Qingdi asked the two people: "Where are the two sons from?" ”

"We?" The man smiled, "The two of us are merchants of the Wu Kingdom. I listen to the accents of the two of you, it should be from the Imperial Capital of the Li Kingdom, right? Looking at the two of you who are pampered, it is estimated that you are the children of a rich and noble family in the imperial capital, right? ”

Qingdi smiled slightly, the businessmen in this world, no matter which country they are, are very shrewd. Qingdi nodded and said: "There are some rich, you can't talk about it, my family is also in business, under the surname Chu, dare to ask the two of you with a big name?" ”

When the two heard that Qingdi was also in business, and his surname was Chu, they couldn't help but be interested, and asked: "Gongzi's surname is Chu, could it be that he is the young master of Chu Chengguan's family, the largest imperial merchant in the Li Kingdom?" ”

Qingdi nodded: "Exactly, I am Chu Chengguan's second son, Chu Yaocen." This is my friend who killed him. ”

"Haha, it turns out that you are the famous Chu Yaocen," the man was very happy when he heard that the person in front of him was Chu Yaocen, and said with a smile: "We all pay attention to your Chu family's every move, and it has always been the eldest prince Chu Linyuan who does business on our side of the Wu Kingdom, and we have never known about your existence, but later I heard that you have opened up all the trade roads on the Nanban side, which really makes us admire, your Chu family is really a god worshipped by our business people." ”

The man sighed with emotion, and then pointed to the person who had just introduced Qingdi Hongguo and Crab to him: "Our owner's surname is Zhang, his name is Zhang Xiuhe, and he is also a businessman with a very powerful family in Wu State, which is equivalent to the status of the Chu family in Li State. However, I think the second son of Chu may not have heard of the name of our host. There have been many collaborations between us and the eldest son of the Chu family. ”

Qingdi naturally hadn't heard of it, and it could be seen from her expression, so Qingdi didn't pretend to have heard of it to please them, but said embarrassedly: "I have taken over the business for a short time, and I have always been on the Nanban border, I am still too familiar with it here, so I am sorry I haven't heard of Zhang Gongzi's name......"

Zhang Xiuhe waved his hand and said: "It's okay, since I can make friends with Gongzi Chu now, it is also you and me." Did Gongzi Chu go to the border of Wu today? Did the eldest prince hand over this piece of business to you? ”

Chu Yaocen hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, the business here is still the eldest brother's, I just heard that the mountains and rivers of Wu Country are beautiful, so this time I came here for a simple visit." ”

Zhang Xiuhe smiled slightly and said: "It's not the right time for Gongzi Chu to come, it's midsummer now, and it's the rainy season again, and then it will rain for more than a month in Wu Kingdom, and there may be a big storm." Young Master Chu is in the north, and he may not have felt it yet. Wu Guo did have a beautiful environment, but Chu Gongzi happened to come over in the most unbeautiful June. ”

Qingdi didn't feel any loss at all, and said with a smile: "That's right, the beautiful scenery of Wu can be seen at any time, only this plum rain hurricane is only available in June, which just broadens my horizons." ”

"Haha, since Gongzi Chu has made up his mind to go to our Wu Kingdom, it is better to follow us all the way, it just so happens that I will also go to Jianye to deal with some things in the next few days." Zhang Xiuhe said.

Qingdi heard it, it was really good, there was a local person to take care of it, and they would not be in a hurry when they arrived in Wuguo.

After a while, the four of them finished eating, took out the silver ticket and handed it to the storekeeper, saying that they would calculate the food money of the two people opposite, but the shopkeeper looked embarrassed, hesitated for a long time, and asked, "Childe, do you have any cash?" We generally don't accept this silver ticket. ”

After finishing the killing, he felt very strange and asked, "Isn't this still the border of the Li Kingdom?" Why can't the silver ticket of the Li Kingdom be used here? And this denomination is not very large, you should be able to find it. ”

Zhang Xiuhe chuckled, took out the silver to the shopkeeper, and explained to Qingdi and Wanshu: "It often rains near Huaishui, the climate is humid, and the silver ticket is easy to get moldy. These shopkeepers who have been doing business here for a long time generally don't go out, and they don't know when they will be able to use their cash tickets after collecting them, so they generally don't accept them. However, I often travel around the country, and I still use silver tickets. I'll invite you for this meal, and after you wait until Wu Guo, it's inconvenient for you to spend, so you can exchange silver tickets with me for silver. ”

I see, I didn't expect that although they are all the same boundaries of the Li Kingdom, the living habits of different places are so different.

Qingdi was not polite to him, and hurriedly thanked: "Then thank you Zhang Gongzi." ”

Then the four of them took a boat together and rushed to Jianye. The boat traveled all afternoon, and when it arrived at Jianye, it was already late.

Zhang Xiuhe did his best to be a landlord, invited the two to eat Jianye's special dishes, and arranged for the two to live in a better restaurant in Jianye, and only when the two settled down did he go home.

Wan Kill also walked around with the locals of Wu Country, which can be regarded as broadening his horizons, and now that there is no one around, he said to Qingdi: "Madam, I found that the folk customs of Wu Country and Li Country are very similar, the house architecture is slightly different, and the accent of their speech has been listened to for a long time, and now they can almost understand it." Compared with the Nanban, Turkic, and those nomads on the steppe, they are most like our Li country. ”

Qingdi nodded and explained: "In the year I was in the last dynasty, I also kept hearing the ministers of the court and the central government mention the state of Wu, if the land of the country of Li is compared to a rooster, the location of the country of Wu is the belly of this rooster, they are very similar to the state of Li from the perspective of the people's customs and the political structure of the court, they can also be regarded as a self-established emperor, a vassal state of the state of Li who is in charge of power, and the people here are not like other borders, always disturbing people's livelihood." Only a war broke out between the two kingdoms of Li and Wu more than 20 years ago, and the rest of the time, the two countries were at peace with each other. ”

After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "Yes, there are really few wars between Wu and Li, and I am also very strange, why didn't Li annihilate Wu in one fell swoop, Wu's position is really not embarrassing, just such a piece, surrounded by the sea on one side, and Li Guo on three sides......"

"Because Wu will not bring any threats and losses to the Li country, like the salt dealers in Wu country, it is just a small fight, and it will not disrupt the peace between the two countries. Moreover, Wu can also obtain benefits under the rules of the Lebanese state, and will never break the rules of the Li state. Qingdi said: "Only people who are not smart will think of breaking the rules, and the people here in Wu are very smart, they can follow the rules of Li State, obtain benefits within the rules, and win the joy of the common people." You feel it, right? The relationship between the people on the border here is very good. ”

Wan Kill nodded and said, "Yes, I feel it, except for the salt merchants of Li State who hate the salt merchants of Wu State, the people get along quite well." ”

"The people have never only needed to think about their own lives, they may not know about the series of civil strife in the imperial city in recent days, they have never felt that the one who can make them live a stable life is a good emperor, and they never care about the change of dynasty, who is the next emperor."

"Madame's words make sense, and I can be regarded as broadening my horizons." After killing and scratching his head, he smiled slightly, he is now more and more confident in Qingdi, in the year that Qingdi pretended to be the queen mother, she has really grown a lot, although I don't know which one is more powerful, she or Chu Yaocen, but it is certain that Qingdi will definitely disturb the murderers who killed Chu Yaocen.

"Ma'am, what are we going to do next?" After the killing, he asked again.

"Find an opportunity to meet the lord of Wu and explain to him my origin." Qingdi got up and said, comforting and killing: "Okay, we have finally arrived in Wu Country, it is safe for the time being, you have been tired for a long time, let's rest quickly." ”

Qingdi left the room after finishing the killing, the two were really tired, they rested all day, and the next night, Zhang Xiuhe came to pick up the two again, saying that he wanted to take the two to experience the style of Jianye.

Qingdi also plans to learn more about Wu from Zhang Xiuhe, and I heard another person say yesterday that Zhang Xiuhe is also a famous businessman in Wu State, and the status of merchants in Wu State is much higher than that of Li State, so maybe Zhang Xiuhe still knows people from the royal family, and he can also ask him to help introduce him.

The three of them went to the street together, Jianye, as the imperial capital of Wu State, has a unique flavor compared with the imperial capital of Li State. After coming out of the inn for a few steps, he came to a long river, Zhang Xiuhe introduced: "This Qinhuai River, I must have heard of it before Prince Chu, if you look at it during the day, you may think that it is similar to the emperor of your Li Kingdom, but it is just another river." But at night, the lights are bright, the songs on both sides of the river embankment are tactful, and the painting boats swimming in the river do not know which lady or which son is wrapping it down, the wine flag is fluttering, the piano sound is few, and the style of Jianye is nothing more than this. ”

Qingdi looked sideways at the boats coming and going on the Qinhuai River, and the singers of Wu Guo sang some tunes with Wu Guo's words, and the lights and shadows on the painting boat were swaying, and the sound was fragrant and smiling, which was extravagant.

Qingdi smiled slightly, nodded in agreement: "Yes, this place is very lively, and the lord of Wu has never tried to invade others, but he has never left behind his original intention to protect his people to live and work in peace and contentment." As a Wu countryman, he is indeed very proud. ”

Zhang Xiuhe originally thought that Chu Yaocen would be relaxed and happy when he saw such a scene, but he obviously heard some helplessness and sentimentality from her tone. Zhang Xiuhe's eyebrows twisted slightly, presumably he didn't come here to play.

"By the way, did you two have dinner? Otherwise, let's get on a painting boat and order some wine and food. After Zhang Xiuhe finished speaking, he just wanted to find a better restaurant for the two of them, when suddenly a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl ran over to this side with a smile, hugged Zhang Xiuhe, and asked happily: "Brother He, have you come back from Li Kingdom?" What good things did you bring me this time? ”

Zhang Xiuhe hurriedly got the girl off his body, and then embarrassedly introduced to Qingdi and Wanji: "The two of you are smiling, this is the cousin under you, Xiaohu." Xiaohu, these two are the friends I made in Li Kingdom, Chu Yaocen and Wan Kill. ”

The girl named Xiaohu looked at the two of them sideways, looked at the two of them for a long time, and suddenly laughed, and said: "Brother He, you are lying, didn't you tell me that the people of Li are tall and mighty, and the tiger is bear-backed. Why is this Young Master Chu so handsome? As she spoke, she reached out and touched Qingdi's face and said, "Hehe, it's more beautiful than a woman." ”