Chapter 50 White Bone Essence (2)
The war did not leave any scars west of the Dnieper River. After July, the Yuan Dynasty began to prepare for the autumn harvest, and Kiev's days were completely back on track.
As a reinforcement in the territory of the Khanate, Tielin could not feel the atmosphere of war at all, which surprised Tielin very much. He had known for a long time that he would not participate in the war, but facing three sides of the siege and 200,000 to 300,000 enemies, Tielin always felt that he wanted to join the war. As a result, all his hard work was only for thousands of miles. Tielin participated in the westward migration and completed the journey of thousands of miles at a young age. Thousands of miles were indeed very hard, and it was only that for the Mongols. What's more, after he returned to Kiev, he ate and ate. He had already recovered his strength.
Walking on the streets of Kiev, Tielin felt bored. The wealth of the Yuan Kingdom once surprised Tielin, but after getting used to it, it was just like the same houses and similar life. It was incomparable to Baghdad, the magnificent Golden Tent King. Tielin began to miss Baghdad. There were too many entertainments in that city, such as playing style, playing snakes, and dancing. Most of the Yuan Kingdom had various square dances, which were public entertainment for workers in their spare time. Everyone wore neat clothes and could not even see a ditch, which was completely incomparable to all kinds of places for Baghdad.
Tielin misses home.
I went to see Prince Hao Ren several times, but I never got what I wanted. The Khan's personal army had drunk too much and caused trouble on the streets. The people in Kiev were not polite to these bastards and had a large-scale fight. After that, the Khan's personal army was arrested dozens of people. Tie Lin wanted to plead for mercy, but Hao Ren avoided it. Although Tie Lin was very angry, the tough folk customs in Kiev also impressed Tie Lin. Those guys who were lucky enough to be not caught were all bruised and swollen.
Just as Tie Linbai was drinking bored in the house, a guard suddenly invited Tie Lin to see Hao Ren. He was taken to the Yuan Dynasty court like a mansion of an ordinary wealthy family. Many people came out together, all of whom were ministers of the Yuan Dynasty. After entering the house, he saw many tea cups on the conference table, which was obviously just finished the meeting.
After Hao Ren finished drinking the water, he put the cup on the long wooden table. Tie Lin thought Hao Ren was going to talk about the fight, but he heard Hao Ren say, "Tie Lin, the war is over. But I am very busy here and I can't go to Baghdad for the time being."
"Oh." Tielin didn't think Hao Ren was busy, it was just some official duties. Tielin was not very busy when he saw his cousin Tiemur Khan dealing with official duties. But what he should say was still to say. Tieling asked: "Prince, aren't you going to Baghdad? The Queen Mother is still waiting for you to take office in Baghdad."
"I know the Queen Mother's expectations. So I ask you to go back and report to the Queen Mother first. I originally meant that I went to take office before the New Year, and it seems that next year may not be possible." Hao Ren talked about his arrangements for Tielin.
"This... I think it's better to ask the prince to take office in Baghdad as soon as possible." Tielin said the most powerful persuasion he could come up with.
"Haha." Hao Ren laughed dryly. One of Tie Lin's tasks was actually to see the strength of the Yuan Kingdom himself. Hao Ren was not so naive that he couldn't even understand this.
As for the inquiries he sent, the Khan's personal army, including Tielin, thought the Yuan Dynasty was very rich, but it was a very boring place. There was no place more exciting than the colorful world of Baghdad. Hao Ren liked the Khan's personal army's impression of the Yuan Dynasty. For these playboys, they had no interest in the boring place.
"Tielin, a few days ago, the Khan's personal army members were drunk and caused trouble on the streets. I have asked someone to let them go. But you should take them back to Baghdad first." Hao Ren had already wanted to drive Tielin away, and this time the trouble was just a good excuse.
"Prince..., Empress Dowager..." Tielin didn't know what to say. After all, it was inappropriate to say anything on the territory of the Yuan Kingdom.
"I will ask my eldest son Hao Kang to go back to Baghdad with you. Hao Kang is good at water conservancy. I heard that the water and drought in the Mesopotamia are not in harmony, so he should be able to help." Hao Ren said.
When Tielin heard that Hao Kang was going to Baghdad, Tielin was stunned. Regardless of what Tielin thought, Hao Ren said, "You guys prepare and set off as soon as possible."
After sending Tielin away, Hao Ren called Hao Kang. He first told Hao Kang about his promise to go to the Baghdad court to take over the prime minister. Hao Ren then told Hao Kang, "You go to Baghdad first. I have written a letter to the Queen Mother and recommended you to be the minister in charge of water conservancy. In addition, I have also written a letter to Yuxi Timur's envoy, so that he can take care of you in the Baghdad court. You go to Baghdad first and I will go to Baghdad after the work here."
"Dad..., this..." Hao Kang was stunned by the sudden order.
Since Hao Ren had made the decision, he firmly said: "I have long wanted to revitalize Mongolia, and I am not at ease to send others to me. What you are studying water conservancy is just right for me. We father and son can do great things in the court. I am the only one, and it is really hard to support you."
Regardless of what Hao Kang had thought, Hao Ren immediately ordered Hao Kang to set off. Four days later, Hao Kang and Tielin and others boarded the ship to Baghdad together. Seeing the fleet start, Hao Ren waved goodbye to his son. It was not until the fleet disappeared into the dense forest beside the river that Hao Ren sighed and turned back to the palace.
The Yuan Kingdom always had to have its own foundation in Baghdad, and it was better to send Hao Kang to anyone else. When Hao Ren revitalized Mongolia, he would return to Yuan Kingdom. At that time, Hao Kang took over the power of the Mongolian prime minister and continued to take power in Baghdad, which was a good thing for Hao Kang and the Yuan Kingdom.
Although this news was not particularly promoted, it was not blocked. As the fleet left Kiev and then crossed the Black Sea from Odessa to the ports in the Georgian region, intelligence personnel from the Europa Province of the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Roman Empire learned about this and sent messages to their respective countries.
When Augustus of the Western Roman Empire heard the news, Boyan couldn't help but smile. He led the Yuan army south to attack Song, and Hao Ren was under him. Based on the time when Hao Kang was born, Boyan also had his own judgment. In addition, the news came from Baghdad, the Mongolian Golden Entrance, Boyan Augustus wrote a letter to Hao Ren again, which did not mention anything about Hao Kang at all, but once again begged his in-laws Hao Ren to send infantry troops to help.
The Europa Province of the Song Dynasty had no idea about Hao Kang's secrets. When he learned that Hao Ren sent his eldest son to Mongolia, the Europa Province felt that Hao Ren's chances of becoming the Mongolian prime minister increased greatly, so he immediately sent a message to the country. It was already August when these messages were transmitted to Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty.
In early September, a lot of new intelligence was summarized to report to Zhao Jiaren, an official of the Song Dynasty. According to the analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are two views on Hao Ren's eldest son Hao Kang to Baghdad. The first view is naturally that Hao Ren asked his eldest son Hao Kang to go to Baghdad to make preliminary preparations, understand the internal forces of the Mongolian court, and prepare for Hao Ren to be the Mongolian prime minister. The second view is that Hao Ren asked his eldest son to go to Baghdad to be a hostage, reducing the pressure on the Mongolian court to take over Hao Ren. Seize Warsaw and move the capital to Warsaw. This process takes two or three years, and Hao Ren may not even go to Baghdad to take office.
After hearing this, Zhao Jiaren did not tell the secret of Hao Kang's identity. There was no DNA testing technology in this era. If there were any, Zhao Jiaren would have done the test long ago. Even so, Zhao Jiaren also tended to speculate that Hao Kang was not Hao Ren's biological son. If this factor is taken into account, the possibility of sending Hao Kang to be a hostage is not high, and it is more like Hao Ren is making some adjustments.
After listening to the report, he sent away the staff from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zhao Jiaren called his eldest son Zhao Qian, and handed the documents to Zhao Qian first, so that he could read them by himself. After Zhao Qian finished reading, he said to his father: "Dad, Hao Ren is afraid that he doesn't want to go to Baghdad."
"What if Hao Kang was not Hao Ren's biological son?" Zhao Jiaren asked.
Zhao Qian was immediately shocked, and saw his eyes wide open and his mouth was stunned and he couldn't say anything.
"Add the information of Hao Kang, please think about it again." After Zhao Jiaren finished speaking, he lowered his head to continue handling his official duties.
After Zhao Jiaren finished reading the two reports, Zhao Qian took the opportunity to say, "Dad, if that's the case, I think Hao Ren wants to deal with Hao Kang this time. As for whether he is going to Baghdad, it's completely difficult to judge."
"Yes." Zhao Jiaren put down the documents in his hand and responded.
"If intelligence is incomplete and lacks several key factors, especially the relationship between people, we can easily come to completely different conclusions. I asked you to look at this example to make you understand the importance of intelligence."
"Dad, why doesn't the Ministry of Foreign Affairs know this information?"
"I ordered this to be a special secret and not to be leaked. Because we are not completely sure this is true."
"Why?" Zhao Qian asked in surprise. After he said that, he immediately understood the reason. Yang Tiexin is now the commander of the Yinshan War Zone and a famous general of the Song Dynasty. If he didn't know this news, Yang Tiexin could handle it rationally. If he knew this news, he would definitely be greatly affected. What's more, there is no way to investigate this matter across the country. If the news is not true, it will make a big joke.
"You are not allowed to tell this out," Zhao Jiaren said in a desperate attempt.
"Yes." Zhao Qian agreed immediately.
"There is a recent report that there have been many frauds in farms across Henan. I want you to be responsible for the investigation. The basic personnel of the investigation team are ready. Do you have the candidates you want?"
Zhao Qian was stunned after hearing this completely unrelated topic, but soon understood what his father meant. If the information was not accurate, the answer he got was probably going in the opposite direction. After understanding this, Zhao Qian replied: "I can't think of any candidate now."
Chapter completed!