And Prince Yan's palace was even more of a joyful scene. The entire palace was decorated with colorful lights, 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 touring along the lake, laughing and laughing.
One after another, the babies in Chai Yonghui and Yang Tong's arms were babbling and 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.
In Yang Tong's arms was Yang Peng's second son, Yang Yinglong. The smile on Yang Tong's face was the brightest. Since ancient times, "the mother is more valuable than the son". Although Yang Tong was not born well, she gave birth to the eldest son of King Yan.
, the second son, this naturally brought her a lot of glory, and suddenly put her in a position of great concern. From then on, no one dared to look down upon her.
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 talk too much, regardless of Yang Peng's wives, no one dares to be presumptuous in front of Lin Qing'er.
Jiang Li, 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." Then he said with a smile.
He said to the girls, "You guys go play, I'll go meet them." The girls smiled sweetly. Yang Peng kissed his children lightly, with a fatherly smile on his tough face, and then left.
Jiang Li followed 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!" They quickly stood up 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.
Looking like a child, 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've done a great job!" Yang Guihua clasped his fists and said, "It's enough for me to get these words from my eldest brother!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "My praise is not important, what's 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. Just 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 at 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 door and said: "Wang Kai is here!" Yang Peng stopped, turned around and looked outside, and sure enough,
Seeing Wang Kaizheng running in a hurry, he ran into the hall and worshiped Yang Peng: "Master, the Dali envoy has arrived and wants to see the master!"
Yang Peng said: "Let them come in." Wang Kai responded and ran down. Yang Peng went back to his superiors to do his best. Now he has to receive foreign envoys, so he can't be as casual as he treats his subordinate brothers.
After a while, Wang Kai led two men in costumes and strode in. Yang Peng had seen these two men, and the one in front was Duan Zhichun, who was the first to go to Yanyun, and then the young man
The one who stood out was Duan Zhixing, who was on his recent mission to Yanyun. When the two of them saw Yang Peng, who was sitting high on the throne, they both showed sincere joy on their faces, and they bowed to Yang Peng together. Duan Zhixing
Chun Dao: "The envoy from Dali Kingdom pays homage to His Highness King Yan! On behalf of the leader of our country, I would like to extend my 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, who immediately stepped forward, took the gift list, and handed it to Yang Peng. According to etiquette, Yang Peng opened the gift list and looked at it. It was originally just a courtesy action, but when Yang Peng saw the list on the gift list,
When she handed out the gift, she showed an unexpected expression, and saw clearly written at the top of the gift list: Princess Qionghua of Dali Kingdom.
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 to King Yan for his help, so the Lord of our country specially gave Princess Qionghua to His Highness to serve as a pillow, and I hope Your Highness will accept it with pleasure!"
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 not satisfied, it will be very bad! Duan Zhichun asked cautiously: "King Yan, King Yan doesn't like this gift?"
Seeing the nervous look of the two, 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 the great benefactor of our Dali Kingdom. We are willing to dedicate our most precious treasures to His Highness! Furthermore, His Highness is
He is the world-famous King of Yanyun, and the fact that our princess can serve His Highness is also a blessing she gained from her previous life!"
Yang Peng knew that this was Dali's sincerity. If he didn't accept it, I'm afraid that everyone in Dali would not feel at ease. But... Yang Peng turned to look at Jiang Li next to him, and saw that although she looked calm, but
There was clearly a sour taste in his eyes, and Yang Peng couldn't help but secretly said: "I have so many wives and concubines around me, and a confidante like Jiang Li, I can't cope with them anymore. How can I still have the energy and mood to go there?"
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 a colorful costume of the Baiyi tribe, with a petite figure, a delicate and beautiful face, and a look of shyness and fear in her big eyes.
The smell made me feel pity for 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, it was better than her soft and pleasant temperament. She was definitely worthy of comparison.
The one and only stunning beauty!
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 made people feel particularly comfortable.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Princess, there is no need to be polite!" "Thank you, Your Highness!" Then Princess Qionghua stood up and stood there with her head lowered. Yang Peng glanced at Duan Zhichun, smiled and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty.
, you have given 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 originally very nervous, but now she was very nervous.
He was so moved that he hurriedly bowed and said, "Of course Qionghua is willing, I'm afraid Qionghua will try too hard!"
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, feeling 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 sister seems good! The princess of Dali is the sister of King Yan, and this relationship is close enough! One thought
At this point, he turned his worries into joy and bowed with a smile: "Congratulations to the King of Yan, congratulations to the 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, feeling 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 did not 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 coming 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 smiled and nodded.
, "That's fine." He 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 left with Jiang Li.
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 very scary 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, is three feet tall, has six hands, and has eyes.
A powerful figure who breathes fire!!" Jiang Li couldn't help laughing, "Is that still a human being? 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. It was hard for her 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, she unknowingly came to the backyard. 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, surrounded by green trees.
You can see many pavilions and pavilions below, and I immediately fell in love with the environment here. I couldn't help but say: "I think this 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.
Everyone is having fun over there, let's go over there." Qionghua couldn't help but become nervous when she saw there were many people over 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 said with a smile: "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 everything is peaceful over there in the Snowy Mountains!”
Yang Peng nodded, "As long as it's okay." 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: "The leader of our country wants to take those students who were sent to study in Yanyun earlier by our country." Then he was worried that Yang Peng would misunderstand him, so he quickly explained: "Our country is now at a time when it is 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'll take my leave 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 he looked away with a thoughtful look on his face.
The sound of footsteps came from the screen at the back. Yang Peng stopped his thoughts and looked at the sound. He saw 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 do they get along?" Jiang Li smiled and said, "The princess is very polite, and the ladies like her very much!" Yang Peng laughed, "As long as they get along well." Then he glanced at Jiang Li and smiled.
He asked: "Are you not jealous now?"
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 she 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 cupped his fists and bowed: "Master, Mr. Du Nan, the Lianghuai Xuanwei Envoy, is here.
Ask to see you 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 later!" Jiang Li's beautiful eyes showed a soft look, and she looked crazy.
He looked at Yang Peng with a look that almost melted Yang Peng.
The 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: "Subordinate Du Nan,
Meet 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 she was the king's concubine, so she also bowed to her. Jiang Li was flattered, and immediately understood, 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?" Dunan chuckled, "Would King Yan please guess what gift my 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 quickly asked: "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 the King of 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, perhaps because I was too excited, the next words got stuck and I couldn't say them out.
Yang Peng thought he was trying to show off, and said angrily: "Fat man, I think your skin is itchy!" Du Nan shook his head vigorously, "I'm so excited! I'm not afraid of King Yan's jokes, even though 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 boat full of rare treasures! The benefits of this trip are really huge!"
Yang Peng was itched by him and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense to me and just tell me how much it's worth?" Dunan 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 startled, "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 that it is
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, 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?! This is 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 turns out that it is 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 from Er Zhang 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 take the first step, 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 customs.'
The so-called second pass is actually Guanshan and Guanping. The two 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, making them the commanders. This ocean-going caravan was
The caravan is different from the merchant fleet that has appeared before. The previous merchant fleet just wandered around the waters of East Asia, mainly doing business with the Japanese and those countries in Southeast Asia, but the ocean-going fleet is different. The main purpose is
Go to India, Africa, Arabia and even Europe in the Indian Ocean to do business.
The reason why Yang Peng thought of doing this was entirely based on his own historical understanding. He knew that the Western powers obtained extremely huge benefits and finally rose up by relying on maritime trade, so he decided to do this. In fact, Yang Peng was thinking
I am a drummer, and I was not sure what the result would be. I never expected that I would get such huge profits.
In this era, maritime trade was actually very common. Half of the tax revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty came from maritime trade, of which trade between the Arab region and East Asia accounted for a large proportion. However, like Yanyun, the large-scale maritime trade organized by the government was not
It 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 of the influence of Confucianism. They are seeking fame and reputation and do not want others to say that they are pursuing
Benefit.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.