Chapter 205: What is insidious?
When Wan Yan Jin rushed to the palace, the palace had already set up a banquet, and many ministers gathered together, chattering and not knowing what they were discussing, and Wan Yan Jin quickly quieted down as soon as he entered the palace.
Gusu Haoyue had a bright yellow robe on her body, and there were a lot of dragon totems embroidered on it, such a conspicuous color, Wan Yanjin noticed it as soon as she came in. I saw that the man's usually scattered hair was finally fixed with a jade crown, and a long strand of hair was left on his forehead, gently curled by a slender finger, and the skin on the white face and the sleeve robe that slipped off when he raised his hand was still tender and smooth, white and red. I don't know if it's because of wearing a few more clothes, Gusu Haoyue's slender body looks a lot stronger. It can be seen that this guy has been doing quite well recently.
As soon as Wan Yan Jin came in, it seemed that there was a yin wind, and the atmosphere in the entire hall was extremely low, as if the wax water that was about to drip after the candle burned had not had time to fall, and it had been frozen before it could fall off. Everyone present looked at Wan Yan Jin silently, only Gu Su Haoyue put down the wine glass in her hand and went to greet her enthusiastically.
"Hibiscus, long time no see." Gusu Haoyue stepped forward to hook his shoulders and put his back on his back, just drank some wine, every breath and breath was full of wine, Wan Yanjin's eyes fell on his hand on his shoulder, if it weren't for his identity, he really wanted to push him away with one hand.
Everyone stared at Gu Su Haoyue in a daze, and there were few people who could talk to Yan Jin about friends. They all knew that Wanyan Jin and Gusu Haoyue had always had a good relationship, but now that their identities were different, what separated them was the interests of the two countries, and everyone thought that their relationship would become a little awkward because of this.
Gusu Haoyue knows some measure, if she really provokes Wan Yan Jin, Wan Yan Jin will really throw him aside regardless of his face. So he didn't rely on it for long to separate quickly, and laughed: "What? It's only been a long time since I saw each other, and how many years have I been friends, why are you so unfamiliar with me? "Gusu Haoyue is purely the kind that gets cheap and sells well.
Wan Yan Jin snorted coldly and did not respond, saluted the emperor who was sitting at the top, and then sat back in his place, leaving Gu Su Haoyue standing there alone in embarrassment.
Gu Su Haoyue couldn't help but secretly scolded Yan Jin in her heart, and she didn't know where he offended him, as for being so faceless? Fortunately, Gu Su Haoyue can be said to be handy in the face of this kind of black belly and sullenness, not only did she not stay away from him as Yan Jin wished, but she gave full play to her strength, but she didn't sit back in her position and ran to the position next to Wan Yan Jin and sat down, so that the messenger who was still standing behind him wanted to cry without tears, and it was not to go, and it was not to go.
The emperor had to smile and soothe the past, and said, "Since Prince Jin is here, then the banquet will begin." None of the people present moved their chopsticks, because Yan Jin hadn't arrived yet, and Gusu Haoyue suddenly reacted, he was still drinking with everyone when he was holding the wine and holding the grapes just now, no wonder they were all just laughing, and no one really echoed him.
After the emperor finished speaking, Yan Jin lowered his voice and said to Gusu Haoyue, who had already started to eat and drink next to him: "What are you here to do today?" Why did it happen so suddenly? ”
Gusu Haoyue swallowed the grapes in her mouth, took another sip of spirits, and spewed out a mouthful of wine, and then replied with a smile: "The young master has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, so he is naturally here to deal with Dongyue."
Although Gu Su Haoyue's smile was bright, and her slightly pink cheeks after drinking wine looked innocent and harmless, Wan Yan Jin, who had known Gu Su Haoyue for so many years, could still see the cunning in Gu Su Haoyue's eyes at a glance. A pair of dark eyes stared directly at Gu Su Haoyue, and did not let him go.
Gusu Haoyue's bewitching eyes met Yan Jin's eyes, hooked her fingers and smiled flatteringly, and said in a tone that only two people could hear: "Lord Jin, sometimes don't stare at the master like this, the master knows that he looks like a flower and a moon, but in the end, we are all men..."
Sure enough, before Gu Su Haoyue's words were finished, Wan Yan Jin's already sunken face became even more ugly, and with a wave of his big hand, he directly pushed Gu Su Haoyue's face to the side ruthlessly, snorting coldly, his dark eyes were instantly full of killing intent, and the adult sitting opposite him didn't know which adult saw this scene, and thought that Wan Yan Jin was annoyed and angry, and was ready to slap Gu Su Haoyue to death.
Everyone knows Gusu Haoyue's temperament, but he dares to flirt with the majestic King Jin and doesn't know where he borrowed his courage, it's too bad.
Gu Su Haoyue looked aggrieved, looked at Yan Jin's eyes full of accusations, and shouted that her nose was about to collapse. Wan Yan Jin snorted coldly at this, and said coldly: "In front of the public, pay attention to your attitude, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless." ”
Gu Su Haoyue put away her aggrieved appearance, sighed lightly, and complained coldly: "Isn't it just a joke, why are you so serious." Don't say it, you really saw me just now..."
In the final analysis, Yan Jin's hand was fast, and before Gu Su Haoyue finished speaking, the sandalwood fan that Gu Su Haoyue held in her hand all day to hold literature and art had been drenched with wine, and it was wet and became waste paper, and she sacrificed heroically for Gu Su Haoyue's words.
Gusu Haoyue almost didn't jump up, God knows how long it took for his sandalwood fan to be soaked from the old man of Broken Yuxuan, but the wine was ruthlessly destroyed by Wan Yan Jin. Destroy it, destroy it, Wan Yan Jin also said cruelly, "I think you already know what to do, you can also choose to say a few more words, don't think about entering Broken Yuxuan next time." ”
Gusu Haoyue was furious, but she was still pinched by Wan Yanjin. Broken Yuxuan is simply a place of scenic spot for him, and it is the place he cherishes the most in the entire Bianjing, not to mention those expensive tongue-smacking treasures, just say that he has been thinking about the South Sea pearls for a long time. Now he has returned to Tianchu Kingdom, but he still sends people back every month to order Nanyang pearls with Broken Yuxuan, he used to come with Old Man Zhou when he was in Bianjing, and now he knows that that thing is too expensive, and it is indeed a violent thing that he uses to cover his face. So this time, he decided to dig some more and save a lot of silver.
"Don't, I'll shut up, shut up!" Gu Su Haoyue immediately covered her mouth with her hand, and looked at Yan Jin's eyes full of sincerity, without any perfunctory meaning.
"What is the purpose of your visit this time, and why didn't the emperor discuss it with me?" Wan Yanjin was still very indifferent, staring at him coldly, but there was obviously more seriousness in his eyes.
Gusu Haoyue finally took back Hang'er Langdang, pretending to be indecent, and said with a straight face: "Actually, it's nothing, isn't it because of the tribute?" In the past, the old man collected the people's fat and ointment to collect the tribute, and I can't be such a bastard when I take office. Tianchu's old men all have no skills, they will only throw all the difficult problems to me, if I don't come forward to solve them, who else will this matter fall on. ”
Wan Yan Jin listened quietly, without Gu Su Haoyue saying that he also knew the situation of the Tianchu State, Gu Su Haoyue had just taken office, and the treasury was already empty, so it was really impossible to take out a large sum of money in tribute.
"Then what deal did you make with the Emperor?" Wan Yan Jin asked, if Gu Su Haoyue directly said that it would be absolutely impossible to cut the tribute, the emperor would not be so calm, because if Gu Su Haoyue proposed it, the emperor also knew the relationship between Gu Su Haoyue and Wan Yan Jin, maybe Wan Yan Jin agreed, the emperor could not be so calm, and he could smile so like a spring breeze. Wan Yan Jin was sure that Gusu Haoyue must have used some crooked ways.
"As a vassal state of Dongyue, the Tianchu State has always been a separate entity. The merchants of Dongyue wanted to do business with Tianchu many times, but in the past, for the benefit of Tianchu State, the old man naturally did not want the merchants of Dongyue to make money. I took this as a condition, if the merchants of Dongyue went to Tianchu to do business with the people of Tianchu, the price should not be increased, and similarly, the tariffs on the goods transported were appropriately lowered, and the tariffs saved would be enough to fill the silver of the tribute. Gusu Haoyue felt that he was simply handsome, he originally just had the mentality of giving it a try, but he didn't expect the emperor to agree at once.
Tianchu is a hurdle to pass the tariff, preventing the merchants of Dongyue, and now Gusu Haoyue has lowered the tariff is equivalent to opening this road, and many royal business lines are also just pulling to Tianchu, adding a lot of markets to them, just say that the silver saved by the tariff is countless, the emperor is a person who understands, and he naturally knows how to take advantage of such a bargain.
Wan Yan Jin never thought that Gu Su Haoyue's brain turned out to be so good. Although he lowered the tariff and let the emperor take advantage of it, in the end, he lost nothing. In the past, when the tariffs were so high, it didn't necessarily mean how much money the royal family of Tianchu State collected, and according to the economic situation of Tianchu State, whether the people of Tianchu State could afford to buy goods from Dongyue was one thing. Now he has lowered the tariff, on the one hand, he has solved the matter of tribute without any loss, and on the other hand, he has just solved Tianchu's economic problems. The exchange of goods is mutual, there are many people doing business in Dongyue, but there are not many people doing business in Tianchu, businessmen who know how to seize business opportunities will naturally not let go of this opportunity, and soon after, Tianchu's economic rise is just around the corner.
Therefore, it is no wonder that he can see the cunning behind him from the harmlessness of Gusu Haoyue's face, he played a good card, coaxed the emperor to be happy, and further solved Tianchu's economic problems. In this silent struggle, Gusu Haoyue won completely.