As an envoy of the state, the right to speak is not from the envoy himself, but from the country behind him, the country is strong, the envoy will be tough when he speaks, and the country is weak, and the envoy will be weak when he speaks, this truth is obvious.

The gap between the new country and the Liang country is very large, the new country is only a small principality, but the Liang country is already a kingdom, far beyond a large level, the scientific and technological forces are completely backward, and it is absolutely impossible to win the fight.

Lin Xiangru asked an official to find an inn, and the group stayed directly in the inn, and at the same time, Lin Xiangru also sent a fellow official to let them take a walk in the city to see what the emperor of the Great Liang Kingdom was like.

On the street, Lin Xiangru and the people of the envoy group were inspecting the goods on the side of the street.

"Go to the blacksmith shop."

Lin Xiangru led everyone into the blacksmith shop, the red flames were burning with sparks, the sound of clanging iron was extremely crisp, and there were all kinds of weapons on the containers on both sides, including spears and swords, and even bows and arrows.

"Guest, what do you want?"

A man with a naked upper body looked at Lin Xiangru and the others with a smile.

Lin Xiangru's gaze looked at those weapons, and he said casually: "Let's take a look at that arrow first." ”

"Okay."

The man handed the arrow to Lin Xiangru, Lin Xiangru picked it up and looked at it, although he didn't know much about weapons, but there was obviously a spiral groove on the arrow, and the process was not the same as that of the new country.

"Guest officer, this arrow of mine, but an ancestral craft, has a greater impact of flying and spinning, and at the same distance, its penetration is stronger than that of other arrows."

Lin Xiangru nodded, this arrow was better than the arrow of the new country.

"Look at the other weapons."

"Okay."

The man took the broadsword off the shelf, and Lin Xiangru checked it again, and the sharpness and thickness of the broadsword were also better than the ordinary ironware of Xinguo.

"This big knife is not made of iron?"

"It's made of iron, but it's mixed with a little stuff, so it's better than ordinary iron."

If Ren Tian was here, he would probably recognize that the material of this broadsword was already between steel and iron.

"How about the guest officer, do you want to buy one?"

Lin Xiangru said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I have more ideas about your craft, there should be some secret recipe, right?" ”

"That's for sure, after my grandfather and my father's exploration, it was successful."

"Then do you sell this secret recipe?"

The man shook his head directly: "Don't sell it, this is an ancestral thing, how can it be sold?" If you want to buy these weapons, you can buy them, and it is impossible to tell you the secret recipe of the skill. ”

Lin Xiangru pondered for a moment: "Okay, let's buy some weapons, these weapons, all kinds of one." ”

"Okay."

If you don't get the secret recipe of the skill, you can only buy weapons and send them back to the Ordnance Bureau of the new country, so that they can conduct research and development to see if they can improve the technical level of the new country.

Another point is that if Xinguo can cooperate with Liang, then the speed of improvement of Xinguo's scientific and technological level will be significantly accelerated.

Subsequently, Lin Xiangru bought some cloth, dyes, and even some crop seeds.

In one day, the various buildings in the imperial capital of the Great Liang Kingdom, bookstores, taverns, tea houses, cloth workshops, tea and salt workshops, etc., were all visited, and after shopping, Lin Xiangru had a comprehensive understanding of the imperial capital of the Great Liang Kingdom, and the country was far ahead of the new country.

Take salt as an example, the salt of Xinguo is the kind of yellow-brown coarse-grained salt, although there are craftsmen in the salt field to refine the salt and dry better salt, but it will take a long time, and the salt of the Liang country is more fine, and the color is also a little close to white.

Even, there are snow-white snowflake salts in Daliang Country, but the quantity is relatively rare.

……

Day 2.

Lin Xiangru and the accompanying officials got up very early, and before dawn, they had already come to Honglu Temple.

At the gate of Honglu Temple, they found that there were already a team of envoys from other countries, gathered here to prepare, this look, there were more than a dozen teams, in front of Honglu Temple, a little bustling.

"Why are there so many people?"

One of the officials was a little surprised.

The official of the other envoy team in front of him turned his head, looked at Lin Xiangru and his party, looked at him, and then asked, "Which country are you?" ”

"New Country."

"New country? I haven't heard of it, it's also a small country in Gwangneung County, right? ”

Lin Xiangru smiled: "Almost." ”

The official said: "Since they are all small countries, it is almost the same, the most powerful thing in this Guangling County is the Great Liang State, we are small countries, we must have a good relationship with the Great Liang State, basically every month, there will be national envoys to come to the audience, you came at a very coincidental time, it just so happens that today is the day of the audience, otherwise, you may have to wait for many more days." ”

Lin Xiangru was a little stunned: "Could it be that when foreign envoys come, His Majesty of the Great Liang Kingdom is still hanging them?" ”

"Look at the mood to meet, His Majesty Daliang is a little moody in temperament, and likes to bully small countries, our country is really miserable, and it will threaten to send troops at every turn."

Lin Xiangru frowned slightly, this doesn't sound very good.

Subsequently, Lin Xiangru continued to ask some other things about the Great Liang Kingdom, and finally came to the conclusion that His Majesty the Great Liang Kingdom often relies on his personal preferences to do all kinds of incredible behaviors, humiliating foreign envoys on the spot, pressing the border with the army at will, and even knowing that the concubines of the rest of the countries are beautiful, he even forcibly wants to be included in the harem.

"This, you want to accept concubines from other countries as your harem?"

Lin Xiangru is a little incredible.

"Yes, Your Majesty of the Great Liang Kingdom, the name of lust, spread all over Guangling County, the good-looking girls in the Great Liang Kingdom are not afraid to go out, it is said that the number of His Majesty's harem concubines of the Great Liang Kingdom is already more than a hundred."

An official beside Lin Xiangru was a little speechless: "So many? Is he busy? ”

"Hey, for this majesty, it doesn't matter if he's busy or not, he can not be lucky, but he can't do without."

The officials of the envoy team of the new country were all speechless for a while.

The various envoy teams on the side of Honglu Temple are all chatting, and time is waiting for minute by minute.

It wasn't long before dawn came, and the streets were bustling with activity again, with the shops opening their doors and the enticing scent of breakfast wafting through the streets.

The sun was gradually rising, and after a full hour or two, it was about ten o'clock in the morning.

"Why haven't you summoned you yet?"

"Could it be canceled today? But isn't this the day when the summons are agreed? ”

The envoys were also talking.

At this time, a little eunuch came over and quickly shouted: "The envoys of various countries follow me into the palace!" ”

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