Chapter 216, Meet the Son of Heaven
Qin Tian was a little surprised that this Yinghe would actually talk to him, it stands to reason that Yinghe's current territory is about to border Qin Tian's Wanjun, it should be tempted in every way, and he actually heard a trace of relief from his voice.
Qin Tian's Wanjun is also the area of Nanyang, and after Wuguan is Tongguan, Tongguan is held in the palm of Qin's hand, and it is pinched very firmly.
Zhou Tianzi's Sizhou was in charge of Wuguan, Hangu Pass, and Hugao Pass, which were three passes, as well as the large county of Luoyang, as well as some small and medium-sized counties.
Although Wuguan is in the hands of Zhou Tianzi, but now that the Zhou room is in decline, Qin Tian said that he wanted to borrow Wuguan, how could he dare to stop Qin Tian?
This is also where the conflict between Qin Tian and Qin Guo lies, the two of them have three levels of resistance on the surface, but in fact there is a conflict.
Now Yinghe's move is really a little incomprehensible, stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Qin Tian is not easy to give a face, put down the wine glass, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "In the barbarian land of the lower south, how can it be compared to Shangyongzhou and Liangzhou, which are rich in war horses. ”
Although Qin Tian said this, he suddenly remembered in his heart that Liangzhou, where the Qin State is located, is relatively desolate, it is a bitter cold land, and now the other party is showing favor to me, is it for food?
Zhenguo is now experiencing three years of grain storage, and Yizhou is now starting to plant fertile land on a large scale, and there is no dispute with the world, and Qin Tian has sent many scholars from the peasant school to improve farming techniques.
In addition, although the population of Zhenguo is still sparse compared to the population of the Central Plains, it is much better than the miserable situation when he first ascended the throne, and many people have settled in Jingzhou.
Although there are still large tracts of land in Jingzhou to supply and settle down, Qin Tian has restricted the population of Jingzhou and moved a large number of displaced people to Jiaozhou.
"Where, I would rather exchange war horses for food, in the bitter cold land of Liangzhou, there are many people who starve to death every year." Win and whisker.
Qin Tian knew in his heart, sure enough, and then looked at Ling He.
Ling He said coldly: "It seems a little inappropriate to talk about this at this time, let's talk about it privately." ”
Yunlong waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, this banquet was originally for everyone to communicate, come, Yugong, let's talk about your Xuzhou Alliance." ”
Ye Feng didn't give Yunlong any face, and sneered: "The Xuzhou Alliance was established specifically to resist you, and I really want to thank you for speaking of it." ”
Yunlong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Ye Feng to leave him no face at all, and looked at the entire hall except for the voices of those dancing girls and accompaniments, the rest fell silent.
Xiang Ba, Qin Tian, Yinghe, and the subordinates they brought with them all looked at them with a strange gaze, their eyes scanning back and forth over them.
Qin Tian can understand Ye Feng's hatred of Yun Guo very well, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yun Guo wants to move troops against Xuzhou, otherwise he will not let out of Lujiang.
With the Lujiang River as a springboard, you can attack the three counties of Jiangdong at will, and now the Wu State unifies Yangzhou, and the Qin Tian alliance that unifies Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, the Yun State will not easily move these two if it is not sure, so to the north is the Ji State.
And Yun Guo didn't have the strength to move Ji Guo, to the west, he Yunlong didn't have the courage to be the first to touch Zhou Tianzi.
The rest of nature is Xuzhou to the east.
The annexation of the Kingdom of Yun and the Kingdom of Pear is enough to prove that the other party is not the king of Shoucheng, and if it is not the king of Shoucheng, then he has ambitions, and he will naturally choose Xuzhou as the next expansion target.
Ye Feng's hatred of Yunlong was also very natural, but what Qin Tian didn't expect was that this Ye Feng actually didn't give Yunlong any face at all.
Now everyone is under each other's noses, so they want to give each other a face, Ye Feng's way of doing this is making Qin Tian a little confused, Ye Feng's resentment towards Yunlong is almost out of his eyes.
Qin Tian and the three of them looked at each other, and finally Yinghe coughed slightly and said, "Brother Ye Feng, you really know how to joke......"
Yinghe originally passed like this, but Ye Feng didn't give any face, and Yinghe, who was cold-eyed and squinted, said in his mouth: "Do I know you?" You're in the west, I'm in the east! ”
The brocade-clothed boy brought by Yinghe was suddenly furious, took the case, rushed forward, and the sandalwood fan in his hand "snapped" and retracted, and then pointed at Ye Feng and said: "Don't be embarrassed, your father-in-law is giving you face, and you still ......."
Qin Tian saw that if this banquet continued to quarrel like this, I was afraid that it would be irreparable, so he quickly stood up, gently pulled the brocade boy and said: "Let's say a few words, Yu Gong, you also see that everyone is going to Ji Country for the banquet together, say a few words, if I, Qin Tian, have a little thin face, I hope Yu Gong will continue to listen to the song and watch the dance." ”
Seeing Qin Tian come forward, Yu Gong snorted coldly and sat back.
Qin Tian smiled and patted the brocade-clothed young man and said: "Filial piety comes first, this son can be angry for his father-in-law's grievances, it is a filial son, and there are successors to Duke Qin." ”
Originally, the boy in brocade didn't plan to buy Qin Tian's account, but when he saw that Qin Tian actually spoke for him in front of his father-in-law, he also said that there was a successor.
Now that the Qin State has not yet established a prince, if he can become a prince because of a few good words from this Qin Tian, then it will be a great joy from heaven.
Yinghe whisked his beard and sighed: "There is a successor, yes, there is a successor!" Place, return to the table. ”
The young man in brocade was overjoyed and said to Qin Tian: "In Xia Yingdi, I have seen Zhenhou, and I have admired the name for a long time. ”
Qin Tian nodded with a smile: "It turned out to be Gongzidi, and he was clumsy." Let's take a seat. ”
Everyone sat down one after another, the song and dance rose again, Yunlong seemed a little embarrassed, Qin Tian suddenly said: "You are so Yaxing, just allow Qin Tian to show ugliness and tell a joke." ”
Yunlong hurriedly said, "Wait for it quickly, let me wait to hear it." ”
Qin Tian's original intention was to let Yunlong find a step, but now that Qin Tian had no steps, after searching his intestines and scraping his stomach, he held back a sentence: "Once upon a time, there was a neighbor ......"
Xiang Ba drank the wine boldly, and after hearing what Qin Tian said, he stopped talking, and immediately asked, "Then what?" ”
Qin Tian suddenly had some internal injuries, and it was hard to say: "You should say, what about below?" ”
The original lines were dropped by Xiang Ba, and Qin Tian had to pretend to be mysterious.
Finally, Ye Feng, a prince disguised as a middle-aged man, asked again: "What about below?" ”
Qin Tian said innocently: "There is no more below." ”
After a long time of stunned, Yinghe suddenly burst out laughing, and the embarrassing atmosphere suddenly disappeared.
Until late at night, Qin Tian was a little drunk, but his mind was still very clear, Yunlong, as the master, was the most drunk, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time and said: "This is the end of today, please go back to the post station to rest." Then no matter how many people heard it, he let the servants help him away.
Qin Tian was supported by Ling He and Lu Xun, and barely stood up, just as Gongzidi was supporting his father Yinghe and preparing to go back to rest, while the blue-clothed and cold-faced scribe followed behind.
Qin Tian, a lazy pig who was swaying slowly, said in a rough voice: "Alas, wait for a slow walk, let's talk about exchanging good horses for food." ”
Qin Tian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No...... Don't talk about it today, my mind is a little unclear, tomorrow ...... More on that tomorrow. ”
Yinghe hurriedly stopped and said drunkly: "Alas, we are leaving tomorrow, now in the dead of night, let's talk for a while, like this...... How about exchanging a good horse for 10,000 stone of grain, this price is fair. ”
Qin Tian almost spit on Yinghe's face: "You dream!" Is there any grain that you sell so cheaply? 10,000 stone of grain! 10,000 stones! It's only 50,000 dollars for a horse! ”
After wiping it in a daze, Yinghe said unwillingly: "How can there be such a thing, now the price of war horses has risen, 60,000 yuan, and 600 gold for a horse is very cheap." One stone of grain is only ten coins in Jingzhou, 10,000 stone is 10,000 coins, 1,000 gold, and my horse is only 600 gold, you are very advantageous. ”
Qin Tian suddenly scolded and said, "What are you kidding, are you so reasonable? Your war horse is only worth sixty gold in Liangzhou, and my grain is fried to a sky-high price in Liangzhou, and my 10,000 stone grain is enough to buy you a hundred good horses! ”
Yinghe rubbed his temples, shrugged his thick black eyebrows, and said drunkly: "Forget it, everyone take a step back, ten thousand stones of grain and ten horses!" No one is cheap. ”
Qin Tian shook his head again and said, "No, no, no, or I'm at a loss, you haven't counted the transportation costs yet!" If you think about it, your thousands of horses will arrive in Jingzhou at a gallop, and my grain needs to be traveled by land, water, and customs duties, and the hardships of the auxiliary soldiers, otherwise who will do things for me. ”
Yinghe crooked his neck and thought about it, pondering that this was also the truth, and suddenly said impatiently: "Then what do you want?" ”
Qin Tian took it slowly: "That's ...... If you give me a cow or a sheep on a horse, and if you agree, the deal will be successful, and if you don't agree, you can't do anything. ”
Yinghe nodded a little dejectedly and said, "Who made me short of food in Liangzhou." ”
After the two parties agreed, they each left.
However, Qin Tian had just walked into the corner, his face changed, and he said coldly to Ling He and Lu Xun: "This old guy is pretending to be drunk. ”
At the same time, Yinghe, who was still standing at the door, also shook off Gongzidi's support with a sober expression, and said to the cold-faced scribe with an expressionless expression: "This little rabbit cub is pretending to be drunk. ”
The blue-clothed cold-faced scribe nodded slowly: "Very good." ”
Childe was a little confused, but he also knew that it was better for him to talk less, otherwise some of the goodwill he had just gotten would disappear.
The first confrontation between Qin Tian and Yinghe took place under such circumstances.
On the second day, Yunlong gathered the remaining four people again and said: "There are only you in Xiaguandugang, except for this one in Xuzhou. ”
Ye Feng said sarcastically: "I just want to see what such an ambitious person looks like, it turns out to be so ugly." ”
Qin Tian and Xiang Ba were stunned, Yunlong has a very strong and masculine temperament, has an even figure, and is also a handsome guy, after all, those who can become beauties are some of them with outstanding appearances, and the father is also noble, the mother is naturally not low-looking, and the son born is naturally handsome, unless he ...... As if he hadn't heard it, Yunlong continued: "There are still four days left until March 30th, and now it is February 26th, so we can no longer delay, so today we will get on board and arrive at White Horse Port as soon as possible, so as not to make any more mistakes." ”
Yunlong had already arranged some ships for each of the princes, Qin Tian crossed his hands, hidden under his sleeves, the corners of his mouth pursed, and his right hand flicked slightly, as if he was caressing something.
Once when Lu Xun unified Yizhou, Qin Tian had a random summoning of famous generals and strange things, and that strange thing was now Qin Tian's hole card, and he was confident that he did not bring Dian Wei and Xu Chu's hole cards.
Qin Tian nodded and said to Luo Dang and Xi Yuan, "Let's go." ”
Xi Yuan and Luo Dang seem to be a little dull since yesterday, although they haven't seen the two of them on the road as before, they seem to have experienced a lot of maturity, but they are not as lifeless as yesterday, and the entire Two Hundred Sins Cavalry Guard seems to have lost their souls.
Hearing Qin Tian's order, Xi Yuan and Luo Dang began to command the sin horseman, while Qin Tian said to Ling He and Lu Xun, "Let's go." ”
After leaving the port, the ship sailed to the port of Whitehorse.
The distance between Guandu Port and Baima Port is not too far, but the wind and waves of the Yellow River are a bit big.
When he arrived at Baima Port, it was already a starry night, Qin Tian rubbed his temples, and his tone was helpless: "Xi Yuan, I didn't know that you were seasick!" The vomit is so loud that the lonely people don't dare to drink water. ”
Xi Yuan's face was pale and under Luo Dang's support, after he went ashore, he suddenly said: "The ground is still solid." ”
When they arrived at White Horse Port, someone would naturally come forward to greet them, and after a while, Qin Tian and Xiang Ba were talking, and dozens of servants came over to guide the five monarchs to gather in the port.
Not long after, Qin Tian and the others were guided into a mansion, and they heard from the servants that this was the place where the monarchs of the Ji Kingdom entertained the monarchs of various countries, and it occupied a huge area.
Qin Tian was led to a courtyard in this mansion, and the servant said: "After three days, the monarch will invite you to come over, and I will ask you to rest for a while." ”
In the past few days, the people of Ji have lived quite comfortably, and they have obtained some very useful information from the mouths of some slaves.
For example, when Zhou Tianzi arrived, even if the monarch of Ji was the overlord, he should vacate the palace, or prepare a palace with an eye-catching scale for Zhou Tianzi to settle in, but Zhou Tianzi arrived this time, and the monarch of Ji Guo shirked and said: "The country of Ji has been stormy for many years, and the finances are heavy, so only the wronged son of heaven temporarily enters the mansion, and when others are not very financially constrained, they will build a palace." ”
And Zhou Tianzi lived in another mansion that was far inferior in scale to Qin Tian and the others, and the monarch of Ji State did this to hint to everyone.
Another thing is that not only Qin Tian and other princes, but also the three sons of the monarch of Ji have been recalled by the monarch of Ji at this moment, that is to say, this alliance is not only attended by five princes, but also three princes of Ji who have fiefs.
On the night of March 29, a neighbor found Qin Tian and said, "This monarch, please wait for the dawn to go to the port, and the monarch has a ship waiting there for the master." ”
Qin Tian hurriedly summoned Ling He and the others, the index finger joint was slightly dull and tapped on the wooden case, Qin Tian said in a deep voice: "It seems that the alliance is not going on in White Horse Harbor. ”
Ling He and Lu Xun nodded and said, "Not bad." Ling He said: "In my opinion, the monarch of Ji wants to become the throne!" ”
"What!" Qin Tian was stunned after hearing this, Zhou Tianzi is just a throne, if the monarch of Ji wants to become the throne, isn't it to risk the disapproval of the world and sit on an equal footing with Zhou Tianzi, plus his overlord position, do Qin Tian and the others respect Zhou Tianzi or respect him as the monarch of Ji Guo?
Ling He was stunned for a moment, smiled lightly, and the chance of victory was in his hands: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, don't forget that Zimo also went to a place when he lobbied the countries." ”
Qin Tian was stunned, Jia Xu's plan was to lay out the world, and when Chu Zimo traveled to Chu, Wu, Li, Yu, and Yun...... And Luoyang!
That's right! Luoyang!
Zimo had been to Luoyang, Qin Tian remembered that Luoyang was not mentioned in Jia Xu's scheme, but Zimo went to Luoyang, could it be that Ling He was among them?
After Ling He whispered to Qin Tian for a moment, a hint of abruptness appeared on Qin Tian's flat face.
Second, Qin Tian's sin ride was blocked, and each prince could only bring four subordinates to upload, while Qin Tian only brought Luo Dang, and Xi stayed here.
Soon, Qin Tian's ship quickly left the port, Qin Tian stood on the bow of the ship, and found that the ships of Xiang Ba, Yinghe, Ye Feng, Yunlong and others were not here, Qin Tian's heart sank.
Ling He walked over slowly and said to Qin Tian: "Your Excellency, this is just a trick of the monarch of the Ji Kingdom, coming from all directions to show the dignity of his identity." ”
Qin Tian was stunned at this time, and then said to Ling He: "This monarch of the Ji State is really old and confused. ”
Ling He looked at the surging river and said with a smile: "But you still have to be careful that he is annoyed and angry." ”
In the conversation between the two, there were words in the words, but they were not said clearly, but the other party knew what the other party meant.
After about half an hour, Qin Tian could already see several ships heading towards the island at the same time on all sides, Xiang Ba, Yunlong and the others were standing on the bow of the boat, and they were easy to recognize.
When the ships arrived at the island, they were greeted by the Piren, and the eight of them walked up their own paths to their respective platforms.
There are a total of ten wooden high platforms, which are well seated, and at this moment, the monarch of the Ji State is in a verbal confrontation with Zhou Tianzi, Qin Tian saw that the seats of the two seemed to form a circle with the other eight seats, but in fact, the remaining eight seats were facing these two seats.
And the seat of the monarch of Ji and the seat of Zhou Tianzi are flush, which is enough to explain the intentions of the monarch of Ji.
Sitting separately, the monarch sits on a high platform, and the rest of his subordinates are slightly lower in height to defend their own monarch.
The monarch of Ji put down his wine glass, then stood up and said to everyone: "Since you can come, you are giving me Song Liang face, Song Liang thank you very much." Then he lifted up the wine lord that had been poured again by the neighbors on the side, and hid his face.
After Qin Tian and the others politely replied, they also hid their faces and drank a juke.
Song Liang, the monarch of the Ji Kingdom, then said: "Do you know how this island came about? This island was discovered by me and tens of thousands of slaves were used to fill in this small island of nearly a kilometer. ”
The original process was that the princes saluted Zhou Tianzi, but now they were first diverted by the words of the monarch of Ji State, and now it is Ji Guo who said such words and confused it.
For a while, the princes didn't know whether to salute Zhou Tianzi or to cheer Song Liang, the monarch of the Ji Kingdom, but at this moment, Qin Tian said in an extremely loud voice: "Qin Tian, the monarch of the Zhen Kingdom, meet Zhou Tianzi!" ”
Ling He, Lu Xun, and Luo Dang knelt on the ground at the same time.
And as Qin Tian's eldest brother, Xiang Ba has long seen that Song Liang, the monarch of Ji State, is not pleasing to his eyes, and he is also facing Zhou Tianzi at the moment: "Wu Guojun, Xiang Ba, meet Zhou Tianzi." ”
Yinghe glanced at Qin Tian, slowly knelt down, and said loudly: "Monarch of Qin, Yinghe, meet Zhou Tianzi!" ”
Ye Feng also bowed and bowed under Zimo's hint: "The leader of the Xuzhou Alliance, the monarch of the imperial country, Ye Feng, meet Zhou Tianzi!" ”
Yunlong was helpless, he originally saw it, but his territory bordered the Ji State, but now the rest of the people are kneeling down, and if they don't worship, then they will be isolated, and then the Three Kingdoms Alliance, yes, if Zhou Tianzi opens the door of convenience for the Qin State, then Yunlong will have to face the Four Nations Alliance, and he will also be spurned by the world's scholars.
In desperation...... Yun Long knelt on the ground and said loudly to Zhou Tianzi: "Yun Guojun, Yun Long, meet Zhou Tianzi!" ”
originally thought that he was just a dispensable son of heaven, and this time the princes would definitely make it difficult in every way, but he couldn't help himself, if he didn't go, the monarch of Ji would inevitably force him, and he would definitely not have the slightest face at that time.
But I didn't expect it...... The first person to stand up for him and greet him was actually the monarch of Zhenguo! Qin Tian, who sent a messenger to express condolences a few years ago, still remembers that Qin Tian only had the Jingnan region at that time, but now he has the entire Jingzhou.
And it can be seen from the back that Xiang Ba did not hesitate to resist Qin Tian, and the support of the two people allowed Qin Guo to win and meet him.
The five-tone kneeling on his face made Zhou Tianzi's blood boil at the moment, as if he had returned to the glory of the original Zhou room, but the indifferent gaze of Song Liang, the monarch of the Ji Kingdom, made Zhou Tianzi seem to be covered by a scoop of cold water from head to bottom.
Song Liang, staring at Qin Tian, had a blue face: "Okay!" Very good!! ”
Qin Tian suddenly retracted his hand into his sleeve, looked at Song Liang without moving, and was secretly wary in his heart.
(To be continued)