The next day, Li Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Xu Guan, the left waiter, together with Li Jin, the director of the War Casting Bureau, came to the official residence of the Smelting Bureau.

When the three of them got out of the carriage, the two teams of guards guarding the gate of the official residence of the Smelting Bureau were also looking at the three of them.

"Stop. …… This is the center of the smelting bureau. ”

A guard captain stepped forward to stop Li Feng and the others, and carefully looked at the official uniforms of Li Man, Xu Guan, Li Jin and others.

Vermilion and vermilion official uniforms......

"The one who came is an important minister of the court......

The captain of the guards had a little smile on his face, and said: "I don't know what ......happened to a few adults coming to the Smelting Bureau" Speaking of this, he suddenly recognized Li Jin, who had just come here a few days ago, and called out in surprise: "Li Jucheng? ”

Seeing this, Li Jin, the director of the War Casting Bureau, took a few steps forward and said, "Several, this is Lord Li (鬻), the secretary of my military department, and Lord Xu (Guan), I want to ask to see His Royal Highness King Su." ”

"I've seen Lord Shangshu, and I've seen Lord Shilang."

The guards outside the smelting bureau hurriedly saluted Li Fu and Xu Guan, and at the same time, after saluting, the captain of the guard said with a regretful face: "It's really unfortunate that His Royal Highness King Su hasn't come to the smelting bureau in the past few days. ”

When he said this, his expression looked a little weird, thinking about it, the gossip that King Zhao Hongrun was angry because of the matter with the Bing Casting Bureau had already reached the ears of these guards.

"His Royal Highness King Su is not in the Smelting Bureau? …… What to do, my lord? Xu Guan, the left attendant of the military department, looked back at the military department, and Li Feng asked.

Li Wei pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go in first." ”

Hearing this, Xu Guan nodded and said to the captain of the guards, "Can you let me wait in the official office?" ”

"This ......" The captain of the guard showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said hesitantly: "Several adults, it's not that they refuse to let go. It's really ...... We're just here on duty, and we don't have the right to let them go. ”

This is not a perfunctory remark by the captain of the guard, the reason is that there are no guards in the Smelting Bureau, but as the weight of the Smelting Bureau in the imperial court becomes heavier, the Guard Office sends several teams of guards. Responsible for maintaining law and order in the area around the Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau.

Therefore, fundamentally speaking, the guards on duty outside the official office of the Smelting Bureau, they do not belong to the Smelting Bureau, they belong to two different systems from the Smelting Bureau, so these guards have no authority to decide whether to let Li Feng and others enter.

What's more important is ......

The captain of the guard glanced at the wooden sign hanging outside the door of the official office, and a line was clearly engraved on it, "The soldiers and dogs are not allowed to enter!"

"I'm afraid that I have the audacity to stop the three adults from the palace."

The captain of the guard said with a look of embarrassment.

Following the direction of the captain's gaze, Li Fang, the secretary of the military department, and Xu Guan, the left attendant of the military department, also saw the insulting wooden card.

Li Man: "......"

Xu Guan: "......"

See here. Li Jin, the bureau of the War Casting Bureau, frowned, stepped forward and said, "Can you report on your behalf, I want to see Lord Wang Fu of the Bureau." ”

Hearing this, the soldier's expression became even more embarrassed, and he shook his head in embarrassment after half a sound.

"It's just ...... Outrageous! ”

Xu Guan's eyes burst out with a little anger.

It's no wonder that once upon a time, a small smelting bureau, how could their military department ever pay attention to it? But now. This smelting bureau dared to block the official book of their military department outside the official office, and deliberately hung a wooden sign insulting the military department outside the mansion. It just doesn't make sense!

can be angry, but Xu Guan didn't dare to go straight forward and smash the wooden card, after all, why did they resolve the conflict with the Smelting Bureau this time, not to mention, the Smelting Bureau hated their military department so much, and their military department also had factors that could not be shirked.

"For the ...... of the present"

Li Yan stared at the wooden sign for a long time. I already have an idea in my mind.

"Let's go, go to the Ministry of Industry." Dropping a sentence, Li Fu reflexively returned to the carriage.

Seeing Li Fa and the others leaving obediently, the guards outside the gate of the Smelting Bureau could be said to have breathed a sigh of relief.

is the so-called immortal fight, mortals suffer, right now it is His Royal Highness King Su and the Smelting Bureau who are angry with the Ministry of War and the War Casting Bureau. But if these guards are involved, it will be a disaster.

But what this group of guards didn't expect was that about half an hour later, the carriage that Li Fu and the others were riding in came back.

"Why is it here again?"

The captain of the guards had a bitter face, and was about to step forward to stop him, but suddenly saw an old minister of the DPRK and the central government walking down from the carriage after Li Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Works.

"That's it."

I saw Li Fu and Cao Zhi walking together in front of the official office of the Smelting Bureau, pointing to the wooden sign engraved with "The Ministry of War and Dogs are not allowed to enter", and said with a somewhat unswerving expression.

"Oh hehe......"

Cao Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, glanced at the wooden sign and smiled.

Immediately, he said to the captain of the guards: "Old man, it is Cao Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who is tired of the old man on behalf of the next generation, and will report to Lord Wang Fu of the Smelting Bureau." ”

“…… Be. ”

The captain of the guard hurried into the house.

Seeing this, Cao Zhi turned his head and glanced at Li Man, but before he could speak, he heard Li Fu say unhappily: "As I said, I owe you once." ”

"Oh, hehe......" Cao Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, laughed.

Not surprisingly, it didn't take long to see the slightly obese Smelting Bureau Cheng Wangfu rushing out of the mansion, and he didn't care about adjusting his breathing, so he saluted Cao Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

"Xiaguan Wang Fu, I've seen Lord Shangshu."

It is no wonder that after all, the Ministry of Industry is the former boss of the Smelting Bureau, and Cao Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is the top boss of Cheng Wangfu, the former boss of the Smelting Bureau.

"The royal bureau is heavy, your office is no longer under my Ministry of Industry, so you really don't have to salute the old man."

"What did Master Shangshu say, although my Metallurgical Bureau is self-reliant, it is still half of the Ministry of Industry." Speaking of this, Wang Fu turned his head and glanced at Li Fu, Xu Guan, and Li Jin, and the expressions on his faces immediately fell.

In all fairness, according to Wang Fu's character, he didn't have the courage to give Li Fu, Xu Guan, Li Jin and others a look, but the problem was that Zhao Hongrun had already sent someone to inform him and told him to pretend that he didn't want to see the military department, and Wang Fu could roughly guess the reason.

Glancing at Li Fu and the other three, Wang Fu looked at Cao Zhi again, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Shangshu, you are like this...... It's very embarrassing for the lower officials. ”

"Oh, hehe." Cao Zhi smiled kindly, waved his hand and said, "Give the old man a face, invite these three adults to enter together, and then send someone to invite His Royal Highness King Su to come over and talk about it, how about it?" ”

Wang Fu deliberately pretended to be embarrassed, and struggled for a long time before he relented: "The lower officials dare not guarantee that His Royal Highness King Su will come." ”

"Mention the old man's name. …… The old man's old face is still a little useful in front of His Royal Highness King Su. ”

"Alright then......"

Wang Fu pretended to nod helplessly.

And at the same time, where is Zhao Hongrun? He was in the Yiwang Mansion of his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanling.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun has been boring these days.

You must know that he has gradually become accustomed to going to the Smelting Bureau every day to work on errands, but in order to maintain the image of "King Su who has not disappeared from his anger", Zhao Hongrun has not gone to the Smelting Bureau recently, and has waited for the War Casting Bureau or the Ministry of War to send it to the door.

Truth be told, it's really boring to suddenly become idle after getting used to being busy.

Fortunately, Zhao Yuanyan, the sixth uncle, has decided to settle in Daliang, and finally let Zhao Hongrun have a partner to pass the time.

However, when chatting with Zhao Yuanlian, the uncle of the six kings, Zhao Hongrun heard something that interested him.

"Chenggao hunting? …… What is that? ”

"Don't you know?" Zhao Yuanyan, the uncle of the sixth prince, glanced at Zhao Hongrun strangely and explained: "Your father and emperor sent the Ministry of Rites to preside over this matter, and invited the leaders of several major tribes in Yinrong to hunt near Chenggao Pass. ”

"Why did you invite a foreigner to hunt with you?"

Zhao Hongrun frowned, and suddenly, his heart moved slightly, and he asked tentatively, "Could it be for the sake of 'borrowing the Dao'?" ”

The "borrowing the way" in his mouth refers to the 50,000 new troops led by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Liang in the south of his third berth, at the end of the year to support Longxi, and for this purpose to "borrow the way" from the Yinrong tribe living in the land of Sanchuan, so as not to make the other party suspicious because of the large-scale dispatch of troops by Wei, so that there would be unnecessary conflicts.

"Exactly." Uncle Zhao Yuanyan nodded, and said: "From Chenggao Pass to Longxi, you have to pass through several Yinrong tribes living in the land of Sanchuan, if you can get a tacit understanding with them, it will be much more convenient for you to support Longxi in the three uncles." …… If not, I am afraid that it will damage the harmony between my Great Wei and Yin Rong for decades. ”

"Harmony?"

Zhao Hongrun played with the wine glass in his hand and said lightly: "I have encroached on the Sanchuan of my Great Wei and have harassed the border from time to time for decades, is this also considered harmony?" What a bad neighbor! ”

"Bad neighbors?" Zhao Yuanli couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but after laughing a few times, he said with emotion: "Indeed. However, for the time being, my Great Wei is not able to take back the backyard called 'Sanchuan' from that evil neighbor, so it is necessary to maintain the current situation. …… Although it is a foreign race, Yin Rong's threat to my Great Wei is far smaller than that of Chu and Han Lai, isn't it? ”

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun has no way to refute.

It is undeniable that Zhao Yuanlian, the uncle of the six kings, is right, Yin Rong is different from Han and Chu, the former took the opportunity to occupy the land of Sanchuan when the Wei State was weak, just to get the land with fertile land and abundant water sources to reproduce tribes, they did not have the goal of "dominating the Central Plains" and "dominating the world"; However, Han and Chu are different, these countries are not attacking each other to seize more territory for their people, their ultimate goal is to destroy the rest of the Central Plains countries and dominate the world, which is the most essential difference between the Central Plains countries and foreign races.

Therefore, from this point of view, the threat posed by Han, Chu and other countries to Wei is far greater than that of the Yin Rong tribe who "forcibly stayed" in the "backyard" of Wei in the land of Sanchuan, and it was much greater. (To be continued.) )