Chapter 264: Good Fool
All the way to the horse, in less than half a month, the sleeping family and Baili Jue arrived in Suizhou, the border between Beiyong and Dayu.
Suizhou is one of the cities of Beiyong and the border Sanhu City, which is not only close to Yunzhou, but also the gateway to Beiyong Shengjing.
Just in case, the sleeping family went to visit the general of Suizhou during the stopover, and then went to buy clothes and other things to dress themselves up as Beiyong people.
I thought that I would soon be able to reach my destination after entering Beiyongjing, but it turned out that Beiyong was much bigger than I imagined, just from the border to Shengjing, I walked for a month!
Along the way, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is a desolate place, and at this time, Beiyong has completely entered winter!
Not to mention crops on the road, not even a single wild grass can be seen!
The ice on the ground was thicker than the soles of her shoes!
She was stunned when she slept, and when she was about to arrive in Shengjing, she finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Brother Baili, don't you have any towns and villages in Beiyong?" How come I walked for a month without seeing a single person? ”
Baili Jue looked at the frozen land and said: "It's not nothing, it's just that we are in a hurry and bypassed the town, the towns of Beiyong are different from yours, basically no one is out in winter, and there are no extra materials to sell, plus the disaster has been serious in recent years, so the city is not as lively as your village." ”
I can't believe it after sleeping and listening!
"Brother Baili, it sounds like Beiyong is really poor! But Beiyong is so poor, how could the four princes have silver to buy slaves at a high price? ”
Rong Laosi was about to be defeated by his daughter's innocence, and hurriedly said before Baili Jue was ready to sell miserably: "Beiyong is not poor, Beiyong's iron mines, coal mines and gem mines are more than twice as many as the entire Yu country, and there are herds of cattle and sheep all over the place, Beiyong is a merger of thirty-six nomads, and the town is just a place for them to trade, not a real division, most of the thirty-six tribes in Beiyong live together and have their own mines, and most of them are very rich." ”
Girl, don't let him fool you!
Sleepy looked at Baili Jue with a confused face and asked, "Is what my father said true?" ”
Baili Jue coughed dryly, and said: "Not really, Beiyong is short of food, vegetables and fruits, and the perennial winter is long and unable to farm, coupled with the continuous natural disasters, in recent years, it can be said that there has been starvation all over the wilderness, and the really rich are only a small number of tribal leaders. ”
Rong Laosi was so stunned by his last sentence that he couldn't refute it.
Sleeping and listening also felt that it made sense, so he asked again: "Then why don't you hold the tribal mine in your hands, and then use it to buy grain from us when you have the silver, after the border trade opened, I have seen many Beiyong people buying grain." ”
Baili Jue doesn't want to, but there are many Beiyong tribes and the situation is complicated, he has the heart to abolish the old royal family, but he still owes a hand, and this arm, only sleep can help him!
This is also the reason why he tried every possible way to get his sleep back to Beiyong!
"There will be a day."
Baili Jue didn't say it explicitly, but when he said this, his tone was very firm.
I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when I slept and listened, but I quickly left it behind, because the city gate of Beiyong Shengjing was in front of me!
Before entering the city, Baili Jue instructed the Rong family again: "The appearance of the Beiyong people is very distinctive, General Rong and Qin Niangzi have no way to disguise, if anyone asks, you will say that it is from the south of Yu Kingdom, and it is a miracle doctor specially invited by me, I will take you into the palace to meet my father in a while, as long as you pass the eyes of your father, it will be easy to walk in Beiyong, as for my fourth emperor's brother, I have already sent someone to check first, before you get the news, you had better not act rashly, my fourth brother has a cruel temperament and is uncertain, don't startle the snake." ”
Rong Laosi hasn't figured out the situation yet, so he naturally listens to Bailijue's arrangement.
Qin Yunzhi was not afraid of any traps set by Baili Jue, and nodded in agreement.
When I entered Shengjing City, I slept and saw the wide streets and shops, and I had a sense of reality that I had returned to the world from the wilderness, but Beiyong was indeed as Baili Jue said, the streets were not as lively as Yuguo, and there were few vendors, and there were not many types of shops on the streets.
After walking for less than two moments, the most lively street market is finished, and after crossing several covered bridges, you will arrive at the imperial palace in Beiyong.
The Beiyong Palace is still very solemn in the eyes of sleep, but compared to the palace of Yu Kingdom, it is much simpler, and the entire Beiyong Palace is covered in ice and snow, which looks cold.
Because weapons and horses are not allowed in the palace, the Rong family had to get off the carriage and walk into the palace, after jumping off the car from sleep, she was almost not blown away by a gust of cold wind, she sighed at her little hand, and asked Baili Jue: "Brother Baili, do the princes of Beiyong live in this palace?" ”
Before Baili Jue could answer, Rong Laosi said: "Emperor Beiyong has fifty-seven sons, girl, take a closer look, can this palace be able to live?" ”
Sleep: "......"
That's really unstoppable.
The palace of Beiyong, from the outside, is not even a quarter of the size of the palace of Yuguo, and the emperor of Beiyong is too capable of giving birth to horns!
Baili Jue only didn't hear Rong Laosi's words, and whispered while walking: "The thirty-six tribes of Beiyong, each tribe will send a lady into the palace, there are more ladies, and the princess and princess will naturally have more, but the prince and princess of Beiyong do not live in the palace, nor are they raised by the ladies, the young ones are in the prince's house and the princess garden, and when they grow up, the prince who is favored by his father will build a mansion and grant official positions, and the princess will be sent to marry other tribes, and the prince and princess who are not favored will be sent back to the tribe of the lady's mother's house." ”
After sleeping and listening, I couldn't understand: "Why don't you raise your own children?" If the emperor doesn't like it, can't even Sheng Jingjing stay? ”
This is the prince and princess, not even a tool.
The culture of Beiyong and the Central Plains is very different, and Baili Jue can't explain so much with sleep, only saying: "The strong in Beiyong is the king, there are kings and ministers first, and then there are fathers and sons, if not, Beiyong will not be as strong as it is today." ”
Sleepy pouted and asked, "What about the four princes?" Is he favored? ”
Baili Jue didn't answer directly, but said: "The Fourth Emperor Brother has already built a mansion outside, and his mother's family is strong, and he is the top three tribes in terms of strength, and his mother is the only daughter of King Rakeshi, so if you don't have nothing to do, you must not go head-to-head with the Four Emperor Brothers!" ”
Sleeping and nodding obediently, when he walked to the thousand-step hall where Emperor Beiyong was located, he stood honestly in the cold wind with his father and mother and waited for the summons.
There was Baili Jue, they didn't wait long, the palace slave quickly bent down to invite Baili Jue into the hall, and said to Baili Jue in a low voice as he walked: "His Royal Highness the Prince, not long after His Royal Highness left, today His Royal Highness offered a few pots of flowers and plants to His Majesty, saying that the fruits of the flowers and plants can be used in medicine to cure His Majesty's bone pain, Your Majesty is very happy today, and he also rewarded His Royal Highness with 100 gold. ”
Sleeping ears, all heard it, and then silently gave his mother a look.