In the Xianyu Palace of Xingqing Palace, Li Liangzuo was guarding outside. Li Liangzuo, who had already experienced it, was not so nervous this time. All the concubines outside the Xianyu Palace arrived, and the only one who didn't come was Li Ru, because Li Ru was about to give birth, and Li Liangzuo was not like the scene when Liang Luoyao and Wuzang Feixue gave birth at the same time.

In ancient times, having children was a particularly dangerous thing, and it could kill pregnant women and babies at any time. Su Qiaoer's heart-wrenching screams resounded throughout the Xianyu Palace. Because of the sufficient preparations before, Su Qiaoer's childbirth was still very smooth. Nearly half an hour later, a baby's cry came from the hall.

Lian'er hurriedly ran out from inside and reported the good news to Li Liangzuo: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the Empress has added a little princess for Your Majesty."

This is Li Liangzuo's first daughter and also Li Liangzuo's favorite daughter in his life. After Li Liangzuo entered the house, Su Qiaoer was happily holding her child. Although Su Qiaoer gave birth to only a daughter, she was still very happy. Although it was an era of favoring boys over girls, Su Qiaoer preferred girls more because this was not an ordinary family but a royal family. Among the royal family, there were many princes fighting for the throne, and there were very few princesses involved in the dispute over the throne. Su Qiaoer's idea was very simple. She just hoped that her children could spend their lives happily.

Looking at Li Liangzuo who was teasing the child, Su Qiaoer said, "Your Majesty will give the child a name!"

Li Liangzuo said happily: "Just call Li Xin! Xin'er is the first princess of my Great Xia Kingdom. I immediately issued an order to sign Li Xin as the Princess of Yinchuan and be the same as the prince. When Xin'er grows to the age of sixteen, she will be able to open a palace."

Li Liangzuo's words scared Li Ru, and at the same time, the other concubines present were also shocked. Li Liangzuo's reward for this newborn daughter was extremely heavy. He was named a princess before he was born, and he was also named a prince. He could still open a palace independently in the future. This was simply a step to reach the sky!

You should know that when Li Bingchang and Li Wu were born, Li Liangzuo only rewarded some wealth. He is still a white Ding, not much different from ordinary children. The only difference is that they are Li Liangzuo's sons and that's all, but Li Xin is different. This is a title, and having a title means having a salary. Although there is no right now, it is also a supreme honor!

Li Xin's birth brought a moment of joy to Li Liangzuo, but Li Liangzuo soon couldn't be happy. The cabinet meeting continued the next day, and the unresolved issues were discussed. After all, this was related to the stability and development of Xixia.

At the beginning of the meeting, everyone congratulated Li Liangzuo first, and then entered the whole process. The problems of grain and tea must be solved as soon as possible.

Zhou Shengcai suggested to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion."

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Li Liangzuo said to Zhou Shengcai.

Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, I suggest that we purchase large-scale food, tea and other urgently in short supply strategic materials from the Song Dynasty through smuggling channels, and then build a warehouse city deep in the Helan Mountain to store these materials. They can be used to stabilize prices in normal times and ensure the supply of our army's military supplies in wartime."

Li Liangzuo nodded and said, "Zhou Aiqing's method is a good idea, but it costs a lot of money! Can the treasury support it? Zhou Aiqing, do you have any specific plans?"

Zhou Shengcai took out a plan that had been made overnight and handed it to everyone and said, "Your Majesty, sir, this is a detailed plan made by the Xiaguan. In fact, this plan is very simple; the main one is two trade routes, the first is our trade with the Northern Liao Dynasty, and the second is our trade with the Song Dynasty;

Our Daxia Kingdom is a transit station or intermediary in the middle. First, the first step is to bribe the officials of the Song Dynasty, organize merchants to purchase grain and tea from the Song Dynasty, and then smuggle them to the Daxia Kingdom. The reason for letting merchants organize is because this reduces the risks of the court and can also better protect the reputation of the Daxia Kingdom;

After the merchants transported the materials, the court made unified purchases, and the price could be higher, which would increase the enthusiasm of the merchants; after the court purchased these materials, part of them was sealed into the warehouse city in Helan Mountains as strategic reserves, and the other part was sold to Beiliao at a price three to four times higher than the market;

This will transfer all the money needed for our strategic reserves to Northern Liao. In addition, we can also conduct secret trade with Southern Liao at the same time, which can be carried out as a merchant. After all, Southern Liao is much richer than Northern Liao now."

Zhou Shengcai's suggestion made Li Liangzuo deeply agree. This guy is simply a profitable deal! To put it simply, buy low and buy high, and earn the difference in the middle. The difference is that there are three countries here. What Xixia wants is not to earn the difference, but to convert these difference into grain and store strategic materials for tea.

Li Liangzuo nodded and smiled and said, "This idea is good. As long as it is operated properly, it can be implemented. And according to Zhou Aiqing's idea, the court basically does not need to make any investment except for investing some money in the early stage. It's good, good."

"Not only that, our Majesty can make a lot of wealth in it." Zhou Shengcai immediately continued to say as soon as he saw that Li Liangzuo's affirmation was confirmed.

Li Liangzuo said with a smile on his face: "Your dear, please say what suggestions do you have?"

Zhou Shengcai continued: "Your Majesty, the areas controlled by Northern Liao are mostly grasslands, and there are not many other ones on the grasslands, but there are many cattle and sheep, and in winter, a large number of cattle and sheep will freeze to death. We recommend that we purchase cattle and sheep in large quantities from the Northern Liao area, and then slaughter them into jerky meat or marinate them in clay pots, and then transport them to the Song Dynasty for sale;

Although the Song Dynasty produced a lot of grain, meat was very expensive and ordinary people could not afford it. In addition, the northern velvet skin, medicinal materials, ginseng, deer antlers and other things were very popular in the Song Dynasty. The court could purchase it uniformly on the northern border and then hand it over to merchants to sell it to the Song Dynasty. The money obtained was divided by the court and merchants, so the court would have greater risks; of course, it could also be purchased by merchants themselves, so that the court would have much smaller risks;

In addition, the imperial court could also introduce advanced technologies from the Song Dynasty, such as silkworm raising, silk firing, porcelain burning, textile, papermaking, printing, etc., which changed the backward technologies in China on the one hand. On the other hand, the imperial court organized the establishment of workshops in the Hehuang region and Ningxia region. With these technologies, it was important to produce them, these products could be sold to countries in the Western Regions through the Silk Road;

This way the profits are much more than the taxes collected by passers-by. The workshops can be divided into two types: official and private; however, in terms of technology, we must prevent leaks, and we must not pass these advanced technologies to the west of Liangzhou to obtain long-term profits through technology monopoly..."

Zhou Shengcai made a big splash, and Li Liangzuo was stunned when he heard this. Even Li Liangzuo began to doubt whether this guy had traveled through time. In fact, Zhou Shengcai's suggestion was very simple. In today's terms, it was to introduce technology to establish a production base, so that Xixia could not only be a transit country for these commodities but a manufacturing country, so that Xixia could slowly get rid of its serious dependence on the Song Dynasty.

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