Tea Horse Trade? Great Change!
Great Song, Jiannan Road.
"Qingniao, at this speed, how many more days will it take us to reach Dali?”
Su Zhe looked at the urgent reports in his hands and his expression was a little solemn.
As the information from Dali gathered in Su Zhe's hands, Su Zhe gradually realized that the situation in Dali was not as simple as it seemed.
"We should be able to reach it in about three days. We are now on the Ancient Tea Horse Road and are very close to the Dali Kingdom.”
The green bird noticed that something was wrong with Su Zhe, so she asked,""Did Milord notice anything amiss?”
Su Zhe took a deep breath. This was the Ancient Tea Horse Road!
"Qingniao, don't you think that this Tea-Horse Road is much quieter than before?”
When the green bird heard this, it came back to its senses.
After looking around, he found that the originally bustling Tea Horse Ancient Road was now deserted.
"There's a problem with Dali. There's a problem with the tea-horse trade between the two countries…This is not a solution…"
Su Zhe sighed. The current situation was not a good thing for the Great Song, which was about to use troops against the outside world!
Originally, the horses in the Great Song army were all bought from the Liao and Xixia through Dali.
Song Liao, Great Song and Western Xia had stopped fighting ten years ago, but these two countries were unwilling to sell their horses to Great Song.
The reason was simple. The Great Song did not produce horses. Once they sold the horses to the Great Song, the Great Song would definitely form a large cavalry force. At that time, the two countries 'advantage over the Great Song would no longer exist.
Therefore, the Great Song could only buy horses from Dali Kingdom. Moreover, these horses were leftover horses from the Western Xia Kingdom and the Great Liao Kingdom!
This was also the reason why Su Zhe chose to conquer Xixia first.
Before the founding of the Great Song, Xixia was originally the horse breeding land of the Central Plains.
Hearing Su Zhe's words, the green bird also realized the seriousness of this shocking change.
The Great Song was about to use troops against the outside world. If they stopped the tea and horse trade, the Great Song Imperial Army would face the predicament of having no horses to use!
"Milord, what should we do?" The green bird took a deep breath and quickly asked Su Zhe.
When Su Zhe heard this, he was unflustered and immediately said,"The news came from the Heavenly Dragon Temple. The monarch of Dali had deposed the heir to the throne, Zhennan King Duan Zhengchun. No one knew what had happened in Dali.”
"The one who sent the message was the Heavenly Dragon Temple? I heard that after the Dali Kingdom's army abdicates, don't they all go to Tian Long Temple to become monks?”
Su Zhe nodded his head. The current army of Dali had already thought of becoming a monk. However, the crown prince of Dali, King Zhennan, was too unreliable, which was why he had not handed Dali over to Duan Zhengchun.
Now that the Dali Kingdom, which had always been on good terms with the Great Song, had suddenly chosen to close its doors, Su Zhe felt extremely strange!
Back then, he was the one who presided over the negotiation of the tea and horse trade between Dali and the Great Song. Now that the gate of Dali was closed, all his efforts back then were in vain.
There was no need to mention that Great Song was about to start a war with Western Xia. Even though Su Zhe had formed the Godly Might Army, the Godly Might Army was used to deal with Carefree Sect and Western Xia Class One Hall. The main force that fought against Western Xia was still Great Song's imperial army!
If the Great Song Imperial Army had no horses and could only fight on foot, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties when facing the Xixia Iron Sparrows.
On this trip to Dali, he had to solve the problem in Dali.
Only by restoring the trade on the Tea Horse Road would the Great Song have no worries when they conquered the Western Xia and Great Liao!
"Could it be that something has happened to King Zhennan of Dali?”Su Zhe guessed that the cause of the matter must have something to do with Duan Zhengchun.
This Dali Emperor's younger brother was also famous for being a schemer! When he was young, he owed countless debts.
Back when he was negotiating in Dali, Duan Zhengchun had angered the Dali Emperor several times because of this matter. However, Su Zhe felt that Dali would not have sealed off all the passages to the outside world just because of this matter.
The news of Dali was able to spread today thanks to the spies planted by the Great Song in the Heavenly Dragon Temple and the experts of the Six Fan School hidden in Dali.
However, the area within a hundred miles of Dali Palace and Heavenly Dragon Temple was under martial law. It was impossible for the intelligence personnel of Great Song to find out what was going on inside the palace!
Therefore, Su Zhe could only guess what had happened in Dali Palace.
Was it a coup d'état, or was it an assassination attempt by experts sent by other empires hostile to the Song Dynasty?
Su Zhe didn't know any of this. He could only wait until he arrived at Dali to find out the truth!
"Green bird, faster!"
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Dali Kingdom, outside the Heavenly Dragon Temple!
A handsome young man in white stood outside the Heavenly Dragon Temple with an anxious expression. He paced back and forth!
This young man was the heir of Dali's Zhennan King, and also the sole descendant of Dali's Duan family, Duan Yu!
"Let me in. How is my father?”Duan Yu tried to break into Heavenly Dragon Temple, but he was stopped by two monks guarding the door.
"I'm the son of King Zhennan, how dare you stop me?”
At this moment, Duan Yu only hated himself for not having any martial arts.
If he had martial arts, why would he be so cowardly? He could just barge in directly!
"Your Highness, the host has gone up north to participate in the sword tournament on Mount Hua. Now, only His Majesty is suppressing His Highness in the temple. If anything happens to the prince when he goes in, we can't bear the responsibility!”
The two monks guarding the door were helpless and could only calmly explain to Duan Yu. However, Duan Yu did not listen at all and insisted on breaking into Heavenly Dragon Temple!
Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, a middle-aged man dressed in a high-ranking monk's attire slowly walked out from the depths of the Heavenly Dragon Temple.
"Uncle! How is my father?"
Duan Yu hurriedly asked when he saw his uncle come out.
Hearing this, Emperor Baoding Duan Zhengming could not help but sigh and said in a deep voice,"Yu 'er, if anything happens to your father, you will be the heir to Dali Kingdom from today onwards.”
Duan Zhengming's words were like thunder exploding in Duan Yu's ears. He looked at his uncle in disbelief, his face filled with shock.
Upon seeing this, Duan Zhengming's expression also became a little dejected.
He had originally thought that he could resolve Duan Zhengchun's problem with his cultivation base. However, he did not expect that neither the One Solar Finger nor the Six Pulses Divine Sword would have any effect on Duan Zhengchun. All he could do was suppress Duan Zhengchun temporarily.
That's right, Dali Zhennan King Duan Zheng Chun had gone crazy!
The Crown Prince had lost his mind. This matter had a heavy impact on Dali. Therefore, Duan Zhengming could only choose to keep it a secret and temporarily trap Duan Zhengchun in Heavenly Dragon Temple!
At the same time, Duan Zhengming sent out a group of monks to ask for help from the suzerain, the Great Song!
The only person who could save Duan Zheng Chun now was probably that person from Great Song…
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