Chapter 107 Xixia Deliang Craftsman

Cai Jing looked at Wang's lesson and was still leisurely. He followed Wang's side and said as he walked, "Sir, I just heard the discussion. That's the son of Xixia's official. You're making trouble for yourself again."

Wang didn't look at Cai Jing. He looked at all kinds of shops on the street. The materials here were generally not as rich as that of the State of Song. I don't know if there were many blacksmiths because of competition and unregulated. The weapons of the State of Xia were better than those of the State of Song; there were even armor on the street. These forging processes are relatively advanced.

Cai Jing ignored himself when he saw Wang. He knew it and said it for nothing. He pointed to the shop on the street and said, "The prince looked at it for a long time. Did you find anything wrong?"

The king asked, "What?"

Cai Jing said, "Have you noticed that there are very few pharmacies after we have been gone for a long time?" After listening to Cai Jing's reminder, Wang Bian noticed that, as Cai Jing said, they only saw one pharmacy in the whole Xingqing Mansion. If this is in Kaifeng, there will be more than a dozen pharmacies on a street.

Cai Jing continued, "Do you say that this Xixia people are not sick? No, Lord Li Xili fell ill a few days ago. Didn't he take medicine? He finally had a chance to come out and have a walk. Just now, Wang had caused that little trouble. Cai Jing had left it behind and began to talk too much again.

The two walked to a government office in the center of the city and saw some notices posted on it, and few people were watching around. They stepped forward and saw that they had been issued for three or five days. There were rewards and government announcements, one of which was about the government opening a salt warehouse and putting low-priced salt on the market.

This made the king a little strange. They stopped in front of the bulletin board, and someone behind them said, "In front of him is the prince next to the king." The king turned around and was the shopkeeper He of the blacksmith's shop.

Mr. He followed the king all the way. Seeing the announcement, he came close to hold his fist and saluted: "Thank you for your help just now. It's probably a little presumptuous for me to send a knife. If you don't mind, He wants to invite you two drinks."

Wang saw this shopkeeper He, and his clothes were all dressed as Han people. His skin was red, his hair and beard were a little gray, and he was of medium-sized. He spoke politely. He just felt that he was not like an ordinary businessman. Although most of them were polite, he did not look like the flattery of businessmen, especially when Mr. He just drank his clerk. When the guys are not allowed to fight with the hot entourage, the tone is a little majestic.

Wang asked Cai Jing to go back to the restaurant first. He was invited by the shopkeeper to find a restaurant and found a quiet box to sit down. Only when the king knew that the original name of the shopkeeper He was He Xingyuan

The second child of the shop greeted him attentively and soon served the wine and dishes. The two of them were getting closer and closer, and the more they drank, the more naive they became. Wang could have said that he was good at observing words and lust. Soon, He Xingyuan had the feeling of having a thousand cups of wine and a confidant, and slowly told the truth to the king.

It turned out that He Xingyuan's father was from the State of Song, and there was a daughter of the He family who married Song Taizu and became the queen. After the death of the "candlelight axe shadow" of Song Taizu, Song Taizong succeeded to the throne. Song Taizong: Zhao Jiong, whose real name was Zhao Kuangyi, later changed his name to Zhao Guangyi because he avoided the taboo of his brother Song Taizu, and changed his name to Jiong after his accession to the throne. After Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, he changed his year number before the second year. De Zhao Kuangyin's eldest son Dezhao (who was 30 years old at that time), and Zhao Kuangyin's youngest son Defang (only 26 years old) also died of a mysterious illness. After the death of Taizu's widow, Song Taizong did not mourn according to the empress's etiquette.

Queen He's clan was squeezed and suppressed. At that time, some people fled from the State of Song, and He Xingyuan's grandfather was one of them. Later, He Chengzhen, He Xingyuan's father, was responsible for the construction of Xingqing Mansion when Li Deming moved to Xingqing Mansion in Xixia. Speaking of this, He Xingyuan sighed.

He pointed to the knife on the table and said, "I have planned to sell this knife, but I can't sell it to Xixia people. The origin of this knife is very special.

The king filled his wine: "Mr. He is so frank. I'll give you a drink. If you can trust me, just say it."

At this time, He Xingyuan was no longer unhappy. He said, "This knife is the knife that Li Shigui assassinated the queen in those years." Wang was shocked when he heard this, and half of the glass he was about to drink stopped.

He Xingyuan's face turned red. He smiled. Obviously, he was a little drunk today. His eyes looked at the knife deeply and continued, "I also had a little official position in those years, but when I saw the civil strife in Xixia, I found a reason to resign and make a living by hiding my name."

When Wang saw him talking about his ancestors, he said the knife and said that he was anonymous. I'm afraid that he drank too much and his language was a little confused, but He Xingyuan continued to say, "Do you know that the Xingqing Mansion was built later, and this group of people were ordered to build the imperial mausoleum."

When Wang saw him, he continued to speak without interrupting him. He drank the wine slowly and thought about the connection between them. The last time I saw my father before I resigned, he sneaked out, and it was the time when the queen was buried. He told me that he would leave Xixia if he had a chance, and Li Liangzuo would definitely wash his family when he ascended the throne in the future. I'm afraid of civil strife in Xixia. However, I can only do this blacksmith business. If I leave Xixia and return to Song, I will not have a foothold.

Wang knew that what He Xingyuan said had no place to stand. He was probably afraid that his family could not return to the Song Dynasty. Another reason was the weapon control of the Song Dynasty, and it was difficult to engage in this industry of selling knives and guns.

"I don't understand why this knife fell into the hands of Lord He." The king asked puzzledly

"Do you know that the people who built the imperial mausoleum will be buried with royal secrets that cannot be revealed. Some people will arrange family affairs in advance, and this knife is also a funeral. The queen did not die of revenge. She died of poisoning. When she died, she held the knife tightly in her hand.

"The imperial mausoleum is built to the most critical position, and those responsible for the construction will leave a way for themselves. Some family members will be appeased, and my father is responsible for this matter. But in the end, my father can't leave the imperial mausoleum. The last time I saw him, he comforted these people's families and gave them some money to make a living. My father left me this knife, and he always felt that there was something wrong with it. As for how he got it, I don't know.

The king picked up the knife and looked at it. He Xingyuan smiled and said, "This knife is nothing. Maybe the queen was too uncomfortable to be poisoned at that time. Maybe she thought about it."

Wang Zong thought, this is thrilling and strange. Is there any secret like the knife in the Heavenly Dragon Slayer? Presumably, an ancient man like He Xingyuan may not have thought of something hidden in the sword. However, Wang also wanted to complain about Jin Daxia. Judging from this forging process, when the hammered knife was hotly beaten, everything was burned out. Maybe He Xingyuan is right. It doesn't matter. The important thing is that He Xingyuan doesn't want to sell this knife to Xixia people again, so as not to make trouble.

Wang saw that He Xingyuan was drinking, his face was already red, and his eyes were slightly confused. He was afraid that he would drink more, so he said, "Today, I'm lucky that Mr. Meng He is so trusted that I don't know what I can help."

He Xingyuan smiled and said, "I have nothing else to ask for at my age. I just want to have a birthday. Recently, I want to close this store and go back to the Central Plains. Inu Zi He Zhu has also reached the age of studying. I have already heard of the prince's name, but I didn't expect to meet him today. I also heard that Mr. Wang is using people. I don't know if I can follow Mr. Wang with this ability to distinguish stones.

Wang's heart moved when he heard this. The ability to distinguish stones is unusual. People often say that thousands of hammers can be made into steel, but not all iron can be made into steel. The reason why the weapons of the Western Xia people are so good is that there is a difference between the stone of making iron and the steel-making stone. Sometimes it is inconvenient to transport stones. The people of the Western Xia people find good stones in the Song Dynasty and often cast them on the spot. Then go back to Xixia for processing. I have heard of these Wang, but I am also a layman. It is obvious that He Xingyuan is a loyal person and a descendant of the Song people. Of course, Wang is willing to.

The king hurriedly saluted: "Thank you for your help. I'm afraid to ask the shopkeeper, but I don't know when I can leave for the State of Song on this trip. In case of a flash, I'm afraid that the shopkeeper will be delayed."

He Xingyuan said, "What did you say? Anyway, I plan to close the shop and return to the State of Song. Since you are willing to take it in, I will go back to the shop and take the dog to follow the prince."

When Wang saw him, he only said that the father and son couldn't help asking, "Is Mrs. He different?"

He Xingyuan smiled sadly: "This Xia Guo does not believe in medicine. If he is sick, he relies on divination and witchcraft. My wife fell ill early. Now the dog is seven or eight years old. Those who can go to college are all descendants of Fan Han officials. Generally, children in the family can't go to school. I don't want him to learn this skill from me. It's also the reason why I want to meet the State of Song.

Wang Jian remembered that he could hardly see the pharmacy on the road, and psychologically understood that what He Xingyuan said was true, and it was good to have many helpers. Besides, He Xingyuan knows the customs of Xixia very well. It happens that he needs such a person around him. Seeing that the wine is almost the same, Wang said, "I won't drink the wine today. After we go back to the State of Song, I will invite the shopkeeper He to have a good drink." After that, he ordered Xiao Er to have a pot of good tea.

It is said that it is good tea, and the color is also very ordinary. Wang Bing and the shopkeeper He talked about tea and learned that Xixia does not produce tea, but because the meals of Xixia people are all meat and tea is a must, tea is not only expensive, but also often cannot be bought. Some people go to Sichuan to buy tea or use Mayi tea.

At the beginning, Song Renzong also told Wang about this matter. He also reminded Wang that if the tea was made well, he could go to Yima, but there was no place to trade in Guanshan, and the road from Jianzhou to Xia was too far away. Hearing that in the land of Sichuan and Shu, the king suddenly flashed in his mind, the tea-horse ancient road.

The so-called tea-horse ancient road is actually an authentic horse gang road. On the ancient road, there are thousands of hard-working horse gangs. Day after day, year after year, in the difficult journey of sleeping in the wind and dining, they broke the tranquility of thousands of years of mountains and forests with the sound of horses' hoofs, and opened up a road to economic and trade outside the region.

For Wang Bing, the two lines of resources, one mine and one tea, did not intend to buy a knife in Xixia, but got the helper of He Xingyuan, and gained a lot. However, He Xingyuan's help to the king is far more than that.

The two of them drank in the restaurant. The yellow finch followed Wang's Manbai's subordinates. Seeing Wang's restaurant drinking, he followed Cai Jing to Guan Yi and found out the origin of the two and reported it to Lord Man. After listening to this, Lord Man heard that the prime minister Liang Yi buried an invitation to the king. The king ignored the matter and decided to meet the king for a while before the prime minister.