Whether it is the Liao Kingdom or the Song Kingdom, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are like a watershed. Although they are not considered a natural and dangerous road that can’t be opened by a man, but in this terrain, it is difficult to achieve any very brilliant results with traditional cavalry offensives, and are much worse than the plains. In terms of economy, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are economically a must-fight for the Song and Liao countries, and more because of their strategic value. No matter who wants to attack the other side, they must first pass through the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun before setting up a cavalry to charge. This is very important to the Liao Kingdom. After all, at this stage, the ratio of infantry in the Song army is far higher than that of the cavalry. Whoever can occupy the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun can attack the opponent from a high point.

The Great Song Dynasty destroyed Xixia, and the problem of war horses could be roughly solved. However, it would take some time for the Song Dynasty to establish its own cavalry army. After all, war horses have strict requirements. The number of war horses obtained from Xixia is still a bit far from the ambitions of the rulers of the Song Dynasty. At this time, the Liao Dynasty opened up war horse trading from a commercial perspective, which was also considered as a business perspective to try to plunder the final profit, but this was only measured from a commercial perspective. As a major hostile country, it was very abnormal.

The conditions behind the contract also show that the Liao Kingdom could relax the trading standards of war horses. It is easy to understand that it is necessary to complete the transaction. The Liao Kingdom's financial system is on the verge of collapse. The Liao Kingdom urgently needs the inflow of copper coins from the Song Dynasty to supplement the insufficient amount of currency circulation. In the past, Wang Jinghui relied on luxury goods represented by glass products to trade with the Liao Kingdom. It was really a profitable business for him. In his eyes, there was no difference in this robbery. However, using copper coins to trade at this time made him lose this advantage. Fortunately, he had other ways to use luxury goods to continue to expand the market within the Liao Kingdom, and then transport income back to the Song Dynasty through smuggling. This clause did not have any good effect for the Liao Kingdom, but it was just a stagnant.

After carefully reviewing the treaty, Wang Jinghui could not see anything that was unfavorable to the Song Dynasty. The only thing that was somewhat confusing was the war horse transaction, which he couldn't understand. After putting down the contract text, he said to Yansheng: "Give Nirvana and others the news, so that the Song Dynasty could search for any special abnormal movements in the Liao Kingdom recently, and who signed the peace agreement. If it was Zhang Xiaojie, try to figure out what Zhang Xiaojie's shogunate staff composition is. Try to be more detailed! By the way, has the intelligence agency received any news from the divine banners recently?"

After Yansheng took it carefully, he heard Wang Jinghui ask him about the information about the Bubu people, and he replied: "The Northwest Intelligence Bureau summarized very little information about the Bubu people, and it can be said that there is no use. After all, it is too far away. Although our intelligence personnel entered Shangjing Road in Liao Kingdom to start collecting intelligence, the scope there was a wide range that people could imagine. The students thought that the intelligence network established by the Northwest Intelligence Bureau for the Bubu people was still very problematic!"

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui nodded and said nothing. What Yansheng said was very reasonable. The area where the rushing people lived was too far away by the current communication and transportation methods. Even in later generations, there would be no more than one person per square kilometer, and the number of cuts would be even more outrageous. His intelligence agency in the northwest was very powerful, but two or three hundred intelligence spies were scattered into the vast grasslands without any responsibility. Moreover, even if the information was received and then sent back to the Hetao Plain, this was a very difficult task.

After Yansheng finished speaking, he thought about it and continued: "It was a bit abnormal for the people who stopped the Bu Bu a month ago. They asked the Song Dynasty to resume their firearm transactions and also listed a very detailed list of weapons. The specific situation is not clear. This matter is completely controlled by the Privy Council. The Intelligence Bureau is just a bridge between the middle... However, it is said that the list of Mogus requested transactions includes a large number of weapons and equipment, even heavy weapons such as catapults, incendiary bombs, bed crossbows, etc.!"

At the beginning, the Northwest Intelligence Bureau established a sphere of influence in the Hetao Plain and immediately sent people to block the sphere of influence of the Bu Ministry. It took the initiative to act as an envoy of the Song Dynasty and contact the Mogus regime to seek the possibility of establishing a trade channel between the two sides. It happened that Mogus also had this need, and the two sides hit it off. However, trading with Mogus was placed within the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. Therefore, after the establishment of a trade channel, the people of the Intelligence Bureau followed the caravan to conduct two trades and then retreated. All matters were specially operated by the Privy Council. After the conflict between Mogus and the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty refused to provide Mogus with powerful weapons such as firearms, bed crossbows, and the Intelligence Bureau relaxed the monitoring of this increasingly commercialized route.

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui immediately looked up at Yansheng and said, "What are Mogus buying these things for?!"

Yansheng shook his head and said, "The Intelligence Bureau is not very clear about the transaction situation afterwards. I heard that the Privy Council attached great importance to it. After submitting the memorial, it was handed over to the Privy Council for discussion. Obviously, due to the conflict incident, the Privy Council would not be stupid to sell such advanced weapons to Mogus. However, in the end, a very considerable number of weapons and equipment were sold, but it is not very clear which weapons and equipment are available."

"Yansheng, immediately ask the Privy Council for a specific list of items that were traded, including the quantity and the quality of weapons and equipment. You must be detailed...Hi, forget it, I'll go to see Wen Yanbo and Guo Kui in person, just arrange it immediately. Also, if there is any news in Hebei and Dading Prefecture, tell me immediately!" Wang Jinghui said to Yansheng.

"Sir, can the Khitans agree to sign this peace agreement because they blocked the people..." Yan Sheng said hesitantly.

"If this is the case, it would be best. However, this matter needs to be investigated as soon as possible to know that before Nirvana sent back the accurate information, he could only make a rough guess through the transaction records of the Privy Council in the northwest. Hi! I really hope Nirvana and the others can get information on this matter as soon as possible!" Wang Jinghui said with a pity.

In the evening, Wen Yanbo, Guo Kui and Wang Jinghui met at Jiuweiju, Biandu. After a simple consultation, the three of them felt that the weapons Mogus had been buying hard a month ago were probably used to deal with the Liao Kingdom, and now they had their hands fighting somewhere in the Liao Kingdom. If this is the case, it can explain why the Khitans signed this humiliating peace so happily.

Through understanding, in the transaction between Mogus and the Privy Council, although the Song Dynasty did not agree to sell firearms and crossbows to Mogus, it sold a considerable number of armor, swords, bows and crossbows and more than 20 catapults. Although the Privy Council stated that the price of weapons and equipment was very high, it can be said that the cost of producing these equipment was 20% higher than that of the Song Dynasty. However, Mogus still purchased without hesitation and used gold, silver, livestock and war horses as settlement currencies to trade. This courage really surprised the Privy Council. However, this transaction was not completed. Three such transactions were conducted in the following month, each time being, and the number was large, and there would be a fourth transaction until now. Weapons and equipment were preparing to be transported to the Hetao Plain.

"Mr. Wen, Mr. Guo, do you think Mogus would use gold and silver to trade with us?" Wang Jinghui asked in surprise. Usually when trading with nomadic peoples on the grassland, bartering is the most common way, and rarely it is to trade with real gold and silver. This is also because the gold and silver production in the nomadic people's activity areas is extremely rare. Of course, there is a lot of gold in the Western Regions, which is also thanks to the Silk Road. The existence of the Western Xia has caused the Silk Road to be interrupted for decades. Now it has just returned to normal, and trade exchanges are still very limited. It is impossible for the Western Regions to have so much gold and silver.

"That's right!" Wen Yanbo replied affirmatively.

"What are the characteristics of the gold and silver traded?" Wang Jinghui felt that his question was a little wrong, so he explained: "What I mean is the gold and silver traded by Mogus's party is a whole piece of gold bricks or some gold and silver products, such as phoenix hairpins or other jewelry?!"

"This guy didn't pay attention, but all valuable items such as gold and silver have been shipped to Biandu first, but I can only check it out!" Wen Yanbo replied.

"Then please send someone to check immediately, and you also have to take someone below to get the appraisal!" Wang Jinghui said anxiously.

"This is not difficult!" Although Wen Yanbo was a little confused, looking at Wang Jinghui's appearance, he probably had something strange in this transaction, so he suppressed the curiosity in his heart and immediately asked someone to take Wang Jinghui's people to check it out.

"The two adults must be a little confused, but please wait a moment. After the person comes to report, you can verify the guess in your heart!" Wang Jinghui said with a mysterious smile on his face, but this made Wen Yanbo and Guo Kui's doubts deepen a little. He was even more guessing what the prince consort could see from this gold.

Soon, Yansheng brought in the two people who had gone to check in. Wang Jinghui immediately asked, "How?!"

Yansheng smiled and nodded, and said to an old man behind him: "Explain your opinion carefully to all the adults!"

This old man was a jewelry craftsman invited by Wang Jinghui from Xu in advance. The most important thing is that Xu, as the largest exporter of luxury goods to the Liao Kingdom, in order to cater to the taste and aesthetics of the Khitans, specially invited a group of jewelry masters to learn the characteristics of luxury goods in Liao Kingdom in order to create more popular jewelry. The old man standing here is the best among them.

The old man may have lived his whole life and never met so many high-ranking officials at the same time. Although Wen Yanbo, Guo Kui and others came to the Nine-level people who did not wear official uniforms, his demeanor was particularly different even if he sat there. In addition, he had just gone to check gold and silver things with the officials of the Privy Council, and even the sixth-rank official next to him could only stand here. You can imagine how high the official rank of the person sitting on it was.

"My dear sir, the villain has carefully checked it. Those things such as gold, silver and other things are made of jewelry, Buddha statues, etc., gold, silver or jewelry embellishments." The old man said stumblingly.

Wang Jinghui said softly when he saw this: "Old man, don't worry, just say what you see and what you infer accurately. There are no court officials here, just have guests to eat. Just make a promise, don't be nervous!"

The old man recognized Wang Jinghui. He was originally the most outstanding jewelry craftsman of Xu. When Wang Jinghui had not made a fortune, he tried to make glass products. There were many jewelry craftsmen of Xu, and this old man was one of them. Seeing Wang Jinghui say this, the old man gradually calmed down.

"The villain has carefully looked at these things as the prince consort's instructions. These gold and silver utensils can be made by the Khitans with the eyes of the villain. Although their techniques are different from those of the Song Dynasty, the patterns on them are all unique to the Khitans! And... and..."

"What else do you find?" Although Wang Jinghui was excited, he asked very gently.

"Just just now, this adult had specially instructed the villain to find some blood on these things. The villain found many patterns of hairpins!" The old man replied tremblingly.

"Old man, let's not hide it from it. What you said is very important. Can you be sure that your judgment is really correct?" Wang Jinghui asked again immediately.

"The villain grew up in Xu since childhood. He has been studying jewelry for less than 40 years. He has worked hard on the jewelry of the Khitans. He will never admit his mistakes. If he doesn't believe it, he can ask other craftsmen who are proficient in this to distinguish it through the eyes. You can tell the truth and falsehood of the villain's words!" Although the old man seemed a little cowardly, he was very arrogant, especially the field he was good at was unquestionable for others to question. Xu heard that Wang Jinghui needed people in this area, so he would naturally let the best people come. This old man can also be regarded as a veteran of the Xu family. Even with his skills, he would never admit his mistakes. So this time he said that he was a trumpet.

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui laughed and said, "Thank you, I'm Yansheng, I'll take you down and get a lot of rewards!"

After all the irrelevant people in the hall withdrew, Guo Kui said in a deep voice: "Does the prince consort suspect that these things were blocked from the Khitans?!"

After listening to the conversation between Wang Jinghui and the old man, Wen Yanbo and Guo Kui were a little enlightened, especially when Guo Kui was on the front line and conquered the party members. After listening to a few words, he understood the purpose of the prince-consort asking them.

"It's not suspicion but affirmation now!" Wang Jinghui stood up and said, "These things are from the hands of the Khitans. It's not and not ruled out that they were seized from the Khitans during the rebellion last year. However, the two adults also heard it just now. Blood stains could be seen in the patterns of these jewelry, which only means that these things were just robbed by the Bu people, and they were used to trade with the Song Dynasty before their hands were warmed up!"

"Did the prince-consin's intention be that Mogus began to attack the Liao Kingdom more than a month ago?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"Eighty percent of the possibility is that Mogus is eager to purchase weapons and equipment to fight a bigger war with the Liao Kingdom, but these are all speculations. They are not very accurate. Unfortunately, for some reason, the Liao Kingdom's intelligence network did not send such important information, which is also something that makes me very confused!" Wang Jinghui said with a sigh.

Wang Jinghui didn't know that although his guess was not completely correct, it was not far from the truth. The Bubu people once again took a new round of offensive against the Liao Kingdom, and both sides suffered great losses. Generally speaking, the Bubu people had a more advantage. After the Liao Kingdom ruled the ban, only a few people knew the inside story. Unfortunately, Ma Renhua's level was not yet at this level, so although Nirhin felt a little about the change in the atmosphere of the Dading Mansion, he could not prove his guess, let alone convey accurate information to Wang Jinghui.

"The Khitan agreed to the peace talks of the Song Dynasty so easily, which made me doubt in my heart. With the strength of the Liao Kingdom, although it was temporarily at a disadvantage in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, as for the signing of such an unfavorable treaty so quickly, the only explanation is the problem within the Liao Dynasty." Wang Jinghui said with a smile.

"The prince consort is really a scheming!" Guo Kui said with a smile.

"The weapon transaction a month ago came very suddenly. Although the Song Dynasty had clearly refused to sell firearms and other weapons and equipment to Mogus during the peace talks with him, Mogus still proposed to buy a large number of weapons, including firearms, and even fire bombs were brought out next year. It turned out that he was in a hurry to go to war with the Liao Kingdom! But why didn't they tell me that the Song Dynasty would cooperate with the action when they were taking action?" Wen Yanbo said.
Chapter completed!