Under Zhang Chujiu's detailed explanation, Zhao Shuo roughly knew why the envoy from Annan came to him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, Annam belonged to the Li Dynasty, and the ruler Li Yanghuan proclaimed himself the emperor of the Li Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty did not recognize it.

Li Yanghuan began to rule the Li dynasty in 1127 at the age of thirteen. Because he is not the son of Li Renzong, but the nephew of Li Renzong. Therefore, after the succession, there were many opponents.

In addition, God seems to be very dissatisfied with Li Yanghuan, after he succeeded to the throne, earthquakes and tsunamis continued, and rebels from all over the country rose one after another, resulting in wars and disasters throughout the Li Dynasty, and the people's lives became more and more difficult.

After five years of fruitless repression, the Li dynasty was already in jeopardy. Helplessly, Li Yanghuan, under the advice of ministers Liu Qingtan and Zhang Boyu, sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty for help.

The purpose of their mission was to hope that the Great Song Dynasty could send troops to quell the rebellion of the Li Dynasty, and send special personnel to help the Li Dynasty fight natural disasters.

In order to convince the Great Song Dynasty, the Li Dynasty had already prepared to pay tribute to the ministers this time, and even merge into the Great Song Dynasty.

However, after Zhao Gou met the envoys of the Li Dynasty, he thought that the Great Song Dynasty had just stabilized now, and Zhao Shuo in the north and Dali in the southwest were all eyeing each other, and the Great Song Dynasty should make every effort to restore its national strength at this time, rather than helping Annan to quell the rebellion.

In Zhao Gou's view, Annan is a wild land, a place where barbarians live, and he doesn't fancy such a realm at all.

He was staring at the fertile soil controlled by Zhao Shuo and the sixteen states of Yanyun controlled by the Jin State. So, no matter what the messenger said, Zhao Gou still refused.

After the envoy left Lin'an, he planned to return to Annan, but from the people of Lin'an, he heard that there was a prince in the Great Song Dynasty who had been to the Kingdom of God.

They held on to a glimmer of hope, and after secretly inquiring in private, the entire envoy group was not calm.

Zhao Shuo relied on his own strength to occupy a land area no less than that of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Shuo's various inventions not only changed people's tastes but also changed the trend of many wars. Isn't that exactly what they're looking for?

If you can buy some small cannonballs from Zhao Shuo, then won't the rebellion of the Li Dynasty be easily resolved! Zhao Shuo can invent small cannonballs and beer, can't he invent something to solve natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis?

After some discussion, the envoys unanimously decided to go to the north to visit Zhao Shuo. They really couldn't pass up this only chance to save Annan.

So the envoys began to move north. But Zhao Gou was very strict with Zhao Shuo at this time. Commercial and military exchanges between the two sides are prohibited.

Because the people in the land controlled by Zhao Shuo lived better than in the land controlled by the Great Song Dynasty, the communication between the people was finally banned.

In other words, between Zhao Shuo and Zhao Gou, all exchanges were interrupted.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Shuo had sent someone to contact Fang Qifo, who had been developing Manichaeism in Tanzhou for a generation, at the beginning of the establishment of the intelligence system, and asked him to send people in the south to find out the news, and then send it back through carrier pigeons.

It can be said that if Zhao Shuo hadn't had the foresight to think of this early, it would be difficult to know the internal affairs of the Great Song Dynasty now.

The Annan envoys also encountered such a problem at this moment, and they were unable to pass the light card of the Great Song Dynasty.

They have tried a lot of ways, spending money to buy through, detours, etc., etc., but the result is still difficult to pass.

In the end, they went on the road to bypass the checkpoint and spent a lot of money to get a daring fisherman to sneak them across the Huai River in the middle of the night.

As soon as he crossed the Huai River, before he went ashore, he was discovered by the river patrol soldiers sent by Zhi Yanshi and Zhi Yanruo.

After the Annan envoys revealed their identities, they were treated differently from the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhi Yanshi and Zhi Yanruo were polite to them and entertained them with a banquet.

After letting them drink and eat to their heart's content, and after resting for the night, they sent a special person to escort them to Luoyang.

Of course, after discovering that it was Annan's envoy, Zhi Yanshi and Zhi Yanruo sent the big news back to Luoyang.

After hearing this, Zhao Shuo took a few steps back, and the old god sat back in his chair. "So, the envoy of Annan has come to beg us this time."

"It should be!" Zhang Chujiudao.

Zhao Shuo was just about to continue talking, when a girl ran in outside the door, the woman was wearing the clothes of a maid, smiled at Zhao Shuo, and said. "My lord, I am serving you today."

Hearing the girl say this, Zhao Shuo was almost not thundered. The person who came was none other than Fuzhou's daughter, Zheyueying, that is, Zhao Gou's fiancée to Zhao Shuo.

"Hey, why are you here?" Zhao Shuo looked at Zhe Yueying and was surprised.

"Isn't it a day alone?" Zhi Yueying looked at Zhao Shuo with a smile. "I'm the first day, tomorrow is Miss Fang, the day after tomorrow is Miss Yan, the day after tomorrow is Fluttershy, the day after tomorrow is me, the four of us will take care of the prince in this order, you have to remember, don't call it wrong."

Zhao Shuo blinked. "What do you mean?"

Zhao Shuo was confused, although it was a little troublesome for these people to take turns, but he was familiar with several people, how could he be wrong.

"Because it's a day for one person? A day is the time of the child. Zhi Yueying said a little shyly. Therefore, when the envoy of the exchange was the son, in fact, I still suffered a little when I came today. ”

After Zhao Shuo heard this, coupled with Zhi Yueying's shy appearance, Zhao Shuo couldn't help but exclaim. "Don't you tell me that one person took care of me in the first half of the night, and then I was replaced by another in the second half of the night?"

Hearing Zhao Shuo say this, Zheyue Yingqiao's face was slightly red, she didn't speak, just nodded lightly.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Shuo was completely stupid, and couldn't help but stand up and ask. "What are you doing here? Is the maid so believable? Go back and tell them that it's fine that I sleep alone at night. You can rest when the child is over, and when I get up the next day, you can come back again. ”

"Didn't Fluttershy stay with him at his bedside?" Zhi Yueying muttered, and in her voice, there was a strong sense of vinegar.

Zhao Shuo was speechless and pointed at Zhe Yueying. "Okay, you can do it, and be prepared if I get up that night or something."

Zhao Shuo thought that saying this could scare away Zhi Yueying and others, after all, the ancients were still relatively conservative in their thinking.

"Anyway, I was given marriage, and sooner or later I will be the prince's person, I'm not afraid." After finishing speaking, Zhi Yueying smiled mysteriously. "But I'll go back and tell them these words, if they die, they'll all be scared away, and I'll take care of the prince's diet and daily life every night."

After finishing speaking, Zheyue Yingqiao ran away with a blushing face.

Looking at the departing Zhe Yueying, Zhao Shuo had a strange expression on his face, and he really didn't know whether to be happy because of the arrival of Annan's envoy or sad because of the four women's taking turns to serve.

If you have to find a suitable word to describe it, Zhao Shuo thought about it and only thought of the words 'happiness and sorrow'.