"Summoning the water superintendent, it is enough to recruit workers every month, even if the scale of the expenditure is huge, the flower must be spent, and it cannot be saved for the sake of saving."

"But my beloved wife, you should accompany me to a place." Yuwen Shihong smiled slyly:

"When will the Yangzhou Road Army be launched, just wait for you and me to go on this trip."

Yang Qianxue didn't understand, so she looked at Yuwen Shihong suspiciously, waiting for him to continue.

"My beloved wife and I will go to visit Chen Guo."

Hearing this, Yang Qianxue was surprised and surprised:

"Chen Guo? Over the past few years, although my Zhou State and Chen State have been relatively peaceful, the small frictions that have occurred at the border have been intermittent. ”

"And shouldn't Your Majesty focus on the Qi State now? Fighting on multiple fronts in the country, many courtiers in the DPRK and China have criticized this point. ”

"If you are distracted by Chen Guo again, I'm afraid it will ......"

Of course, Yuwen Shihong understands that multi-front warfare is a taboo for soldiers, and in addition to fighting on multiple fronts, he also "provokes" two neighboring countries at the same time, which is even more a death act.

But that refers to when the enemy is strong and I am weak.

Although Zhou Guo is not good now, holding a national Shangyuan banquet can empty the national treasury and even local grain depots.

But if it is worse, Zhou Guo is stronger than Qi Guo and Chen Guo combined.

"I am not afraid of the Qi State, which has more than 20 million people, not to mention the Chen State, which has a large territory but only less than 6 million people."

As soon as Yuwen Shihong opened his mouth, people couldn't hide his frivolity, Yang Qianxue, as a woman, was always more careful:

"If Your Majesty wants to be friends with Chen Guo, then it's okay, if it is...... Evil, Your Majesty, don't blame the concubine for being cowardly, the concubine will inevitably worry about going to Chen Guo in person, and what may happen to her life. ”

"Eh," Yuwen Shihong sat next to Yang Qianxue, raised his hand and gently hugged her fragrant shoulder:

"How could I put my beloved wife in danger?"

"If you go, you will naturally make friends."

After Yang Qianxue reluctantly let go of her distraction, she began to worry about something else:

"If you and I go, what will happen to the DPRK and China? After all, the DPRK and China cannot be left without a monarch for a day. ”

"Diplomacy is also a state affair," Yuwen Shihong replied calmly.

"There are still three days before departure, inform the hundred officials, if there is something to play, it will be handed over in these three days, and after three days, you and I will set off to the capital of Chen Guoguo and Jiankang."

"Coupled with the journey and the time spent staying, it will take at least ten days in total, so my beloved wife will do it!"

suddenly had to go far away, and even went to Chen Guo, Yang Qianxue has almost never left Yongzhou in the past 20 years, and she has not even been to a place, let alone ......

Chen Guo.

There was no time to think about it anymore, so she hurriedly sent an order to the Taifu Temple, and asked the Taifu Temple to inform everyone about this matter, so as not to delay some important matters when they were not in the capital.

……

Chen Guo, Jiankang.

The Jiankang Imperial City, which is thousands of miles in radius, is even several times larger than the entire Chang'an City.

It is a hundred miles wide from north to south, east to west, and this is even just a palace.

However, outside the Jiankang Palace, there were almost no people, Yuwen Shihong and Yang Qianxue had the illusion of suddenly stepping into the palace from the field.

On the shore of Xuanwu Lake, there are dozens of extravagant palaces, each of which is decorated with glazed vermilion tiles and golden sandalwood jade pillars to decorate the glory and grandeur of the royal family.

The Fangle Hall in the center of dozens of palaces, behind the palace is extended over Xuanwu Lake with a vermilion long bridge.

And at the end of the extension bridge, a building like a pavilion was built, and the plaque was engraved with the words "Wangxian Pavilion".

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty of Zhou has arrived at the Guangzhao Palace, and the Prime Minister is personally greeting you, and Your Majesty should go to meet you."

The one who came to Wangxian Pavilion to report was Xiao Yuanyin, who was seven in his fifties, and he was the generalissimo of Chen Guo's imperial servants and soldiers.

Xiao Yuanyin was entrusted by His Majesty of the previous dynasty to assist the later master, but looking at the young master who was addicted to wine all day long, over time, he didn't even have the strength to be disappointed.

Chen Shubao, the young lord of Chen Guo, was twenty-nine years old at the time, and he was about to stand, but he had no appearance of being in the middle, and the people of the court had already been fluctuating, if it were not for the fear that the auxiliary officials left by His Majesty in the previous dynasty were still in the general trend, and all of them supported the young master, Chen Chao was afraid that he would have already fallen into a fierce open and secret struggle like Qi State.

"I'm annoyed, just a barbarian in the north, see it, you can do it!"

Chen Shubao was tired of having fun every time, and the courtiers came to disturb him every once in a while, which was really disappointing!

"Your Majesty, the State of Zhou is not Mobei, let alone a barbarian, in terms of national strength, the State of Zhou is at least one more powerful than my Chen State."

"His Majesty Zhou Guo came to visit in person, which can be regarded as a degrading figure for Zhou Guo, Your Majesty can't call me Chen Guo rude." Chen Shubao doesn't understand bullshit, even if Xiao Yuanyin doesn't want to offend the king, he has to always say these rather instructive words.

"Zhou Guo is better than me Chen Guo?" Chen Shubao immediately disagreed:

"Look at my palace! There is nothing more magnificent in the world than my palace! ”

"The diplomatic relations between the two countries should follow the weekly etiquette, and Your Majesty should quickly change his clothes and go to the Guangzhao Palace to see him in person."

Chen Shubao was swept away, and Xiao Yuanyin was left by his father, even if Chen Shubao was a fool, he should know that he had to listen to Xiao Yuanyin's words.

"Annoying."

……

In the Guangzhao Palace, Yuwen Shihong and Yang Qianxue were greeted at the main and guest seats of the grand feast.

When the two first came to Chen Guo, they were shocked all the way-

First of all, the desolation outside the palace, and then the extravagance of the palace is simply beyond Yuwen Shihong's imagination, and the contrast between inside and outside is not appropriate to describe in heaven and earth.

It's pretty much the same as heaven and hell.

It was also a shock to be greeted by Shi Wenqing, the prime minister of Chen State, and Shen Keqing, who led more than 200 civil and military officials.

This seems to be entertaining him, the emperor of Zhou, with the grandest courtesy, but in fact, it is ......

The reciprocal number of courtesies should be received by Emperor Chen in person.

Yuwen Shihong didn't care so much about the number of rites, but he didn't bother to bother with them.

Because for Yuwen Shihong, the southeast of Yangzhou is Hezhou, Huozhou, and Jiangzhou, and these three states are separated from Jiankang by only a Yangtze River from Chen State.

The reason why the Yangzhou army did not move was that Chen Guo had a small move behind his back to take advantage of the empty space.

Before this trip, he had a general understanding of Chen Shubao, and he was nothing more than indulging in wine all day long and not asking about political affairs, and almost all political affairs were entrusted to important ministers to preside.

There is nothing to care about, but some of the virtuous and important ministers of the Chen State, Yuwen Shihong has to care.

Such as Xiao Yuanyin, as well as several royal brothers of this faint monarch.

As for Prime Minister Shi Wenqing and Shen Keqing, these two people are notorious in the history books, and they are capable of infringing on the people in every case.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Yuwen Shihong's naked eyes can see the fluctuation of people's hearts from the shrewd "calm" face of Chen Guobaiguan, and when the scribbled national-level hospitality was defined by Yuwen Shihong as "unqualified", such a statement came from outside the Guangzhao Palace.

Not long after, Chen Shubao, who still had some fat powder wine on his beard, walked into the hall with an impatient face.