The Ninth Princess stood up and bowed solemnly to Jin Feng.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?"
Jin Feng quickly stood up and wanted to lift the Ninth Princess, but when he saw Qin'er glaring at him from the side, he had to take his hand back.
Jin Feng didn't support her, so the Ninth Princess just kept hunching over like this.
Qin'er frowned and looked up at the roof.
When Jin Feng saw it, he knew that she had acquiesced and was going to pretend that she couldn't see her. He quickly held the Ninth Princess's arm and tried to help the Ninth Princess up.
But the ninth princess was stubborn and refused to get up.
"Your Highness, please get up. Jin Feng is so virtuous and capable that he deserves such a great gift from His Highness!"
Jin Feng couldn't laugh or cry.
If the Ninth Princess couldn't get up, he couldn't force her to get up.
Qin'er probably broke his arm before he could even be dragged up.
"Sir, please promise Wen'er first, then Wen'er dares to get up!" Ninth Princess said with her waist bowed.
"Your Highness, you asked me to agree without saying anything. Do you think I can agree?"
When Jin Feng heard this, he thought that the Ninth Princess was trying to cheat.
He directly took his hand back and bowed to the Ninth Princess: "If Your Highness is like this, let's worship each other."
Isn't it just cheating? Who wouldn't do it?
When the Ninth Princess saw it, she sighed helplessly and had no choice but to straighten up and lift Jin Feng up.
"Sir, then I'll tell you straight."
"Well, let's just say it."
Jin Feng started to serve a bowl of rice porridge to the Ninth Princess: "Your Highness, drink some rice porridge first to moisten your throat."
"Thank you sir."
The Ninth Princess took the rice porridge and put it aside: "Sir, three days ago, the Tibetan envoy went to Xichuan Mansion for negotiations. When he returned, he was attacked by bandits!"
"The Tibetan envoy was attacked by bandits?" Jin Feng was stunned, frowned and asked: "What are the casualties?"
"They are all dead!" said the Ninth Princess.
"so serious?"
Jin Feng suddenly realized that the matter was serious.
If the envoy who came to negotiate died, Tibet would be furious.
The relationship between Dakang and Tubo was already tense, but now it was better. The bandits directly lit a fire down there.
"What did Tubo say?" Jin Feng asked.
"The Tubo side requires Brother Xinyao and I to take the murderer to Tubo in person within five days to make amends!"
The Ninth Princess said: "In addition, Dakang is also asked to cede the two counties of Lanzhou and Xining in the northwest to Tubo!"
"What are they thinking?" Jin Feng frowned.
Like Xichuan, Lanzhou Xining was a border military city built by the founding emperor of Dakang. One was to control Tubo and the other was to control party items. Their war positions were very important.
Xichuan Prefecture is still some distance away from the Tibetan border, but Xining Lanzhou is almost built on the border.
If Xining and Lanzhou were given to Tubo, there would be no barrier in the northwest of Dakang, and the Tubo people would be able to roam freely in the northwest of Dakang, threatening Guanzhong.
If Xining and Lanzhou were ceded to Tibet, the consequences would be as serious as those of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures being ceded to Khitan.
In the past, when Tubo asked Dakang to cede Xichuan Prefecture, it was probably just asking for a price, but this time it added Lanzhou and Xining, and it was serious.
Asking for three counties and cities, if Dakang counter-offers, he has to give one, right?
"Xichuan, Lanzhou and Xining will never be ceded to Tubo, so a war with Tubo is inevitable!"
The Ninth Princess said: "Wu Yang came to Xihewan just to ask sir to help Xichuan and Dakang!"
"Your Highness, I am just a baron, how can I help you?" Jin Feng said with a bitter smile.
Jinchuan was too close to Tubo. If possible, he would not want to see Dakang go to war with Tubo.
But this has already involved the interests between the two countries, no, it has even involved party items.
He was a Baron of Qingshui, and he didn't even have a fief. He really didn't expect the Ninth Princess to come to him for help.
"We captured a group of Tibetan spies, and during interrogation we learned that Tubo's Gada Zampu had long been studying how to fight heavy crossbows and catapults, and it was said to be quite effective.
The Tubo people have been fighting in melee for many years, fighting more bravely than the Khitans, and now they have studied how to defeat heavy crossbows and catapults. Our army is fighting against the Tubo, and the chance of victory is not great!"
The Ninth Princess said: "Sir, I know that you have a batch of weapons that are more powerful than heavy crossbows and catapults. Mr. Wu Yangqiu, for the sake of the people of Sichuan and Sichuan, and for the sake of a prosperous society, please support Xichuan with these weapons!"
"How do you know?" Jin Feng was shocked when he heard this.
In terms of weapons, Jinfeng's philosophy has always been to equip one generation, reserve one generation, and develop one generation.
So catapults and heavy crossbows are indeed not the most powerful weapons in his hands.
He did make sharper weapons, and secretly made a batch of them, hiding them in the deepest part of the warehouse in the back mountain.
But this news was only known to him, Guan Xiaorou, Tang Xiaobei, Mancang and a few others.
How could the Ninth Princess know?
Jin Feng subconsciously raised his head and looked at Qing Mulan.
Then he denied the idea because Qing Mulan didn't know either.
After the Ninth Princess finished speaking, she kept staring at Jin Feng.
Seeing Jin Feng's reaction, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and said with a sly smile: "Sir, don't look at Sister Mu Lan. She didn't tell me, it was Wuyang who guessed it."
"Guess?"
"Yes, sir, he is prudent in his work. When he was willing to hand over the catapult drawings to brother Qinghuai, he probably already had a more powerful weapon. Now it seems that Wuyang guessed it right!" Ninth Princess said with a smile.
"Your Highness' grasp of people's hearts is truly amazing." Jin Feng said with a wry smile.
After working on it for a long time, I realized that I was deceived by the Ninth Princess.
"Since Your Highness has guessed it, I will not hide it from Your Highness. I have indeed developed a catapult and heavy crossbow that are more powerful and have a longer range."
Jin Feng said: "However, these weapons were not made before I gave the catapult blueprints to Qinghou. They were developed after learning that the blueprints were leaked and worried that they would not be able to restrain the party members."
"Mr. Gaoyi!"
The Ninth Princess stood up and bowed to Jin Feng again, feeling reassured.
Since Jin Feng admitted that he had such a batch of weapons, it can be assumed that he was willing to hand over the weapons.
"Sir, don't worry. Wuyang Bubai needs your weapons. If you need any silver or ore, you can pick them up!"
"Let's not talk about this for now. I have a question for Your Highness."
Jin Feng said: "Did the Tibetan spies your Highness captured tell you how the Tibetans planned to deal with catapults and heavy crossbows?"
"The spy didn't tell me, so he probably really doesn't know." The Ninth Princess shook her head.
"Then your Highness, can you tell the truth? Is the spy your Highness is talking about the Tibetan envoy?" Jin Feng leaned on the table and stared at the Ninth Princess closely.
There are indeed many bandits in the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, but the bandits are not fools. It is impossible to distinguish the Tubo people from the Dakang people.
Knowing that killing the Tubo people would have serious consequences, few bandits dared to rob and kill them.
Otherwise, the Tibetan envoys who originally went to the capital would not have been able to return safely all the way.
Xichuan borders Tubo, and the bandits nearby must know this better.
However, the Tibetan envoy was kidnapped and killed, and then the Ninth Princess said that she had captured the Tibetan spy.
It was impossible for Jin Feng not to think too much.