Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 555 Effortless
"Your Majesty, look, the man is intact, so I don't have to lose my life, right? See how strong he is, how happy he is!"

Xia Houzao threw the prince of Baicheng Kingdom in front of Liu Chang like a chicken, and said proudly.

Liu Chang couldn't help but look at the prince. The prince's appearance at the moment is quite embarrassing. He is covered in mud and emits a bad smell. He is more like a coward than those who have worked in corvee for more than ten years. At this moment, he is terrified. Looking around, I can't speak, there are faint tears flickering, no matter how I look at it, it has nothing to do with being strong and happy.

"Zao!! Didn't I say I wanted to invite him over? Why did you tie him up?! Look at his face again, you're going to ruin my big business!"

Xia Houzao was taken aback, and quickly loosened the rope on the man, and then spit into his hand, ready to help him wipe his face, but unfortunately, Lu Lu couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward and kicked Xiahou on the ground. Stove's ass, "Get out! Get out!!"

Xia Houzao glared at Lu Lu, but seeing that His Majesty's face was a little dark, he didn't dare to say anything, and left here rubbing his buttocks. Instead, Xiahouzao's adjutant stayed here, and there was another interpreter He didn't leave either, Lu Lu's face immediately changed into a smile, he stepped forward with a smile, and was about to help the prince up, but the prince was trembling with fright, Lu Lu helped him up, and asked him in bad body language Well, in fact, Lu Lu used the language of the Peacock Kingdom, which was different from the Baicheng Kingdom.

But the prince could still understand. He stood up in surprise and looked around. Is this Chang'an?

That tall and mighty giant is the rumored Emperor Han?

Are you safe? ?

Amidst the excitement, the prince couldn't help speaking, speaking so fast that Lu Lu and Liu Chang couldn't understand at all. Fortunately, the translator translated his words to Liu Chang in time.

"Your Majesty, he said that he is Japalo, the prince of the Baicheng Kingdom. When he came to visit the emperor, he met a robber. All the things he was going to present to the emperor were robbed. He said that the robber looked like he brought him here. The general who is here, but the gang of robbers are muddy and messy, and they are savages in the mountains."

Liu Chang grinned, and couldn't help looking at Lu Lu, "This guy is quite smart, not bad."

"You tell him that the robber has been subdued, so he doesn't have to worry, I won't blame him for losing the tribute to me!"

"Let their king make up for it!"

The translator from the Dianke Mansion was taken aback, and then translated the emperor's words to the prince. Gapallo was just happy that he was saved at the moment, and he didn't care about other things at all. He was lucky after the catastrophe, and he thanked him very gratefully. The emperor asked himself to go down to freshen up before meeting the emperor, but Liu Chang stopped him, "When you come to the big man, you should be accompanied by officials from Dianke. Where did those officials go? And are your followers along the way?" Is there any behavior of deceiving the people?!"

Liu Chang frowned, looking serious.

The prince heard this and hurriedly explained; "Your Majesty, when we arrived at Longxi, those big Han officials said that something urgent happened, so they left first, and asked them to stay there, saying that some disaster happened. As for the bullying People, we have never done this before. When we came, some people’s livestock blocked the way, and we were not allowed to pass first, and a dispute arose.”

Liu Chang looked at the lieutenant general of Xia Houzao, who was more reliable, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, when we passed by, we also saw a conflict between them. At that time, a man was holding a whip and driving away several peasants People, Taiwei Xiahou saw it, he was furious, and rushed up to do it at that time."

Liu Chang probably understood, he still had a straight face, and said seriously: "This is a big man, and a big man has the law of a big man. Even the emperor, he can't beat others at will. It's different from your place. Here, just You must abide by the laws of the great man, if such a thing happens again, and deal with it according to the law, your father will not dare to say anything, do you understand?!"

The prince nodded, and hastily apologized.

The prince is still very clever, without that kind of dandy character, without any arrogance, so Liu Chang let him go back to rest.

"The relationship between Peacock and Baicheng has never been very good. The Peacock Kingdom has always wanted to annex them, but it doesn't have the strength. Now the Peacock King is leaning on us, unscrupulous, knocking on the side many times. Baicheng is already very Don't worry, if you can make good use of this point, it will be a good thing for the big man. The Baicheng Kingdom has a large land and rich resources, although it is not as good as the Peacock Kingdom, but it is definitely considered a big country in the Central Plains, not to mention we need it."

Lu Lu nodded.

"Just do what Chen Hou said, give him a very high treatment, send someone to get in touch with him, and it's best to get the king of Baicheng to come to the big man's forehead in person, so, don't rush to do it yet , Go and call those two old men over!"

"Those two?"

"My master and Marquis Chen!"

"only!!"

Lu Lu quickly called these two old men to Liu Chang. In fact, Liu Chang can go to Chen Ping for this kind of thing. There is no need to call the two old men. But the problem is, Liu Chang I really enjoy the feeling of two old men making suggestions for me. This was my father's enjoyment at the beginning. I have to experience my father's happiness.

During these days, the two old men discussed the situation of being poisoned many times, and formulated a series of policies. They did not involve anyone, and the result of the discussion was directly issued to Feng Ke, who was on the poisoning side. Respectfully.

When the two arrived, Liu Chang had already prepared tea and food for them.

Liu Chang smiled obsequiously, asked the two to sit down, exchanged false greetings for a while, and then revealed his purpose.

"The prince of Baicheng Kingdom is here."

Han Xin narrowed his eyes, "The king of Baicheng is not stupid. He knows the reason for the arrogance of the Peacock Kingdom, and he can send his only son as a hostage. It is a bit courageous, yes, it can be used."

"Do I have to find a way to get their king to come in person?"

Chen Ping nodded, "Yes, this is also very simple. As long as the Peacock Kingdom puts enough pressure, their king will definitely come. Just leave this matter to the old minister."

"As long as their king comes here in person and sets a precedent, we can buy horse bones with thousands of dollars, forcing many kings who are poisoned to come to see them one after another. At that time, the big man will have sufficient power to interfere in all matters related to poisoning the body. Cheng and Peacock are at odds, they all want to be favored by the big man, but the small countries around them are the most afraid of being annexed. These are our best swords"

When Chen Ping began to speak in a contemplative state, countless executable conspiracies seemed to appear in his mind for a while. From Liu Chang's point of view, at that moment, Chen Hou's face would be It has become gloomy, and the whole body seems to be filled with the taste of conspiracy, which is very disturbing, and it is simply the image of a big villain.

Liu Chang was very helpless about this, he is such a wise and benevolent king, why is he surrounded by some villain templates?

Chen Ping looks like a villain, and the master who has rebelled many times also looks like a villain. Zhang Buyi looks like a villain standing there, even his grandmother. Keke, anyway, it is only me. Looking at it from a distance, I know it is A benevolent, righteous and wise emperor has nothing to do with villains.

Chen Ping asked to do this, but Han Xin frowned, but didn't say much.

If Chen Ping wants to do it, Liu Chang will naturally not send someone else, and sending anyone can't compare to letting Chen Hou do it by himself.

When Chen Ping said goodbye and left, Han Xin did not go with him. He looked at Liu Chang seriously and told him, "It's better to send more imperial doctors to follow Chen Ping. His health is getting worse and worse. He is too old. An old man who is over seventy years old, and now he still has to run around for you, you have to treat him kindly."

"Teacher, I know. But Chen Hou himself can't stay idle. Every time I let him go home, he still can't help but write a letter when he encounters something. At his age, I'm afraid that he won't do anything. , but it will make him lose that anger. At his age, it may not be a bad thing if he has something to accomplish."

"Around his mansion, I have sent four imperial physicians to live around his house, and the car that can drive to him at any time is also built by Shang Fang himself, and it is extraordinarily stable."

Han Xin nodded and left.

Chen Ping was still very efficient in his work. On the second day, he sent someone to invite the poisonous prince over.

He still bears the name of a food and goods mansion, and poisoning is a long-term trade object of the big man, so there is no problem for Chen Ping to meet the prince.When the prince arrived, he knew that the old man was currently the chief official in charge of the trade of the big man. The main purpose of Baicheng Kingdom's coming to the big man was to get the help of the big man. Since the Peacock Kingdom started doing business with the big man, its national strength has risen rapidly. , The various materials of the big man have greatly strengthened their strength.

The ordnance transported in the past alone allowed the Peacock Kingdom to "exchange shotguns for cannons", and the strength of the army has greatly increased. Originally, the Baicheng people could use the terrain to compete with them, but now the equipment is crushed and the number of people is inferior. They couldn't afford it anymore, and took the initiative to return many areas. If this continues, Baicheng Kingdom will once again become a part of Peacock Kingdom.

As the largest kingdom split from the Peacock Kingdom, the Baicheng people don't miss the time when the Peacock Kingdom ruled them, because the Baicheng is in the south, and the core of Peacock's rule is in the north. It’s not good, they are often the ones who are sent to death, they have to pay the most taxes, and they are always discriminated against and humiliated by the Peacock Northlanders. King Ashoka once threw a prince from Baicheng into his fighting beast In the arena, let him fight the tiger with bare hands, and finally died tragically.

After the tragic death of the prince, Ashoka said with disdain that the warriors in the south were at this level, and he didn't even return the body in the end.

Putting it in the Huaxia region, it is probably equivalent to Zhou Tianzi calling the surrendered King of Chu to kill him, and humiliating him after death. No one can bear it.

They eagerly want to do business with the great Han and become their vassals so that the Peacock Kingdom will not dare to do anything against them and strengthen their own strength. They do not have the ambitions of the Peacock King, as long as they can maintain their territory.

Gapallo was ready, put on clean clothes, studied etiquette with the servants for several hours, remembered the official's situation, and pondered the next conversation repeatedly in his mind. He is not the biological son of the current king of Baicheng, Sudakaloni, but he is adopted, because he is a member of the clan and smart since he was a child, so he was favored by the king, so he was adopted as his son, and because the king himself His son was stupid and incompetent, so the king simply made him the prince.

After preparing, Japaro followed the officials and came to meet the minister.

However, the moment he saw Chen Ping, he felt a little disappointed.

This is a messy old man in front of him. Although he is dressed gorgeously, he doesn't seem to have any spirit. He is old, his eyes are dull, his whole person looks a little dull, and his mind is not so clear. The prince couldn't understand it, didn't it mean that the population of Han people is extremely large?How can such an old person continue to be reused?

Although he was very disappointed in his heart, he didn't show it. Instead, he greeted him very politely, and there was no mistake in the etiquette.

Chen Ping looked at him in a daze, "Are you here for business?"

"What do you have?"

The translator on the side hurriedly translated his words to the prince, and the two were able to communicate normally.

After years of development, today’s Dianke has many translators, and the translations are becoming more and more accurate. The situation of the amateur translator who translated “sucking human milk” will not appear again.

The prince hastily told all about his own domestic products and his admiration for the big man. He spoke confidently, but of course there were some exaggerations.

However, Chen Ping's eyes quickly turned disappointed.

"These are not as good as the Peacock Kingdom. The Peacock Kingdom bought [-] crossbows from us. In this transaction, they have to send [-] vehicles for what you just said."

The prince was a little helpless, but still said with a smile; "We admire the big man very much, and we are willing to become the vassal state of the big man."

Chen Ping suddenly laughed and shook his head, "You are about to perish, how can you be our vassal state? Forget it, forget it, what you can give, the peacock can also give, you go back!"

Chen Ping waved his hands, without saying a word, turned and left without even stopping, and the prince's face changed drastically after hearing the translation, he thought again of the [-] crossbows that the other party said just now, and he was about to perish?Is this the Peacock Kingdom planning to obtain a large amount of supplies from the big man, and then attack us? ?Dahan already knew?Will Dahan send troops?
At that moment, countless thoughts appeared in the young prince's mind, which made him extremely uneasy.

He really wanted to rush in and ask the old man, but he couldn't say anything.

It was at this moment that Chen Ping's subordinates hurried away with his letter and headed for the palace.

The prince stayed here for a few more days, but he didn't go out to watch, and he couldn't even eat food. He was terrified. After seeing the big man, he knew how terrible this empire is. If they help with all their strength, the Peacock Kingdom It's too easy to swallow Baicheng Kingdom, and I can't stop it at all.

"Minister, please tell that old man again. I still want to meet him. Actually, we still have a lot of supplies. There are many, many more."

Prince Baicheng pulled the officials who served him, his face full of anxiety.

Because, in the past few days, the official's attitude towards him has become more and more indifferent.

At the beginning, he was extremely enthusiastic, but now he is becoming more and more indifferent day by day. What does this mean?The big man is ready to fall to the peacock? ?

The official looked at the prince with some pity, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's too late for you to visit now, by the way, do you have any skills that can sustain you?"

"I want to meet the emperor!!"

"The emperor is very busy and cannot meet easily"

"I beg you to report it."

The official raised his head and coughed a few times. The prince suddenly realized that he turned over and over again, but couldn't find anything good. Finally, he took out the jewelry he was wearing, a gold necklace that was close to the body. Therefore, he was not robbed by Xia Houzao, and now this is the only property he has.

After getting the things, the official agreed to report to the emperor for him.

All this convinced the prince more and more that the big man had fallen to the Baicheng Kingdom, and the Peacock Kingdom would soon attack him.

The emperor was the prince who met in the hall of Xuanshi.

"His Majesty!!!"

The prince knelt in front of the emperor, "We have admired the big man for a long time. My father always talked about you and respected you. Let me treat you like my father when I came to Chang'an. He was physically ill before. He is sick and cannot come in person, but now he is much better, he is going to visit His Majesty in person and become His Majesty's minister, His Majesty does not need to be crowned king, as long as he can lead a horse for His Majesty, we are already very satisfied!"

"Baicheng Kingdom is willing to build ten statues for you in the country, so that people in the whole country can understand your greatness!"

"We will also send all the treasures in the country to you"

It can be seen that the prince has done enough homework and has already learned about the emperor's hobbies in advance.

Liu Chang looked at him with some embarrassment, as if he was a little entangled, but he laughed in his heart, he must be his own old Guohou, it only took three days to pass some verbal hints and the advice of the officials around him. The attitude implied that without saying anything, the prince let the prince make up a picture of Baicheng dying at any time. Looking at it like this, he was even more anxious than himself, but thinking of Chen Hou's letter, Liu Chang still had to pretend Looks like it's hard to do.

"Oh, I've won your hearts. But, the Peacock Kingdom pays tribute to me first, and I can't"

The prince heard the entanglement in the emperor's words, his eyes lit up, and he shouted immediately: "Your Majesty doesn't know that the Peacock Kingdom has a vast land and rich resources, but facing the Holy Son of Heaven, he refused to go all out, and just paid some rotten food to perfuse it." , we are willing to submit to you in an all-round way, we can accept the officials of the big Han, and the domestic taxes and taxes are all up to you to decide."

What the prince said sounds good, but in fact, the big man has no strength to send officials to manage directly, and there is no way to intervene in their internal government affairs, so they can only be sent by the other party. Liu Chang frowned, "I think about it again, you first Go back and come back tomorrow."

Seeing the uneasy prince walking away, Liu Chang couldn't help laughing.

"Lu!! Go and reward Chen Hou with a hundred gold!!"

(End of this chapter)