Therefore, someone in Xixia suggested that Qi Haoran should not serve in the southwest and northwest borders for 20 years. Fan Zijin negotiated with them, and made some profits in the upcoming market. Finally, it was agreed that Xixia would return the capital of Changdu, the east of Linzhi, to Daqi. , and Qi Haoran will no longer serve in the southwest for fifteen years, and the tax on Xixia merchants will be reduced by 10%.

Fan Zijin responded very readily to this request. The two countries are friendly, and it doesn't matter whether Qi Haoran goes to southern Guizhou, and the two countries are at war, and these covenants will naturally be torn up.

In Xixia's view, being able to keep Qi Haoran out of the southwest for fifteen years is a big gain. Qi Haoran's ability to train troops is praised by General Yuan himself. Seeing that the Qiannan army is getting stronger day by day, their pressure It's very big, and there is always a sense of crisis that Qi Haoran will break the country at any time. Of course, the reason why they agree to this request is also because the land they ceded is not very important.

It is already a plateau area, sparsely populated and the land is barren. It starts to snow in mid-September every year and does not melt until March of the next year. It can be said that the cold has occupied this place for a long time, and there is no famous pasture here. There are also very few herdsmen. They occupied this land because it was on their way eastward. Now they have ceded this wasteland away, and they are not distressed.

If Fan Zijin continued to insist on the Hexi Plain, then Xixia would rather destroy the diplomatic relations that were established and would not agree.

Of course, if they knew that there was a gold mine with considerable reserves in this barren land, they would definitely not agree, but the key was that they didn’t know.

And Fan Zijin had been entangled in the Hexi Plain before. This piece of land was proposed by the Xixia envoy "reluctantly".

The little aristocrat in Xixia who opened the gold mine privately has not received the news, and the land has been ceded, but no matter whether he has received the news or not, he dare not tell the Xixia court about the gold mine, otherwise he and his family will definitely There will be catastrophe.

No matter which country you are in, gold, silver, copper, and iron are all state-owned, and the imperial court pays special attention to it, and the Xixia Kingdom has even more control over this. It was a barren mountain again, so he was bold enough to open a gold mine privately, but even so, he was very cautious.

So more than a year ago, he didn't dare to make a sound when he knew about the accident at the mine. Even if the mine remained vacant and more than 800 miners and more than 300 guards and stewards disappeared out of thin air, he didn't dare to make any noise. , he didn't even dare to reopen the mine, and could only quietly ask people to stare at the mountain, hoping to know who found it.

For more than a year, he thought he couldn't wait, but the country ceded all the land to Daqi.

The little aristocrats were suddenly a little unsure. Could it be that it was not the people from Xixia who discovered the gold mines, but the people from Daqi?

Who has the ability to cross the border to their Western Xia and seize his gold mine under the watchful eyes of the patrol soldiers?

Are those 1,200 people dead, or were they taken away by him?

The little aristocrat thought about the people of Daqi once, and could only think of Qi Haoran, but he hated it so much that he didn't dare to speak up. When he didn't find out about the gold mine, it would be easy to cover it up. Once discovered, anyone with a heart can find him with just one check.

Little Bear heard that there was a gold mine on the piece of land that his mother had returned, and his eyes were as bright as the star of the sky.

Mu Yangling laughed, touched his head and said, "Wait for your father to come back and tell your father."

When Qi Haoran came back in the evening, he heard Xiaoxiong's high respect for Fan Zijin, without lifting his eyelids, "If your father didn't discover the gold mine, could your second uncle go to the peace talks?"

Little Bear looked at his father reverently, squeezed into his arms, raised his head and asked, "Daddy, you are amazing."

The corners of Qi Haoran's mouth couldn't help curling up, and the two little Wen Yan who were playing on the side also ran over and squeezed into his arms, shouting to compliment him, "Daddy, you are amazing."

"Father, you are the best!"

Mu Yangling looked at Qi Haoran who was smiling and couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled, then propped his chin and looked at their father and son.

The two children were originally just to join in the fun, but seeing that the elder brother admired his father so much, they did not ask the reason, but also blindly admired them. As a result, until they left Qiannan, the three children followed Qi Haoran firmly, like small soldiers. The same straight chest followed behind his ass.

Qi Haoran took a lot of effort to convince Xiaoxiong to take his younger brothers to ride with A Ling in the carriage first. Liu Dahei smiled and said, "The little princes admire the princes very much."

Qi Haoran made a roll of eyes, who doesn't his son worship him?

"Did you send someone to see the gold mine?" Qi Haoran didn't have time to chat with him.

Speaking of the business, Liu Dahei nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, that little noble still sent someone to stare at the gold mine, my lord, do we want to..." Liu Dahei made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Qi Haoran glanced at him with contempt, and said, "Can you kill him at his house? Leave him alone, now the Xixia army is withdrawing, and we will build the guardhouse and completely take over the area before opening the mines. It doesn't matter if he knows, the gold mine is half open, and the traces of the mines and mining can't be covered up, so he doesn't dare to make a sound."

"About 26,000 taels of gold a year, 260,000 in ten years," Qi Haoran snorted coldly, "If the Xixia court knew that he had stolen such a large amount of wealth, even if he took the initiative to hand it in now, his family would It will also be destroyed, and now he is just unwilling to send someone to stare at the gold mine, and he wants to know who picked his gold mine."

So who said that Prince Rong was brave and foolhardy?

Liu Dahei shouted in his heart, when that person comes out, he will definitely not kill him. This is a fox. He has robbed other people's gold mines and swaggered in. Isn't this spreading salt into people's hearts? ?

Qi Haoran didn't feel guilty at all, he said, "These were originally owned by me, Daqi, and they took advantage of them for so many years. By the way, since there is a big gold mine there, maybe there are other places, too. You can ask people to look around, if you can find a few more gold mines."

Liu Dahei smiled "hehe", you think gold mines are big radishes, they are everywhere.

Qi Haoran was about to leave Qiannan and felt a little melancholy. After all, this was where he stayed for five years. He patted Liu Dahei on the shoulder and said, "Don't interfere in local government affairs, and promote harmony between the Han and Miao people. The king of the border in the southwest will be handed over to you."

Liu Dahei's body should be that he can become this Southwest General, relying on his loyalty and obedience to the emperor and Qi Haoran.