Seeing that everyone was gone, after feeling particularly restrained at first, Lu Daxin immediately said, "Then please come into the palace! The emperor has been waiting for you for a long time, because we have prepared a banquet to welcome you, and we hope that everyone will feel at home."
When Shen Yan heard Lu Daxin say such a long string of polite words, he couldn't help but look at him with a teasing look in his eyes.
Lu Daxin also smiled helplessly. 80% of the people in front of him didn't understand what he was saying. Only the few translators could understand him. But he still had to speak at length about these words, which was really boring.
Several teams were first reorganized by their respective leaders who were taking a rest, and then representatives from various countries hurried into the palace.
By the time you were completely settled in, you had already arrived at the dinner party, and Shen Yan and Lu Wan finally ran into each other.
At the end of the day, Lu Wan felt that he was almost exhausted. Today he had finally seen how complicated a state banquet was.
The first people to come were all important people from various countries, so security had to be done well. The Minister of Rites and Lu Wan each had their own responsibilities. The Minister of Rites was responsible for various etiquette, while Lu Wan was responsible for the food and singing and dancing performances at the banquet.
Moreover, Lu Wan was also responsible for the part that interested him the most, which was the treasures presented by various countries. These things were as abundant as water, and all flowed into the national treasury. Lu Wan only touched and jostled them.
Most of them are relatively rare, and are specialties from various countries and regions. They are not often seen in Dongxia.
The young emperor even showed special favor to the princess, allowing her to choose some of her favorite treasures from the tribute that the Rouran Kingdom had sent as tribute, in order to ease his homesickness for the past few days.
The Rouran princess was also happy to hang out with Lu Wan, so she spent the entire day in the national treasury with Lu Wan.
However, after coming into contact with the national treasury, Lu Wan discovered that the items placed in the treasury were basically things that could not be sold.
That is to say, if the country really goes to war, there will be nothing left to support their food supplies, and most of the things will only be used for viewing.
Lu Wan thought to himself: If the country goes to war, where will the money come from? The national treasury was empty, drought hit the south, and the people were living in misery. Even the relief funds given to the victims were donated by some wealthy businessmen in the capital.
If one day those wealthy businessmen united and Bingquan was no longer in the emperor's hands, then the emperor would truly be sidelined. Lu Wan suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter.
Lu Wan suddenly thought, wouldn’t the little emperor be afraid that Shen Yan would take the throne for himself? To be honest, the private treasury of Shen Yan's mansion has much more silver than the national treasury.
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