has a three-tiered geographical structure. It is difficult for the Central Plains dynasty living in low-altitude areas to fight in high-altitude areas."
Now Yu Xiaoxiao understood a little bit, and she immediately said: "That's true, I have been to the plateau once, and the feeling of altitude sickness is really terrible."
Li Daoyuan continued: "In fact, soldiers on the plateau are very uncomfortable coming to fight in low-altitude areas. This kind of geographical isolation is even more effective than a dangerous fortress."
"Wuwei City is such a place. The low altitude area here is suitable for farming by us Central Plains people, but not far from Wuwei City is the plateau platform. This steep slope makes Wuwei City a bridgehead against Tibet."
So, Yu Xiaoxiao once again realized that geography is such important information. No wonder in the real world, geographical mapping information is a very important national secret.
Li Daoyuan pointed at Wuwei City and said: "The other three counties in the Hexi Corridor are not as important as a city like Wuwei. This is why the Tang Dynasty stationed a large army in Wuwei."
The four of them were preparing to enter Wuwei City, but at this time, the owner of Wuwei City, Ping Zhangshi, the Secretary of the Tang Dynasty, and Fang Guan, the governor of Hexi Province, was depressed in the governor's house.
His impeachment memorial to the emperor has been sent to the imperial court, but there has been no response from the Fengxiang Mansion. So far, there has been no discussion at the court about King Jianning's occupation of Zhangye.
This also made Fang Guan very panicked. He originally thought that the court would immediately issue an order asking King Jianning to hand over Zhangye and Jiuquan.
But the silence of the emperor and the court gave Fang Guan a bad premonition.
In fact, Fang Guan already knew that he had once again disgusted the emperor.
There was no response when his memorial was sent to Fengxiang Mansion, because Fang Guan had become an insignificant person, and his wails and complaints would naturally not cause any disturbance in the court.
Fang Guan stayed in the Jiedushi's house all day and ignored political affairs. Everyone in the Jiedushi's house looked down upon him.
Just when Li Daoyuan and his party entered Wuwei City, Fengxiang Mansion of the Tang Dynasty, the temporary capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty were looking at the map.
The Tang Dynasty's 150,000 troops gathered in Qingqu, not far from Xijing. It was less than two hundred miles away from Xijing, and the recapture of Xijing was just around the corner.
The emperor rubbed his hands excitedly. Ever since he ran away from Xijing in embarrassment that night, Li Heng wanted to return to the prosperous Xijing all the time.
He ascended the throne in Lingwu, a small border town where there were not even Confucian scholars who understood the ceremony of the enthronement ceremony. The earthen platform on which he ascended the throne was not made of five-color earth, and the vassal curtain was made of the cheapest silk. It can be said that it was a grass platform team among grass platforms.
At that time, the only civil servants accompanying Li Heng were Li Mi, and the only military generals were Guo Ziyi.
Even Shuofang's generals did not think highly of him as the emperor.
From this moment on, Li Heng planted a seed in his heart that only by recovering the two capitals would he be the legitimate emperor.
This obsession also made him eager to reject Guo Ziyi's plan to attack the thief's lair first, and instead concentrated his army to recover the two capitals first.
Now in front of Li Heng, recovering the two capitals is the top priority!
As the emperor's former top conspirator, Secretary Li Mi coughed. He quietly wiped off the blood on his handkerchief and said to Li Heng: "Your Majesty, Hexi Jiedushi Fang Guan has submitted a report to impeach King Jianning for sending troops to Zhangye and occupying Hexi.
Ganzhou under the rule of Jiedushi."
Li Heng was tired of this memorial. Li Heng supported Fang Guan's plan to convert horses into mulberry trees, so he was allowed to go to Hexi.
However, after this guy arrived in Hexi, he failed to convert horses into mulberry trees. He also triggered a civil uprising in Suzhou, Ganzhou, and almost caused the court to lose the Hexi Corridor.
Fortunately, his son King Jianning sent troops quickly to suppress the civil uprising in Zhangye, so the situation did not get worse.
For this reason, the son specially wrote a secret note, explaining the reasons for sending troops to Zhangye, and promised to provide more and better war horses to the court on behalf of Fang Guan.
See who is the loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty!
King Jianning calmly put down the rebellion and promised to provide more war horses. That Fang Guan knew how to impeach King Jianning one letter after another. What had he done to the four counties in Hexi!?
What made Li Heng even more irritated was that Fang Guan had sold a lot of mulberry fields in advance before taking office as the core.
Those ministers and nobles who bought the mulberry fields also attacked Fang Guan all day long, saying that the mulberry fields promised to them had not been leveled yet, and they all shouted that they wanted the court to refund their money.
Refund the money? Now that the war on the front line is tight, where can we get the money?
Moreover, this money did not go into the pocket of the imperial court, but into the Hexi Jiedushi Mansion in Fangguan!
So far, the Hexi Jiedushi Mansion has not handed over a penny to the court, but it has caused a lot of trouble for the court.
In comparison, King Jianning's son was much less worried.
The imperial court dispatched Longyou's army to enter the pass. In fact, the imperial court had already made a move to abandon Longyou.
King Jianning went to Longyou and was able to stabilize the situation in Longyou, which made the emperor very satisfied.
In fact, for Li Heng, whether to give up Longyou or not is not an important thing.
However, abandoning territory and territory just after he ascended the throne was not good for his reputation as the new emperor. More importantly, a lot of land in Longyou was developed during the reign of the emperor. Now that the emperor is still in Shu, he directly abandoned Longyou.
It will make more people miss the emperor's era, which will be detrimental to Li Heng's throne.
In the secret message sent by King Jianning, he also promised to provide Guanzhong with 10,000 horses and 10,000 miscellaneous livestock. This also solved the urgent need of the emperor who was in urgent need of war horses.
Not to mention that in the emperor's mind, there was a vague idea of letting King Jianning restrain the prince.
"Fang Guan's memorial continues to be left unpublished. In addition, he ordered to commend King Jianning, and ordered Hexi and Shuofang prefectures and counties to respond well and send the tribute horses from Longyou to Fengxiang Mansion as soon as possible!"