my days with tyrants

Chapter 158 Dancing on Three Eggs

"Yang Feng, the envoy of the Great Xia Kingdom, has seen the princess."

With a fake smile on Yang Feng's face, he joined the meeting with his aunt and sister-in-law.

"The widow's participation in this grand event is thanks to the ambassador's creativity. May the Buddha bless the ambassador."

Concubine Lu, who had already taken off her filial piety clothes, also hypocritically paid back the gift, like a virtuous and virtuous chaste woman, and then people ignored him and continued to talk to her sister-in-law.She has already passed the filial piety period, and her married daughter will be kept for one year, and she is one of the biggest sponsors of this grand event of the Hundred Monks' Crossing to the West, so naturally her presence is indispensable.

The little princess chatted happily with her sister-in-law.

After all, her sister-in-law is also a big customer of the bank, even if the future King Lu was not born to her, she is still the real Princess Lu...

Aunt!
So she still has the final say on Lu Fan's property.

Although there is no King Lu now, the vassal fields of the Lu Fan still exist, and the various industries operated by the Prince Lu Mansion also exist. These add up to a huge amount of wealth, because there is no King Lu, just a few women and a child, instead Expenses have dropped sharply, and wealth has accumulated rapidly.

And the little princess is always full of affection for those who can give her money.

Yang Feng stood beside him very coldly, while Zhang Ying watched coldly...

"ambassador!"

A voice called from behind.

Yang Feng turned his head quickly, and behind him were the main and deputy envoys of this trip.

"I, Qian Guxun, the Xingrensi Xingren, is ordered to go to the West with the order. This is Li Sicong, the Deputy Xingrensi Xingren. Before leaving, Your Majesty has an order. This trip should be guided by the ambassador.

I wonder if the ambassador is free? "

The leader said.

There are still some things that are obviously conspiracy in this trip. Of course, His Majesty can't tell His Majesty this kind of thing, but others don't understand. This is indeed Yang Feng's work, and Zhu Yuanzhang has already greeted him.

Yang Feng looked at the sister-in-law and sister-in-law very reluctantly, they were chatting happily holding hands, and Princess Lu used a round fan to cover her laughter from time to time...

Yang Feng laughed so hard that his hair stood on end.

But in the end he left with the two, looking back from time to time as he walked.

"Ambassador, is it dangerous for the princess to meet Princess Lu's sister-in-law? Why does the ambassador look worried?"

Qian Guxun said with a smile.

He is a Jinshi of Xinke, among the top three No. 30.

"Uh, how can there be any danger in the meeting of sisters-in-law? What's more, there are soldiers here!"

Yang Feng said.

They are indeed in no danger!
But he is in danger!

In case the little princess sees something wrong, she can be very troublesome when she goes back. This little girl is getting smarter and more vigilant now. She is no longer the good girl she used to be. If the sister-in-law is really hooking up, it is hard to predict her reaction. It is said that Yang Feng really misses the little princess who has no evil intentions and directly helps him seduce Zhang Ying...

How innocent and cute!

The good old days are gone forever.

Of course, now we can only resign ourselves to fate.

He and two pedestrians then boarded the latter's ship.

The Pedestrian Division was very important in the early Ming Dynasty.

In this yamen, there is currently one secretary, two deputies, and 37 pedestrians.

but……

All pedestrians are Jinshi.

Among the top three Jinshi, in addition to being sent to other places to be county magistrates, the main thing is to arrange for human affairs.

Forty Jinshi!

How many yamen can have this kind of treatment?
These pedestrians only do things according to the imperial decree, and no other yamen has the right to interfere, and it is not limited to such things as envoys. In fact, the pedestrians currently have a lot of powers, such as envoys to vassals, comforting chieftains, inspecting vassals' fiefs, and even investigating for the emperor. People, they all do it.

It's a bit like patrolling the censor.

But it's not like patrolling the censor to fix an area.

They are the emperor, let them go wherever they want, even the tea-horse trade and even the recruiting of talents, and they will even participate in the trial of some special cases. It coincides with the power of those eunuchs later...

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not use eunuchs, used them to do what the eunuchs did later.

Or later, those emperors who could no longer trust civil servants replaced pedestrians with eunuchs.

Including many eunuchs on missions.

"You two, in fact, there is only one real mission for you, which is to coax the Sultan of Delhi to offer a horse.

None of that else matters.

For example, to deal with Timur in partnership, you don’t want to mention this, he would like to, Timur is his deadly enemy.For example, trade, this is also their dream, but they can't cross the South Seas, and the small countries in the Strait of Malacca simply don't allow them to cross.So don't care about these things, make promises casually, coax them as much as possible, the key is to ask them to donate horses, as long as they are willing to donate horses every year, then other things are easy to talk about, the more they donate, the better.

If they agree to donate horses, you will bring some of them by sea when you come back.

In addition, it is mainly land.

His Majesty will arrange for Song Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, to send troops out of Jiayuguan and go south to pick up their envoys. "

Yang Feng said.

That is the value of the Delhi Sultanate.

They really have nothing else but to provide good horses for Daming. Even if they have, they can be solved by normal trade, and war horses have never been in normal trade. It is controlled, not foreign trade.

This kind of war horse is also very precious to themselves.

Of course, unless you give too much.

Besides, compared with Mawarima, it is more important to get a strong support to deal with Timur.

They were later wiped out by Timur.

The transportation of a large number of horses must be done by land, that is, the commercial road from India to the Karakoram Pass. At this time, the area around Khotan belonged to the Handongwei of Jumi, and the route from Khotan to Jiayuguan was already the active area of ​​​​the Ming army. .In fact, before Yang Feng appeared, Lan Yu had led the army there. After that, King Jin was forced to march westward. Several chiefs from Hami to Khotan, including Qinghai, surrendered. Start turning to Turpan.So this transportation line is already very safe, and even the Uzbek ministries that can be threatened from the other side have surrendered. In short, as long as the Delhi Sultanate is willing to donate horses, then it can be continuously sent to the Ming army through this line.

And at this time, Daming has no shortage of places to raise horses...

There is wasteland everywhere!
Especially when the soybean planting industry is started, sorghum planting is also started. In the future, the feed will be sufficient, and the horses will be freed.

Not only cavalry, cavalry do need good war horses, and transportation also needs horses. The wooden rails in Liaodong have been repaired to Liaohai Acropolis. According to the response there, the effect is very good, and the use of manpower remains the same. It has been doubled in the past, so it is continuing to extend forward and is going to be repaired all the way to Jilin City.

But this is supported by the carriage.

It can't do without horses.

"What if they want firearms?"

Qian Guxun said.

"Give!

You just brought some rapid-fire guns and three-eyed guns.

These will have to be eliminated from Daming's firearms within ten years at the most, and turned into junk that no one wants, and they are only used by ordinary people to hunt wild ducks. There is no need to care about these things. "

Yang Feng said.

There is really no need to care about these.

After all, the output of matchlock guns has begun to increase steadily. The last actual combat exercise made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied with this thing. It was a real actual combat exercise and fully tested its value.As for the light cannon, it is already being cast, but because the target of the battle does not have a solid city wall, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to cast a catty of shells.Of course, the lighter the better when chasing nomadic cavalry on the grassland. In fact, the Ming army loved rapid-fire cannons, especially the ones carried by camels. Even now, some generals are not very interested in light cannons.

Rapid-fire guns are king on the prairie.

The camel squatted and sprayed five bursts at the nomadic cavalry, and then the cavalry rushed out and chopped.

But in the future, the Ming army will not just fight nomadic cavalry.

In places like Southwest Mountains and Southeast Asia, you can't expect that thing to bombard people's city walls.

Still have to rely on real cannons.

So even if the rapid-fire gun and the three-eyed gun are new firearms, there is no need to hide them now. At this time, India did not have firearms. Their earliest firearms appeared 50 years later, so it is easier for them to offer horses with these firearms as bait. .

Besides, after they got the firearms, they would definitely provoke Timur as soon as possible.

This is a good thing.

If the Delhi Sultanate and Timur can really achieve certain results, then Daming will only need to pull them from time to time to consume Timur. It is best for them to form a long-term tug of war.

"One more thing, you have to pay attention, the Delhi Sultan or the Sutan you used to translate are not Buddhists."

Yang Feng said.

"Ambassador, I am from Yuyao, Zhejiang Province. I have been dealing with maritime merchants for generations. I still know what Sutan means, but because of this, I am a little puzzled. Is there really any Buddhism in the country under Sutan's rule? The ambassador asked a group of Why do you find it absurd that monks go to the country ruled by Sotan to seek Buddhist teachings and worship Buddhist holy places?"

Qian Guxun said with a smile.

"Uh, well, it can't be said that it is all ruled by the Delhi Sultanate. There are actually many small countries there, and there are also some other believers in the Delhi Sultanate."

Yang Feng put on a posture that I was just talking nonsense with my eyes open and said.

"So it turns out, this Su Tan is lenient, it's really rare!"

Qian Guxun also put on a gesture of telling nonsense with my eyes open if this is the case.

Then the two shameless people laughed at the same time.

In fact, the masters may not really know about this kind of thing. After all, maritime trade has been prosperous in the past hundreds of years, and the situation of Indian Buddhism should be a little bit heard.But this kind of thing can only be regarded as rumors after all. Besides, it is not important for the masters whether they can get the Dharma, what is important is the publicity effect brought about by this matter itself.

Just look at the people on the shore seeing off, and you will know the effect of this westward journey.

Dharma is not important.

The most important thing is to let the common people pay attention to Buddhism.

"Ambassador, my two trips are not limited to Delhi. Your Majesty also has an order to go to Myanmar to proclaim the order to mediate the dispute between Luchuan and Myanmar."

Li Sicong said.

"This is just right, you can go to the Delhi Sultanate first, and when you come back, take the horses to Burma, and then take the land to Yunnan, otherwise the long-distance sea transport to the capital does not know how many horses will be left alive, so it will be easier to take the land. But the time must be calculated well, and winter must pass, otherwise it will be hard to say whether the two of you will be safe during the rainy season. They have three seasons of cool, dry and rainy seasons a year. The rainy season is when diseases are rampant. The most comfortable. As for the matter between Myanmar and Luchuan, that Yang is not very clear, it is nothing more than some interest competition, what else is there in their poor place, the only thing worth money is a Mogok well."

Yang Feng said.

Just let them go to Myanmar when they come back.

What if something happens?

It is estimated that they will come back next year. They are official envoys. Unlike those masters, they can go back to China directly after completing the official exchanges with the Delhi Sultanate. At that time, the Annan War is almost over.

They took a large number of gifts from the Delhi Sultanate and strategic resource-level horses to Myanmar. What if any chieftain was greedy?
Wouldn't that be perfect?
As for the current matter of Myanmar and Luchuan, it is actually the leader of Luchuan, Si Lun, who dared not dare to be beaten after being beaten continuously, but he did not want to give up his ambition, so he turned to beat Myanmar. Myanmar asked His Majesty the Emperor for help, Zhu Yuanzhang Send someone to make both of them behave.At this time, the Ming Emperor's authority in the southwest was still sufficient, and Myanmar was not strong at this time. The real strong one was this Luchuan Silunfa, but he had already reached the downhill, and he would soon face civil strife. It really deserves Daming's attention.But for Yang Feng, even if there is no opportunity, he must create opportunities as much as possible. What if there is a brain twitch, just a moment of dizziness?
Besides, even if there is no such thing, it is nothing more than making these two envoys a little bit tired.

In this way, the two envoys got what they wanted from Yang Feng.

Yang Feng got off the boat immediately.

And the little princess and Princess Lu who had finished chatting were already waiting for him.

"Ambassador, you are busy with work."

Princess Lu said calmly.

"Uh, a little matter is mainly entrusted by your majesty."

Yang Feng said.

This woman is getting more and more alluring.

Of course, it could be too long.

"Sister-in-law said to go back on the same boat with us."

said the little princess.

"Same, on the same boat, that's naturally welcome."

Yang Feng said.

"I'm afraid that the ambassador will find it inconvenient for me to board the ship alone!"

Princess Lu said.

"The princess was joking, you are the relatives, and I am the outsider."

Yang Feng said.

At this time, the masters started boarding the ship. Taking advantage of the little princess's eyes turning to that side, Princess Lu gave him a bewitching glance, then turned around and raised three fingers behind her back. Then there was a provocative laugh from the seductress in front of her.

"What to look at, I don't know what she is doing!"

Yang Feng looked at Zhang Ying and said.

Then Zhang Ying smiled and raised three fingers in front of him...

"Don't mess around!"

Yang Feng said sadly.

He is dancing on three eggs!
"Ha, I don't care, wait for me when the time comes."

Zhang Ying also said enchantingly.

(Right now I feel like an old man who has run out of energy and has to write a bit and then take a break to write a bit more, then rest and write again, I burn until my face fades, my mom sweeps my hair and my wife Eyelids hurt, but my son is now fully recovered)

(End of this chapter)