Ximen Qing and Cai Jing looked at each other for a while, and they both saw a little helplessness in each other's eyes. It was Cai Jing, the old fox, who reacted quickly and spoke first.
"His Royal Highness is straightforward, smart and approachable."
Ximen Qing nodded silently. He could go to Baihua Tower to have fun with the people. Isn't he approachable? Cai Jing also knew that the crown prince's palace was very shallow, so he just hit a soft nail here with Ximen Qing. Although he said it as a joke, he secretly
There was already anger. The sudden departure of the crown prince must be related to it.
"Then what does Brother Chui Xue think of the world situation?"
Cai Jing skipped this somewhat embarrassing situation and brought the topic back to the world situation.
Ximen Qing pondered for a while and played with the thunder stone: "With Captain Tong in the west, there won't be any mistakes; the problem will probably be in the north. If the Liao Kingdom wins, then it's okay. If the Jin Kingdom wins, I'm afraid
It will soon go south and invade our territory of the Song Dynasty. The best strategy is to deal with it as soon as possible."
Of course, Ximen Qing couldn't tell Cai Jing everything, especially the grand plan that the Imperial City Division was about to launch, and he couldn't reveal even half of it to Cai Jing; so he only gave a superficial glimpse of what was going to happen in history.
But this also surprised Cai Jing, an old fox. Although the old fox was so deep that he couldn't see any changes on his face, his hands moved involuntarily, which was obvious to Ximen Qing.
Needless to say, what this old fox wants is for his children and grandchildren to be senior executives. Not only do they get generous salaries, but they also want to siphon off money and live a more luxurious life than the official family... This really takes thousands of years of the Song Dynasty.
country.
Cai Jing's usual style is to whitewash peace, but that doesn't mean that the old fox doesn't know the situation at the border; what Ximen Qing said was not an exaggeration, it was just an exaggeration of what was about to happen.
"We have millions of soldiers in the Song Dynasty and thousands of good generals." Cai Jing suddenly said: "No matter how strong the Jin Kingdom is, can it cross the Yellow River?"
Ximen Qing did not answer the question, but smiled slightly and asked Cai Jing to do the total.
"Master, that's all." Ximen Qing said goodbye to Cai Jing with a smile: "Lieutenant Gao was defeated in the first battle of Gaizhou. It cannot be said that the soldiers are bad and the generals are not good."
Cai Jing suddenly realized that he sent Ximen Qing out of the yard, and there were servants to guide him out. The old fox walked back by himself, his eyebrows pinched together.
"Father, look at Ximen Qing..."
Cai Sui came out of nowhere, holding this small wine jar in his hand, which was a gift from Ximen Qing.
"Although this person is not very knowledgeable, he often says amazing things." Cai Jing said: "His Royal Highness personally recruited him, but he also encountered a weak point. Ximen Qing can be said to be a great help to King Jia, and he is also favored by the Holy Spirit...
You have to deal with it carefully."
Cai Suan nodded: "My child has written it down." He then placed the altar of Jingyangchun on the table: "This is what Ximen Qing sent. It is said to be home-brewed Jingyangchun, which is different from the ones on the market."
"Oh?" Cai Jing was slightly surprised: "You actually gave me wine?"
Cai Jing is not a drinker, so Ximen Qing seemed to have given this gift without any prior knowledge and seemed to have done it casually.
"open to take a look."
Cai Jing didn't know where the interest came from, so Cai Sui opened the seal of the small wine jar, and suddenly a strong aroma of medicine mixed with the aroma of wine spread freely in the study.
It's rich, but it's not overbearing. Instead, it has a gentle and gentlemanly smell that makes people feel like they're in it unconsciously.
"What kind of wine is this!"
Cai Sui stood next to the wine jar, took two sips in, and felt relaxed all over.
Cai Jing, an old fox, also showed his long eyebrows and couldn't help but step forward to take a closer look: "Medicinal wine! Jing Yangchun made the base and prepared the best medicinal wine!"
This surprised Cai Jing, an old fox. Ximen Qing didn't know anything about it in advance. Instead, he just took the right medicine and sent Cai Jing's favorite things.
Cai Jing is already in his seventies, and his biggest hope is to borrow more than ten or several decades from God. He usually pays most attention to health care, but after all, age is here. Although compared to ordinary seventy-year-olds, Cai Jing is an old fox.
His physical condition is much better, but in recent years Cai Jing has found that his energy has gradually failed to keep up. Many official tasks are actually handled by Cai Sui, not to mention dealing with requests for calligraphy treasures.
The two-character calligraphy "Chuixue" that the fortune teller Jiang Jing asked for at a price of one hundred guans per character is still hanging in front of the door of Chuixue Tower; but in fact, some of these characters were written with the help of Cai Sui, and some were even more so.
Written by those Qingke raised in the mansion.
Cai Jing’s calligraphy has been studied by many people all over the world.
Of course, this is a secret.
Cai Sui smelled the mixed aroma and couldn't help but order his servants to get the wine glasses and have a taste. However, Cai Jing, an old fox, calmly stopped his son.
"Ximen Qing is from King Jia."
Cai Sui understood the meaning of Cai Jing's words and resealed the small wine jar with a regretful expression.
The strange mixed aroma also stopped.
"Wait a minute." Cai Jing saw that Cai Sui was about to take away the small wine jar and suddenly said, "Pick the oldest among the house's purifiers and send it to him."
Cai Suan understood: "Then if it really works..."
"Then bring a letter to Ximen Qing and ask Chuixuelou to send this medicinal wine to Cai's house regularly." Cai Jing sighed: "You are not forgiving as you age... This way you can keep some contact with Ximen Qing."
"Yes, my child, let's do it now."
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Time flies by quickly. Under intensive arrangements, Wu Song, Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen are already preparing to leave. Black-clothed police officers from the Imperial City Division have already gone to beat the front station, and Jing Yangchun has also been secretly sent to Bazhou, Xiongzhou, etc.
land.
The forecourts opened by the Song and Liao kingdoms were on these borders; and the annual annual grant of 300,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk were also delivered in Xiongzhou.
Naturally, these goods are not traded through the market. There is underground free trade in Bazhou and Xiongzhou, and the scale is quite large.
Because the goods traded in the market were designated goods, they could no longer meet the increasing needs of the Liao nobles. The Liao State also considered that horses were important war materials and could not be traded at will, so now only sheep, camels and other livestock were traded.
Underground free trade not only meets some needs, but more importantly, there is no need to go to the market to register and file, and there is no need to pay taxes.
Of course, you must first get to know some of the guys who control the underground trade and get their permission before you can truly step into this circle.
But this is not a difficult task for the black-clothed policemen of the Imperial City Department. It is just a piece of cake to kill these guys who control the underground trade. However, this time everything must be done secretly, so the black-clothed policemen have to do it secretly.
The door to underground trade has been opened through some "conventional means".
Jing Yangchun began to secretly move to the Liao Kingdom and went to the dining tables of the Liao nobles.
At the same time, Ximen Qing also informed Liangshan Liu Jishou and Liu Neng and his son to accurately develop a relatively cheap wine with a short production time.
Although it will take some time to successfully develop it, Ximen Qing has already decided on a name.
Burn the knife!
The quality doesn’t have to be high, as long as the degree is high!
For the nobles of the Liao Kingdom, Jing Yangchun was a luxury product; but for the people of the Liao Kingdom, the price of Jing Yangchun was not enough.
Ximen Qing not only wanted Jing Yangchun to occupy the dining tables of the Liao nobles, but also wanted to put a bottle of Shaodao on the dining tables of the Liao common people.
Ximen Qing has not revealed the purpose of doing this to anyone, but it is an important part of his plan.
Before leaving, everyone held discussions at Ximen Qing's mansion.
"I also need to go!"
Ximen Qing didn't need to look back to hear that the voice came from Xue'er, a annoying little goblin...
"No." Ximen Qing did not look back and directly denied Xueer's willfulness: "I am going to Japan this time. My second brother will host the trip to the north. It's not sightseeing, so do you need to go?"
Xueer refused to give up: "No matter! You didn't take anyone to fight Tian Hu last time! Second Master and the others can go this time, why can't I go?"
Wu Song, Lin Chong and others all hid away, pretending not to hear. Only Lu Zhishen smiled slightly: "Xue'er, the people of Liao are fierce, but they are not as kind as the people of Song Dynasty. If you go, the officials will be worried.
"
"Then I will follow the master to Japan." Xue'er refused to let go: "I've been panicking at home lately. If I don't go out, my hair will grow!"
As soon as these words came out, even the coquettish Master Lu couldn't stand it. He coughed and turned away, pretending to say to Lin Chong, the leopard head: "Teacher, let's go to the backyard to enjoy the snow!"
"Let's go together!" Wu Song also joined the team enjoying the snow.
Even the book boy and the painting boy hid away, and only Ximen Qing and Xue'er were left in the study, staring at each other with big eyes.
"It goes without saying that the situation in Japan is unclear. As long as you step on a sea ship, you will leave your life to God. Whether you can reach Japan or not is a matter of course." Ximen Qing said softly: "If I hadn't planned it in advance, I wouldn't even bother to go."
"Liar!" Xue'er blinked: "Xue'er has never been on a sea ship. It sounds very interesting."
Ximen Qingdao: "Even Sun Junming and Zheng Qing are not our own people. We have to prevent them from attacking at any time..."
"Then I can protect the master by going." Xueer continued to blink her eyes: "It sounds very interesting."
"Language barrier." Ximen Qing calmly threw out his trump card: "What's the point of becoming a deaf mute when you arrive in Japan?"
Xueer still blinked: "Then the master doesn't know how to do it?"
"Actually...Master, I still know a few words." Ximen Qing expressed his erudition.
"What does Master know?" Xue'er asked curiously.
"Ya Zhudie... Yiku..." Ximen Qing said a few words casually, only to realize that he only knew these few sentences in his mind.
"It sounds... very high-end!" Xue'er's eyes were full of admiration. She stepped forward and pulled Ximen Qing's sleeve and begged: "Master... can you teach Xue'er?"
Ximen Qing coughed, these familiar Japanese words seemed to be only used in certain circumstances.
"I don't know much," Ximen Qing said helplessly, "I'll let Miss Juzi teach you some other time."
"Then after Xue'er learns it, can she go to Japan?" Xue'er jumped up happily: "That's great, the master agreed!"
Ximen Qing was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that he would be entangled by this annoying little goblin.