From shoulder to back, the stinging pain of the whipped position. Prince Zhenjin's face was feverish, and he felt that the loss of dignity was far more than the pain.

When the servants saw the prince returning, they hurriedly came up to greet him. One of them tried to hold the 43-year-old prince Zhenjin after he dismounted, but he didn't know where he had touched Kublai Khan's whip. Zhenjin was furious, pushed the servant away, and gave the servant a kick in anger.

This venting made the prince's emotions evacuated, and he did not chase after him, but walked into the mansion in silence. As soon as he sat down in his seat, the wound of the whip stabbed again. Anger rose again in the prince's heart.

Damn Hao Ren! Jinjin is full of malice towards his cousins. Damn the crumbs of the Wokotai family! Jin Jin also has a hatred for the other culprit who caused him to be beaten. Thinking of his father, Zhenjin only had grievances, he didn't expect his father to whip him, but Kublai Khan's angry scolding was not without reason.

"You are the master of Ogedei, and Ogedai is afraid of Hao Ren, that is his family's business. As a master, why do you have to be loyal to your slaves?! ”

Thinking back to his father's words, Zhenjin felt like waking up from a dream. With the idea of real gold, if Hao Ren can make some concessions, the Wokotai family will definitely be grateful to the real gold and gain more loyalty from the Wokotai family. When other khanates and princes saw that Ogedai was more loyal to Kublai Khan's family, they would naturally feel the mighty imperial grace of Zhenjin and understand the unshakable power of Zhenjin.

Kublai Khan's view is completely different from that of Zhenjin, Hao Ren conquered the Ogedai family for Kublai Khan with strong force, so there is no reason to deal with Hao Ren because of the dissatisfaction of the Ogedai family. If so, who will be willing to serve Kublai Khan?

Real gold only agrees with half of it. After settling his emotions in his seat, Zhenjin summoned his subordinates and ordered them to go to the current gathering place of Hao Ren's department. After waiting for his subordinates to leave, Zhenjin rubbed his shoulders lightly, feeling very unhappy.

If Hao Ren was only stationed in the northeastern part of the Kipchak Khanate, Zhenjin would certainly not be disadvantageous to Hao Ren because of the dissatisfaction of the Ogedai family. According to intelligence from the Kipchak Khanate, Hao Ren had already begun to move his men westward. The destination should be the Kievan Rus' as Hao Ren mentioned in the memo. This situation became Hao Ren's own way to the new territory. According to the decision of the Kuritai Assembly, no one was allowed to change his territory without the permission of the Kuritai Assembly. What Hao Ren did was undoubtedly challenging the majesty of the Kulitai Conference. That would be tantamount to challenging the majesty of real gold.

The prince's order was quickly carried out, and immediately an envoy was sent to Constantinople to prepare a boat in Constantinople through the Black Sea, into the Volga, and on the way to the Kuibyshev region. When the envoy arrived in Constantinople, he immediately felt as if the city had changed a lot. Not only is the city clean and tidy, but there are officers and soldiers on the streets who direct traffic, and city pedestrians can also walk on the left and right, giving people a sense of order.

Now that the Eastern Rome borders the Mongol Empire, everyone knows the strength of the Mongol cavalry, and the Eastern Rome immediately prepared ships for the Mongol lords, hoisted the Mongol flag, and set off from the port of Constantinople. On another ship in the harbor, men with faces from the western shores of the Pacific watched the Mongol ship sail. When the Mongol envoy's ship became a small spot on the sea, the men dismounted.

The port officials thought that these unfamiliar faces might be Mongols, but they didn't quite look like them. At least most of them had large eyes, completely different from the elongated eyes of the Mongols. It's similar to the Song people. However, the clothes worn by these people have a very Mongolian flavor, which makes these officials confused.

These men entered Constantinople as Mongol Crimean Mongols and immediately went straight to the embassy of the Great Song Dynasty. It didn't take long for the Great Song Embassy to bring the news of the visit of Hao Renwan's subordinates in the north to the ambassador. The ambassador was a little surprised, he hadn't heard of Hao Renwanhu's name for several years. This person has a relatively rich record in the archives of the Ministry of Rites, and he is the only Mongolian in the Xiao'er Jin family who has asked the Zhao official family for teaching, and he is also considered to be a very Sinicized Mongol. But there was no news a few years ago.

It didn't hurt to meet such a guy for Da Song, and the ambassador asked the guards to bring those people in, and the two sides communicated in Chinese from the beginning of the meeting. Hao Ren's envoy named Wu Yougui briefly told the ambassador that Hao Ren wanted to open up a territory in the area centered on Kievan Rus and Kharkov, and then asked: "We heard that your envoy is preparing to return to the Great Song Dynasty, but he can't find his way?" ”

"How do you know?" The ambassador replied with a flat expression.

"We have a lot of connections in Baghdad, and the Song Kingdom has made such a big move, we only know about it later, but it is impossible not to know." Wu Yougui gave the answer with a smile.

"And then?" The ambassador already asked very blandly. In the report, Hao Ren is a very Chinese guy, and it was Hao Ren who took the lead in asking questions, probably what deal Hao Ren wanted to do.

"If we can arrange for the personnel of your country to return to the Song Kingdom, but we don't know if your country can return the favor?"

"What do you want?"

"We want to send some teenagers to study in the Song Kingdom, and we don't need special circumstances, just the kind of school that the Song Kingdom system is."

“…… We can't promise that. ”

"Why don't you send someone back with us?" Now that the Song State has captured Lingxia, there must be a telegram. If we send your people over there, can't we find out if the Zhao Guanjia has agreed by sending a telegram? The Zhao official family let you come all the way here, if it wasn't a last resort, how could they let you run back. If you can have the help of our family, you don't have to worry about having nowhere to go in times of crisis. All the manpower and material resources that Zhao Guanjia bet on before will not be lost, what's wrong with this. ”

"By land to Lingxia?"

"The ambassador has a globe here, and we have a few in 10,000 households. Compare on the globe, don't you know the distance of this trip? ”

Of course, Ambassador Da Song will not immediately go to measure. He turned to ask about the elusive Hao Ren Wanhu's recent situation, and Wu Yougui only said that Hao Ren Wanhu had recently seized the Crimean Peninsula, and was vague about the other directions of efforts. just told the ambassador, "If Song Guo can agree to Wanhu's request, we will naturally tell the truth." ”

The ambassador couldn't think of any other way after thinking about it, and Kublai Khan's side made it clear that he wanted to hang the Great Song Dynasty, and he didn't know when the plague would end in the next year or two. A new passage is very attractive no matter how you look at it.

The people who summoned the embassy came to take counsel, and measured the distance from the globe. The Great Song had regained Lingzhou and controlled the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor. It was found that the road to the east of the Black Sea was not too far away. Although it still takes thousands of miles to return to his hometown from Lingzhou, it is much faster to send a message by telegram.

The temptation for such a thing was so great that in the end five people were willing to go. Use the method of drawing lots to select three people to go with Wu Yougui and others to try whether the road can really be passed. In addition, three people were sent to visit Hao Ren Wanhu.

On December 24, 326 of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiaren was preparing a New Year's speech, when the Intelligence Bureau came with a telegram and said: "Official, our mission in Eastern Rome sent someone to Lingzhou and sent a telegram from there. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Jiaren's eyes couldn't help but widen, he thought for a moment and immediately ordered: "Call Xiong Shang." ”

Not too long later, Xiong Sheng finished reading the telegram sent from Lingzhou, and he said a little overwhelmed: "I never expected it. Is there such a thing? Could it be fake? ”

Zhao Jiaren is not worried about authenticity. There was no need for Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia, to engage in such a trick, he just looked at the location of Hao Renwanhu, which was roughly determined according to intelligence, and thought thoughtfully.

Xiong Sheng couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Zhao Jiaren, "Official, what does this Hao Ren want to do?" ”

"He probably wants to be a big Bobo in Pingduzhen." Zhao Jiaren replied with a smile?

“…… What big bobs? Xiong replied stupidly. After listening to it only once, he couldn't remember the words 'Pingduzhen Lu Da Bobo', let alone this history of later generations.

Zhao Jiaren didn't want to bother telling the story, so he skipped the question of Xiong Xiang and hit directly: "None of this is important." I didn't expect that Hao Ren to be able to do this. If he is sincere, he may not be unable to cooperate. ”

"Can the bears really gain a foothold in the west?" Xiong Shang was skeptical.

Zhao Jiaren lightly tapped the map with a pencil, judging from the current intelligence, the territory occupied by Xiong Sheng is Ukraine and Poland in the 21st century. It's all plains, and it's still the famous black soil. Kievan Rus' was later Kiev, and it was known as a European coal bunker and steel bunker. To sum it up simply, this place needs plains and plains, fertile soil and fertile soil, coal and coal, and iron and iron. The climate is mild and water is abundant.

Since the 14th century, the United Kingdom of Lithuania and Poland has built a great power from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea in this area, suppressing Russia (Lucia) in the north and killing the Teutonic Knights (Duguo) in the south.

At the time of the World Expo, the CG animation "History of Poland" of the Polish Pavilion was beautifully produced and was very popular on the Internet. This also gave Zhao Jiaren an impression of the approximate timeline of Poland. At this stage, Poland is in the era of feudal secession, and it seems that there are still many lords who have lured wolves into the house and brought the Teutonic Knights into western Poland.

"That Hao Ren's subordinates are all traitors." Xiong Shang couldn't help but remind.

"At least those people will never return to Han again." Zhao Jiaren said with a smile. Although he will not let go of the traitor, he will not chase and kill the traitor thousands of miles away in this era.

"Is this a condition for the official family to agree to Hao Ren?"

"I didn't say yes. I just thought I might be able to cooperate. ”