The hall was suddenly silent, and everyone's eyes looked at Liu Xin. Liu Xin asked lightly: "Does the Dawan envoy want to see Liu or King Shule?" ”

The guard said loudly: "That envoy said that he wanted to ask to see the lord!" ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "Dawan ** is all dogs, this nose is sensitive, Liu just came to Shule, and they came over." ”

Baguli had also begun to learn to observe words and feelings, and hurriedly said: "My lord, if you don't want to see them, then let Xiao Wang send someone to blow them away." ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "See, of course I want to see." How can others come from afar, and they will not see them? Let them in. ”

When the Dawan envoy walked into this hall, Liu Xin couldn't help but be happy, it turned out to be an old acquaintance, and the last time he saw the envoy in Dawan in Khotan. It is said that Yansai is also fateful, at that time he ran away with Lan Feng, but Lan Feng was in a hurry, cut the reins of the car, and rode away on a sweaty BMW, and Huang Zhong chased after him, but inadvertently let go of Yansai who was following the carriage.

Seeing Liu Xin, Yan Sai immediately bowed down and saluted: "On the orders of His Majesty King Dawan, I came to meet my lord, and I want to rebuild the old ......friendship with the Han Dynasty."

Liu Xin didn't wait for him to finish, his face sank, and he sneered: "What a blue seal, it's him who wants to fight, and it's him who wants to talk, don't you see me as a big man?" ”

Yan Sai hurriedly waved his hand and said: "My lord misunderstood, the current King of Dawan is no longer Lan Feng, and when I came here this time, I really want to form an alliance with Dahan Yong, and I hope that my lord will give me permission." ”

Liu Xin was a little surprised, and asked repeatedly, "What did you say?" King Dawan is no longer a blue seal? Could it be that in just a few days, the throne has changed hands? ”

Yan Sai nodded awkwardly, took out a cloth bag and presented it forward, and said: "That day, the army was defeated outside the city of Pishan, Lan Feng was hit by an arrow in his back, escaped by luck, rode a horse and ran for more than a hundred miles, and finally lost his physical strength, fell under the horse, and died of his injuries the next day after returning to Dawan, and now the ministers have elected the general Mozhiti to succeed him. It was Lan Feng's idea to be the enemy of the Han at the beginning, and His Majesty Mozhiti was determined to befriend the Han and never betray him. This is the head of the blue seal, specially dedicated to the lower level of the adult. ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Huang Zhong, secretly admiring, the prestige of the bow god was really extraordinary. Liu Xin had already heard Huang Zhong's report that day, and at that time, he shot an arrow from Lan Feng at a distance of more than 200 steps, but he didn't expect this arrow to kill Lan Feng.

Even if Mozhiti did not send envoys, Liu Xin had no plans to continue attacking Dawan for the time being, after all, his current priority was to open trade routes, earn as much wealth as possible, and accumulate strength for the unification of the entire Han Dynasty. Mo Zhiti didn't know Liu Xin's plans, a battle outside Pishan City had already terrified the Dawan people, and he was very afraid that Liu Xin's army would continue to kill, making him unable to sit on the throne.

Liu Xin believed that Dawan would never dare to lie about Lan Feng's life and death, so he didn't look at Lan Feng's head at all, but just sighed lightly and said, "Yansai, my 100,000 army has come here thousands of miles away, is it just because of your words that you can't withdraw your troops?" ”

Yan Sai chuckled in his heart, he had already come to Shule City two days earlier, and he also knew that the current King of Shule had been replaced by the person designated by Liu Xin. But Yan Sai knew better that he was now here to sue for peace, and it was useless to see the king of Shule or the Han people who had entered Shule City in advance, but would reveal his hole cards too early, so that Liu Xin could prepare early.

So Yansai quietly stayed in Shule City for two days. In the past two days, he has seen the Han army increase the number of troops in Shule City twice, and now the Han army outside the city will definitely not be less than 50,000 people, and Liu Xin also came in person. After the defeat outside the city of Pishan, the strength of the whole country is less than 40,000, if the Han army crosses the Uzbeli Pass into the territory of Dawan, they will be powerless to stop, and the day of the death of the country is not far away.

So, Yan Sai hurriedly came to see Liu Xin with Lan Feng's head, just to show Dawan's sincerity and make peace with the Han army. But he was afraid of something, as soon as he mentioned the right thing, Liu Xin raised his 100,000 army and put on a posture that he had to send an arrow on the bow.

However, before Yansai came to Shule, the new Dawan King Mozhiti also gave him some power, telling him that as long as he didn't ask too much, he could make his own decisions. Thinking of this, Yan Sai's courage was a little stronger, and he bowed down and said, "Respected lord, we Dawan sincerely want to make friends with Dahan. The lord promised to strike the army and make peace, and Dawan was willing to pay tribute every year, come to the court every year, and bow his head to the court. ”

It is a face-saving thing to make the barbarian state bow down to the vassals, and if it was left on the previous emperor of the Han Dynasty, he would have agreed to it a long time ago. But Liu Xin is a person who pays attention to affordability, and he doesn't care about these false names. Since King Dawan took the initiative to send envoys to sue for peace, if he didn't take the opportunity to make some benefits, he would not be Liu Xin.

Liu Xin waved his hand lightly and said, "What is it to bow down and be a minister." I still have three conditions, as long as one condition cannot be met, Liu will wave his army and take Guishan City directly! ”

It's good to only mention the conditions, and there will be talks about the conditions, and if you don't mention the conditions, you won't even have a chance to talk, what Yansai is most afraid of now is that Liu Xin won't mention anything at all, and will directly press the border. Hearing Liu Xin's conditions, Yansai breathed a sigh of relief, bowed down again and said, "I don't know what the conditions are?" ”

Liu Xin stretched out a finger and said, "First, we must ensure that my Han caravan is unimpeded in Dawan. ”

Yan Sai hurriedly patted his chest and said, "This is certain. From now on, the caravans of the Han Dynasty can move freely within the territory of Dawan without paying any taxes! ”

This condition is too simple for Yansai, because when Jia Xu visited the countries of the Western Regions some time ago, the focus of the discussion was to rebuild the trade route connecting the East and the West, so before leaving, the civil and military officials of the Dawan Kingdom had already considered making it convenient for the Han caravan after discussion.

Who knows, to everyone's surprise, Liu Xin waved his hand, but said: "This won't work!" What Liu asked for was only to give the same treatment to the businessmen of Dahan and the businessmen of Dawan, and the taxes that should be paid will not be less, but no one is allowed to deliberately make things difficult and oppress the businessmen of Dahan! ”

Liu Xin did not say this to pretend to be generous, but to have his deep-seated considerations. The trade route in the Western Regions can be opened now, after the opening, it is impossible for the caravan of the Han Dynasty to stop completely just here in the Green Mountains, and it will definitely expand further to the west, even if those merchants do not take the initiative to go out, Liu Xin will try his best to "drive them out". But whether it is a businessman of Dahan or a businessman of Dawan, there is one thing in common, that is, chasing profit maximization. If the merchants of Dahan get extra care in Dawan, it will inevitably cut off the livelihood of Dawan and other businessmen, and the contradictions will become increasingly intensified, which will sooner or later attract a strong backlash from them.

And Liu Xin opened up a business route, in the final analysis, it is also to seek wealth, if it is in the same situation with the local people, but it will make normal business unable to continue, is it possible to really send troops to destroy the whole country of Dawan? Rather than making it difficult to do it then, it is better to break the wrist of the strong man as soon as possible, and let the Han merchants compete with those foreign merchants on an equal footing.

Yan Sai is now full of thoughts about the future Han businessmen not to bully their Dawan businessmen, for Liu Xin's words naturally can't beg, without thinking about it, he agreed with his mouth, and asked humbly: "Then may I ask my lord, what is your second condition?" ”

Liu Xin stretched out his second finger and said lightly: "Yansai, this second condition is a little difficult to handle, I'm afraid that it is not your little envoy who can be the master." ”

Yan Sai also knew that now that the enemy had come to the city, he would definitely not let them go easily, so he couldn't help but nod and said: "Your Excellency, please speak, if there is anything that you can't agree on the spot, you must go back as soon as possible to report to our king, and strive to give your lord a satisfactory answer." ”

Although Yansai did not serve as a package ticket on the spot, but this kind of reply made Liu Xin more satisfied, this is like talking about the conditions of the Eight Classics, no wonder Lan Feng used him as a messenger when he was the king of Dawan, and appointed him as a plenipotentiary envoy in exchange for Mo Zhiti, and he really has some ability.

Liu Xin's face unconsciously showed a little smile, raised his hand, and said: "The second condition is difficult to say, easy to say, it depends on whether your King Dawan is sincere." My condition is that Dawan selects fifty girls to be sent to Dahan every year to serve as palace maids! ”

Seeing the stunned look on Yan Sai's face, Liu Xin added: "However, don't worry, they are just going to be palace maids, and they will be released in five years." Of course, if they themselves are willing to stay in Dahan, for the sake of their service to Dahan, I will also agree to let them stay. ”

The reconstruction of Chang'an City has been carried out for more than half a year, and the palace has begun to take shape, and some palace maids are always used in the palace. In the past, some of these palace maids were filled by the families of criminals, and some were selected from the people, but these people always had some connection with those noble officials. Don't look at the little palace maid as inconspicuous, because she is often active in the palace, if she helps some people pass on the news, it may bring big trouble. Therefore, Liu Xin came up with such a brilliant idea to choose a foreign girl to act as a palace maid. These foreign girls have no roots in Dahan, and they have no relationship, and it is naturally not so easy for people outside the palace to use them to transmit and inquire about the news.

Just when Liu Xinman thought that Yan Sai was reluctant to look stunned, he heard him say loudly: "There is no problem with this condition, I guarantee that Dawan Kingdom will send five hundred girls to Dahan every year, and let the adults choose!" ”

Yansai not only agreed to Liu Xin's conditions, but also took it upon himself to expand the number of people tenfold, which made Liu Xin sigh, so he had to say in a curtive voice: "Since this is the case, then I will directly say the third condition." ”