The First Guards Army repaired Tongguan for only one day, and the next day it marched to Xi'an. Because of the harsh military order, the entire westward marching corps was stretched very open, and when Rick's headquarters moved to Xi'an, the follow-up horse Ying division of the Sixth Cavalry Army, as well as the logistics army that transported baggage and grain, were still far away in Shanxi.

Most of the people in Wang Jinbao's headquarters of the Seventh Army of the Han Cavalry were originally natives of Shaanxi and Gansu, but this time they were transferred back to Shaanxi, and they acted extremely quickly, and as soon as they received the order, the whole army rushed wildly, and the speed was so fast that it exceeded the marching time limit set by the General Staff. Waiting for Rick's main forces of the Chinese army to come to converge, Wang Jinbao had fully taken over the defense of Xi'an, and stationed post stations and military envoys in the west and south directions, and connected with Daniel Zhang's troops and Zhao Liangdong's troops at the forefront.

Hearing that Rick and the others were not far from Xi'an, according to the etiquette of officialdom, Wang Jinbao and Zhang Ying, the governor of Shaanxi, each led their subordinate officers and officials to greet them.

After a little greeting, the group entered the Xi'an Post House, and Zhang Ying couldn't wait to say, "General Yulin is really at the right time, and now General Koubei has given us a big problem!" ”

In the past, after Lin Feng led his army to conquer Beijing, he captured a large number of high-ranking officials of the Qing court, many of whom surrendered, and Zhang Ying was one of them. From the perspective of Confucian integrity, this person's style is indeed rare to say a "good" word, but I am indeed very talented, and very famous in the northern region, is a famous leader in the literary world "Tongcheng faction", in the Kangxi era, he was appointed to the military department 'servant' Lang, and after taking refuge in Lin Feng, he was also appointed as the deputy of the Ministry of Rites, and made contributions in many foreign negotiations, so when the Lin Han Empire obtained Shaanxi, he was appointed as a feudal official, leading the government of Gansu and Shaanxi.

This person is a high-ranking and powerful person, and he is an important member of the center of the empire, Rick was very familiar with him when he was in Beijing, and knew that he was very cautious, and his mood was not in the form of 'color', at this time, he saw his strange expression, and he was a little curious in his heart, and couldn't help laughing, "Lord Zhang is very knowledgeable, and even His Majesty the King of Han admires him very much, is there anything else in the world that can stump you?!" ”

Zhang Ying shook his head with a wry smile, turned his head and glanced at Wang Jinbao, "Let's ask General Wang to speak in detail for the marshal!" ”

Rick looked at him in surprise, and Wang Jinbao stepped forward and said, "Governor Qiqi, General Koubei sent someone to send a team of envoys yesterday!" He smiled bitterly, "The envoys said that they were envoys who were ordered by the king of Gelhan, Geldan, to go to Beijing to pay homage to the son of the king of Han, Zhou Dan!" ”

"What?!" For a moment, Rick was a little stupid and said in amazement, "Gerdan...... Sent us a messenger?! ”

"Exactly!"

"And what do they say?!" Rick felt a little amused, he couldn't imagine anything else to talk about with the Empire and Goldan, "I mean, what purpose do they have?!" ”

Zhang Ying stroked his beard and frowned, "I don't know, the old man asked in detail yesterday, but the 'Meng' people of this generation all made a big official tone, saying: 'Geldan and the Great Han Kingdom have always been 'friendly', and they are really brothers. ”

Rick couldn't bear it anymore, and laughed out loud, shaking his head, "We have always been good friends with Geldan?" How did I not know?! He turned his head to look at Mu Tianyan, "Chief of Staff, is there such a thing?!" ”

Mu Tianyan smiled slightly, turned his head to Zhang Ying and asked, "Lord Zhang, is this mission indeed Geerdan's people?" Isn't it Xiao Xiaohu's 'messy' pretence?! ”

Before Zhang Ying could speak, Wang Jinbao replied first, "General Kou Bei and the general have checked the envoys, and there are more than 200 people in this mission, among which the officers and soldiers who serve as guards are all 'elite' cowardly sergeants!" He said to Mu Tianyan, "Mu Juncheng, Xia Guan has been guarding in the northwest for many years, and he is quite familiar with the place, and he has also 'dealed' with Junggar, and there is only one cowardly Xue Jun in this sweet and cool place, which is his Geldan's living signboard, and those of us who take veterans will know at a glance that they can't make a mistake." ”

Mu Tianyan nodded, and arched his hand towards Zhang Ying and Rick, "Two adults, the lower officials think that this matter should be true, we have a large army transfer this time, Geerdan may have many doubts in his heart, but he does not dare to start a war, so this time he is mostly here to test the attitude of the imperial court!" ”

"Mu Juncheng is reasonable," Zhang Ying immediately said, "The old man also thinks so, but this matter is not small, whether or not to let them enter Beijing is not a place in Shaanxi Province that can be the master," he smiled at Rick, "Fortunately, General Yulin arrived in time - the general is a close minister of the Han Dynasty and is deeply respected by the imperial court, so the old man discussed with General Wang Jinbao for a long time yesterday, and felt that it was better to wait for General Yulin to show him!" ”

"What?! I decided?! Rick glanced at Zhang Ying strangely, he didn't understand that his position was the commander of the Western Advance Corps, so why did he have to make his own decisions about this kind of thing.

"Not bad!" Zhang Ying took a deep look at Ruike, "This time the army is moving westward, and the northwest region is all focused on military intelligence, and we in Shaanxi are all about military dignity and humility, and we are all at the disposal of the general - so this envoy, of course, the general still has to be in charge!" ”

"Okay!" Rick nodded, not paying attention to Dao Mu Tianyan's strange expression at all, and immediately ordered, "Then let them go, only two hundred people, what's the matter?!" ”

With General Yulin's order, the Gurdan envoys, who had been under house arrest, were freed, and the troops in charge of the reception were replaced by a battalion of cavalry under General Rick. According to the current rules, the envoys should go to see Rick after the confinement is lifted, but seeing that the army in Xi'an is gathered, and the Han army is fully armed from the east, the horses, heavy artillery, grain and ordnance are hoarded like a mountain, and the surging flow of people is going one after another, as if the war is about to start immediately, the Zhungar envoy is so angry that he does not care about making friends with the commander of the legion, and immediately leads his envoy to the direction of Beijing.

The envoys of Junggar were destined not to catch up with the little prince's birthday ceremony, and at this time, the hustle and bustle of Beijing had just dispersed, and the envoys from all over the world who came to congratulate him were now preparing to return home.

After several years of Lin Feng's operation, the influence of the Lin Han Empire has expanded very quickly, this time the heir of the empire is in place, in addition to the Southern Zhou factions, Taiwan's Zheng Jing, and the Eastern 'Mongolian' ancient Korqin, there are many blonde and blue-eyed overseas people in Beijing, in addition to Spain, European countries in Southeast Asia have come to join in the fun, so that the officials of the Han Dynasty once again out of the limelight.

During this time, Lin Feng was quite busy, but most of them had nothing to do with the Northwest War, and most of them were related to foreign affairs. Now the development momentum of the overseas trade of the Lin Han Empire is quite rapid, and unconsciously, it has actually achieved the area of Southeast Asia, and the field of 'trade' has also been greatly expanded, from the original tea, silk, porcelain and other single commodities in and out of the gradual evolution into a comprehensive and diversified trade state including grain, steel, timber, 'medicine' and even military firearms, customs revenue has been increasing, up to now, the tariff revenue in 1686 has exceeded 12 million taels, compared with the same period last year, It jumped by nearly 30 percent, which was extremely terrifying.

However, all kinds of troubles ensued - as we all know, China's foreign trade is not a single Lin Han Empire, on the contrary, before that, China's overseas trade was monopolized by Taiwan's Zheng armed group, except for Southeast Asia, North Korea, Japan, these two commercial routes are almost the backyard of the Taiwan group, no one can ' However, with the rise of the Lin and Han Empires, China's maritime power gradually evolved into a state of dual confrontation between the north and the south, and the maritime merchants protected by the Lin and Han empires were unscrupulous and frequently encroached on the trade share of Japan and North Korea controlled by the Taiwan bloc, which gradually warmed up the relations between Zheng and Han.

In addition, the trading ships of the Linhan Empire to Southeast Asia were also frequently attacked by pirates - this kind of thing has nothing to do with the Spaniards on Luzon, most of them are purely economic activities, because the scope of activities of the imperial navy does not extend to Southeast Asia, so it cannot provide adequate protection for its own merchant ships, so the piracy in the South China Sea to Malacca is extremely rampant, and the chambers of commerce belonging to the Linhan Empire frequently launch crazy attacks, so that the major chambers of commerce suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of various countries' envoys, Lin Feng carried out a series of negotiations and mediation, but the results were indeed lackluster, and apart from reaching some painless preliminary agreements with the Taiwan bloc, no progress was made in Southeast Asia, where the situation is most critical.

The European colonists entrenched on that island were extremely beautiful in words, patting their chests and smashing their benches, pointing at God and swearing that they would definitely send the most 'elite' navy to escort the Han merchant ships, but if they involved any "maritime responsibility" and "colonial opening" matters, they would immediately flash people, and Lin Feng would not be given a chance at all.

Even if His Majesty Lin Feng's kung fu is the best in the world, but people don't talk to you at all, so what can be done?!

Because of the huge profits in overseas trade, the two major financial oligarchs of the Lin and Han Empire: the Jin Chamber of Commerce and the Hui Chamber of Commerce have now injected large sums of money in this field, and even the Han Qian Zhuang, the current main business is mostly to support handicraft workshops, and its destination market is also overseas. On the other hand, the country has just ended a large-scale war, the people's livelihood has withered to the extreme, purchasing power is extremely low, and the vast rural areas under the small peasant economy, although they have a huge population base, are simply unable to cultivate a relatively proportional market.

Xu Danyang, the Han 'waiter', scolded angrily: "The mud 'legs' don't want anything at all except to buy some salt, and they don't even light lamp oil at night." ”

If there was no overseas trade, then the short-lived prosperity of the Han industrial and commercial economy would collapse immediately - not to mention the confidence of investors for the time being, the collective unemployment of hundreds of thousands of millions of people working in the factories was enough for Lin Feng to drink a pot.

At the very moment when the strategy of the westward advance corps was being formulated, there was a discordant voice within the imperial government for the first time—and before that, it was generally what His Majesty Lin Feng said, and the comrades did what they did.

Lord Xu Danyang, the 'waiter' of the trade industry, resolutely opposed the launching of the Northwest War, and aimed at the traditionalist Confucian bureaucrats in the upper echelons of the empire, he said: What are we going to do in the Northwest? Dig up sand to build the Great Wall? If you don't open up the trade routes in Southeast Asia, will the imperial court still have money? The court has no money, how can it raise the army, manage the government, and rule the world?!

Therefore, the theory he put forward is: at present, the territory of the Han Dynasty is enough, and the only problem is that it is too poor, so the task of the imperial court now is to protect the tax source, as for the war, if you want to fight Taiwan, then kill the group of national enemies on Luzon.

This theory was warmly supported by merchants from all over the world, and after that, the storytellers of the major teahouses in Beijing quickly began to give a lecture on "The Great Disaster of Luzon", and told the masses of the people about the suffering of overseas Chinese. The people of the Celestial Empire were actually slaughtered by the barbarians, is it tolerable, which is unbearable?!

There is no doubt that Zhou Peigong and Li Guangdi are both 'traitors' sent by the barbarians, and the purpose is to 'confuse' His Royal Highness the great King of Han and bring down the Celestial Empire.

Lord Yin Duan Tiande of Chengtian Mansion was anxious.

Judging from the current situation, it is imperative to launch a colonial war against Southeast Asia, in fact, Lin Feng also understands that there is nothing to talk about this kind of thing - in these days, there is no international law, and there is no TO trade system, what is there to talk about, and there is no way to open the situation without killing tens of thousands of Europeans.

But what about the Northwest if there was a colonial war? What to do with Gerdan? What to do with Horqin? Now that the north and the south are divided, there are still pseudo-Qing remnants, isn't the unification of China important? !

The son's first birthday did not bring much joy to Lin Feng, and the problems in government affairs were really distressing. Just when Lin Feng was hesitating, Lieutenant Han Lang, who was on duty outside the palace, ordered Colonel Li Ergou to come in and report that it was the envoy of His Majesty the Tsar of the Russian Empire to Beijing, and Ikhonovsky asked to see him outside the palace.

"Is he alone?!" Lin Feng asked, "Yes!" …… Oh no! Li Ergou was slightly stunned, and then changed his words, "Back to His Highness, in addition to himself, Lord 'Chicken' also brought his little nephew!" ”

It seems that it should be a bit of a trick, Lin Feng 'spirited' and perked, "Please!" ”