Great Zhou Empress

At this point, Xiao Liege seems to have truly understood why his ancestors had peace talks with Dacheng back then.

Their Liao Kingdom is indeed very strong militarily. Such strength makes her and many nobles often ignore their weaknesses in other places.Like a sword-wielding man, his sharp sword is out of its sheath, as if it can cut through all obstacles in front of him, but he forgets that his physical body is defenseless and full of weaknesses.

Just like in their Liao Kingdom, there are only a few hundred thousand people who can be soldiers. Even if these few hundred thousand people conquer a vast land, there are not enough administrative officials to manage it. Their culture that has been developed for hundreds of years is still far away. They can't keep up with Dacheng's development speed. Except that the dagger making process is better than Dacheng, they are far behind in the production of various weapons and crafts.

Being able to maintain the Xiongzhou defense line is already the limit for them to maintain their own nationality and maintain the stability and unity of the entire country.

Today's game is pretty intense.

As Xue Zhijing thought, they would suffer a lot from this kind of competition.

Although all the soldiers were dispatched, their individual qualities were not as good as those of the Liao people.

For example, in horse racing, people from the Liao Kingdom may play on horseback as soon as they can walk. Can Dacheng people do it?It is estimated that the children of nobles like Yuan Jin have this condition, but most of the sergeants did not learn until they entered the barracks the day after tomorrow.

Another example is archery. The Liao people live by fishing and hunting all year round, and they practice moving targets. Except for hunters, the Dacheng people can only practice fixed targets in the school grounds every day, which is so short.

As for wrestling, can the muscles grown by eating carbohydrates every day be stronger than the muscles grown by eating beef and mutton every day?

Xue Zhijing and Xiao Liege had a wrestling match that day, and they really used some beauty tricks.

Xue Zhijing's mind was no longer on the competition, thinking in his heart, if he loses this time, will Xiao Liege propose something to him, a peace negotiation condition for them to give them [-] copper coins every year.

But Xue Zhijing hates this kind of money giving for no reason the most. Business can be done, so what's the point of spending money to buy peace?Will Hei Shi pay protection fees?

Although spending money to buy peace is the easiest thing to do, Xue Zhijing knows that a simple solution will leave great troubles.

In the eyes of the Liao Kingdom, Dacheng has become a big family that can be robbed at will, while their Liao Kingdom has become a real bandit. Xue Zhijing neither wants Dacheng to be always thought of as a robber, nor does he want Liao to become robber.

How to do it?

Xue Zhijing's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about what kind of products Dacheng had, such as tea, how much it produced, how it was sold to the Liao country, how many procedures it went through, how much was the price increase and how much was the tariff from the place of origin to the Liao country etc.

Then, what kind of products can be sold to Dacheng in Liao, what kind of products can be developed, and so on.

Even such things as Liao Kingdom's entrepot trade in the Western Regions of goods rolled in Xue Zhijing's mind.

Well, she used to be just an investment banker, but in this day and age, she actually works for an international economic organization.

I am so great!

But Dacheng's sergeants didn't lose too badly, they played very stalemate in each game, after all, they were holding their breath in their hearts.

But after all, he still lost.

In Liao's home court, both nobles and ordinary soldiers laughed excitedly, drank wine and ate meat, feeling that the victory on the stadium was their victory on the battlefield.

Xiao Liege also smirked, and made a distant toast to Xue Zhijing, "Commander Xue, I'm sorry, I accept it."

It feels like revenge for wrestling and crushing her that day.

Xue Zhijing didn't show that he lost the game at all, instead he replied with a smile, "It's not over yet, isn't there still a few days left for the game?"

Xiao Liege snorted coldly and said, "Heh! You still lost after several days of competition, I think, let's talk together, whether you want to give us 20 guan or [-] guan every year."

It seems that Xiao Liege didn't recognize the agreement between the two of them to wrestle that day at all.

However, Xue Zhijing is also mentally prepared, national affairs, how can such a wrestling match be decided, just like now, how can a sports match that lasts for several days be decided, it is just to increase the psychological weight of the negotiation between the two parties.

"Your Highness, it's too noisy here, let's chat in another place." Xue Zhijing said with a smile.

Xiao Liege suddenly thought of something in his mind, and his cheeks were still a little red, but she held on to a haughty look. After she lost face in a wrestling last time, Xiao Liege didn't want to do it again in front of her countrymen. Showing a slight sense of weakness.

"Where do you want to go to chat?" Xiao Liege asked.

"Just walk around." Xue Zhijing said.

The two, together with a large group of servants and slaves, walked out all the way.

Xue Zhijing was very close to Xiao Liege, and Xiao Liege was too used to her approaching, so he didn't deliberately avoid it. In fact, if it was really an ordinary envoy, she must be two people away from the other party.

"Baby, I said just now that we should find a place to chat. What did you think of? How can I see that your expression has changed?" Xue Zhijing looked for an opportunity to deliberately tease Xiao Liege.

Xiao Liege gave her a bitter look, is this guy a roundworm in my stomach? Why does he know everything.

"I didn't think about anything, and don't call me baby, call me Your Highness the Princess."

"Oh, yes, Your Royal Highness, baby."

"you~"

Because there were a lot of people behind him, Xiao Liege didn't dare to talk to Xue Zhijing too loudly, and even restrained his movements a lot, that's why Xue Zhijing dared to be so self-willed and "presumptuous".

She is also helpless, if she is not "presumptuous", how can she get her wife back.

As the two walked, Xue Zhijing suggested, "Why don't we go hunting?"

She knew that this was also one of Xiao Liege's hobbies, but she always didn't have much time, so she wanted to do it with Xiao Liege at this time, so that Xiao Liege could relax and things would be easy to talk about.

But Xiao Liege said with obvious disgust, "Your side is all farmland, what are you hunting for? Earthworms?"

Your side?

Xue Zhijing's eyebrows twitched, knowing that Xiao Liege probably didn't regard this land as his own in his heart.

She smiled and said, "The area where you are standing now has been an area of ​​agricultural civilization for thousands of years. We farm land not only because we like it, but because this land is suitable, especially the climate is suitable. Just like you in the grassland The area is suitable for grazing. In this area, planting crops is more rewarding than raising horses and sheep. This is a land with its own characteristics, which cannot be easily changed.”

Thinking of this, Xiao Liege was really a little annoyed, why didn't she know this truth, even if she didn't know it before, she knows it now.So those nobles were clamoring in her ears every day to turn this place into a pasture, so that they could occupy this piece of land. She really wanted to roll her eyes, how could things be so simple.

"There is no place to hunt, let's go catch fish." Xiao Liege also suggested by himself, "There is a tributary of the Huai River over there, and the current is not so fast. I will ask someone to prepare a boat. Do you dare to get off with me? Catching fish in the river?"

Xue Zhijing approached slightly, and his voice seemed to fall into Xiao Liege's ear, "Why don't you dare, I remember the first time we swam in the North Sea, I miss it so much."

Following Xue Zhijing's words, Xiao Liege's memory also went back to that time. It was several years ago, Xue Zhijing had just been trafficked as a slave to the royal court of the Liao Kingdom. It happened to be summer, and the royal court was stationed in the alpine region. North Sea.

Xiao Liege's status was still unstable at that time, and he spent a lot of time dealing with government affairs every day, but he had some careful thoughts to share with Xue Zhijing, so he could only take her to swim in the North Sea, which he liked, in the dead of night when people were still. Enjoy some quiet time for the two of you.

Looking back now, the beauty at that time actually makes people feel a little lost.

The attendant quickly arranged a fishing boat, and the two of them led a group of people to the edge of the river.

The tributary of the big river is gentle and even a little green, which is really rare.

The attendants supported the boat, Xiao Liege and Xue Zhijing stood at the bow, and slowly drove to the middle of the river.

Xue Zhijing asked with a smile, "With a fishing net or with bare hands?"

Xiao Liege raised his chin, "Unarmed, let's see who is better?"

Xiao Liege always seemed to have the idea of ​​wanting to compete with Xue Zhijing. It seemed that she wanted to win a little bit of victory with Xue Zhijing, whether it was a big national battle or a fishing game as small as this.

Xue Zhijing thought it was funny, why bother?

Xiao Liege started to undress, Xue Zhijing looked at her, licked his lips slightly, and followed suit.

Wearing the innermost underwear, the two plunged into the water almost at the same time.

The water was a bit cold, but it was nothing to the two of them.Xue Zhijing was calmer, she just took this opportunity to have a private communication with Xiao Liege, but Xiao Liege was very impatient, as if she would suffer for the rest of her life if she couldn't beat this one.

Xiao Liege just plunged into the water, and after a while, she jumped out of the water with a fish in her hand. Panting, she swam to the boat, and then climbed up under the pull of the female slave.

"Where is Xue Zhijing?" Xiao Liege threw the big fish on the board of the boat, wiped his hair with the towel given by the slave girl, and asked.

"I don't know, there is no movement in the water at all."

Xiao Liege laughed, as if she felt that she had won, but after a while, she felt a little worried, and she shouted to the calm water, "Commander Xue, don't grab it if you can't catch it, be careful! I'm so suffocated, come up quickly, I caught a big fish, enough for the two of us to grill, you admit defeat."

After a while, there was still no movement in the water, Xiao Liege looked at the female slave beside him, who spread her hands, expressing that she didn't know what was going on.

"Xue Zhijing!"

Xiao Liege really became a little worried, he yelled several times, but the water was still calm.

As a last resort, she quickly threw the towel to the slave girl, and plunged into the water again.

After entering the cold water, she opened her eyes and tried her best to find Xue Zhijing's location. She felt a wave of panic in her heart. Will something happen to Xue Zhijing?

Looking around, suffocating in the water and unable to speak, Xiao Liege was almost dying of anxiety, she regretted so much why she proposed to catch fish, what is there to catch, what competition is there, is it crazy to want to win?

Where is Xue Zhijing?