"Your Majesty, do you really think the situation in the North will come to this point?" Chen Wei couldn't help it. "Hedong and Daliang have been confronting each other for decades, and in the end, Daliang has almost always won. Although Daliang has become older in recent years, after all, hundreds of thousands of troops, even if they use people, can win. How could it be changed due to other factors in the outside world?"

Chen Wei's rhetorical question also made Jiang Feng difficult to answer for a while.

History has long turned, and it is not even the butterfly effect brought by this outsider. Taking magic as an example, there was no such thing in history? Now the influence of magic is getting bigger and bigger, and it has even become an important factor in social and economic development.

In my past memory, the Later Tang did replace the Later Liang, but the historical trajectory at that time was not the environment I am in now. Now, Liang and Jin have been in a stalemate for so many years. According to the original history, the Later Liang should have been destroyed by the Later Tang more than ten years ago. Where can there be any big beam?

Now even the three towns of Heshuo still exist, and there are countless large and small vassal families. History has long changed. It is no longer the original history, or this time and space have long been not that time and space, but a parallel time and space.

Historical memory cannot be used as evidence, so Jiang Feng can only judge by his own historical accumulation of experience. The Hu people went south to herd horses and herding horses was an eternal rule. There is no other reason. The north is even more bitter and cold. Who doesn’t want to live a better life?

Even if it was their traditional way of life, they wanted to change it, not to mention that the unfavorable situation in the southern Han people in farming war would stimulate them to rush south.

This is the general trend, but Jiang Feng can only infer the specific time node.

When will the Hu people go south? Only inference can be made based on some specific signs and changes. However, Jiang Feng believes that the collusion between Yang Wenchang and the Dangxiang people caused the Dangxiang people to suddenly go south to Guanzhong was an extremely dangerous signal. Perhaps the Dangxiang people did not intend to destroy Guanzhong, but with Yang Wenchang's intentional or unintentional instigation, the situation often became uncontrollable.

Now the sudden attack on Daliang by the Shatu people was undoubtedly influenced by the Dangxiang people. In the eyes of the Shatu people, the Dangxiang people are not worth mentioning and can even shed horses and Guanzhong. Could it be that the Shatu people cannot go south to the Central Plains?

Jiang Feng also believed that the changes in Daliang over the past few years have probably been seen by the Shatu people, and perhaps there was even the shadow of Shatu people being involved.

Things like selling military horses on a large scale will be enough to cause an uproar whenever any vassal vassal, but the other side of the beam is silent, which makes people feel chilled.

As soon as the Shatuo people move, will the Khitans go south far?

"Ziliang, Sansheng, I may not have much evidence to convince you, but we can see it just from the chaos within the Daliang army. Of course, this may only be part of the Daliang army, but such a big thing happened in an army, and there is no sound yet. It is extremely abnormal in itself. I don't think such an army can still bear the heavy responsibility of resisting foreign enemies, even if it is only part of it." Jiang Feng carefully said, "The Dangxiang people have gone south, and the Shatu people are preparing for their troops. Will the Khitans continue to stand by and watch?"

"No, I don't think so. The overall stable situation of small fights and quarrels in the north in the past is about to pass. If we don't hurry up and prepare for this limited time, it will not be a question of whether we can get a piece of the pie, but whether we will be involved in becoming an unstruggled fish." Jiang Feng's tone suddenly turned cold and hard: "I won't let this situation happen, so we must make comprehensive preparations in advance. Rebuilding a powerful army is the primary task, and everything else can be put aside for the time being!"

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Since Jiang Feng made up his mind, there was nothing to say in the Political Affairs Office.

Moreover, Jiang Feng's "alarming" did make Chen Wei and Du Tuo realize that the crisis was approaching. If they wanted to develop, defending the enemy outside the country was the primary task. No matter how hard it was to develop well, they would either be destroyed by the enemy or make wedding clothes for others. They also knew very well, so they determined the priority direction and the Political Affairs Department had to cooperate.

Negotiation with Sogdian merchants is not an easy task, especially when Haizhou has not yet recovered, so that Sogdian merchants need negotiation skills to lend to Huaiyou (Wunning).

Fortunately, the Sogdian merchants had already had a deal with Huaiyou, and the cooperation between the two sides was quite pleasant. In addition, no one would suspect that Huaiyou (Wunning) could not take back Haizhou, so the negotiations went smoothly.

Especially when Huaiyou (Wunning) clearly proposed to use this money to buy a large amount of war horses, ox and donkeys and other supplies, it was more in line with the wishes of Sogdian merchants. When you go out with your left hand, you can take back the animals such as war horses and ox and donkeys with your right hand. This is simply what Sogdian merchants hope to see the most.

"Please rest assured that our Sogdians have a harder reputation than the hardest stones in the world. We have our channels. I believe that the cooperation at the beginning of the year has proved everything."

This was the first time Jiang Feng met with the representative of Sogdian merchants after the agreement was finalized. The respect and confidence of Sogdian merchants made Jiang Feng have to admit that in this era, this group of people who are considered Hu people did have unmatched achievements in doing business.

"Well, I'm very sure of this, but you may already know that Hedong and Daliang are already in a state of war." Jiang Feng nodded and reminded.

At this time, it is a bit dangerous to have the idea of ​​fighting a big beam and fighting horse.

"The county lords don't have to worry. The supply channels of our Sogdians are all over the north. If we don't hide it, we have already contacted the white leaders of the Tuyuhun people when we learned that the county lords were interested in purchasing a large number of good horses. They were willing to sell us a batch of horses."

Kang Guoying was one of the Sogdian leaders and was not afraid to expose his source of goods, because he knew that Huaiyou (Wunning) did not have the ability or the energy to open up such a very complex channel.

Jiang Feng's head is slightly slight.

It is normal for the Sogdians to open up the channels for the Tuyuhun people, just as the Persian Hu merchants have also opened up the channels for the Khitans and the Marines in the north. Under the stimulation of huge interests, everyone will work hard for it, and under the stimulation of huge interests, no one can refuse.

The Tuguhun people and Huaiyou (Wunning) have no big connection, so of course they will not refuse to sell them. Even if there are conflicts, it will be the same for the sake of interests.

Similarly, although the Khitans have shown signs of going south, in this autumn, the herdsmen all need to slaughter animals to avoid insufficient fodder in winter. Sales of horses are also a big income for them. At least now, Huaiyou (Wunning) is still in the Heshuo three towns and the forces of the Khitans, and there is no way to say that they are very hostile. This business is also not something that the Khitans can refuse.

The only slightly troublesome thing is the transportation channel, which originally needed to pass through the Heshuo Sanzhen Peace Lu Army or Daliang.

However, the situation has changed a little now, that is, Zhu Mao occupied Jeju, which means that as long as Sogdian merchants can pass through Heshuo and cross the river, they can transport horses to Jeju, and then go south from Jeju to Yunzhou and enter the Huaiyou (Wunning) territory. There is no need to pass through Daliang or Pinglu Army territory. The well-informed Sogdian merchants should have figured out these situations long ago.

"Okay, I hope this business can allow us to establish a closer relationship and a stronger trust." Jiang Feng's sharp eyes swept over the faces of the three Sogdian merchant leaders, "I hope that 8,000 war horses can be delivered to Sucheng within three months. The remaining 4,000 horses will be given to you for two months, and we will also send to Sucheng. We will pick up the goods in Sucheng."

The three Sogdian merchants looked at each other. Why did this county lord change the orders every day? Didn’t it be said that eight thousand war horses would be better? Why did they add 50% at once and they would be sent to Sucheng within three months?

There is no problem with increasing the amount. The Sogdians have the ability to take over this business and it is no problem with sending it to Sucheng. Jeju needs support and can handle it, but the total price of these 12,000 war horses has increased by half. How can this be calculated?

"Monday,..." The Sogdian merchant surnamed Cao couldn't help but gritted his teeth.

"I know what you mean. I originally talked about eight thousand horses, but now I have been a little ahead of time and asked for eight thousand horses to be prepared within three months. I believe you Sogdians can do it, right?" Seeing the Sogdian merchant nodded, "As for the other four thousand horses, I hope you will prepare first. When you deliver these eight thousand horses in three months, I will let you see something. At that time, you will decide whether to give the remaining four thousand horses to us Huaiyou."

Given to Huaiyou?! Is there anything wrong? Is this Pengcheng County Duke fainted from a fever? Or do you want to force yourself?

No, if this county magistrate really wanted to do this, there was no need to say such things before the agreement was implemented. Moreover, they had dealt with this Pengcheng County Duke several times and knew that the Pengcheng County Duke valued Xinyi Promise even more persistent than their Sogdian merchants.

Taking Shouzhou Kiln as an example, he refused to agree to abolish the agreement with the Persian Hu Trade Fair, which made the Sogdian merchants feel relieved, which shows that the Pengcheng County Duke was a principled person, and this is exactly what many vassal vassals lack the most today.
Chapter completed!