This young prince was the little prince, the grandson of the king of Alta, and the beautiful maiden was the third lady, the granddaughter of the king of Alta.

This time, it was originally the prince of another tribe who was going to Beijing to lead the negotiation, but later the little prince heard it, and he pestered the king of Altan to go to the mainland to play.

The little prince has long heard that the mountains and rivers in the mainland are magnificent, the scenery is beautiful, and the humanities are prosperous.

Since Zhao Quan assisted the king of Alta, he has repeatedly gained the upper hand in the war against the Ming Dynasty, and has unified the various departments outside the Saiwai to establish a powerful steppe empire. Since it is an empire, it must have a national character, culture is the most important part of it, and the Han people have traditions in this regard, so why not learn from them?

The princes and nobles of the tribes also began to pay attention to Han culture, and the noble disciples began to learn Chinese, reading Han books, articles, poems, and songs, not to Sinicize, but to know themselves and know their opponents, and to understand the psychology of the Han people in an all-round way, so that they will be sure in their hearts when they fight.

However, this little prince is an alternative, he really loves Han culture, really likes the living customs of the Han people and even the magnificent mountains and rivers of the mainland, and this time he wants to take the opportunity to travel to the mainland.

King Alta originally disagreed, but Zhao Quan, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, felt that this was a good idea, and the little prince's envoy could be more in exchange for the sincerity of the imperial court.

At this time, in a palace in Bansheng City, White Lotus Sect Leader Zhao Quan took a letter that Xiao Yanfeng hurriedly sent back, frowning and silent.

"What did the Great Elder say?" The veiled old saint asked eagerly.

"Some of our old friends want their people to be the negotiation ambassadors, which means that these old friends want to talk to us directly, and they are trying to change the candidates, and they want us to replace the little prince with someone else." Zhao Quan said while pondering.

"However, it's too late now, the candidate has been decided, and there is no way to change it, if this negotiation is prolonged, something will happen, and there will be many dreams at night." The old saint said anxiously.

"That is, this matter is a bit tricky, and those old friends say that if we don't help with this, they may just leave it alone, and they can't guarantee the safety of the little prince."

"It's a shameless threat, *naked blackmail." The old saint said angrily.

"It is indeed blackmail, to say that they are shameless is to praise them, they have never had such a concept of glory and shame, but are just a group of mercenary villains."

"The Ming court is controlled by these villains, so I don't think there is any need to talk about it, the king of Alta sent troops to attack, and it was bulldozed directly." The old saint sneered.

"Nope." Zhao Quan smiled bitterly.

"Once there is a war, these little people will hide as far as they want, and it will not be them who are in charge at that time. We Han people are many scum and traitors, but there is never a shortage of heroes and heroes in war. The last time the king of Alta led his troops all the way to the city of Beijing, he could not make the court succumb, and later had to retreat, and the losses were also very heavy. ”

"That's because they don't listen to the sect master, if they follow the sect master's will, they will hold one if they occupy a border pass, and if they occupy a city, they will hold one place, slowly advancing, and they will encroach step by step, even if it takes hundreds of years, they will not worry about not being able to take a few northern provinces, but these Tatars are bandits in the final analysis, and they just want to go in and rob and burn and kill, and they don't know what a real war is." The old saint began to curse the Tatars again.

"That's how they fight, and there are no military strategists like Genghis Khan and Mu Huali for a long time. What's more, now is not the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, as long as the Han people consolidate their political power, there is no internal war, and foreign enemies want to invade the door. Zhao Quan said angrily.

"It's a pity, aren't we being scolded as traitors now?" The old saint sighed.

"Of course we are not traitors, we just want to get our due rights, and now we are under the protection of foreigners, and it is a last resort, so this negotiation still has to be promoted as much as possible, although we can't achieve all the goals, we can also achieve some of them." Zhao Quandao.

"Then how should this candidate be handled?" The old saint also frowned.

"No, let's take care of the little prince's safety, don't worry about those mercenary villains, the more they give them face, the more they feel great, can't we play without them? If the candidate is replaced, it is just replaced by the representative of those villains, and if the court changes to a scheming person, the negotiation will be messed up. Zhao Quan said resolutely.

"Also, I don't understand how the imperial court would send a hairy young man to negotiate, even if it is a favored minister, there is no need to be so spoiled."

"This shows that the imperial court really wants to ease the situation, and really wants to make major concessions, so that a favored minister will be sent, which is nothing more than letting him receive a credit for nothing." Zhao Quan laughed.

"If that's the case, thank God, but I'm afraid that this little pet is not the kind of playboy on the surface, but really has some great ability." The old saint said worriedly.

"Hmph, a little guy in his early twenties, no matter how limited his ability is, we have a hundred plans to deal with him here, I heard that this little pet is a good product, he occupies all the streets of Beijing City, and he is lustful, there are groups of wives and concubines at home, and he especially likes sturdy beauties as guards, we can satisfy him." Zhao Quan laughed.

Besides, if you hear these words, you can only cry without tears, he has twenty beautiful escorts, but they are just guards, and they can't fight with the lustful eight poles.

The White Lotus Sect began to pay attention to the situation, and investigated all the things about him, and there are his special files here in Zhao Quan, as well as special psychological analysis, hobby analysis, etc., but unfortunately most of them have deviated from the right path and gone to Java by mistake.

Moreover, he found Zhuo Maolin, the leader of the Salt Gang, in Beijing, and proposed to let Zhuo Maolin accompany him to go on a trip outside the Saiwai.

Zhuo Maolin was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "I thought I wasn't needed, didn't Brother Besides go to negotiate?" What's the use of me going? ”

"It's a negotiation, but I want to wronged Brother Zhuo to be my attaché this time." Besides, he sat opposite Zhuo Maolin.

"Be your attaché? No problem. Zhuo Maolin didn't ask much, and directly agreed.

"In addition, this time you may need to mobilize all the forces of your gang outside the fortress, which will cause some losses, but even if I owe you a great favor this time, I will make it up for you at sea in the future." Besides.

"Oh, I don't care about losses or anything, it's all about keeping our heads on my belt. I just don't know how you want to use my people? ”

"I need you to mobilize two thousand people, wait in some places, and then my people will find an opportunity to transfer with your people, and your people will come back, and my people will lurk there, and when I come back, they will bring them back together." Besides.

"This ......," Zhuo Maolin was a little puzzled, and what the purpose of this was.

"I'm not sure about the specific details yet, your people stay at each stronghold, and the people I bring will be guides to help them familiarize themselves with the geography and terrain of the location, the customs of the local tribes, and so on." Besides.

"Well, that's all right, what is my loss, what is it?" That's what Zhuo Maolin couldn't figure out.

He wanted to determine how much he had lost what he had done, and at least he had a plan in his heart, although he was the head of the dragon, he couldn't take the life of his brother at will.

"The biggest loss is that after this incident, many of your strongholds may be abolished, and the loss of personnel will not be great, but the strongholds that Brother Zhuo has operated for many years, as well as the local relationships, I am afraid that they will have to be abandoned." Besides, he smiled bitterly.

When I speak, I feel embarrassed, how can anyone come to the door to beg others to give up their interests? It's a bit excessive, but there's no better way.

The Salt Gang has been operating outside the fortress for many years, and the loss of some secret strongholds can be slowly remedied, but the relationship with the local leaders has been cultivated for many years, and once it is destroyed, this kind of loss may be incalculable.

In other words, this has the flavor of a desperate plan, and after using it once, it can no longer be used.

"Then how many strongholds and favors do I have to lose?" Zhuo Maolin also had a headache.

If he just let the brothers take the risk to help, for the sake of future maritime trade, he would still be willing to gamble, but the loss of a number of secret strongholds, especially the loss of the personal relationship of the tribal leader, this loss is really too great.

Besides, he apologized: "It's not sure yet, there may be a lot of losses, and it may not be used, but no matter what, I owe Brother Zhuo a big favor." ”

"Alright then, it's up to you to arrange everything as you please." Zhuo Maolin said angrily.

What he wants most is a big favor. In the future, the Salt Gang wanted to meddle in overseas trade, and although the smuggling in the interior and outside Cyprus had considerable benefits, it was nothing compared with overseas trade.

The helm of the Salt Gang is in Yangzhou, where the salt merchants gather, and the big salt merchants are rich and rival countries, but they are still far inferior to those giants who do overseas trade along the coast.

The development potential of the Salt Gang in the interior has reached its peak, but overseas is an incomparably vast field, where there are mountains of gold and silver waiting for them to move back, and a few transactions will make more money than smuggling outside the country for a few years.

Since his previous generation of dragon heads, he has already turned his attention overseas, but unfortunately there are pirate alliances along the coast, there are royal organizations on the sea, and maritime trade is monopolized by these families and organizations, and he can't get into it at all.

The Salt Gang drilled camp routes everywhere, and finally found that besides, he was the best person who could help them open up the sea trade routes, and then began to work Besides, giving Li Xiangjun and the three beauties to Besides as concubines, and also giving himself a rich dowry, what he wanted was a promise to give the Salt Gang a safe trade route at sea in the future.

Now that the opportunity has come, besides, take the initiative to ask for help, and take the initiative to admit that it owes the Salt Gang a big favor, this is the best opportunity for cooperation. Zhuo Maolin also knows the truth that the greater the risk, the greater the benefit, and if you want to get this favor, you have to be prepared to pay a big price.

"Brother Zhuo is refreshing, I won't say more, just ask Brother Zhuo to wait here for my notice." Besides, he got up and took his leave.