After walking around the Ordnance Store, Su Yi was not interested in anything except birds.
Su Lu had no choice but to take her to the streets to play.
Xichengfang City is still as lively as ever.
The vendors on the roadside are crowded together, selling pots and pans, roux, gouache, and fried fruits, and the shouts of them are heard one after another.
Vendors holding candied haws on a stick came and went, and there was an endless stream of merchants buying goods and ladies shopping.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and there are many stalls selling mooncakes on the streets. The smell of mooncakes fills most of the streets, and the brown and round mooncakes fill people's vision.
Su Yi held the mooncake in one hand and held Su Lu's hand in the other, jumping forward with a look of novelty and excitement on her face.
"Get out of the way"
"Kill you idiots"
The shouts of curses and screams from the crowd suddenly sounded from the front. The crowd that was originally packed together split into a passage in an instant and arrived in front of Su Lu.
Not far away, a strong brown horse was slowly moving forward. The knight on the horse had high eyebrows and deep eyes, with curly hair. He looked at the crowd around him with disdain on his face.
"Get out of my way, I will not be responsible if I kill you."
The foreign knight cursed and came towards Su Lu. When he saw Su Lu blocking the road, a strange look flashed in his eyes. He did not restrain the horse and ran straight into it.
Su Lu frowned, there were still such arrogant people in the capital.
Gao Dabao waved his arm imperceptibly, and among the crowd, more than a dozen men dressed as traders, scholars, or ordinary people surrounded Su Lu in a ring.
"You damn bird, stop quickly, you're going to hit someone."
Gao Dabao scolded and at the same time moved his hands, ready to stop the person.
The knight with tall eyebrows and deep eyes came to Gao Dabao, reined in his horse, and looked down on him.
"Get out of here, or I'll trample you to death."
Gao Dabao laughed:
"Come on, come on, let's see if you can trample me to death."
Su Lu suddenly asked: "Mali people?"
The knight was stunned, reined in the horse, and said coldly:
"What, do you know me?"
Su Lu shook his head: "I don't know him, but looking at your approach, I can see that the character of Mali is really not that good."
"Pull it down and give it a good beating."
Su Lu suddenly laughed. It felt so good to be a bully and a playboy.
Gao Dabao took a lunge, and several disguised guards immediately surrounded him. After three strikes, they pulled the knight down, pinned him to the ground and gave him a nasty beating.
After finishing the beating, Gao Dabao squatted next to the knight with a smile on his face, and smiled conspiratorially:
"Kid, remember, this is the territory of the Han Kingdom, and you, a barbarian, are not allowed to run wild."
The knight was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, but he was also a reckless man. Not only did he not show any cowardice after hearing this, but he became even more vicious.
"Just wait, I, Nelson, will never take this breath. You, the Queen of Han, will seek justice for me."
"Snapped"
Gao Dabao slapped him again, with a smile on his face
"Then I'll have to hit you a few more times to avoid being beaten by Your Majesty."
Nelson looked confused, but he shut his mouth wisely. This grandson didn't seem to be afraid of the emperor dealing with him. For the sake of immediate stability, he had better shut up first and deal with him later.
Su Lu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. There was something wrong with the plot. Wasn't this grandson supposed to be running rampant on the street relying on his status as a quick man? Now he was still cautious when running a horse. Although he was scolded fiercely, he was afraid of hitting someone to death. Now he was
After being beaten, I didn't dare to say anything crisply, but instead acted coyly, like a little lady who was being bullied.
Boringly tight.
"Let's go"
Su Lu lost interest and led Su Yi to prepare to return to the palace. When Manli came, trouble began.
Sure enough, as soon as Su Lufu returned to the palace, he met Su Ge who was about to leave the palace to look for him.
"Your Majesty, the Mali envoys have arrived, and Your Majesty is receiving them. They are arrogant and clamoring that they will go to war with Han if they don't allocate a special share of the gold."
"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty cannot resolve the matter, so Your Majesty ordered me to come and find the prince."
Su Lu sighed and asked:
"What kind of requests did Mali have when he came here?"
Su Ge recalled it carefully and said uncertainly:
"One is to ask for a special share of gold, to monopolize half of it, otherwise we will start a war and attack Jiameng Pass."
"One is to ask us to quit occupying the land of Tang State and return those lands to them."
"The other thing is to sign some trade terms with them and grant them most-favored-nation status."
Su Lu frowned. The Mali people were coming fiercely. If they didn't give in, this battle would be inevitable.
"What did the ministers say?"
Su Lu asked Su Ge.
Su Ge's brows furrowed even more tightly as he tried to recall what the ministers had just said.
"The adults in the Ministry of War think that they cannot agree to it, saying that it is a matter of face."
"The adults in the Ministry of Rites think that the special gold share can be transferred, but they have to pay for it with money."
"The adults in the Ministry of Revenue believe that we can sign trade terms, but we cannot grant most-favored-nation status."
Su Lu shook his head, but he couldn't agree to this matter. If he agreed, he would be beaten more and more in the future. Now he had to stand up, even if it was a fight, he had to stand up.
Su Lu ordered Su Ge and said:
"Go and tell His Majesty that you cannot agree to these terms and let the Mali people prepare for war on their own. We will wait for them at Jiameng Pass. Although our crossbows are not as powerful as theirs, they will still kill people if they are fired.
"
Su Ge hurried away.
In the court hall, the Mali envoy Sarentes stood in the middle, his face full of disobedience.
The rumors are indeed true. Except for Prince Su Lu of Anguo, there is no one in the Han court who can handle state affairs. The several terms he proposed are all negotiable, but they are discussing things that can be fully accepted.
What an ignorant official.
Li Qing clapped his hands to stop the crowd's noise and gave instructions:
"We will discuss this matter later, General Schaentes. We will naturally give you an answer later."
Upon hearing this, a hint of sarcasm flashed across Shantes' face:
"Your Majesty the Queen, as the supreme ruler of the Han Kingdom, and all the ministers are also the pillars of the Han Kingdom, there is nothing else that cannot be decided now."
"Accept, or go to war, please give your Majesty a reply to the foreign minister."
"I'm quick and don't have the patience to wait."
The hall immediately became noisy again.
Li Qing looked at Shantes with hatred, then looked at all the ministers, and his expressions became ugly.
It's hard to choose between these three, and going to war with Marito.
Fight, or agree to sign one of them.
The special share of gold cannot be given, and the land of the Tang State cannot be given away, but can this most-favored-nation treatment be given?
Su Ge hurriedly entered the hall and whispered a few words next to Li Qing.