Chapter 431: Snow Spirit Palace of the Hu Tribe in the Snow Plain

Chongshan Town.

After Yu Qingyi returned, Yang Zhengshan took a break from his busy schedule and did not go to the government office for two days. He spent two days at home with Yu Qingyi.

A short separation is better than a new marriage. After more than two months of separation, Yang Zhengshan missed his wife very much.

Although the two are now an old couple and their feelings are becoming dull, it is not necessary to have a passionate relationship. Instead, after separation, you will think about each other all the time, which will make you feel uncomfortable and always feel that something is missing around you.

When Yang Zhengshan went to war before, he did not have so many thoughts. After all, when he went to war, he did not have much energy to think about family affairs.

On the contrary, Yu Qingyi's entry into Beijing this time made Yang Zhengshan feel more touched.

Perhaps it was because of the feeling of calmness, or perhaps it was because of the habits he had developed over the years. Anyway, Yang Zhengshan felt uncomfortable when Yu Qingyi was not at home.

After resting at home for two days, Yang Zhengshan soon devoted his energy to the heavy official duties.

There were many things, and he needed to deal with them one by one.

And the situation in Darong was not peaceful either. Let's not talk about the distant places, let's talk about Beiyuan Town.

Since the destruction of the Wuliang army at Guanshankou, the conflict between Beiyuan Town and the Wuliang Hu tribe has become more and more intense. Beiyuan Town has even taken the initiative to go out of the pass many times and wiped out dozens of small tribes of the Wuliang Hu tribe.

This is normal. Although the Wuliang army was put into Liaoxi by Ji Feiyu, Beiyuan Town cannot escape the involvement of anything related to the Wuliang Hu tribe.

What's more, the Wuliang army also turned the world upside down in Liaoxi, which put a lot of pressure on the civil and military officials of Beiyuan Town.

Especially Yang Zhengshan wiped out 70,000 to 80,000 Wuliang troops with a fire at Guanshankou. If Beiyuan Town can't show some decent results, how will the court and the prince look at them?

So in order to win face and give an explanation to the court, Beiyuan Town has been actively fighting with the Wuliang Hu tribe during this period.

Although there is no unified strategy, all the generals are looking for opportunities to fight.

These are what Wang Bin wrote to Yang Zhengshan. Recently, Wang Bin seems to be unhappy in Beiyuan Town.

Yang Zhengshan is not very clear about the specific situation, but it should be related to Duan Qifeng, the general of Beiyuan Town.

Duan Qifeng is the son of the Duke of Rong. He has been in charge of Beiyuan Town for 20 years, the longest among the nine generals of the nine border towns of Great Rong.

It is very appropriate to describe Duan Qifeng in one sentence: he has no wisdom, no courage, and no outstanding achievements, but he has made Beiyuan Town like a copper wall and iron wall to prevent the Wulianghu tribe from making any progress for 20 years.

It is normal for Wang Bin to be unhappy under such a person. Although he is the deputy general, he certainly cannot control too much military power in Beiyuan Town.

In this regard, Yang Zhengshan can only write a letter to comfort Wang Bin. Sometimes there is no need to be too eager for quick success. It is most important to sit in the current position safely and steadily.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan wrote a reply to Wang Bin and then opened the official documents on the table.

However, when he saw the first official document, he was surprised.

The Snowfield Hu tribe!

This official document came from Fushan City, which was sent back by Yang Mingzhi.

The content was that a group of believers who called themselves the Snow Spirit Palace went to Fushan City some time ago and wanted to trade with Fushan City.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know what the Snow Spirit Palace was, but Yang Mingzhi listed them as the Snowfield Hu tribe, which meant that they came from the Snowfield.

The Snowfield is a general term used by Darong to refer to the area north of the Hariwen Mountains, including the Hariwen Mountains, all of which are included in the scope of the Snowfield.

In the past, some small tribes of the Donghai Hu tribe lived under the Hariwen Mountains, but they were all on the southern foot of the Hariwen Mountains.

After the destruction of the Donghai Hu tribe, many remnants fled to the Snowfield.

Now Fushan City has become Fuzhou City, and the area south of the Hariwen Mountains is considered to be the territory of Chongshan Town, but the actual control area of ​​Fuzhou City is still four or five hundred miles away from the Hariwen Mountains.

Therefore, Fuzhou City has never had any contact with the Hu people in the snowy land.

The Hu people in the snowy land is also a general term for humans living in the snowy land by Darong. In Darong's eyes, the north is the Hu people. No matter what forces they are or what civilizations and customs they have, they are all collectively called the Hu people.

Yang Zhengshan knows that there are many human tribes and some forces in the snowy land, but he only has a superficial understanding and does not have a deep understanding.

"Xueling Palace!" Yang Zhengshan thought thoughtfully.

Want to trade!

This is naturally no problem. Yang Zhengshan does not mind doing business with anyone. As long as there is enough profit, he is even willing to do business with the devil.

Of course, the premise is that the other party cannot threaten himself.

After thinking about it, Yang Zhengshan thought it would be better to let the other party come to Chongshan Pass to meet. If it is just for trade, then it is fine, but if there is any conspiracy, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan approved the official document and sent it to Fuzhou City.

A few days later, Yang Zhengshan did not wait for the people from Xueling Palace, but waited for Wang An from Kyoto.

"Greetings, Lord Marquis, this is the memorial that the Crown Prince asked me to bring!"

Wang An's attitude towards Yang Zhengshan was so respectful and polite. After all, before coming, the Crown Prince had repeatedly told him to follow Yang Zhengshan's arrangements after arriving at Chongshan Pass.

Yang Zhengshan took the memorial, turned the last page and glanced at it.

"I understand, you should stay in Chongshan Pass first, I need five days to prepare!"

He said casually.

The purpose of the Crown Prince asking Wang An to come was for the craftsmen in the glass workshop.

The market for glass ornaments and utensils is so huge, so Yang Zhengshan was ready to do this business with the prince from the beginning.

Why the prince, not the court?

If it was the court, Yang Zhengshan was afraid that he would not be able to leave even a hair.

If it was the prince, then he could at least keep the glass workshop in Chongshan Town.

Of course, he also had to pay a price.

He would give half of the skilled craftsmen in the glass workshop to the prince in Kyoto, so that the prince could also build a new glass workshop in Kyoto.

It is not an easy thing to make glass. It is not that you can make glass by getting the technology of making glass. Without a group of skilled craftsmen, even if Yang Zhengshan gave the production technology to the prince, the prince would need at least one year to make qualified glass products.

And with skilled craftsmen, as long as they set up kilns and prepare materials, they can make glass products in less than a month.

Yang Zhengshan naturally couldn't let the prince wait for a year. The prince could wait, but he couldn't.

He could drink this soup by himself, but he had to take the prince with him to eat the first bite of meat.

So he wanted to let the prince see the benefits of glass as soon as possible, and for this he did not hesitate to give half of his craftsmen to the prince.

Yang Zhengshan asked people to arrange accommodation for Wang An and his accompanying soldiers, and asked Zhu Dahai to select craftsmen.

After Zhu Dahai submitted the list, Yang Zhengshan gave these craftsmen a settlement allowance, and then gave them three days off to let them go back and say goodbye to their families.

Later, Yang Zhengshan would also send their families to Kyoto, and from then on they would be Kyoto residents.

As for whether they would be treated unfairly, unless the prince did not want to make money, he would never treat them unfairly.

Five days passed in a flash, and Yang Zhengshan sent Wang An and his three hundred soldiers out of the city in the morning, including more than a hundred craftsmen.

Standing in front of the city gate, watching the long team go away, Yang Zhengshan jumped on his horse and said, "Send someone to send out the invitations prepared before!"

The prince has passed this test, so Yang Zhengshan has no scruples next and can ship on a large scale.

The glass ornaments that Luo Shang took away before have been transported to Jiangnan, but they have not started selling yet.

As for the other merchants, Yang Zhengshan has not yet negotiated with them.

Now the time is finally ripe, and Yang Zhengshan should let go and do a big job.

…

The day after Wang An left Chongshan Pass, people from Xueling Palace came to Chongshan Pass.

A total of six people came, led by an old man and a young man. The old man looked to be in his sixties. Although he looked a little old, his skin was very fair, and his gray hair was combed meticulously. He didn't look like a barbaric Hu tribe, but more like a master of noble birth.

Standing in front of the old man was a girl wearing a red cloak. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge and brow bones, which made her look pure like a girl and charming.

Yang Zhengshan had seen beautiful women before.

Yu Qingyi was a beautiful woman who was worth looking at. There were no ugly women in the Yang family. Wang was just fat, not ugly. When she was young, Wang was also the village flower of Wangjia Village. It was just that she was fat now, and her appearance was lowered by a level.

However, if we talk about the most beautiful woman Yang Zhengshan had ever seen, it would naturally be Miss Yu Lu, now Wu Han.

At that time, Yang Zhengshan almost couldn't control himself when facing that graceful dance.

The girl standing in front of him now had a face that was not inferior to Yu Lu, and as for her figure!

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and looked at the girl with a smile.

Her chest was very big!

Even if she was wearing a thick Luo skirt and a cloak, it was difficult to hide her proud figure.

If they have a child, they will never let the child go hungry!

"I, a foreigner, Xue Zhongjin, pay my respects to Lord Jing'an of Darong!"

Although the girl was in front, it was the old man who spoke.

When Yang Zhengshan saw this, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

The four followers behind them all saluted, but the girl standing in the front did not salute, but looked at Yang Zhengshan with interest.

The big eyes were extremely clean, even cleaner than the ice and snow in the north.

"Forget it, you are not the people of Darong, you don't need to salute me!"

"Thank you, Lord!" Xue Zhongjin stood up.

"I don't know much about the forces in the snowy land, what is your Xueling Palace?" Yang Zhengshan asked directly.

Xue Zhongjin bowed slightly, "Holy Spirit Gift, my Xueling Palace is one of the three palaces under the Lingen Holy Church, dedicated to the Holy Spirit of Ice and Snow. For thousands of years, my Xueling Palace has always lived on the Xueling Holy Mountain."

"Uh, it's a high mountain in the north of the Hariwen Mountains. From the Ice Valley, looking north, the highest peak is the Xueling Holy Mountain!"

He probably knew that Yang Zhengshan didn't know much about the North, so he also explained the location of the Xueling Holy Mountain.

Ice Valley, Yang Zhengshan really knew that when the North Sea Hu tribe was wiped out, there was a tribe living outside the Ice Valley.

This Ice Valley is actually a lake. Because the snowfield is cold all year round, the lake is frozen for most of the year. If people enter it, they will think it is a valley, not a lake, so it is named Ice Valley.

In the Ice Valley, you can walk on it in winter and take a boat to cruise the lake in summer.

It is summer now, and this group of people should have come by boat.

Xue Zhongjin continued, "My Xueling Palace commands thirty-six valleys and seventy-two tribes, and is the largest force in the Hariwen Mountains!"

"Uh, how many people are there?"

Yang Zhengshan really didn't have an accurate concept of the thirty-six valleys and seventy-two tribes.

It sounds very powerful.

"My Xueling Palace has three thousand believers and eight hundred thousand followers." Xue Zhongjin said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. Eight hundred thousand people is also a considerable force. The former Donghai Hu tribe only had three or four million people, and the largest tribe, the Gorqin clan, had only more than 300,000 people.

Compared with them, this Xueling Palace is even larger than the Gorqin clan, and its strength should not be weak.

I just don't know how strong his martial arts is?

Yang Zhengshan glanced at Xue Zhongjin. It seems that he should have a high level of cultivation.

Nine levels of the acquired realm, or half a step to the innate realm?

Xue Zhongjin continued, "We used to trade with the Gorqin family. We would exchange the unique medicinal herbs and furs in the snowfield for their food, tea, ironware and porcelain, etc."

"But the Gorqin family was destroyed six years ago, so we need to trade with the Marquis now. Please allow me!"

The growth of herbs is limited by region. For example, herbs grown in Liaodong are hard to find in Jiangnan, and the price will be very expensive.

Although the snowfield is cold all year round and it is not suitable for the growth of plants, there are also many very precious herbs.

For example, Bingxin Huanglian, although not a precious medicine, is worth hundreds of taels of silver.

Bingxin Huanglian is occasionally found near Heiyun Mountain. Since Chongshan Town occupied Heiyun Mountain, many warriors have gone to Heiyun Mountain to look for Bingxin Huanglian.

And the Bingxin Huanglian grown in Heiyun Mountain is definitely not as much as that in the Hariwen Mountains.

As for fur, almost all animals in the snowfield have thick fur, and because of the environment, most of them are snow-white fur without a trace of mixed colors.

This kind of fur has a very good market in Dayong.