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529 - Negotiation

Li Chenan left Jingning County and entered Jingning Mountain towards Shuzhou.

On the fifth day of February in the 24th year of Zhaohua, Su Yi'an, who had stayed in Sanwei Bookstore for 15 years, after arranging the rest of the bookstore, also took a simple bag and left for Kyoto.

Before leaving for Kyoto, he wrote a letter to his wife.

There are only two sentences in the letter:
"My husband has met Wang Zhenghaoxuan, good son-in-law, Xiaomeng is a good match, don't stop!"

"Spring has come, madam can go to the capital, my husband will be waiting for you in the capital, I really miss you!"

Liuxiayin and the students from Sanwei Bookstore saw off Su Yian at the south gate of Jingning County.

The sun was rising that day.

After saying some words of promise to each other, Su Yi'an turned and left, touched his forehead that still hurt a little, and recited vigorously:

"The road is difficult, the road is difficult, there are many divergent roads, where is it now?

There will be times when the wind and the waves cleave, hang the clouds and sail straight to the sea! "

……

……

Yujing City, Kyoto.

It was foggy in the morning.

Blowing the face is the willow wind.

Joy Inn.

Wu Qian, the crown prince of the Wu Kingdom, finished his morning exercises in the courtyard. He took the towel from the maid and wiped his face. He suddenly turned his head to look at the boy holding a sword standing beside him.

"Sanlang, is there any news about Seven Swords?"

"Have."

"How to say?"

"It has gone down the mountain."

"...Where are you going?"

"Shuzhou."

"How long will it take?"

Saburo pondered for three breaths, "It depends on the mood of my junior sister."

Wu Qian was startled for a moment, "Junior Sister? Xia Hua?"

Saburo nodded, it seemed that because of hearing this name, his originally melancholy eyes suddenly shone with a little light.

"Seven Swords of Tianyin Pavilion, Junior Sister is the youngest, but Junior Sister is the future Pavilion Master of Tianyin Pavilion."

"Little Junior Sister grew up in the Tianshan Mountains. She has always been curious about the world... so it is inevitable that she will stop and go."

"Besides, the journey from Tianshan to Shuzhou is far away, so it's hard to predict."

Wu Qian has no complaints about this, because Tianyin Pavilion and Xijian Tower are both the two holy places of martial arts in Wu Kingdom, and the imperial power has never interfered with their actions.

But Wu Qian asked a question:
"What state is Xia Hua in now?"

"Two years of retreat, and now I have broken through the middle level of the second realm."

Wu Qian was very happy, "In this way, her Heavenly Demon piano sound has already been achieved, and she may be able to overwhelm Duguhan in Xijianlou."

"She needs a good piano, but it's a pity that the Qinjian Villa is gone."

"I heard that Qinjian Villa built a divine piano named Ruoliang back then?"

"Exactly, but I don't know whereabouts."

"This palace will pay attention."

At this moment, Yu Dingzhi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, came over.

He bowed and said:

"Your Highness, Ningguo agrees to negotiate today, and the time is up to you, Your Highness."

Wu Qian put his hands behind his back, looked at the misty gray sky, and suddenly smiled:
"Wen Zhuyu... really understands Ben Gong."

"Then it will be at Sishi... This matter, in fact, the negotiation is no longer important. Ningguo's attitude has already explained everything for more than a month."

"But I still want to see it."

"Wait for Ben Gong to write a letter to Father!"

Wu Qian walked up to the second floor and came to the room where Yun Shuxian lived.

He wrote a letter here and handed it to Yu Dingzhi, and then he looked at Yun Shuxian who looked surprised.

"The battle of Wu Ya Pass is inevitable, but not now!"

"However, preparations must be made for the war, so the delivery of food and grass to the [-] troops in Qichengzhai, Xiayuan Prefecture should be put on the agenda."

He stood up, walked slowly to the window, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the thawed Yudai River outside the window, after a moment of silence, he said:
"If the Seven Swords of Tianyin Pavilion can kill Li Chen'an... Ningguo will definitely be in chaos again."

"I'm planning to set off to return home in these two days. After the enthronement ceremony is over... no matter how Li Chen'an lives or dies, I will personally conquer and seize Wuyaguan!"

"Since Ning State has such a strong integrity, since Wen Zhuyu thinks that he is not afraid of wearing shoes if he is barefoot... the battle of my palace's personal conquest is no longer about winning the Wuya Pass, but... all Annan Road in Ning State is included in Wu Guozhi territory!"

Yun Shuxian pondered for three breaths, "The Red Flame Army has Wu Mian and Yan Ji Nong holding the flag, and their strength cannot be underestimated!"

The corner of Wu Qian's mouth twitched, "So what?"

"In war, not only do soldiers need to put their lives to work, but what is seen ultimately falls on the strength of the country!"

"Ningguo's national strength has been roughly figured out these days. It is not a tiger, it is a sheep!"

"Still a sick sheep!"

"Wen Zhuyu is just doing some superficially tough articles to cover up the panic in his heart!"

Wu Qian turned around and waved his hand: "Come on, let's go to Honglu Temple and talk to that Cheng Jingting!"

"If you can't get it on paper, I will use the sword and cavalry of Wu to fetch it myself!"

……

……

Royal Palace.

Council Hall.

Cheng Jingting, a servant under the door of the province, is sitting in Wen Zhuyu's public room at the moment.

"He said he was coming to talk, or should we follow the original method?"

Wen Zhuyu closed the memorial in front of him and nodded, "It seems that His Royal Highness doesn't want to know more about Ningguo anymore."

He walked over, made a pot of tea, and said:
"He knows in his heart that this negotiation is meaningless, but he still wants to come to talk, which shows that he has made up his mind to send troops after returning... so,"

Wen Zhuyu leaned over and looked at Cheng Jingting, "I remember that there is an open space not far behind Honglu Temple. Later, you will call someone from the Firearms Bureau to get some fireworks and set them off there."

Cheng Jingting was startled: "What a pity!"

"Listen to me, let them let it go."

"Scare that highness of the crown prince, he will definitely ask you, you remember, blow it to the sky!"

"His Royal Highness has heard of fireworks, and he even went to the ruins of the headquarters of the Ichthyosaur Society to see it."

"He knows the power of fireworks, especially the battle of the regent in Wufanyuan. With the fireworks, the regent fought against tens of thousands with thousands of people. He is very worried about fireworks."

"This time, let him experience it for himself. If he proposes to go and see it, you can take him to see the scene after the explosion."

Warm boiled rain and poured tea, "It's the best to scare him away."

"If he can scare him so that he doesn't dare to attack Ningguo within three to five years... After that, he won't have any chance again."

Cheng Jingting picked up the teacup and grinned foolishly: "You boy, I like your little tricks."

Wen Zhuyu glared at him, Cheng Jingting drank a cup of tea, put down the cup, and hurried to the Firearms Bureau.

Li Wenhou, Minister of the Household Department, came in holding an account book.

He put the account book in front of Wen Zhuyu, and said, "All the money seized by Jiangnan Dao was converted into silver, 23 taels according to the statistics of the household department!"

Wen Zhuyu nodded slightly, but there was not much joy on his face. Instead, he asked, "Have you counted the number of people affected by the snow disaster in Mobei Road?"

"In the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in Mobei Road, Youzhou and Yingzhou are the hardest hit."

"The officials sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs are still verifying, but the officials estimate that at least more than [-] people were affected by the disaster... I am afraid that this matter cannot be hidden, because the victims have already gone south."

"Well, there's no need to hide it. According to the number of 50 victims, we will use the regent's idea to allocate one billion taels from this batch of money... Let them go to Youzhou to build a city."

Li Wenhou was taken aback: "Go to Youzhou to build a city?"

"Yes, work for relief... If you don't have enough money, build a strong city wall first!"

"The regent said that this city is called Yanjing!"

(End of this chapter)