Witnessing the whole process of the matter, how could Wei Ang still not understand that although Qi Guo was a little greedy for small profits and disrespectful to the royal family, after all, it was his own convoy that robbed people, and he couldn't keep Tian Ping when he took a few steps forward, Wei Ang had to look at Luo Wen angrily, "This is what you did?" ”

Unexpectedly, the latter replied respectfully, "Bao Gongzi, so-and-so is just acting on orders." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Could it be that half of the two hundred catties of salt and two thousand catties of iron promised by the prince should be on Qi Guo?"

"It's hard to say about this general, but that's really all I sent." Rowan still didn't change his face.

didn't think that this Rowan was such a character, Zhou Bian's face sank, he thought that this was just a straightforward man, but he was a vicious person, and it seemed that a jar of wine was rewarded for nothing.

Just as he was thinking about it, Wei Ang's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, "King, the princes pay tribute, according to the rule, they should plant the king's flag and the bud grass, maybe the Qi country is negligent." And my Wei State forcibly withheld it, or there is rudeness, but the matter has come to this point, and I also ask the royal family to accept my Wei State to offer, as for how to apologize to Qi State, it is my Wei State's business, but I don't need my king's concern. What does the king think? ”

"Well, then, let's go ahead." Let them talk about the matter between the princes, but I don't know if the Qi State will send another salt and iron, otherwise the royal family will lose, Zhou Bian shouted while thinking, "Taishi! ”

"The old man is here, my lord!"

"Let's continue, the ceremony is still presided over by you!"

"Yes, King!" The Grand Master replied respectfully.

In fact, what annoys Zhou Bian the most is the ceremony, this society that emphasizes the ritual system, the ritual is far more complicated than that of later generations. Fortunately, as a king, you don't have to worry about everything, so close your eyes and think about things, and time passes quickly. After the Wei State finished the dedication in front of the Taimiao, it was the turn of South Korea, it was more than a dozen carts of silk, and finally the Qin State, but it was the biggest movement, after all, it was a big living person, and a hundred Western Qin Han knelt on the ground and shouted long live, and the momentum was extraordinarily huge. It's just that no one laughed out loud at this meeting, and Zhou Bian couldn't help but think of Qi Envoy again, and he didn't know what happened to Dr. Tian now.

At this time, in the Sifang Palace, Dr. Tian was angry, panting and throwing the leather whip in his hand, but he suddenly heard the sound of the king of the mountain in his ears, and his accent was the Qin people, Tian Ping thought a little and understood that this was the Qin State to offer warriors, so Tian Ping, who had just rested for a while, picked up the leather whip again, and thoughtlessly rushed to a kneeling figure in front of him, and the person who was smoked was the unlucky Xu Qian.

It took a long time to stop, but fortunately, Dr. Tian was not a member of the army, even if he could use a leather whip, he didn't have much strength, and the people in this cold winter wore a lot, so Xu Qian didn't suffer much damage, but Tian Ping was tired.

Seeing Dr. Tian falling to the ground at will and panting, Xu Qian finally got free, climbed forward on his knees, and exclaimed softly in pain, "Master, what should we do now?" Is it to return to Linzi, or to ask the king to send salt and iron again? "In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the nobles used their own slaves to do things, and Xu Qian was naturally a subordinate of Tian Ping's family.

"Quick, hurry up and pack your luggage, I don't want to stay in Luoyang for a moment." Hearing Xu Qian's question, Tian Ping suddenly straightened up, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. "Let's go now, and give him whatever royal family he is. Anyway, how to go on the road is also up to you, let's go back and report truthfully, the king is open-minded and won't blame us. ”

Saying that, Tian Ping got up, and shouted with his hands and feet, "Little Four, Little Ding, hurry up and clean up, let's leave today." If you can't leave today, be careful that I chop you up with my sword! ”

With Tian Ping's call, chickens and dogs suddenly jumped in the small courtyard in a corner of the Sifang Palace, and they were busy. The leader made up his mind, and the people below naturally sped up, and finally jumped into the carriage before the envoys of the other three countries returned, and the rest walked on foot and hurriedly walked to the gate of the Sifang Palace.

Naturally, there were guards and attendants at the gate of the Sifang Palace, and seeing a large number of chaotic people pouring out, the panicked guards immediately put up a posture and shouted and asked, Tian Ping, who was still angry, naturally would not be angry, and after scolding a few times, a bunch of people squeezed away the guards and poured out of the door. Seeing that it was Qi Envoy, the guards of the Sifang Palace naturally did not really stop it, and immediately had a steward order to his subordinates after a few words and turned around and ran in the direction of the palace.

Unexpectedly, when the head of the palace guard ran in front of the Taimiao, the dedication ceremony had not yet ended, and he saw that the temple was heavily guarded, and there were Wei soldiers wearing all over his body walking back and forth, so that the head of the guard did not dare to step forward for a while. Whether it was a big matter for the envoys to say goodbye or a major ceremony for the Three Kingdoms, the head of the guard had a moment of intersection in his heart and stayed outside the Taimiao.

Fortunately, it didn't take long to see the voices of people in the Taimiao, and the group of armor soldiers holding Changge immediately formed a team, and the rest of the guards of the Son of Heaven also puffed up their chests, and a column of men in coarse cloth clothes stood up straight, and the three teams of people and horses were distinct, as if they were competing. When the head of the guard was puzzled, he suddenly heard footsteps from the temple, and saw that a large group of people had walked out, headed by the Son of Heaven, and on both sides were the Taishi and the envoys of the Three Kingdoms, stepping out.

Seeing a group of people say goodbye, the king turned and came to the palace, and the head of the guard came to his senses and hurriedly ran up.

After receiving the salt, iron, silk warriors, etc., Zhou Bian was also very happy in his heart, he didn't want to go out of the Taimiao, and as soon as he said goodbye to Wei Ang and others, a royal guard came to him, and Zhou Mi and others rushed forward to stop him.

When I asked, I learned that this was the gatekeeper of the Sifang Palace, but it turned out that the Qi envoy couldn't wipe his face and ran first. In addition to Yingquliang, there is one more who doesn't say goodbye, Zhou Bian is also angry, do you really don't take the royal family seriously? So he waved his hand at the moment, "Young Master, send someone to chase after you immediately!" ”

Unexpectedly, before the young master could answer, the Taishi shouted first, "The king can't!" ”

Seeing that the Taishi was in a hurry, Zhou Bian was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what the Taishi meant, so he smiled slightly, "The Taishi is too worried, this king just saw that the envoy was in a hurry, and the royal family's rewards have not been brought yet, so he sent someone to chase him." How about sending Wang Sunman there? ”

Hearing the movement here, the envoys of the three kingdoms of Qin, Han and Wei also turned around and surrounded them, and just happened to hear the royal reward, and after looking at each other, they chose not to ask.

Zhou Bian smiled at the three envoys and explained, "This king has a cart of good wine for all the nobles, but unfortunately the envoys left in a hurry, so they had to send someone to chase them. ”

The three of them hurriedly thanked them, and they were not surprised when they heard that the Qi envoy had left first, and they left one after another.

After sending the three people away, Wang Sunman in the team was also ordered to drive east to chase them out. Zhou Bian asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of the envoys who don't say goodbye?" ”

The first to speak was of course Taishi, "King, Qi makes his heart unhappy, so he naturally goes first." The old man thought that it was not bad for the king to accept the Wei State as a tribute, no matter what, this matter had nothing to do with my royal family. However, Tian Ping will return to Linzi this time, and he will definitely report truthfully, and he is only afraid that the Marquis of Qi will not follow the Marquis of Wei, and Qi and Wei will inevitably fight each other, and the two countries are afraid that there will be a fight. ”

"This matter really has nothing to do with my royal family, in fact, what this king is still concerned about is whether the Marquis of Qi will make up another thousand catties of iron ingots, there are so many less, and this king is also unwilling!"

Unexpectedly, the king felt sorry for this, the prince was stunned for a moment, but then he suddenly smiled, the king was still childish after all, so the prince shook his head regretfully, Qi Hou was humiliated, how could he come again?

I thought that I would persuade the king again, but Zhou Bian smiled first, "It's okay if you don't have it, but as a royal family, rewards are indispensable." Are you all set? ”

Bai Gui nodded hurriedly, he was in charge of this matter.

"That's good, now that the big thing is over, the envoys of the three kingdoms are afraid that they will leave soon. After they leave, the king will lead the Imperial Forest Army to patrol Chengzhou, Gongyi and Mengjin to see how our soldiers are! ”

Unexpectedly, the king suddenly put forward this idea, and the ministers suddenly couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and they were about to ask, but they saw that the king urged the horseman, and Wang Jia had already taken the first step.

Besides, the Qi envoy Tian Ping, hurriedly left, walked late, naturally couldn't go far, Wang Sunman searched all the way, and finally caught up with Mengjin dozens of miles away. After reporting overnight, a four-wheeled carriage full of wine appeared in Mengjin the next day, so that after letting Tian Ping take it, Wang Sunman went back to Luoyang.

As soon as the first month passes, the weather begins to warm up, and this era is relatively warm, the four seasons are distinct, and it is clear that spring has come. The envoys of the three kingdoms of Qin, Han and Wei stayed in Luoyang for a long time, not to mention that they were all important ministers of the country, so when the grass began to sprout, the envoys of the three kingdoms said goodbye one after another, each took a cart of wine, and thanked him.

The wine given by the royal family is naturally different from what is bought on the market, I hope that the four princes can fall in love with the beautiful bar, the wine is a poison that wears the intestines, Zhou Bian himself will not drink it, but he doesn't mind letting these princes who disobey the king's order taste it.

Since those few left, the royal family was relieved, some foreign ministers were actually quite nervous every day, Zhou Bian also felt that Luoyang seemed to be clean again, so after arguing with his mother for a while, he still led a thousand royal forest troops to go out of the east of the city, and the goal was Zhou. At this time, the east gate of Luoyang was a busy scene, with tens of thousands of people busy repairing the city wall and Dingding Gate under the command of Lord Sikong.

The city defense and city gate of Luoyang are too broken, so while it is not yet a busy farming, Zhou Bian transferred Sikong from Chengzhou to repair the city wall full-time, and the farmers on the outskirts of Luoyang are also laborers, but in the past, when Zhou Gong was there, they were asked to repair the palace, which was used to repair the city wall for the first time in nearly a hundred years. According to Zhou Bian's requirements, a layer of green bricks should be built outside the city wall, and the workload is much larger, but it is much more durable than rammed earth.

After observing outside the city gate for a while and speaking a word to boost morale, Zhou Bian got into the carriage and continued to the east.

The first stop is Cheng Zhou, which Sima Tu stayed behind, Cheng Zhou is not only the old place of the palace, but also an important industrial base of the royal family, and there is no room for mistakes, so accompanied by Bai Gui, the entire city defense inside and outside has been inspected, and a lot of rectification measures have been proposed.

Gongyi stayed behind Liu Zixi and Wang Yufei, one literary and one martial. Gongyi is the grain base of the royal family, and now the new law has been implemented, and the land has been divided into people, and the fields have begun to be busy. Seeing that the two were in good order, Zhou Bian was very happy, and even though he named Liu Zixi as the guard of Gongyi, that is, the current county magistrate or mayor, and then rewarded the two with some money.

Then go back to the west along the big river, and you will arrive at the last stop, Mengjin. Mengjin is the ferry of the Son of Heaven, has always been the traffic point of the north and south, and it is also the northern defense of the Luoyang Wangcheng, and now the guard of Mengjin is the newly sealed doctor Li Ding, with five hundred Gongyi soldiers and five hundred Luoyang recruits. Coupled with some middle-level officers sent by Zhou Bian, the training was also impressive, but the overall lack of fire was still lacking, so after spending some time to rectify, Zhou Bian finally set foot on the procedures to Luoyang.

This has been going for more than two months, but fortunately, there is no major incident in the DPRK and China. However, the messengers who come and go with the Luoyang Palace still can't wait to go once a day, not only for state affairs but also for the Queen Mother's concern. Along the way, Tanaka has been green, and when you see it, you will be loved.

However, what Zhou Bian didn't know at this time was that hundreds of miles away, there was also a carriage galloping from the southeast, and the coachman's posture was not at the expense of the horse's life.