Taking advantage of this, Yang Mu asked the imperial dining room to send a stack of braised beef.

"Well, it's a little salty."

Yang Mu put a piece in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and said.

"That'...... The slave asked the imperial dining room to make another one and send it? Shen An lowered his eyebrows on the side, and said carefully: "When I go back, the servant will give this cook a board, let the imperial dining room send him to the fire room, and pick another person to cook this dish for His Majesty." ”

Yang Mu waved his hand: "No need, the imperial dining room of this braised beef is not proficient, and it is normal to control it badly, if you practice more in the past few days, it is estimated that it will be much better." ”

"Yes, the minion will let the imperial dining room pay more attention."

Shen An nodded, swept the dust, and glanced at a small eunuch below.

Yang Mu was bored eating braised beef, only feeling that the more he ate, the more flavorful it became, it didn't matter if it was a little salty, but there was another flavor.

Speaking of which, he hasn't eaten a good meal of braised beef for five years, and some time ago he suddenly missed that taste, so he copied a recipe in the library and handed it to the imperial dining room, so that the cook could learn to make it.

However, only in the palace can be so luxurious, beef is no more than others, for farmers, it is a good helper for arriving, generally a dozen families only raise a cow, in many remote small mountain villages, there is no cattle.

Therefore, the Dacang law stipulates that it is not allowed to slaughter cultivated cattle at will, even nobles do not dare to eat beef blatantly.

The imperial family is the most privileged class, not to mention any official government, even the Great Cang Law Decree was issued by the emperor, and everything was done to restrain the subjects and better maintain the rule, so naturally it was not among them.

Therefore, when Yang Mu said that he wanted to eat braised beef, the imperial dining room immediately slaughtered a few strong cows, handed them over to a few best cooks to learn, and then selected one of the most delicious cooks, and he was responsible for making this dish in the future.

Half an hour later, the envoys of the State of Chu, under the leadership of the eunuchs, hurriedly came over, and used that thick accent to greet Yang Mu.

"By the way, what's your name?" Yang Mu looked at the national letter, then at the envoys of the Chu State, and asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, Foreign Minister Qu Dan."

"Hmm, Qu Dan...... Good name. Yang Mu nodded and said, "In addition to the things explained in this national letter, what else did Emperor Chu confess?" ”

Qu Dan arched his hand and said: "When the foreign ministers came, my Emperor Dachu specially told me that my Dachu is willing to form an alliance with Cangguo, and if it is possible, I can also marry to show my sincerity." ”

"There's no need for marriage." Yang Mu waved his hand, stood up from the dragon chair, walked a few steps, and said, "I have heard for a long time that the emperor of Chu is very talented, what do you want to do this time?" How should it be implemented in the state of Chu? ”

"This ......" Qu Dan hesitated, and then said: "This is the general strategy of the country, of course Your Majesty will not share it with me, the mission of the foreign minister this time is to express the goodwill of His Majesty the Emperor of Great Chu, and he is willing to build an alliance with Cangguo forever, and the two countries will help each other and benefit each other, and support each other in this troubled era." ”

"Oh?" Yang Mu smiled lightly and said: "Chu is a great country with vast resources and resources, and it is a well-deserved big country, compared with my Cangguo, such as fireflies and Haoyue, Chu does not need the support of our Cangguo." ”

"Your Majesty is too humble, no one in the world today knows that Your Majesty is a generation of heroes, and he has made all countries look sideways in just a few years, even if he is the founding monarch of the nations, he is not as good as His Majesty's achievements."

"You can speak, and you will lift me up to heaven in three or two sentences, which means that I am more virtuous than the previous emperor of your Chu State, and you are not afraid that this word will reach the ears of your Chu Emperor."

"My Great Chu Emperor His Majesty is also a hero, and his mind and courage are naturally not comparable to mortals, Your Majesty does not have to worry about the ministers, really speaking, although the Chu State is big, but the contribution to the people is far less than that of the Cangguo."

"Oh? And this statement? Yang Mu raised his eyebrows, and suddenly became interested, and gradually deviated from the topic, and said: "What do you think my contribution to the people is in Cangguo?" ”

"Big white paper, big white times, all kinds of books, manufacturing garments, cement...... These are good things for all peoples. Qu Dan said, took out a newspaper from his bosom, bowed over his head, and said: "This is the newspaper that the minister bought in the city today, and the advice on farming and some small medical prescriptions are closely related to the lives of the people. ”

"Yes, what about the rest, Lord Qu might as well talk about it." Yang Mu said.

"If you want to talk about the others, I'm afraid there is some suspicion of flattery, and the foreign minister thinks that the big white paper is the most important, the books are second, the cement is the third, and then the ready-to-wear."

"Oh? Food, clothing, shelter and transportation are important matters for the people, don't you think cheap clothes should be the first priority? ”

"Food and clothing are foreign things, but the white paper and books have the power of education, if the people can be reasonable, if time will be able to find out, the cement matter Your Majesty should know better than the foreign ministers, since this thing can build a road and track, then it can also build a house, when the time comes, the people will not be affected by the cold, how can there be no smile? Of these four, which is more important is already familiar with the chest. ”

After Qu Dan finished speaking, he bowed to Yingying, which was a gift to ask for teaching.

And Yang Mu was silent for a long time at this time.

To a certain extent, what Qu Dan said is that he didn't think about the long-term when he launched these.

As for the influence on the people, I have not thought about it at all.

This envoy is not simple!

Yang Mu thought in his heart, Chu State can have such talents, even if they are not as good as Kong Shangxian, but they can be compared, the difference between virtuous and mediocre talents is not how much ink is in the stomach and how many strategies, but the pattern and vision are high, which is what a country really needs.

"Your envoy is really delicate, and it is really amazing that he is so interested in my Cangguo newspaper after entering the city." Yang Mu praised.

"Your Majesty praised it falsely, the Dacang Times is unique to Cangguo, even if countries want to imitate it, there is no way, the minister has seen a few copies when he was in Chu State, so he has some thoughts on it."

"Your envoy has also seen it in the Chu State?" Yang Mu was very surprised, and puzzled: "This is a unique thing in my Cangguo, and it is also used by the imperial court to control public opinion, why do you have the Chu State, aren't you afraid of causing the people to think differently?" ”

"Your Majesty laughed, Cangguo is thousands of miles away from my Great Chu, how can the people's hearts want to move, besides, this is something brought by some caravans, just to pick up the agricultural work and all kinds of knowledge above, and the people have no way to get the newspaper."

Yang Mu nodded, it is estimated that this is also the case, the state of Chu is so big, even if it is thousands of newspapers, it cannot affect its people's hearts, just from the perspective of Sheng Guo, we know that in order to launch a propaganda offensive, the Ministry of Rites has spent more than three million taels of silver in recent years, and it is difficult to influence the state of Chu.

However, this made him pay attention to a problem, it seems that the influence of the Cangguo is already very far-reaching, and even the distant Chu State has learned to absorb nutrients in the Dacang Times, if the domestic gate valve forces are handled properly, it will definitely be able to compare with the Jin State in time.