The camel bells on the Hexi Corridor are incessant, and the cargo warehouses in Xingqing Prefecture are lined up, with treasures from the Western Regions and silks from the Central Plains converging here.
Although the national power is far inferior to the Great Song, trade taxes have gradually enriched the treasury of Western Xia, allowing military equipment to be updated, making it an undeniable force between the Western Regions and the Central Plains.
As for Liao, Yelv Zongzhen also discerned the economic vulnerability under the Great Song's dominance.
On the basis of maintaining the national policy of "farming and warfare," he implemented a series of reforms, established border markets, encouraged herders to exchange fur for ironware; built irrigation systems in the southern borders imitating Song systems, expanded cultivated lands; and supported handicrafts in the Five Capitals to reduce reliance on Song goods.
