After sending several more cars, most of the dishes on the table had been eaten. Jin San said to Yang Sanwen: "Dianzhi, what other good dishes are there in this restaurant?"

Yang Sanwen said: "Your guests from Fanbian have always eaten rough food. It's okay to taste fresh food like this, but people who can't get used to it only feel that they can't eat enough. There is also a meat dish and a hot soup below. It's better to let the servant come up with you."

Jin San said yes, calling the servant loudly.

Soon, the new dish came, a large plate full of fried meat, and it was just a bite and a large bowl filled with soup.

Yang Sanwen said: "This large plate of meat is called fried beef and mutton. It is cut and stir-fried with beef and mutton, which has a unique taste. You have eaten too much beef and mutton, but you have never seen this method. That bowl of soup is called seaweed egg flower soup. The seaweed inside comes from the seaside, but there is no one in the Western Regions."

Jin San and Ren Ze looked at the bowl of soup. The green onions were green and the egg flowers were yellow and white, and mixed with black seaweed. It was unprecedented. One person served a bowl and tasted it. It was extremely delicious and full of admiration.

At this moment, I heard the sound of a whistle in the distance. Yang Sanwen said: "Prince, it's Hebin County's turn to depart here, and see if the train enters the station."

The three of them got up and arrived at the window. They saw a train coming along the railway in the distance. The front of the car was filled with white steam, and the sound of walking and eating was clearly sounded.

The carriage behind was full of packages and wicker boxes, and I don’t know what it was.

Jin San looked for a while and said to Yang Sanwen: "Dianzhi, I don't know what goods are transported here in the Central Plains?"

Yang Sanwen said: "Grain, cloth, silk, tea, sugar, and so on. Whatever is missing here will be transported."

When Jin San heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Does these goods be sold outside? If they are shipped to the Western Regions, there will be a lot of interest!"

Yang Sanwen smiled and said, "Of course, there are all sold, otherwise what should I do when I ship it? However, nowadays, Gentile merchants can only buy it in the mall. That is an industry under the Ministry of Revenue Department and can be sold elsewhere. When the state yamen moves to the new city, there will be a special tent inside, whether it is a Gentile goods or a Gentile goods sold, they are all traded there. There is a special cargo yard next to it, called a duty-free area, where Gentile merchants can trade with each other. This dynasty does not charge tariffs, only inventory fees."

Jin San and Ren Ze nodded together. They all know what it means. The two countries traded, and the official commission was actually international trade, and the official commission was tariffs. Tariffs were originally tariffs, regardless of internal and external. With the formation of the national market, the mainland tariffs were gradually abandoned, and Du Zhongxiao intends to change them to foreign trade taxes according to later customs.

As for the many Huatou areas of duty-free zones, Ren Ze understood that as military strength prevailed, the rules here were different from those of Tanglong Town. This place is the gate of the Central Plains and a key node to the Western Regions. Building a duty-free zone is intended to attract Khitan merchants. Now, Du Zhongxiao is not afraid of the Khitans destroying their business network and sucking blood-sucking trade profits.

After watching the train, Jin San and Ren Ze were full of confidence in the future trade in the Western Regions, so they lived in Shengzhou. They inquired about the latest news and prepared for future commercial activities. The news that Jin San received would quickly spread to the Gaochang and Karakhan royal families to let them change their policies.

In the capital, Nuoyi Chongdu and Li Shougui saw Li Dui and Zhou Yongqing coming in and hurriedly went up to him. Seeing the ritual, Nuoyi Chongdu said angrily: "Song is the best country, and he should show his integrity to all countries! Recently, he received news from the Xia Kingdom that the troops on Hequ Road were plundering everywhere, which meant to attack the Hei Shui Military Supervisor! We both followed the orders of the Empress Dowager and the Lord, and submitted a letter to the surrender here. How could the Supreme Country do this?"

Li Dui turned around and asked Zhou Yongqing: "Is there anything wrong?"

Zhou Yongqing said: "I didn't know the border defense army when I was in the Censorate. I heard from the Privy Council that this happened. Hequ Road reported that envoys and merchants from the Western Regions to the Central Plains were often plundered by the Dangxiang Hei Water Army Office halfway, and the business road was blocked. Therefore, the court wanted Dangxiang to offer Hei Shui City to protect the peace and stability of the Western Regions. Du Jieshuai said that if Dangxiang did not offer, he would send troops to take it."

After hearing this, Li Shougui hurriedly said, "I heard that I didn't hear it. This matter is certain! Doing this way will make the neighbors feel disappointed!"

Li Dui said: "This is your fault. Since the above confession is to applaud, how can we stop the envoys of the Western Regions? Du Jie, the general, was in charge of the envoys, and the court would ask questions, so he could only do this. If you offer Heishui City, will it be peaceful?"

No one heard the rewards and said, "My king only ordered me to come and submit, but did not discuss peacekeeping and wanted to cede land! After promulgating this, how can we meet my king and the queen mother when we go back! We will be in charge of the two countries and have a poor life for the people. The country should have the spirit of the country. It is not easy to think about peacekeeping and the people, so we should not have the trouble of the people."

Li Dui said: "Taiwei, this time you fight, you are the first to steal the land of Quye River, and lure the people of this dynasty behind. Du Jie sent people to negotiate many times, but you ignored it. Jie Zhi had no choice but to go out to destroy Quye River and robbed the fortress in Song Dynasty."

Li Shougui said: "The stealing farming of Quye River was the secret of the Prime Minister's actions from my king and the queen mother. The Queen Mother has dealt with the Prime Minister and scolded him strictly, and he will never be able to do anything again in the future. It would be fine if Du Jieshi destroyed the Quye River Fort. He would destroy the Heishan Military Supervision Office in the future, and then the White Horse Military Supervision Office. Now he will destroy the Hei Water Military Supervision Office. If this continues, how much territory will be left in our country!"

Zhou Yongqing said: "The war started because of you, and I still don't repent and don't quickly negotiate peace. Du Jie commanded more than 100,000 troops and generalized several states south of Yinshan. He could not keep the roads in the Western Regions smooth, so he could only use troops."

Nuoyishang heard it, turned around and looked at Zhou Yongqing, and said sternly: "Did you scare us?"

Zhou Yongqing said lightly: "I won't scare you, and I won't scare you when I'm in charge. Du Jieshuai will not scare you even more. Du Jieshuai said that if you want to take Heishui City, you must take it! If you offer the city, the court rewards are generous and everything is easy to say. If you don't offer the city, Du Jieshuai will take it. It's hard to say whether the soldiers and horses will stop in Heishui City. If the general is outside, everything can be done cheaply. We can't explain clearly what will happen."

Nuoyi Sheng said to Li Dui: "I heard that you have an old relationship with Du Jieshuai. Could it be that you have colluded to force us!"

Li Dui said: "Du Jieshuai is my hometown. When I was young, I was in school and had a good relationship with his father. However, I am now ordered by the court to accompany you. It is not a private matter, so how can I collude with Du Jieshuai? My court is not like you. State affairs are state affairs and have nothing to do with private matters."

Nuo Yishang was calm and didn't say anything for a while. He suddenly raised his head and said to Li Du: "I don't believe it. After a big battle, Du Jieshuai still has the strength to attack Hei Shui City! If you can attack, then go and take it yourself!"

Li Dui smiled and said, "This is what the Taiwei said, don't regret it then. If Du Jie takes Heishui City, it will not be so easy to negotiate peace. Otherwise, how will the court explain to the border generals! When the 30,000 soldiers and horses on Hequ Road, Du Jie takes Heishan and Baima in a row. Now he has more than 100,000 troops in his hand. Once the troops move, a Heishui City is probably not enough."

Seeing that Li Dui had no intention of concession, Li Shougui said: "When the matter is in charge, it is important that we can decide. Why don't we send someone back to Xingqing Mansion and ask me the decree of the Queen Mother? What should we do? The road to this is long and it will take several months to go back and forth. We also ask the country to let Du Jie restrain his troops."

Li Dui said: "It takes several months to go to Xingqing Prefecture! The railway has already reached the Zhenrong Army. You can send someone to take the train and you can come back in more than ten days. Du Jieshuai is in Shengzhou, and it is not easy for the court to send envoys to go there. The court can only ask Du Jieshuai to wait for a month. After a month, he will act according to the Jieshuai's wishes!"

Nuoyi Sheng was shocked: "The railway has arrived at Zhenrong Army?"

Zhou Yongqing said: "I just tried a train ten days ago, and the journey was smooth. Unfortunately, you two were not sure, otherwise you could come from Zhenrong Army."

Nuoyishang's expression changed drastically after hearing this, and he couldn't speak any more. From Xingqing Prefecture to Kaifeng, they first went to Yanzhou and then to Jingzhao Prefecture to transfer to trains. They had seen and took the train. They could travel thousands of miles a day, and the transportation volume was huge and labor-intensive. This means that the railway to Zhenrong Army was built, and the Song army could easily gather hundreds of thousands of troops there.

Du Zhongxiao had 30,000 troops on Hequ Road, and had already defeated Dangxiang, and was deeply trapped, and he did not dare to fight. Now, more than 100,000 troops, plus hundreds of thousands of troops of Zhenrong Army, Dangxiang was already in danger. He would lead troops to stay in the generals when he was transferred to the rewards, so he naturally knew what this meant.

The Song Dynasty spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources to build the railway to the Zhenrong Army. Without giving up the point, there would definitely be no meeting. The imperial guards are being reorganized on a large scale and have no combat power at all. The Dangxiang people don’t know about this kind of thing. Many Dangxiang people think that the 30,000 troops before Du Zhongxiao were the Xiang army, but they are not the elite of the Song army.

The Song Dynasty was even less afraid. So what if the imperial guards had not formed combat power? That was not something that Dangxiang could fight now. The Northwest Imperial Guards have not been reorganized yet. They relied on the artillery of the city, and Dangxiang had no choice. With a railway, several troops could quickly assemble. What would Dangxiang do?

The national strength of the two countries was too different. The railway solved the geographical problem, and the front became a competition of national strength. The Song Dynasty pressed the Dangxiang to death with just one finger.

Seeing Nuoyi Shengshen’s expression, Li Shougui said, “Since the railway has been built and the round trip is convenient, we will send envoys back and forth, and ask the Queen Mother and the King for the decree, and then reply. What do we think when the system is done?”

Li Dui nodded: "That's it. These days, you two relax and have a few days to travel with you in Kaifeng City. When the decree of your empress dowager arrives, we will discuss the contract in detail. Thank you for your hard work, so have some rest."
Chapter completed!