In the inn, Li Zhang stretched out of the room, and there was also a busy outside. Fu Bi was instructing the delegation's people to pack things, because they had received news yesterday that someone would take them to the palace of the Emperor of Liao. So from yesterday, the delegation was busy packing things, and Fu Bi even got up early in the morning to direct and check it out, for fear of something falling.

Compared to Fu Bi, Li Zhang, the official envoy, seemed much more idle, but this is also normal. Li Zhang, the official envoy, was responsible for foreign affairs. He usually dealt with officials from the Liao Kingdom, while Fu Bi was responsible for internal affairs, and he was responsible for all the internal affairs of the delegation. The two divided the labors differently. Fu Bi seemed busy, but in fact the pressure was not great, while Li Zhang was under all the external pressure.

The inn offers breakfast, and Li Zhang also ate some casually. The diet in Liao Kingdom is not very good. Li Zhang is a more picky person, so he is really not satisfied with the diet here. If it were not for the conditions, he might have cooked it himself.

Just after Li Zhang had breakfast, he saw a team of people coming from the inn. Among them, the leader was a very young Khitan. Although he was very tall, he probably was less than twenty years old. When he came to the inn, he immediately said very politely: "I am ordered to come to receive the Great Song Dynasty mission. I wonder which one is Li Zhong's envoy?"

"I am a messenger Li Zhang, I don't know what my brother is called?" Li Zhang also stepped forward and said politely. Compared to the reckless man Yelu Zuoya, the Khitan in front of him was much more polite, but the more such a person was, the more difficult it was to deal with.

"The envoy Li Zhong is really young and promising. He is in Yelu Renxian, now he serves as a waiter in the prince's tent. This time he was ordered to take the envoy of the Song Dynasty to your Majesty's Nabo!" The young man's eyes lit up when he saw Li Zhang, and he immediately bowed again.

When Li Zhang heard the name Yelu Renxian, he couldn't help but feel moved, because he remembered that in the original history, Yelu Renxian was known as a famous minister of the Liao Kingdom, especially he was extremely trusted by Emperor Xingzong of Liao, the current Prince of Liao Kingdom, Yelu Zong, and even the son of Yelu Zongzhen, who later became Emperor Daozong of Liao, also regarded Yelu Renxian as Shang's father. It can be said that Yelu Renxian's life was extremely honorable and favored, which also had a huge impact on the Liao Kingdom.

"It turns out that it was Yelu Zhihou, so I'll have a hard time along the way!" Although Li Zhang was surprised, he said calmly on the surface that the waiter was a palace guard similar to the personal guard. Although his level was not high, he had to be held by the nobles and was deeply trusted by the royal family. Yelu Renxian was able to hold this position at a young age. No wonder he was so trusted by Yelu Zong in the future.

"Li Zhong is polite, I wonder when the mission will set off?" Yelu Renxian smiled again. His origin was much better than that of Yelu Zuoya. His father Yelu Guiyin was named King of Yan and became the prime minister of the Southern Palace. He was a top noble in the Liao Kingdom since he was born, but he was very kind on the surface. However, Li Zhang knew that Yelu Renxian seemed peaceful, but in fact he was hiding arrogance in his bones. He just disdained to write all his arrogance on his face like Yelu Zuoya.

"Our mission has been packed up and can be on the road at any time!" Li Zhang immediately spoke again. He was the last one to raise the mission, and the others had already gotten up and packed up their things.

It was getting late, and Li Zhang and Yelu Renxian decided to set off immediately, so the delegation followed Yelu Renxian and left the inn together. Yelu Renxian led a team of dozens of guards, all under the prince Yelu Zongzhen. This time, they were transferred to the palace to obey orders, and they also took Li Zhang and the others along the way.

The military system of the Liao Kingdom was very different from that of the Song Dynasty. For example, the Liao Kingdom was a soldier in the country. Everyone over fifteen years old and under fifty years old were listed as military citizenship, which also allowed the Liao Kingdom to gather a large number of troops in a short period of time. However, in this way, every war would have a huge impact on the agriculture and animal husbandry of the Liao Kingdom. In addition, various taxes would overwhelm the poor herders. This was also the main reason for the previous Dayanlin rebellion.

In other words, the Liao Kingdom, like the Song Dynasty, had many conflicts in the country. If there was no change, it would definitely seriously affect the national strength. In fact, the Liao Kingdom had already begun to take a steep road. Because the Song Dynasty was established later, the situation was better than that of the Liao Kingdom, but it was only relative. Otherwise, there would not be any subsequent reforms by Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi.

Yelu Ren first took Li Zhang and others out of the city from the west gate of Zhongjing, and then rushed all the way to Dafu River, which was also the location of the Spring Palace of the Emperor of Liao. Generally speaking, the palaces of the Emperor of Liao generally change according to seasons, mainly spring water, autumn mountains, summer and winter. It is now spring, so the palace was chosen in Dafu River, which is less than three hundred miles away from Zhongjing.

In the early days of the Liao Dynasty, the location of the Emperor's Palace was not fixed, and the length of stay was different. However, in the middle and late periods, the location of the palace was fixed. Generally, the palace was located in the Yazi River in the spring, near Tahu City in Jilin in later generations, while the location of Yelu Longxu's palace at this time was in the Dafu River in the west, which was the Huhuer River in Inner Mongolia in later generations.

The delegation brought a large number of gifts, so the speed was not fast. They could only stay in the wild for one night that night. From this, we can see that the Liao Kingdom is really vast and sparsely populated. Even a place so close to the capital, there was no town to be found. In fact, except for the Xijin Prefecture where the Han people gathered, most of the other places in the Liao Kingdom are mainly nomadic, so it is normal for a hundred miles to be uninhabited.

The next morning, Li Zhang and the others continued to rush on their way, and occasionally they could see some shepherds along the way. However, when they approached the Dafu River, many patrol troops appeared outside. The so-called palace troops, which is the imperial guards of the emperor's palace, were mainly responsible for the guards of the palace. As for the former famous Liao Dynasty Pishi Army, it has now become a local garrison and is no longer responsible for the safety of the palace.

As soon as he saw Gong Zongjun, Li Zhang felt something was wrong, because the inspection of these Gong Zongjun was too strict. Along the way, Li Zhang and his team met seven or eight patrol teams, and each team would come forward to strictly investigate when they saw them. Fortunately, Yelu Renxian had the token of the prince, which allowed them to move forward smoothly.

After walking forward for several miles, a big river finally appeared in front of them. On the bank of the river, a palace with a felt cart as a camp and a hard village as a palace finally appeared in front of them. This was the Nabo of the Emperor of Liao, a walking palace.
Chapter completed!