1388. You need to make friends

Qi Hongda was silent when he heard the general's words.

Then he sighed to Li Yinan, "Master Li might as well follow me to the Ambassador's Mansion first..."

Li Yinan looked deep into the palace, nodded, and led everyone to turn their heads and follow Qi Hongda towards the Yuan Ambassador's Mansion in the city.

But on the way, he frowned and puzzled.

On the way to the Song Dynasty, he had imagined the attitude of the Emperor of Song countless times. But he did not expect that he would be turned away and could not even see the Emperor of Song.

This made him feel awkward.

Zhao Dongting's attitude made him vaguely speculate that the Song Emperor's army was not just to resist the Yuan army to aid Daxia, but to take real action with the Yuan Dynasty.

If so, then there would be no meaning for him to come to Da Song this time.

After arriving at the ambassador's mansion, Qi Hongda invited Li Yinan and others to the living room to use tea and said, "Mr. Li, why not give it to me and let the Emperor of Song meet you."

"this……"

Li Yinan opened his mouth and hesitated a little, but finally agreed, "It's good."

Immediately, Qi Hongda asked his servants to give him pen and ink, and sent him to the palace.

Zhao Dongting and Li Goudan were staying in the workshop of the Military Science Department to study his red cannon carefully.

This is what he has been most concerned about in recent times, and he even neglected all the girls because of this. He had to be understanding all the girls, and no one blamed him.

In the workshop room, there were messy drawings and various fragmented parts.

Li Goudan was attacking Zhao Dongting.

The little face has a lot of oil stains, like a little cat.

When he was busy, he heard a eunuch outside saying, "Emperor, Yuan Ambassador Qi Hongda has a memorial."

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned in the room, then suddenly chuckled and said to the outside: "Take it in!"

Eunuch Qian entered the house with the memorial.

Zhao Dongting opened the memorial, read it, and handed it back to Eunuch Qian at will, saying, "Let them be left for two more hours, and then announce that they will go to the main hall to meet."

"The old slave obeys the order."

Eunuch Qian answered and tiptoed out of the house.

Zhao Dongting lowered his head and continued to tinker with his drawings.

Two hours passed without realizing it.

The voice of Eunuch Qian sounded again outside the house, "Emperor, two hours have come. The old slave has asked someone to go to Xuanyuan envoy, you..."

Soon, Zhao Dongting walked out of the room.

His face was also stained and he frowned slightly. Obviously, there was still not much progress in research on the red cannon.

After taking the eunuchs to the bedroom and bathing, Zhao Dongting then went to the main hall.

At this time, Qi Hongda, Li Yinan and Yuanchen had been waiting outside the hall for about two quarters of an hour.

They were not young, and they stood straight outside the hall with their legs a little sore and numb. However, although they looked a little dissatisfied, no one left without waving his sleeves.

Now compared with the national strength of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Yuan Dynasty did not have any advantages. This made them not as confident as before.

"The Emperor is here..."

A sharp shout suddenly came from the left side of the hall.

Li Yinan, Qi Hongda and others all looked at the source of the sound.

Seeing Zhao Dongting wearing a dragon robe walking slowly towards here, with the Spring Equinox on his face, everyone's eyes were a little complicated.

When Zhao Dongting went up to the dragon wall and approached, Qi Hongda, Li Yinan and others bowed and said, "I have met Emperor Song."

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly and walked into the hall.

Li Yinan and others did not dare to follow him.

After a while, a voice came out in the hall, "The envoy Xuanyuan was greeted."

Li Yinan and others walked into the hall.

When he got inside, he saluted Zhao Dongting again.

This time, Zhao Dongting finally stopped silent. He said to Li Yinan, Qi Hongda: "You are here to meet again, are you here to ask for peace again, right?"

Qi Hongda was slightly stunned, and Li Yinan's face looked a little ugly.

Then he stepped forward and took two steps, bowed to Zhao Dongting and said, "Emperor Song, this time I was not here to seek peace, but to serve our emperor, and to discuss with the Emperor of Song and Emperor about something that would be beneficial to both the Song and Yuan dynasties."

Zhao Dongting seemed to have some interest, "What's the matter?"

Li Yinan continued: "The Emperor of Song should have known that our dynasty has sent a large army to Xixia, right?"

Zhao Dongting nodded and said, "I know."

Li Yinan talked happily, "Then Emperor Song, you suddenly sent troops to suppress the border of the Yuan Dynasty, and you also want our emperor to give up sending troops to the Western Xia?"

Zhao Dongting nodded again without comment.

To be honest, Li Yinan's words were really beyond his expectations. He thought that Li Yinan was just disgusting himself to condemn the Song Dynasty.

Now it seems that the Yuan envoy came to Changsha, and there were really some articles.

Then he heard Li Yinan say again: "If I had not done what I expected, Emperor Song would have sent the imperial guards of the Shuzhong Military Region of your country to Xixia at this time?"

Zhao Dongting nodded.

Li Yinan's eyes had a slight gleam, and he suddenly chuckled, "I wonder if the Emperor Song thought that the imperial guards in Shu could arrive at Zhongxing Prefecture before Zhongxing Prefecture was destroyed?"

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly, "The ambassador said nothing."

Perhaps it was because Li Yinan was not a healthy person, and he looked too yin, and his smile made Zhao Dongting a little unhappy.

Li Yinan smiled slightly and said, "I came here with the emperor's will this time, but I really wanted to make friends with your country. The Great Xia Kingdom has now bowed to our country. If your country is willing to join hands with our country and become an ally, our country is willing to help Song truly take over the Western Xia. In the future, the land of the Western Xia will be the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and it will no longer be like now, but it is just nominally complacent to the Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Dongting was very surprised, "You Yuan Kingdom is so kind?"

Li Yinan talked and laughed, "Of course our country has a plan. Our emperor hopes that after the two countries have a good relationship, Emperor Song, you can recognize the existence of the Daxia Kingdom. In the future, the territory of the four major military departments of Heishan Weifu, Heishui Town Yan, Xiping and Baimaqiang Town will be our Dayuan, Xiangqing Army, Gansu Army, Lintao, and Fengxiang will be our Dasong. We use the Great Wall as the boundary and do not invade each other in order to seek peace in the world."

Zhao Dongting's eyes drooped slightly and he pondered.

Li Yinan's words are really too different from his predictions.

He thought that the real gold sent troops to Xixia to completely capture Xixia so that the Yuan army could drive from Xixia to the Song Dynasty in the future. Now it seems that this is not the case.

Fengxiang and Lintao bordered the Song Dynasty, and Zhen Jin was willing to share these two routes with him, so he obviously had no intention of marching from the Western Xia to the Song Dynasty.

It’s just that real gold is good, so what can I do if I want to make friends with Da Song?

Did he plan to shift his future strategic focus to Goryeo, east of the Yuan Dynasty, and overseas countries?

If Kublai Khan was still in power, Zhao Dongting would never believe this. Because with Kublai Khan's ambition and the Yuan army's style of expanding territory everywhere, only Goryeo and overseas island countries would not satisfy their appetite. Only now, the Yuan Kingdom is the master of real gold, so Zhao Dongting had to think more deeply.

Zhen Jin has a gentle personality and is not as erect as his father Kublai Khan.

Maybe he would still regard the Song Dynasty as a major concern, but he might not have wanted to destroy the Song Dynasty as urgently as Kublai Khan.

If this is the case, it would not be strange for Zhen Jin to make friends with Da Song. Because this can help him develop time.

Zhao Dongting naturally could not agree to this matter.

If he wanted to get Western Xia, he would have been able to incorporate the entire territory of Western Xia into the territory of the Song Dynasty, and he would not have to wait until now.

But Zhao Dongting refused Li Yinan before he figured out the intention of real gold. After a long time, he only said, "I need to consider this matter."

Then, without waiting for Li Yinan to say anything, he took his father-in-law Gan out of the hall and walked towards the bedroom.

Li Yinan, Qi Hongda and others looked at each other in the hall, but they didn't understand why Zhao Dongting had such an attitude, but they had to leave.

On the way back, Qi Hongda asked Li Yinan: "Mr. Li, the emperor really wants to have a good relationship with Song State?"

There was a hint of joy in his eyes.

Obviously, the ambassador to Song Dynasty was happy to see this situation occur.

He lived in Changsha, and he understood better than the ministers and ministers in the Yuan Palace how prosperous the Song Dynasty was now.

In his opinion, it is actually not the right way to insist on competing with the Song Dynasty.

Li Yinan glanced at him gently and said meaningfully: "Mr. Qi should not ask about these things..."

After saying that, he suddenly accelerated his pace and left Qi Hongda behind.

Qi Hongda stood there in a daze, chewing on this sentence for a long time.
Chapter completed!