Go to ancient times and engage in construction

After the three-day feast, the princes who came to worship left one after another. Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan stayed for two more days before saying goodbye to Ying Zhai.

When the Zhao and Wu missions left Haojing, Yingdi took all the civil and military officials to ten miles outside the city of Haojing. After seeing more than 3000 people go away, Yingdi returned with his officials.

During the pilgrimage of the princes this time, Ying Zhai had a very rich harvest. After selling the tribute, after deducting the entertainment expenses, Ying Zhai still had a large surplus in his hands.

With money, Ying Zhai can repay the debt, but Zheng Yuming insists on not accepting it.

Ying Zhai was moved, and summoned the clerk to record the whole story of the incident.

During a feast for the feudal lords, Ying Zhai got five years of living expenses, which happened to be the interval between the pilgrimage of the feudal princes.

Ying Zhai, who can live a prosperous life, sincerely hopes that the state of Wu will always be strong and prosperous, and Zheng Yuming will always be in charge of the power of the state of Wu.In that case, there is hope for the pilgrimage meeting five years later.

The missions of Zhao and Wu arrived at the ferry of Dahe after half a day's journey, and the three large wooden boats of Wu were still waiting at the ferry. More than 3000 horses and horses did not finish the ferry until dark. On the same day, the Zhao Wu mission camped on the bank of the river for the night.

Mu Mu was very excited when he was on the ferry. As soon as the wooden boat docked, Mu Mu ran ashore by himself, ignoring his owner for the first time, and disappeared into the grass.

Seeing Pidianpidian running towards Mu Mu in the distance, Zheng Yuming felt very sore in his heart, Mu Mu is a typical example of forgetting his master when he sees color.

The soldiers were busy setting up camp, Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan stood on a high slope looking at the other side of the river.On the other side, forty or fifty miles away, there was a red light in the sky, which was reflected by the lights lit in the city of Haojing.

"Hey, how many candles and lamp oil will be lit!" Zheng Yuming looked at the sky of Haojing and sighed.

At this time, candles and lamp oil are relatively expensive, and even in a place as wealthy as Nanbu, the street lights at night are not so bright.The daily life of the royal nobles in Haojing City is very luxurious. Even the poor emperor Ying Zhai would rather be in debt than lower his living standards. Half of Wei's debts are due to goods.

"The city is full of feasting and debauchery, and the outside of the city is dilapidated and desolate. From the emperor to the subjects, everyone is full of money and money. The family and society are at an end!" Zhao Xuan squinted his eyes and looked into the distance.

"The end of the society?" Zheng Yuming was surprised. Zhao Xuan said that, did he not want to cover up his ambition to be the co-lord of the world?

Zhao Xuan caught a glimpse of Zheng Yuming's strange expression, and realized that he had slipped his words just now.

"Brother is to say that the emperor has money and only cares about repairing the palace and city walls, so he is not a competent emperor."

"Didn't the West Pass be built?" Zheng Yuming defended Ying Zhai.

"The West Pass cannot be built with a mere [-] gold." Zhao Xuan shook his head.

Ying Zhai only repaired the damaged part of the Rong people, without reinforcement or heightening.With this level of repair, the probability of the Rong people breaking through again is very high.

"Tianjun just doesn't have a lot of money. If he has a lot of money, he will strengthen the key cities." Zheng Yuming continued to speak for Ying Zhai.

Zhao Xuan sighed: "Brother Yu is benevolent, he always puts himself in other people's shoes, it's a pity that Tianjun is not Brother Yu!"

Zheng Yuming lowered his eyes, he knew much more about Hao Jing than Zhao Xuan, and Hao Jing had Wu Guo's intelligence stronghold.Speaking for Ying Zhai in this way is just to conceal Wu's ambition to swallow up the world.Today's Zheng Yuming, the superficial kung fu is impeccable.

"If Brother Wang is a heavenly king, what will Brother Wang do?"

"If you are a brother, you are a heavenly king." Zhao Xuan clasped his hands behind his back, staring into the distance with great pride. "If Ruoxuan is the king of heaven, the first thing to do is to strengthen the northwest pass, and build the pass as solid as gold to prevent the Rong people from getting out of the pass."

The strengthening of the Xiguan pass will not only benefit the Gaojing area, but also the middle section of the river, with a total of more than [-] vassal states, large and small.

"Only fortify the key points?" Zheng Yuming asked.

"Of course not, tax relief for the Brotherhood, so that the people have time to breathe and resume farming." What Zhao Xuan despised about Ying Di was that Ying Di ruled the people in his own city by doing nothing, neither helping nor reducing taxes.

"What else?" Zheng Yuming continued to ask, Zhao Xuan was very emotional, and his ambition, which was usually well concealed, was revealed today for some reason.

"The third is of course to train soldiers and horses, and call on talents from all over the world to vote." The army is the fist of fighting, and only when the fist is strong can it have the right to speak.Talents are the engine oil for a country's prosperity. With engine oil, the country's machinery can operate flexibly.

"Training soldiers and horses requires a lot of coins to maintain, and the treasury of Tianjun has no money."

There was a slight sarcasm on Zhao Xuan's face: "You can borrow money from businessmen with the majesty of the Tian family."

What Zhao Xuan meant was that the emperor's reputation could be used as collateral to borrow money from merchants.Ying Zhai was able to borrow coins from merchants because of his status as the Son of Heaven.

Zhao Xuan's own marriage can be used to exchange benefits, and Zhao Xuan will not be a little embarrassed to borrow money in the name of the emperor.

Zheng Yuming looked at Zhao Xuan silently. Zhao Xuan was very ambitious, and he was also a monarch who cared about the people. With Zhao Xuan's ability and courage, Zheng Yuming believed that if he and Chu Chaohui hadn't come to this continent by accident, the world's heroes would be very powerful. Zhao Xuan is none other than.

Wood came back at dinner time, followed by a huge animal with a body like a wolf, a head that looked like a mixture of a tiger and a dog, and hair that looked like a horse's mane on its neck.The shape is much more powerful than wood.

Zheng Yuming was startled when he saw it clearly, not knowing what kind of animal this animal was.

The long-haired animal did not follow the log into the camp, but crouched motionless on the edge of the camp.Wood turned his head and arched his long mane, and the long mane rubbed his nose against the wood, but he still didn't move.Mu Mu arched a few times, and he insisted on seeing the long sideburns, so Mu Mu had to run back to the camp alone.

The long mane hair brought back by Mu Mu was so strange that Daniu and others ran to look at it closely.Seeing someone approaching, Long Mane didn't panic, got up and backed away, and kept a distance of [-] meters from humans.

"Wu Mu, is this a dog?" Daniel stroked Mu Mu's dog's head, and Mu Mu proudly barked at Daniel a few times.

"It's so strong and strong, is it a female or a male?" Daniel wondered.

The soldiers gathered behind Daniel burst into laughter. Zheng Yuming had a black line on his forehead, only wood, and swung his tail proudly.

The long mane is too far away from people, and everyone observed for a long time, but they couldn't tell whether the long mane was male or female.

From this night, Long Mane began to follow the mission team.Every time Mu Mu ate something, he would first give the food to Long Mane.When the mission stayed overnight, Mu Mu spent less time with Zheng Yuming.

On the muddy ground at the edge of the camp, there are always small beasts caught by long mane.Long mane has a habit of catching wild animals, and likes to leave a breath for its prey.

The well-informed Gongsun Pan deduced that this long mane likes to eat fresh food, and the purpose of leaving a breath for its prey is to keep it fresh.

The mission of the State of Wu planned to return to the city of Throat City via the State of Zhao, and traveled with the Mission of the State of Zhao for more than half of the way back.After crossing the big river, it finally rained for two days, the only moderate rain in a month.

It rained and the road was muddy, making it impossible for the carriage to move. The mission stayed in a small city for four days and waited for the rain to stop and the road to dry before going on the road again.After walking for another week, I came to a fork in the road.

There are two roads at the fork, one goes east, leading to the vassal state of Zhao State, and the other goes north, leading to Xu State.

"Finally home!" Zhao Xuan waved his horsewhip and pointed to the eastward road. "After entering the subordinate country of my brother, Brother Yu can rest in this city for a day."

Walking outside in this era is very hard, and it is normal to be exposed to the sun, wind, and rain. What's more, personal hygiene is very troublesome, and there may not be a river for bathing in the camp.

There was no clean water source in the place where we slept yesterday, and the food and drink of the mission was the water in the cowhide pouch, which was taken from the well water in the city where we stayed last time.Drinking water is expensive, and Zheng Yuming's habit of taking a bath every day was forced to stop.

It is now June, the hottest month in Daqin, and Zheng Yuming can smell the sour smell from his clothes while riding on the horse.

"It's too late today, how about we camp here on the slope?"

Zheng Yuming wished he could quickly go to Zhao's vassal state and find a city to clean up.

However, to enter Zhao's vassal state, one must pass through a canyon to reach the capital of the vassal state.At this time, the sun is westward, and it must be dark when walking to the canyon. There are many wild animals in the canyon, and it is not safe to walk at night.

Zheng Yuming was well aware of the terrain on the road that the mission took when they came, so for safety, Zheng Yuming had to endure it for another day.

"That's fine. We will go through the canyon tomorrow and arrive at the city at noon. We will rest in the city for a day before we go on our way."

Zhao Xuan was about to enter his own territory, and his mood of rushing back became less urgent.

Zhao Xuan hoped that Zheng Yuming would walk slowly in Zhao territory, for a few more days.

For the next journey, only half of the two will go the same way, and then they will part ways.This parting, I don't know when we can see each other again.Zhao Xuan was very reluctant to think that the two would part in three days.

The order to set up the camp was issued, and the soldiers of Zhao and Wu began to get busy. On the road leading to the state of Xu, three pedestrians on horseback came rushing.

"My lord, there is an envoy from Xu Guo in front of me asking to see you!" Boss Mao, who was in charge of the security task, ran to Zheng Yuming to report.

"You bring him here." Zheng Yuming was surprised, he couldn't figure out the purpose of Xu Guo's messenger to see him.

After a while, the three of them came over behind Boss Mao.

"The envoy of the lord of the state of Xu is meeting with the Prime Minister of the state of Wu!" The one in the middle saluted when he saw Zheng Yuming.

"You, you, what's the purpose of sending Er here?" Zheng Yuming pointed at the visitor, almost stuttering.The person who came was not from the state of Xu, but Huang Zhong, the director of the intelligence department of the state of Zhao.

"My lord, the lord of my country would like to invite you to my country as a guest." Huang Zhong handed over the letter of invitation in a serious manner. "My country's lord listened to the anecdote of the son from the pilgrimage mission, and admired him very much. He sent a villain to invite him on the road. The villain was on the road day and night, and finally met him."

Huang Zhong's hair was covered with dust, which showed that he was in a hurry.Huang Zhong was in such a hurry to hurry, and he pretended to be Xu Guo's messenger to cut off the road halfway. Apart from avoiding people's eyes and ears, it was also very urgent.The point of avoiding people's eyes and ears is obviously aimed at Zhao Xuan.

"Brother Wang! Look at the kindness of the lord of Xu Kingdom..." Although Zheng Yuming didn't understand why Huang Zhong acted like this, he still cooperated with the performance. When he turned to face Zhao Xuan, he looked helpless.

"Since Mr. Xu kindly invites you, brother Yu can go." Zhao Xuan couldn't stop Zheng Yuming from going to someone else's house as a guest. "Brother Yu finished his visit and returned to the throat from Brother Wei. There is civil turmoil in Qilu, and shipping is at risk."

Zheng Yuming glanced at Huang Zhong, who nodded his head slightly.

"Na Yuming will go north to Xu State tomorrow, and after visiting Xu, Yuming will ask Brother Wang again."

"Good! As a brother, I'm waiting for Brother Yu at the northwest border!" Zhao Xuan smiled, this smile was very sincere, and Zhao Xuan was really reluctant to part from the bottom of his heart.

When Zhao Xuan left, Zheng Yuming asked Boss Mao to send people to put martial law around his tent, and he brought Gongsun Pan, Wu Mu, Huang Zhong, and Daniel into the tent.

"Huang Zhong! What happened?" Zheng Yuming questioned as soon as he entered the tent.

"Why did you divert to Xu Country?"

Both Gongsun Pan and Wu Mu knew Huang Zhong, and knew that Huang Zhong was in charge of foreign affairs.Huang Zhong pretended to be Xu Guo's messenger, and neither of them dared to show any strangeness in front of Zhao Xuan.Now only their own people are together, Gongsun Pan and Wu Mu immediately asked why.

"Young master! Zhao Xuan's trip to the canyon will never return tomorrow! I am humbled by the order of the general to intercept you here." The news Huang Zhong said was too unexpected.

Zheng Yuming stood up suddenly, and said in a voiceless voice: "Zhao Xuan will go tomorrow and never return? Has there been a change in King Zhao's court?"

"My lord's guess is correct, the country of Zhao is already in chaos!" Huang Zhong confirmed.

Hearing that Huang Zhong affirmed Zheng Yuming's conjecture, both Gongsun Pan and Wu Mu opened their mouths in astonishment. This is really earth-shattering news.