The face of the king of Nantianzhu is very bad, what Datang did in Malacca, they already know everything, although Datang did not attack any country on trumped-up charges, but after eliminating the pirate group, the territory around the pirate's lair, as well as the city that was once controlled by the pirates, also set up a county seat with higher specifications.

In addition, in helping the Heling Kingdom to solve the civil strife, he also accepted a large island given by the Heling Kingdom as his own territory.

These things have shown the justice of Datang, but Datang has a certain demand for overseas land, which seems to have become an indisputable fact.

In addition, these words were all said by the Tang officials when they were drunk, and the words that came out of the mouths of the Tang officials were naturally to maintain the righteous nature of the Tang Empire, and what the truth of the facts was, they were not easy to judge, maybe the situation was not as good as the Tang officials said.

The most important thing is that Datang sent troops and horses south, and there was a task to establish a maritime Silk Road, and the core of this task was to ensure the safety of this trade route, and the countries along the way could cooperate well with Datang.

Security and cooperation are based on strength, and without sufficient strength to control this trade route, the Maritime Silk Road is a dead talk.

How to maintain the strength is, of course, to establish reliable strongholds along the way, and only in this way can absolute control over the trade routes be achieved.

King Hérault still knew the surrounding maps, and the entire Silk Road route was basically in his head.

Judging from the fact that Datang has established a county seat overseas, the southern port of Nantianzhu, which has an excellent geographical location, is likely to become Datang's continued stronghold, and these ports are the territory of Nantianzhu.

But when he thought about it carefully, things didn't seem to be under his control, at present, these ports had been occupied by the Lion Kingdom, and with the strength of Nan Tianzhu, he was absolutely incapable of recapturing these occupied ports, and if the Tang army could really help take it, it was estimated that they would also take the opportunity to occupy it, just like what they did in the Malacca area.

"The Tang Empire already has a territory of thousands of miles, and they are actually interested in overseas land, so it seems that they came to visit, I am afraid that they want to plot against my land in Nantianzhu!"

A minister spoke.

"From the analysis of what Datang has done in the Malacca area, it is really possible that they are really interested in the ports in our south, and those ports have been occupied by the Lion Country, if they want to, they should go to the Lion Country!"

Another minister said in frustration.

He originally thought that he was coming to be a savior, but he didn't expect that it would be an enemy who was not much better than the Lion Kingdom, which made him very disappointed.

"What do you know, Datang is going to play a drama of asking for benefits with grace! When they were in the Heling Kingdom, they had already performed such a play, they helped the Heling Kingdom to quell the rebellion, but in the end they took over a very large island in the Heling Kingdom. ”

Another minister said.

"Oh, it's really possible, now that our islands have been occupied by the Lion State, and we are still threatened by the Lion State, in this case, Datang may offer to help us fight against the Lion State together, but only if we give up some ports and give them as a reward."

A minister analyzed.

King Ero nodded and said, "This possibility is very high, after all, Datang has already done such a thing, how should we deal with it?" ”

A minister said: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles away, they will not ask for too much land, and the Lion Kingdom is in the south of us, the island terrain is narrow, sooner or later they will invade the entire Southern Tianzhu, and they would rather give the port to the Tang Dynasty than the Lion Country." ”

"Your Majesty, isn't this inappropriate, we are far away from the Tang Dynasty, and the Lion Kingdom and we finally have some blood relationship, if one day, our land is invaded by the Tang Dynasty, then we will not become sinners."

One minister objected.

"I'd rather give the entire Nantianzhu to the Tang Dynasty than to the Lion Country, these years, have we been less angry with the Lion Country?"

Another minister spoke.

It seems that the ministers do not agree on the same opinions, and each has his own opinions.

King Ero said: "This matter must be considered in the long run, we are only guessing now, what is going on, no one can confirm it, in addition, no one has seen the strength of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses with their own eyes, whether it is really so powerful, it is really hard to say." ”

"Your Majesty, early tomorrow morning, we will go to the port to greet the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty, before that, we must study the countermeasures! In case a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty makes such a request. ”

A minister said.

Another minister said: "Your Majesty, we can first imagine several scenarios, such as how high the conditions for Datang to help us are, how effective the Datang soldiers and horses are, what the situation will be if they really fight, and so on." ”

King Ero said: "Now we have nearly ten ports occupied by the Lion State, if Datang proposes to ask for three or five ports, we can promise them, let them deal with the Lion State, if the requirements are too high, then we can't agree, and, once the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses and the Lion Kingdom soldiers and horses start a war, it will definitely be a lose, if the Lion Kingdom wins, it must suffer heavy losses, we can take the opportunity to regain the lost territory, if the Tang Dynasty wins but suffers heavy losses, we can also not admit it, let Datang go to occupy the ports of the Lion Kingdom, and so." No matter how we choose, we are sure to make a profit. ”

"Your Majesty the King is wise, war is always a mutual attrition of both sides, if we can really prompt the Tang Dynasty to go to war with the Lion Kingdom, then we can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

A minister was overjoyed, this was the most in line with Nan Tianzhu's interests, and the result they most wanted to see was that both the Tang Dynasty and the Lion Kingdom were defeated, so as to provide them with conditions for recovering all the lost territory.

"Your Majesty, since we generally know Datang's intentions, we must be prepared to prevent the Lion Kingdom from making trouble, if the Lion Kingdom offers better conditions to Datang, then we will be passive."

A minister said.

"Yes! Your Majesty, the Lion Kingdom has invaded so many of our ports, if they dedicate all of them to Datang, Datang may cooperate with them, then we will be completely finished. ”

A minister said.

King Ero nodded and said: "That's right, we must not let the Lion Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty form an alliance, and even, we must not let them come into contact, since the Datang officials came to visit us first, then we must stabilize the high-ranking officials of the Datang Dynasty, and find a way to let the Datang and the Lion Kingdom go to war, this task must be completed." ”

"Your Majesty, why don't we take a fake message to the Lion Country, just say that Datang's target is the northern port of the Lion Country and the southern port of my South Tianzhu, and it is also a port occupied by them, and we will also say that we will agree to Datang's request and give all the ports occupied by the Lion Kingdom to the Tang Empire, this king will not believe it, and the Lion Kingdom can also generously cede all their northern ports to Datang."

A minister said.

Another minister said happily: "That's right, in this way, all the ports demanded by Datang are under the control of the Lion Kingdom, we promised Datang that there would be no actual loss, and if the Lion Kingdom promised Datang, the loss would be too great, not only to invade our port to spit out, but also to take out their own ports and dedicate them to Datang, they will definitely not agree." ”

"Your Majesty, let me go for a walk! The secret agent of the Lion Country, the minister still knows a thing or two, and he will definitely be able to handle things well. ”

A young minister, Mao then recommended himself.

King Ero smiled: "Why bother, didn't the Lion Kingdom give us an ultimatum, so that we must reply in a few days, we can reply now, you can clearly tell the Lion Kingdom that these ports have been favored by Datang, and I Nan Tianzhu can't afford to provoke Datang, so I naturally want to dedicate all these ports to Datang, and dare not agree to their requests, in addition, tell Datang's Belt and Road policy, as well as what they are doing in Malacca, so that they are ready to cede the northern ports." ”

After speaking, he happily paced in the hall, and his mood was much better.

"Your Majesty the King sees that in this way, for example, it can ignite the hatred of the Lion Kingdom towards the Tang Empire, in this way, they are very likely to fight, and we just need to watch the show."

The minister happily agreed.

King Eero smiled: "That's right, what we have to do now is to watch the play, and stir up trouble from time to time to make them conflicted." ”

"Your Majesty, it's not enough for us to provoke the Lion Country, we also want to anger the Tang Empire and make them hate the Lion Country."

A minister said treacherously.

"How to provoke, what are your good ideas?"

King Hérault asked.

The minister said: "The Tang officials who live in the palace are bored and have already gone to the city to play, we can send people to pretend to be envoys of the Lion Kingdom to insult the Tang officials, thus causing conflicts." ”

"What a plan! You go ahead and arrange it now, haha! ”

King Hérault was so happy.

The royal city of Nantianzhu is not very big, compared to the Chang'an City of the Tang Empire, it is too far behind, but it can be regarded as complete, and there are all the shops that should be there.

Accompanied by the junior official Nan Tianzhu, the Datang officials happily strolled around the streets, and they were very happy.

And at this moment, several Nantianzhu people disguised as envoys of the Lion Kingdom quietly leaned over, ready to find fault and cause trouble.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty were pacing and walking confidently, while the disguised ministers were walking completely sideways and coming from the opposite direction.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out."

These guys have done all their tricks, overturning the stalls of many vendors passing by, and all of a sudden, all kinds of trinkets and small objects are all over the streets, and all kinds of shouts and complaints come and go.

However, these fake envoys are all tall and burly men, and the number of them is relatively large, and the clothes are relatively noble, so the hawkers do not dare to really rush forward to theorize, so they can only choose to swallow their anger helplessly.

"Who are these people, how can they be so arrogant and domineering."

The Datang officials couldn't stand it anymore, and their eyes were full of anger.

The accompanying junior official Nan Tianzhu recognized the hypothetical minister opposite, but he already understood the other party's intentions, so he also acted along.

"Envoys, they are envoys of the Lion Kingdom."

The accompanying petty officer replied.

"How can the people of the Lion Kingdom be so arrogant."

Datang officials were dissatisfied.

"The envoy doesn't know that the people of the Lion Country have always been so arrogant, many ports in our south have been robbed by the Lion Country, and they have also forced us to cede more land, and if we don't agree, they will send troops to attack us."

Nan Tianzhu said with added vinegar.

"Hmph, it's too much, you dare to bully ordinary people and let them stop."

Datang officials were furious.

"Envoy, the people of the Lion Country, we really can't afford to provoke it, and we can't provoke it."

Nan Tianzhu's petty official opened his mouth to refuse.

"Coward, I'll do it myself."

The Tang officials strode forward, pointed at a few false envoys who had done evil, and scolded: "You all stop, how can you bully the people." ”

"It's your business, get out of the way, don't get in the way of the envoy of the Lion Kingdom."

A pawn pushed the Tang official.

"The little lion country is not a fart in my Tang eyes."

The Datang officials were also too smooth along the way, and they developed a relatively large temper.

"Datang, I've never heard of it, what kind of bird country is it, half the size of our lion country, and how many soldiers and horses of our lion country are."

"Well, I heard that it's quite big, but they're thousands of miles away, so they can't manage it! What can you do with us, haha! ”

The two ministers began to talk to each other.

The envoy of the Tang Dynasty said angrily: "Presumptuous, you dare to slander my Datang, my Datang soldiers and horses will arrive in a few days, and it only takes one day to destroy your Lion Country." ”

This confidence comes from the huge military strength of the Datang fleet, which is completely achievable.

"Destroy my lion kingdom in one day, you are crazy! Hahaha! Go, don't be like a madman. ”

"Crazy people who are not ashamed of their words, the people of Datang are all like this."

"The madman from Datang, hahaha!"

Several envoys pretending to be from the Lion Kingdom swaggered past the Tang officials without any hindrance.

The cronies around the Tang officials, there are only a few soldiers, and the strength is under these fanatics, and the officers and soldiers of Nan Tianzhu dare not offend at both ends, if he is rash, he must be the one who suffers, for this reason, he can only endure this breath, after all, the hero does not suffer the immediate loss, and the premise of being strong is that he has strong strength, otherwise, he is asking for trouble.

Anyway, the main force of the Tang fleet will arrive soon, and when the time comes, he will sue Li An in front of him, and urge Li An to send troops to teach the arrogant Lion Country a lesson.

"These bastards of the Lion Kingdom are too arrogant, when the main force of my Datang arrives, see if they dare to be so arrogant."

The Datang official snorted domineeringly, regaining some aura for himself.

"Yes, yes, don't be angry, let's go shopping. Go shopping. ”

Nan Tianzhu led the way with a smile in front of him.