Li Jing regretted it too late now, and despite Li Hongji's dissuasion, he initiated peace talks with Chai Rong again.

Last time, Li Hongji desperately asked Li Jing to go to Chai Rong for peace talks, but Li Jing didn't listen. He thought that Chai Rong's desire to annex the fourteen states of Jiangbei would not happen overnight, and it would take at least several years. As a result, Li Jing was wrong, and Chai Rong conquered the city at a speed he couldn't imagine, and instantly annexed most of Jiangbei.

This time, Li Hongji tried desperately to prevent Li Jing from going to Chai Rong for peace talks, but Li Jing still didn't listen. He thought that Chai Rong had basically annexed the entire Jiangbei region, and as long as Shouzhou completely surrendered, they would send troops to the banks of the Yangtze River, and it would be too late for anything.

So...... Li Jing hurriedly sent someone with his handwritten letter to Chai Rong for peace talks.

Li Jing said Chai Rong, please draw the river as the boundary, and the Southern Tang Dynasty will dedicate the land north of the river, including the fourteen states of Huainan. At the same time, the Southern Tang Dynasty enshrined Zhou Zhengshuo and used its chronology. In order to avoid the future Zhou Feng, Li Jing moved the capital to Hongzhou, called Nanchang Mansion. Li Jing needs to pay 20,000 head of livestock, 100,000 horses of silk, and 500,000 taels of silver to the Central Plains every year.

The three expeditions to the Southern Tang Dynasty also damaged the national strength of the Great Zhou, but he got enough benefits from the Southern Tang Dynasty, not only seized half of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but also made Li Jing pay taxes every year, and Chai Rong was able to make a windfall with Li Jing's taxes alone.

But it's time to take a break, and the people of the Great Zhou have also been hit hard by the successive wars, so Chai Rong is ready to suspend the national policy and not send troops for the time being.

May 958

Sejong Chai Rong returned to the dynasty, and the Zhou troops withdrew from Jiangbei and left troops to garrison, and thirteen of the fourteen states in Jiangbei were in the hands of Chai Rong, and only Shouzhou would rather die than obey.

Just made a lot of money from Nantang, Chai Rong doesn't need to send troops, and he can enjoy it for a few months. The number of weapons seized from the Southern Tang Dynasty was so large that even Chai Rong couldn't believe it.

No matter what the outcome of the war is, there will always be people who are happy and people who are sad. Chai Rong is the one who is happy, and at the same time the one who is sad.

Because they continued to send troops without warning, the soldiers did not return to their hometowns for spring ploughing, and there was a small famine in the Great Zhou. The reason why the situation did not become serious was entirely because Wang Pu had expected that he was the prime minister who was completely born as a peasant appointed by Zongxin.

When Chai Rong was fighting, Wang Pu returned to Bianliang to organize all the work, and all the forces that could be mobilized were gathered to help the people farm, and at the same time paid for hiring people to farm. Not only the people, Wang Pu also ordered people to open a large piece of arable land for farming, and the grain harvested was also owned by the royal family. Because of this food, this famine was resolved very well.

In fact, what everyone admired was Zongxin's wisdom, because Zongxin expected too many things. If it weren't for Wang Pu this time, there would definitely be a famine in the Great Zhou, and the people would rebel as long as they didn't have enough to eat, and the momentum of the rebellion would grow stronger and stronger until they could eat enough.

Da Zhou naturally has no end to bear such a result, so this time everyone knows how much credit Wang Pu has, and even Fan Zhen didn't even think of this.

Fan is smart, and his relationship with Wang Pu is also very close. But sometimes Wang Pu didn't understand what he said. Because Wang Pu was born as a farmer, and he has been a farmer for most of his life, he cherishes every grain of rice very much, which is really impossible to do.

Fan Zhen can recite the poem that Chinese food is hard work, but he can't cherish a grain of rice. Although Wang Pu could not memorize poems, he knew better than any literati how much sweat a grain of rice required by a farmer to grow.

A wave of unsettled waves rose again, the Khitan sent troops to Cangzhou, and Fu Yanqing sent an urgent notice. Chai Rong ordered Zhang Yongde to lead his troops to Cangzhou to resist the Khitan. Because the Khitans couldn't cross Cangzhou, Chai Rong didn't go to his heart, he just wanted to take a good rest and accompany the two sisters, Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci.

Of course, what Chai Rong didn't know was that the two sisters were actually not lonely, because when Chai Rong was busy, Zhao Kuangyin had been taking care of the two sisters-in-law, and took care of them very well, for fear that they would be afraid to sleep alone at night, so Zhao Kuangyin often slept with them.

Zhao Kuangyin is very distressed, taking care of the two sisters-in-law more than taking care of his daughter-in-law Song Qianqian, Chai Rong is not in good health, so he treats the two sisters Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci a little badly. But the two sisters Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci will not let him go easily, pestering him to drink and have fun every day, Chai Rong is very happy in his heart, but the consumption of his body is indeed too great.

Chai Rong's body is getting worse day by day, can't Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci see it? No, they know Chai Rong's physical condition better than anyone else. But they had to do it, because they wanted Chai Rong's health to get worse and worse, and it was better to die quickly, otherwise...... There will be big problems.

Fu Xuanyi is the one who is nervous, because her child Chai Zongxun looks more and more like Zhao Kuangyin the older she gets, and if she continues to grow up, Chai Rong will become suspicious sooner or later. Even Fu Xuanyi himself couldn't tell who this child was, originally Fu Xuanyi wanted Zhao Kuangyin to have a blood confession, but Zhao Kuangyin knew that it was all nonsense, because Zong Xin used this trick to get in touch with Lei Hong.

Fu Xuanyi didn't dare to kill Chai Rong, so she could only think of this stupidest way to consume him. At least he didn't have the heart to think about whether his son was biological.

Except for the Khitan army, the world is peaceful. Everyone is enjoying this rare calm, the Great Zhou forces have dominated the Central Plains, and the Southern Tang, Western Shu, Southern Han, Northern Han, Nanping, and Wuyue countries have lost the qualification to confront the Great Zhou, and then it depends on where Chai Rong fights first.

As long as Chai Rong sends troops once, he can destroy a country. People all over the world know very well that Chai Rong is about to unify the world, which is a foregone conclusion, and the Central Plains, which has been divided for a long time, will finally be reunified.

This is also the reason why the Khitan sent troops, they hope to delay the pace of Chai Rong's unification of the world, if Chai Rong is unified, their next move will definitely be to go north to recover the sixteen states of Youyun. This is a loss that the Khitan cannot afford.

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Thunder King's Mansion

Zong Xin and his party returned to the Thunder King's Mansion, in fact, they would come back once a year, but they would not be discovered by anyone. This time, Zong Xin also brought Tianya back, and it was rare for these two masters and apprentices to meet together, and they had not been separated since they met in Shouzhou.

It's actually very interesting to have a same-sex companion when traveling around, because the relationship between Zongxin and Tianya is very deep, so they go back to the Thunder King's Mansion together. After arriving at the Thunder King's Mansion, they went their separate ways, because they all had their own rivers and lakes.

This way, Zongxin taught Tianya a lot of things, and Zongxin gave a lot of guidance in terms of martial arts. Tianya's Nine Heavens True Qi has been cultivated to the seventh layer of Qiankun Wuji, and there is no way for the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Technique, and it must be cultivated under special conditions. The Pole Hand and the Quartet have made a certain amount of refinement, and the most powerful thing is Zongxin's latest research and development of internal strength, which can make the wound heal quickly, although Tianya has not practiced very well, but a little small wound can still be treated.

After coming to the Thunder King's Mansion, everyone was very happy. Since it was Lei Hong, it had been a long time since he had seen Zong Xin and Tianya, so he picked up the two and turned around several times. However, at this time, Lei Hong is no longer as fat as he was back then, but he is not thin, he has become very strong, and his current body shape is fat and healthy.

The so-called love house and Wu, Lei Hong likes Zongxin because he likes it, so he also likes Tianya.

"Okay, just come back. I just like you two boys, I think I'm crazy enough in the rivers and lakes, you two are crazier than me. It's really good this time, the Southern Tang Navy is gone, and it has completely fallen. Next, it will take many years for Chai Rong to unify the world. Lei Hong said excitedly: "I immediately ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and I happened to have something to tell you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Little things, you wait a minute. ”

Lei Hong immediately went out to find the housekeeper, Lei Hong lived in the forbidden land in his own house, except for the person surnamed Lei, only Zhang Qi could come here, not even the housekeeper. Zhang Qiji has also lived in the Lei Wangfu for many years, although Zhang Yongde and Shou An both know, but they rarely come to the Lei Wangfu to see their son.

I have been here twice, and the child has been raised well, basically surpassing the average pig. The food in King Lei's mansion is good, Zhang Qi eats fat and big-eared, and the little fat boy looks very cute. But the strange thing is that not only Zhang Qi can eat it, Lei Hailong can also eat it, but Lei Hailong is very thin.

"Master, I'm going to help too. You can't show up, but I can, there's no need to let Shigong be alone. ”

"Hmm~"

After Zongxin agreed, Tianya took Xiang'er to follow behind Lei Hong. In fact, there is nothing to prepare, Lei Hong only needs to give two orders, and the housekeeper will naturally do everything well.

The group gathered around the wine table to drink and eat, Lei Hong hadn't been so happy for a long time, even Zhang Qiyi and Lei Hailong brought them over, anyway, it was nothing for the women present to take care of the two boys.

"Dad, you just said that something happened, what is the matter?"

"It's a little thing, it's definitely a little thing for you. Lei Hong said: "But for some people, it's a big deal. ”

"Tell me what I can do to help. ”

"Help? It's clearly your own business. The matter is in Shioshima, and this matter is really troublesome. Lei Hong said: "I received a letter from Tianxin, saying that the Southern Han side is in chaos now. Emperor Liu Sheng of the Southern Han Dynasty died, and his son Liu Gang ascended the throne and sat in the palace. Liu Sheng is a smart man who will never attack Yandao, because he knows that Yandao is our family's business, and he will clearly seek death when he makes a move on Yandao. And he can receive extremely high taxes without doing anything, so he has been in peace. But Liu Gang is not so smart, he thinks he is smart, but he is stupider than anyone else, and he has no talent to be an emperor at all, and now Liu Gang has made a move on Yandao, so ...... It should be addressed. ”

"Kill Liu Gang directly?"

"No, no, no, Liu Gang is a useless waste, it doesn't matter if you kill him or not. The most critical person is a woman named Lu Qiongxian. This woman ...... It's hard to say, it's weird anyway. You go and investigate it yourself, don't let the relationship between Yandao and the Southern Han continue to be bad, you also know me, I am a pacifist, if there is no need, I don't want to go to war, just kill the leader. ”

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