Chapter 720 Pingzhou Enters
Xianbei Royal Court
Today is September 26th. Tuoba Khan estimated the time and planned to set off.
The current location of their Xianbei royal court is not far from Hancheng. It is enough to set off three or five days in advance and travel there slowly.
At this time, Tuoba Jin found Tuoba Khan and said, "Father Khan, we can't go like this."
Tuoba Khan looked at his second son. Why couldn't he do this? Why couldn't he do it?
"I've heard that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the Governor of Pingzhou will be in attendance at the tripartite peace talks, so they're going to have a grand ceremony. If we go like this, it would be a bit too shabby."
Tuoba Khan frowned. He went to negotiate with a team of brave and capable cavalry. It didn't matter if he was shabby. Who would dare to look down on him?
Tuoba Jin said, "Father Khan, I trust your son. We don't know the Han people well enough, but they have a saying: respect the clothes before the person, respect the body before the soul."
"Pingzhou's strength is not weak to begin with, so the display will certainly be large. In order to overwhelm Pingzhou in terms of momentum, Dali will certainly put on a grand display. We Xianbei must not differ too much from Dali and Pingzhou in terms of display. Otherwise, the peace talks will be difficult, and it will be disadvantageous to us Xianbei." These were all reminded to him by the Han retainers under Tuoba Jin, who analyzed them one by one for him.
When the members of the Xianbei royal court heard this, they all supported Tuoba Jin.
"Khan, what the Second Prince said is not without reason. Isn't there a saying among the Han people that goes, 'Clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse?'"
The Xianbei were short of supplies, so losing to Dali and Pingzhou was nothing, but if the gap was too big, it would be too embarrassing.
"Yes, we must not let this little thing affect the interests of our Xianbei people."
Tuoba Khan looked at Tuoba Jin and said, "Second Brother, how about you take charge of this matter? We must not let our Xianbei royal court lose its momentum."
Tuoba Jin said happily, "I obey your command!"
After receiving the task, he went to do his work.
Tuoba Lian thought for a moment, followed him out, and reminded him, "Second brother, who taught you those words just now? Was it a Han Chinese retainer under your tutelage?"
Tuoba Jin did not answer but asked, "Seventh Brother, is there something wrong?"
Tuoba Lian knew that he didn't want to talk to him anymore, but there were some things he still wanted to say, "Second brother, the Khans are as cunning as foxes and cannot be trusted."
Tuoba Jin laughed, "Seventh Brother, you worry too much."
Tuoba Jin just felt that Lao Qi was jealous of him. Cao Huating was so useful... and he made money by relying on himself.
Two days later, Tuoba Khan and other members of the royal court got on the luxurious carriages provided for them.
After sitting down, they nodded with satisfaction. It was so fancy and interesting.
Cao Huating happily accepted the large amount of wool that Tuoba Jin traded to him.
He thought to himself, this isn’t a bad deal. By processing the wool, maybe he can make back the governor’s travel expenses?
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Lu Songli and his group successfully landed at the Leling County Pier by boat, and then took the shortest route to enter the Hedong area.
After entering the Hedong territory, the heads of the three major families in Hedong came personally to greet them.
Qin Sheng took a quick look and discovered that all the men brought by the three great family heads were handsome men. Some were extremely handsome, some were heroic, and some even had outstanding temperaments...
Qin Sheng: ...No, what do these Hedong families want to do?
The officials who followed him gasped at first.
Oh my god, all the outstanding unmarried sons of the three great families have come out of the cave, right? How bold!
What's even more outrageous is that the guy at the very edge, although his looks outshined all the older brothers, is a little young, maybe only twelve years old?
The heads of the three major families were all very satisfied with the results.
Those who can come with the governor are all young talents and are worth looking at.
They let their children go out for a walk, thinking that it didn't matter if there were no fish or shrimp.
If Pingzhou wins the final victory, then the people surrounding the governor now will be the upstarts of the new dynasty, worthy of the children of their aristocratic families.
Pei Ruowang, in particular, was extremely satisfied. The handsome twelve-year-old boy was his, hehe.
The officials who followed exchanged glances with each other and learned what they had learned.
High-end business wars often use the most simple and unpretentious means.
The methods used by the aristocratic families are indeed dirty.
They didn't dare to so blatantly covet the governor and the Sixth Master's people...
Qin Zhao, who was at the back, looked at his sixth brother with sympathy. There were quite a lot of people secretly trying to poach his talents.
Qin Sheng caught the expressions of the three family heads of Pei Ruowang. He snorted softly. These families are really crazy! Fortunately, he came. Humph!
Qin Sheng simply ignored the fact that there were several other beautiful women with stunning looks and extraordinary talents. Married women also came out to socialize, but they were hidden among them and were not too conspicuous.
Qin Sheng glanced at them again and again, and his oppressive gaze made most of the young talents he glanced at turn their heads away unconsciously.
On September 29th, Song Mo's imperial carriage stopped at a village in Dali, the closest to Hancheng.
After taking the medicine, Song Mo asked about the situation in Pingzhou and Xianbei. "Have Pingzhou's Lü Songli and Xianbei's Tuoba Duoji arrived?"
"Your Majesty, yes, Governor Lu has arrived, and Tuoba Khan has also arrived..." Lin Ran briefly described their situation.
Song Mo sneered. Lu Songli actually brought the younger generations of the Qin and Lu families and other important officials with him? He really didn't know how to live or die.
After Lin Ran finished his report, Song Mo waved him away.
As soon as Lin Ran went out, she was stopped by the imperial physician at the corner.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
The imperial physician's face was filled with worry. "Lord Lin, could you please not let the emperor work so hard?"
Lin Ran asked back, "Imperial Physician Lin, do you think I can make the decision on this?" The emperor asked, how could he not answer?
Imperial Physician Lin also knew that Commander Lin could not make the decision on this matter, but what if, what if he could persuade the emperor?
If Lin Ran knew what he was thinking at this moment, she would at least say, "My fellow villager, you think too highly of me."
"Imperial Physician Lin, you just need to do your best and don't think too much about other things." Lin Ran patted his shoulder and left.
Imperial Physician Lin sighed and tugged at his beard with worry. Why had he been assigned such a task? The Emperor's body was in such poor condition. If he rested well, he might have at least a year or two left to live. If he were to ruin his health, even a deity would be powerless to save him.
Early in the morning of September 30th, Lu Songli and his group got up, had breakfast at Xue's hospitality, and then got ready to set off.
Xue Jin reported, "Governor, the imperial carriage of Song Mo from Dali and the Xianbei Khan and his entourage have arrived, but they haven't entered the Hancheng Plain yet."
The Hancheng Plain is very open, so it was chosen as the location for the tripartite talks.
Guo Chong said, "Da Li will definitely be the last to arrive." It's understandable that they think of themselves as a big country and want to be the last to appear.
"Why don't we, Pingzhou, enter first?" Lu Desheng said.
"Okay." Lu Songli did not compete for the finale. Strength is respected, and the pomp and circumstance is not that important.
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