"Where have you been?" After Yan Tunan came back from the Beijing suburbs, he found that Yan Changfeng had returned to the post house, and his depressed appearance made Yan Tunan a little unhappy.

"I ...... I'm going to find the princess. ”

"Princess?" Yan Tu Nan was surprised, "The princess of Daning? ”

Yan Changfeng nodded.

"Feng'er, this is Yunjing, not Yuansu, how can you act so recklessly, if Emperor Ning knows, you ...... Ay. ”

"She won't tell Emperor Ning." Yan Changfeng, who was slightly stupid, said firmly: "She is a good girl. ”

"Got a heart for a woman?" Yan Tu Nan glanced at him, "There are no good girls on the grassland, the Central Plains women are hypocritical, what is good." ”

"She's not like them."

"Hmph, you've only met once, and you think you know her very well?" Yan Tu Nan pursed his lips, the irony on his face was full of disdain, "That's okay, when we go back, you will break through the Rinfeng Pass with the iron horse, kill all the way to Yunjing, and snatch the princess of the Ning Dynasty, do you have this confidence?" ”

"I ......"

"Since you can't, do you still expect Emperor Ning to give you his precious daughter to marry? Let the princess marry a place where even fruits and salt have to be bought from other countries? Yan Tunan's words are very straightforward and realistic.

"This ......" Yan Changfeng was speechless when questioned.

"Wind." Yan Tu Nan sighed, he sat down slowly, put one arm on the table and said, "Do you know why most of the nomadic regimes are not as stable as the Central Plains Dynasty? ”

"Child...... I don't know. ”

"Although it is our feud, in fact, we are all nomads like them, nomadic herders, where the water and grass are fertile, we will go, there is no fixed land for us to live in, there is no climate with four seasons for us to farm, we only rely on cattle, sheep and horses."

"There are times of natural disasters in both the grasslands and the Central Plains, but behind the perfect bureaucracy in the Central Plains, there is a huge population and huge taxes. Therefore, they can usually resolve the disaster quickly, but what about us, when the snow is closed, we can only watch a large number of cattle, sheep and horses being frozen to death, and all the tribes ...... There is nothing to be done. Yan Tunan lowered his eyes lonely.

"For a long time, people inside the customs have looked at outsiders like robbers, but in fact, plundering is the most costly option, and that is to take human lives...... No one chooses to do this until the last resort. The many wars provoked by the evil spirits to Daning before all occurred after the grassland disaster, but they were unlucky and met a tough opponent, and they didn't know how to give in and be flexible, so they came to a dead end step by step, which gave us the opportunity of the Yuansu people. ”

"That's why Father Khan asked to open a field with the Ning Dynasty, just to alleviate our predicament through trade." Yan Changfeng said thoughtfully.

"It's just a stopgap measure." Yan Tu Nan shook his head, "Trade and commerce can naturally help us, but salt and tea and other daily necessities are our necessities, but cattle, sheep and horses are not the necessities of Daning, so the wealth will gradually flow to Daning, and we will become their vassals step by step." ”

"So what are we going to do?" Yan Changfeng said eagerly.

"Twenty-one states in the northern border of Daning." Yan Tunan said word by word, "The Yuan Khanate must have its own agricultural area. ”

"But the terrain of the Rinfeng Pass is steep, and there are 80,000 Beiping troops with extremely strong combat power stationed there, they have made the evil people suffer a lot before."

"That's why I chose Qinzhou." Yan Tu Nan hit the nail on the head and said, "After opening the field, we can garrison troops near here, and once the time is ripe, our Yuanfu army will bypass the Rinfeng Pass from here and go straight to the north from Qinzhou." The northern border of Daning is a smooth road, and my Yuan Su Iron Cavalry is naturally unstoppable, and at that time, the wind will be attacked by the enemy, and it will be a turtle in the urn. Therefore, Feng'er, you must remember that only when you get the 21 states in the north can you become a state of eternity. Yan Tunan said with hope.

"Remember, child." Yan Changfeng locked his eyes, and his father Khan's words made him have to temporarily let go of the fetters in his heart.

"Okay, you can rest early, and tomorrow you will have to discuss the relevant matters with the officials of the Ning Dynasty."

"The child is gone."

After Yan Changfeng closed the door and left, Yan Tunan's strong support for the sharp pain in his chest covered his chest tightly, and blood was ...... gushing out of his mouth.

On the other side, Lu Ziyu, who sent An Yuntang away, entered the palace overnight, and he wanted His Majesty to take back his order to open the field.

"Back to the world, Your Majesty has gone to the Jiangxun Palace since the Yuzhou tour, and has not returned." The eunuch outside the Yongning Palace said.

"Will Your Majesty come back tonight?" Lu Ziyu looked anxious, because as soon as the matter of opening the field would begin to be formally agreed upon tomorrow.

"It should be, these days, Your Majesty is in Yongning Palace every night to review the chapter until it is ugly."

"Good. That Ziyu waited here. ”

Lu Ziyu refused the eunuch's kindness to let him go to the side hall to wait, and has been standing quietly outside the Yongning Palace, the night in the North Palace is cold and long, and there have been two teams of Imperial Forest Army who have been fighting since the beginning of the day, although Lu Ziyu, who has been tired for a day, is extremely tired, but he still does not move at all when he stands there.

"Isn't this Ziyu? Why are you still in the palace at such a late hour. Emperor Ning's concerned voice came from behind him.

Seeing this, Lu Ziyu immediately saluted and said, "Minister Lu Ziyu sees Your Majesty." ”

"Why did you enter the palace so late?"

"I beg Your Majesty to retract the order to open the field." Lu Ziyu said solemnly.

"Why?" Emperor Ning wondered.

"The minister thinks that Yantu Nan opened the field is fake, and it is true that he wants to wait for an opportunity to invade Daning, Qinzhou is located in the east of the northern border, and it is the coldest climate and the most sparsely populated state capital among the 21 states in the north, and it is also the state capital that is the farthest away from the Rin Feng Pass.

"Hmph, you father and son really have a tacit understanding." Emperor Ning snorted coldly, "Before the Yuan Su delegation entered Beijing, he gave me a recital, saying that the Yuan Su cavalry frequently conducted military drills outside the Rinfeng Pass, and their behavior was suspicious, so I should not accept Yan Tunan's request lightly. No, as soon as I agreed to their request, the other hind foot came to me to take back my life. Are you Beiyang Wangfu afraid...... After Daning and Yuan Su lived in peace, the Beiping Army was no longer useful? Emperor Ning looked at Lu Ziyu meaningfully.

"Your Majesty...... The minister and the father had no such intention. Lu Ziyu hurriedly knelt down in horror and said, he never expected Emperor Ning to think like this.

"Alright, alright, get up." Emperor Ning said impatiently, "It's not that I said you, you have also seen Yuan Su's sincerity, tens of thousands of horses are just in exchange for a small field, if I don't allow it, wouldn't I lose my bearing." Besides, it is reasonable for them to ask for the opening of the field, which is not available on the grassland of many common daily necessities in Daning. Even if according to what you said, they have this thief's heart, but I have thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Daning, millions of elites, do they have this thief's courage? ”

"Your Majesty......" Lu Ziyu looked a little helpless.

"You stand down, don't mention this matter again, you will escort the Yuansu mission when it returns...... Just follow the path you came. ”

“…… Be. Lu Ziyu had no choice but to retreat.

"Is it really that I'm overthinking? Daning ...... Is it really invincible? Yan Tunan's sophistication, Yan Changfeng's lonely height, Shen Qiuting's promise, even An Yuntang has a polite estrangement from Daning, the scenes of the past few days have emerged in Lu Ziyu's mind one by one, he is walking on the golden jade belt with his extremely tired body, the cool river water reflects his reflection, and his slightly melancholy face looks more handsome and charming.

Lu Ziyu has always been so confident, but the denial from His Majesty made him doubt his judgment for the first time. After hesitating for a long time, he slammed his palm on the bridge railing, and he made up his mind that no matter what, he couldn't let anything happen to the northern border of Daning.

With His Majesty's permission and expression, the matter of the field was quickly discussed. The location of the field was demarcated in a specific area within the territory of Qinzhou, Daning, and was jointly managed by officials from both sides. The officials of the Ning Dynasty were responsible for issuing invoices, and the merchants on both sides were only qualified to trade in the market after obtaining the invoices, and the only way to obtain the invoices was to pay a certain amount of money, while the officials of the Yuan Dynasty were mainly responsible for maintaining market order and uniformly managing and restraining the Yuan merchants and cattle, sheep and horses in the court.

Both sides were very satisfied with this agreement, and the Hubu Shangshu even touted the votes in front of Emperor Ning, and even said that this one-year income alone could cover the taxes of ten state capitals.

On that day, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who had gone together to discuss the affairs of the court, was a little puzzled, and he wondered why the young Khan of Yuan Su asked him these words, "My lord, dare to ask who is the established concubine of your country?" ”

"Pony? …… The young khan laughed, the princess of this dynasty has not yet come out of the cabinet, how can she talk about the horse? ”

"What if you have a marriage contract with the princess?"

"No, the princess's surrender is a royal event, even if the marriage contract will be registered in the Ministry of Rites, I have never heard of it in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years."

Outside Yunjing City, looking at the Yuan Su delegation and Lu Ziyu's team gradually moving away. Zheng Guan also breathed a sigh of relief, this time His Majesty did not let him send the Royal Forest Army to follow secretly, the security work during his birthday and those letters from Hua Zhuyue disturbed him day and night, but the crying that night in Chang Wangfu also relieved him, since they are all His Majesty's blood, who is different? Nothing was more important to him than fate.

It's just that no one noticed that on the rainy night before the Yuan Su mission left Beijing, a black figure wearing a hat appeared in front of the door of King Chang's Mansion. Although the rain blurred his face, it could not cover the pair of Yuan Su boots under his feet.

The weather is getting hotter day by day, the countryside of Daning is naturally more noisy, large areas of golden wheat fields are rolling and swaying in Yan Changfeng's eyes, but he has long lost the joy when he came, the heavy national mission of the Yuan people and the bond to the princess make him not know where to go, if that day really comes, this endless golden hope is bound to turn into ashes, and those innocent dead and injured people may have someone who has received the cheese he handed over himself.

"This ...... How can a place like Qinzhou be a field? I look at Your Majesty and he ...... It's really old and confused. Shangguan Xunyi tugged on the reins of the horse fiercely.

"Don't talk nonsense. Beware of Your Majesty cutting off your head. Lu Ziyu, who was riding a horse on the side, said lightly.

"If you can close the field, it doesn't hurt that Your Majesty will cut off the head of the last general." Shangguan Xunyi said indignantly, "Lord Shizi, then what should we do, if one day the Yuansu people come in from Qinzhou, our Beiping army will be finished." ”

"I've decided...... I am personally stationed in Qinzhou, and if the field is not closed for a day, I will not return it for a day. Lu Ziyu said lightly.

"What?" Shangguan Xunyi's eyes widened, "The city of Qinzhou is weak, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend all the year round, and the defense line of the Rinfeng Pass stretches for hundreds of miles, so it is impossible to transfer a large number of Beiping troops to Qinzhou to garrison." ”

"I only brought 3,000 people from the Tiger Head Battalion."

"No, this is too dangerous, the prince and the princess are just such a son as you, and if you want to go, you will go." Shangguan Xunyi blurted out.

"I'm the only one to go." Lu Ziyu smiled indifferently, "Because only I know everything about Qinzhou best." ”

After so many years, many people have forgotten that the high-spirited son was actually a sick man when he was young. That summer, he suffered from a fatal illness, and although he was finally diagnosed, he fell into the root of weak qi and blood, not to mention being like his father and grandfather, and even whether he could reach adulthood.

Later, a wandering monk came to Rin Feng Pass, and he said that he had a way to get rid of the stubborn illness of the son, and he asked the young prince to follow him to live in the extremely cold land, and practice martial arts every day shirtless in the snow, and after five years, if he was still alive...... It's no different from ordinary people.

For the king of Beiyang of the Jiangmen family, it would be a great shame if the men of the Lu family could not stand in the ranks, and after he saw the princess nodding with tears in her eyes, he closed his eyes and waved his hand to let the Taoist priest take Lu Ziyu away, and that place was Qinzhou.

In the past five years, the monks took Lu Ziyu to climb all the mountains and rivers near Qinzhou, because only the mountain is the coldest place, they began to climb the mountain before dawn every day, in the snowy mountains and forests, the thin Lu Ziyu was panting and practicing shirtless every day, and his immature shouts and serious expressions were moving. Fortunately, God always blesses sincere people, five years later, Lu Ziyu not only survived, but also practiced a strong gun skills under the teaching of monks, which led to the later Beiyang Shizi who held a tiger head gun and made the evil cavalry frightened, but the monk disappeared, and there is still no news.

"But ......" Shangguan Xunyi is still 10,000 reluctant.

"I have made up my mind, and I will not say any more...... Presumably, my father will agree. Lu Ziyu felt that if he could use his life to maximize the support of the main force of the Beiping Army and keep the northern border, then the hardships in the mountains and forests when he was a child would not be in vain. Thinking of this, Lu Ziyu reached out and pulled an ear of wheat and bit it uninhibitively on the side of his mouth, he had never been used to an overly heavy atmosphere.

The ships of the Ming Jiangguo followed the Qujiang River from Yunjing all the way south to the branch of the Honghe River, looking at the rushing Honghe water, Shen Qiuting standing on the bow of the boat was full of gloom. He remembered that when he was young, he swam in the Honghe River, but now it has become the inland river of the Ning Dynasty; The four counties of Hongnan, which were once the gateway to Ming Xinjiang and built according to danger, have been the state capitals of the Ning Dynasty for more than ten years.

On the day of Shuyun Pavilion's resignation, the young master's helpless expression was vivid, and he still failed to fulfill the promise he made to the queen before the sickbed. Those who are ministers are worried about their ministers, and the lord humiliates their ministers to death. Shen Qiuting, who came from the sadness for a while, knelt on the deck, cried out loud, fainted several times, and kept shouting: "The mountains and rivers are broken, the young master is covered with dust, the Honghe River enters the sea, and the world ends in the winding river!" ”