Yang Yuanqing did not expect that the price he offered was so attractive and the registration was very popular. In just three days, eight thousand young and strong people signed up to be miners. Even some strong women also asked to register, and they had private relationships.
The phenomenon of asking for favors.
Not only Huining County, but also Wuwei County on the other side of the Yellow River, and Pingliang County on the east, were heard, and they were constantly rushing towards Huining County.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing also received news that the Tang court sent Prime Minister Xiao Yu as the special envoy to Taiyuan to negotiate the release of the captured officials who were captured.
Upon receiving this news, Yang Yuanqing gave up his plan to return to Lingwu County and immediately turned around to return to Taiyuan. The team ran all the way. Two days later, more than a thousand cavalry guarded Yang Yuanqing and arrived in Fushi County, Yan'an County.
Fushi County is the capital of Yan'an County. It has a population of nearly 4,000 households. It is surrounded by deep loess and ravines. It is a typical Loess Plateau.
Almost everyone here lives in caves. There are cave caves everywhere on the deep loess mounds. It is rare to see houses in the Hedong area of the Central Plains, but there are still many bungalows in the county town.
A few miles away from the county town, a cavalry rushed to report, "Report to the general manager, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty has arrived in Fushi County."
This news made Yang Yuanqing slightly stunned. Tang Envoy was not waiting for him in Taiyuan, so he ran to Yan'an County. Are you so anxious?
Pei Qingsong beside him sneered, "Your Highness, it's probably because they have received news from Huining County."
Yang Yuanqing thought for a moment and found that there was indeed a possibility. The envoy of the Tang court was Xiao Yu, the prime minister. Xiao Yu was a very steady and rule-oriented person. He rushed to Yan'an County immediately, and must have received the emergency order of the Tang court.
Eight days have passed since the Sui army captured Huining County, and Tang Ting must have received the news.
"Where is the Tang envoy now?" Yang Yuanqing asked the newsman again.
"Report to the general manager, Tang envoy and his group lived in Ping'an Inn in the county."
"Go to the Yan'an County Military Camp!"
At Yang Yuanqing's order, more than a thousand people accelerated their horses and rushed towards the military camp south of the county town like lightning. The Tang envoy was eager to meet him, but he was not anxious...".
The Tang envoy Xiao Yu arrived in Fushi County only two hours earlier than Yang Yuanqing. He was originally waiting for Yang Yuanqing to return in Taiyuan, but just two days ago, he received an emergency order from Emperor Li Yuan, ordering him to rush to the pass to stop the Sui Dynasty's invasion.
Ningjun.
Xiao Yu served as Minister of Works of the Sui Dynasty and was very familiar with the situation of Huining County. He also knew that there were a large amount of minerals there. After pacifying the Western Qin State last year, he proposed to develop the minerals of Huining County.
However, at that time, the Zhengshitang considered that the mineral deposit was inconvenient and that the mine was too close to Lingwu County. The development of mineral deposits would attract the intervention of the Sui army, so he decided not to dig the mineral deposits in Huining County for the time being, but unexpectedly, the Sui army was rude.
He occupied the mines in Huining County with a tough stance.
The Sui army occupied Huining County, not only handed over the mineral resources to the Sui Dynasty, but also threatened the security of Wuwei County, Hexi.
In the emergency warrant Li Yuan gave Xiao Yu, he asked him to try his best to get Huining County back through negotiations, and Huining County must not be lost. The implication is that if the negotiations cannot be obtained, he will take it back through force.
Xiao Yu was worried and felt extremely stressed. He knew that the Sui Dynasty had planned to seize Huining County for a long time, and even Yang Yuanqing went there in person. This shows the Sui Dynasty's determination.
Since the Sui Dynasty seized Huining County, it would never be possible to give it up again. For the Sui Dynasty, Huining County's rich gold, silver and copper minerals were also their strategic needs.
In the room, just as Xiao Yu was worried, footsteps sounded outside the door. A follower reported, "Prime Minister, a team of soldiers came from outside, saying that he would ask the Prime Minister to come to meet at the order of the King of Chu." Xiao Yu stood up in a hurry.
Surprised and happy. Has the King of Chu come back? He quickly walked out of the door, "Where are the people?"
“Just outside the inn!”
Xiao Yu walked out of the inn. He saw a group of soldiers standing outside the door. He whispered loudly: "I am Xiao Yu, the envoy of Tang. Are you here to come to me under the order of the King of Chu?"
A lieutenant stepped forward and bowed, "His Royal Highness of Chu has arrived at the military camp outside the city and ordered us to come and ask your envoy to go to the military camp for a lecture. I wonder if he might go now?"
"Please wait a moment, I'll change my robe."
Xiao Yu went back to the house to change into an official uniform, took the official documents, took two followers, and rode his horse to the outside of the city with the soldiers.
After leaving the city, he arrived in front of the camp for a moment. The military camp became very cautious due to Yang Yuanqing's arrival. A patrol came forward to interrogate and the captain led the way explained: "The person who came was an envoy of the Tang Dynasty and was ordered by the general manager.
Take it to the camp to meet!"
The patrol made way, and the captain waved his hand, "Please ask for it!"
Xiao Yu looked solemn, dressed up and headed towards the Sui army camp."
In the camp, Yang Yuanqing was standing in front of a map and pondering. He had just received the news that the fleet of Lingwu County, a total of more than a thousand flat-bottomed tugboats had set off from Huile County, heading towards Liangchuan County, and began to transport high-quality products.
Phase silver copper ore.
From Huile County to Liangchuan County, it is not far away, only more than 400 miles, and you can reach it in three days by water. If the ore is successfully transported back, and there is a ready-made smelting plant in Lingwu County, at least one and a half months later, he will be able to
The copper and silver ingots you need can reach Taiyuan.
At that time, he had a lot of silver and copper resources in his hands, so he was able to issue coins smoothly. At this moment, he had been waiting for it for a long time.
The mines in Huining County were too important to him. He would not return Huining County to the Tang Dynasty, and would rather fight.
At this time, a personal soldier reported at the door of the tent: "Report to the general manager, the envoy of Tang has arrived!"
Yang Yuanqing walked out of the tent calmly and saw Xiao Yu at first sight. He and Xiao Yu were also old friends. They were very familiar with each other during the Daye period, but they had not seen each other for several years.
"Xiao Prime Minister, I haven't seen him for many years!" Yang Yuanqing smiled and greeted him.
Xiao Yu hurriedly stepped forward two steps and bowed to salute, "Xiao Yu has seen His Highness the King of Chu!"
"You don't have to be polite to Xiao. I also heard that Xiao has arrived in Taiyuan, so I rushed back, but I didn't expect to meet in Yan'an County. This is a coincidence."
"The main reason is that Xiao Yu is responsible for state affairs and does not want to interrupt His Highness the King of Chu's inspection of the six counties in Guanbei, so he came to meet His Highness."
"Thank you for your hard work, please!"
"Please ask Your Highness, King of Chu!"
The two walked into the big tent politely, sat down according to the host and a personal soldier served them tea. Yang Yuanqing picked up the tea and said with a smile: "I have always had a question in my mind, it is about Xiao Xiangguo's private problem, I don't know how to do it.
If you ask or not?"
"Your Highness, don't be polite. Just ask if you have anything."
"I always wondered that Xiao Xian had rebuilt the Liang Dynasty in the south, and Xiao Xiang was also a descendant of the Liang Dynasty royal family. Why didn't he restore his homeland and instead served Li Tang?"
In fact, many people have asked Xiao Yu about this question, including Li Yuan. Xiao Yu replied to Li Yuan that the general trend of the world will be unified. With Xiao Xian's demeanor and ability, he is obviously not the one who unifies the world, so he will be a destruction of the country again.
The slave is just a founding minister. This answer is highly praised by Li Yuan. Now Yang Yuanqing asks him the same question again.
Xiao Yu pondered for a moment and smiled faintly, "It varies from person to person. If Xiao Xian had half of the mind and talent of General Manager Yang, I would be willing to follow him, but he was too suspicious and had no tolerance for others. Follow him.
What does it mean to be destroyed sooner or later?”
"The prime minister means that if you follow Li Tang, your country will not be destroyed?" Yang Yuanqing looked at him with a smile.
"This." Judging from the current situation, the Tang Dynasty was strong in the Sui Dynasty. Doesn't His Highness the King of Chu admit it?"
"I don't admit it!"
Yang Yuanqing shook his head and smiled, "If it was Tang that was stronger than Sui, then it should be the Sui envoy who went to Chang'an. Why did the Xiao Prime Minister come to the Sui Dynasty?"
Xiao Yu's face suddenly turned red. In fact, the government and the country said that Sui was strong and Tang rich, but the top leaders of the Tang Dynasty were unwilling to admit it. But the facts were here that the Battle of Central Plains was defeated by the Tang Dynasty, so he had to bow his head to seek peace.
Xiao Yu smiled bitterly, "This is a matter of personal opinion, and wise people are in their opinion. We will not talk about this matter. This time I came to Taiyuan, mainly because I was entrusted by my pilgrimage to discuss some of the aftermath of the Battle of the Central Plains with His Highness the King of Chu.
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Yang Yuanqing's smile disappeared, his face became serious, and he nodded: "Please say it to Xiao Xiangguo!"
Xiao Yu thought for a while and said, "Before talking about the aftermath, I would like to ask His Highness the King of Chu, why did the Sui army occupy Huining County and break the peaceful situation inside the pass? In fact, no matter how much the Sui and Tang dynasties fight, I don't think it should be
Guanzhong is underway. The peace situation in the pass has been maintained for two years. It is hard-won. My pilgrimage hopes that this is just a misunderstanding. I hope that the Tang army can withdraw its troops as soon as possible and restore peace in the pass."
Yang Yuanqing picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, pondered for a moment: "When the Sui and Tang dynasties signed an armistice agreement, they just said that they would reduce the troops in their respective control areas within the pass, and it seemed that they had never reached an agreement on border division. If I was not wrong
In other words, in your country's map, Hedong is still your territory, and Taiyuan is your Beidu, it is just a temporary fall. Isn't that true?"
"But……"
Before Xiao Yu could tell, Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and interrupted his words, "Since there is no division of territory, then the Sui army occupied Huining County and had nothing to blame. I remember very clearly that when the Sui army attacked Hebei, it was too late.
Zi Li Jiancheng led his army to occupy Yan'an County. Since Tai Chi Zi Jiancheng can occupy Yan'an County, why can't I occupy Huining County? Xiao Prime Minister favors one and the other, which is ridiculous."
Xiao Yu was speechless and said for a while: "If this is the case, it may hurt the harmony. The Tang Dynasty military will not sit idly by and watch Huining County be lost."
"snort!"
Yang Yuanqing snorted coldly, he took out a letter and threw it in front of Xiao Yu, "This is a letter of help written by Xiao Xian of Liang Dynasty. He begged the Sui Dynasty to send troops to Jingxiang to help him recover his homeland. The Sui army did not want to sit idly by the Tang army.
Occupy Jingxiang.”
This is the threat of the naked one. Xiao Yu's face turned pale and red. Finally, he said helplessly: "Okay! Let's not talk about Huining County for now, how to deal with the battle in the Central Plains?"
Yang Yuanqing's attitude was extremely tough. He shook his head, "If there is no explanation for the incident in Huining County, there will be no meaning in talking about the battle in the Central Plains."