No shortage of walls

Wu Jun asked:"Is there any news about the Song people's reinforcements and defense change?"

Zhu Hongwu said:"According to the Song army's example, the defense change is still at the end of the year. As for the reinforcements, there is no news. The Song State's investigation is very strict, and I, the Wu State spy, have been The more we come back, the longer we will have to live."

Everyone nodded.

The spy returned to Wu from Yue and passed two checkpoints. It's not that easy. The question is, what happened to the Song Dynasty? Does he want to sit back and watch what happens? This is not very credible. With so many things happening between countries, how could the Song Dynasty sit on the top of the city wall like an individual and watch two or three people fighting below. Whose head is broken has nothing to do with him? At most, just clap your hands? impossible!

Could it be that the emperor has grown up and is aware of the tenderness of women for the first time. Taking advantage of the peace of the Song Dynasty, he renewed the imperial majesty, expanded the harem, and enjoyed the tenderness of his children?

It seems a little too small?

Men only start to like women's tenderness more and more after they are twenty-five years old.

Emperor Song is really hard to guess.

On the seventh day of March, Liu Chengwen, a first-rank official of the Song Dynasty and the Minister of Rites, took a carriage and went to Hezhou Pass of the Xia Kingdom.

The road has been repaired,Not only is it comfortable to sit back, it's also much faster.

On the second day of April, Liu Chengwen arrived at Hezhou Pass.

His Highness Xia Feihong, the seventh prince of the Xia Kingdom and the Southern King, treated Liu Chengwen's arrival as a state guest.

However, there is really nothing the Xia Kingdom can do about the sheep. The people of the Xia Kingdom really don't like raising sheep, and they finally sold them off last year. Herding sheep is time-consuming. No matter it is windy, snowy, rainy or sunny, you have to go out to graze. Moreover, sheep are not as obedient as cattle and horses, so one person cannot herd as much. Xia Min is not so worried about herding sheep. It's not as easy as farming. Farming is hard work, but you don't have to go out if it's windy or rainy; sheep will starve and lose weight if they don't have anything to eat.

There is really nothing I can do about the sheep story. The Imperial family cannot force the people to assign tasks, you have to support them as much as you want.

After several days of conversation, Xia Guo promised five thousand cattle, five thousand horses, and fifty thousand sheep. Sixty thousand dans of miscellaneous grains, cotton, etc. everything is normal.

Xia Guo requested Song Guo's supply to be as normal as possible. The old year's cloth was only completed a few days ago. The most important things are wine, sugar, soap, pencils... well, everything.

The seventh prince has opened up the trade route to the Yan Kingdom in the west. He doesn't mind that there are many goods, and he has also promised Yan Kingdom's miscellaneous grains. As for the Xia Kingdom's rice and peanuts, the output has always been more than twice that of all other countries in the world, and he will never agree to it. selling.

Not only refused to sell. Even the spies of the Song Dynasty have not been able to steal a single seed for many years.

Regarding this point, except for white sugar, there is no problem with anything else. White sugar is determined by the output of sugar cane and green cane. Song State has to supply itself and its neighbors. It is really difficult and there is no way.

But everything else is normal, even the soap contains more vegetable oil. When the officials of the workshop went to the people to place orders, they all asked them to buy more peanuts and cereals, and the imperial edict was issued by newspapers. There were more peanuts in Song Dynasty, and the most important thing was that people from Lu came from the south to transport them.

People from Lu all brought money to buy it. But it is really difficult to only buy but not sell. Cui Zhengyu's study has already requested an order; by the end of the year, not only peanuts, but also sugar cane will be available, but what the raw materials are used for, that Liu Chengwen can know?

Song Xing just gave him a bottom line.

But Liu Chengwen had already received the imperial edict before he came, so he agreed to everything except sugar.

Xia Guo was very happy.

As soon as the credentials were signed, according to the past rules, except that the fat sheep had to wait for the snow to come, other preparations began to be made to purchase and ship goods. It has been so many years. As long as the credentials are finalized, it will be easy to do.

The Seventh Prince's reputation has grown a bit recently, and he is gradually becoming more competitive with the Third Prince, but Emperor Xia has no intention of passing the throne to Xiao'er. After the court year, some old-school important ministers wrote to the emperor to appoint the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince.

The seventh prince is already a little ambitious and his courage is gradually growing; but the father is still in his prime of youth; according to the rules, the seventh prince should have little hope.

It's just that the seventh prince is in charge of business and has more money in his hands. He also has the support of the newly rich courtiers, and Emperor Xia did not immediately canonize the third prince.

If this happens, the situation in the court will become a little strange.

It is precisely because Emperor Xia has just passed 500,000 years old and there is still a long time to live. The courtiers privately believed that the Sacred Heart was difficult to resolve.

The king's father was still young, and the courtiers could only mention the matter of appointing a prince according to ancient customs. The emperor was unreasonable, and no one dared to mention it all the time.

Ancient rules must be mentioned, but if you keep mentioning them, the emperor will think about the ministers' thoughts, which will be very dangerous.

Xia Tian has been a counselor for so many years. Naturally, he understands that although his master is bold and ambitious, he always wants to leave his name to future generations and will not harm his brother for his own benefit. He is not the eldest son of the emperor. If he wins the throne by extraordinary means, he will be criticized by Qing Shi in later generations.

Now that I understand what my master means, as a counselor, I can't say anything unusual. If it touches Ni Lin, Xia Tian knows; the Seventh Prince is not a man of faith.

As a counselor, because of his beautiful handwriting; and when he and the Seventh Prince occasionally went back to meet the Holy Spirit, they were occasionally ordered by the Holy Emperor to copy some insignificant official documents. Naturally, I also have some understanding of the direction of the wind in the court and the Holy Heart and the Holy Will.

Xia Tian knew that Emperor Xia had absolutely no intention of abolishing the elders and establishing the young. The emperors of the past dynasties may have been decisive in killing, perhaps selfless, perhaps mean-spirited, or perhaps dull and useless... There are thousands of possibilities; but to abolish the elders and establish the young, Very rare.

Emperor Xia was a benevolent king. Now the emperor's eldest son, the third prince, assists in government affairs, and the second son, the seventh prince, is in charge of business. Moreover, Emperor Xia did not notice anything unusual about the seventh prince, which is good.

Although the seventh prince said he aspired to the supreme position, he had the same name and everything he did was fair and aboveboard, so Emperor Xia naturally didn't notice anything.

However, since the old faction of the Xia Kingdom's court submitted a letter to appoint a crown prince, while the new nobles supported the seventh prince, and the Holy Heart was not there, all kinds of speculations were inevitable.

After all, does Shengyi think that he is not in a hurry to establish a prince because he is only over 500,000 years old? Or do you want to choose between the third prince and the seventh prince, but you haven't decided which one to choose?

It's just that the matter of establishing a prince cannot be mentioned often, and it's not like the king is about to die. Nowadays, the king can kill a tiger with his bare hands, but the courtiers can only mention it once according to ancient custom; the rest is only speculation.

The most difficult thing in the world is guessing. But accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, and you can only guess.

Because Xia Tian came back the next day after Liu Chengwen left. The Seventh Prince asked about what he saw in the court.

Xia Tian cupped his hands. Said:"Go back to Your Highness! Your Majesty didn't say anything. He just ordered his subordinates to copy the decree announcement of Pangu Yenuwa Empress Temple, and then ordered his subordinates to take people to post it everywhere, and then he went back to the court to reply." At this point, Xia Tian's face was very happy, and even his voice was cheerful. Said:"Your Majesty saw that his subordinates were doing well. He promoted his subordinates to a higher level and made up for his salary from the sixth rank starting from the new year!" The seventh prince already knew about this; his confidant was loved by the Sacred Heart. , and I was very happy. Hearing this, he smiled and said:"You are serious about your work, and it is right for the Holy Heart to give advice." Because it was Xia Tian who suggested the deal with Song Dynasty; and he had been very considerate in handling things in the past three years, so Emperor Xia and the Seventh Prince trusted Xia Tian very much.