Wang Pu stood at the door, stretched his neck to look at the crowded crowd in front of him, and shook his head repeatedly: "These people really don't know how to write the word "death". They dare to sell military weapons to the Dangxiang! After the yamen reviewed it, they were going to beheaded. Speaking of which, in two or three years, there have not been many people who have been killed."

After saying that, he looked at the shop next to him. After the imperial court occupied Gaochang, Jin San was not as arrogant as before. His attitude has improved a lot these days. These Hu Shangs have no court laws in their hearts and are even more able to do such things. Unfortunately, this strict investigation did not involve Hu Shang, which surprised Wang Pu.

At this moment, Du Zhongxiao, Fu Bi and Zhang Sheng walked to the store and said, "Master, are there any empty seats inside?"

Wang Pu hurriedly saluted: "The handsome guy is here, of course he has a seat! Come and invite him inside!"

As Wang Pu entered the store, he arrived at a small pavilion on the second floor. The three of them sat down. Du Zhongxiao said: "It's summer now, so you should eat some light food. Master, what kind of light sugar is there in your store now?"

Wang Pudao: "Recently, there are good big carp produced in the Yellow River. You can have one. There are lotus root slices, vegetables and vegetables, which are also excellent."

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's it. Pick a few refreshing and delicious dishes and serve them with a stick of wine."

Wang Pu agreed to go and went to the kitchen to give instructions. After the Western Regions belonged to the court, there were many more merchants in Shengzhou and their business was good recently.

Several people drank tea, and Du Zhongxiao said: "A few days ago, Taiwei Di was sent out of the capital by the Privy Councilor and served as the Qinfeng Road Military Commander. In addition, he also heard that Taiwei Han was going to Hequ Road and was in charge of Hequ and the Western Regions. Although the Western Regions were set up separately, the troops of the two places belonged to a Marshal."

Zhang Sheng said: "Han Taiwei comes to Hequ, where is the handsome guy?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "I can't tell where I am going. It's very likely that I have returned to Beijing. It has been more than three years since I went north to save Tanglong Town. Even after setting up Hequ Road, it has been three years. Naturally, it's time to leave."

Fu Bi said: "Hequ Road was defeated by Jieshuai and developed to this day. Is it inappropriate to leave suddenly? Like Jieshuai, you can actually be re-elected and wait until everything is stable. Now that I am leaving, I am afraid that something will happen to the Dangxiang and Khitan around me will cause trouble."

Du Zhongxiao said: "What can happen? The two Khitan emperors fought for three years, but they had not yet reached a result. They were almost divided into two countries. As for Dangxiang, Taiwei Di served as the commander of Qin Fenglu, wasn't it clear that he wanted to attack them?"

Fu Bi nodded and thought for a while and said, "It seems that the court has this meaning. Di Taiwei was going to attack Qin Fenglu, and must have wanted to launch an army from Zhenrong army to attack Lingzhou. Han Taiwei came to Hequlu, and thought he was attacking Shanhe Pass from Hezhou, or Shazhou from Yizhou."

Du Zhongxiao said: "We have served in other places and the court does not know much about the affairs of the court, but I think that's it. In recent years, what Dangxiang is most afraid of is to attack Shanhe Pass. It is built there very firmly and has a good location, so it is difficult to attack. If you really want to attack Dangxiang, it is best to attack Shazhou from Yizhou. We have railways to Yizhou, but Dangxiang's troops in Shazhou are very weak and relatively easy to fight."

While they were talking, Wang Pu and the servant came to drink and set up a table. Wang Pu poured wine for the three of them and said goodbye.

Du Zhongxiao raised his glass and said, "I have been here for three years in Hequ Road. Today I ordered a meal to ask you two to talk about it, and I may not have a chance in the future. After I leave, I will probably leave it to you to handle the matters of Hequ Road."

Fu Bi and Zhang Sheng hurriedly said that they didn't dare to raise their glasses and drank with Du Zhongxiao.

After putting down the wine glass and eating a few bites of dishes, Du Zhongxiao put down his chopsticks and said, "I took Hequ Road and later took the Western Regions. These two places were both large and small, and it was not easy to develop. Although I had put a lot of effort into it, I have not changed much now. Since I used the boatman as the Yingtianxiang Army on Jingxi Road. This has been the case. The entire army was trained in the future, and there were many people who were unwilling to be soldiers anymore. The number of Yingtianxiang soldiers was large. In the past two years, there has been no momentum in the first few years. It is very difficult for Yingtianxiang Army to recruit people. If you want to develop these two places, it will take ten years as a unit."

Fu Bi said: "It is true. No matter what you do, the most difficult thing is to lack people. Many things have been planned, but in the end, they have to arrange them backwards because of lack of people. In the past few years, factories have been opened in the mainland, and people have been employed everywhere, but no one has sent them to the frontier."

Now the industry of the Song Dynasty was linked to the railway supervision. One was centered on the Central Plains and formed a triangle with the two capitals, which was the largest industrial center in the world at this time. The railway between the three places had been built into a double line, and the transportation capacity had increased greatly. Industry was still developing rapidly. Hedong Road was centered on Xiangzhou and connected with the capital with the help of the Baima Ferry, and assisted in Hebei, Shaanxi. Jingdong Road was centered on Laiwu Supervision and Zibo and Qizhou as the manufacturing base. In addition, Xuzhou in the south of Jingdong Road, centered on Liguo Supervision and assisted in the Lianghuai River.

With the development of industry and the absorption of a large number of population, there were no idle people on Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road and were unable to support the expansion of the north. People from the two Huaihe Rivers and Zhejiang would rather go to the two lakes than to come north. The large tracts of land captured by Du Zhongxiao could only be left there for a short time and no one would come to develop it. If it weren't for the Western Regions commercial roads and the role of isolating nomadic peoples, the court's interest in this place would have been much lower.

This is impossible. Industrial development will inevitably absorb a large number of people and create new markets. China is not a European in history. It is a long time for the internal market to be large enough to meet domestic demand. From now on, the Song Dynasty had little demand for external expansion, and its real enemies were Khitan and Dangxiang. These two countries were not because of their economic value, but their significance for the unification of the world.

While drinking, the three of them were talking about the recent changes, and they were all helpless. Without anyone, there was no way to talk about everything, and the reality now is that people were short of people. Dangxiang's prisoners of war were released as good men. Hei Khan's prisoners of war Du Zhongxiao originally wanted to be released back, but because of the war in Hei Khan, no one in their country was concerned about it and could only be used as laborers in the Western Regions.

The Black Khan was defeated and the Song army occupied Khotan. As soon as Du Zhongxiao left, the Black Khan had a war. The younger brother Bograhan Mohamed took advantage of his brother Aslan Khan Suleiman's weak power and took the initiative to attack him. The result is unknown. If the Black Khan rulers change, they can improve relations with the Song Dynasty and open up a trade route from there to Persia. The trade route from Shule to India was not conflicted under the rule of Xihei Khan.

With the changes in the imperial officials, Du Zhongxiao must have left Hequ Road. The three of them worked together for more than a year without conflict. After drinking, they spoke slowly. Fu Bi was from a famous family and had a good relationship with many officials in the court. Zhang Sheng came from the northwest and relied on military qualifications and military achievements to be promoted, and was relatively familiar with the northwest. The key points of the three people were all on Dangxiang.

Zhang Sheng said: "The news I received is that the king of Dangxiang is getting older and has a bad relationship with the prime minister. Dangxiang may have trouble in the past two years. When Taiwei Di arrived at Qinfeng Road, he actively trained his troops, and he may have the opportunity to attack Dangxiang."

Fu Bi said: "There is absolutely no problem for the Zhenrong Army to concentrate hundreds of thousands of troops. Why wait for Dangxiang's civil strife? As long as the court made up its mind to advance north and south, and to send a general to attack Shazhou from Yizhou, how can Dangxiang resist it!"

Zhang Sheng said: "I heard that Dangxiang spent all his energy on building Shanhe Pass and strengthening Lingzhou in the past two or three years. The Lingzhou city wall has been re-reinforced and cannons are arranged on it, which is not easy to capture. Now our cannons are still a bit poor if they are used to attack the city."

Fu Bi said: "But it is still possible to suppress the city. The only way the Jishuai broke the Beizhou was to break Lingzhou. Although Dangxiang also had artillery, it was not as good as ours. Insufficient gunpowder and insufficient power, how can the battle be fought in front of the formation? Besides, if it really doesn't work, it can still be besieged Lingzhou for a long time. How long can it last?"

When the railway arrived at the Zhenrong Army, the materials from the rear could be sent continuously, and the Song army had the ability to fight for a long time. Judging from the national strength, it was impossible for Dangxiang to fail at all, as long as the court was willing to pay a sufficient price.

Du Zhongxiao said: "From the battle in the Western Regions, we can see that our army's field capabilities are now no one to fight. Taiwei Di was a famous general in the world at this time. As long as he was careful, Dangxiang would definitely not be able to resist the enemy. He said that he had been siege for a long time, Dangxiang had only 30,000 to 50,000 troops in several counties in Hexi, and guarded a thousand miles away. As long as a general set out from Yizhou and attacked Guasha Prefectures, he could reach the city of Lingzhou in one or two months. When he arrived, could Dangxiang still use a city of Lingzhou to block the army of the court?"

In the past, the Song Dynasty was most afraid of Dangxiang, the Hengshan area. It was densely populated, with a large population, and a warlike folk customs, and was the most important source of military troops for Dangxiang. Now it is different. Faced with the Song army using guns and cannons, the Hengshan Dangxiang army had no advantage. The Song army did not attack the Hengshan area because of inconvenient transportation and difficult transportation there. As long as it occupied other areas of Dangxiang, Dangxiang in Hengshan would not have any chance.

Fu Bi said: "If the general Jie led the army to attack Dangxiang, what would be the arrangement?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Of course, it is mainly to attack Lingzhou from Zhenrong Army, with the soldiers facing Shanhe Pass in the north as the auxiliary. Yizhou is advancing westward. The Zhenrong Army is about 600 miles to Lingzhou, with Guzhong Avenue and no shortage of water and plants. At least 300,000 troops attack, and advance northward. If Dangxiang dares to send troops to fight, then defeat it in a field. If you don't dare, then supervise Lingzhou and fight with Dangxiang. The war is not good, then build the railway to Mingsha first, and transport more heavy artillery from the Central Plains to the city of Lingzhou. Although Lingzhou has artillery, how can it be the opponent of heavy artillery? Lingzhou was in the palm of the hand at that time."
Chapter completed!