Inside the city of Chin State.

Wang Chen followed Suo Mintun and the others into the inside, he found that the scene here was very different from what he saw outside, the soldiers on the city tower were well-equipped and the armor was bright, but the soldiers inside were on the contrary, and the equipment was very poor, and even, he saw a few soldiers in the inner city holding knives in their hands and crumbling mouths.

What's going on?

Something seems wrong.

Wang Chen blinked, looked at the neatly dressed Suo Mintun and the others, and then glanced at some of the expressionless people in the inner city, and became even more puzzled, these people were almost unclothed, but only covered a few key positions.

Once in the inner city, he got into a luxurious carriage.

Along the way, Wang Chen lifted the curtains of the car and looked out, and found that the houses in this city were very broken, and thatched houses could be seen everywhere.

Is this really the capital of the kingdom that is very powerful today?

According to Wang Chen's ancient Burmese materials searched from modern society, the direct kingdom is very strong, occupying almost most of the territory of Lower Burma, while the Kingdom of Bagan occupies most of the territory of Upper Burma.

Wang Chen frowned, feeling more and more strange.

"Min Juekan, how many soldiers do you have in the kingdom?" Wang Chen asked inquiringly.

Min Juekan, who acted as the translator, was stunned at first, and then communicated with Suo Mintun in words that Wang Chen didn't understand, Bagan and Meng Wang Chen couldn't understand, but he had heard the accent just now, but Min Juekan and Suo Mintun didn't seem to be speaking Bagan or Meng this time, Wang Chen doubted whether he had heard it wrong.

After half a ring, Min Juekan smiled and said, "I have more than 100,000 soldiers in the kingdom, do you have anything else to ask, President?"

Wang Chen smiled dumbly and said, "But I see that you don't even have two thousand soldiers defending the city, not like a kingdom with more than 100,000 soldiers." ”

Hearing this, Min Juekan smiled dryly: "Really? Maybe you are wrong. ”

Wrong?

The density of the guards on the castle tower can be seen.

There are almost three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post on the tower of the ancient Mandalay city, and the soldiers defending the city are only more than 5,000 people.

Wang Chen felt that Min Juekan and the others were lying, could it be that there was a big difference between the direct kingdom and the historical records, and the national strength was not so strong?

With great doubts, the carriage gradually entered the royal city.

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Intramuros.

It's not big, it's more than twice as small as the imperial city of the Song Dynasty, you must know that the imperial city of the Song Dynasty is considered small in the ancient Chinese history, and it stands to reason that the royal city that leads directly to the kingdom will not be much smaller than the imperial city of the Song Dynasty, why is it so small?

The most critical point is that Wang Chen saw that the number of "forbidden troops" in the royal city was also very scarce, which was inconsistent with a powerful country.

After a series of puzzles, he finally came to the palace.

Got out of the carriage.

There was a man in his forties in a royal robe at the door in front of him, it should be the king, and beside the king, there was also a group of panicked ministers, the number was not much, at a glance, there were only about twenty or thirty people.

Wang Chen was very speechless, and he went straight to the minister of the kingdom like this?

Before he could speak, the king had already stepped forward with his ministers with a smile on his face and a slight grovel, and said a great deal of words in neither Bagan nor Mon.

Subsequently, Min Juekan translated: "His Majesty the King is greeting you and saying that you are coming, and he must entertain you well. ”

No matter how you say that the other party is the king, even if the posture is unusually low and incomprehensible, Wang Chen is still very polite and courteous, and habitually stepped forward to stretch out his hand and shook the king's hand, saying, "Hello king." ”

The king's expression seemed to be a little apprehensive, and he stretched out his hand and said inward, "The great president has come from afar, and we will talk slowly inside." ”

Wang Chen snorted, "I'm tired." ”

He deliberately walked in side by side with the king, if it was a normal situation, there would definitely be ministers who would come out to scold, after all, this is in the territory of "direct access to the kingdom", and no one can walk side by side with the king.

However, exactly as Wang Chen guessed, no one came out to scold him at all, as if from the beginning, the king, ministers and others had put themselves in a relatively low position.

In the royal palace.

It's also very shabby.

There is no such gold and splendor as the imperial palace of the Great Song Dynasty, except for a throne inlaid with various jewels, the other pillars are all original wooden pillars, and there is nothing brilliant.

The palace ladies are also dressed in ordinary fabrics.

Wang Chen glanced at it and came to a conclusion that the palace was very poor.

"President, please be seated. "The king himself brought a chair.

Wang Chen tried again and waved his hand, "I can't get used to this chair, I sit on that kind of chair in my own country." He pointed to the throne in front of him, and then without giving the king and the ministers a chance to speak, he walked up on his own, sat on the throne, crossed Erlang's legs, and said, "Okay, I'll sit here." ”

The king's face was cloudy.

The ministers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

The palace maids seemed to be commonplace, and they looked very numb.

All these expressions were taken into Wang Chen's eyes, and he still didn't move, wanting to see if the king and the ministers would be angry, after all, he was already insulting the other party by doing this.

But to Wang Chen's disappointment, the king immediately showed a flattering smile, "That is, the president is the emperor of the kingdom of heaven, so he should sit on the throne, and I can sit on the chair." With that, the king pulled up his chair and sat down beside the throne.

"Huh. ”

The king had a point. ”

"The throne should be given to the emperor of the kingdom of heaven. ”

The ministers also looked very shameless, and they all laughed heartily, and the previous anger and dare not speak disappeared.

the groove.

You're crazy, aren't you?

Wang Chen even felt that the king and the ministers had broken heads, but buddy snatched your king's throne and sat down, and he didn't react at all?

Wang Chen, who felt more and more that something was wrong, was chatting with the king and ministers in his mouth, but he analyzed it in his heart.

First of all, he followed the map, and it should be in the direction of the ancient Chin State, and there was no mistake.

After all, according to historical records, the territory that leads directly to the kingdom is in Lower Burma, and it is about 200 kilometers away by car, and it stands to reason that 200 kilometers from any direction of Ancient Mandalay City cannot reach Lower Burma, that is to say, this is still the territory of Upper Burma.

At first, Suo Mintun may have used the Mon language, but when he entered the royal city, Wang Chen did not hear a single Mon language with a similar accent, nor Bagan, but another language.

But the royal city, the royal palace, and the king's ministers don't seem to be fake, do they...... This is neither a territory nor a direct kingdom of Bagan, but one of the small states of Fan State in ancient Burma?

Or rather, this is Chin State.

Is it just a temporary Chin State that is uncomfortable with Bagan, and it does not belong to the Zhitong Kingdom, is it a small country that exists independently?

Small enough to control the area only in Chin State?

Wang Chen felt that his guess was very close, according to his understanding of the history of Chin State, this place should belong to the Chin people, but the history of Myanmar is more difficult to search, he has always mistakenly believed that the Bagan Kingdom is the Bagan Dynasty that is strong to the peak in the record, not to mention the unification of the whole of Burma, at least all of Burma is under the control.

It is now very likely that Chin State has not yet been conquered by Bagan.

Then, the unusually flattering and respectful attitude of the king and ministers is also explained, the strength of Guqin State is too weak, so weak that it does not dare to clash with any forces at all, before learning that his own dense army outside the city, the king and ministers were instigated, and learned that Wang Chen thought that this was the territory of the Bagan Kingdom, so he simply pretended to be the enemy of the Bagan Kingdom and went straight to the kingdom, wanting to scare Wang Chen away.

To put it simply, treat each other politely while pretending to be a big-tailed wolf, and let Wang Chen not have any thoughts about here, eat and sleep well, and hurry up with the army to get out.

Thinking of this, Wang Chen couldn't laugh or cry.

Nima, the king of Guchin State is actually pretending to be a coercion with his buddies? The most important thing is that this coercion is also very clumsy.

Well, that's not how to pretend.

Since he learned that the other party was not a person who had a direct connection to the kingdom, nor did he belong to the Bagan Kingdom, and he did not dare to start a war with himself, Wang Chen had a heartbreak and decided to scare the king and ministers, he leaned on the throne, knocked his fingers on the wooden armrest, made a bangbang sound, and then said softly: "King, should I call you the king of the direct kingdom, or should I call you the king of the Qin people?

As soon as the words came out, Min Juekan, who acted as the translator, was sweating profusely in an instant, looking at Wang Chen with a panicked expression, and turning his head from time to time to look at the king and ministers.

The king and the ministers didn't know what Wang Chen meant, they still nodded at Wang Chen with a smile on their faces, and from time to time they were still asking what Wang Chen was talking about.

Min Juekan had no choice but to bite the bullet and translate it in the Qin language.

It's okay if it's not translated, but as soon as it is translated, the palace, which was originally full of laughter, became silent in an instant.

The king's eyes widened, and the two hands hidden in his sleeves trembled slightly.

The ministers were also frightened, and then looked at Wang Chen as if they were facing a great enemy, as if, as long as Wang Chen made any movement at this moment, they would pounce on him like hungry wolves and tear Wang Chen to pieces!

"You...... What do you say? This is indeed the capital of the kingdom. The king smirked.

"Oh, is it?" Wang Chen, who was sitting on the throne, looked over with great interest, and laughed hesitantly, "I remember that the capital of the direct access kingdom is in the direct pass, close to the Bago side, what about me, I just conquered the capital of Radha Nabuni and led the army to march less than four hundred miles again, Bago is thousands of miles away from Radha Nabuni Tu, but it is far more than four hundred miles, come, respectful king, you can tell me again, this is the direct city?"

The king's forced smile was completely frozen on his face.

Twenty or thirty ministers also tensed up all of a sudden, and even Wang Chen saw that two of them were similar to military generals, and their hands had already reached the waist knife on their waists.

Wang Chen is not afraid of any of their actions, he had prepared before he came, even if there was any accident, he could escape as soon as possible, and then lead the troops to attack down, now seeing the appearance of the king and the ministers, he seemed more relaxed and casual, leaning on the throne, and said lazily: "I advise you not to make any drastic moves, otherwise don't say that I have tens of thousands of elite soldiers outside the city, just me, one person can kill all of you here!"

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