That afternoon, a painting boat on the Qinhuai River caught fire inexplicably when it docked.
Afterwards, a dozen naked Qi people hurriedly escaped from the burning boat.
Among the dozen or so Qi people, only a few people including Zhu Man, the leader, pulled down some curtains, quilts and other things to wrap themselves up. Most of the others were running naked on the street.
All of these Qi people were blushing, but their basic sanity was still there, and none of them lost their sanity and turned into Teddy. They were just running around on the street with their faces red from embarrassment because they had no clothes.
Mr. Shen stood on the second floor of the Eighteenth Building, quietly looking at the barbarians running around on the Qinhuai River downstairs, thoughtfully.
According to his expectations, if these barbarians can lose their consciousness and tease people when they meet on the banks of the Qinhuai River, that will be the best effect. At that time, Shen Yi will directly notify the people in Jiankang Prefecture to capture these people and tie them up. Displayed in the street.
But now it seems that there is no magical medicine in this world that can directly turn people into "Teddy". Basically, all medicines can only be used to enhance entertainment.
Things like Hehuan Powder are still a bit too illusory.
But that's enough.
This Qinhuai River streaking incident has made these Qi people "show their faces" in a big way.
Mr. Shen Shi Shiran walked down the 18th sub-building and came to the bank of the Qinhuai River.
At this time, several Hu people had been stopped. These Hu people covered their vitals and cursed at the crowd of Dachen people who were watching. They were very excited.
Among them, Zhu Man, who had grabbed a quilt to wrap himself up, was surrounded by several loyal Hu people. As an official of the Ministry of Rites of the Northern Dynasty, he still wanted to be shameless and did not speak out at this time.
Mr. Shen crossed the crowd and came to a few barbarians, and was shocked.
"Ah, isn't this Lord Zhu Manzhu, the envoy of the Northern Dynasty?"
Because of his surprise, Master Shen's voice naturally became louder.
He frowned and said, "Why does your envoy look like this?"
Zhu Man was furious and gave Shen Yi a vicious look.
At this moment, if he hadn't needed both hands to grab the quilt wrapped around him, he would have rushed up and hit Mr. Shen in the face with his fist.
Shen Yi touched his chin and suddenly said: "Could it be Zhu Lizhen? Is there any custom that I, the Han people, don't know about?"
Zhu Man finally couldn't bear it anymore, glared at Shen Yi angrily, and shouted loudly: "Shen Yi, it's you who plotted against us!"
Mr. Shen was full of doubts.
"I was drinking tea nearby just now. I just came down to watch the excitement. What does it have to do with me?"
Zhu Man shouted angrily: "You cunning southerner, you must have designed to harm me!"
"Just wait!"
Zhu Man shouted loudly: "When I get dressed, I will definitely settle the score with you!"
"What an unreasonable barbarian."
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly and said with emotion: "I didn't ask you to come to Qinhuai River. How can you have anything to do with me?"
"Besides, maybe..."
Mr. Shen chuckled: "It's because it's hot, so you guys took off your clothes."
After saying this, Mr. Shen turned around and left, and then said lazily: "Don't watch around, these are envoys from Northern Qi, and they have a very bad temper."
"Be careful, they are going to bite you."
These words once again revealed the identities of these Qi people, making Zhu Man and others even more angry.
Zhu Man snorted angrily, turned around and led several subordinates, broke into a shop facing the street, and forced the door closed.
At this time, he had already sent someone back to the guild hall to get clothes. In just half an hour, they would no longer be in their current embarrassment.
But the face that should be lost has already been lost.
After entering the shop, although Zhu Man was still angry, he was not too stupid.
He had already figured out what Shen Yi said just now.
Who brought him to the Qinhuai River?
It's Pei Yuan!
Thinking of this, Zhu Man's face turned red again. He clenched his fists angrily and gritted his teeth: "What a treacherous southerner!"
………………
In the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, Vice Minister Pei was still arguing with Zhou Fu, the Minister of Rites, and he said: "Your Majesty, didn't we agree that we should let the lower official go talk to those Qi people? The lower official talked with them for two or three times. Oh my god, we’re about to talk right now, why did you suddenly call me back?”
"talk?"
Zhou Shangshu put down the brush in his hand, glanced at Pei Yuan, and said calmly: "This time Qi Ren came here just to ask for money. From the eighth year of Hongde to the tenth year of Hongde, in three years, Qi Ren came It costs more than 300,000 taels of silver from our Dachen every year, not counting all kinds of silk and cloth."
The Minister of Rites looked calm and asked: "How much can you talk about this year?"
Minister Pei gritted his teeth and said, "At most, it's three hundred thousand taels!"
"If I give them a few more days, I might be able to negotiate for 200,000 taels. The Emperor of Northern Qi is celebrating his fiftieth birthday, and there are in-laws between the two countries. Two to three hundred thousand taels, what does it mean?"
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"Your Majesty, you should have heard that last year, several shipping companies in the southeast collected millions of taels of silver. Two to three hundred thousand taels was not even a pain for the imperial court. "
"Spending a little money can bring peace to the world!"
Zhou Shangshu snorted and said: "Zhao Caishen of the Ministry of Finance has not been able to get the money from the Shipping Department, but you are worried about it?"
"Then what does the money from the Shipping Department have to do with our Ministry of Etiquette?"
Pei Yuan was a little embarrassed, lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, the money of the Shibo Division is your Majesty's money. The inner treasury is very fat now..."
"alright."
Zhou Shangshu frowned and said: "You have been an official for so many years, why do you come back as time goes by? No matter how much money you have, as long as it does not go into the Ministry of Household Affairs or the treasury, it has nothing to do with the imperial court, let alone the Ministry of Rites." .”
Having said this, Zhou Shangshu raised his head and glanced at Pei Shilang, who was standing in front of him. After being silent for a while, he said: "Bozhi, you and I are also multi-faceted colleagues. We have some friendship. In this matter, I might as well give it to you." Please explain."
Pei Yuan quickly lowered his head slightly: "Your Majesty, please speak."
"Today, I went to Zhongshu."
Zhou Shangshu lowered his eyebrows and said: "Several prime ministers have expressed their anger with me. Your Majesty is very annoyed with the attitude of the Northern Qi envoy this time."
"Now, it's not about money anymore."
He looked at Pei Yuan and continued: "If you can convince those Qi people not to take back a single copper plate or an inch of silk cloth, then you can continue to talk to them, otherwise."
"Don't waste your time."
Pei Yuan froze on the spot, looking at Zhou Fu blankly.
"Your Majesty, in the past few years, His Majesty always nodded happily. Why this year..."
“The first few years were the first few years.”
Zhou Shangshu exhaled a breath and said: "In the past few years, although Northern Qi also wanted money, there were no such arrogant Qi envoys."
"Moreover…"
Zhou Shangshu looked at Pei Yuan and said calmly: "How do you know that His Majesty was not angry in the past few years?"
Pei Yuan was silent for a while, and just as he was about to nod, someone suddenly knocked on the door of the public room.
Because this was Zhou Shangshu's official residence, Pei Yuan did not speak. Zhou Shangshu frowned and said, "I am talking to Minister Pei. Who is so unruly?"
"Lord, it's me."
Hearing this voice, Zhou Fu frowned and said slowly: "Come in."
Soon, a tall, thin man about thirty years old opened the door and walked in. After entering the room, he first saluted Zhou Shangshu, then bowed his hands to Minister Pei, and then walked to Zhou Shangshu's ear. Side, whispered a few words.
After listening to what he said, Zhou Shangshu was a little disbelieving and asked: "Seriously?"
The man nodded: "How dare you deceive your highness in your humble position?"
"Um……"
Zhou Shangshu waved his hand and said: "I understand, just go down."
The man then cautiously withdrew.
After he left, Zhou Fu looked at Pei Yuan and sighed slightly.
"Hiroyuki, something happened to Qi Shi."
He paused and continued.
"This time, I'm afraid there's no way to talk about it at all."
