"Xuan, the envoys of the Northern Gen Kingdom have come to see you."

Hearing the sound of summoning into the hall, Luo Yi turned his head and glanced at the eight people behind him, and saw that there was nothing wrong with the clothes on the eight people, Luo Yi stepped on the steps step by step, under the leadership of the two eunuchs outside the door of the two halls, Yandi Jiuqi stepped into the gate of the Taiji Palace, under the gaze of the two columns of ministers, Luo Yi's eyes came to the center of the Taiji Palace indifferently and stopped, and then bent his body slightly, bowed lightly to the emperor, and pressed one hand on his left chest, and said

"Luo Yi, the envoy of the Beigen Empire, and the other eight people, visited the Nanli monarch."

Luo Yi did not enter the previous Nanli ministers and Zhou Budo and his party who went to the palace before them knelt and bowed, because although Luo Yi still had some awe for the Nanli Empire in his heart, but after arriving at this Taiji Palace, he Luo Yi and the eight people behind him represented the face of the Beigen Empire, the same empire, he Luo Yi represented the Beigen Emperor, for the Nanli monarch of the same status, it would be good to bow slightly, too heavy a salute would make him Beigen lose his style in front of Nanli.

And Emperor Li's eyes only changed slightly for the etiquette of these nine people, and he did not show any displeasure, raised a hand slightly, and said in a majestic tone

"When Beigen visits me, what do you have to ask for? Today is a great court meeting, and the ministers can speak directly. ”

Although there was no reaction from Emperor Li, some of the ministers in Nanli were very unhappy when they looked at Luo Yi's back, and the vast majority of the ministers among them were some young young Zhuang officials, and they were obviously still immersed in the memories of the Nanli Empire's number one in the world, but they didn't know that the Beigen Empire was now not losing to Nanli in any aspect.

Luo Yi cleared his throat, ignoring the strange eyes of the ministers beside him, and said respectfully to Emperor Li

"The emperor of our country has sent us to visit Nanli, first, to reopen the trade route with Nanli thousands of years ago, and secondly, my emperor wants to ask His Majesty to promise to select a master from Nanli Zen Buddhism to return to Beigen with us to spread the faith of Zen Buddhism."

Emperor Li's face was flat, and after glancing at the ministers in the audience, he replied to Luo Yidao

"I don't object to the reopening of trade routes, but if I remember correctly, the trade routes thousands of years ago were jointly promoted by the three kingdoms of Jin and Geng, and you must know that the former Jin Kingdom has long been turned into history, and the Central Plains blocked the trade routes.

A thousand years ago, when the Zhongjin Dynasty still existed, Nanli in order to maintain its own right to speak and communicate with the north of the mainland, it single-handedly united the Zhongjin Dynasty and the Beigen Empire to promote the trade route of the three kingdoms, because the Nanli was rich in products, the Zhongjin Dynasty grasped the transportation arteries of the Central Plains, and the Beigen Empire also had more than half of the horse farms in the mainland, so this trade route, from the beginning to the end of the back, brought huge profits to the three kingdoms.

The reason why it ended later is also very simple, the Middle Jin Dynasty was divided by the family, and the Central Plains has no country with enough right to speak since then, and this trade route has been cut off.

In fact, if you still want to restore this trade route, Nanli and Beigen can also be transported by water, but then the cost is too high, and it is a thankless decision for both countries, so if the solution brought by Luo Yi is to take the waterway, Emperor Li will not hesitate to reject the idea of Beigen.

However, I saw that the corners of Luo Yi's mouth rose slightly, and he replied quite confidently

"This law, Yier."

"Shouldn't the envoy of Beigen say to take the waterway?"

Nanli's courtiers on the side mocked Luo Yi with some sarcastic words.

As soon as this courtier spoke, the ministers of Nanli burst into laughter, and they were also laughing at Luo Yi with some sarcasm.

But Luo Yi just laughed at this ridicule and continued unhurriedly

"When we rushed from Beigen to the south, we passed through the Central Plains, and we also saw that the Central Plains countries were slowly gathering troops to the south, Your Majesty, it is inconvenient for us and other foreign ministers to discuss the matter of leaving the country in the south, but if Your Majesty agrees to the trade, I Beigen can send 60,000 iron horsemen south to the Central Plains to assist in the southward departure, break the Central Plains countries, and reconnect the trade routes, this law, does Your Majesty think it is possible?"

As soon as Luo Yi's words came out, the Nanli courtier, who originally mocked Luo Yi, also hid his face and closed his mouth, while the rest of the ministers also stopped smiling and carefully thought about the feasibility of Luo Yi's method.

This method is very crude and direct, but if you think about it carefully, there are some possibilities.

Emperor Li's eyes narrowed slightly, he glanced at the ministers standing in front of the audience, and saw that these old ministers had no reaction, just closed their eyes or didn't care about this matter, and the emperor had a little smile in his heart, so after glancing at the father-in-law, he saw that the father-in-law was also a little cold, and he said to the emperor

"In the matter of the Central Plains Alliance, if Beigen wants to intervene, I will allow it, but, Luo Yi, have you ever thought about Beigen, opening up the Central Plains, leaving the south and Beigen, which country will preside over the right to speak in the Central Plains?"

Yes, the area of the Central Plains is not small, even if only one road is opened, it is also a lot of land, and in this place, the two countries must send garrisons, otherwise, according to the nature of the Central Plains countries, it doesn't matter what empire you are not an empire, your main army cannot be in the Central Plains all the time, and the trade route is so long, even if it is impossible for your two empires to guarantee the safety of the whole process, at this time, the Central Plains countries only need to send troops to attack and disturb at every turn, and they can easily destroy this trade route.

At this time, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who had always been at ease, opened his eyes, walked out of the queue of ministers and came to Luo Yi's side, and said respectfully after kneeling down to the emperor

"Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of the ministers, you only need to support one country in the Central Plains."

Emperor Li's face suddenly turned cold, this old guy, why did he suddenly speak for the Beigen envoy, I asked the Beigen envoy, when will it be your turn to speak?

However, due to some reasons, Emperor Li did not have a direct attack, but his tone became a little unhappy and asked the Ministry of Rites

"What Aiqing has seen, it's not bad, but supporting the country to occupy the plate of the Central Plains, this is a hot potato, Luo Yi, do you have confidence in Beigen?"

Luo Yi raised his eyebrows and replied without hesitation

"Go back to the south and leave Your Majesty, before the foreign minister came here, My Majesty said that I have a good candidate for supporting the country."

Hmph, sure enough.

Emperor Lidi pursed his lips, but fortunately, Gonggong Qiangong saw the change in Emperor Li's expression, took a cup of tea and handed it to Emperor Li's hand, and after taking a sip of Emperor Li, he said

"What?"

"When this war is over, it will be clear which country is almost annihilated, and that country will be supported, and the south will leave Your Majesty, can it be allowed?"

"Yes."

Emperor Lidi watched the Ministry of Rites Shangshu get up from the ground and walk back to the ministers like no one else, his face couldn't help but twitch a little, and the hand holding the teacup began to tremble slightly.

And after the Ministry of Rites Shangshu returned to the crowd of ministers, the old Minister of Works, who was standing beside him, looked at him with a smile on his face, but he didn't speak.

Luo Yi's face was indifferent, since the trade matter was completed, then half of his task of coming to the south was completed, and as for the rest of the things about Zen Buddhism, Luo Yi was very confident.

Before the last dynasty, Luo Yi was the only thing about reopening trade routes, after all, this matter was very difficult both in terms of the difficulty of implementation and the way to leave the south.

His Beigen proposal to reopen the trade route is actually a way for the little emperor of Beigen to use this to gain friendship from the south, after all, although the little emperor of Beigen is young now, he has slowly understood some things, and he also wants to take back the imperial power that should have belonged to him.

South away from the present product, is there a great demand for their northern guns?

In fact, after thousands of years of broken chains, the Beigen no longer needs the goods of the south, and even if the matter of reopening the trade route is a thankless business for the Beigen.

Because the products of Nanli are not in great demand in Beigen, but the excellent horse farm resources in Beigen are very much needed by Nanli, and it is precisely for this reason that the best horses are transported into Nanli through trade routes through the origin of trade, and Nanli is to sit back and enjoy its success.

What's more, in order to make Nanli agree to this matter, the Little Emperor of Beigen and the Nine Horsemen of Yandi spent most of their efforts to deduct 60,000 iron horses, and these 60,000 iron horses can also be said to be the majority of the army in charge of the Little Emperor of Beigen.

The Central Plains Continent is also a plain where cavalry is rampant, so as to help Shangnanli deal with the Central Plains coalition army, Beigen's business, from the beginning, never thought of not losing money.

But that's what Beigen thinks, and the devil knows what Nanli thinks.

Therefore, there are too many uncertainties in this, which makes Luo Yi always worried on the way here, for fear that Nanli will refuse the matter.

Even if the little emperor of Beigen has the protection of the nine of them now, the ambitions of the great families of Beigen are gradually getting heavier and heavier, if it weren't for the existence of the Yandi Nine Horsemen now, they would have lost a lot of combat power, and the country of Beigen would have been gone.

At this time, Beigen needs an equally powerful country to help, but what is needed for the country to be strong is on the one hand, and on the other hand, this country must not be too close to Beigen's journey, otherwise when Beigen solves the domestic family, if that country falls into the well and directly takes Beigen, it will be a disaster.

Therefore, if you look at the countries that meet the above two points, you will be qualified to the south.

It just so happens that Nanli is still in the midst of internal and external troubles, and he doesn't have to worry about being left in the well by Nanli in the future, and it is very simple to let Nanli help, and join forces with Nanli to solve the Central Plains coalition this time, and everything can be on the right track.

Now that this matter has passed, Luo Yi and his party are also relieved.

That request of Zen Buddhism, whether Nanli agrees or disagrees now, is just icing on the cake.

Judging from the overall situation, their task can already be declared complete.

"As for the matter of Zen Buddhism, I will not interfere in religious matters, if Beigen wants to spread Zen Buddhism to himself, Zen Buddhism agrees, and I can also agree here."

Emperor Li's expression was already a little tired, originally he was in control of this matter, but since the Ministry of Rites Shangshu inexplicably spoke to help Beigen, all his policies have been disrupted.

The joy on Luo Yi's face was revealed, and he bowed to the emperor again, and said respectfully

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I'm tired, let's retreat."

Emperor Lidi waved his hand a little impatiently, and when he saw this, he walked to the front of the stage and said to the audience with a loud voice

"Retreat, toward."

Nanli and the ministers knelt down as if they had just entered the hall, bowed to the emperor, and said in a deep voice

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

As soon as the perspective turned, Zhou Budo, who had just left the palace, and his party were staying at the gate of the imperial city discussing something.

"Your Royal Highness, you said, Thirteen and Kumu are also Hou Ye now, right? I didn't expect it, this time Your Majesty is really atmospheric, and he sealed the thirteen pavilions in one breath, I'm a good girl, thirteen, you really envy me to death, it's a pity, why don't I have a pavilion? ”

Suddenly, he smiled and patted the chest of the black thirteen, to be honest, the words of the pavilion marquis, although it is the lowest level of the title, and it cannot be hereditary, but how to say that this is also a title, suddenly laughing This has been working in the Jinsi for several years and there is no pavilion marquis, I didn't think that the black thirteen went to Dongxun, and when he came back, he changed from an ordinary soldier to a lord.

However, Black Thirteen just smirked and touched his head, he was a little embarrassed to speak, because there were only two or three of them in the Black Horse of the Feather Forest who now had knighthoods.

Neither yesterday's lieutenant nor his own captain had a knighthood on him.

However, now that he has become a lord, how can this black thirteen not be shy.

Zhou Budo pursed his lips, rolled his eyes, and couldn't help but complain and said with a sudden smile

"Brother Xiao, what are you talking about here, aren't you also the deputy director now, don't you need a knighthood? Zhijin Si, this yamen is a real power yamen, save it, if you are given another title, then you are simply the ancestral tomb is smoking, okay. ”

Suddenly, he laughed, and then he was indifferent, yes, the deputy director of the Jinji Division, although he said that the official rank was five grades, but it was far more important than some four-grade officials.

What's more, when he thought that his future court clothes could be changed to red, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and the red-robed official, he didn't think that he suddenly laughed before he reached twenty, and he had already come to this point.

And in the group, the expression has not changed now, and there are only Kumu and Qi Wuxi.

Kumu's temperament is cold, and he doesn't care much about power and fame in the first place, not to mention that this pavilion marquis has long been enough according to his previous tasks.

And Qi Wuxian's expression did not change, and there was even a faint sadness, what else is there to say, what did he do, thank God if he was not demoted.

Moreover, what Qi Wuxian is most afraid of now is that this sudden smile is mocking himself with an excuse, so that he has nothing to refute now.

What's more, it's not the same as before, and now I can't beat it and laugh suddenly, and I can't say it.

Forget it, if you suddenly laugh and ridicule, you can bear it yourself.

But the imaginary ridicule did not come, and suddenly smiled and just glanced at Qi Wuxian, the corners of his mouth were a little bitter and shook his head slightly, and then turned to the group and said

"Since everyone has a reward, let's go to Tianxianglou for a meal today, right? What do you think? ”

Kumu and Black Thirteen nodded, they didn't have any opinions.

And Zhou Budo just smacked his lips and spread his hands

"Anyway, I don't have any money, so if you want to pay for it, you can pay for it."

Suddenly, he smiled, patted a hand on Zhou Budo's shoulder, and said quite magnificently

"It's okay, Shizi, my brother is rich now, I have a treat today, give me something to eat, especially thirteen, thirteen, you can eat as much as you want, just run to eat and eat well, grandma's, I haven't eaten a good one for Dongxun for so long, and after I went to Chengdu City, I followed Mu De's predecessor and could only eat his mother's fast."

Speaking of this, he suddenly smiled and continued to mumble

"I can't figure it out, Mu De's predecessor is a Taoist priest, why do you still have to eat fast every day? My master didn't force me to fast, I really was, I vomited all day long. ”

Zhou Budo raised his eyes, he also felt the same way, who is he, he is the prince of Zhou, not big or small, he is also a noble child, right?

Don't say anything else since childhood, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are all eaten all over again, especially the Nanli people are very concerned about eating, as the so-called food is not tired of eating, and the people who are not tired of talking about it are Nanli people.

There is no meat and no joy, Zhou Budo has not reached that point, but eating fasting all day long, it is also a loss to people under the eaves, if it was given to Jinling, Zhou Budo would have already lifted the table to make trouble.

But Black Thirteen made Zhou Budo very confused.

Why is such a strong man with such a huge body, as strong as an ox, no, a strong man stronger than an ox, he can eat a full forty steamed buns alone?

Anyway, when Zhou Budo watched Hei Thirteen gnaw on steamed buns, his mouth was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

It was a big white flour steamed bun that was eight years old, and Zhou Budo couldn't hold the steamed bun with one hand, but Black Thirteen had two or three mouthfuls one by one, and ate at least forty steamed buns alive in front of Zhou Budo.

I was going to vomit when I laughed and ate fasting, but when I looked at Black Thirteen again, okay, the food was still so fragrant, which made Zhou Budo and suddenly laugh on the spot.

Kumu coughed slightly, glanced at Qi Wuxian, and Qi Wuxian said weakly

"When are you going?"

Suddenly, he glanced at Qi Wuxian with a smile, and directly stepped forward to hug Qi Wuxian's waist, and said jokingly Qi Wuxian

"What are you doing, why are you more shy than thirteen, hey, isn't it, you have a lot of silver rewards, what should I do, why don't you have a treat in Tianxianglou today?"

"I'll please, I'll please, go."

Qi Wuxian blushed, and directly broke off the trap of sudden laughter, but before the words came out, Qi Wuxian couldn't help but regret it a little.

This time, I lost a little.

The reward that was finally in hand, how do you feel that it all has to be smashed in this meal.

Tianxianglou is also a good restaurant in Jinling City, the height of this restaurant is five stories high, originally the owner behind the restaurant wanted to build nine floors, but because the height of the five floors has only been lower than the highest place in the imperial city, and then build a building, it is a little looking for death, so to the back, Tianxianglou is only to the fifth floor and abruptly stopped.

The fifth floor of Tianxiang Building is also very talkative, and most of the guests on the first floor are knights from the rivers and lakes and some ordinary people, which can be regarded as a down-to-earth place.

But the guests on the second floor, that is where some scholars and literati usually gather here to drink and have fun, because from the window on the second floor, you can see the lakeside of Jinling City at a glance, especially when night falls, it is simply uncomfortable to enjoy the night view through the window.

However, above the third floor, Tianxiang Building rarely receives guests.

Because above the third floor, either powerful and high-ranking officials come here, or some family members, but it is limited to the third floor, because on the fourth and fifth floors above the fourth and fifth floors, there are only a handful of guests every day, and no one knows the specific requirements.

And Zhou Budo and they simply came to the second floor of Tianxiang Building.

Considering that this meal was a treat for Qi Wuxian, it was enough to stay on the second floor to eat, and it could be regarded as saving some money in Qi Wuxian's wallet.

The price of food in Tianxianglou is also higher and higher as the floors go up, and the dishes are different, and guests on different floors are received, which is also one of the reasons why the guests of Tianxianglou have been in an endless stream.

And when the junior of Tianxianglou saw Zhou Budo and his party, because Zhou Budo and his party had just come out of the palace, and the court clothes on their bodies had not been changed, so this junior didn't need to look at them to know that the identities of these people were not simple.

What's more, Zhou Budo and the smiling faces were all familiar customers in Tianxiang Building, and soon the second child who knew Zhou Budo came to Zhou Budo with a smile, nodded and asked Zhou Budo respectfully

"Your Royal Highness, how long has it been here, you can be regarded as here again, what's the matter, let's go to the room on the third floor today?"

Zhou Budo shook his head with a smile and said to him

"No need, just the second floor, pick a place by the window for us, and serve two pots of plum wine, if you eat, you can watch it."

"Dele, His Royal Highness the Prince is here with the little one."

Xiao Er's smiling face was so bright that he bent over and took Zhou Budo and his party to the second floor, and took Zhou Budo and his party to a window, different from other locations on the second floor, there are still three screens next to this place by the window, leaving an entrance, after the group entered, it was also isolated from the rest of the second floor.

After arranging for Zhou Budo and his party to sit down, Xiao Er brought two pots of green plum wine from the side and put them on the table, and after scalding several wine glasses on the table with hot water, Xiao Er said to Zhou Budo

"Your Royal Highness, the small kitchen has already been ordered, just wait a while, and if His Royal Highness has anything, just give a small command."