flstandardbreds Chapter 160 Talks
Chapter 160 Talks
"If we really marry these two countries, then if something happens later, it will be a real trouble."
"Besides, how can the safety and destiny of a country depend on such a marriage? It's ridiculous."
Emperor Qi said: "They Beisha are willing to push their princess out, but I am not willing to let our great Qi man marry the princess of Beisha."
Wei Chu stood there helplessly, listening to Emperor Qi saying things he shouldn't have heard.
He listened with one ear and out with the other, and was thinking about when he could go back home today. He didn't know whether Chaochao and Lin'an would be asleep when he returned.
Fortunately, Chen Yudong, who came in to report the situation, accompanied him to listen to the current emperor scolding the Beisha bandits.
That night, almost all the Daqi officials who attended the banquet closed the doors and windows as soon as they returned to their houses, and began to wildly curse the shameless Beisha and Dongli, as well as Xiwu and Nan, who were spying on them openly and covertly, and were planning to trick them into believing something in order to make enough money from Daqi on the day of the talks.
At the next morning court session, all the gentlemen had dark circles under their eyes, but their spirits were not low. On the contrary, they were all full of energy, as if they were about to do something big in the next second.
When Emperor Qi saw the spirits of his courtiers, he raised his lips slightly and felt happy in his heart.
Good, good, good. Da Qi now has the help of the goddess and such ministers. Why should we worry about the prosperity of Da Qi?
Especially during the morning court session, Wei Chu mentioned that the goddess said she would provide Da Qi with 500 high-quality stallions. In this way, there would be no need to worry about Da Qi having no good horses in the future.
Emperor Qi felt refreshed during this morning court session and felt that he could review dozens more memorials.
After the court was dismissed, he walked steadily back to the Xuanzheng Hall and continued to review the memorials that had been piled up on his desk.
Five days later, the talks among the countries were held as scheduled. Both the public and the government paid great attention to this matter.
The ministers in charge of the talks with various countries were extremely alert. Some officials were still muttering to themselves when they returned home at night, and some even practiced quarreling with their wives at home a month in advance, just to overwhelm other countries at the meeting and maintain the reputation of Da Qi.
On this day, Qin Chaoyan also got up early with Wei Zhao. Wan Zhu was now at the Qiao Workshop, taking care of all the big and small matters on behalf of Qin Chaoyan.
Therefore, there are only Qin Chaoyan, Wei Zhao, and Xiong Da and others in Biluoxuan now.
Qin Chaoyan packed a basket of snacks made by Xiong Er, and left Biluoxuan with Wei Zhao. On the way out of the academy, they met Jiang Guangbai who came to find Jiang Yuandao to join in the fun.
Qin Chaoyan and Wei Zhao were standing at the gate of the academy waiting for them. After a while, they saw Master Jiang and the others coming together.
It seemed like the teachers of Yingtian Academy went out for a tour in a group, and Jiang Guangbai was the tour guide.
He had already booked a private room in Yunke Tower, and a group of people went out in a mighty procession to drink tea together and discuss state affairs.
Among the crowd, Wei Zhao, a little kid, nodded frequently when he heard the teachers' remarks, especially when he heard Qin Chaoyan and Jiang Yuandao speak, he nodded his little head even harder.
Fortunately, Kong Mao, Sima Sun and others also came out. Today, the private rooms on the second floor of Yunke Building are almost all occupied by people from Yingtian Academy.
Qin Chaoyan touched Wei Zhao's head and said, "Go, go with Zhao Xi and the others."
Wei Zhao was a little moved and looked at Jiang Yuandao and the others again.
Jiang Yuandao took a sip of tea slowly and said, "Go, join your peers."
Master Wei laughed and said, "Listen to your mother and master, and stay with your little friend. You don't have to stay with us stubborn masters, haha."
Wei Zhao bowed to all the teachers in the box, and Chen Zhaoxi and others who were waiting outside also bowed. When the teachers waved their hands and asked them to leave quickly, the little dumplings ran away happily and went to their box.
A teacher looked out the window at the people coming and going outside and said with emotion: "I hope this meeting will go smoothly, and goods from all parties will come to Qi, and Daqi's supplies can also be sold."
"Yes." Qin Chaoyan said silently.
On the first day of the talks, Beisha proposed that Daqi should return their second prince immediately, and that Daqi should give Beisha a three-tenths profit from the goods traded. Dongli also jumped out and stood on Beisha's united front.
Xiwu is a centrist who neither agrees with Beisha nor opposes Daqi.
Nan Wu and Gu Quan said that the transportation route from Daqi to their capital was too rugged and difficult to clear. One country lacked food crops, and the other lacked cloth and fruits. They all hoped that the key project of this meeting, the exchange of materials among the five countries, would be successful.
However, transportation between the two countries is a major difficulty.
Nan Wu and Gu Quan's worries are justified, and Da Qi can understand them. If Da Qi had not mastered the cement formula and improved the carriage, and now had good horses and various new inventions in the workshop, they would not have been able to make it.
Da Qi did not dare to propose the plan of exchanging materials among the five countries at this meeting. Qin Chaoyan considered whether to use formations to set up points in various countries, but in the end, she gave up.
She can do it, but what about when her life comes to an end one day?
Therefore, the Qiao Workshop came into being. Qin Chaoyan now only hopes to use her power to bring Da Qi's technological civilization to a higher level, as well as its social civilization.
In this way, even if she dies, these things will still be there, and there will be people who will continue to do what she is doing and move forward in the direction she is heading.
On the first day of talks, none of the countries reached a consensus and the talks came to nothing.
During the talks on the second and third days, Nanwu and Guquan verbally agreed to the opening of the route and supported the treaty of material exchange and peaceful coexistence among the five countries.
On the fifth day, Xiwu agreed, but Guquan changed his mind halfway through.
On the sixth day, envoys from various countries suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. When the first person died, the envoys panicked, and Beisha took the opportunity to provoke.
Inside the Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Qi's face was expressionless. He looked up from reading the memorial and asked, "Have you been to the embassy?"
The person at the bottom was Wei Chu.
"See something?"
"Your Majesty, it's Dark Moon."
"Dark Moon is also involved?" Emperor Qi raised his hand and pinched his brows, saying, "Forget it, I'll give you five days. Within five days, bring the culprit and evidence to me. Can you do it?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After Wei Chu left, Emperor Qi sighed and stared quietly at the birds perched on the treetops outside the window.
"It's bigger, and its wings are stronger."
Eunuch Hong stood behind him, lowered his head and said nothing.
When Wei Chu led a group of people walking through the street, Qin Chaoyan and Wei Zhao were standing in front of a candy figurine stall.
"Mother, it's father."
"Yes, it's him, Lin'an. I'm afraid your father will be even busier these days. If you want to go out, tell mother and I'll take you out."