The envoys of the Jin State finally escaped the encirclement of the Jurchen old people of the Wendu Department of Zengtou City, and ran all the way to Dengzhou, from where they got on the ship and sailed out to sea.

However, this breath was relieved a little earlier—soon, the boat that Wanyan Zong was riding on was hit by a storm, and in order to reduce the weight of the ship, all the things in the cabin, whether high or low, were thrown into the sea. When he was throwing it smoothly, the storm suddenly passed, and at this time, he couldn't help but feel that Yan Zongyong didn't cry bitterly, and wanted to cry without tears - it turned out that the bottom of the cabin was dirty and damp, and Wan Yan Zongyong put all the sundries on the deck, and then put the national gift that the Chinese Federation gave back to Wan Yan Aguda on it, thinking that it was moisture and mildew-proof, but when the storm came, all the national gifts were thrown into the sea, but the sundries on the ship were not missing.

When the Dengzhou sea ship was sailing to the northern Jin Kingdom with a boat full of frustrated Jurchens, the Liao envoy led by Yelu Yujian and the delegation of the Chinese Federation with Cheng Wanli as the envoy had also left Liangshan and arrived at Waqiao Pass, the border between the two countries.

Waqiao Pass further north is the boundary of Liao. There are many rivers and ponds here, so the envoys cross the bridge for a while, and take a boat for a while, for the Liao people who are accustomed to a horse galloping, such a toss is simply a kind of torture.

Cheng Wanli was full of interest, and when he had time to take the boat, he said to Yelu Yu: "General Yu Jian, do you know that there was no lake in this place?" ”

Yelu Yu is looking around, but he sees the vast smoke waves, the water and the sky are endless, the peppercorns are tingting, the pavilions are quietly planted, and the scenery is really beautiful! Hearing Cheng Wanli's words, he couldn't help but be curious: "Isn't such a scenery naturally generated?" ”

Cheng Wanli shook his head and said: "Although nature is wonderful, but manpower can sometimes be ingenious, and the scenery here belongs to this!" As he spoke, he told a story from the past.

It turned out that the place north of Waqiao Pass and the border with the Liao State had always been dangerous for the Guanhe River to defend. Therefore, when He Chengju, the envoy of the Song Sixth House, was stationed at Waqiao Pass, he began to propose the use of low-lying places and water storage as a barrier. He originally wanted to inspect the terrain in person, but he was worried that his intention would be seen through by the Liao State, so he came up with a plan - in the following days, He Chengju always had a high drinking party with his staff, took a boat to appreciate the knotweed flowers, and also wrote dozens of poems "The Song of Tateflowers", so that the guests in the audience sang poems and drew pictures, which were boiling and making a lot of noise.

When the news reached Liao, the people of Liao laughed at the Han people who were handsome and mediocre, and they would not train their troops and rectify their martial arts, but would only be able to spend their time in the snow, so when He Chengju later built a large project, excavated a river pond and built a dam to store water and plant knotweeds, the people of Liao were all watching the jokes on the sidelines, and there was no interest in raising troops to obstruct them.

In the Qingli period, Yang Huaimin, the inner servant, continued the career of his predecessors, and the knotweed flower project became bigger and bigger; In the Xining period, Xucun, Liuzhuang and other reservoirs have been excavated, attracting Xu River, Bao River, Sha River, Tang River and other rivers, as well as water sources called Monkey Spring, Jijiao Spring, Wuyan Spring and other places, to the east and Hutuo River, Zhanghe River, Qi River, Yishui, Baishui and the Yellow River are connected into a piece - the Liao people look at this time, from Shen Yuanluo in the northwest of Baozhou, east to Cangzhou Nigu Haikou into the sea, almost 800 miles of place, have become the king of the Yang Zeguo, the widest part of the water surface reaches 60 miles!

The Liao people were dumbfounded at this time - if they went to war with the Song Dynasty again, their cavalry would have to learn to swim across the river with arms when they invaded the south.

Cheng Wanli just heard this story from Ximenqing not long ago, and at this moment, he is now speculating and selling in front of Yelu Yujian, and he is also very good. I saw him squinting at Yelu Yu and said: "Thinking about the ancestors, between the strong enemies and tigers, cultivating such a beautiful scene, and being the key to the mountains and rivers, such a talent, our descendants will be praised as wise men, isn't it?" ”

Yelu Yu understood when he heard it, and the co-author Cheng Wanli began to call at himself again. These days, the two of them have walked all the way, and there are many light and dark confrontations between words, you praise the Central Plains, I praise the Khitan, enthusiastically compete to increase their ambitions, rack their brains to extinguish the other party's prestige, and have endless fun.

Now Cheng Wanli even wants to harass himself to enjoy the scenery, Yelu Yu saw that his teeth itched with hatred, and he heard Cheng Wanli's mouse on the weighing plate - claiming to praise himself, so he sneered: "In order to achieve this piece of Ze country, I don't know how much land has been encroached upon, and how much income has been reduced by the grain and grass in the frontier every year - the king of benevolence, righteousness and love for the people, it will not be like this!" ”

Cheng Wanli listened, but smiled slightly, and said: "Although General Yu Jian is benevolent, his knowledge is poor. It is necessary to know that in the areas of Shenzhou, Jizhou, Cangzhou, and Yingzhou, only the places where the Yellow River, Hutuo River, and Zhanghe River are alluvial can become fertile land, and the places where the river water cannot reach are all saline-alkali land, and crops cannot be grown. In the past, all the people gathered here were homeless people, who made a living by scraping alkaline soil and boiling salt, repeatedly violating government bans, and sometimes even gathering crowds to loot, which became a civil disaster. Since it has become a water town and a country, there is no such thing as boiling salt illegally, and the production of fish, crabs, callus white, reeds and the like in the water can be relied on by the common people in an open and honest manner, and it is still for profit - corrupt officials are for personal gain; The water is plugged, but it is for the national benefit. The difference between good and bad government is all here. The country is complete and the people are benefited, what is not benevolent and righteous and love the people? ”

When Yelu Yu heard this, he couldn't find fault for a while, so he sneered: "What a benevolent and righteous person who loves the people!" It's a pity that such a benevolent, righteous and loving court has been subverted by a group of homeless grass robbers, so that Lord Cheng has to be a second minister-alas! Thinking about it makes people sigh in the wind! ”

said that it was a sigh, but Yelu Yu laughed out loud, and his eyes were full of smugness when he squinted at Cheng Wanli.

Cheng Wanli listened, but he was silent, just sighed faintly: "Alas! Parents work hard, children and grandchildren are incompetent! This is why Song Daliao is like this! ”

Yelu Yujian's laughter stopped abruptly - Cheng Wanli's words were as light as four taels of cotton, but a golden hoop stick smashed into the head of Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of Liao, and Yelu Yu could still laugh before he had a ghost!

The two of them fought all the way, and their words were fierce, and they couldn't help but pretend to be idle, but when they were angry, they couldn't help but feel sorry for each other, and their personal friends became intimate.

On this day, he finally entered the border of Liao. The Liao State had already received the report, and its own officials in charge of hospitality came to greet it. After checking the number of envoys of the Chinese Federation, the envoy greeted him with a smile and welcomed Cheng Wanli and his party into the Liao State.

What made Cheng Wanli frown was that these people greeted them, and they actually pulled a big coffin behind the sedan car they were sitting in, which made people panic when they looked at it.

Yelu Yu saw the appearance and distinguished, and then said to Cheng Wanli triumphantly: "Lord Cheng is surprised, our preparation of this coffin is a great kindness!" Saying that, Yelu Yujian also told Cheng Wanli a few treasures.

It turned out that during the Song Tiansheng period, there was a servant of the imperial history governor Zhang Pin who was sent to the Liao State, but this Zhang Da had a hard mission and actually died in the territory of the Liao State.

You must know that the customs of the Liao country, people have never had a coffin when they die, they all put the corpse on the mountain tree first, and only after three years did they collect their bones and burn them, and when they were cremated, they had to drink wine and toast: "In the winter moon, the sun eats, if I shoot hunting, I will have more pigs and deer." ”

Such exploitation of surplus value, if it is the ghost of the Han nationality, it must be made that these unfilial descendants will not be able to eat in the winter moon, and the arrows will miss when hunting.

Of course, there are also Liao people who are exquisite, and those emperors and nobles must build coffins and tombs, so that they can die comfortably. But these people are the upper class, their number is too scarce, it is impossible to die in batches every day - although this is the simple wish of the common people, but unfortunately there is no way to meet it - so the market demand for funeral rites is not strong, so that when Ambassador Zhang Pinzhang died, the huge Liao State scraped the ground, and he couldn't turn over a coffin, and the Liao Country was mostly grassland, and he couldn't find the object of the sawing if he wanted to cut down a tree and do it - poor Ambassador Zhang Pinzhang suffered a huge crime, and his body was transported directly into Fan Yang before he had to reluctantly converge.

The lesson of this stinky street, was deeply absorbed by the people of Liao, since then, the Liao country has always prepared a batch of lacquered coffins, makeup with silver ornaments, whenever there is a messenger of the Southern Dynasty to enter, the coffin will conscientiously follow the messenger, in case the messenger happens to something three long and two short, the front foot can be wrapped while the back foot is hot, and it is truly prepared, which can be called the ancient five-star public money tourism service. Since then, this fine tradition of hospitality on behalf of the people of Liao has been passed down from generation to generation.

Cheng Wanli listened, and only smiled bitterly, the people of Liao knew that the Han people taboo this thing, but they still had to follow you to swagger through the market! So Cheng Wanli secretly gritted his teeth - he will never die in the territory of Liao, and he will definitely not take advantage of the coffin of Liao! If you really want to die, you have to hold your breath and return to the Chinese Federation to die again! Air Festival, save this breath back, it is the festival!

Fortunately, the journey was safe, and Cheng Wanli never got the opportunity to make him breathe, which was a rare luck. Sitting in a lucky sedan car, Cheng Wanli and his entourage crossed Baigou all the way, passed Zhuozhou, and rested at Lugou Bridge for a night, Cheng Wanli took the delegation of the Chinese Federation to burn incense and worship under the dawn moon in Lugou, and then passed through Yanyun and arrived at Kyoto in Liao.

Looking up at the majestic city in front of him, Cheng Wanli's thoughts were rolling, and he couldn't help but think of the teachings of Ximen Qing before the envoy, Cheng Wanli secretly made a wish in his heart: "Don't worry, your Excellency, you will succeed!" ”

At the same time, among the envoys of the Chinese Federation, there was also a person who looked at the capital of the Liao Kingdom and showed a grim smile: "Khitan!" I'm back with Ma Zhi! "This is exactly what it is:

The capital of a country welcomes the rain, and the story of a thousand autumns writes a new chapter. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.