Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 289 Arriving at the Border (Big Chapter Gaga Gaga)
In the end, we still have to go to the North.

Mei Qian is the most special one among these peace envoys.

Although Mei Qian had her reasons for coming, she was not the official leading the talks after all.

On the contrary, Mei Qian only needs to come out to explain the wool trade this time, and the rest of the time it is up to others to give explanations.

Among the officials participating in the peace talks, the one who was leading the group was Qi Chen’s uncle, Marquis Cheng’en Li Ye.

This man looks more gentle and refined than the Crown Prince Li Junheng. No wonder the old marquis, who was a good military general, suddenly became a civil official when he came to his son.

However, Mei Qian thought of the prince, who seemed to want to inherit her grandfather's fame.

"Master Mei?"

"Oh, sorry."

A group of people were discussing the upcoming negotiations. Mei Qian sat aside and listened, but it was very obvious that she was distracted.

"Regarding the wool trade, Lord Mei, what if the Xirong people find out that we have 'bad intentions' and are unwilling to exchange wool for food?"

"That's what they said they didn't want." Mei Qian was not too surprised by this, and even clapped her hands, "Do the people of Xirong know what their king meant?

After two years of fighting, the supply of various materials has been out of date. The way for ordinary herdsmen to obtain food easily and safely has been destroyed by the royal family. That is their business. "

After Mei Qian said this, everyone laughed.

"After all, there are many short-sighted people in the world. No matter how many great principles you preach to them or how big the picture is, in the end, people will still focus on the little piece of land in front of them, right?"

The people of Xirong are brave and courageous by nature. If you cannot satisfy them, don't blame them for rebelling.

It’s just that Mei Qian was complaining about the people of Xirong, and some people always felt that Mei Qian seemed to be hinting at something.

It seems like I was scolded~
Li Ye, on the other hand, couldn't help but smile at Mei Qian's powerful personality. He would privately take better care of Mei Qian as an elder, and sometimes would take the initiative to help others preserve Mei Qian's image.

How could he not respond to his nephew's request?
Even his son wrote back to say that the person Qi Chen liked was not ordinary.

Not to mention official business, Mei Qian's personality is also different from that of ordinary women in private matters.

For example, when seeing Qi Fei, Qi Fei excitedly rushed towards Mei Qian from a distance. Mei Qian did not scream or dodge, but opened her arms to welcome Qi Fei.

In front of a crowd of stunned people sticking to each other~
Too, too disrespectful!

"Hey! Long time no see, how have you been this year?"

Qi Fei greeted Mei Qian very warmly.

"Everything is fine, I just need someone to go to court with me~"

Mei Qian's words were full of suggestiveness.

Now, the Prince Jing's Mansion in the capital has been rebuilt. Mei Qian heard from Qi Chen that Qi Chen planned to let Qi Fei inherit her father's title.

In the past, Prince Jing had been stationed in Yunzhong City. Part of the reason was that Prince Jing had angered the late emperor, so he was driven out of the capital and had been away from the capital for many years.

Now, regardless of whether Qi Fei will continue to guard Yunzhong City in the future, Prince Jing’s residence in the capital still has to be built.

The Prince Jing's Mansion is on the same street as Mei Qian's Marquis Yongning's Mansion.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Li Ye watched Mei Qian and Qi Fei exchange pleasantries when they met and completely forgot about everyone else, so he quickly reminded them.

Mei Qian and Qi Fei looked at each other secretly when they heard the voice. When Qi Fei did that just now, Mei Qian could tell at a glance what the other party wanted to do.

Qi Fei wanted to support Mei Qian.

Don't think that the emperor is far away and that you can make Mei Qian angry along the way.

At this point, if someone saw that I had such a good relationship with Mei Qian, they would feel guilty, humph~
Mei Qian didn't even need to speak up, Qi Fei could make this group of people pay the price.

Everyone who felt Qi Fei's sharp eyes scratching their scalps suddenly felt even more uneasy and kept complaining in their hearts.

God knows they didn’t dare to do anything to Mei Qian along the way!
Well-informed officials had already received news that the Ministry of Rites had begun preparations for the emperor's wedding.

Although I don’t know the identity of the so-called queen, Mei Qian is so valued by the emperor. What if, what if the queen is Mei Qian?
Even if, at worst, the Queen has other plans, but given the Emperor's current regard for Mei Qian, she will inevitably be given the position of Imperial Concubine in the future, right?

"Princess, the wind and sand are strong here. You all must have had a hard time on the journey. Let's go into the city first."

Mei Qian had already seen that his colleagues, who had been exhausted from the journey, were now looking pale with dismay at Qi Fei's show of power, and hurried to smooth things over.

"That's right. You have come from afar, so you should take a good rest."

Qi Fei's words made everyone feel as if they had been pardoned, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief after entering the city.

This Ansui County is the northernmost county in Xing'an Prefecture, which is the border with Xirong.

The location of the negotiations was fifty miles outside Ansui County, where both sides set up camp and a stage for the meeting.

Mei Qian and the others all had some thoughts in their minds about the other party's caution towards them.

They are on guard like this, could it be that some important person is coming from the other side?
Uh ~
Mei Qian raised her eyebrows at the big shots signing such a humiliating treaty. After all, the Xirong people were strong at heart.

Unlike some people in Anguo, who are so thin-skinned that they get hurt easily by a poke and feel ashamed and angry to death.

Mei Qian said this in private when she was drinking with Qi Fei. Qi Fei immediately laughed out loud. The guards and servants around him immediately stepped back when they saw this, fearing that they might hear something they shouldn't.

"If you say this to others, the officials will definitely say that you are scolding them in a roundabout way!"

"Aren't I just telling you this?"

The spring nights in the north were still chilly. Mei Qian took a sip of the strong liquor. Although she didn't know how to appreciate it and thought it tasted bad, it didn't stop her from warming up.

She knew that Qi Fei would come to her for a midnight snack at night, and Mei Qian would just eat and drink lightly at the welcoming banquet in the evening.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, Qi Fei ran over to Mei Qian to chat.

Distance creates beauty. After not seeing each other for a year, the two of them were more relaxed when they met and talked than before.

"By the way, how did you convince your uncle to let me come here? I asked him, but he still didn't tell me. He looked mysterious."

Mei Qian always remembered that she was unable to return to Jiangnan this time, and wanted to pick up her family as soon as possible.

"The situation in Jiangnan is not as optimistic as we thought. Even if the army approaches, their garrison in Jiangnan will be able to fight against our army in Jiangbei, but this does not mean that they will surrender."

"Of course I know this. I can wait until it is stable before going over."

Mei Qian is not stupid, and she cannot take the lead if her life is at risk.

"What's the merit of that?"

Mei Qian:? ? ?
"People in Jiangbei acknowledge your contribution, but people in Jiangnan do not. Even if you and the emperor's uncle join forces to suppress the group of civil servants in Jiangnan, will there be no one who can attend the court?
During the year you were in Jiangbei, there must have been many people who were secretly plotting against you, right? Nasha wrote to me. Even if these people are now well behaved, when the officials from Jiangnan show up in the court, they will target you again because they are not familiar with you. "

"Then I am also invisible here. Those people don't even know I exist."

"But if the negotiations are successful, all the credit will be attributed to you. If the people in Jiangnan are blind, they will not dare to target you once they find out what you have done."

Qi Fei saw that Mei Qian didn't seem to understand, and Mei Qian thought that she really didn't understand, so she just said: "If they ask, then my previous achievements are all fake, right?"

"But if you go to Jiangnan, their first impression of you won't be very good. In the eyes of some people, the first impression is formed, and no matter how good you do later, it will be difficult for them to change their opinion of you."

Listening to Qi Fei's description of the officials in Jiangnan as a bunch of treacherous, sinister and vicious villains, Mei Qian couldn't help laughing and said:

"How can you describe those who read Confucius and call themselves gentlemen as having such a virtue?"

Unexpectedly, Qi Fei also replied:
“Those gentlemen have long been ostracized and have been driven away to who knows where.

In this officialdom, gentlemen are the most popular and the most unpopular.

Everyone compares himself to a gentleman, but everyone hates gentlemen. "

"Princess, please tell me this in private. If you tell others, you will be beaten."

Mei Qian felt that the two of them were really drunk, so they criticized and scolded those people. No one said anything to each other, and then they drank a glass of wine and went back to their rooms.

Mei Qian almost couldn't get up the next morning. The hangover made her feel really bad.

The group rode on horseback and followed Qi Fei's army to the meeting place with the Western Rong envoys. On the way, Li Ye was still worried whether Mei Qian had not slept well.

Mei Qian shook her head to indicate that everything was fine, but she had been on the road these days and had to come here to negotiate before An Sui had even had two days' rest.

She was somewhat nervous.

"Don't worry, Ruo Kong. There are people with sharp tongues who will handle the negotiations."

Li Ye had never heard Mei Qian swearing or quarreling, so he still had a filter for Mei Qian.

Mei Qian listened to Li Ye's words and at the same time glanced at Wen Fang, Lord Wen, who looked like someone who was not someone to be trifled with.

Lord Wen has a pair of very sharp fox eyes. When he is serious, he is intimidating without even getting angry.

But in private, he loves to laugh, even though he is already in his forties. The charm in his jokes reminds Mei Qian of a variant word:

Xu Lang is middle-aged.

Mei Qian was looking forward to what it would be like when such a person quarreled.

As expected, the war between the two countries did not end peacefully, and the negotiations between the envoys were naturally full of swords and blood.

Thinking of the poor cultural level of the Xirong people, Mei Qian was ready to overturn the table and hit someone if a fight really broke out.

But who would have thought that when the two sides were arguing over the contents of the treaty, the intellectuals on the Anguo side couldn't help but quote classics and curse in a roundabout way. Mei Qian thought he was talking to a deaf person and the people on the other side wouldn't understand.

Who would have thought that the envoys who came were the most educated group in Xirong, and he could really hear them scolding him.

With foresight, both parties were searched when they came in and were not allowed to carry weapons. But even so, the other side hit the negotiation table with its fist as big as a sandbag.

The negotiation table broke apart, and both sides were forced to take a break.
Then have a meal.

At this time, people don't pay attention to talking while eating or sleeping.

Especially this Lord Wen who said directly: "Isn't it just the land of Xitu and Beicang that was taken away from them? Look at them, they are as angry as if they dug up someone's ancestral grave."

"puff--"

Previously, Mei Qian knew nothing about the geography of Xirong. It was only during this year that he learned a lot about it.

Xitu is an important section of the road connecting the Western Rong with the Western Regions, and it is also the most fertile grassland. Can we just cut it down?
Not to mention Beicang, which is the source of their mother river Cangshui.

An Guo knows how to hurt someone's heart.

Everyone was already unhappy with the discussion about ceding land, and after lunch, a fight almost broke out.

The other side threatened to fight An Guo if he pushed them too far. Mei Qian, who had been sitting at the edge without saying anything, added:
"If we could defeat you, why would you run back? Now it is you who are asking for peace, please correct your attitude."

As soon as Mei Qian opened her mouth, the whole audience suddenly fell silent.

"You are courting death! Do you believe me or not, I will send 100,000 Xirong cavalrymen south to fight you again! Do you have enough troops in Anguo to fight you again?"

"What? Are you acting as if your 100,000 cavalry can still fight a battle? Since you know we are poor and can't fight, aren't you afraid that we will starve to death after you attack us?"

Mei Qian sneered, but was not very angry or felt that the other party was slandering her. Instead, she followed the other party's words and admitted that she could not fight anymore, was still poor, and had no food.

If you go south with the mentality of getting something for free, then go ahead, we're all doomed.

Mei Qian finally squeezed the other party and did the same thing to himself, and directly squeezed the black-faced man into a purple round eggplant.

At this time, Wen Fang also said: "If you still don't agree to the West Map and the area more than 50 miles outside the Great Wall of Xing'an Prefecture, then you can fight if you want."

"Xi Tu is the gateway for trade between Xirong and the Western Regions. You cannot take Xi Tu away!"

"Why not? You are the only ones who are still trading? Are you going to the Western Regions to become horse bandits?"

Obviously, people in Anguo felt that giving Xitu to Xirong was a pure waste of resources. What could Xirong sell to the Western Regions?
"Instead of doing business with the Western Regions, it is better to do business with our Anguo."

At this time, Mei Qian spoke again. The Xirong people were stunned and looked at Mei Qian. Mei Qian smiled slightly, met the eyes of the other adults, and nodded slightly.

“Give us the West Map and the area 50 miles outside the Great Wall. If we can all live in peace in the future, our business will naturally flourish.

Anguo's tea, silk, medicinal herbs... do the Xirong really not like these businesses?"

The Xirong people were completely attracted by what Mei Qian mentioned. Even Thornton, the leader of the negotiations, set his eyes on Mei Qian again.

He had long heard that in Anguo now even women were allowed to serve as officials in the court.

During the war, he witnessed Qi Fei's bravery and wisdom as a woman leading troops. Now, a female envoy with a peculiar identity has appeared here.

When she opened her mouth, the other envoys from Anguo kept silent and looked at the female official, letting her speak alone.

Seeing that the person in front of him was not at all stage-frightened, he started talking about the future trade between Xirong and Anguo while standing there.

The way Mei Qian spoke confidently and eloquently about national affairs in the tent was completely different from the way he looked when he first started talking to the Yin-Yangs.

"No wonder..."

Thornton lowered his eyes, sighed softly, and looked up again in the direction of Mei Qian. There was a light in his eyes that made Mei Qian alert...

Mei Qian: There are always bad guys who want to harm me!
Thornton: We Xirong want to come to Poland!