"Lao Ren, did you hear that we are going to leave soon?"
"Are you going to Salt Lake?"
Ren Ning smiled and patted the grass beside him: "There's no rush. I just want them to prepare first."
At least the large amount of gold and silver treasures, weapons and equipment brought by the camels must be placed first, and at the same time, they must wait for Matthew to completely integrate the caravans together.
These all take time.
Lei Er nodded and sat down next to him.
"Time flies so fast." He raised his head and looked at the sky: "It's getting colder again. It seems like it's almost Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Mid-Autumn Festival?" Ren Ning looked strange, "I see you clearly want to eat moon cakes. It's a pity that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed long ago."
He had been counting the days all the way to the west, so he was naturally aware of the current season.
"So fast?" Lei Er couldn't believe it.
After reading Ren Ning's notebook, he howled loudly, "Fuck, my mooncakes!"
Ren Ning laughed and didn't answer, and Lei Er suddenly lost the desire to perform.
He sat up straight, "I don't know what's going on with the fortress, Dingxi County and Guangxin County now."
Ren Ning nodded and remained silent.
They are already too far away from the Yunchui border, and with the current trade routes cut off, no news can reach here.
Just don't worry about that.
Speaking of the country, Lei Er suddenly became interested.
"Old Ren, this year is about to pass again."
"The one-year training for each prince should have ended, and it is time to return to Star City."
He geared up: "Would you like to bet on which prince or prince will be ranked first?"
Ren Ning stroked his bare chin thoughtfully.
He understood what Lei Er meant.
Emperor Changxing was not young anymore, and his health had always been poor.
But he has yet to establish a beneficiary.
The whole empire has been discussing this for a long time.
Last year, he suddenly proposed the prince's border experience, which immediately alarmed all the high-ranking officials and wealthy families in Star City.
After private discussions, everyone felt that this experience should be Emperor Changxing's selection of the crown prince, that is, the establishment of a crown prince.
Prince.
Lei Er muttered this word.
Suddenly, I felt that the sauced lamb leg I just stuffed in my mouth no longer smelled good.
That will be the next person to sit on the throne of Emperor Changxing, and also their future immediate boss.
This person's character and thoughts will affect Yunchui's fate in the next few decades, and will also affect their future.
In the future, whether they, these border generals, can continue to ride their horses and whip their whips on the border, or whether they can stay trapped in the territory and watch foreigners trampling the rivers and mountains, will depend on the outcome of this experience.
So you have to be cautious and cautious.
flutter.
Lei Er spit out the bones in his mouth and began to think about it by himself.
"The eldest prince is also the King of Qin. Although he was the first to be promoted to prince, he has always been nothing like a king. I look down on him."
"The second prince is also the King of Jin. The big fat man is the most familiar to us. After all, his training place is in the Guangxin Yingshan Camp."
"He is pretty good. Unfortunately, he has a bad appearance. He is also lecherous and henpecked. The most important thing is that he has no ambition."
"If such a person becomes the emperor of Yunchui..."
As Lei Er talked, he shuddered.
Ren Ning couldn't help but laugh too.
Princess Jin often invited Yingpan to the palace as a guest, and occasionally she would visit Ren Ning's Xuanwu General's Palace.
When he was in the imperial capital, he had met the loud and loud Princess Jin several times.
On the surface, she seems to be a gentle and generous woman. I never thought that she would actually chase her husband, an imperial prince, with a knife. It is really unbelievable.
No wonder this matter has spread to everyone in Xingji City.
"As for the Third Prince Chen Xiuzhu," Lei Er curled his lips.
"This King of Qi is quite talented. He is neither like the eldest prince who holds his head high but always makes people feel shrinking; nor is he like the second prince who looks like a ball when viewed from a distance or up close.
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"It's just that for some reason, I just don't like him."
Ren Ning nodded understandingly.
When they first sent Ling back to his hometown, they returned to Longyuan City in Xingluo County.
Chen Xiuzhu did not think about ways to eliminate the epidemic that was raging in Yunzhong County next door, but he kept trying to get close to them, and even tried to take away their telescopes.
With Lei Er's temperament, he really wouldn't like such a person.
"Except the seventh prince Chen Xiujian and the eighth prince who has died, what are the names of the other princes?" Lei Er scratched his head, feeling a little confused for a moment.
"The princes are named according to rules," Ren Ning reminded with a smile: "They are plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, Aoyou Jianyi."
"Forget it. No matter what their names are." Lei Er waved his hand indifferently, "They all say that the nine sons of Longsheng are different. They have been silent for so many years, and they will probably not be outstanding figures in the future."
"Ignore it."
"Maybe." Ren Ning agreed with a smile.
"Although I dislike Chen Xiuzhu the most," Lei Er sighed: "But if you choose a taller one among the shorter ones, he is still the best among all the princes."
"If Chen Xiuzhu can sit on the throne, that would be the best. At least the future of the empire can be expected."
"By the way! Lao Ren," Lei Er asked, "Where did Chen Xiuzhu practice?"
Ren Ning raised his head and looked northeast, "Northern Xinjiang, Yumu County, Beiguan Pass!"
Beihai Customs.
The soldiers guarding the city crossed their arms and stamped their feet heavily.
After autumn, the weather gradually starts to get colder.
It's fine if there's sunshine during the day, but it's freezing cold at night.
"I wonder when this year's cotton-padded clothes will be distributed?" a soldier muttered.
"It should be soon." Another soldier looked around and saw that no one was around. He lowered his voice and said, "Hasn't His Highness King Qi been practicing in our Beiguan Pass? He hasn't left to return to the imperial capital yet."
The Ministry of War would not dare to miss out on this man's cotton-padded clothes.
"Really?" Someone next to him couldn't believe it: "Isn't the prince's training over? Why hasn't His Highness left yet?"
Tsk tsk!
The well-informed soldier shook his head triumphantly, "You don't know this."
"Not only is His Royal Highness the King of Qi not planning to return to the imperial capital, he is also planning to set off to the Baekje Peninsula to fight against Japanese pirates."
The other soldiers couldn't help but open their eyes.
"Isn't it said that this prince's training is actually His Majesty's selection of the prince?"
At this critical moment of establishing the crown prince, if the princes and princes were not in front of the emperor but at a remote border, they would not be able to enjoy the advantages of being close to the water.
Furthermore, Emperor Changxing had many sons, but he never saw anyone. Maybe he had forgotten this son.
"The position of Crown Prince is indeed very important. But His Highness King Qi said that he has more important things to do first, so he will not return to Star City for the time being."
"What's going on?" Others stretched their necks and pricked up their ears in curiosity.
"His Highness said, Japanese pirates are the most greedy."
"If they gain a foothold on the Baekje Peninsula, sooner or later they will move westward and harm our northeastern and northern counties such as Tammu, Anhui, and Kyungho."
"So he has to go to Baekje first to drive the Japanese pirates into the sea."
Buzz.
Most of the soldiers were locals, and they were impressed by it as soon as they heard it.
"This is the prince we want."
"Yes. Such a prince is the best. He is too lazy to fight for the position of prince. He only cares about the fate of us people in remote small counties..."
Inside the pass, the residence of the King of Qi.
Chen Xiuzhu was reading the letter sent by his grandfather.
"Your Highness," seeing him put down the letter, the staff couldn't help but ask, "What did Luo Shangshu say in the letter?"
"Grandfather asked us to go to Baekje wholeheartedly to seize the opportunity and drive the Japanese pirates into the sea as soon as possible. As for the matter of refusing to return, he will solve it for me."
The staff breathed a long sigh of relief.
Having a maternal grandfather who was a minister of the Ministry of Industry made it easier to worry.
As long as it wasn't blatant rebellion, Luo Ken could probably solve it for his grandson if he opened his mouth.