The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 397 Is He Busy?

As an envoy of a country, the right to speak does not come from the envoy himself, but from the country behind it. When the country is strong, the envoy speaks hard, and when the country is weak, the envoy speaks weakly. This is obvious.

The gap between Xinguo and Liangguo is very large. Xinguo is only a small principality, while Liangguo is already a kingdom, far beyond a large level. The technological and military strength is completely behind. It is absolutely impossible to win a fight.

Lin Xiangru asked an official to find an inn, and the group stayed directly in the inn. At the same time, Lin Xiangru also sent officials with him to walk around the city to see what the emperor of Daliang Kingdom looked like.

On the street, Lin Xiangru and the envoys were inspecting the goods on the side of the street.

"Go to the blacksmith's shop."

Lin Xiangru led everyone into the blacksmith's shop. The red flames were burning with the sparks, and the sound of clanging iron was extremely clear. There were various weapons on the containers on both sides, including spears, swords, and even bows and arrows. and arrows.

"Guest, what do you want?"

A man with his upper body naked looked at Lin Xiangru and the others with a smile.

Lin Xiangru looked at those weapons, and said casually, "Let's take a look at that arrow first."

"Okay."

The man handed the arrow to Lin Xiangru, and Lin Xiangru took a look, although he didn't know much about weapons, but the arrow obviously had spiral grooves, and the craftsmanship was different from that of Xinguo.

"Guest officer, this arrow of mine is an ancestral craft. The impact of flying and spinning is stronger. At the same distance, its penetrating power is stronger than other arrows."

Lin Xiangru nodded, this arrow is better than the arrow of Xinguo.

"Look at the other weapons."

"it is good."

The man took the broadsword off the shelf, and Lin Xiangru checked it again. The sharpness and thickness of the broadsword were also better than ordinary ironware in Xinguo.

"Isn't this big knife made of iron?"

"It's made of iron, but it has a little something mixed into it, so it's better than ordinary iron."

If Ren Tian was here, he would probably recognize that the material of this sword is between steel and iron.

"How about it, guest officer, do you want to buy one?"

Lin Xiangru said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I have more ideas about your craftsmanship. Is there any secret recipe?"

"That's for sure. After my grandfather and my father's exploration, it succeeded."

"Then, do you sell this secret recipe?"

The man shook his head directly: "No, it's an ancestral thing, how can you sell it? You can buy these weapons if you want, and it's impossible to tell you the secret recipe of skills."

Lin Xiangru pondered for a moment: "Well, let's buy some weapons, one of each of these weapons."

"Okay."

If they didn't get the secret recipe, they could only buy weapons and send them back to Xinguo's Weapons Bureau to let them conduct research and development to see if they could improve Xinguo's technical level.

Another point is that if Xin Guo can cooperate with Liang Guo, then the speed of Xin Guo's technological improvement will be significantly accelerated.

Later, Lin Xiangru bought some cloth, dyes, and even some crop seeds.

In one day, I visited all kinds of buildings in the imperial capital of Daliang Kingdom, such as bookstores, taverns, teahouses, cloth workshops, tea and salt workshops, etc. After the shopping, Lin Xiangru said to the imperial capital of Daliang Kingdom, It can be regarded as having a comprehensive understanding, this country is far ahead of the new country.

Take salt as an example. The salt in Xinguo is the kind of yellow-brown coarse-grained table salt. Although there are craftsmen in the salt field who are refining table salt to produce better table salt, it will take a long time, and The table salt in Daliang State is finer, and its color is also somewhat close to white.

There is even snow-white snowflake salt in Daliang Kingdom, but the quantity is relatively rare.

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Day two.

Lin Xiangru and the accompanying officials got up very early and arrived at Honglu Temple before dawn.

At the entrance of Honglu Temple, they realized that there were already teams of envoys from other countries gathering here for preparations. Looking at it, there were more than a dozen teams, and the front of Honglu Temple was suddenly bustling.

"Why so many people?"

An official was a little surprised.

The officials from another envoy team in front turned their heads, looked at Lin Xiangru and his party, sized them up, and then asked, "Which country are you from?"

"New country."

"Xinguo? I haven't heard of it. It's also a small country in Guangling County, right?"

Lin Xiangru smiled and said, "Almost."

The official said: "Since they are all small countries, it's about the same. The most powerful country in Guangling County is Daliang country. Our small countries must have good relations with Daliang country. Basically, every month, there will be envoys from the country. Audience, the time for you to come is very coincidental, and today is the day of the audience, otherwise, you may have to wait for many more days."

Lin Xiangru was a little stunned: "Could it be that His Majesty of Daliang Kingdom still leaves them alone when foreign envoys come?"

"Your Majesty Liang Guo has a moody temperament, and he likes to bully small countries. Our country is really miserable, and he will threaten to send troops at every turn."

Lin Xiangru frowned slightly, this doesn't sound very good.

Afterwards, Lin Xiangru continued to insinuate about the rest of the Daliang Kingdom, and finally came to the conclusion that His Majesty the Daliang Kingdom would often do various unbelievable behaviors based on his personal preferences, humiliating foreign envoys and random troops on the spot. Under pressure, even knowing that the concubines of other countries are beautiful, they even forcibly want to be included in the harem.

"Here, you actually want to accept concubines from other countries as your harem?"

Lin Xiangru was a little unbelievable.

"Yes, His Majesty Daliang, the reputation of being lustful has spread throughout Guangling County. The good-looking girls in Daliang Kingdom are afraid to go out. It is said that there are more than 100 concubines in the harem of His Majesty Daliang. gone."

An official beside Lin Xiangru was a little speechless: "So many? Is he too busy?"

"Hey, for this Majesty, it doesn't matter whether he is busy or not. He may not be lucky, but he can't."

The officials of the Xin Kingdom's envoy team were all speechless for a while.

The envoy teams at Honglu Temple were all chatting, and the time passed while waiting for every minute and every second.

Not long after dawn, the street was bustling again, the shops opened their doors, and the tempting scent of breakfast wafted on the street.

The sun gradually rose, and after a full hour or two, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.

"Why aren't you summoned?"

"Could it be canceled today? But isn't today the day we agreed to summon?"

Those envoys were also talking about it.

At this moment, a young eunuch came over and quickly shouted: "Envoys from all over the world follow me into the palace!"

(End of this chapter)