Outside the gate of Honglu Temple, a middle-aged strong man with a big beard led Xiao Du and three other people to stand there, this person should be Xiao Fengshan, the enemy of Liao.

Xiao Fengshan saw Lin Feng and a few people appear, took two steps to Lin Feng's side, directly grabbed his waist knife, pulled it out, and raised it in front of him to watch.

Lin Feng smiled dumbly, the chief officer of the Liao State Rite Department didn't seem to care much about etiquette!

Xiao Fengshan looked at it for a while, and then reluctantly returned the knife to Lin Feng, and asked loudly with some suspicion, "You all use this kind of knife?" Although the words are a little jerky, it seems that he has studied the Han language.

Lin Feng pointed to the brothers behind him, nodded slightly, and bowed his hand.

"Good knives! Lord Lin, right? Please follow me into the palace! Xiao Fengshan gave a thumbs up, turned around and left.

Lin Feng didn't care about these red tapes, and beckoned Lin Renzhao, Chen Desheng, and Feng Jingyun to accompany him with weapons, and the others could go to the city in a group to "wander" around.

The group first rode a horse and then marched quickly, crossing the inner city of Nanjing and rushing to the imperial city. Along the way, when a group of Khitan patrol soldiers walked past them, their eyes were always fixed on the steel knives at their waists, and the other party began to whisper something as soon as they passed by.

Seeing Lin Feng's puzzled eyes, Xiao Fengshan said knowingly: "In our grassland, the rarest three things: horses, treasure knives, and alcohol, your knives can cut our best steel knives, which can naturally arouse the curiosity of our Khitan warriors!" ”

The group walked to a garden, except for Lin Feng, Lin Renzhao's steel knives were all required to be unloaded before they could enter.

The group walked through the hall and walked to a lake in the depths of the garden, Lin Renzhao, Xiao Du and others were stopped by the palace guards, Xiao Fengshan took Lin Feng and the two of them on a dragon-headed boat and sailed towards the island in the middle of the lake.

In the middle of the snow-covered island in the middle of the lake, a tall warm pavilion stood in the middle, but the windows around it were open, and the voices could be heard from inside.

Xiao Fengshan and Lin Feng walked into the warm pavilion. The cold air entered through the open window, mixed with the heat from the steaming brazier in the pavilion, and the two breaths mixed together, rushing towards the face, and it felt very strange. On the generous table in the middle of the warm pavilion, there were eight people, and facing the door was a young man, dressed in a golden robe, with a tiger skin white hat on his head, his face was white, and his eyebrows were strong, it was the current Liao Emperor Yelu Ruan.

Yelu Ruan was born in 918 A.D., the small character is desire, is the grandson of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji, only 33 years old this year, just over four years on the throne. Yelu Ruan followed the Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang after the destruction of the Jin Dynasty, and was crowned King Yongkang. On the way back to the north, Liao Taizong died, and Yelu Ruan ascended the throne in front of the coffin. Liao Shi praised it: "The appearance is magnificent, the inside is wide and the outside is strict, good at riding and shooting, willing to give, and people look forward to it." ”

Lin Feng relied on the clothes of General Yunlu of the Southern Tang Dynasty on his body, and bent down to give a military salute to Liao Shizong, which immediately caused two cold snorts from the surroundings.

Yelu Ruan, who had a slender body, stood up and stretched out his hand to signal Lin Feng to sit beside him, Lin Feng naturally didn't dare to hold it up, and stood respectfully in the last seat.

At the beginning, Yelu Ruan went south with Liao Taizong to conquer the Later Jin Dynasty, and even established the Liao State in Taiyuan for a time. At the same time, Yelu Ruan has always asked Han scholars to accompany him in the palace at all times, and he has long spoken clear and fluent Chinese.

Yelu Ruan introduced the seven people at the table to Lin Feng one by one, and Lin Feng greeted them one by one.

The five Khitan costumes are the privy envoy of the Northern Court Yelu Wuzhi, the privy envoy of the Southern Court Yelu Roar, the king of Taining Cha Cau, the Xuanhui envoy Yelu Long, and the king of Yan who stayed behind in Nanjing.

Regarding the official system of the Liao Dynasty, Lin Feng had a rough understanding before: the Northern Privy is similar to the Ministry of War, the Southern Privy is similar to the Ministry of Officials, the Yili Bi is similar to the Criminal Department, the Xuanhui is similar to the Ministry of Industry, the enemy is similar to the Ministry of Rites, and the Prime Minister of the North and South Prefectures is in short. Ti Yin was responsible for governing the clan, Lin Yaxiu proclaimed, and Yu Yue sat down to discuss.

After the group sat down, Xuanhui made Yelulong speak in stiff Chinese: "Lord Lin, borrow the knife-look." ”

Yelu Ruan laughed twice, suppressed Yelu Long, who was about to get up, and pointed to the full house of wine and food, and said, "Aren't you happy to have a guest from afar?" Come, drink a bowl of wine first! I'll talk about the knife later! ”

Lin Feng was also not polite, holding a bowl of white mare's milk wine, and finished with the people in the banquet. The warmth and spiciness, coupled with the milky aroma and slight smell, were mixed together and rushed straight to his nose, Lin Feng almost choked, and quickly took a deep breath to suppress the taste that his taste buds were not used to.

"Lord Lin is also a bold person! One more bowl! Yelu Ruan brought another bowl and dried himself first.

This Liao Emperor is also a good drinker! Lin Feng, who had an amazing amount of wine, was even more afraid of this milk wine, and made another bowl.

The History of the New Five Dynasties? The Appendix of Siyi says: "Wu wants to be handsome, also paints, can drink, and is a good gift." Today's scene is very consistent with this account, not so much as the majesty and solemnity of the Emperor of Middle-earth when he received foreign ministers, but like a few friends casually eating and drinking.

After the two large bowls of wine, the stomach suddenly warmed up, and the atmosphere in the banquet also became warm.

Xuanhui made Yelulong drink half a bowl with a wine bowl, and then glared at Lin Feng and said, "Knife!" ”

Lin Feng also drank half a bowl with him, and handed over the steel knife on his waist with both hands.

Yelulong rubbed his hands on his clothes a few times to wipe off the stains, and then he took the waist knife seriously, took a deep breath, and gently pulled it out.

The blade is solemn and silent, and the whole body is dark, and it is not surprising to look at it at a glance. Jerylon held the knife in his hand, looked up and down, left and right, listened to the sound, compared the thickness, and gently wiped the blade, and sighed in admiration.

When he reached the end of the road, the itchy Jerry got up and asked one of the guards in the cabinet for a knife, and the two knives slashed each other hard.

Judge from above! The place where the blades of Lin Feng's knife struck was only a little crooked, and the guard's knife had already been cut out of a gap nearly a finger deep.

"Good Divine Soldier!" The people in the room couldn't help but exclaim. The word "Khitan" originally meant iron, taking its hard meaning, it was naturally very proud of the quality of the self-produced steel knife, but I was afraid of comparing the goods, the guard's knife was already the best knife in the Khitan iron knife, and no one could have imagined that the gap between the two knives was so obvious.

"How is this knife forged?" Jeron immediately asked.

"How much is this knife worth?" King Cha Chai of Taining, who had been smiling and silent, asked.

"Can this knife be mass-produced?" Secret Scholar Zhang Ji also asked at the same time.

Of course, Lin Feng would not answer Yelulong's question, and said with a smile: "Back to my lords, the cost of this knife per knife is currently more than three Datang Tongbao, and my Datang can already be mass-produced, I believe that the price will drop slightly in the future!" ”

Lin Feng increased the cost of the steel knife nearly five times with a single mouth! To do business, of course, you have to ask for a sky-high price! International trade, who will do it if the profit is low! For a treasure sword, Sanguan is not high at all, but if it is to be used as a daily weapon for soldiers, Sanguan is too high.

Yelu Ruan, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, who was about the same age as Yelu Ruan, asked, "Lord Lin, what kind of conditions do you need for such a good knife to be sold?" "Yelu Wuzhi and Yelu Roar both won the throne of Yelu Ruan, the king of Yongkang at that time, in front of the Liao Taizong Hub, and naturally received a high position as a powerful minister at the same time.

That's the core question! Lin Feng immediately lifted his spirits and prepared to start a difficult negotiation.