Chapter 189: Arriving in the Kingdom of Jin
"This is called the Limo Bee, which is refined by the unique secret method of the Su Nu Sect, and it is convenient to detect the enemy after it is released, and once there is any abnormal movement, it will fly back to warn." Miao Xi said.
Sitting on the dragon chariot, the left and right were also bored, so Yang Mu asked curiously: "What kind of species is this Limo bee, can I raise some?" ”
"Never, this bee is highly poisonous." Miao Xi shook her head and said: "The essence of this glass ink bee is actually a bee, about three hundred years ago, a senior of my Su Numen, because the mountains are lonely and boring, he likes to plant some flowers and plants, and raise some small animals. By chance, I found that some bees were picking a flower containing a slight toxin when picking flowers, but there was nothing unusual, so I became suspicious. ”
"And then?"
"The senior was curious, so he brought more poisonous flowers, and as a result, after those bees fed, a large number of them died, but there were still a small number of survivors, even after the queen bee ate those honeys, she also survived tenaciously, and the senior took good care of the poisoned bees, if you find that there are bees that can't resist the toxicity, you will feed a little antidote, after several generations of reproduction, the bees are becoming more and more toxic, and the bodies of their offspring have become black."
"That'...... How do bees report the news? Will they confess the Lord? ”
Miao Xi nodded and said: "These glass ink bees have long been different from the original bees, after hundreds of cultivation, not only are they very toxic, but they are also particularly sensitive to a fragrance, as long as they smell the fragrance, they will fly back." And these glass ink bees in the hands of the concubines have been fed the blood of the concubines since they were children, and they have learned to recognize the master. ”
Yang Mu was surprised, and sure enough, after a while, Miaoxi took out a small porcelain bottle, pulled out the stopper, poured out a little powder, and sprinkled it on a torch.
Suddenly, a faint fragrance permeated the air, wafting around, and within a while, the bees flew back with the fragrance.
I don't know what method was used, Miao Xi communicated with those glass ink bees for a while, and concluded that there was no danger in this vicinity, but there was a team of people and horses following behind, which should have been sent by Sheng Guo to follow in order to keep abreast of the movement.
Yang Mu knew in his heart that as long as the monarchs and ministers of Sheng Guo were not stupid, they would not choose to make a move when they first entered the border.
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In the Shengguo court, the foundation of the entire palace was very high, and the monarchs and ministers of the Shengguo discussed matters in one of the palaces.
Unlike the deceased Zheng Guo Shenguo, it is not the family in the court that is in charge, the most important thing is ability, although the family enjoys the title and has some privileges in the official career, but in general, there are still many examples of the whole country appointing cloth clothes as a minister.
For example, the current prime minister Zhu Lixing was originally just a plasterer, specializing in helping nobles repair houses, so he read some books in those nobles' homes, was diligent and studious, and was finally appreciated and became a guest of the nobles' homes.
Once, the envoys of the Dongguo State insulted the monarchs and ministers of the Shen State in public, and were hit back by his sharp words, so they emerged and found an errand in the court.
It can be said that he is a model of Shengguo's counterattack in the past few decades, and many scholars among the people admire him very much, and he is also loved by the people of Shengguo.
As the prime minister of a country, a very popular minister, he also likes to promote some backward young people.
Herein lies the problem.
Most of the young people he promoted were born in a poor family like him!
This caused dissatisfaction among the domestic aristocracy, who often impeached him in the emperor, and slowly became a political enemy, and the court of the entire prosperous country was gradually divided into two parties.
The style of forming a party has existed in Shengguo since ancient times.
It can only be said that because of Zhu Lixing's position as a supreme minister, it has led to an imbalance between the old and new forces, and the contradictions have quickly become prominent.
Gradually, the two factions almost reached the point of incompatibility.
Just like this discussion of the monarch and ministers, the two factions have their own opinions on whether to ambush the team of the Cangguo to go to the alliance.
A faction headed by Zhu Lixing advocated taking this opportunity to ambush and kill the emperor of Cangguo in one fell swoop, and when the time came, there would be no royal family members to inherit the throne, and there would be chaos, and Sheng Guo could take advantage of the situation to go south, and take a gentle policy towards the monarchs and generals of Cangguo, and promise to benefit, not only can easily seize the land of Cangguo, but also collect all its soldiers, and more importantly, can get books and big white paper that make all countries excited, and within a few years, the national strength of the entire Sheng country will rise to a higher level.
In terms of the clan, it is headed by Min Yi, the sixth prince, advocating to abide by the rules of the alliance, if the emperor of Cangguo is killed, it is very likely to be regarded as a provocation by the Jin State, which is not conducive to the development of the Sheng Kingdom, and it is not difficult to capture the Cangguo.
After a quarrel, until lunch was approaching, there was no result in the quarrel, and the Emperor of Shengguo, Min Leigao, sat on the dragon chair and couldn't help but have a headache.
Of course, in the end, the clan led by the sixth prince Min Yi won, the reason is also very simple, as a country that exists for nearly four hundred, although the Hanmen scholars have risen in the past hundred years, but the power of the army has always been in the hands of the nobles.
Emperor Min Lei pondered for a while and decided to adopt the advice of the ministers of the clan.
He was not a faint monarch, on the contrary, he was a rare virtuous monarch in the prosperous country, who was diligent in political affairs after ascending the throne, and took the initiative to develop diplomatic relations with various countries, and was more ambitious than the emperors before him.
It was because of this that he saw one thing.
In the whole process of the rise of Cangguo, he was trying his best to get rid of the disadvantages of the nobles exploiting the people, and tried to keep up with the big vassal states.
Sheng Guo is not Zheng Guo, and Cangguo's set of gathering people's hearts is useless, so the current Cangguo is only equivalent to a small piece of land in Sheng Guo's eyes, and there is no advantage of being small and big.
So, in the sighs of Zhu Lixing and other courtiers, this discussion ended.
The next day, Min Lei, the emperor of Shengguo, also embarked on the road of the alliance.
It was also on this day that Yang Mu and his entourage safely left the border of Shengguo, handed the letter of state to the Dongguo army guarding the frontier, and then went north along the trade road in a courtesy.
After thirteen days, Yang Mu finally arrived in the Jin Kingdom.
It was also at this time that Yang Mu really realized how big the gap between Cangguo and the big country was.
Worthy of being the overlord of all countries, on the way to Jincheng, the group passed through twelve cities, three or four of which were comparable to Cangcheng, and the rest were not much worse!
And one of them can almost be compared with the bustling market described in the impression of "Qingming Riverside Map"!