After the Yellow River Jiudu merged into Huluchuan, the Yellow River exited the gorge, the river surface became wider and the water flow was smooth, bringing abundant water sources and thick soil to this area. The tall Helan Mountain in the north blocked the cold wind, and this plain with abundant water and soil at the foot of the mountain is a rare suitable farming place in the desert outside the border. "The Yellow River has many harms, but only rich ones", where Xingqing Prefecture is located is the Hetao Plain, which was later called "The South of the Bridge".

It is precisely with this irrigation plain as the foundation that Dangxiang has the capital to be independent.

However, at this time, Xingqing Prefecture did not have the scene of rice mulberry everywhere in later generations. Most of the reclaims of this place by the Tang Dynasty were abandoned during the chaotic times of the Five Dynasties, but it had just been restored. One of the reasons why the Central Plains dynasty was repeatedly occupied and abandoned was that there was no stable agricultural base, and it was difficult for the Central Plains regime to take root and sprout in nomadic areas.

Starting from Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road and crossing Maxian Mountain and Tiandu Mountain to attack Dangxiang, the strategic advantage of attacking Dangxiang is that there are a series of agricultural basins on this route, all the way to Xing and Xia Liangzhou Plain in the heart of Dangxiang.

Beside the Tang Laiqu, outside Xingqing City, there is a quiet Han-style courtyard. Tong Dalang and Jian Yuchi sit opposite each other on a small table. A small stove next to it cooks a pot of mutton, which is steaming.

Drinking a glass of wine, the sick Yuchi put down the cup in his hand, smacked his lips, and said, "It's still our Song Dynasty wine that is delicious. The strong wine here in Dangxiang is just a punch, and there is no taste at all!"

Tong Dalang looked at the wine glass in his hand and did not move. The sick Yuchi went to pour the wine again. Tong Dalang drank the wine in the glass in one sip, pressed the glass on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, what do you think of what Zhang Yuan said today?"

The sick Yuchi said, "Everything is good, but he just does things for the foreign people and insults his ancestors."

Tong Dalang nodded heavily: "I think so too! But Zhang Yuan has clung to the powerful and powerful in Dangxiang. If he doesn't follow him, he will be afraid that he will harm us. A hero will not suffer any loss in front of us. Our heads are not easy, so we should cherish them."

"Brother, are you really going to help Zhang Yuan build a company? Don't say that there is no work or business here in Dangxiang, it's impossible. It's just that. If we help other people do things, will we never go back to our hometown in our lifetime?" The sick Yuchi stopped drinking in mid-air and looked at Tong Dalang in confusion.

Tong Dalang sighed and said, "So what if you don't go back to your hometown? Brother, you can help other people do things if you don't go back to your hometown! We just avoid disasters when we come to Dangxiang. Do we have to really become other people!"

Seeing the disease, Yuchi looked at himself with confusion and puzzled. Tong Dalang said again: "Now the chiefs of Dangxiang and Fan have followed the leader to the border. Zhang Yuan is very powerful. If you want to survive, you have to make a fool of yourself with him. What I mean, I can't do it here anyway, so I'll just do it perfunctorily. Take gold and silver to Song to find the powerful officials in the border area to Tongrong and Rongrong. If we donate the money, can we avoid the death penalty?"

After saying that, Tong Dalang put a bag of gold and silver on the table: "This is what we brought from Song Realm. In addition to the expense of this time, we are all here. When the two countries go to war, our sins may not have to die."

The sick Yuchi looked at Jinyin, thought for a moment, looked around carefully, and walked up to him and said in a low voice: "Brother, if you really have this intention, you may not have to give out the money. I listened to the people who sold things in Song Realm. Now in Yanzhou, the Song Dynasty has issued a reward order and is recruiting Zhang Yuan. Why don't we take him and learn from Song Realm? Isn't it all over?"

When Tong Dalang heard this, he smiled and shook his head: "Brother, it's not that easy. Zhang Yuan wandered around the border for several years, but it's not so easy to hold it. Since last year, someone wanted to recruit him, but the people in his family were transferred to the mainland and replaced with a reward for his head. Now, recruiting is just a matter of Fu Yan's own decisions."

It is a bit unhappy to say that this matter is sick. Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, two loyal workers who work for Dangxiang, were favored in the Song Dynasty and promised that they would give money to officials once they returned to the Song Dynasty. However, no one cared about him, and no one cared about him, and he didn't know what Bian Shuai, who made this decision, thought.

After a while, the sick Yuchi said, "If we say so, we can't go to Yanzhou. When we get there, we have always been familiar with Zhang Yuan, so we must not believe us. If we don't know what to do, we will take our heads."

"Yes, don't go to Yanzhou, but to Qinzhou. We were in Luoyang, and we were in charge of Xu Jingluo. In all aspects, he seemed to be reliable in doing things. Moreover, companies and banks were originally created by Xu Jingluo in the Song Dynasty, and it would be useful to tell him. As long as you get a message there, we will return to Song and do not ask about the previous crimes, and I will go there after the New Year."

After thinking for a while, the sick Yuchi thought about it, he said, "We have dealt with this manager and know a little bit. Brother, it's not me that I'm afraid it's useless to take gold and silver to him. If he wants to forgive him for his previous crime, he will have to have other benefits."

Tong Dalang raised his head and looked at the vast night sky in winter. The sky was covered with stars, like gems inlaid. The cold wind rushed out of the dark night and slammed on his face, and it was cold.

After a long silence, Tong Dalang sighed: "Other benefits? If this is true, it is nothing more than what bank or company I and Zhang Yuan work together to build, and he will be ruined. If there is no money in the war, how long can the Dangxiang last? Is this benefit enough?"

Since Yuan Hao succeeded to the throne, he has been fighting abroad for many years and has consumed huge national strength. Now that the war with the Song Dynasty is getting worse, it is like flowing water, and it is extremely difficult to support it. Originally, relying on the blue and white salt, smuggling to Song Dynasty could be exchanged for a lot of money, but now the Song Dynasty sold fine white salt at a low price on Shaanxi Road, which has eliminated this financial path. Not only did it eliminate the financial path of Dangxiang, but now, many border areas along the Dangxiang border have begun to use the smuggled Dasong fine salt. Even the good restaurants in Xingqing Mansion use Dasong fine salt, which has made it even worse for Dangxiang's finances. The foreigners are not fine in finances, and the leaders such as Yuan Hao did not take these things seriously. If the whole country refuses to resist, he will not admit that the war will make the people in the country live in poverty. However, Tong Dalang and others have always been exposed to the economy, but they can see that if this continues, Dangxiang cannot even get the military rations for the expedition for two or three years.

If Dangxiang was cut off from his way of making money by banknotes, how could they rely on to support the war? Other Bianshang couldn't say that Xu Ping in Qinzhou would definitely see this. Tong Dalang was burning a cellar by the Yellow River and lived a happy life. He was inexplicably involved in a gambling case and sent him to serve as a military force. From then on, he embarked on another road in his life. The one who dealt with him back then was Xu Ping, and when he committed a major case in Luoyang, the transferee of Jingxi Road was still Xu Ping. The two had a huge disparity in their identities and had no chance of contact, but Tong Dalang could feel that he would seize such an opportunity to be sent to Xu Ping.

It is difficult to accomplish something, but it is much easier to destroy something. Now Zhang Yuan, who is in charge of banks and companies, has never been exposed to these things. When the Song Dynasty started these reforms, he was pretending to be a god on the edge of Shaanxi Road. Li Zhongtan just wanted to make money, and there were mountains of gold and silver in front of him. He could even sell his own father, let alone Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao.
Chapter completed!