Chapter 380: Mutual Temptation
Except for the three people in the conversation, the rest of the people felt that this Feng Lord was really arrogant and uninhibited today, and he didn't give face to the envoys of the two countries at all. The words that come out are either sarcastic or reprimanded in person, and even deliberately provoke the other party.
But the more this is the case, the more the envoys of the two countries can't figure out what Sima Hongyan has in mind, to say that one of the people who came is a prince with a heavy army, and the other is the prince of the dynasty, they are not good characters, but they were choked by Sima Hongyan a few times and did not dare to attack.
Lan Shengwu knew that Sima Hongyan had suffered a big loss in Dongning, and he almost lost his life in Dongning, so he would naturally be hostile to Dongning. Moreover, his daughter Lan Shuang has also set off storms in Yanling, it can be said that the hatred between the two countries is deep, and it is impossible to resolve this grievance just by sitting down and talking. But now that Yanling is in full swing, Nanyi refuses to form an alliance with Dongning, and what King Hong is most afraid of is that Nanyi will not help each other, and Dongning may not be able to resist Yanling's revenge at that time. Who knew that at this time, seeing that Sima Hongyan didn't have a good face for Nanyi, he couldn't help but laugh at Sima Hongyan for still being too tender, maybe she was stirred up like this, but pushed Dongning and Nanyi together.
Zhuge Yu, who was rejected by Sima Hongyan for a few words, was not only angry, but also seemed to appreciate Sima Hongyan's straightness. He said to Sima Hongyan nonchalantly: "If it is really as Lord Feng said, the Mo family has caused trouble to Yanling, then Xiao Wang will definitely find out after he goes back, and tie up the person who caused the trouble and hand it over to Lord Feng to deal with, I wonder if this can make Lord Feng relieve the hatred in his heart?" ”
Sima Hongyan said indifferently: "In this way, His Royal Highness the Prince, as long as you hand over to me the capital of the culprit who slaughtered the Zhongli clan back then, I will consider signing a non-aggression peace treaty with Nanyi." In addition, I will also open a trade channel with Nanyi, so that the two countries can trade and jointly promote the development of the two countries, what do you think? ”
Zhuge Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Lord Feng is still willing to trade with me in the south?" Isn't that a joke? ”
Sima Hongyan smiled slightly and said, "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't trust me." If you can hand over the real culprit to me, I will write the promised thing into the letter of state of the two countries and tell the world, you should believe it, right? ”
The southern foreign country is in the middle of the poor mountains and bad waters, in addition to the wild plants are luxuriant, other plants are not easy to survive, and the land that can grow food is even more barren, if it can form a trade with Yanling, then it can be exchanged for good food and daily necessities, this temptation is simply too great. Zhuge Yu didn't mention the establishment of trade between the two countries because he didn't dare to ask for it at all, but he didn't expect this condition to be proposed by Sima Hongyan.
Zhuge Yu began to weigh the pros and cons in his heart, he was clear about the grievances between the Mo family and the Zhongli family more than ten years ago, just because of the "Book of Strange Bags" Zhongli's family was destroyed overnight, and he also knew who did it. Since Sima Hongyan mentioned this matter today, he must know very well about the events of the year, if a few people can be exchanged for a transaction opportunity with Yanling, how to think about it and how cost-effective. It's just that those murderers are not ordinary now, and I don't know if I can send them to Yanling with a guarantee.
Just now Sima Hongyan asked about the Mo family, Zhuge Yu felt that Sima Hongyan must know who the real murderer was back then, although this matter was secret, but it was not to the point of leakage, and it was not strange that Sima Hongyan could know.
In the face of huge interests, Zhuge Yu was actually inclined to agree with Sima Hongyan's suggestion, but he still had to calculate the probability of success in this matter.
When King Hong saw Zhuge Yu's expression, he guessed that this kid wanted to agree to Sima Hongyan's request, if Yan Lingzhen and Nanyi reached an agreement, Dongning would be isolated all of a sudden, which would be very bad.
Taking advantage of the fact that Zhuge Yu had not yet agreed, King Hong opened his mouth and said: "Lord Feng, you have good intentions, but unfortunately you can hide it from others but you can't hide it from me." You are simply coveting the whole world and setting a trap for us, and you want to lure us into jumping in ourselves, you really underestimate us. ”
As soon as Lan Shengwu's words came out, everyone was shocked, and Zhuge Yu, who was thinking, also stopped thinking and looked at Sima Hongyan in surprise. However, Sima Hongyan didn't react, just said lightly: "Oh? Is it? ”
Lan Shengwu laughed gloomily and said, "Although Lord Feng is young, his courage and resourcefulness are inferior to those of men. King Yanling Yu colluded with Xiyue and betrayed the country to seek glory, which just gave the Feng lord a chance to play on the topic. I think Lord Feng had long understood that Xiyue was already a foreign powerhouse and a middle cadre, so he took the opportunity to send troops to Xiyue by taking the rebellion of King Pingyu and caught them off guard. However, as far as I know, the Xiyue Emperor Xiahou Yan has already caused a deep disaster to the country, and any army can subdue him, which does not show how strong the Yanling army is, Lord Feng, you are just a trick. ”
I didn't expect this King Hong to know so much about the situation in Xiyue, and he guessed what strategy Sima Hongyan used to take Xiyue. Everyone in Yanling in the main hall was secretly frightened in their hearts, but they were silent.
King Hong said happily there, and Sima Hongyan still listened to him with an indifferent expression, neither interrupting nor looking surprised.
King Hong continued: "So I think that Lord Feng, if you take Xiyue, you just take a ruined country, not only will you not help Yanling, on the contrary, you will have to spend Yanling's money and food to relief, so it can only be a matter of good-looking on the surface and suffering on the inside." Not to mention Beiling, in the midst of the iceberg, it is not easy to survive, even if it is allied with Yanling, it is only dependent on Yanling's rescue to maintain. Therefore, Yanling's burden now is extremely heavy, not to mention confronting me Dongning, I'm afraid that he is not Nanyi's opponent now. Am I right? Young Phoenix Lord! After speaking, King Hong Lan Shengwu looked at Sima Hongyan with a playful expression.
After King Hong said this, Zhuge Yu felt as if this was really the case. He reacted immediately, secretly wondering if Sima Hongyan had been deceiving him all along? Even the arrogance of nonchalance is probably just pretending.
Prince Nanyi, who was still full of joy just now, immediately felt the humiliation of being teased at this moment, his face sank, changed color, and the smile just now was gone, and it looked like he was about to have a seizure.
For this kind of hypocritical person who turns his face faster than turning a book, Sima Hongyan immediately looked at him coldly, and a fierce and domineering look suddenly made the restless Zhuge Yu's heart tremble, and he obediently swallowed back the cruel words he wanted to say.
Listening to the wind is rain, and being provoked by others will make him angry, and it seems that this prince of Nanyi is nothing more than that. Sima Hongyan secretly defined this Zhuge Yu in his heart.
Instead, Sima Hongyan looked at King Hong with a sneer, his arm was slightly relaxed, and he picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water gently, it seemed that he was drinking water, but his lips were slightly dipped in it. This contrived demeanor is elegant and Schumann, indescribably noble and elegant.
After putting down the cup, Sima Hongyan said in an extremely lazy voice: "It seems that His Royal Highness King Hong has long been confident and thinks that the situation in the world is under control. Then why did you come to Yanling? What are you sitting here for? If you think you're in control, why stay here and talk to me? There are some things I don't think need to be a battle of words, the facts will prove everything. So be it. Ladies and gentlemen, I will not accompany you! ”
After speaking, Sima Hongyan slowly got up, turned around and walked towards the apse. Even the two prime ministers and two generals behind her stood up.
"Lord Feng, please stay!" The one who opened his mouth to stop was the Hong King Lan Shengwu who was talking eloquently just now.
Sima Hongyan turned around and asked impatiently, "What?" Anything else? ”
Lan Shengwu's face was very embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say for a while with his mouth open. Zhuge Yu looked at Lan Shengwu and then at Sima Hongyan, and was confused.
Sima Hongyan sneered and slowly walked back, sat down again and said, "Since the two of you have come from afar, there is no need for us to play these imaginary things." I've been straight to the point with the two of you from the beginning, but the two of you have your own thoughts and temptations with me, and if you waste your time like this, I don't think we'll have anything to talk about. Since King Hong asked me to stay again, then what do we have to say, if we still play back and forth like just now, then I will really no longer accompany you! ”
King Hong sweated slightly on his forehead, and he couldn't imagine that he had been in half his life, but today he was bound by a female doll, and the other party didn't eat and scare him, so it seemed that he could only come soft.
In fact, the purpose of King Hong's visit to Yanling this time was to make peace with Yanling, because Dongning knew very well that they were not Yanling's opponents now, and even if they formed an alliance with Nanyi, they might not be able to defeat Yanling's iron cavalry. What King Hong just said is actually a superficial phenomenon, and the actual situation is not like that at all.
Since Xiyue became the western capital of Yanling, it has opened a wide range of artisan iron shops and manufactured a large number of various metal tools. From gold ornaments to silver ornaments, and even daily hoes, iron and lithium, have been produced, in order to trade with Yanling in exchange for grain, silk and other things, people's livelihood has improved greatly. And the largest output in the Western Capital is weapons and armor!
Sima Hongyan reissued weapons for the Yanling army, and all of them were replaced with new unified steel blades, including the armor on the soldiers, all of which were made of fine metal. In addition to having excellent military skills, soldiers must also have the strongest equipment, so that they can be regarded as elite divisions.
Except for some guards and generals, the surplus soldiers all went home to engage in smelting, and a large number of refined ordnance was transported to Yanling, which was replaced by a cart of grain and meat and transported back to the Western Capital. The people's lives immediately improved, and in order to express their gratitude, the Western Capital also sent 100,000 excellent war horses to the Central Capital to help the army.
So now the combat effectiveness of the Yanling army is definitely the most powerful force today. Due to the reincarnation of the defenders of the border pass, Dongning has already seen the reorganized Yanling defenders at Yanning Pass, and the state and momentum are definitely not the same as before.
The strong enemy is being deployed step by step, how can Dongning not be anxious, Emperor Lan Shengwen has no alliance, so he has no choice but to send envoys to Yanling to negotiate peace. It's just that they didn't expect Nanyi to send envoys to Yanling as they thought, so the matter of peace is even more important.
Dongning also knew that the grudge with the Lord of Yanling Feng was deep, and it was very difficult to negotiate peace. But when the country rises and falls, there is still a lot to be taken care of there. The first envoy team was rejected by others, Lan Shengwen immediately realized his carelessness, and hurriedly sent his brother King Hong out in person, with only one purpose, to negotiate peace with Yanling, and never go to war.