After the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, except for Nanzhao, Luo, Li, Piao, Baiyue and other small foreign countries in the southwest, they would have to stay for a while because of the blizzard blocking the road, the grassland tribes and overseas tribe envoys all bid farewell one after another.

The missions of the two major prairie overlords of Shiwei and Xiqiang did not leave. They used the excuse to communicate more with Dakang and actively encourage merchants to go to their places to do business.

In fact, the members of their subordinate missions did the same, but the purpose of the senior management is naturally not this.

They wanted to see how unlucky Dakang was.

Today they gathered at the inn again.

Compared with the arrival, the leaders of the two embassies were much happier.

Why?

Before their arrival, the snowstorm in the central and southwest had been raging, and it had not stopped yet.

People on the grassland know too much about the disasters caused by the blizzard.

When encountering such a blizzard, it will inevitably lead to a large-scale death of cattle and sheep, and even many herders cannot survive it.

It can be said that you will hurt your vitality once you come.

This is also an important reason why the grassland cavalry is invincible, but they always cannot accumulate more strength and conquer the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

Now they have learned to be smart and have built several large cities so that the herdsmen can live in the city, so that they can withstand most of the harsh natural disasters.

But these tribes are still underpopulated.

The largest number of them, Shiwei, was only six million, and the second largest number of Western Qiang, with four million people.

There are only two million Uighurs who seem to be brutal.

Although the Qiyan tribe on the northern plateau has 2.5 million, due to its large tribes and its strength is too scattered, it has been attacked by the Western Qiang and Shiwei, and cannot develop at all.

They are not as much as one-tenth of the population of Dakang. How do you think they will fight?

Of course, someone must mention the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty can conquer the Ming Dynasty with a total population of more than 300,000 people. Why can't these tribes defeat Dakang even if they have ten times the population or twenty times the population?

The reason is very simple.

As long as there is no chaos in the Central Plains court, no grassland tribe can destroy us.

Take the unparalleled Mongol Empire as an example. Genghis Khan, who was so powerful that he could destroy hundreds of countries to the west, defeating the Jin Kingdom only one breath, and easily destroying the Western Xia. Why didn’t he conquered the Southern Song Dynasty, which was located in a remote corner?

He can't do it, and even more so can't do it. Mengge was even beaten to death in Diaoyutai.

In the end, Kublai Khan also took advantage of the internal contradictions of the Southern Song Dynasty to annihilate the vitality of the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop. The Southern Song Dynasty itself made a series of unspoken moves, which destroyed the Song Dynasty.

Although the population of our clan in the Qing Dynasty is only more than 300,000, they have traitors such as the Eighth Period of the Mongolian Period and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, as well as Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi!

Half of the territory was helped by these traitors or persuaded to surrender.

Otherwise, just their little force would be killed by Jiangyin City.

In fact, even if the battle was completed, the Qing Dynasty still had to rely on the Han people to govern the country. It was soon sinicized, and it was able to slowly rule for more than two hundred years.

I will not mention this matter briefly.

Everyone knows how much damage will be caused by the blizzard raging in Dakang's abdominal area for more than a month.

So this group of grassland talents are happy.

"If this blizzard was another month later," Qile, the commander of the Western Qiang Imperial Guard, sighed while drinking, "This year, their six provinces will basically be destroyed, and their production and life will be greatly affected. Humph, I want to see if Jiangnan is really so brave and invincible, and can take on the livelihood of these six provinces this year?"

Qile was very excited. If this snow disaster could last until March, he would actively encourage the general to send troops!

Han Legu, the left assistant minister of the Wei Li Ministry, shook his head and said, "Even if Jiangnan is a paradise on earth, how much can it be consumed after years of consumption? No matter how powerful Liu Renhuai is, he cannot produce food and money."

But his companion, the royal son of Yelu Anxiang, had different opinions: "I think the two of you are not accurate enough. The disaster that Dakang suffered this time was not as serious as expected."

Deputy Prime Minister of the Western Qiang and Grand Secretary Yido Luofan nodded: "Little Prince, please tell me."

Qile even buried his lips and pursed his lips, but did not refute it immediately, but waited to listen to his theory.

Yelu Anxiang said calmly: "Although this time, six provinces were hit by a huge blizzard, we have to divide them into three areas.

The first is Anhui and Jiangxi. Both provinces are famous fish and rice towns, and they have borne a lot of taxes, money and food for Dakang. The disasters I have suffered in recent years are nothing, so even a year of blizzards will not have much impact on them, and their savings will be enough to cope with them.

The second is Sichuan and Xikang provinces. Xikang itself depends on Sichuan for relief, and it is the same whether it is affected by disasters or not. Sichuan is the country of Tianfu, and there is a bumper harvest of food every year, and it has not been affected by disasters before. Especially if they have the murderous demon Ge Songdao who is in charge, they will not be in chaos. Instead, they start to live again in an orderly manner.

The most troublesome provinces are Hubei and Hunan. They also have fertile land and abundant resources. They originally had to supply grain from the Gyeonggi region, but also had to be responsible for grain from the three northwest provinces. Now, two or three major disasters have come, and I am afraid that they will not be able to recover their vitality in two or three years.

From two provinces that can actively export to a province that is hungry. The difference between this coming and going is equivalent to the burden of the four provinces in Dakang, which is their most serious trouble!

But compared with the entire country, as long as no major disasters occur this year, the two lakes can also return to normal in three to five years and become one of the granaries of Dakang.”

Yelu Anxiang is worthy of being an outstanding talent in the Shiwei royal family.

After listening to his analysis and interpretation, he immediately explained the current situation facing Dakang clearly and clearly.

Qile was so jealous that he heard it. At the same time, he felt that scholars were really hateful. He always wanted to boost others' morale and destroy his own majesty.

He immediately said: "According to the little prince, even if Dakang encounters such a big difficulty, we have no chance, and we can only watch it?"

Yelu Anxiang didn't say anything, but Han Legu next to him smiled, "A little impatience will cause trouble. Since there is no chance, why should you think too much? However, you can try it out, because the disasters of the two lakes and Sichuan will inevitably affect the stability of the borders of the three northwest provinces."

"Shilarious Minister Han, you are wrong." Odorofan said in a scheming manner: "We in the Western Qiang are not as powerful as Shi Wei. Because the three northwestern provinces of Dakang are close to their capital, they have always been heavily guarded. The six guards of the most powerful imperial guards in the capital can reach the border within a few days.

If we fight a few more times, they will not collapse, and we will collapse ourselves. We will not be able to afford such a battle!"

"But you are willing to lose such a good opportunity?" Han Legu didn't look at him, looking at Qile, "General Qile, although the northwest of Dakang is not rich, they are all important military cities and have abundant materials and population. Once you can conquer a city, the gains you will definitely increase the strength of the Western Qiang to a higher level! As the first general to break through the Dakang city, you will also pass on it forever."

Qile even buried him and ignored this old guy.

Do you think this general is stupid?

Dakang's city is so easy to break, why hasn't a general from the Western Qiang or Uighurs been able to do it in the past eighty years?

If you want us to go and have a bloody head, it’s obvious that you are still hypocritical, I’m gonna have a good time!

Han Legu was not angry at all when he looked at him despising himself.

The reason is very simple.

This is simply a conspiracy.

Even if the Western Qiang knew that such instigation was ill-intentioned, they were willing to lose this opportunity in vain?

Impossible!

The Western Qiang also knows that if they miss this opportunity, they will regret it for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, taking advantage of the weakness of Dakang, and using all his strength to conquer the city and change the status quo between the two countries is what the Western Qiang must do.

However, the specific timing is not clear. I don’t know whether it will be launched after waiting for Dakang to have another or two disasters that hurt the muscles and bones.

Han Legu believed that their general Mozang Haochuan, who was both wise and brave, and known as the reincarnation of the military god, would definitely seize the opportunity.

"When it comes to their new saint Liu Mingqi, I'm really interested." Qile said another topic, "When I came to the imperial capital, I found that their common people were using cheap and cold-proof honeycomb coal stoves.

I experimented and burned five honeycomb coals to make food and drink for a day, and keep warm. How much does five honeycomb coal cost? Ten Months! Isn’t Liu Mingqi making money? Or is it just to subsidize the people? Is it that great?"

Yelu Anxiang next to him suddenly showed a solemn expression: "You can't say this to General Qile. Mr. Liu was originally caring for the people. Such honeycomb coal was not profitable at all. Besides, he bought 100 honeycomb coal and gave one honeycomb coal stove. There is one in our inn, and the furnace cost is no less than 200 yuan."

All right.

Liu Mingqi can already be a gentleman in his heart.

no way.

The article "Encouraging Learning" is a king in any era.

Even in 2021, as long as the children can calm down and carefully understand the meaning, they can only kneel down and shout, "Grandpa Xunzi is so amazing."

Yelu Anxiang felt that being able to hear King Shou recite "Encourage Learning" on the spot was the greatest luck in his life.

From the article, we can see a person's character, so he directly respects Liu Mingqi as Mr. to express his respect.

"He is not a good person." Qile said unconvincedly: "How much does soap cost to sell to us? At the craziest time, twenty taels per dollar! But how much is it in the Imperial Capital? One tael of silver per dollar!"

Yelu Anxiang immediately retorted: "This just proves Mr. Liu's kindness. As far as I know, his shop in Beijing sells one or two taels of silver for the people to use. But because it is so popular, it is bought by others and sold to a distant place. The farther away the more expensive it is. Is there anything wrong with this?"

"Where is the flower essential oil? It's so expensive if you sell it a little bit. Are you made of gold?"

"This is not aimed at ordinary people, and it has nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people. Isn't it okay to do business normally and make money from rich people?"

"Little Prince, why have you become Liu Mingqi's slave? Are you still the proud Shiwei people?"

"As far as things go, I am refuting your wrong view. Even if I will eventually play against Mr. Liu, this will not hinder my respect for him!"

"Tsk! I think you will be soft-hearted, but you can't be ruthless!"

“…”

The two started arguing here.

The two people next to them were having a headache.

Liu Mingqi is really amazing. Before she even came out to speak, she could trigger a conflict between the two allies.

Fortunately, Liu Mingqi cannot participate in the government affairs, otherwise it should have brought huge hidden dangers to the two countries' ambitions to conquer!

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Chapter completed!