Mu Zhengyi left the capital with Jin Lingwei's escort of military supplies, their team was extremely large, and it was very eye-catching wherever they went, and the people along the way naturally had a lot of speculation.

And the requisitioning of grain, grass and ordnance to the north is not only the capital, so for a period of time, there has been a lot of discussion throughout the country about the imperial court's large-scale mobilization of military supplies, and gradually rumors began to spread, saying that the imperial court intends to fight Rong Di to the death.

The official attitude towards such rumors is actually very ambiguous, and for a long time, the people have been speculating wildly, and no matter what level of local government in the capital or at what level, they have not come out with a clear attitude.

The rumors of the imminent war have spread more and more widely, and there have even begun to be grain merchants who have begun to buy grain in large quantities behind the back of the imperial court, hoping that after the war, the price of grain will rise and they will be able to make a lot of money.

Although the imperial court did not pay attention to the rumors that were spreading more and more evil among the common people, it was not so polite to the rich merchants who secretly stocked grain.

As soon as the merchants began to collect grain on a large scale, the government came forward to severely punish a few leading wealthy merchants, and the punishment was extremely severe, and issued a document to the whole country, stating that if anyone took the opportunity to hoard all kinds of materials, they would be dealt with accordingly.

It was good that this document was not issued, but after it was issued, the common people believed the rumors about the war even more. At first, it was only the speculators who wanted to seize the opportunity to make a fortune, but in the future, even ordinary tenant farmers were not willing to sell their surplus grain easily.

Rumors spread throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, but of course they couldn't hide the Rong Di delegation that was rushing to the capital. This time, the number of envoys sent by Rong Di was quite large, and the leading envoy was the younger brother of the original leader of the Sky Eagle Tribe, and the Rong Di people called him King Qi Rong.

The leader of the Heavenly Eagle Department had the intention of unifying Rong Di, so he established himself as Rong Di Tian Khan, and also learned from the Great Zhou Dynasty to make kings for his younger brothers and divide the fiefs.

This King of Qirong is the new king of Rong Di, who has just been crowned for a few days, in fact, his fief is still under the rule of a small tribe at the moment, and it has not been unified at all.

But don't look at Rong Di Khan's self-reliance and crowning the king as a joke, but he is really not a straw bag, and the king of Qirong who he sent over is also an extremely shrewd person, and it is very difficult to deal with.

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The imperial court sent a chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites as a messenger to the north to meet the Rongdi mission. It stands to reason that this waiter of the Ministry of Rites is also a very experienced diplomat, but after more than ten days, just dealing with King Qirong has made him very tired.

The rumors about the war in the Great Zhou Dynasty made King Qirong very vigilant, and he endured it for a few days, and finally couldn't help but find the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and ask him if he had the sincerity to talk.

Whether it is sincere or not, it is not something that Wu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites can say, so Wu Shilang can't say anything casually, he can only play in circles haha.

"Wu Shilang, this king thinks that his attitude is already very restrained," King Qi Rong suppressed his anger and asked: "This time I am an envoy to the Great Zhou, with a pair of my nephews and nieces, they are my princess and prince of Rongdi, and the biological children of the Heavenly Khan, if the peace negotiation is successful, they will live in the capital of the Great Zhou for a long time, is this sincerity not enough?" ”

"Yes, yes," Wu Shilang could only smile and play Tai Chi: "Rong Di's sincerity, of course our saint knows it, so he specially sent his lower officials to the north to welcome you into Beijing." This is also the sincerity of our big week! ”

"Greeting?" King Qi Rong sneered: "I think it's more appropriate to call it surveillance." Greet where so many soldiers and horses are needed. As soon as I entered the northern border, I was detained by An Guogong of your Great Zhou for more than 20 days, and I waited until your emperor sent someone to pick him up before he was willing to release him, which can also be called sincerity? ”

"This is also for the sake of your safety," Wu Shilang replied, "Besides, there are Princess Rongdi and the prince in the mission, how can you be dismissive. ”

"Even if it's an escort, as you say." King Qirong said coldly: "Then why did the Great Zhou mobilize a large number of military supplies to the north? We Rong Di sincerely negotiated peace, and you Da Zhou agreed to talk together on the surface, but in private you are preparing for war, how do you explain this? ”

"King Qirong don't want to misunderstand," Wu Shilang seemed to smile more kindly: "It's just to replenish some military supplies." You see, you only saw the convoy transporting military rations and ordnance, but you didn't see our Great Zhou troops, right? Our Northern Border garrison of the Great Zhou also has to eat food and salary, and it is just a regular transportation, so King Qirong doesn't have to mind. ”

King Qirong snorted coldly and did not speak. He himself is a warrior, Rong Di has fought against Da Zhou for many years, and he can be regarded as having been on the battlefield for many years, and he naturally knows the form of the border pass. In a sense, he and the Mu generals who guarded the northern border were old rivals, so he knew the moisture in Wu Shilang's words as soon as he heard it.

A few days ago, their Rong Di's spies in the north sent back the news, saying that the north had increased the army, and now the Great Zhou rushed to the north when he was on an envoy, and began to transport grain and grass to the north with great fanfare.

However, although King Qirong was angry, he also knew very well that the garrison of the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very powerful, and none of the generals of the Mu clan who guarded the northern border were straw bales. At present, Rongdi is in a civil war, and it will take a long time to unify it, if the war starts at this time, this war will definitely be protracted, and those small tribes who refuse to submit will definitely take the opportunity to rebel.

Compared with invading the northern territory of the Great Zhou, it was obviously more important to unify the grassland first, so even if the Great Zhou Emperor made a face to Rong Di so obviously, they had to swallow this breath for the time being.

However, it is obvious that the emperor of the Great Zhou is well aware of the truth of giving a sweet date with a slap. King Qi Rong saw the transportation of military supplies everywhere along the way, and all kinds of rumors about the war emerged in endlessly, he originally thought that he would be treated coldly after entering Beijing, but he did not expect that as soon as the Rong Di delegation entered Beijing, he was warmly received by the Great Zhou court.

The emperor sent Li Xiang to personally go out of the city to greet the Rong Di mission, settled them in the royal post house, and on the second day of the Rong Di mission to Beijing, held a state banquet to receive the Rong Di envoy, giving the king of Rong Rong enough face.

It's just that during the state banquet, King Qirong handed the emperor a letter of state through the book of the Ministry of Rites, and after a few days, the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not move, but only sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to accompany them to hang out in Beijing every day.

Rongdi people grew up in the wild northland, most of them have never seen the prosperity of the Central Plains, when they first arrived in the capital, they naturally saw everything fresh, and they were happy to shop.

It's just that happiness is happy, and if you go shopping like this every day, the business can be delayed. After three or five days of this, King Qirong finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked to see the emperor.

The official accompanying the Ministry of Rites smiled and agreed to King Qirong's request, and after two days, King Qirong did not wait for the emperor's holy decree, but waited for the invitation to the queen's palace banquet.

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