Di Xiang nodded quickly: "I understand, but I still have some things I want to ask Your Majesty for advice."

Ouyang Bian nodded and signaled to Di Xiang.

Di Xiang said: "Dali Country has no border with our country. If you want to enter Dali Country through the Tubo tribes and the Song Dynasty, you have to go from sea to sea. However, there is still a Jiaozhi. Jiaozhi and the Song Dynasty have always been incompatible and have never communicated with our Daxia. However, this country has always been barbaric and may not be easy to communicate. At that time, Jiaozhi is unwilling to borrow the road. What should we do if we deal with it?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "I really don't care about this, I just want to see copper ore."

Di Xiang saluted suddenly: "I really understand this time!"

Ouyang Bian smiled and nodded: "Qiongzhou belongs to us, and there is still little support from the mainland. I heard that Jiaozhi is a good place. It would be great if Daxia had such a place that produces rice rich."

Di Xiang saluted again: "I want to come to Jiaozhi to welcome Your Majesty, or I will present the land to Your Majesty at that time."

Ouyang Bian smiled and waved his hand: "Oh, don't force others to do anything. The central country of Daxia will not force others."

Di Xiang hurriedly came out of Chongzheng Hall and met Zhong Yan head-on. Di Xiang was quite respectful to Zhong Yan, the veteran general, and quickly called out: "Hello, Mr. Zhong."

When Zhong Yan saw Di Xiang, the upstart, he was quite close to him.

The Great Xia Dynasty did not have the bad habit of emphasizing culture over military affairs in the Song Dynasty. Instead, because it was in a period of expansion, it attached more importance to military generals.

In the Song Dynasty, because the generals were suppressed, their sense of identity between each other would be stronger, and the communication between civil and military officials was not very equal, but in the Daxia Dynasty, this situation did not occur.

However, Zhong Yan was born as a general after all, so he seemed quite close to Di Xiang, the rising star in the army.

"General Di, long time no see, long time no see, General Di Xiang's style is even better than the past!"

Zhong Yan said enthusiastically.

Di Xiang felt a little embarrassed. Zhong Yan was of the same generation as Di Qing, the elder of another clan, and it was also the only remaining fruit of the generals of the Song Dynasty during the Renzong era. But now the old general greeted him so enthusiastically, which greatly satisfied Di Xiang's vanity.

"Mr. Zhong praised it, hehe."

Di Xiang said.

Zhong Yan smiled and said, "General Di has just met His Majesty?"

Di Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty has something to summon him."

Zhong Yan nodded with a smile and did not ask too much. As an old man, he naturally knew the reason not to inquire casually, so he just said, "I'm summoned by His Majesty here, so I won't talk to General Di. I'll find time next time, let's have a meal and communicate with each other well."

Di Xiang smiled and nodded, watching Zhong Yan go in.

Ouyang Bian ate some snacks, took a short rest, and Zhong Yan came in.

When Zhong Yan saw Ouyang Bian, he wanted to pay a big ceremony. Ouyang Bian quickly stopped him and said, "Mr. Zhong, don't be too polite. Our Daxia emphasizes that everyone is equal, so you don't have to bow down and don't do this in the future."

Zhong Yan smiled embarrassedly.

In fact, this situation has happened many times, but Zhong Yan will come like this every time.

Because his situation is quite special.

In Daxia, the Zhong family is too strong in the army, although the number one person in the army is Wang Shao, Di Hu and Di Xiang, as well as the generals of the Zhe family and other generals from the banking supervision guards.

However, the Zong family had other Zong Yan, who were in high positions, and Zong Yi and others were now one of the three generals in the army. Although he was no longer in the army, he served as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Because Wang Shao was fighting abroad, he was temporarily inseparable from the Ministry of War, so he is basically the one who is dealing with daily affairs in the Ministry of War.

Zhong Yan was a little frightened, so he tried to be meticulous in etiquette so as not to be considered domineering by Ouyang Bian.

Ouyang Bian did not understand the sensitivity of the veteran Zhong Yan. He was a very confident emperor... Well, or rather, he had no emperor's heart at all. He just wanted to do something, so he took this position and might be able to sensitively detect the transfer of power, but he didn't care.

Therefore, his carefulness towards Zhong Yan was just as tolerant as possible. Although Zhong Yan was filled with the corruption of the Song Dynasty, he also had the calmness of the elderly. In today's Daxia, generally speaking, he was considered a relatively young person in power. He really needed to be a more mature and stable elderly person in charge, so Ouyang Bian was relatively tolerant of Zhong Yan.

Ouyang Bian said: "Zhong Aiqing, I came to you today to ask about your situation on the front line."

Zhong Yan nodded quickly. Although Ouyang Bian would also receive various military information reports from the front, the various trivial matters were indeed more comprehensive.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister will talk in detail.

At present, the war has come to an end. Since the Zhongjing Dading Prefecture was captured by our army, we have sent troops from Xiazhou to capture Xijing Road, so Xijing Road, Zhongjing Road and some areas of the straight road have been connected, so our defense is more convenient.

Now Wang Shangshu’s main job is to finish the finale and wipe out the remaining Liao troops in these places, and these places belong to us.”

Ouyang Bian nodded and said, "Well, the defense line should be built as soon as possible. Are there enough money and food?"

Hearing this, Zhong Yan frowned and said, "Well, it's a bit embarrassing, but you can't blame the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue is very difficult. Now Wang Shangshu tries to find compensation locally and collects some taxes to build a defense line."

Now it was Ouyang Bian's turn to frown: "Those places have just been taken down, so don't do anything to disturb the people. I'll find a way to deal with money and food."

Zhong Yan quickly said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Ouyang Bian nodded: "What's the situation with the Bubu tribe and the Jurchen side?"

Speaking of this, Zhong Yan showed a look of worry: "The Bushi was prideful and attacked the eight military commanders of the enemy in the west. With our food and weapons to help, although they suffered serious losses, their morale was still high.

But the Jurchens were very disobedient. We asked them to attack Changchun Prefecture. However, the Jurchens said it was OK, but turned around and swallowed the Ba tribe. They were still attacking Changbai Mountain tribe. I looked at the Wanyan tribe and meant to unify the Jurchen tribes. The Navy and even the Discoverers and Wanyan tribe were attacking the Jurchen tribes in the East China Sea.

Your Majesty, if Wanyan is not suppressed, I am afraid that he will not lose his final result in the future!”

Ouyang Bian nodded and said, "Is Liao planning to negotiate?"

Zhong Yan nodded and said, "It does have this meaning. What does Your Majesty mean?"
Chapter completed!