In the snow of another year, in the fluttering snow, a team of guests from afar walked silently on the plank road with three points of loneliness.

He rode first, holding the talisman in his hand, and behind him, the Chinese character banner whimpered under the blowing of the north wind.

This is the envoy from Jinyang, the first envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty for three years.

The envoy was a middle-aged man in his forties, although he was a scribe, he had the style of a military general, and rode his horse against the wind, but such a big snow made him frown.

"The snow is so heavy, will the road be closed?"

The guide who led the way in front of him asked, turned around and smiled: "Your envoy, please rest assured, you will be in Mianzhou soon, enter the city, rest for one night, and suggest that your envoy change to a car tomorrow morning, and you can sleep all the way to Yizhou." ”

"Oh."

Hearing that the snow was not in the way, the envoy relieved himself, pulled the fur collar between the collars, changed the envoy to his left hand, and brought his right hand to his mouth, and took a few hot breaths.

In the middle of the line, the sound of hooves in the distance in front was like thunder, and after a while, a team of Xuanxi cavalry galloped like the wind, stopped at a distance of an arrow, and a horse came out of the crowd, and immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "The third brigade of the seventh battalion of the Great Qin Huwei is Pan Qingyang, and he is ordered to greet your envoy." ”

"Li Bi, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, has seen General Pan, and he is tired."

"Ambassador, please."

Pan Qingyang roared, and the cavalry behind him was divided into two teams, one team was leading, and one team was standing on the left side, thinking that after the palace, the leading horse team waited for the team to be formed, and each leaned down and hung a tassel bell on the horse's neck.

Li Bi's mood also became brisk, and he greeted him across the state, the face given by Xiqin was big enough, it seems that the mission can be accomplished.

He was an official envoy of the Inner Garden, one of the cronies of the Han Emperor Liu Jun, and the mission he was carrying this time was simple and simple, but it was also difficult to say, one was to establish diplomatic relations, and the other was to exchange gold and silver.

It is difficult to build a transaction, but it is difficult to exchange.

The Northern Han Dynasty was poor, so poor that the prime minister's Yulu was only 100 guan, and the jiedu envoy was only 30 guan, which was worse than the county order in the Central Plains. And the people's strength is even more unbearable, a large number of people fled, and it was difficult to stop repeatedly, so they had to form a capturing army to capture the people in the Song Dynasty to cultivate.

Fortunately, the ambition can also move the heavens, the sky is auspicious, and the silver ore with rich reserves is excavated in the Baigu Valley, and the mountain is dug to extract the ore, and the silver is cooked to lose, and it can barely maintain the national use, and most of the silver that pays tribute to Liao is from here.

But without copper, the people still have no money to use.

After many years of suffocation, it finally reached the point where it was almost impossible to survive, so I had no choice but to send an envoy thousands of miles to ask Xiqin to redeem money.

The wind and snow were heavy, it was not easy to talk, Li Bi had to think all the way, silently advanced, in the evening, the mission entered Mianzhou City, as soon as he entered the city gate, the ground was so solid and flat that he couldn't believe it, and he thought it was ice.

"The ambassador just rode the horse, this is the concrete road, the smoothest."

"Concrete road?"

"It is the cement road, my Emperor Qin Emperor dreamed of the secret skills of the gods and people, can be fossilized into ash, mixed sand and water is condensed, dry than hard stone, now, from Mianzhou to Yizhou, this road, are so smooth, take the carriage, no longer afraid of bumps, no matter how the carriage gallops, I sit leisurely like in the clouds."

Li Bi was greatly surprised, but unfortunately it was snowstorm and sunset, and he couldn't see it clearly, so he had to settle in the pavilion indifferently according to his patience. The next day, I got up, pushed the window to see, the heavy snow had stopped, the sky was clear, just on the road, the post house was very careful to prepare a light carriage for it, saying that this went to Yizhou, if you don't take a carriage, it will be a big loss.

Li Bi thanked him, and saw that the carriage was very different from the Central Plains, the skeleton was all wrought iron, only the carriage board was made of paulownia wood, which looked very light, and there was only one horse pulling the carriage.

Li Bi thought to himself, can this horse run fast?

However, as soon as he got out of the city, the Sichuan horse ran up in small steps, fast and steady, Li Bi was greedy to see the scenery, but saw that the road was moist and green, smooth as a mirror, straight into the distance, the cedar trees planted on both sides of the road were only half a person high, and the branches and leaves were piled with snow, and a fluffy was very good-looking.

Look far away, the field is white and boundless, and on the undulating green hills, it is green and white, there are clouds and mist, and the cooking smoke rising from the owl in the village is integrated, like a fairyland, and there are one or two chickens and dogs barking from time to time, adding more tranquility.

If only Jinyang could be so peaceful and peaceful.

He sighed lightly, lowered the curtains, thought about it and lifted the curtains, "Driver, this errand, although the road is smooth, but you have average horsepower, why is the carriage so smooth and fast?" ”

"Ah, don't you dare to be called a bad guy, a certain is just a coachman who supports his family, but this uniform is uniformly distributed, one hundred and twenty wen, I have tried the style skills in the yamen, and I can only wear it after passing the customs."

The coachman who sat on the wheel turned his head, seven points proud, three points sneered, and replied: "But the envoy is really good eyesight, a certain animal, the foot strength is really average, but it is greedy for its broken steps and stable, you see it running happily, because it does not bear much force, this road is as smooth as a mirror, not to mention, this car is also equipped with magic weapons, can it not save effort." ”

"Magic weapon?"

The coachman put the long whip in his arms, gestured with his free hands: "Ball plate, after the ball plate is installed on this axle, hehe, the little old man can run as fast as a horse when he pulls this car." Xiao Lao'er was lucky, he was fortunate to choose to drive this new car, and the envoy was also lucky, this car came out less than half a month, and there were only 19 cars in the world. ”

"Nineteen?"

"Yes, this rollerball plate has just come out, it is precious, it has to be moistened with butter, and it can only carry people at the moment, I heard that it can bear the weight of all in the future, tsk, it will be amazing. My Majesty Great Qin is really wise and powerful, and he can turn the hot wheels under the feet of Nezha, who has three heads and six arms, for his own use, which is really amazing. ”

"Ball discs, Hot Wheels?"

"Don't you know the god list? Ah, then you have to go to the teahouse to listen to it a few times, by the way, the ambassador is literate, just buy a copy of the Fengshen List and read it, and you'll know. ”

“……”

Li Bi was a little depressed, thanked the coachman, put down the curtain, the light suddenly dimmed, Jinyang is like this carriage, locked in a cage, the information is not smooth and out of touch with the outside world, the coachman in front of him, the red face, the oil and water are more ruddy than the Han general.

Alas!

When Yizhou City arrived, there was no expected official from Honglu Temple to greet him, but he saw a familiar figure at the official pavilion.

"Shu Xuan?"

"Bi Shi!"

Li Bi saw the man striding up to meet him, and his mind was in a trance, this person in front of him was full of red light and high spirits, was it really Zhou Xuemin, who was sad and cynical in Jinyang City back then?

"It's been a long time."

"Is it really Shu Xuan? You, when did you come to Yizhou, didn't you say that you escaped into the empty door? ”

"It's almost the same as jumping out of the Three Realms, coming to Yizhou, waiting for a new life, come and come, drink three cups first, warm your stomach, and then go into the city to chat about the wine, and your majesty said okay, you are only about 20 people in this line, don't live in the pavilion, live in a certain house."

"Your home? A certain came to Yizhou, but it was a tolerance. ”

Zhou Xuemin laughed, took his arm and said: "My Majesty Daqin is happy to bow his head, why are you afraid of exceeding the rules, it has been three years, and the first time I saw the old man of Jinyang, I have to let someone be happy and show off first." ”

“……”

After drinking the wind wine, entering the city, the group walked along the flat cement road, and finally stopped in front of a big mansion, Li Bi looked at the face, then sighed, and said: "You are really qualified to show off, just this house, more magnificent than the Zuo Prime Minister Guo Mansion, is it really the history of the imperial service?" ”

"The history of the palace servant."

Across the middle door, turn the shadow wall, enter the hall, sit down for tea, square cup, the back corner door has a ring Peding sounded, after a while, a beautiful woman came in under the escort of the maid and the mother-in-law, bowed to Li Bi, and called Bi Shigong.

Li Bi was surprised: "This is ......"

"This is the clumsy Jing Yan clan."

"Ah, please get up, please get up, how dare you be this big gift."

Zhou Xuemin said with a smile: "Deservedly, you and I are in Jinyang, although we are only colleagues in the DPRK and China, but when we meet today, we are a real acquaintance in a foreign land, you are older than so, just be a bride and worship uncle." ”

Li Bi hid his face with his sleeves, and he was ashamed to say it bluntly.

The other party is a high-rise building, dressed in splendid clothes, a beautiful wife, and proud of the spring breeze. And himself, who was ordered to send an envoy, two changes of official robes or half-used things, except for public funds, his hands were empty, and he couldn't even prepare a meeting gift, how could he stand this worship.

Zhou Xuemin is actually a stomach full of emotion, seeing Li Bi's embarrassment, he seems to see himself three years ago, at that time, he was in rags, so poor that he had a meal on a day, and cold water was bund......

It really fulfills the old saying, the tree dies, and the man lives.

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, entrusted to the daughter of the Yang family, will also have the opportunity to take it over.

Alas!

After the Yan family finished saluting, they retreated, Zhou Xuemin and Li Bi looked at each other and smiled, and each shook his head and sighed, but the meaning was different.