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Although the caravan organized by Han Bier suffered heavy losses, the Western Regions products such as pearls and jade, Anxiu Chicken Tongxiang, and ** brought back from the Western Regions were sold at a high price in Tokyo;

This made Han Bier very moved. She also wanted to organize a caravan to the Western Regions, but was stopped by Yang Yi.

It is good to take big risks and make big money, but such money is too bloody. The first time Yang Yi would not have a caravan if it weren't for understanding the Western Regions, and there was no need to do this now.

After the Hexi Corridor was isolated from the Western Xia, the trade between the Song Dynasty and the Western Regions could only go through Qinghai Lake, the southern foot of the Qilian Mountains, and cross the Qaidam Basin to Khotan. The southern line of the Silk Road could barely be maintained;

However, since Tubo itself split into small tribes and the various vassal states of the Eastern Hei Khanate were fighting endlessly, this Silk Road was extremely difficult to walk, and even intermittently.

The Song Dynasty was a dynasty that valued merchants very much, and did not discriminate much against merchants. The great merchants in Tokyo were built in magnificent houses. They went out to have silk, silk, and satin, and were servants, which were even more grand than the royal family;

Many imperial officials also rush to marry wealthy businessmen just for the generous dowry.

After the Wang Shaoxi River opened the border, due to the long logistics transportation line in Hehuang and the difficulty in supplying food and grass, the court adopted the "stay of raising the border" measures, and set up many tents in various places in Hehuang to conduct tea and horse trade, recruiting Han and foreign merchants to go to Hehuang to do business, and supplying the border army with the income from the tents.

The court's policy of not discriminating against merchants and promoting commercial benefits has basically achieved the goal of "raising the side while" in Hehuang area, saving a lot of money from the transportation of grain and grass;

But this is far from enough. The Silk Road is a hen that lays golden eggs. Now even the eastern section is basically in the hands of others. How could Yang Yi be willing?

After persuading Zhang Dun, Cai Jing and others, the Ministry of Revenue allocated 350,000 jin to the Zhifang Pavilion for the first time, and there will be 200,000 jin of operating funds every year in the future, and the functions of the Zhifang Pavilion began to be strengthened;

More than half of the two hundred people who came back from the Western Regions with Ma Hanqing joined the ranks of the ranks of the border army and selected some personnel from the border army, and finally recruited third-rate and nine sects from the people;

The ritual hall is organized strictly and after training, it is sent to the enemy country to collect intelligence, map surveying, sabotage, assassination, instigation, corruption, create unrest, and even spread warm and epidemics when necessary.

Under Yang Yi's secret planning, the first batch of 113 people in the Zhifang Pavilion were sent to Xixia, and the top priority was the acquisition, rebellion, and assassination of the Xixia civil officials and generals in the Hexi Corridor. This golden passage must be taken over to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible.

Perhaps, it was because of the remarkable wealth of the Silk Road that Cai Jing's allocation of funds was so straightforward.

The annual income of the Song Dynasty is about 130 million guan. If the Silk Road can be smooth, the annual income is expected to increase by 20 to 30 million guan.

The work of large-scale disarmament is still underway in an orderly manner. The Gyeonggi area has completed the work of abolition, reorganization, and general establishment, which has not caused any unrest.

However, Cangzhou on Hebei East Road triggered a rebellion of more than 400 people. The Cangzhou area implemented a local resettlement plan, but local officials engaged in illicit fraud during resettlement and extorted money from retired soldiers. If the soldiers were willing to pay the "hand money", the land they were allocated would be better. They still refused to pay the "hand money", and then they would be divided into saline-alkali land that was difficult to cultivate;

This aroused great indignation among the soldiers. In addition, Cangzhou is still martial and the people are strong, and a turmoil occurs.

After receiving the report, the court attached great importance to it. After urgently opening the meeting of the Political Affairs Hall, it sent the Minister of Justice He Shikuan to Cangzhou to recruit appeasements and thoroughly investigated the illegal behavior of local officials.

The two thousand cavalry led by Yao Xiong were walking with He Shikuan. If they failed to recruit, the court would not hesitate to forcibly exterminate the rebellion.

Local disarmament is still in progress. Once the spark is in full swing, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Yang Yi himself did not care too much about this. It is normal for such a huge disarmament operation to have some problems. As long as it can be solved in time, there should be no big storm. He also has enough confidence in He Shikuan and Yao Xiong's abilities.

Therefore, his main focus was on the Zhifang Pavilion and secretly assisted Ma Hanqing in building the overall structure of the Zhifang Pavilion first.

Tianzhang Pavilion is only a hundred steps away from the Privy Council. When the class was separated, Yang Yi and Ma Hanqing walked together. Now Ma Hanqing is also a sixth-rank destiny official, and it is not suitable to live in the Yang family. Yang Yi helped him find a house in Jingmingfang. It is more expensive, but it is not far from the Yang family, which is very convenient.

The two of them were chatting while riding their horses.

"Hanqing, your master is strange. I wrote a letter to ask him to come to Beijing, but he didn't even hear back."

"Sir, why did you let Master come to Beijing?"

"Of course I asked him to help fool people. Haha, your master is quite good at pretending to be a god, but unfortunately this old guy is too slippery."

"grown ups……"

"Okay, don't say it anymore! Who doesn't know those colorful intestines of Old Dao Qingyun?"

"Sir, you..." Ma Hanqing was about to go wild.

Yang Yi smiled faintly and stopped teasing him.

All signs show that the old Taoist Qingyun did have some knowledge of Taoism. Perhaps he also realized that he had made him Shi Jing have no intention, so he hid in Hangzhou without moving;

This guy took the initiative to send him a few words of greetings last time, which clearly meant to show goodwill, so he would get some benefits from him in the future. At this moment, he probably felt that the capital was not calm and worried that his shoes would be wet, so he couldn't hide.

As soon as the two entered Jingmingfang, they saw Mulanhua riding a peach blossom horse, wearing military uniforms, and a few heroic female soldiers. She was beautiful and was extremely eye-catching in military uniforms. The people on the street couldn't help but look at each other and point fingers.

Mulanhua ignored the eyes of the surroundings and shouted, "Sir, why don't you let me go to Cangzhou? This ghost place in Beijing is so annoying."

As she spoke, she glanced at Ma Hanqing quickly, but her expression was so proud. Yang Yi was secretly amused. This girl was waiting here today, probably not for the sake of this incident.

"Uh, Mulan! The specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail. As for how to analyze it, Hanqing will analyze it for you. If he doesn't understand the analysis, you will analyze it!"

"Sir, why are you doing this? I'm telling you the serious matter." Some embarrassment penetrated into Muranhua's proud expression.

"Just business? I said Mulan! You don't even look at it. Is this street a place where the business is mentioned? Hanqing, tell him what is the place where the business is mentioned."

"Sir, let's talk if you can't tell me." Ma Hanqing is now the director of the CIA, so he is still very cautious.

"This is a good idea. Let's go!"

Mulanhua really had no objection. The female soldiers behind her laughed, and didn't know what they were laughing at?

As soon as he entered Ma Hanqing's house, Grand Official Yang slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, it's not good. I forgot to bring a book to Qingniang. I'll go back to Tianzhang Pavilion to get you, and you guys will chat first."

"grown ups!"

Official Yang did not care about Mulanhua's call, but he was like a personal dealer, and he achieved his goal faster than a rabbit.

Of course, Mulanhua probably just acted like a show, hoping that the human trafficker would disappear faster.

Yang Daguan Ren almost fell down when he ran down the steps. It seems that those who do pimps will indeed be subject to the will of the Heavenly Destiny...

When I got home, I happened to see Qingniang swinging with a few maids in the yard. The pomegranate tree beside the green curtain had already bear fruit, full of greenness, Qingniang's fragrant beauty swings around the swing, flowing like clouds.

When she saw Yang Yi, she quickly asked the maids to stop the swing, jumped down lightly, and shouted from a distance: "Brother Yang, Brother Yang, it's done! It's done!"

Yang Yi asked in confusion: "What have you become?"

"Brother Yang, our wine is made!"

"Really?" Yang Yi reached out to hold her pounced on her body and said with a smile, "Where is it? Qingniang quickly take me to taste it."

In the flower hall of the second hall, Thirteen Niang was playing Go with Li Xiangxian. Behind them was a little maid standing, and she used a small ball fan to cool them.

Li Xiangxian frowned slightly, and she was undecided. She combed a horse-drawn bun, and a jade hairpin was inserted horizontally. The beads on the hairpin head were slightly shaking, gorgeous but dignified.

"My sister is very skilled in chess, but she seems she can only give in and give in!"

Thirteen Niang smiled cleverly and was about to answer, she saw her official and Qingniang coming in, and she stood up to greet Li Xiangxian.

"My wife, where is Bier! Let her get the wine!"

"Bi'er went out again, saying that he wanted to arrange people to go to Hedong to transport wine to Beijing. The officials wanted to taste wine, and I was already prepared."

Li Xiangxian was well-behaved and was willing to work for Thirteen Girl. She first walked to the table, quickly spread a few glasses, and then opened a white porcelain bottle. As her white wrists flowed, red wine flowed into the cup.

Yang Yi picked up a glass himself and looked carefully. The color of the wine in the glass was not dark red, but a light red, which was probably related to the variety of grapes. He took a small mouth and savored it carefully with his eyes closed. Several beauties looked at him eagerly, waiting for his evaluation.

"Send it!"

As a result, after a long time, Yang Daguanren only showed two words, which made several beauties coquettishly angry.

In order to escape Thirteen Niang's second finger Zen, Yang Daren quickly called out: "Come on, lady, fairy, and you, Qing Niang, beloved, let's have a drink together to celebrate the successful wine making of our family."

bite!

Four glasses clinked together, and the wine and beauty were so beautiful that they were so beautiful that they were so beautiful that they were so beautiful that they felt drunk before drinking.

"As the saying goes, don't forget to dig wells when drinking water. Come on, let's pay a good respect to Qingniang and thank her for her great contribution to the winemaking cause of the Song Dynasty."

Ding! Four wine glasses clink together again.

"In view of Qingniang's outstanding contribution, I decided to award her one... Hey! Qingniang, why are you running away? This award has not been received yet."

Qingniang ran to the entrance of the hall, looked back and said with a smile: "I don't want it. Brother Yang will award the award to Sister Qing'er!"

"What prize?" Thirteen Niang obviously lacked experience. It was not until a "puff" sound came from her fragrant lips that she realized that Yang Daren's face was late.

"Official, you are trying to die!" Thirteen Niang's acceptance speech was a bit special. She can't blame her. Anyone who won this honor for the first time is inevitably a little excited.

"The awards are over!"

Seeing Thirteen Niang's pretty face as red as blood, her jade hand reached out...

As the award presenter, Yang Daguanren was prepared for a long time. He crossed the river with a reed on his left foot, rushed the cicadas with eight steps on his right foot, and mixed the great movement of the universe outside. He flashed to the door and gave the stage to Thirteen Niang alone.

Qingniang and Xian'er had already laughed and bent Liu'er! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!