Xiao Chen warned Ling'er and Xiao Ye that you all should be honest and obedient, but don't go out and cause trouble.
After I meet this Emperor Shenzhao, we can make further calculations.
Because Xiao Chen came here for a 'secret visit', Emperor Shenzhao did not make a big fanfare, but invited Xiao Chen directly into his palace for a 'secret interview'.
After all, it is a small foreign country, and it is not very particular about etiquette. Before meeting Emperor Shenzhao, no one took them to perform a ceremony. It would be better not to perform it. Xiao Chen was happy to pretend to be confused, otherwise if they did If you insist on kneeling down, you will have to bow your head even if you are under the eaves.
Emperor Shenzhao is about fifty years old, with a clear face, solemn and upright face, a square face and a wide forehead, phoenix eyes and sharp eyebrows, and three long strands of beard under his chin. He sits on a dragon chair, vaguely showing the elegance of a god.
Damn it, I didn’t expect that Emperor Kamikaze’s appearance was so outstanding. In terms of appearance alone, he was much better than our Emperor Li Wanjiang.
Just behind him, there was a man standing upright. He looked to be about fifty years old. He was wearing black armor and was eight feet tall. He had a leopard head with eyes, a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard. He was very majestic and powerful. He also held a long naginata in his hand. Those who can stand behind the emperor and carry a sword are probably the Ouchi guards...
There were about a dozen civil and military officials standing on both sides under the dragon chair, and several of them were old acquaintances of Xiao Chen, Shaoyan Mingguang, Kinoshita Yoshiro...
It was not easy to say hello to Xiao Chen on this occasion, so he just nodded slightly and indicated with his eyes.
The scene looks quite small.
"Xiao Chen, Governor of Yanyun County in the Great Zhou Dynasty, pays homage to Emperor Shenzhao... Qiantai." Xiao Chen didn't know what etiquette should be used to meet Emperor Shenzhao? I just made a long bow and it was almost enough.
"Xiao Chenjun, please excuse me." However, Emperor Shen Zhao also spoke Chinese, and it was Fengyang Jingzhong Mandarin, which seemed to be more standard than Xiao Chen.
The fat man on the side thought that my translator was in vain, so I said that they have people who can speak Chinese, so there is no need for me to come personally, but Xiao Chen insists on dragging him here!
I originally planned to do as the Romans do and take a hot spring bath with Qianye Ling...
"Who is this?" Emperor Shenzhao had good eyesight and could tell that the fat man was definitely not an ordinary translator.
"I, Shangguan Qiji, pay my respects to Emperor Shenzhao!" The fat man said loudly, "I wish Emperor Shenzhao long live the Spring and Autumn Period and a long life!"
The words were a bit rough, but Emperor Shenzhao felt quite useful after hearing this. He stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly. Sood was so helpless that Shangguan Jun also asked me to bow down without courtesy and give everyone a seat!
"Jun Xiao Chen came here to see me, but..." Emperor Shenzhao probably didn't know how to address Xiao Chen. He said that the governor felt uncomfortable, so calling him by his first name was a bit rude. Calling him Xiao Jiang was too affectionate, so calling him Mr. But it wasn't right, so I just called him Xiao Chenjun in a confused way, which was not rude and also cordial.
"No matter what the purpose of Governor Xiao Chen's visit is, it seems to be presumptuous." Before Emperor Shenzhao could finish his words, a dark-faced middle-aged man interrupted him, "Even though our emperor is not offended and condescends to see you, but It is also a huge disrespect for you to do this."
"This is..." Xiao Chen said in his heart, "Who the hell are you?" I'm talking to the emperor, how come it's your turn to interrupt! You even said that I was rude. This is a big rudeness of yours. Do you all talk like this in front of the emperor? Anyway, if we were in China, you would be decapitated because of the rudeness of the emperor. You should work hard!
"I am Japan's Taizheng Minister Jiang Jiao Hongguang!" the middle-aged man said solemnly.
"Oh, it turns out to be Mr. Taizheng." Xiao Chenxin said, no wonder you are so awesome, so you are the Prime Minister of Japan, no wonder you have such a loud tone, but no matter how great you are as Prime Minister, it seems that you are not as big as Emperor Shenzhao, right?
You have the final say on this?
"I am actually not here to visit Emperor Shen Zhao, but just to do some personal business. Your navy, General Togo Haruki, led a fleet to surround me and escorted us here. However, it was not of my own free will. ...Unexpectedly, Mr. Taizheng was blamed for this, haha, but it also made me speechless." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Governor Xiao Chen led the warships to brazenly invade our Japanese territorial waters. This move is even more rude!" Jiang Jiao Hongguang said.
"The Japanese Sea Territory." Xiao Chen smiled slightly, "Did you divide it yourself?"
The question was so serious that Jiang Jiao Hongguang was momentarily speechless.
At present, the so-called territorial waters of the Zhou Dynasty, Russia, and Japan are actually not very clear. Generally, according to convention, they are determined based on the range of shore-based artillery.
For example, if the range of Japan's artillery is seven miles, then within seven miles of Japan's coastline, it is considered their territorial waters, and other sea areas are high seas.
However, because the Japanese navy is powerful, they have always planned their territorial waters based on the scope of their fleet's operations.
After they took control of Gao Juli before, they included almost the entire Northeast Sea into their territorial waters. They were so overbearing.
But today is different from the past. After the Yanyun Sea Battle, their navy suffered heavy losses and lost its former prestige. Now almost all of them are huddled in the coastal areas of Japan and no longer dare to come out and run around.
After Yan Yun's victory, he did not deceive others too much. After he met Shaoyan Mingguang last time, the two made a verbal agreement to use ten miles of each other's coastline as each other's territorial waters, and neither fleet was allowed to cross the border.
Xiao Chen and the others were a bit close to Japan this time, but they were also far outside their territorial waters. However, Jiang Jiao Hongguang said that Xiao Chen and the others were 'blatantly invading', which was too much.
"Don't get me wrong, Mr. Xiao Chen, Mr. Jiang Jiao doesn't mean this." Kinoshita Yoshiro said.
"But what does Mr. Taizheng mean by being so aggressive?" Xiao Chen said, "Do you think I am your prisoner?"
His tone gradually became sharp, his eyes were like lightning, and he looked directly at Emperor Shenzhao, "If that's the case, it would be great to ask Emperor Shenzhao to just chop off my head. Why make it so complicated?"
"Uh... Xiao Chenjun, that's not the case." Emperor Shenzhao couldn't help but feel embarrassed after hearing this.
"That's not the case, what is that?" Xiao Chen said.
"Xiao Chenjun, please don't be angry." Shaoyan Mingguang finally said, "We don't mean to take you as a prisoner, but we are still a little doubtful about your identity..."
"Mr. Shaoyan, what do you mean?" Xiao Chen was still very polite to Shaoyan Mingguang.
"Then there is no need to hide it from Xiao Chenjun." Shaoyan Mingguang said, "As far as we know, Xiao Chenjun has several substitutes in Yanyun, right? So we suspect that you may not be Xiao Chenjun himself, but one of them substitute……"
"Hahaha! Mr. Shaoyan's explanation is really great." Xiao Chen clapped his hands and laughed, "So even if you kill me, it's just a small misunderstanding."
The laughter was quite loud, but there was no smile in the eyes.
