And the Yanwang Mansion is a joyful scene, the whole palace is lit up with colorful lights, and the lake in the backyard is full of river lanterns, flickering like stars in the sky. Yang Peng and his wife and concubine toured along the lake, laughing and laughing one after another, while the baby in Chai Yonghui and Yang Tong's arms was babbling and screaming, and the little one was very happy. Now I solemnly introduce these two little points, holding Yang Peng's eldest daughter in Chai Yonghui's arms, Yang Rui, and holding Yang Tong's arms is Yang Peng's second son, Yang Yinglong. The smile on Yang Tong's face is the brightest, since the ancient saying 'mother is more precious than son', although Yang Tong was not born well, but she gave birth to the eldest son and second son of King Yan, which naturally won her a lot of glory, and suddenly put her in a position above the limelight, and no one dared to despise her again.

Yang Yingping now belongs to Lin Qinger's private property, even Yang Tong has no way to get close, one Mu Guiying, one Yang Yingping, Lin Qinger is in charge of these two children, Yang Peng can visit, but can't take it away, Lin Qinger is the ancestor of Tianjing New City, no one dares to talk much, don't look at Yang Peng's wives, no one dares to be presumptuous in front of Lin Qinger.

Jiang Li, the captain of the Feifeng Guard, walked over quickly, hugged his fists and said, "Master, Yang Guihua and Kou Yan are here, and they are waiting in the hall to meet their master. Yang Peng smiled: "They came together." Then he said to the women, "Play with them, and I will meet them." The women smiled. Yang Peng kissed his children lightly, a fatherly smile appeared on his hard face, and then left, followed by Jiang Li.

When I came to the hall, I saw Kou Yan and Yang Guihua talking, and said with a smile: "Two brothers, hard work!" The two hurriedly stood up and saluted Yang Peng: "Big brother! ”

Yang Peng walked up to the two of them, patted them on the shoulders, and exclaimed: "Shandong and Hebei are thriving under the governance of the two of them, and the people are happy!" The two of them looked very excited as if they had won the highest honor, Kou Yan hugged his fists and said: "Actually, we don't have any credit, we just implement the policy of the eldest brother!" Yang Guihua nodded sympathetically.

Yang Peng smiled: "You don't have to be modest!" No matter how good my policy is, if there is no competent person to implement it, it will be useless! What you have done in Shandong and Hebei can be said to have won my satisfaction, and I am very satisfied! You guys are doing a great job! Yang Guihua hugged his fists and said: "If you can get the words of the eldest brother, the younger brother's wish is enough!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "My appreciation is not important, what matters is what the people under your rule say!" I've heard that the people of both places have compared you to Kou Zhun, and that's good! The two smiled embarrassedly, and Kou Yan said, "The people have praised it!" On a par with Kou Zhun, how dare we be! Then he sighed: "The people are like this, if you just do something for them, they will be very grateful to you!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, glanced at the two of them, saw that both of them were very tired, and smiled: "You go down and have a good rest, you don't have to come to me these days, relax and relax, and have a fun in this Tianjing New City, this Tianjing New City is very lively!" When it's time for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, let's have a drink! The two smiled, clasped their fists and bowed, "Thank you, big brother!" Yang Peng smiled and patted the shoulders of the two, "Okay, you guys go down." The two bowed to Yang Peng again and left.

Yang Peng walked to the door of the hall, looked at the backs of the two, and smiled. Turning around and preparing to go back to the backyard, Jiang Li suddenly pointed to the gate and said, "Wang Kai is here!" Yang Peng stopped, turned around and looked outside, and sure enough, he saw Wang Kai rushing over. Ran into the hall and bowed to Yang Peng: "Master, the Dali envoy has arrived, ask to see the master!" ”

Yang Peng said: "Let them in." Wang Kai answered and ran down. Yang Peng returned to the top to do a good job, and now he wants to meet with foreign envoys, but he can't treat his subordinate brothers as casually.

After a while, I saw Wang Kai leading two men in costume to stride in. Yang Peng has seen both of them, and the one at the head is Duan Zhichun, who first sent Yan Yun, and then the younger one is Duan Zhixing, who sent Yan Yun this time. As soon as the two saw Yang Peng, who was sitting at the top, their faces invariably showed sincere joy, and they bowed to Yang Peng together, Duan Zhichun said: "The envoy of Dali Kingdom pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Yan!" On behalf of the Lord of our country, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to His Royal Highness! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said: "Your Majesty is polite, your envoy doesn't need to be polite!" Duan Zhichun and the two straightened their waists, Duan Zhichun stretched out his right hand behind him, Duan Zhixing was about to hand over a red covered gift list to Duan Zhichun's hands, Duan Zhichun held up the gift list with both hands and bowed down and said: "This is a gift from our country to His Royal Highness King Yan, please accept it with a smile!" ”

Yang Peng glanced at Jiang Li, and Jiang Li immediately stepped forward, took the gift list, and forwarded it to Yang Peng. According to etiquette, Yang Peng opened the gift list and looked at it, it was originally just a courtesy action, but when Yang Peng saw the gifts listed on the gift list, he showed a surprised look, and saw that the head of the gift list was impressively written: Dali Qionghua Princess.

Yang Peng raised his head, "...... this Princess Qionghua?" Duan Zhichun said with a smile: "Princess Qionghua is the national treasure of our Dali country, is the youngest daughter of the lord of our country, the country is beautiful and fragrant, and has a gentle personality. ”

Yang Peng smiled, "I am very grateful for the kindness of your country, but this gift ......" Duan Zhichun and the two couldn't help but get nervous when they saw Yang Peng's dissatisfied, Dali carefully prepared for this meeting, hoping to further narrow the relationship with Yan Yun, if Yan Wang was not satisfied, it would be a big problem! Duan Zhichun asked cautiously, "King Yan, King Yan doesn't like this gift?" ”

Seeing the nervous appearance of the two, Yang Peng understood their worries, and smiled: "You have misunderstood!" I just think this gift is so precious, I deserve it! ”

When the two heard Yang Peng say this, their originally hanging hearts were put down, and Duan Zhichun smiled and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is the great benefactor of our Dali Kingdom, and we are willing to dedicate the most precious treasure to His Highness!" Furthermore, His Royal Highness is the King of Yanyun who is powerful in the world, and the princess of our country can serve His Highness, which is also a blessing she cultivated in her previous life! ”

Yang Peng knew that this was Dali's sincerity, and if he didn't accept it, he was afraid that Dali would not be at ease, but ....... Yang Peng turned his head to look at Jiang Li next to him, only to see that although her expression was calm, her eyes clearly revealed a sour taste, Yang Peng couldn't help but secretly said: "There are so many wives and concubines around me, and there are confidantes like Jiang Li, they can't cope with it, where can I still have the energy and mood to provoke other women!" ’

Turning his head to look at Duan Zhichun, he asked, "Where is Princess Qionghua now?" Duan Zhichun hurriedly said: "Just outside the palace, waiting for His Highness to summon you!" Yang Peng said to Wang Kai: "Bring Princess Qionghua in." Wang Kai answered and ran down, and after a while, Yang Peng saw Wang Kai leading a woman in. She was dressed in the costume of the Yi tribe, with brilliant colors, a petite and delicate figure, a delicate and beautiful face, and a taste of shyness and panic in her big eyes. Yang Peng couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, feeling that although this woman's appearance and temperament could not be compared with Yelu Hanyu and them, she was better than that weak and lovely temperament, and she was definitely a stunning beauty in ten thousand!

Princess Qionghua saw Yang Peng sitting on the top, only to feel an indescribable momentum rushing towards her, she couldn't help but get nervous, her heart was pounding, and she couldn't help but worship: "Dali Qionghua, meet His Royal Highness King Yan!" As soon as she opened her mouth, Yang Peng found another benefit for her, her voice was particularly sweet, which made people feel very comfortable.

Yang Peng smiled and said, "The princess doesn't have to be polite! "Your Highness!" Then Princess Qionghua stood up and stood there with her head down. Yang Peng glanced at Duan Zhichun and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending me such a good sister!" Everyone present was stunned. Yang Peng smiled and said to Qiong Hua: "Is the princess willing to recognize me as an elder brother?" Qionghua was originally very nervous, but at this time she was very moved, and hurriedly bowed: "Of course Qionghua is willing, but I'm afraid that Qionghua will climb high!" ”

Yang Peng laughed, "Okay! Glancing at Duan Zhichun, "I'm very happy to get such a gentle and lovely sister today!" Duan Zhichun was a little at a loss, feeling that things shouldn't be like this, Princess Qionghua should become the concubine of King Yan, but after thinking about it, even if she can't become a concubine, it seems that it is not bad to become a sister! The princess of Dali is the sister of King Yan, and this relationship is close enough! As soon as he thought of this, he turned his worries into joy, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to King Yan, congratulations to the princess!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said to Qionghua: "I can't treat my sister badly," paused, "There is an empty courtyard next to this Yanwang Mansion, so give it to my sister to live in!" Qionghua bowed and said, "Thank you, brother!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "You can come to the palace at any time to chat and play with your sisters-in-law, your sisters-in-law are very hospitable, you will definitely get along!" Qionghua nodded gratefully, she felt as if she was dreaming, she originally thought that her fate would be very gloomy and miserable, but she didn't expect that Brother Yan Wang was such a good person, he didn't want to violate himself, but recognized himself as his sister, the Bodhisattva was really good to himself!

Yang Peng smiled and said: "My sister must be very tired all the way, go down and rest." Qionghua bowed and said: "Thank you, brother, my little sister is not tired, my little sister wants to go and see your sisters-in-law." Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "It's okay." He turned his head to Jiang Li and said, "Take my little sister to the backyard." Jiang Li responded, stepped forward and hugged her fist at Qionghua and said, "County Lord, please come with me." Since Yang Peng recognized Qionghua as his sister-in-law, Qionghua naturally became the county lord. Qionghua bowed to Yang Peng Yingying and followed Jiang Li away.

The two girls walked out of the hall one after the other and walked down the cloister to the backyard. Qiong Hua couldn't help but say: "I originally thought that Brother Yan Wang was a very terrible person, but I didn't expect him to be so good!" ”

Jiang Li smiled: "The master is a good person!" Qionghua nodded, and then said puzzledly: "But, why is the legendary Brother Yan Wang such a terrible person?" Jiang Li turned around and asked curiously, "What do the rumors say about the master?" Qiong Hua tilted her head and thought for a while, and said: "We have a legend there that King Yan is a powerful person who eats a cow for a meal, is three feet tall, has six hands, and has fire-breathing eyes!" Jiang Li couldn't help laughing, "Is that still a human, it's clearly a monster!" ”

Qiong Hua said embarrassedly: "That's what everyone over there said, and I thought that Brother Yan Wang must be a very terrible character at first!" ”

Jiang Li was silent for a moment, and said faintly: "Actually, the master does have a very terrifying time, but that is to treat the enemy!" Chao Qionghua smiled, "The county lord may not believe it, I have followed the master a long time ago, but I have never seen the master speak loudly to the princesses, for every princess, the master loves him wholeheartedly, in the master, the princesses are all treasures, and they can't be wronged!" Qionghua was very surprised, because in her opinion, her father was the most charitable man, but even her father had scolded her mother, and she really found it hard to believe that King Yan, who made the Khitans and Tubo people fearful, would be so gentle.

Thinking like this, I have unconsciously arrived in the backyard. Jiang Li stopped and said, "This is the backyard of the palace, it must not be as spacious as the palace." Qionghua saw a clear lake in front of her, and there were many pavilions and pavilions under the shade of the surrounding green trees, and she immediately liked the environment here, and couldn't help but say: "I think this place is better than the palace!" ”

Jiang Li smiled slightly, pointed to the courtyards around the lake, and introduced: "Those courtyards are where the master and the princesses live. Then he pointed to the large group of people who were playing in the water pavilion in the distance, "All the princesses are playing over there, let's go over." Qionghua couldn't help but get nervous when she saw many people over there. ……

At this time, in the hall, Duan Zhichun bowed down and said: "The lord of our country originally wanted to come to see His Highness in person, but he was too busy with state affairs to take a break, so he had to order him to do it for him!" Please forgive King Yan for the disrespect!! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "The lord of our country is too polite!" By the way, how is the situation on the other side of the Great Snow Mountain? Duan Zhichun said gratefully: "Since the Tubo people were dismissed by His Highness, they have not been harassed again, and now there is calm on the side of the Great Snow Mountain!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, "It's okay." Duan Zhichun hugged his fists and said: "There is one thing, my country is mainly asking His Highness for instructions on behalf of the next generation!" Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Don't be so polite, if there's anything, just say it." Duan Zhichun said: "Those students sent by our country to study in Yanyun before, the lord of our country wants to take them back," and then worried that Yang Peng would misunderstand, and quickly explained: "Now is the time for our country to employ people, these students are all pillars of talent, so the lord of our country hopes to take them back so that they can be entrusted with important tasks!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said: "This is your country's internal affairs, you don't need to ask me for instructions." Since your majesty is in a hurry to employ people, you can take them back. Duan Zhichun hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Your Highness!" Then he said: "I have been disturbing King Yan for a long time, so I will leave!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said: "Your envoy is tired from afar, go down and have a good rest!" Duan Zhichun bowed and said, "Thank you King Yan!" Then he retreated with Duan Zhixing. Yang Peng looked at the backs of the two, and then retracted his gaze, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Footsteps came from the screen behind them. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts, followed the sound, and saw Jiang Li turn out from behind the screen, clenched his fists and said, "The county lord is already with the ladies." Yang Peng asked curiously, "How do they get along?" Jiang Li smiled: "The county lord is very polite, and the ladies like her very much!" Yang Peng smiled, "It's good to get along well." Then he glanced at Jiang Li and asked with a smile: "You're not jealous now, are you?" ”

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, and then her delicate face turned crimson, she understood that her mood just now was seen by the master, and sighed faintly, "How can my subordinates be jealous!" Yang Peng saw that her mood was a little low, so he was about to coax her, but at this moment, Wang Kai rushed in again, and Yang Peng's words had to be retracted. Wang Kai hugged his fists and bowed: "Master, the two Huai Xuanwei envoys Lord Dunan are here, and they ask to see him outside the door!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, "Bring him in." Wang Kai answered and ran down. Yang Peng turned his head to Jiang Li and said, "Let's talk about it later!" Jiang Li's beautiful eyes showed a soft expression, and she looked at Yang Peng stupidly, and her eyes almost melted Yang Peng.

The sound of footsteps outside the door diverted Yang Peng's thoughts, and he saw the chubby Dunan follow Wang Kai in. When Wang Kai saw Yang Peng, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, turned around and bowed: "Subordinate Dunan, meet King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "No need to be polite! "King Xie Yan!" Immediately, Dunan stood up and saw Jiang Li standing next to him, knowing that although this woman was only the captain of the guard on the surface, she was actually undoubtedly the wife and concubine of King Yan, so he also bowed to her. Jiang Li was flattered, and then she understood, two blush flew on her delicate face, and she couldn't help but feel a little good for this fat man.

Yang Peng teased: "Fatty, you worship and worship, I don't have any New Year's money for you!" Dunan grinned, "How can you ask King Yan for money as a subordinate, you should give money to King Yan!" Yang Peng's heart moved, and he smiled: "So, fat man, you still brought a gift?" Dunan smiled, "Please guess what kind of gift your subordinates brought?" ”

Yang Peng said angrily: "Guess the fart, say it quickly!" Dunan was very depressed and complained: "King Yan, you don't let your subordinates be complacent!" Yang Peng smiled, "I think you're proud enough!" Suddenly, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that the fleet that went to the ocean trade has returned?" Dunan showed a look of amazement, shook his head and said: "King Yan is the King of Yan, it's really a guess!" Yang Peng asked with concern: "What is the situation?" Dunant's fat face was full of joy and excitement, "They have been out for almost a year, I thought they wouldn't bring back much harvest, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it," Speaking of which, maybe because he was too excited, the words behind him were actually stuck and couldn't be spoken.

Yang Peng also thought he was selling Guanzi, and said angrily: "Fatty, I think you have itchy skin!" Dunant shook his head vigorously, "My subordinates are excited!" I'm not afraid of King Yan's jokes, although his subordinates were born in a rich family, but they have never seen it, it's not that they have never seen it, they have never dreamed of it, and they are full of treasures! The benefits of this trip are so lucrative! ”

Yang Peng was itchy by him, and said angrily: "You don't talk nonsense with me, just say how much it's worth, right?" Dunan swallowed, "My subordinates were going to come to Tianjing New Town a few days earlier, but because they wanted to count this data, they were delayed. Then he stretched out two fat fingers, "I can't count the specifics, but it's about this number!" ”

Yang Peng was taken aback, "Two million taels of silver?" That's a lot! Dunant shook his fat head vigorously. Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, and his eyes turned into horror, "You, don't tell me it's 20 million taels of silver!" ”

Dunant nodded vigorously, "That's it, that's all!" And that's not all! "Yang Peng couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, Jiang Li and Wang Kai were also stupid, who would have thought that the fleet would actually earn 20 million taels of silver after going out on a trip?! It's like a dream!

Yang Peng came back to his senses and said in disbelief: "Fatty, don't lie to me!" Dunan hurriedly said: "Even if your subordinates have the courage to deceive King Yan, they don't dare to deceive King Yan!" There are so many, and there are more than that! The specific number may not be counted until after the Chinese New Year! ”

Yang Peng couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "No wonder the Western powers like to play maritime trade, it turns out to be so profitable!" Damn, this is more than our entire Yanyun year's financial income! This time, the funds for the construction of the Northwest are available! Dunant nodded sympathetically.

Yang Peng suddenly raised his head and asked Dunan, "How did they get so much money?" Dunan said: "Listen to Erzhang, most of these treasures were obtained in Tianzhu in the south, and the specific situation is not clear!" ”

"What about the second level?" "I'll go first, they're still behind, it should be there in a day or two!!"

Yang Peng nodded, thinking about further expanding this maritime trade, and thought: "Since the benefits of maritime trade are so lucrative, it is necessary to establish bases and transit stations along the sea route, and this matter will be handed over to Erguan." The so-called Erguan, in fact, is Guanshan Guanping, the two were originally the commanders of the Yanyun Naval Army, but almost a year ago, Yang Peng transferred them out of the army, set up an ocean-going caravan, let them be the commander, this ocean-going caravan is different from the merchant fleet that has appeared before, the previous merchant fleet is just a turn in East Asian waters, mainly with the Japanese and those countries in the South Seas to do business, but the ocean-going fleet is different, the main purpose, is to go to the Indian Ocean India, Africa, Arabia and even Europe to do business.

The reason why Yang Peng thought of doing this was entirely based on his own historical understanding, and he knew that the Western powers relied on maritime trade to obtain extremely huge benefits and eventually rise, so he decided to do so. In fact, Yang Peng was a little drumming in his heart at the beginning, and he didn't know what the result would be, but he didn't expect to get such a huge profit.

In this era, in fact, maritime trade was already very common, and half of the tax revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty came from maritime trade, of which the trade between Arabia and East Asia accounted for a large proportion. However, like Yan Yun, the large-scale maritime trade organized by the official has not yet appeared, and now there is only one Yan Yun, and the Southern Song Dynasty actually has more favorable conditions than Yan Yun, and the reason why there is no large-scale trade organized by the official is nothing more than because of the influence of Confucianism, selling fame and reputation, and not wanting others to say that they are chasing profits.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.