Duan Zhong was about to catch up and persuade him, but Zhuang Yi stretched out his hand to grab him, but simply replied: "Okay...... I don't send it! ”

Wu Chongli was angry and anxious, and when he walked to the door, he stopped a little, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked away. It wasn't until the next day that Wu Chongli came again, and finally discussed with Zhuang Yi and Duan Zhongzhong, agreed to the terms of delivery on the east bank of the Liao River, and made a deal for ten yuan per captive, and agreed to officially exchange grain seven days later.

Zhuang Yi was overjoyed, originally he thought that it would be good to be able to exchange it at the price of horses, but it turned out that this was the price of two horses for one person, which was converted into three yuan and one stone of grain, which was more than 2,700 stone of grain. Of course, the Bohai people are not short of grain, so the price of this grain is not high, if according to the sky-high price of grain in Youzhou and the Central Plains, it will be less than one to two percent, but this is still a little bit insufficient for the grain and grass for his thousands of people and horses to prepare for winter.

Shi Dazhong, who went to Xi Wangya's tent to deliver a letter this day, hurried back and brought Zhang Yitai's reply to Zhuang Yi. The letter said that the tent city of King Xi has been preliminarily completed, the gatehouse city has been completed according to the design, and now the fort and military city outside the city are being built in preparation for reclamation in the coming year.

In addition, he said that after consulting with Turles, he had divided more than 25,000 Murowei prisoners of war, and agreed with Elder Yuda on the marriage date of Zhuang Yi and Princess Ailan, and set the auspicious date as October 24, so that Zhuang Yi could send someone to the tent in advance to welcome his relatives and bring the prisoners back as soon as possible.

Zhuang Yi read the letter, and immediately became anxious, the grain and grass for the winter have not yet landed, and the wedding is coming as scheduled, there are only two days left, because the greeting envoy set off from Liucheng to the tooth tent, and then welcome back Princess Ailan, and then the wedding will be officially held on an auspicious day, and the return will be delayed for nearly half a month.

On the night that Zhuang Yi received the letter, he held a banquet at his home, and invited Shi Dazhong and other battalion commanders and first-class officers, and Duan Zhongzhong as the head of the government affairs staff A total of 15 people attended the banquet. Of course, for the sake of his own marriage, please ask Wen Le to take a look at it first, and in the following days, there will be many affairs, and various detailed tasks will be arranged by the way.

The greeting envoy was naturally Zhang Yitai, Shi Dazhong went to the tooth tent twice, and he was familiar with the road, so it was just right for the deputy envoy, and the soldiers who escorted him had to use Xi Ren soldiers to facilitate them to go back to visit their relatives. Several Xiren officers had been looking forward to going back for a long time, but they couldn't help but show their disappointment when they didn't get their hands on the post of deputy envoy. Zhuang Yi is not good at showing favoritism, so he is kind enough to encourage.

The task was assigned, but Zhuang Yi was not idle, since it was to welcome relatives, the bride price was indispensable. Cattle and sheep, silk cloth and other bulk goods are ready-made, but jewelry and other delicate items can be carefully selected and packaged one by one, these things women are willing to do, and they will be completed better, Zhuang Yi handed it over to Zhao Qiuling to take care of, and he just looked around.

In the afternoon of the next day, a sentinel returned that someone from Youzhou had come. When Zhuang Yi heard the news, he found Duan Zhongzhong, ordered Song Liu and An Huaixin to lead two hundred horses out of the city for ten miles, and lined up to greet them.

After waiting for about a moment, a team of horses appeared at the end of the road, about 500 horsemen, escorting a team of chariots and horses. The Israeli side obviously also saw the welcoming men and horses, and several Xi soldiers escorted Zhu Yongji to beat the horses and trotted over.

Zhuang Yi and Duan Zhongzhong looked at each other and smiled bitterly, if they follow the etiquette of greeting Shangguan, they would make drums and sound horns to greet each other at this time, but Zhuang Yi's military system here has not been perfected, and various etiquette such as ceremonial greetings and guests are naturally not properly prepared.

"Mr. Limin! It's been almost a month, right? It's really hard for you to go back and forth! Zhuang Yi bowed his hand on the horse and greeted.

"It doesn't matter! Fortunately, it is not disgraceful! The matter has been done, and in the carriage in front of him is Li Kuangyu, the second son of Lu Long and Li Envoy, who brought the appointment and seal letter of the Pingliao Army's soldiers and horses, and Lu Long will report to the court in the future, and the military department will verify it and report it to the sage. Do you see the convoy behind you, it is a hundred and twenty carts, loaded with grain, cloth, porcelain and other miscellaneous goods, your horses, Lu Long wants them all. Zhu Yongji smiled and returned the salute.

"That's good...... It seems that the winter grain and grass are enough, and you are also back at the right time, just to help me share some trivial chores. Zhuang Yi laughed, turned his head to look at Duan Zhongzhong, and introduced Zhu Yongji with a smile: "This is Duan Zhongzhong Duan Zhenghe, who once served in the Pingzhou County Ya, this is Mr. Zhu Yongji Zhu Limin, you have heard me." ”

"I have long admired the name of Mr. Limin, you and I will work together in the future, please give me more guidance!" Duan Zhongzhong stepped forward and greeted warmly.

"How dare you...... Zhu is a lazy person and can't do anything, this time he is just trying to run errands, Mr. Duan is too polite! ”

"Haha...... Don't be too polite! Mr. Limin, let's introduce me to Li Jiaerlang first! Zhuang Yi said with a smile.

Zhu Yongji nodded, and led Zhuang Yi and Duan Zhongzhong to the carriage. At this time, the convoy also just stopped, a richly decorated carriage in front, the door curtain was brushed open, and a person came out of the car, he jumped down on his pedal, looked up and saw Zhuang Yi and others coming, his eyes swept over the faces of the three people, and soon locked on Zhuang Yi, and couldn't help but look up and down curiously.

Zhuang Yi guessed that this person should be Li Kuangyu, and saw that he was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, wearing a black sara head, white skin, slightly delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a warm gaze. He was tall and straight, wearing a crimson robe with a round neck and narrow sleeves, and a silverfish bag hanging from a leather belt around his waist, which was the standard uniform color of officials from the fourth grade. "Li Yanei has worked hard all the way, this is Zhuang Dalang! The words are correct, and Li Sima can call him Zhuang Dalang! Zhu Yongji took a step forward and bowed to his fists, then turned his head to Zhuang Yi and said: "This is the Erlang of the Li Envoy Jun family, the official appointed by Lu Longjiedu to march to Sima and the Yanei army to Marquis Yu. ”

"I've seen Sima Li! Zhuang is polite here! Zhuang Yi stepped forward and saluted.

"Haha! No need to be polite! I heard that Zhuang Dalang also served as a team leader in the Youzhou Ya Nei Army, why haven't I seen you? Li Kuangyu bowed slightly and smiled politely.

"Li Sima is a nobleman, and he has a lot of opportunities, Zhuang has a low status, and he is not outstanding in the Yanai army, so it is a pity that he has no chance to see it! didn't want to see Li Sima today, Zhuang was very happy. Zhuang Yi said casually.

"Hmm...... I have 5,000 soldiers, and there are many officers, and there are indeed many people I don't know. Ha ha...... But they all know someone. Li Kuangyu laughed a little proudly, and then said: "This time, you were ordered by Marshal Lu Long to send an envoy to the Shanbei grassland to help King Xi train his troops, and commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defeat the Khitans. ”