The second prince smiled and waved his hands, "You are awesome, I'm afraid of you!"

Han Siyuan followed outside on horseback, "Take off two of the gold hairpins on your head and I'll exchange them for wine. Doesn't it hurt to hold so many gold hairpins on your head?"

It doesn’t hurt! Stop pushing me.

The convoy and horses moved forward slowly, and those behind could hear the laughter in front of them from a distance.

Cao E whispered to Tao Meizhi: "The princess has a very close relationship with the princes."

People who grow up in the same place are naturally close.

Zhang Yulu looked forward and could only see the profile of the second prince who turned back to joke with the princess from time to time.

Shou Gu poked her head to take a look, and happened to see the princess leaning half of her body out, holding up a tea cup to feed King Yong to drink tea. One of them was riding on a horse, and the other was lying on the window of the car. She didn't know what she was talking about. The other one kept talking.

The stern young man has a gentle expression, he must be very happy.

The princess's clothes are made of Shu brocade, which is the most expensive among the Shu brocades. The old lady only has three brocades, and the one with the best color should be the princess's. There is also the gold hairpin and precious stones on her head.

, it looks like there are many hairpin rings, but in fact the gems are all taken from one stone, and each one is very clear. That set is really a priceless treasure!

There are not many other things in the Western Region, but there are many gems. The old lady keeps all the gems given by the tribe every year. The best ones are all piled on the princess.

The car slowly stopped at the gate of the other courtyard. Shougu saw the princess standing motionless on the shaft of the car. It was King Yong who raised his hand to take her down.

She fell in last, while others rushed to the front.

She looked forward, and then asked Taozi in a low voice: "The princess is the real proud daughter of heaven, right?"

Xiao Tao knew the lady's thoughts and whispered: "The princess is the princess of the imperial court. She grew up under the knees of the emperor and the queen... No one can compare with this."

Yes! After all, the rights gave her everything.

In a different place, she can have everything she has now.

But her life is not as good as others'. She has her grandfather to rely on, her father to rely on, and in the future, she will also have a husband to rely on.

And who can I rely on?

My grandfather is unreliable, my father is not reliable, and the only one who can change the situation is my husband.

Therefore, what my mother said is actually right! A husband who has everything can give himself everything.

She whispered to Xiao Tao: "Wait a minute, ask where the son of the Tuoba family is..."

Tuoba family?

Well! Tuoba family.

The Tuoba family is a family that cannot be ignored in the northwest.

Both Fourth Master and Tongtong knew that a Xixia appeared later, which was originally a descendant of Dang Xiang's Tuoba family. The Xixia Kingdom lasted for nearly two hundred years and was a dynasty parallel to the Northern Song Dynasty.

The royal surname is Li, but this Li is the surname given by Li Tang.

That is to say, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, this family made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion of Huang Chao, and was granted the title of Duke of Xia by the Tang Dynasty court at that time. They were given the Tang surname for the second time and were granted fiefdoms in the five states.

Tongtong asked Fourth Master in a low voice: "Which five states?" She really didn't remember this.

The Fourth Master replied to her: "Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Suizhou, Suzhou, Jingzhou, these are the five states."

Tongtong pointed at his feet, "This Yinzhou was originally the place where the Tuoba family was?"

Um!

Tongtong clicked her tongue, "This family is amazing."

Yes! This family knows the current affairs to the extreme! In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms for so many years, no matter who was in charge of the Central Plains Dynasty, he bowed his head and obeyed, especially obedient. But later, he was canonized by the Liao Kingdom as the King of Xixia and recognized Xixia's power.

Status. In the Northern Song Dynasty, they could not defeat others and did not win a single battle, so it was acquiesced that they occupied the Hetao area.

In fact, since they took charge of the Dingnan Army in the late Tang Dynasty and followed the five states, they were already regarded as a vassal town.

Tai|zu killed so many people in the vassal town, why did he not kill the Tuoba family? There are two reasons: First, this family is very aware of current affairs. When I am unable to compete with you, I will never provoke you.

!I am obedient! I will do whatever you say, but I am obedient. There is no reason for you to kill me! Secondly, Dangxiang belongs to the ethnic minorities in the northwest. In terms of policies towards ethnic minorities, from a very early stage, that

Most of them are based on leniency. Not to mention that Taizu was influenced by modern ideas, even Zhao Kuangyin in history had a policy of leniency! He rebelled, surrendered, surrendered, and rebelled again. Over and over again!

Just like Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Huo, from an overall perspective, this is right.

In other words, Taizu did not kill the Tuoba family, but sent Duke Beiyi here. Then the Tuoba family is very aware of current affairs and wants to occupy Yinzhou, right? Okay! You can take it.

So what can Duke Beiyi do to the Tuoba family like this?

I have to reuse it on the surface, but I never dare to be careless, for fear of backlash.

Fourth Master whispered: "If you want to leverage the northwest, you have to work hard on the Tuoba family."

Tongtong said "hmm" to express his understanding.

The two of them were talking about serious matters, but with their heads next to each other whispering like this, no one would think wrongly.

The prince's wife said to the old lady, "Looking at how good things are, the happy event is probably very close."

The old lady asked in a low voice: "Is King Yong good-tempered?"

Good! Very good!

Yao Shougu looked away from the pair of beauties, coughed lightly, and quickly covered her mouth with her handkerchief: Yes! The Lin family became the masters of Yinzhou, but they have forgotten that Yinzhou was originally Tuo

From the posthumous family.

The Tuoba family lost their land in five states, but their descendants are still making progress.

My mother received many gifts from the Tuoba family, and they were all given secretly in private. People must ask for something from a gift, right? This must be something that the Lin family cannot know, but it is a matter of interest.

Yao Shougu walked towards the manor step by step, but her heart became more determined.

Tongtong sat next to the old lady and soon met Li Renfu, the head of the Tuoba family.

Li Renfu looked very loyal, and after bowing to the old lady, he left.

Just when she was about to ask the old lady about Li Renfu, Qingya came over and whispered in her ear: "Princess, a lady has asked General Liu Yun and Liu to see you in private."

Nothing happened?

Qing Ya whispered: "I didn't say anything, I just handed us a bag of green salt."

Green salt?

Um!

Lin Yutong frowned, there is Yanzhou in the northwest that produces salt, and the output is huge! The most important source of finance for the Xixia Kingdom is green salt.

No matter when salt was exclusively owned by the imperial court and sold privately, it was called smuggling.

The northwest has salt, iron, and various resources. This is another reason why the imperial court is always worried that the northwest will lose control.

After thinking about it, she got up. After saying something to the old lady, she left first.

Liu Yun and the others were placed in a side courtyard, and the main hall was where Tongtong changed clothes and rested.

At this moment, a woman in her thirties stood solemnly in the main hall. When she saw Tongtong, she immediately knelt down.

Lin Yutong didn't scream. He first looked at the packet of green salt that Liu Yun asked for, and then frowned. The quality of the salt produced in the northwest during this period is actually better than that in the Central Plains. There are also salt wells in the south, but there have been floods in recent years.

The severe growth has a great impact on the quality of the salt.

The Lin family did not allow the salt from the northwest to flow to the Central Plains. In fact, they were protecting the court's salt tax.

Lin Yutong rubbed the salt grains with his hands. The grains were distinct, very dry, and slightly green in color. He licked two grains with his tongue and tasted them. There was almost no bitter taste. This was the finest green salt, better than ordinary people in the Central Plains.

The salt used is much better.

"Get up!" She went to sit down and looked at the woman: "Who are you? Why did you send this thing here and want to see me?"

The woman raised her head and said, "Princess, the little lady's surname is He. She was originally the wife of Deng Jiuyun, a silk and satin merchant. Our husband and wife were originally from the south of the Yangtze River. They came to the northwest to sell silk and satin a year ago. Silk and satin were indeed in short supply, and as soon as we arrived

Yinzhou was sold out. My husband didn’t want to go back with an empty carriage, and originally planned to sell some spices back to the south of the Yangtze River... That night I went out to discuss business, and said that the deal was settled. Even if I could come and go freely in the northwest, who knew?

I went out for a good time and came back drunk. In the middle of the night, I was suffering from abdominal pain. Before the innkeeper called the doctor, my husband was dead. The doctor said that he had eaten something inappropriate... but he died of poisoning. Northwest

In this land, how many things can be so powerful against each other that they can directly kill people. I was going to sue the government, but right after we rented the yard, someone ransacked it. At that time, the government said it was bad.

The thief stole it. But... the money for selling the silk was not stolen. How could it be stolen by a thief? Later, I found this in the crack of the carriage my late husband took when he went out..."

Lin Yutong shook the purse containing green salt and said, "That's it."

Yes, "It's just a bag of salt, why should I hide it carefully? The young woman suspected that her husband's death was related to this bag of salt. This salt is produced in Yanzhou and is only available in the northwest. However, after the young woman returned to Jiangnan

, but I bought this in Jiangnan..." After saying that, he took another package and handed it over, "I bought this in Yangzhou..."

Qingya took it and looked at it, then handed it to Tongtong.

Tongtong took out the salt for comparison and found that it was indeed the same kind of salt.

"The little woman returned to Yinzhou again, but she didn't dare to complain! I heard that the Duke's mansion held a banquet and ordered food from a restaurant in Yinzhou, so I went to work as a cook in a restaurant and sneaked in! Women go

There were no male guests, only the female generals looked kind and could directly invite the princess, so... I took the risk."

This means: Someone smuggled salt from the northwest and sold it in large quantities in the south of the Yangtze River!

This is really not a trivial matter! If anyone in the court knew about it, they would definitely impeach Northwest.
Chapter completed!