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The mission of the Xixia envoy led the team of Li Zhizhong, who was a clan of the Xixia clan and a minister of the two dynasties. At that time, the reason why Li Ganshun was able to marry Yelu Nanxian was that he went to Liao Kingdom to propose marriage. Now, Li Ganshun sent him to Dazhong again. The idea can be imagined, it was to come to Li Yan's daughter.

In addition to wanting to marry Li Yan's daughter and form an alliance with Dazhong, Li Zhizhong and others have the task of inquiring about the current real situation of Dazhong.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the Central Realm, Li Zhizhong and others began to observe the current national conditions of Dazhong.

As a result, I didn’t know if I didn’t look at it, and it surprised Li Zhizhong and others!

Although there were still some areas in chaos when they were in Hedong, when Li Zhizhong and his party approached Henan, there were no traces of war. There were orderly everywhere, and men were farming and women were weaving everywhere.

From the mouths of passers-by, Li Zhizhong and others learned that the Zhang Suo Yi army, which had a lot of controversy in Hedong, Hebei and Henan some time ago, had collapsed and collapsed with Zhang Suo being dismissed by the Southern Song Dynasty, and most of them were surrendered or annihilated. A small part of them fled south of the Yangtze River, either to the Song Dynasty, to the Li, to the Zhong. In short, they were no longer seen in Dazhong.

When Li Zhizhong and his party arrived in Tokyo, they found that this place was no different from the Tokyo they knew before. The population exceeded one million and the world was rich.

What sets the difference between Li Zhizhong and others is that they actually saw many Western merchants (Dashi merchants, that is, Arab merchants) in Tokyo.

This surprised Li Zhizhong and others.

You should know that since the Western Xia occupied the Hexi Corridor and cut off the Silk Road, the merchants of the Western Regions could no longer reach the Central Plains. If the Western Regions merchants wanted goods from the Central Plains, they had to buy them from their Xixia, which also brought a large amount of fiscal revenue to the Western Xia.

Unexpectedly, the merchants of the Western Regions could bypass the Western Xia and come to the Central Plains!

This made Li Zhizhong and others worried that Xixia might lose a huge fiscal revenue, but they couldn't help but wonder how these Western Region merchants came to Tokyo?

Li Zhizhong steadily held the high-middle officials who brought them to Tokyo, and at the same time sent people to secretly contact the merchants of the Western Regions to inquire about how they came to Tokyo.

Soon, Li Zhizhong and others got an answer that made them worried. The Western Region merchants came to Tokyo from the sea.

Moreover, the cost of these Western Region merchants coming to Tokyo was very low. They only had to pay a not too much money to buy a boat ticket. They could board the Dazhong treasure ship and arrive at various ports in Dazhong from Zhuluo County without any danger. Then they could go to anywhere in Dazhong with the temporary passports issued by the Dazhong court. There were also inns, stations, and pavilions along the way for them to eat and live. The most important thing was that they could also exchange gold for money houses in all regions of Dazhong for light and passable banknotes. Of course, they could also exchange paper money for gold, which greatly facilitated their trade. In addition, because they could trade by sea, the goods that merchants could carry were greatly increased. In short, Dazhong's maritime trade was much more advantageous than Xixia's land trade.

Just like this, Xixia may lose most of its fiscal revenue. What should I do?

After careful observation, Li Zhizhong and others also found that Tokyo not only had Western merchants, but also Indian merchants, as well as a very small number of blond and blue-eyed merchants, only then did Li Zhizhong and others know that these blond and blue-eyed merchants came from the more distant Holy Roman Empire, which was still in the west of the Western Regions.

In addition, whether it is a merchant from the Western Regions, an Indian merchant, or a merchant from the Holy Roman Empire, when talking about Li Yan and Dazhong, they all showed admiration. They respectfully called Li Yan the Emperor of the East and Dazhong the Empire.

It was not until this time that Li Zhizhong and others truly realized the power of Dazhong.

This kind of power is not only reflected in the strength of military power, but also in the cultural governance and comprehensive national strength.

The Xixia delegation followed the officials from Dazhong to outside Bianliang City with a heavy heart.

About a mile away from Duting West Post, the diplomatic officials sent to contact the Xixia mission in Dazhong finally appeared before, and were only responsible for bringing the Xixia mission to Tokyo Bianliang, and were not considered a real diplomatic official.

As soon as the two sides met, the two young officials in the leadership clasped their fists and saluted at Li Zhizhong and others, saying, "Welcome Xia to visit, I am Zhe Yanwen, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple." "Welcome Xia to visit, I am Zhe Zhichang, the chief clerk of Honglu Temple."

When they heard the name of Zhe Yanwen and Zhe Zhichang, Li Zhizhong and others who were very familiar with the Zhe family in the Prefecture and Prefecture changed their faces. They guessed that Zhe Yanwen and Zhe Zhichang were from the Zhe family in the Prefecture and Prefecture, and their reaction was completely subconscious!

If you ask who the people of Xixia hate the most, the Zhe family in the prefectures will definitely be the first to bear the brunt!

Over the past few hundred years, the Zhe family in the Prefecture has killed hundreds of thousands of Xixia people and has long formed a mortal enemy with the Xixia people. Both sides can be said to be dying.

But Dazhong actually arranged for the people from the Zhe family in the Prefecture and Prefecture to receive their Xixia mission. What is this? Are you not going to live in peace with them Xixia?

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Li Zhizhong was a veteran of the Western Xia Dynasty and had been sent to his country for several years to send his country to a diplomat. He quickly calmed down and said, "Old Li Zhizhong is the ambassador of this envoy."

Zhe Yanwen said: "When I was in the northwest, I often heard about Lord Li's deeds. If Lord Li had no Lord Li, there might be no Western Xia. Lord Li could be said to have recreated the grace of Xixia."

What Zhe Yanwen refers to Li Zhizhong helping Li Qianshun marry Yelu Nanxian, and then he saved Xixia.

Although Zhe Yanwen's words seemed to be praising Li Zhizhong, in fact, they were saying that if it weren't for the Liao Kingdom, the Western Xia would have perished long ago.

When Li Zhizhong heard the words, his face instantly sank and said, "The reason why Daxia can survive to this day and not be destroyed like Song and Liao is because the five million people in Daxia are united and advance and retreat together, not Li Zhizhong alone!"

Zhe Zhichang said expressionlessly: "At most three million, if you remove the Han people, there are less than 800,000, and if you remove the old and weak, there are less than 500,000. Among these 500,000, it is not the same as the top and the bottom, but as far as I know, the Western Xia is currently divided into three factions, and they are..."

Li Zhizhong interrupted Zhe Zhichang and said, "Is this the way to entertain guests in Dazhong? If so, then I see that we no longer need to go to see His Majesty the Emperor Dazhong!"

Zhe Yanwen and Zhe Zhichang listened to their words and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, Zhe Yanwen seemed a little unwilling to let go and made a gesture of invitation, and said, "We are only responsible for receiving all the envoys. The one who is really negotiating with you is our temple minister, Lord Ma, who is waiting for you in the inn."

When Li Zhizhong heard the words, he shook his sleeves and said, "Let's go and meet that Lord Ma. If he is so rude, let's go back immediately and never form an alliance with Dazhong!"

Li Zhizhong said very tough, but if you savor it carefully, you can see Xixia's attitude towards this alliance, that is, I hope this alliance will be successful!

Zhe Yanwen and Zhe Zhichang exchanged their eyes without any trace, and then followed Xia Zhi's footsteps with a smile on their faces...
Chapter completed!