Xu Ping listened to Fan Xiang's first talk about the things that Yuchi pulled back from Qinzhou, nodded repeatedly. After he finished speaking, he said, "What you do is to sell food, drink, and play, but you can never sell what you can use for military weapons. Dangxiang had few iron, and the war in the past few months was extremely expensive. I heard that even the clusters of arrows were nervous. As much iron was sold to them, there would be as many arrows that shot on our own soldiers. We must never relax."

Fan Xiang said yes and asked again: "But now the thieves are also banning horses and camels and selling them. What are the benefits for us to trade with them? After thinking about it, the officials have never had a clue about this."

"Don't worry, just collect gold, silver and copper coins for the time being. If they have the banknotes of this dynasty, they can also collect them. But they will definitely not print the banknotes, and they must keep this. There are not many gold, silver and copper coins in Dangxiang. When we have almost collected them, the foreigners will get used to our goods, and then they will find a way."

If you don’t sell large livestock such as cattle, horses, camels, etc., what goods does Dangxiang have to balance trade? The most realistic people who do business are. Who is busy with Dangxiang is not as busy as Dangxiang? Xu Ping will not use his own materials to subsidize them.

Zhao Deming worked hard for decades, and Dangxiang's social economy had just had some foundation. The water conservancy system in the plains of Xingling and Lingzhou began to recover, and agriculture had improved, but industry and commerce were basically zero.

Nowadays, the only handicraft industry in the entire Dangxiang is also subordinate to animal husbandry, and it is impossible to even provide iron farm tools to the country. There are records of the development of Dangxiang iron smelting industry in later generations. I don’t know whether it is true or false, but Xu Ping cannot even see a shadow. The sacred armor that is often mentioned does not exist in the Dangxiang area at least now. The only ones who wear armor in Dangxiang people and horses are Yuanhao’s three thousand iron cavalry. The iron armor and equipment were bought and robbed from the Song Dynasty, Khitan and surrounding areas. It has been bought and robbed by Xu Ping in Zhuoluo City in Zhuoluo City.

More than a thousand were destroyed. In fact, Yuan Hao could not even provide the iron arrow clusters of arrow branches used by the army during the war, and the soldiers who needed to participate in the war were prepared by themselves. Of course, it was not just the arrow clusters, swords, guns, horses, and armors that all had to be prepared by the participants themselves. The Dangxiang Privy Council system only registered military status. Yuan Hao was in war, just ordering troops and horses, and the food of the participating soldiers were their own. Yuan Hao didn't spend anything in the battle, but the people who participated in the war would be expensive. Once the materials could not be plundered, the production of the country would be greatly affected.

When he was in the capital, Xu Ping didn't know that Dangxiang was so exhausted. He thought that Yuanhao was full of supplies and had enough food. More than a year in Qinzhou, Xu Ping had already seen through Yuanhao's weakness and strength. He was just a weak patient who had chicken blood and forced him to attack from all sides. Both sides raised 100,000 soldiers and beat the gongs in front of him for several months. The only consumption of arrows, knives, guns and other weapons was enough to drag Dangxiang to collapse.

With such an economic foundation, Xu Ping didn't know what these people were relying on for money.

In history, Yuan Hao was able to successfully force the Song Dynasty to reconcile after several great victories, not because the Song Dynasty was unable to hold on, but because the Song Dynasty had too poor military mobilization capabilities, and the main support for the war was Shaanxi. While several major wars, a severe drought that lasted for six or seven years in Shaanxi was rare in the Shaanxi area, and Shaanxi Road and Dangxiang could no longer be defeated under natural disasters.

As long as Yuan Hao dared to open a large-scale smuggling trade, Xu Ping could drain Dangxiang's blood in a year, so that he could not support the war even if he scraped his land three feet away.

Seeing Fan Xiang hesitating a little, Xu Ping said to him: "It is said that from frugality to extravagance, but from extravagance to frugality is difficult. The foreigners are used to eating the wine we sold, using the utensils we sold, drinking the tea we sold, and wearing the silk and satin we sold, so it is not easy for them to be ignored. As long as they think about using it, they must have goods to exchange it for us. The land of the Dangxiang people is poor, and the people can do anything except cows, horses, and camels? Don't worry, they will sell it sooner or later."

"I'm afraid that Hao Thief is a man who is cruel and greedy by nature. Under severe punishment, I'm afraid he won't be so smooth."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "He can lead the foreign chiefs to make money, and only the foreign chiefs will endure his cruelty. If he can't do it, who will listen to his own husband! Hao thief alone can really suppress the rich chiefs in the country! The magistrate, the two countries are fighting each other, not just fighting blood on the battlefield, but also drawing the enemy's blood through trade and replenishing their own bodies. The power may be greater than that of 100,000 soldiers. If you do it well this year, you must remember that if we make consistent money, the thief may lose dozens of stakes. You have to do it well this year.

The more money you earn there, the less blood the soldiers who fight in battle will bleed. Trade is also a war. Although there is no sword light and no blood to kill people, the harm to the foreigners is even more fatal. In the early days, they come to buy goods and can collect gold, silver and copper coins. There are not many of these things in the foreigners, and the surrounding countries also want theirs. If they do well, they may not be able to take out the party enclosures in one or two months. At that time, Haozhe would not allow them to sell big livestock, and the people below would always have a way to sell them."

Fan Xiang gave a favour: "The strategy said, let's go back and plan for a while."

At this moment, Li Zhang hurriedly came in and said, "Master, Hexi Shazhou sent envoys to pay tribute, and he has arrived in Qinzhou."

"Oh, they are really impatient. I heard that King Khan of Beiting retakes Shazhou a few days ago, so I came to envoy." Xu Ping stood up, "The magistrate went back first, and did what I said. The envoy of Shazhou is not to be forgiven. I will go and see you."

After saying that, he walked out and asked Li Zhang to call Liu Huan. He was the envoy of An Lu, who was in charge of these affairs.

The countries in the Western Regions paid tribute, and the first one was to go from Lanzhou to Lingzhou, which was the route of Yuanhao, who escaped from Zhuoluo City. However, since Zhao Jiqian occupied Lingzhou, this road was cut off, and they changed to Qinzhou from Miaochuan. Qinzhou was the first stop to receive Western foreign countries, with complete reception facilities and even a venue for tribute trade. However, Yuanhao rebelled against the Song Dynasty and had no envoys for more than ten years. The last time was the tribute of Yutian in the third year of Tiansheng.

Xu Ping changed into public uniforms and arrived at the living room. He found that Liu Huan had arrived. There were several people dressed in Fanhu talking.

Seeing Xu Ping coming in, several foreigners stepped forward to salute: "Khan King Beiting of Shazhou sent ambassador An Yanzhi, and deputy envoy Li Ji to pay tribute to the Shang Kingdom. He met his ministers. This was Jin San from the Kingdom of Khotan. When we set off, he happened to be in Shazhou, so he came with us. In a few days, the Kingdom of Khotan will also send envoys to come to Beijing to pay homage to the Han government."

Xu Ping looked at a few people and dressed up in Han style and Hu style, but it didn't look weird. I think this is the custom in them. Since Emperor Wu of Han opened the Western Regions, the area has always been a mixed place for Han Fans. After the late Tang Dynasty, it was isolated from the Central Plains. However, the local government was still a mixed use of Han Fans. The envoys sent to the Central Plains to pay tribute were the regular envoys and the deputy Hans were the Hans.

After returning the ceremony, Xu Ping asked several people to sit down. An Yan, the ambassador of Shazhou, took out a gift list and handed it to Xu Ping: "My Lord of the Rich Prince is in Qinzhou and has a great reputation. A few days ago, in Zhuoluo City, the Hao Thief Clown fled overnight. All the countries in the Western Regions knew the power of the Han army. We, Khan, admired her deeply, but we were plagued by civil affairs and could not come in person. This little gift was presented to her by Khan."

It is a custom for envoys to give gifts to Xu Ping, a border commander. Xu Ping took it and glanced at it. He saw ten horses written in the front. The back was nothing more than frankincense, jade and other things, even if they were not expensive. The Western Regions sold a lot of frankincense to the Song Dynasty through tribute trade. After years of accumulation, the official and private warehouses were everywhere, and they had already become flooded.

The five-flowered sword is a fur of gold. Xu Ping recited this poem by Li Bai in his previous life and was deeply impressed by it. The five-flowered horse is a specialty of Ping Khotan. Shazhou is close to it. This time, he specially bought a batch of them for Xu Ping.
Chapter completed!