Lu Ning didn't expect that Liu Jizong would come to visit him.

Liu Jizong and Wang Lun tried the case of Qu Guo injuring Zhenla's envoy, in fact, it was obvious that after the pork minister Badra Bamo and Prince Zhenla failed to secretly detain the Qi slaves and maids in Chen Cang, because of the loss, plus Badra Bamo, Mo was very angry when he returned in front of Lu Ning, but after all, he still didn't want to provoke the Qi people, so Qu Guo would basically be judged a small crime, and his master could pay a fine.

However, in terms of how to deal with the relatives of Qu State, Liu Jizong even got a hint from the king of Champa Parami Shuravarman, and wanted to put all these slaves who slaughtered pigs to death, so as to appease the anger of the pork minister Badra Baman and even the Zhenla Mission.

As for Lu Ning's countersue against the pork minister Badra Bamo, Liu Jizong basically ignored it, which naturally also represented the attitude of the Champa royal family, and Wang Lun did not insist, after all, he felt that it was not feasible at all.

If he could help the shopkeeper save his slaves and maids, Wang Lun would feel that he had completed his merits.

……

In the guest hall, Liu Jizong listened to Lu Ning with a smile.

When he first entered the inn in this port area, his waist was very straight, but when he saw that the maid who was notified was as beautiful as a flower and dressed brighter than him, he was secretly surprised in his heart.

When he entered the living room all the way and looked at the appearance of fragrant tea and dim sum, his waist softened a little.

Waiting for this personal servant girl of Qi Shang to come in, it is really stunning, they are all fairy-like characters, and they talk and behave, obviously pampered and well-educated since childhood, not to mention the side, the white teeth are simply not learned by the nouveau riche folk women, of course, he can't see the teeth of these maids at all, and even their faces don't dare to look more, it's just that he feels in a trance.

Originally, I thought that Qi Shang was just a coincidence and bought a few particularly beautiful barbarian slaves and maids, but now, it is far from the case.

Waiting for this Qi businessman to slowly enter? Liu Jizong stood up in a hurry? Even the original brewing rhetoric has been forgotten, but it looks like a small official who reported the case to the official? What does the other party ask? He hurriedly answered, asking a question of ten? There is no ambiguity.

"What do you mean, my maidservant relatives of the Qu Kingdom? Is it impossible to save your life? Lu Ning frowned slightly.

Liu Jizong smiled: "Poured? It's not that they won't be able to save their lives, if the clerk is willing to pay for forgiveness...... "Actually, his original intention was to rip off the bamboo, although now it has reached the point? Don't know how? But he didn't dare to say any more.

Lu Ning smiled and said nothing, picking up the teacup and tasting tea.

Liu Dafang, who was standing next to him, snorted coldly, "Although my master has a lot of money, he didn't give it to these barbarians. ”

"That's, that's? Then Xia Guan will think of a way. Liu Jizong hurriedly smiled.

Lu Ning got up at this time and said, "Generous? You talk to Liu Guanjia. ”

Liu Jizong also hurriedly got up to send him off, "Please do it outside!" ”

Don't you think the other party is rude? On the contrary, people are willing to come forward to see him, as if they have given him a lot of face.

"Master Guanjia? Sit down! "Wait for Lu Ning and the maids to disappear? Liu Dafang just turned around? The big grin became the master.

Liu Jizong sat down with a smile, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Lord Guan Jia, my master said, although your Zhan Po prince is rude to my master, but Daqi and Zhancheng have an alliance of the West Sea, yes, my master will not blame, but the Zhenla people actually covet my master's maidservant, and the country should be destroyed, and my lord said, you have a deep understanding of the Zhenla tribes, come, tell me, my master wants to help a country that is dead, what should be supported?"

Listening to the words of the servant who always felt a little weird when he spoke with a white face, Liu Jizong was stunned.

The tone of this Qi master's family is too big, I don't know, I think he is a Great Qi royal family.

What's the matter, I offended you a little? Going to die in his country?

How powerful is the kingdom of Zhenla now, and its territory is larger than a dozen Champa states, and if you open your mouth, you will destroy other people's countries?

Liu Jizongzheng felt inexplicable, but when he saw this white face, he smiled and said: "Lord Guan Jia, or you can tell me, the most barbaric and warlike tribe under the rule of the Zhenla people in the neighboring Zhancheng, which one can you have a connection with?" Don't be humble, my master said it, you know what he said. ”

Liu Jizong originally thought it was ridiculous, but when he heard this, his heart suddenly sank, and cold sweat broke out all over his head.

He did come into contact with some of the Chenla barbarians who were close to Champ, because he was not a subservient person, especially in this barbarian land, even the royal family, and it always made people feel that they were ignorant and unenlightened.

He befriended the Chenla barbarians who were close to Champa in the hope that one day the situation would change, and he colluded with the barbarians to invade and create chaos and seize the throne of Champa.

It's just that how did Qi Shang know about such a confidential matter?

Liu Jizong felt that his heart was cold for a while, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

……

At this time, Lu Ning was already comfortably leaning on the soft couch in the study.

His eyes were slightly closed, pondering the real thing.

Of course, if you want to make trouble in Zhenla, it is not because the so-called Prince Zhenla provoked himself.

Rather, it is because Chenla is now extremely powerful and worthy of the name of the first power in Southeast Asia.

This is a slave country ruled by a god king, the monarch calls himself a god king, in general, and the Central Plains Shang and Zhou dynasties or the Egyptian pharaonic period should be similar, in the eyes of the lower slaves, the monarch is a demigod and half human ruler, this kind of ruler, also like to build grand buildings to show the majesty of the gods, Angkor Wat came from this, in essence, is the most primitive temple complex.

Although this ruling structure is primitive and backward, it can be very aggressive, especially since the Indochina Peninsula is already in the transition from primitive tribes to slaves and feudalism.

The territory ruled by the Jinla people today is bordered by the south province of the Daqi Lingnan (northern Vietnam in later generations) in the northeast, the eastern province of Yunnan in the northwest, the Bagan tribes in the west, and the southern part of Jinoujiao, which is the southern part of Vietnam in later generations, which is now the land of the Zhenla people.

Of course, in this huge territory, many regions are ruled in name, and there are also small vassal states such as the Luo Li Pengchai and Luo Hu Kingdom.

The reign of the queens of the past dynasties, also known as the queen state in the Central Plains classics, is a form of government that has always maintained the tradition of matriarchal society.

Luo Hu is the ancestor of the Thai people, and the Siamese people annexed each other, fused with each other, loved and killed each other, and finally formed a country called Siam, which is the predecessor of Thailand.

At first, the current Luo Hu country is still very weak, in fact, it can't be called a country, but it's just a Luo Hu tribe ruled by the Zhenla people in name.

With the expansion of the Great Qi, the southern territory and the Zhenla people have a huge national border, of course, there is no fixed border now, which also makes it very likely that the two sides will break out into conflict.

Not to mention, the two most important supply points and ports in the Indochina Peninsula are under the threat of the Zhenla people.

One of them is this Champa Port, and the other is the Ha Xian Port in Jinou Kok.

Golden Ou Kok is the southernmost tip of the Indochina Peninsula, later the territory of Vietnam, and today, it is the sphere of influence of the Chenla people.

Of course, the Zhenla people have some meaning beyond the reach of the golden horn after all.

Seven or eight years ago, Donghai Baixing began to operate Jinoujiao, buying a large amount of land from local tribes, and developing a small supply point into a port for tens of thousands of people.

And Lu Ning named it Ha Tien City, since it is to commemorate the previous life, there were people from the Central Plains who founded the country here, as a port country, the capital city is Ha Tien, of course, at that time, the port state, for the subject country of Vietnam.

Haxian City, like Donghae City, Jihai City and other cities, is a royal industry, managed by the internal government, and co-managed by the Donghae Baixing.

With the increasing prosperity of Ha Tien City, the Zhenla people could not hold back, and even sent tax officials from Angkor to refuse to recognize the title deeds of the local tribes to sell the land of the Qi people, and even deliberately instigated the local tribes to make trouble, in order to exercise their suzerainty to embarrass the Qi people.

To curb the ambitions of the Zhenla people, Lu Ning was originally going to wait until Jin Oujiao to ponder.

But I didn't want to, in this Zhancheng, I met Liu Jizong, and in history, he used the Zhenla tribe to invade Zhancheng and create chaos to seize the throne.

Since it is such a good introduction, I will take advantage of the trend.

In Southeast Asia, tribal armed forces can not be taken lightly, such as Sriwijaya, a few decades later by the East Java Kingdom Mataran invasion, and even was breached the capital, but when it breathed a sigh of relief, it was to buy the barbarian Voravali on the eastern island of Java, this barbarian tribe, directly destroyed the capital of the Mataran Kingdom, so that the Mataran Kingdom perished, and then established a new kingdom, it is no longer the original royal family of Mataran.

For the Zhenla people, there are many warlike tribes in their territory, these tribes have their own beliefs, and they are oppressed by the "god king" because they have lost the war of blood and fire, and they have to do so.

And if the Great Qi provides military support to these tribes, although it is impossible to destroy the Zhenla Empire, it is still possible to create great chaos and weaken this kingdom of the god king.

What Lu Ning wanted to see most was that this huge empire was fragmented and tribes were fighting each other, so that there was no threat to Daqi and the transit routes or spheres of influence established along the coast of the Indochina Peninsula.

I hope that among the barbarians that Liu Jizong has contacted, he can choose a suitable agent.

In fact, the "Gold and Silver" is loaded with the most precious silk, porcelain and other luxury goods in Daqi, with high value but small area, and a batch of high-count shochu, in addition, the warehouse is full of ordnance supplies.

These swords, guns and armor are very insignificant in the Central Plains, but if you enter the Indochina Peninsula and arm those tribes that are already extremely strong, it will definitely set off earth-shattering changes, and these barbarians who are in the general situation of primitive tribes will not be able to maintain a vast territory at all, that is, destroy Angkor, that is, plunder the wealth and return to their homeland, and there will be no worries such as raising tigers.

Thinking about it, Lu Ning gradually made up his mind.