No shortage of walls

The common people do not have strategists and tacticians. They only know that every year, the Song people prepare silver, spirits, creams, etc. to trade with them for fat sheep. Usually the official came to register early:"So and so, how many sheep do you have this year? How many sheep does so and so have?"

But the court provoked a war! It's okay to start a war, but it's too much to defeat the war. Not only will you lose 30,000 good horses. Now the southerners are angry and don't want to buy any. The people have raised so many sheep. Should they eat them all themselves?

It was originally intended to be sold to the southerners for raising. Last year, I said that the southerners wanted as many as they wanted. Now it’s better. I made the first move, and then I lost. Then, what should I do with the sheep?

Sheep give birth to sheep too quickly.

The relationship with the Song Dynasty was cut off, so when buying things, Bei Xia had to buy things from Song Dynasty, and then Xihu bought things from Bei Xia. Then I went to Xihu to buy it. It was obviously not that expensive in Song Dynasty in the past, but now it is ridiculously expensive.

Regarding the sheep sale, I wanted to sell it to Xihu first, but Xihu originally negotiated for only 40% of the original price. I was afraid of offending the Song Dynasty, so I transferred it to the Song Dynasty second-hand. I was also afraid that the sheep would become thin. No more.

I heard from merchants traveling between East and West Hu and Beixia that the Song Dynasty imported more than 1.6 million sheep to the Northern Xia Kingdom. There were not enough sheep in the Northern Xia Dynasty, so they took away all the sheep from the Xihu Kingdom. It is said that later they became anxious, and the Song Kingdom actually They agreed to let Beixia Xihu kill the sheep and transport them there; it was difficult to travel with live sheep, but it would be much more convenient to kill them, and they would not stink if they were killed on a snowy day. Song Guo actually agreed. It is said that the people in Xihu in Northern Xia laughed until their teeth fell out, while the people in Donghu were even more dissatisfied.

Winter is coming soon, and there is less pasture. If you raise so many sheep, if you don't sell them, are you going to let the sheep starve to death?

Now the Hu people's court was also in chaos. While handing out letters of credence frequently, they were careful to guard against the southern army moving north. Emperor Song Xing of the Song Dynasty directly issued an order to the border guard general. Keep an eye on your family and keep your credentials for yourself. Now the Ministry of Rites has been reduced by half and there is no time to deal with it.

Liu Ying's troops in the north were not allowed to go south, and they had to obey the authority in urgent matters.

Liu Ying himself knew that if the barbarians dared to come, he would be avenged, so why not keep an eye on him?

On the other hand, the old Shanyu of Donghu is old and he is not sure whether he is overworked. He is still angry with the prince for handling the affairs of the Song Dynasty. It is said that he is ill.

It's just that this news has not been spread not only in the Song Dynasty, but also in Donghu, so it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

The border guard of the Song Dynasty had already prepared for the emperor to go north to the temple to worship the Hu people. At this moment, he received the imperial edict and the Hu people's credentials as soon as they were delivered, and warmed himself by the fire. He still felt that the Hu people's credentials Not thick enough to withstand burning.

The soldiers of the Song State are tough and hot-blooded, and they just do what they do. At this time, the Song State is still afraid of you, the barbarian? If it wasn't restricted by the imperial edict, it would have been done long ago.

In Qi State and Song State, there was a little more rain this year, and the salt wells in Chenzhou were much less salty, with a lot of coarse salt and big fat pigs coming in.

In winter, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty seemed to eat as much meat as before, but there was no fat in sheep or pigs.

In the past, I only had two meals a day, so I could only eat enough when fighting. Now I have three meals a day, and I can feel full. In winter, meat is not fat, so I can enjoy it very much.

The pigs and sheep were killed quickly and some were sold to the people in the market. The people gradually became rich and began to eat meat.

Except for coarse salt and kelp, the people of Song Dynasty were not used to eating the seafood products of Qi State, so they bought very little of them.

The Ministry of Rites did some calculations and found that Qi made the least money, all in Old Qi. The people of Old Yue Wu were too poor to sell anything. Instead, Old Yue Wu bought more cheap salt blocks.

The two countries of Yue and Wu, which were rich in sea salt, could not afford their own coarse sea salt, so they bought cheap salt blocks from Chenzhou.

Qi Ren is indeed a bit ruthless.

The political situation around the Song Dynasty was calm and joyous on the surface. Only Song Xing and Liu Gongquan did not think so. They sent spies to other people's homes, and others also sent spies to their own homes.

Liu Gongquan was not sure whether it was true or not.

Song Xing asked Liu Gongquan to keep him, and as soon as he arrived, he came to the court. There was no conclusive evidence; he could not touch a court official who stood upright as an official and devoted himself to serving the country and the people. He was already in the court, no matter how small the official was. It's a high official.

Second, once you know who it is, it doesn’t matter.

The fish has already arrived in the net. When to close the net is a matter of human beings and their preference. Besides, if the fish is kept in the net, it is easy to know whether the fish has any friends inside or outside the net.

As the king of spies, Liu Gongquan, if you told him that the only spies in the world sent by the Song Dynasty to other people's homes, others would never send spies to the Song Dynasty.

The first one who didn't believe it was definitely Liu Gongquan.

At the end of October, the Zhengtong Emperor announced that he would be rewarded with another two months' salary this year. However, Liu Guo's investigation of He Shizhang's report and detailed work was not done well. Cui Zheng's delivery was as messy as a ghost, and he lost the face of the court. He was only rewarded with one month.

Another year-end bonus was issued.

The public officials of the Song Dynasty were eating mutton and pork while shouting"long live the emperor".

Mr. Jin from the Propaganda Department began to publish gossip in tabloids again.

Mr. Huang Quan is still investigating corruption and illegality. The first thing he said is that the emperor has increased his salary by 50%, and God has given him a gift! If you don't do things well, why do you want to commit corruption?