"As the saying goes, there are no vain men under the reputation," Tang Dian glared at Tang Zi and took over the conversation, "The prefect has long been famous in Luoyang, and the few things he presided over are even more evident. There is no need to doubt the ability of the people in the ruling county. Moreover, in today's Dai County, there is only one prefect, so don't take the lead in advance, and you are now in office."

"Well, my nephew understands." Tang Zi nodded, with no anger on his face, and nodded calmly.

But Murong said at this time: "Brother Tang, when I entered the city, I saw a barracks outside the city. After asking the people around me, I realized that it was a member of the Tuoba tribe. I wonder if Tuoba Yulu would come here today?"

"Didn't you ask a question before?" Tang Zi laughed, "The invitation today is not him, nor has he heard that this person is back. As far as I know, Tuoba Yulu is about to leave, so she has been in the military camp outside the city these days, and she has not entered the city today."

"That's good." Murong did not hide it and made a calm look. "You know that there are also many conflicts among our Xianbei tribes. I don't have a deep friendship with the Tuoba tribe, so I'm afraid that something will ruin the prefect's interest."

Tang Zi smiled but said nothing.

Murong saw the situation and said, "Brother Tang Zi, I admire your merchant's ability very much. In addition to visiting Taishou Chen this time, I also wanted to discuss with you and cooperate with our clan a few more times."

"We will talk about it in detail after the dinner." Tang Zi smiled slightly and did not make a promise.

Seeing this, Murong remained calm on the surface, but couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and was a little anxious at the same time.

The name of this person is Murong Lun, who is the son of the leader of the current Murong Xianbei. However, when interacting with people from the Tang family, they use a pseudonym. The reason is very simple. The name Murong Lun is not known and cared about in the heart of the Central Plains, but almost everyone knows it in this border area, because he has been identified as the heir of the leader of Murong Lun.

However, what he said before was that he wanted to visit Chen Zhi in Luoyang, but failed to do so. He was not lying, but that it was true.

This Murong Huang is the two people who had talked to people in the Hundred Schools of Teahouses with his brother Murong Han in the past. The pseudonym Yanzhao was stationed in Luoyang for a few days and planned to visit Chen Zhi, but it happened to happen. It was rumored that Chen Zhi had to make a change due to Zhang Ying's fault, but they did not make a move. However, they made up their minds that Chen Zhi would go to the northern border to be the prefect and could visit him sooner or later.

However, this time he came to Dai County not entirely to make up for his previous regrets in Luoyang. He also had a more important task, which was to win over one or two allies for the Murong Xianbei.

War is approaching.

However, no war means that you want to fight today, so start fighting immediately. Before this, it is often accompanied by many diplomatic actions.

Negotiations between hostile parties are essential, whether it is diplomatic deception, diplomatic cession, or the use of diplomatic delays, they are common tricks.

In addition, the two sides of the war will also contact relevant forces around them before the formal war, or win over them as allies, rely on their strength or agreed terms to keep others neutral, and some will contact each other's allies to try to change the situation.

For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao was at a disadvantage, and Yuan Shao and Liu Biao had a tacit understanding. Cao Cao used diplomatic means to die, stabilize Liu Biao, suppress and conquer Zhang Xiu, and then divided the troops, which were much smaller than Yuan Shao, and guarded the south. Then the Battle of Guandu was truly started.

Otherwise, with the geographical location of Cao Cao Group and the situation of the four battles, as soon as he took action, someone would be back-stinged behind him, and no one could stand it.

Such facts have also made many people realize that before a war begins, being able to create a situation that is beneficial to them through diplomatic efforts, at least maintaining the situation without deteriorating, is the prerequisite for defeating the strong with the weak.

The situation facing the Murong Xianbei is much worse than that of Cao Cao back then. If we are in terms of strength, the Murong Xianbei, which is promoting the sinicization, is stronger than any of the Duan Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei. Compared with the Tuoba Xianbei, it is not too much to give in. Moreover, compared with the Tuoba Xianbei, it does not have to be controlled by the Huns.

But the problem is that the situation we will face this time is that the other parties will unite to send troops together!

Even Wang Jun, who guards the north of New Han and has a huge army, may participate. This is not a joke. Once Wang Jun joins, the situation will be reversed. At that time, the surrounding scattered forces will inevitably follow up, and maybe they will all take advantage in the end.

In order to avoid such a situation, Murong Huang's appearance was the case. In fact, not only Murong Xianbei sent out, but also not only Dai County, several Murong, the general's mansions of the two states, and other surrounding forces, tried to contact each other, and their purposes were different. Some were to win over, some were to explore information, some were to stabilize the other party, and even some were to instigate the other party.

As the heir, Murong Huang's task was also very arduous, which was to stop Wang Jun from joining as much as possible, and even make major concessions for this.

However, such a choice will undoubtedly make Murong Xianbei lose his autonomy. Before the last moment, Murong Huang, the future leader of Murong, would definitely not choose such a step, so he took other ideas. So this time he went south, and he first asked someone to go to Wang Jun to communicate, but he concealed his identity and came to the Tang family under the pseudonym. With the help of the Tang family, he attended Chen Zhi's dinner.

While speaking, several people stepped into Chen Zhi's dinner.

There are actually not many people in this yard. Although there are many people coming here just now, there are actually too many people coming here at this time. When the Tang family members come in and look over, they notice that the ones who have really arrived here are actually people from those big families.

The four major families in Dai County, together with the powerful Liu family and the remaining three larger families, are eight families. The second generation of children of the eight families brought one, two or three generations of young and strong people, and together twenty or thirty people, it did not seem crowded in this larger courtyard.

"There are not many people coming, but they are all truly influential people in Dai County." Tang Zi looked around and said something, and glanced at Murong Huang quietly. The latter also felt aroused in his heart, looking at the people in the yard, thinking.

He saw a faint look of worry on the faces of many people.

Next, we greet each other meaninglessly, which is also a retention program for this dinner, but this time there was an additional part of Tang Zi's introduction of Murong Huang to everyone.

However, Murong Huang was wearing a disguise, with a fake beard, and a pseudonym, so he was not worried about being recognized.

But suddenly there was such an extra person, which inevitably made people wonder.

"What's wrong with the Tang family? I actually brought a Xianbei person over here. Could it be that the prefect Chen also had Xianbei people? But I heard that Tuoba Yulu would not come at today's dinner."

After hearing the introduction and greetings, the two brothers Zheng Dun and Zheng Zhi of the Zheng family started talking in the corner again. The one who asked questions was naturally Zheng Zhilai.

Zheng Dunze replied, "Who knows, but this Xianbei person is probably not ordinary. At today's dinner, the prefect specially told him to invite several of our big clans. Other forces are slightly weaker, and they are not among the invited ones. As a result, the Tang family dared to bring this Xianbei person over. It is most likely that this person's identity is extraordinary."

"There is something strange!" Zheng Zhi was muttering, and the crowd suddenly became lively, but Chen Zhi finally showed up. He, the prefect, has the highest status and status, and of course he will make his finale.

As soon as others came, someone would set up a low table, let everyone sit down and drink.

Suddenly, there were a series of flatteries, saying that he worked hard and governed the people. Many people asked him to pay attention to his health and not to work too much.

If I don’t know, I think that the ones gathered here are Chen Zhi’s group of juniors and younger generations.

Chen Zhi responded with a smile, but he was also happy.

As he spoke, Chen Zhi sat in the chairman and raised his glass to everyone and said, "The mansion is simple, but there is no festive atmosphere of the place of banquets, no dancer and singer, no flirty comments, and no care for a long time, don't feel negligent."

Everyone responded quickly.

"This is all the prefect, you love the people as your son. For the sake of the people, you are so simple, and you are a role model for us."

"Isn't that true, that's it."

"I am not going to eat and drink when I come here today, but to obey the prefect's teachings."

Most of the people who said these words were second-generation children of several families, but others didn’t feel numb or disgusting when they heard them. They obviously knew this well and didn’t care.

Chen Zhi smiled but said nothing, drank it all with everyone, and then had someone serve the dishes.

The wine and meat were served on a short table, and the smell spread out, which surprised everyone because it was really fragrant.

"It smells so fragrant. How did this dish be made?" Murong Feng sniffed it, and his index finger suddenly moved, but he still insisted on sitting upright.

These dishes were made according to Chen Zhi's recipes. His recipes have been tempered for a long time. When there were insufficient spices and seasonings, they were repeatedly modified and tried by a wife. This was tempered. Of course, the taste was unique.

Among the people present, they had a desire to talk, and they couldn't stand it when they smelled the smell, but considering the occasion, they did not move their chopsticks immediately.

"The food is simple, because the house is not big, I can only entertain you in the yard. I hope you don't mind." Chen Zhi waved his hand and signaled everyone to take the chopsticks.

"It's just right to enjoy the moon."

Everyone said politely and couldn't wait to start eating, and then the expressions became exciting immediately.

"Delicious! It's a delicious meal!"

"Smell, what's the matter?"

“Extremely delicious!”

At the entrance of the meal, everyone couldn't help but praise it.

Tang Zi's expression changed slightly, and he thought to himself: When these people came over, they were nervous, and they didn't know what Chen Zhi was going to say, and they were going to treat it solemnly, but after just taking a bite of the dish, the atmosphere changed!
Chapter completed!