Prince Yan's palace was even more joyful. The entire palace was decorated with lanterns and the lake in the backyard was filled with river lanterns, twinkling like stars in the sky. Yang Peng and his lovely wife and concubine were traveling along the lake, laughing and laughing, while the babies in the arms of Chai Yonghui and Yang Tong were babbling, looking very happy. Now let’s introduce these two little ones. The one in Chai Yonghui’s arms is Yang Peng’s eldest daughter, Yang Rui, and the one in Yang Tong’s arms is Yang Peng’s second son, Yang Yinglong. The smile on Yang Tong's face was the brightest. It has been said since ancient times that 'mother is more valuable than son'. Although Yang Tong was not born well, she gave birth to King Yan's eldest son and second son. This naturally brought her a lot of glory. She was in a position of great concern, and no one dared to look down upon her anymore.
Yang Yingping now belongs to Lin Qing'er's private property. Even Yang Tong can't get close. There is Mu Guiying and Yang Yingping. Lin Qing'er is responsible for these two children. Yang Peng can visit but cannot take them away. , Lin Qing'er is the ancestor of Tianjing New City, no one dares to say more, regardless of Yang Peng's wives, no one dares to be presumptuous in front of Lin Qing'er.
Jiang Li, the captain of the Feifeng Guards, walked over quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Master, Yang Guihua and Kou Yan are here. They are waiting in the hall to pay their respects to the master." Yang Peng smiled and said, "They came together." He said to the girls, "You guys can play, I'll go meet them." The girls smiled sweetly. Yang Peng kissed his children gently, with a fatherly smile on his tough face, and then left, with Jiang Li following closely behind.
When they came to the hall, they saw the tired Kou Yan and Yang Guihua talking. They smiled and said: "Two brothers, thank you for your hard work!" The two stood up quickly and saluted Yang Peng: "Brother!"
Yang Peng walked up to the two of them, patted them on the shoulders, and praised: "Shandong and Hebei are prospering under the governance of you two, and the people are happy. I am very happy!" The two of them were very excited as if they had received the highest honor. With a look like that, Kou Yan clasped his fists and said, "Actually, we don't have much credit, we just implemented the big brother's policy!" Yang Guihua nodded with deep sympathy.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "You don't have to be modest! No matter how good my policy is, it will be useless if there are no capable people to implement it! What you have done in Shandong and Hebei can be said to be very popular with me, and I am very satisfied! You have done a great job!" Yang Guihua clasped his fists and said, "To get the words from the elder brother, my little brother's wish is enough!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "My praise is not important, what is important is what the people under your rule say. ! I heard that the people in both places compared you to Kou Zhun, which is great!" The two smiled sheepishly, and Kou Yan said: "The people are ridiculous! You are compared to Kou Zhun, I'll wait. How dare you!" Then he sighed with emotion: "The people are like this, you just do something for them, and they will be very sincerely grateful to you!"
Yang Peng nodded and glanced at the two of them. Seeing that they were both very tired, he smiled and said: "You guys go down and have a good rest. You won't have to come to my place these days. Relax and relax. In this Tianjing New City Let's have some fun in the city. Tianjing New City is very lively today! Let's have a drink during the New Year's Eve banquet!" The two of them smiled, clasped their fists and said, "Thank you, brother!" Yang Peng smiled and patted him. The two of them said to their shoulders, "Okay, you go down." The two of them bowed to Yang Peng again and left.
Yang Peng walked to the door of the hall, looked at the backs of the two people, and smiled. Turning around to go back to the backyard, Jiang Li suddenly pointed to the gate and said, "Wang Kai is here!" Yang Peng stopped, turned around and looked outside, and sure enough he saw Wang Kai running in a hurry. He ran into the hall and bowed to Yang Peng: "Master, the envoy from Dali has arrived and wants to see the master!"
Yang Peng said: "Let them come in." Wang Kai responded and ran down. Yang Peng returned to his superiors to do a good job. Now he had to receive foreign envoys, so he couldn't be as casual as he was with his subordinate brothers.
After a while, Wang Kai led two men in costumes and strode in. Yang Peng had seen both of these two people. The one in charge was Duan Zhichun, who was on the first mission to Yanyun, and the younger one after him was Duan Zhixing, who was on the most recent mission to Yanyun. As soon as the two of them saw Yang Peng sitting at the head, their faces showed sincere joy, and they bowed to Yang Peng together. Duan Zhichun said: "The envoy of Dali State pays homage to His Highness King Yan! I would like to represent The Lord of our country sends his most sincere greetings to His Highness!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you are so polite. Your envoy does not need to be too polite!" Duan Zhichun straightened up, Duan Zhichun stretched out his right hand behind him, and Duan Zhixing immediately handed over a red-covered gift list. In Duan Zhichun's hands, Duan Zhichun held up the gift sheet with both hands and bowed and said: "This is a gift from our country to His Royal Highness, King Yan. Please accept it with your heart!"
Yang Peng glanced at Jiang Li, and Jiang Li immediately stepped forward, took the gift list, and forwarded it to Yang Peng. According to etiquette, Yang Peng opened the gift list and looked at it. It was originally just a courtesy action. However, when Yang Peng saw the gifts listed on the gift list, he showed an unexpected expression. The top of the gift list read: Dali Guoqiong. Flower princess.
Yang Peng raised his head, "This Princess Qionghua...?" Duan Zhichun said with a smile: "Princess Qionghua is the national treasure of our Dali Kingdom. She is the youngest daughter of the king of our country. She is beautiful and has a gentle personality. The whole country is grateful for King Yan's help, so the Lord of our country specially gives Princess Qionghua to His Highness to serve as a pillow, and please accept it with your Majesty's approval!"
Yang Peng smiled, "I am very grateful for your kindness, but this gift..." Duan Zhichun and the others couldn't help but become nervous when they saw that Yang Peng seemed dissatisfied. Everyone in Dali Kingdom carefully prepared this time The purpose of the audience is to further close the relationship with Yan Yun. If King Yan is dissatisfied, it will be very bad! Duan Zhichun asked cautiously: "King Yan, King Yan doesn't like this gift?"
Seeing the nervous look on the two of them, Yang Peng understood their worries and smiled: "You misunderstood! I just think this gift is too precious, and I deserve it!"
When the two heard what Yang Peng said, they were relieved. Duan Zhichun smiled and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is our great benefactor of Dali Kingdom. We are willing to dedicate the most precious treasure to His Highness! Besides, His Highness is He is the world-famous King of Yanyun, and the princess of our country can serve His Highness, which is also a blessing she has cultivated in her previous life!"
Yang Peng knew that this was Dali's sincerity. If he didn't accept it, I'm afraid the whole country would not feel at ease, but... Yang Peng turned to look at Jiang Li next to him, and saw that although her expression was calm, there was clearly a sour taste in her eyes. Yang Peng couldn't help but secretly said: "There are so many wives and concubines around me, and there is Jiang Li." I can no longer cope with such a confidante. How can I still have the energy and mood to provoke other women? '
He turned to look at Duan Zhichun and asked, "Where is Princess Qionghua now?" Duan Zhichun said quickly, "She is just outside the palace, waiting for His Highness to summon you!" Yang Peng said to Wang Kai, "Bring Princess Qionghua in." Wang Kai responded and ran down. After a while, Yang Peng saw Wang Kai leading a woman in. She was dressed in the colorful costumes of the Baiyi tribe, with a petite figure, a delicate and beautiful face, and a look of shyness and fear in her big eyes, which really made me pity her. Yang Peng couldn't help but secretly praise her in his heart. He felt that although this woman's appearance and temperament could not be compared with Yelu Hanyu and others, she was better than her delicate and charming temperament. She was definitely considered to be one of the most stunning beauties!
When Princess Qionghua saw Yang Peng sitting at the top, she felt an indescribable momentum rushing towards her face. She couldn't help but become nervous, her heart was pounding, and she couldn't help but bowed: "Qionghua of Dali Kingdom, pay your respects to King Yan. Your Highness!" When she spoke, Yang Peng discovered another advantage of her. Her voice was particularly sweet and very comfortable.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Princess, there is no need to be polite!" "Thank you, Your Highness!" Princess Qionghua then stood up and stood there with her head hanging down. Yang Peng glanced at Duan Zhichun, smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending me such a good sister!" Everyone present was stunned. Yang Peng smiled and said to Qionghua: "Princess, are you willing to recognize me as a brother?" Qionghua was very nervous at first, but now she was very moved, and quickly bowed: "Of course Qionghua is willing, I'm afraid Qionghua is too high up! "
Yang Peng laughed loudly, "Okay!" He glanced at Duan Zhichun, "I'm very happy today, I got such a gentle and lovely sister!" Duan Zhichun was a little at a loss and felt that things shouldn't be like this. Princess Qionghua should become the concubine of King Yan, but after thinking about it, even if she can't become a concubine, becoming a girl seems not bad! The princess of Dali is the sister of King Yan, and this relationship is close enough! As soon as he thought of this, his worries turned into joy, and he bowed with a smile: "Congratulations, King Yan, congratulations Princess!"
Yang Peng smiled and said to Qionghua: "I can't treat my sister badly." After a pause, "There is an empty courtyard next to Prince Yan's Mansion. Let's give it to my sister to live in!" Qionghua bowed: "Thank you brother!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "You can come to the palace to chat with your sisters-in-law at any time. Your sisters-in-law are very hospitable, and you will definitely get along well!" Qionghua nodded gratefully, she felt as if she was dreaming , I originally thought that my fate would be very gloomy and miserable, but I didn’t expect that Brother Yan Wang was such a good person. He didn’t want to violate me, but instead recognized me as his sister. The Bodhisattva was really kind to me!
Yang Peng smiled and said: "My sister must be very tired after traveling all the way. Let's go down and rest." Qionghua bowed: "Thank you brother, I'm not tired. I want to visit all my sisters-in-law." Yang Peng nodded with a smile. , "That's fine." She turned to Jiang Li and said, "Take my little sister to the backyard." Jiang Li responded, stepped forward and clasped her fists towards Qionghua and said, "Princess, please come with me." Since Yang Peng recognized Qionghua as his sister, , Qionghua naturally became the princess. Qionghua bowed to Yang Pengyingying and followed Jiang Li away.
The two women left the hall one after the other and walked along the corridor to the backyard. Qionghua couldn't help but said: "I originally thought Brother Yan Wang was a terrible person, but I didn't expect him to be so good!"
Jiang Li smiled and said: "The master is a good person!" Qionghua nodded, and then asked in confusion: "But why is the legendary brother Yan Wang such a terrible person?" Jiang Li turned around and curiously asked Asked: "What do the rumors say about the master?" Qionghua tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said: "It is said in our place that King Yan eats a cow for one meal. He is three feet tall, has six hands, and eyes. A powerful figure who breathes fire!!" Jiang Li couldn't help laughing, "Is that person still a human? It's clearly a monster!"
Qionghua said sheepishly: "That's what everyone over there said, and I thought Brother Yan Wang must be a very scary person at first!"
Jiang Li was silent for a moment and said quietly: "Actually, the master does have very terrible times, but that is when he treats his enemies!" She smiled at Qionghua, "The princess may not believe it, but I have followed the master a long time ago. , but I have never seen the master speak loudly to the princesses. The master loves every princess wholeheartedly. To the master, the princesses are all treasures and cannot be aggrieved!" Qionghua was very surprised, because in the master's place, the princesses are all treasures. In her opinion, her father was the most charitable man, but even his father had scolded his mother. She found it hard to believe that King Yan, who had ordered the Khitans and Tibetans to be frightened by Megatron's orders, would actually do this. So gentle.
Thinking like this, I came to the backyard unknowingly. Jiang Li stopped and said, "This is the backyard of the palace. It must not be as spacious as the palace." Qionghua saw a clear lake in front of her, and many pavilions and pavilions could be seen under the surrounding green trees. He fell in love with the environment here and couldn't help but said: "I think this place is even better than the palace!"
Jiang Li smiled slightly, pointed to the courtyards around the lake, and introduced: "Those courtyards are where the master and the princesses live." Then she pointed to the large group of people playing in the waterside pavilion in the distance, "Princesses They are all playing over there, let's go over there." Qionghua couldn't help but become nervous when she saw many people there. …
At this time, in the hall, Duan Zhichun bowed and said: "The Lord of our country originally wanted to come to see His Highness in person, but he was busy with state affairs and couldn't get away, so he had to ask me to do it for you! If you are disrespectful, please forgive me. Please forgive me!!”
Yang Peng smiled and said: "The Lord of our country is so polite! By the way, is the situation over there in the Snowy Mountains okay?" Duan Zhichun said gratefully: "Since the Tubo people were kicked off by His Highness, they have not been harassed again. , now it’s peaceful over there in the Snowy Mountains!”
Yang Peng nodded, "It's fine." Duan Zhichun clasped his fists and said, "There is one thing that our country has to ask your Highness for instructions on!" Chen Xiao said with a smile, "Don't be so polite. If you have anything, just tell me. ." Duan Zhichun said: "Those students that our country sent to study in Yanyun previously, the leader of our country hopes to take them back." Then he was worried that Yang Peng would misunderstand, and quickly explained: "Our country is now at the time of employing people. These students are all talented people, so the leader of our country hopes to take them back and entrust them with important responsibilities!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "This is your country's internal affairs. There is no need to ask me for instructions. Since your Majesty is in a hurry to employ people, you can take them back." Duan Zhichun hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Your Highness!" Then he said: "I've been disturbing King Yan for a long time, so I'm leaving now!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Your envoy is tired from coming far, so go down and have a good rest!" Duan Zhichun said, "Thank you, King Yan!" Then he and Duan Zhixing retreated. Yang Peng looked at the backs of the two of them, then looked away with a thoughtful look on his face.
The sound of footsteps came from the screen behind. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts and followed the sound, only to see Jiang Li turning out from behind the screen, clasping her fists and saying: "The princess is already with the ladies." Yang Peng asked curiously: "How are they getting along?" Jiang Li smiled and said: "The princess is very polite, and the ladies like her very much!" Yang Peng chuckled, "As long as we get along well." Then he glanced at Jiang Li and asked with a smile: "Aren't you jealous now? Alright?"
Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, and then her face turned red. She understood that her mood just now was seen by her master, and sighed faintly, "How can I be jealous, my subordinates?" Yang Peng saw that her mood was a little low, so he He was about to coax her, but at this moment, Wang Kai ran in again, and Yang Peng had to shrink back what he said. Wang Kai clasped his fists and bowed: "Master, Mr. Dunan, the Lianghuai Xuanwei Envoy, is here. Please see me outside the door!"
Yang Peng nodded, "Bring him in." Wang Kai responded and ran down. Yang Peng turned to Jiang Li and said, "Let's talk carefully later!" Jiang Li's beautiful eyes showed a soft look, and she looked at Yang Peng infatuatedly, and her eyes almost melted Yang Peng.
The sound of footsteps outside the door diverted Yang Peng's thoughts, and he saw the chubby Du Nan following Wang Kai in. When Wang Kai saw Yang Peng, he quickly took a few steps forward, knelt down and worshiped: "My subordinate Dunan, pay your respects to King Yan!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "No need to be polite!" "Thank you, King Yan!" Then Du Nan stood up and saw Jiang Li standing next to him. He knew that although this woman was only the captain of the guard on the surface, she was actually related to Yan. There was no doubt that he was the wife of the king, so he also bowed to her. Jiang Li was flattered and understood immediately. Two blushes appeared on her pretty face, and she couldn't help but feel good about this fat man.
Yang Peng joked: "Fat man, please come back, I don't have any lucky money to give you!" Dunan grinned, "How can you ask King Yan for money as a subordinate? You should donate money to King Yan!" Yang Peng's heart moved and he said with a smile: "So, Fatty, you brought a gift?" Du Nan chuckled and said, "Would King Yan please guess what kind of gift this subordinate brought?"
Yang Peng said angrily: "You're guessing, tell me!" Du Nan was very depressed and complained: "King Yan, you don't even let your subordinates be proud of themselves!" Yang Peng smiled, "I think you are quite proud of yourself. !" Suddenly his heart moved, and he asked quickly: "Is it the fleet that went to the ocean trade has returned?" Dunan showed an expression of wonder, shook his head and said: "Which is King Yan? I can really guess it!" Yang Peng asked with concern: "How is the situation?" Du Nan's fat face was full of joy and excitement, "They have been out for almost a year. They originally thought they would not bring back much harvest, but they didn't expect it, they didn't expect it. ," At this point, maybe because I was too excited, the next words were stuck and I couldn't say them out.
Yang Peng still thought he was trying to show off, and said angrily: "Fat man, I think you are itchy!" Du Nan shook his head vigorously, "I am so excited! I am not afraid of King Yan's jokes. Although I came from a wealthy family House, but, but I have never seen it, not that I have never seen it, but I have never seen it in my dreams, such a ship full of rare treasures! The benefits of this trip are really huge!"
Yang Peng felt itchy because of him and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense to me and just tell me how much it's worth?" Du Nan swallowed, "This subordinate was supposed to come to Tianjing New City a few days ago. , but it was delayed because we had to count this data." Then he stretched out two chubby fingers and said, "I can't get the exact statistics yet, but this is the approximate number!"
Yang Peng was surprised, "Two million taels of silver? That's a lot!" Du Nan shook his fat head vigorously. Yang Peng was stunned, and his eyes turned into horror, "You, don't tell me it's twenty million taels of silver!"
Du Nan nodded vigorously, "That's right, that's all! There's more!" Yang Peng couldn't recover for a while, and Jiang Li and Wang Kai were also dumbfounded. Who would have thought that the fleet actually made two thousand dollars in one trip? Come back with ten thousand taels of silver? ! It's almost like a dream!
Yang Peng came back to his senses and said in disbelief: "Fat man, don't lie to me!" Du Nan said quickly: "Even if I have the courage, I would not dare to lie to King Yan! There are indeed so many, it should be said There are more than that! The specific number may not be calculated until after the Chinese New Year!”
Yang Peng couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder the Western powers like to play maritime trade. It's so profitable! Damn it, this is more than our entire Yanyun fiscal revenue for a whole year! Now, the funds for northwest construction are available !" Du Nan nodded with deep sympathy.
Yang Peng suddenly raised his head and asked Dunan: "How did they get so much money?" Du Nan said: "I heard Er Zhang said that most of these treasures were obtained in Tianzhu in the south. The specific situation My subordinates don’t know!”
"Where's the second level?" "I'll go first, they are still behind, they should be there in a day or two!!"
Yang Peng nodded, thinking about further expanding this maritime trade, and thought: 'Since the benefits of maritime trade are so huge, it is necessary to establish bases and transfer stations along the sea route. Let this matter be left to the second pass. 'The so-called second pass is actually Guanshan and Guanping. They were originally the commanders of the Yanyun navy. However, almost a year ago, Yang Peng transferred them out of the army and formed an ocean-going caravan and made them the commanders. The ocean-going caravans are different from the merchant fleets that have appeared before. The previous merchant fleets just wandered around the waters of East Asia, mainly doing business with the Japanese and those countries in Southeast Asia, but the ocean-going fleets are different. The purpose is to It is to do business in India, Africa, Arabia and even Europe in the Indian Ocean.
The reason why Yang Peng thought of doing this was entirely based on his own historical understanding. He knew that the Western powers relied on maritime trade to obtain extremely huge benefits and finally rise, so he decided to do this. In fact, Yang Peng was a little nervous at the beginning. He was not sure what the outcome would be. He did not expect that he would get such huge benefits.
In this era, maritime trade was actually very common. Half of the tax revenue in the Southern Song Dynasty came from maritime trade, of which trade between Arabia and East Asia accounted for a large proportion. However, like Yanyun, large-scale officially organized maritime trade has not yet appeared. Now there is only Yanyun. The Southern Song Dynasty actually has more favorable conditions than Yanyun. The reason why there is no officially organized large-scale trade is simply because Influenced by Confucianism, people are seeking fame and reputation, and are not willing to let others say that they are pursuing interests.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
