call out!
There was a sound of breaking through the air, and an arrow flew out.
The next moment, a rabbit on the grassland that had just poked its head out of the hole was shot in the head by an arrow, and lost its life for no apparent reason!
Zhao Jun slowly drew back his bow, dismounted from his horse, and came to Dongshan, carrying two rabbit ears and putting away the trophies. He pulled the arrow out of the rabbit's head and said with a smile:
"Yes, tonight's main dish is ready. Take it back to the house and ask the chef to make a spicy rabbit head. Remember to ask for spicy!"
With that said, Zhao Jun casually threw the rabbit towards Wang Huaien. Wang Huaien quickly caught it and carefully put it into the big bag hanging on his horse, while smiling and saying:
"Your Majesty's archery skills are becoming more and more accurate. This rabbit has just poked its head out, and you were able to shoot it. Yi Nu, look at it, even the ancient Yi is no match for your Majesty!" "
Zhao Jun shook his head, and he was looking around for the next target with his bow and arrow, and then he replied: "You'd better be less flattering, your prince, I still know how many kilograms I have, I'm the only one who knows how much. This archery is just getting started.
If placed in the army, I'm afraid it wouldn't even compare to the top 100, let alone the ancient marksman Dayi. "
After taking aim for a while and not finding the next target, Zhao Jun sighed in disappointment, let go of his hand and inserted the arrows back into the quiver behind his back, put away the bow, and returned to the horse without any interest.
Wang Huai'en was a little confused and asked: "Your Majesty, why don't you continue?"
Zhao Jun said with a disappointed look on his face: "I also want to continue, but the environment does not allow it. There used to be many rabbits and other prey here, but now there are almost none.
After shooting all morning, I just shot the rabbit just now. It was very boring. Let’s go back! "
After saying this, Zhao Jun rode back towards Yunzhou City.
Regarding the decrease in prey, Zhao Jun actually knew what was going on.
In the past, Yunzhou City basically maintained the ecological environment of the grassland, and there were no large-scale actions. To the animals on the grassland, the area was no different from before.
But since he arrived, Yunzhou County has started large-scale construction and mined all the surrounding iron ore areas.
Millions more people from the Song Dynasty were recruited, coming and going, and the environment on the grassland was no longer what it used to be with the development of Yunzhou County.
Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer prey in this place, and I'm afraid that I won't even be able to hunt a rabbit in a while.
However, Zhao Jun has no regrets about this.
The development of a place must be accompanied by the sacrifice of the local natural environment. These are inevitable results. It is impossible not to let Yunzhou City develop just to allow itself to catch prey.
On the way back to the city on horseback, Wang Huaien followed and suddenly asked curiously: "Your Majesty, how can Lord Wang make Shendu take the initiative to reach an armistice treaty with us, and not let us fight the Tatars? Sometimes you stabbed me in the back. I didn’t even understand what you said before.
It always feels very complicated. "
Zhao Jun shook his head helplessly, and after slowing down his horse, he said: "Just let me know how to eat. Others have explained it to you so clearly, but you haven't understood it yet. So let me explain it to you." Bar.
According to Wang Cezhi, after he is poisoned, he will first rely on the powerful military power of our expeditionary force to carry out a lion's mouth!
This is using force to force them, but this does not mean that we will use force to force the other party to agree to an armistice treaty. This is just a last resort and preparation for the next step. "
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At the end of November of the 23rd year of Tiansheng, the Tianyun Kingdom's envoy, which lasted nearly half a month, finally arrived at the capital of Shendu King under the spotlight of everyone from Shendu Kingdom.
This journey was an eye-opener for Wang Cezhi and others. Nanli County and Woye County were just remote provinces, so they looked no different from wild lands.
But the deeper you get into the territory of Shendu, the more deeply you realize that this is already a completely different civilization from the Song Dynasty.
Whether it is in terms of beliefs, architecture, culture, language, or people's customs, body poisoning is very different from that of the Song Dynasty.
This is not only reflected in the relationship between Shendu and the Song Dynasty, but also between the upper class and the lower class people in Shendu.
After these days of observation, Wang Cezhi found that the distinction between the upper and lower levels of the body poison was unusually clear.
The simplest example is that the poisonous upper class all live in the inner city. They are tall and fair-skinned, and the streets are cleanly cleaned.
There is a complete set of etiquette to follow when interacting with people. They have a knowledge system unique to Shen Du, which gives them knowledge and insights far beyond those of the people at the bottom.
People with body poisoning at the bottom are generally short in height and have dark skin. Their living environment is like a garbage dump. All kinds of domestic garbage and excrement are everywhere on the street. What's more, women will be on the street. It was done openly and conveniently, without any courtesy or shame!
Compared with the upper class, they are like newly civilized savages, without any hint of civilization, like wild beasts acting only on instinct.
But one thing is that they are extremely respectful to the upper-class people who are poisonous. They are like wild beasts who do not understand civilized etiquette, but they are quite proficient in the etiquette of expressing respectful obedience to the upper-class people.
These two almost opposite performances appear contradictory but actually in them.
Their society is fragmented, and there is an insurmountable gap between the upper class and the lower class. However, the Shendu people in the lower class are not dissatisfied at all and accept the rule of the upper class very obediently.
According to the poisonous noble who escorted them, this situation has been going on for nearly a thousand years, and the lower class have always been so honest.
This surprised and puzzled Wang Cezhi.
He didn't understand why the poisonous lower-class people had been oppressed by the upper-class to such an extent that they were no different from animals, but they didn't show any resistance, as if they believed that they should be treated like animals by the upper-class people. It is the same as giving control, and there is no intention to fight for rights.
If this were the case in the Song Dynasty, the endless peasant uprisings would let those in power know what the consequences would be if honest people were forced too far!
Although the people of the Song Dynasty did not live very well, at least on the surface, they had basically the same rights to personal freedom as the upper class. You can secretly despise them and call them mud-legged, but you can't do that on the surface. , otherwise you will be criticized by the whole world.
If you scold someone with a hot temper, that night he will let you know what it means to be angry and cause blood to fly five steps away!
It is simply impossible for the people of the Song Dynasty to be oppressed and not resist like the poisonous people!
What is the reason that makes the poisonous lower-class people have such a distorted concept and honestly become obedient people of the upper-class people?
Wang Cezhi couldn't understand, but he was greatly shocked!
And thinking about it.
On the first day after arriving in the royal capital, the envoys did not receive a summons from Prince Shendu. He had not yet decided what attitude to use to meet these envoys from Tianyun Kingdom.
So he deliberately delayed it for a few days, and finally after communicating with the officials, he notified Wang Cezhi and other delegations on the night before the third day of the twelfth lunar month that the prince would summon them at the palace the next day.
After receiving the news, Wang Cezhi also began to prepare. Whether the prince's goal can be achieved depends on his performance tomorrow.
It just so happens that he is still a little confident in acting!
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(End of chapter)
