Yang Mu sat on the dragon chair and laughed, and the envoys of the Chu State lowered their heads and blushed.

Half of it was ashamed, half of it was humiliated.

In recent years, although the rise of the Chu State, this generation of the King of Chu is also a hero, in just twenty years swept away the surrounding eight countries, the national strength directly after the Jin State, if it were not for the domestic aristocratic power is too great, the contradictions and conflicts between the powerful and the commoners, I am afraid that they have already followed the example of the Jin State, and the alliance will be hegemonic.

In such a country, the envoys of a country should also be respected, even if the emperor of a country specially sets up a banquet to entertain them.

But in recent years, he has been on missions to many countries, especially the northern countries, and no matter which emperor he is, he will laugh at his accent.

This makes him sometimes feel inferior, a little unable to raise his head, but at the same time he is also very angry in his heart, in this troubled world, what is the relationship between the strength of a country and the accent? In the end, when you self-righteous countries are destroyed, who will dare to laugh at the accent of the Chu State?

Therefore, when he went abroad, he often met with the courtiers and ridiculed the emperors of those countries, while maintaining his own dignity, but also to protect the dignity of the Chu State.

But this time, he didn't dare.

Cangguo is a country that has risen in recent years, although the land is not very vast, compared with the big country, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration, but such a country, in the past few years without defeat in foreign wars, has produced many strange things.

Large white paper, books, textile clothes...... Let's not talk about these mysterious things, after all, they are just a means to make money.

However, the cavalry and crossbow chariots, including all kinds of weapons and equipment, instant noodles and compressed biscuits, etc., are enough to make all countries look sideways, and it can be said that the Jin State, as the overlord, is coveted for these, and the peeping heart is obvious.

If there is one of the most mysterious among the nations, it is the Cangguo.

Before his envoy, the Emperor of Chu had told him that this time the envoy must have a good relationship with Cangguo, and it is best to find out the preferences or character of the Emperor Cangguo, if he can get some weapons and equipment, it will be even better.

Therefore, when Yang Mu laughed on the dragon chair, he could only bow his head and remain silent and endure silently.

"Your Majesty, the three envoys have come from afar, and there must be a letter of monarchy, so it is better to take it out and discuss it or two." Kong Shangxian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw that Yang Mu had been laughing, His Majesty the Emperor was good at everything, but sometimes he was a little casual, so he was on the side and helped to make a round.

"Hmm...... Aiqing was right. Yang Mu nodded and said, "The three envoys have come from afar, and I can't bear to delay everyone's precious time, so it is better to present the national credentials here and discuss them." ”

"This ......"

"Foreign minister...... Don't dare to spoil Your Majesty's interest......"

"The feast is hearty, and the ministers dare not disturb Your Majesty......"

The three envoys were all stunned, laughing and making excuses.

Don't you dare to show it to others?

Or is there something particularly secretive?

Yang Mu knew it in his heart, gave Kong Shangxian a look, and then said: "It's better to leave it like this, I've been tired of a lot of work recently, and I'm a little tired, I want to go to the harem to rest for two days, and I don't have time to discuss with you, so it's better for you to submit the letter of state to me, and after reading it, I will summon a few envoys one by one to discuss." ”

"Yes, the ministers and others obey the order."

Several envoys quietly breathed a sigh of relief, then took out the national letter, handed it to the eunuch's tray, and presented it to Yang Mu.

Yo, it's pretty thick!

Swept the three copies of the national letter at a glance, Yang Mu suddenly became interested, since the invention of the big white paper in Cangguo, bamboo slips and cloth have withdrawn from the stage of history, the important official documents of all countries are generally written on paper, as early as two years ago, countries have popularized paper, and the national letters received by Cangguo in recent years are written on paper.

Generally speaking, the ordinary letter of diplomatic relations is two or three pieces of paper, which briefly clarifies the subject, and the rest is left to the envoy to play freely.

However, today's three national letters, without exception, have at least a dozen pieces of paper, which shows that there must be a lot of content in them.

This couldn't help but make Yang Mu very surprised, are countries planning to make any big moves?

Because the reason is very simple, in order to prevent the outflow of equipment and technology, he set the diplomatic relations as ordinary, friendly, allies, and blood alliances, until now, Cangguo has not had a blood alliance relationship with any country, even if it is a close Ruan State, it is still in the ally stage, and it still needs a necessary opportunity to distance the blood alliance relationship.

This opportunity can be a big war, a common enemy, or several important strategic cooperation between the two sides.

But unfortunately, not a single condition has been created, so all along, even for Nguyen, the most special ally, Cangguo has only given priority to the supply of goods and military equipment, and if you want to get technical assistance or something, you don't even think about it.

It can be seen from this that the relationship between several countries and Cangguo has not reached the step of strategic mutual trust, and is in a simple relationship of trade and interest exchange.

It stands to reason that there should not be such a large stack of national books.

This reveals a message that these countries must have some big moves and need the support of Cangguo.

After the banquet, Yang Mu asked Kong Shangxian and Yan Hua, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to entertain the three envoys.

He himself, page by page, slowly turned the page.

As he expected, these three countries really could not sit still, and were actively adjusting their strategies and eager to stabilize the post-war order, which could also be called a match of strength and status.

Among them, Ruan was anxious to consolidate the territory he had acquired and avoid war with the Jin State, and at the same time, he began to collect some small neighboring countries to gain momentum and seek strategic counterweight with the Jin State.

The Wei State, although it survived, did not take a corner of peace, and tried to restore the mountains and rivers.

These two countries, it can be said that they have a common enemy, and to achieve their strategic goals, they can only work together to kick out the Jin State.

However, as the weak Wei State today, he did not dare to get too close to the Ruan State to avoid driving the wolf and attracting the tiger.

This can be seen from the thick stack of national books, in which Wei wants to establish an alliance with Cang on an equal footing with Ruan, and its ambition is not lost, hoping to rely on Cang's armaments to balance Ruan.

After reading the two national letters, Yang Mu touched it and pondered.

Do you want to form an alliance with Wei or not?

As early as last year, Cangguo's production capacity has been expanded several times, and a large amount of equipment has been sold to foreign countries, especially iron tools, and these transactions have also borne Cangguo's military expenses, so it can be said that there is no problem at all in selling weapons.

Even, last year, he quietly sold some weapons to the Wei State.

But this time is different from the past, and at this time, he is more concerned about a political issue.