Stately.

This is the first impression of the palace behind the Hanging Sun Gate to everyone.

The merchant envoys had not had the opportunity to summon the palace before, firstly, because they had a lot of daily affairs with the National Finance Department, and secondly, Simeng, an emperor who was not an emperor, had not been too lazy to take care of these bad things in the past.

Therefore, it was indeed the first time that Han Dongwen was invited to the palace for a banquet for the first time.

A group of maids stood in two rows behind the Hanging Sun Gate, each with a small orange fluorescent stone lamp tied to a ribbon around their waists, and a shining lantern in their hands.

Night was near, and these delicate and lovely girls, like fireflies in the night sky of the palace, lit up the road to and fro, and even though there were still golden ornaments on the pillars and beams around them, it was impossible to take one's eyes off them.

In front of all of them, Zhong Lilin, who was wearing a black and brown formal robe, stood straight, waiting for the officers and soldiers of the National Finance Division to send several merchant envoys into the Hanging Sun Gate, his arms stretched out and folded in front of his chest:

"Simeng Taishu Pavilion Supervisor Zhong Lilin, Cheng Simeng Son of Heaven, Xiao Xian Xianshu Dongwen Prince Zhao, welcome all virtuous and good business envoys to the banquet!"

"The chief envoy of the Olima Kingdom Gold Merchant Group, Ho Su Hadan, please!"

Hadan was one of Olimah's noble titles, and the Hadan named Hosu wore a round hat adorned with jeweled pendants, a black beard on his chest, and a full moon scabbard around his waist.

There was no knife in the scabbard, and he knew that he should not bring weapons into the palace, but he still took out the knife, leaving only the scabbard, naturally because the scabbard was also extraordinary, but withered from a whole huge sand ivory, which was dotted with gold threads and decorated with crystals, apparently a representative of deep wealth.

He raised his hand and rubbed his beard to his lips for a moment, smiled hehe, and stepped forward.

Several palace maids immediately bowed down and stood behind him.

"The merchant envoy of the Foreign Trade Department of the White Eagle Army, Maratanio, please!"

As a mercenary country that has always been neutral, the White Eagle Force also has business and foreign trade needs, in fact, the White Eagle Force has also been seeking the transformation of the country's industrial structure, and foreign trade has always been the focus of their recent efforts.

The merchant envoy named Marattanio was dressed in a white robe, and a closer look reveals the clue to this—the white robe, which glows like a tide in the light of the moonlight and the light of the lantern, is like a fine silver glow, apparently made of some precious and unique heterofilament.

Naturally, it's also dazzling.

Several palace maids also welcomed him away, and he was to be taken to the main hall of the banquet later.

"The envoy of the Mianjiang Business Group of the Blood Harbor, Lieutenant General Zhan Taiyi, please."

Zhong Lilin's voice changed slightly, and Zhan Taiyi, who heard this, smiled contemptuously, raised his leg and stepped out, put his hand on the short knife on his waist, and pulled it out with a "rub".

The short knife derived from the taka was indeed extraordinary, and as soon as it was unsheathed, a strong fiery red fluorescence lit up, leaving a continuous flow of Sanskrit imprints in the air.

If there are players here, they will definitely start arguing about the number of artifacts that this knife has this special effect on.

Seeing Zhan Taiyi suddenly draw his sword in front of him, everyone's expressions changed.

Taka's treasure appeared in the hands of the lieutenant general of the Blood Port, showing off not only the wealth, but also the rampant declaration that anyone dared to bite into the Blood Port hidden in it.

This round of force, I'm afraid he pretended to win.

Only Zhong Lilin's face did not change, as if he turned a blind eye, and set his eyes on the next one.

Is he Zhong Lilin an ordinary civil official cabinet supervisor?

Zhong Lilin entered the army at the age of eight, was assigned to the retirement department at the age of twelve, and was appointed as a lieutenant of the retirement department of the National Soldiers at the age of seventeen.

If it weren't for Liu Cheng, he would be the youngest lieutenant in the history of the Third Division.

He still has the heart to suppress this scene.

Moreover, this is also in the arrangement of His Highness.

Seeing that the civil official in front of him didn't react, Zhan Tai was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth, coughed and asked: "This cabinet eunuch, I didn't know etiquette before, and I mistakenly wore a weapon to enter the palace, where should I store it temporarily?" ”

Zhong Lilin looked at Zhan Taiyi sideways, and bowed slightly: "Your Highness has explained, since there will be no danger, it doesn't hurt to bring anything, please take it with you." ”

Hearing his words, Zhan Tai frowned, his breathing became heavy, he reluctantly inserted the short knife back into the scabbard, and swaggered towards the palace maids who were waiting for him to lead the way.

There are a total of four merchant envoys attending the banquet today, respectively from the Blood Port, Olimar, the White Eagle Army, and the Ancestral Tomb Kingdom.

As for Taka, as Simeng's Shangguo Taka, he did not stay here, but Simeng should enter Taka every year to exchange trade rules, not to mention that at this time, Taka's internal tension is like a powder keg, and he has no time to look outside for the time being.

There are more than these four foreign business envoys in Simeng, but Han Dongwen combined with the plot setting of the original game, and it is presumed that from the perspective of national strength, these four are the most important.

After the edict was over, Zhong Lilin held his head high and walked to the palace with four merchant envoys accompanied by a group of palace maids.

The more you walk, the more you can see how bright and brilliant the temple is.

Under the operation of the Spring Festival Palace and the Imperial Dining Room, everything has been arranged, the ground is spotless, and two tables are divided into two tables on both sides, which are placed in the form of a character with Han Dongwen's main seat directly above.

Tableware is the first dish of all banquets.

The desktop is made of a whole piece of water, oil and wood, such wood with lacquer, can do not stain with oil and water, but the texture is extremely delicate, the slightest carelessness will leave traces on the desktop can not be reused.

Such a luxury is naturally arranged by His Royal Highness.

On the desktop, there is a complete set of exquisite porcelain with cold bone tire azure glaze, there is a soup bowl, a main bowl, a bone plate, a pallet plate, a pair of fast sons with gold heads wrapped in Nanzhu, a pair of silver-inlaid fast supports, and two spoons of celadon.

In addition, there are a row of exquisite things made of silver and jade and cold copper, a small hammer, a small upset, a pliers, a shovel, a small fork, a silver and copper scraper, and a jade-headed silver needle.

Today's feast naturally has crabs.

This kind of tableware basically means that the table top of the water, oil and wood must be full of residues after eating, and there is no need to use it again.

The fortunate thing in the misfortune may be that this water-oil-wood table is only for the use of the four merchants, and as for their entourage, it is a small table placed behind half a body, although it also serves them food, but strictly speaking, it is not considered to be served.

The envoys were brought to their respective places, but they did not rush to their seats, but stood still facing the temple gate and waited in tacit understanding.

Shaoqing, Zhong Lilin's voice sounded solemnly:

"Holy to ——!"

The four merchant envoys and their retinue clasped their hands together in front of them and looked at the main entrance of the main hall.

In front is Zhong Lilin, and in the back is Li Jae.

In the rear, there were sixteen maids holding lamps and fans, and beside the maids, there were sixteen wounded officers and soldiers.

The person in the middle was pacing with his back to his back, and his originally weak physique had become more and more upright in recent days.

These few steps called him to come, and he actually walked out of a little atmosphere.

It was Han Dongwen.

The four merchant envoys and their entourage stepped back with their left legs, knelt on one knee and bowed their heads, and said in unison, "Meet Your Highness." ”

It wasn't until Han Dongwen walked to the main seat step by step and sat down that he suddenly spoke: "No courtesy." ”

Several people breathed a sigh of relief, got up and sat back at the table.

Among them, the most ugly face is naturally Zhan Taiyi.

Just this emperor?

I brought weapons into the palace, I came to show off, not to make you fake and generous, what are you doing?

In this entire hall, the squinting guard behind the emperor seems to have two brushes, and just because of this, dare to say that there is no safety?

Zhan Taiyi sneered quietly, looked in Han Dongwen's direction, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The direction of the main position, why are there two seats?

While he was thinking, he heard Zhong Lilin's voice again

"Grand Duke of the Principality of West Asia, the Holy Daughter of the State Church of the Divine Lord of West Asia, Grand Duke Tilda has arrived!"