In Youzhou after the war, all industries have withered and everything is waiting for rebirth.
From the official road, a group of people came, a cavalry team of a hundred people, and in the middle was a large horse drawn by four horses.
The soldiers have strong men and strong horses, and their bodies are neatly dressed in black leather armor. The horses under them are not even hairy and remain uniformly black.
There is no shortage of rich people in Jiangnan, and some rich people go out with even greater style than this. However, the aloof nobility of this team is definitely not something that can be produced in the soft land of Jiangnan Water Town. So the origins of these people are
It can be easily guessed that they must be from the capital.
There were two people sitting in the big banquet. A man in a black robe and a long beard said, "I'd rather trouble Eunuch Liu to take this trip. It's a bumpy road, and Eunuch Liu has suffered a lot."
"We are all doing errands for His Majesty. It is not hard at all. It is our family's blessing." The man in colorful robes opened the sedan curtain and took a look outside: "The Rong tribe is in trouble, and the people of Youzhou have suffered.
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"Hey..." The man in black robe sighed softly, his tone also very helpless.
"The Cui family has chosen a good son-in-law." The man in colorful robes suddenly smiled, and his smile was quite meaningful.
"Ha, ha, this is how it should be for the country and the people." The man in black robe.
Before he entered the city, there were people greeting him on the road ahead. A small sedan stopped at the roadside. Yang Long stopped and looked outside the sedan: "Is the person here?"
"Please be patient, my lord, the news of the spy's return is still ten miles away from us."
"It's almost ten miles away. I should get off the sedan chair to meet him."
"Lord, it doesn't have to be like this."
"You don't know something. The eunuch who delivered the order this time is a close person of Emperor Ming. A word in Emperor Ming's ear can determine someone's fortune or misfortune."
"Is it Liu Aji from the inner court?"
"It's him."
"With his status, he is willing to travel so far this time and suffer from the fatigue of traveling." Li Shanyan was surprised.
As the motorcade came over, you could see the flags waving in the distance. Yang Long stopped and walked over quickly, giving a deep salute to the motorcade.
"King Yang of Youzhou, please greet Eunuch Liu and Master Cui."
The King of Youzhou did not need to salute an eunuch. No matter how popular the eunuch was, his status was not greater than that of the princes on his side. The main reason was that the eunuch now represented Emperor Ming.
"It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this." Liu Aji came down quickly and bent down to help Yang Longting up: "Your Majesty is a hero of the empire, this will shorten our family's life."
The man next to Sun Dechang, whose surname was Cui, was Cui Yunjian. He nodded to Yang Long, but said nothing.
Li Shanyan looked at Liu Aji. To be honest, he was still a little curious about eunuchs. He saw that Liu Aji did not have the wretched appearance of the legendary eunuchs. Instead, he had a dignified appearance and his words and demeanor were as refreshing as a breath of fresh air.
"Sure enough, the men who can stand at the top of the empire are not simple people." Li Shanyan muttered in his heart: "Although the other party is not a man."
"Master Liu, the city is ready. Let's go to the city to talk."
"Your Majesty, please..."
"Master Liu, please..."
"Your Majesty, please..."
Being polite is a very troublesome thing, and the two of them were delayed for a long time just because of who should go first. When they entered the city, things were even more troublesome. There was no shortage of banquets and banquets, and there were many rules when eating.
During the process, Yang Longting called Li Shanyan aside: "Are you ready if I ask you to prepare two beautiful women aged 14? They will be sent to Mr. Liu's room to serve them tonight."
"Already ready." Li Shanyan curled his lips: "He's just a eunuch, but he also likes women?"
"Why can't eunuchs like women? Who told you that eunuchs don't like women? You have been a eunuch. What right do you have to say?"
Yang Longting suffered some injuries to his lower body during the war, and he didn't really like talking to Li Shanyan about it.
After a lot of busy work and complicated processes, it wasn't until noon the next day that Liu Aji finally settled down and chatted about serious business with Yang Longting.
In the hall, in addition to Yang Longting, there were also Fang Boshan, the lord of Luoye City, Dong Qianyu, the lord of Chisha City, and Shi Muxi, the lord of Beizhen City.
Liu Aji took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Everyone, there is no need to be so serious. Our visit this time is just to convey the Holy Spirit's message to everyone. You are all ministers who have contributed to the empire. All other courtesy is waived.
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"This time the Rong tribe rebelled against our empire. Although they were driven away in the end, the people were in dire straits. Especially in Youzhou, they faced the most powerful northern barbarians of the Rong tribe. To be able to hold on here in the end is a great achievement for all of you here.
Great."
"It's just a matter of duty for the country and the people." Yang Long stopped.
"Okay, okay, okay!" Liu Aji said: "These three are good, not from me, but from His Majesty himself. Your Majesty, do you know how His Majesty praised you?"
Liu Aji smiled and said: "After the news of the battle here passed, His Majesty praised him and said that if the empire were all princes and tiger generals like Lord Fang, then what would the Rong people have to fear?"
Fang Boshan was stunned: "Your Majesty also knows about me?"
"I mention it often."
Yang Longting had some information about what happened today, but Fang Boshan had just returned from Qingzhou and was completely confused at the moment.
The battle between the empire and the Rong tribe can be said to have been a complete defeat. But at this time, there happened to be a Youzhou, and there happened to be a Qingniu Mountain, which became the meat grinder of the Rong tribe. Not to mention fighting against the Rong tribe for three months, they were completely wiped out.
The Northern Barbarians had an army of 100,000. In this way, when the entire front line was stripped of their pants, one can imagine how important this victory in Qingniu Mountain was.
What Fang Boxhan didn't understand was what this matter had to do with him.
In fact, Cheng Dalei is also to blame for this incident. He always looks like a nouveau riche. He hangs three commander's seals on his waist and shows off to everyone: I am the Ranger General conferred by the Prince of Youzhou, the Lord of Luoye City... fight with me.
Go ahead.
In fact, many people didn't understand what happened, so they thought it was Yang Longting and Fang Boshan who sent him. When the news reached the capital, Yang Longting and Fang Boshan defended Qingniu Mountain and wiped out one hundred thousand enemies.
"Your Majesty has said that those who deserve to be punished must be punished, and those who deserve to be rewarded must be rewarded. Let the people of the world see that there are heroes in the empire, and there is no way to reward heroes too much. This time, His Majesty has designated six meritorious officials, and the prince ranks among them.
First of all, the court is setting a date. At that time, the prince will go to the capital to tell the world how you fought against the Rong people and teach others how to fight. To be honest, our family has left the capital.
At that time, the historian in the capital was writing a book and biography for you, haha. My lord, you became famous in one battle and the whole world knew about it."
"Ah, this, haha... I am clumsy and clumsy with my tongue. I only focus on sharing your majesty's worries and solving problems for the people. As for speaking... haha, I'm really not good at it."
"Your Majesty is too modest." Liu Aji sipped his tea and said, "One more little thing, Cheng Dalei is the one, and our family wants to meet him."