"Humph!"

Li Yuanba snorted coldly and said, "Let them use their brains to formulate conspiracies and tricks, and expect them to control the dynamics of the Great Food?" I really don't know what you kid thinks! ”

"But Uncle Four Emperors, I can't keep staring at the big food, right?" Li Chengqian said with some embarrassment: "To be honest, although there are some people under my hands, if I send all of them to the Great Food, then I won't become the prince of the light pole, and there will be no available people under my hands?" ”

"Come on, don't make excuses for yourself!"

Li Yuanba glanced at Li Chengqian, and continued: "The envoy group of the Great Food Empire is led by the second prince Sisi, and it has already arrived in Fengzhou, and it will only take three or five days at most to arrive in Chang'an. ”

Seeing that Li Yuanba's face was a little cold, he scared Li Chengqian enough at that time.

Li Yuanba didn't look at Li Chengqian's face, and continued: "Don't you want to know what Ke'er and Su'er are going to do? Let me tell you, because there are too many people from the Great Food Mission this time, the place originally used for reception can't live at all. The two of them, one of them was sent by me to rebuild the residence for the Great Food, and the other went to receive the Great Food Envoy for us! ”

?“ As for such an exaggeration? ”

Hearing Li Yuanba's words, Li Chengqian's eyes couldn't help but widen: "Let's not go out thousands of miles to meet them, right?" Also, the boundaries built in each place of our Datang to receive foreigners are large enough, if you squeeze it, can you arrange it? ”

Li Yuanba crossed his fingers and thought for a while, and said, "?" There are about 5,000 people in total, as well as 10,000 horses, cattle and sheep...... In addition, it is summer, so you should always pay attention to the epidemic infection, right? Also, the reception desk in our city can't accommodate so many people, and several places outside the city are also a little smaller, what if we don't rebuild? ”

"Five. More than 5,000 people? ”

Li Chengqian swallowed his saliva and said incredulously: "What does this big food want to do?" Why are so many people here, do they want to attack Chang'an City? ”

"Stinky boy, what do you think?"

Li Yuanba gave Li Chengqian a violent slap and said: "According to the report of the secret spies that our Datang planted in Dashi, among these more than 5,000 people, there are at least 3,000 maids and 1,000 craftsmen with various skills, which are gifts from Dashi to our Datang; The remaining 1,000 people are the envoys of the envoy corps and the accompanying escorts! ”

"Instead of giving so many of us people, it is better to exchange them for gold, silver, jewelry, wealth and money!"

Li Chengqian muttered twice. Having recovered from the initial shock, "What are they trying to do?" ”

Li Yuanba said: "It's not that I'm worried that we won't send Abdul back, these people, and some gold, silver and jewelry, are the ransom they sent!" ”

"That's a big deal!" Li Chengqian touched his smooth chin, "However, this doesn't make sense?" Didn't you say that the fifth prince Abdul was a straw bale? Even the emperor of the Great Food didn't like him, why did he come to our Tang Dynasty to deliver the ransom with great fanfare this time? ”

"Wait until you kid figure it out. The envoys of the Great Food have already arrived in Chang'an City! ”

Li Yuanba really hated iron and steel, "Let me tell you, from the process of our Datang attacking the Japanese Kingdom and the surrounding island countries, they found that our Datang has powerful firearms. This time they were in addition to the ransom. More importantly, I want to buy some firearms from us and return to China......"

"Foolish dreams!"

Before Li Yuanba finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Chengqian, who was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, jumping to his feet and yelling: "Firearms are the top secret of our Datang." It must not be sold to those countries! ”

"Alright, alright, who are you shouting for?" Li Yuanba glanced at Li Chengqian with some amusement. "I didn't say I was going to sell them firearms!" If they get our firearms, how will we attack Dashi when the time comes? ”

"Then you still went to entertain them with good food and drink, and also instructed Rokuro and them to expand the place outside the city to entertain them, and let Saburo go to receive them, how can this be explained by showing a good attitude?"

Li Chengqian was still a little resentful, since he didn't plan to sell them firearms, why did he rush to show goodwill, could there be any other reason?

"Of course, too!" Li Yuanba said as a matter of course: "My Huaxia has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, and people have sent envoys from thousands of miles to our Tang Dynasty, so we naturally want to entertain them well!" Isn't it possible to make those Fanbang jokes that our Tang Dynasty doesn't know etiquette? ”

"But ......"

In Li Chengqian's view, Datang is a high-ranking **** kingdom, what kind of thing is his big food, and what qualifications does Datang have to take the initiative to show goodwill.

"Alright, it's nothing!" Li Yuanba stood up from his seat and said, "It's almost time, the back kitchen should be ready, let's go to eat together, just let me introduce you to someone!" ”

"Yes, Uncle Four Emperors!"

Since Li Yuanba was reluctant to say it, Li Chengqian couldn't force him to ask, so he could only follow Li Yuanba's words.

……

In a small village not far from Chang'an City, a large number of buildings are lined up one after another, and they are scattered here.

In the corridors of this large building, some Tang people, either dressed in armor or dressed like hawkers, patrolled and shouted at each other, and no one disturbed anyone.

Looking at this situation, it is quite a bit of the posture of the east and west markets in Chang'an City, but there are not as many people as Chang'an City.

In the middle of the village, there is a large house.

Li Su sat in the main hall of the house with a few people dressed in official robes, each with a map spread out in front of them, and they seemed to be in a meeting.

"I promise a big Chang'an City, the most powerful Eastern Imperial Capital in the world, if even the envoys of thousands of people have to be dispersed and resettled, won't they be laughed at by the countries and people in this world?"

Li Su's face was gloomy, and the stubble that had just grown out of his beard was even curled up.

"Your Highness, in fact, there is no way to do it!"

As soon as Li Su's words fell, a middle-aged man with a white beard said with a wry smile: "It's not that our Datang doesn't have a place where foreign envoys are placed, but it is generally used to arrange high-level personnel of Fanbang envoys. Compared to those low-status envoys, they are not qualified to stay in Chang'an City, so they can only be arranged outside Chang'an City! (To be continued.) )