Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1583 Negotiation!

King's Court, Khan's Tent

Although he had long hoped to inherit the throne, when he looked at his father surrounded by ice, Dariyachi couldn't help feeling endless sadness in his heart.

After a moment of silence, Dariyachi asked Zabu, the captain of his father's guard, who was standing beside him:
"Did Father Khan say anything before he left?"

Zabu thought for a moment and said:
"The Khan said that he hopes you, the prince, will remember your promise. He will pray for you and Luo Bei in front of the gods!"

Dariyachi fell silent again after hearing this. After a moment, he whispered:

"I want to be alone with my father for a while@!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Zhabu immediately retreated and closed the door tightly. At the same time, a tear flashed down Dariachi's face.

Half an incense stick later, Dariyachi came out of the tent and told Zhabu:
"Now is a time of war. My father Khan's last wish is to keep his funeral simple. I'll leave it to you!"

Although he had long realized that after the death of Great Khan Ibugel, the people around him would definitely be marginalized, but before Dariyachi said it, Zabu still had a glimmer of fantasy in his heart. After all, he had always been more inclined to Dariyachi!

But now Daryachi's ruthless words shattered Zhabu's last fantasy!

Zhabu wanted to fight hard for it, but Daryachi's unquestionable look made him give up the plan...
After resolving Zhabu's issue, Dari Achi began to prepare for his title of Khan, but before that he had a very important person to meet!

Thinking of this, Dariyachi ordered Temur, his guard beside him:
"Go and get Gao Shen over to me!"

Noticing the word "please" from Dariyachi's mouth, Temur's expression changed slightly, and then he quickly took the order and left.

An incense stick later, Gao Shen arrived in front of Dariyachi. Looking at Dariyachi sitting on the Khan's throne, Gao Shen smiled and bowed, saying:
"Gao Shen pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hearing Gao Shen still calling him the eldest prince, Dariyachi looked at Gao Shen deeply and said:
"Master Gao, you have always been very sharp-eyed and well-informed. I believe you should know exactly what happened now!"

Facing Dariachi's gaze, Gao Shen nodded and said:
"Of course I know what happened. Great Khan Ibugel has returned to the embrace of the gods, and Robe will soon welcome a new Great Khan!"

Hearing what Gao Shen said, Dari Achi's expression became a little unfriendly, but Gao Shen was still not afraid and looked at Dari Achi very calmly.

After the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Dariyachi was the first to lose his temper and said:
"Master Gao, I will become the new Luobei Khan!"

Hearing Dariyachi's words that sounded like a declaration of sovereignty, Gao Shen said in a deep voice:
“According to Luobi’s tradition, if you want to become Luobi Khan, you need to be nominated by the leaders of the Luobi tribes at the conference. What’s more important is that Luobi is now a subject of Daqian. Therefore, if you want to become Luobi Khan, you must accept the canonization of His Majesty the Emperor of Daqian…”

Hearing what Gao Shen said, Dariyachi completely lost his patience. He said to Gao Shen coldly:

"If I want to be the Khan of Robe, I can be the Khan of Robe!"

Gao Shen's expression turned serious when he heard this. He looked at Dariyachi and spoke word by word:

"Your Highness, I don't know what you want to say, but I think I need to remind you again that Luobi is now a vassal of Daqian. If you want to become Luobi Khan, you need to accept the canonization of His Majesty the Emperor of Daqian!"

Hearing that Gao Shen dared to confront him, Dariyachi was furious and wanted to chop off Gao Shen's head with a knife. However, when he thought of his father's instructions to him and the current crisis of Luobei's internal and external troubles, Dariyachi had to grit his teeth and forcefully suppress the anger in his heart and asked coldly:
"I can write a letter to His Majesty the Emperor right now, asking His Majesty to confer me the title of Luobei Khan!"

Seeing that Dariyachi chose to compromise so quickly, Gao Shen realized that Dariyachi was not confident, and he immediately started to speak:
"Your Highness, if you want to be canonized by His Majesty smoothly, you need to show your sincerity to the court and His Majesty!"

"Sincerity? If you have something to say, Gao, just say it. I don't have time to beat around the bush with you!"

Hearing Dariyachi say this, Gao Shen knew that Dariyachi was about to lose his temper, and immediately said directly:
"Your Highness, the Great Prince, our Emperor Daqian has always admired your bravery and fighting skills. I think there is no more sincere move than for you to go to Yijing in person to pay a visit to His Majesty!"

When he heard that Gao Shen wanted to go to Yijing to meet Ye Mingsheng, Dariyachi immediately slammed the table and shouted angrily:
"You are so good, Gao! I thought you were up to some trick, but it turns out you wanted to trick me to Yijing!"

"You damned bastard! You are so shameless!"

Seeing Dari Achi so angry, Gao Shen was not afraid at all. On the contrary, he was happy in his heart!
He has known Dariyachi for a long time, and he has a deep understanding of the nature of this great prince Luobei!
Gao Shen knew that if it had happened before, if Dariyachi was so angry with him, he would definitely lose his mind and ask someone to drag him out and chop him up!

But now Dariyachi was just scolding himself here, without any intention of calling anyone, which was very telling!

If Gao Shen was 50% confident in completing Ye Mingsheng's task before, then Gao Shen is now 80% sure!
Thinking of this, Gao Shen became bolder and more direct.

"Your Highness, as a minister of Daqian, why are you unwilling to go to Yijing to pay homage to His Majesty?"

"Your father Khan went to Yijing at that time and surrendered to our Daqian!"

"Don't you want to visit our Daqian factory and build a factory in Luobi? As long as His Majesty can decide on these matters, you can make a request to His Majesty in person when you go to Yijing and tell His Majesty your ideas. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you!"

"Your Highness, I wonder what you are worried about?"

Hearing what Gao Shen said, Dari Achi was speechless. Just when he didn't know what to say, Gao Shen spoke again:
"Your Highness, you are so reluctant to go to Yijing, I have to wonder if you are afraid of Yijing!"

Dariyachi's expression became fierce upon hearing this, but Gao Shen remained calm and continued:
"I think your Highness, you are worried that you will not be able to come back after you go to Yijing, right?"

Seeing Gao Shen speaking out, Dariachi, who was a rough man to begin with, no longer hid anything and said directly:
"Gao Shen, you guessed it right. You know what I'm thinking. I, Dariyachi, am not stupid either. I also know what you're thinking. Don't you just want to help Dai Qin take the top position? When I go to Yijing, you can just help Dai Qin take the top position!"

"You people in the Central Plains have a saying, 'I am the fish and others are the butchers.' It was you, Gao Shen, who taught me this. I have the knife and the people on the grassland, so I am the king! But if I go to Yijing, I will just be the butchers of you!" After saying this, Dariyachi looked at Gao Shen with disdain, as if to say, I have seen through all your conspiracies and tricks!
After hearing what Dariyachi said, Gao Shen shook his head in disappointment and said:
"Your Highness, since we are speaking frankly today, I will also tell you a few words from the bottom of my heart!"

"Prince, in terms of bravery and fighting skills, you are much better than your father, Great Khan Ibugel. Five Great Khans Ibugel are no match for you. But in terms of vision and courage, even ten of you cannot compare to Great Khan Ibugel!"

"What a strategy and courage Ibugele had when he went to Yijing. You are far inferior to your father!"

Dariyachi said irritably after hearing this:
"Gao Shen, what do you want to say? Stop talking nonsense here. If you have something to say, just say it directly..."

"My great prince, you don't want to go to Yijing, aren't you worried that we will support Daiqin and take your Khanship?"

"But have you ever thought that if the court really doesn't want you to be the Khan, can you just avoid it by not going to Yijing?"

These words pointed directly to the crux of the matter. Dari Achi really wanted to give a possible affirmative answer, but Gao Shen's gaze was like a sharp sword piercing Dari Achi's heart.

Seeing that Dariyachi didn't say anything, Gao Shen continued:
"You should already know, Grand Prince, that General Xun Ke has already led 30,000 elite soldiers into the grasslands and will arrive at the Luobi Royal Court in a few days!"

"To be honest, if we really want to prevent you from becoming the Great Khan of Luobi, you don't even need to go to Yijing. We can get things done on the grassland, in the Luobi Royal Court!"

Hearing Gao Shen say this, Dari Achi felt very humiliated, but he could not say anything and could only glare at Gao Shen.

Gao Shen also changed the subject at this time:

"But having said that, it is normal for you to have such concerns, Prince. After all, there are voices in the court who support Dai Qin's ascension to the throne. But I want to tell you that this is only the opinion of some people. Your Majesty has never made such a decision!"

"I personally don't support Dai Qin taking the throne!"

As soon as Gao Shen finished speaking, Dari Achi snorted in disdain.

"Gao Shen, you are the one who has the closest contact with Dai Qin. Do you really think I don't know that you have contacted those people?"

Although his lie was exposed by Dariyachi, Gao Shen continued to speak without blushing or beating his heart:

“It is because of my contact with those people that I know Daiqin cannot become the Great Khan. He does not have the prestige, and he does not have the ability to become the Great Khan…”

"Now all the Luobi people hope that their Khan is a strong and iron-fisted person. They hope that their Khan can win the war with the Cumans and lead them to victory!"

"But it's clear that Dai Qin is not such a person. He has never led troops into battle. I don't even know if he would dare to pick up a knife and kill people on the battlefield!"

Hearing Gao Shen say this, Dariyachi said with some pride:
"Gao Shen, you old man, finally you can tell the truth!"

Gao Shen looked at Daryachi who was preaching very seriously:
"My prince, I hope you can understand that I support you to become the Great Khan of Luobei, and Daqian also supports you to become the Great Khan of Luobei!"

"But such support is based on your willingness to become a minister of Daqian. If you are indecisive and have some inappropriate thoughts, no one can save you!"

Dariyachi fell silent after hearing this. After a moment, he slowly spoke:

"Not long ago, when my father Khan decided to pass the throne to me, he asked me to swear two oaths to the heavens!"

"The first oath is that you must not kill each other and harm Dai Qin. You must make Dai Qin a rich man!"

"The second oath is that I will never betray Daqian and will always be a subject of Daqian!"

"I swore these two oaths in front of my father Khan, and only then did he pass the throne to me. So, Lord Gao, you don’t need to worry about this at all..."

"Since you, the eldest prince, have no second thoughts, you should go to Yijing to take a look. His Majesty is not a stingy person. As long as you remain loyal to His Majesty and Daqian, His Majesty will definitely not hesitate to reward you!"

"The last time your father Ibugele went to Yijing, he also brought back various rewards. If you go to Yijing this time, I believe you will also return with a lot of rewards!"

Hearing this, Dari Achi was also somewhat tempted. Since Luobi surrendered to Daqian, many Luobi merchants have gone to Daqian cities such as Yijing. These Luobi merchants have also seen a lot of markets in Daqian, and they tell everyone about it after returning to the grassland!

Therefore, there are many rumors about the Daqian Factory on the grassland. These various rumors also aroused Dari Achi's interest!
Dariyachi really wanted to see what Daqian’s factories looked like, especially the firearms factory that interested him the most. He wanted to see how Daqian made those cannons!
Dariyachi pondered for a while, then asked Gao Shen:
"If I go to Yijing, can Your Majesty build a firearms factory on the grassland?"

Gao Shen glanced at Dariyachi and asked:
"My Lord, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's the truth!"

"The truth is that I don't know either. Your Majesty is a great ruler. How can I guess what he is thinking?"

"But I can tell you clearly, Prince, that if you don't go, it will be impossible to build a firearms factory on the grassland!"

Seeing Gao Shen's resolute expression, Dariyachi became more hesitant. He hesitated for a while and then said:

"I need to think about it!"

"Of course! But I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible. His Majesty has always admired your bravery..."

(End of this chapter)