Chapter 706 Set out for negotiations

Wang Heyu, the Minister of Honglu Temple in Dali, was from the Langya Wang family and was a recently promoted official.

This time, Wang Heyu was ordered to lead the envoys to Pingzhou for peace talks.

The Dali envoys were on their way to Pingzhou this time, and they had a bad relationship with Pingzhou, and they agreed to sit down and talk.

Moreover, Binhzhou requested that, based on certain security considerations, the Dali envoys must enter the territory of Binhzhou from Hanoi, and Binhzhou would make arrangements for the next trip.

Pingzhou's request seems a bit condescending.

But Dali still agreed. He had no choice but to bow his head under the eaves.

They set off from Chang'an and entered Shangdang County from Hanoi, that is, they directly entered the territory of Pingzhou.

Pingzhou sent Lu Wei to receive them.

Lu Wei is also quite famous in Pingzhou, known as the Smiling Tiger, and is mainly responsible for Pingzhou's diplomacy.

Lu Wei has arranged the next route. He must let them take the shortest route and reach Pingzhou as quickly as possible.

They first rode a carriage on a flat and wide cement road.

Because the road was very smooth and there were few bumps, Zhou Chengzhong felt much better sitting in the carriage.

"Pingzhou just captured Jizhou not long ago, right? The road was paved so quickly?" the junior official below muttered.

Zhou Chengzhong glanced at the top man, Wang Heyu was closing his eyes to rest.

He looked out along the car curtain that the little official had opened, and saw an endless cement road directly in front of him, with golden patches on both sides of the road.

He knew that there was a new thing called cement in Pingzhou, which had been used in the past two years to strengthen the city and build roads.

He couldn't help but ask Lu Wei, "Master Lu, have you built all the official roads in Jizhou counties into cement roads?"

Lu Wei smiled and replied, "Yes."

When Zhou Chengzhong heard this answer, he sighed in his heart that this speed was too fast.

He didn't say this out loud, but Lu Wei could tell it from his expression.

He smiled but said nothing, and at the same time his heart was full of pride. Can he be unhappy? Pingzhou built roads and summoned the people to pay wages, not to collect corvee labor.

Moreover, the wages paid were in Pingzhou treasure notes, and the people in Bingzhou and Qingzhou in Jizhou did not have treasure notes in their hands.

Because the common people in the three prefectures of Hebei and Qingqing are close to Pingzhou, they have heard that it is very cost-effective to use treasure money to buy things at the shops opened by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. They were very eager for Pingzhou's treasures. Coupled with Pingzhou's propaganda that "if you want to get rich, build roads first", ordinary people knew that building roads was beneficial to their own families. So when they heard that the Pingzhou government had summoned people to build roads, they all responded positively. .

A few days later, Zhou Chengzhong and his party boarded the ship at the Bohai County Pier and sailed on the sea for two days. Finally, they disembarked at the Jin County Pier in Liaoxi County, Pingzhou. After a short rest, a carriage took them to Changli.

Lu Wei got off the carriage first, took out his token, and began to issue instructions one by one.

After arranging them, Lu Wei left.

In general, Pingzhou arranged a courtyard for the Dali envoys to stay, and did not restrict their movements.

After about an hour, Lu Wei left and came back, asking them if there were any problems that needed to be solved.

"Master Wang and Master Zhou, please stay here in peace. Let's take a day off tomorrow and arrange peace talks the day after tomorrow."

Several people in the envoy group were seasick. It would be better to rest for a day and let them recover before discussing official business.

After settling down, Zhou Chengzhong was still in a daze. After all, it only took eight or nine days from departure to arrival at the destination?

This was a waste of time when they set off from Chang'an and walked to the border of Dali, otherwise they could have gone faster.

By the way, when the Qin family was exiled, how long did it take to travel from Chang'an to Xiangping, Pingzhou, two or three months?

Suddenly, Zhou Chengzhong and others felt as if Dali was being compared.

Moreover, during this trip, what they saw was Pingzhou's strong and rapid transportation capabilities and strong logistics support capabilities.

Yongzhou, Hedong

As soon as Pei Ji returned to the gathering place of the Pei family, he settled down the people he had just brought back, and then went to see his father Pei Ruowang.

Pei Ruowang was already waiting for him in the study.

"Back?"

"Yes, Dad."

"Are those people from Pingzhou?" Pei Ruowang asked about the people he brought back this time.

These people followed him back to Hedong in the name of his guards. Pei Ji knew that he could not hide this from his father.

"Well, Governor Lu accepted the surrender of the three great families in Hedong. She meant that we should obey orders. I obeyed orders. After returning from Pingzhou, I went to Shangdang County to meet with General Qin Heng. These He arranged for the people to come here.”

Although Pei Ruowang had already learned from the letter that his trip to Pingzhou had gone smoothly, he felt relieved when he heard him say this.

Pei Ji lowered his voice and said, "Dad, we brought back that thing when we returned this time."

Pei Ruowang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood what he was talking about, and then his eyelids twitched, "Is that that thing?" He knew that the third child had brought back a lot of things this time, so he thought it was luggage.

Pei Ji nodded.

"So, dad, don't worry. This time, with Pingzhou's secret help, Hedong will be safe." If Hedong is safe, the Pei family will be safe.

Hearing the news, Pei Ruowang was really relieved. He sighed, "Governor Pingzhou is quite generous." There is no doubt that he regards them as his own.

Pei Ji also felt that Pingzhou's behavior was comfortable.

Pei Ruowang said again, "Your eldest brother has left Chang'an and will probably return home soon."

Pei Ji: "Great." After the things in Pingzhou went smoothly, he was a little worried about his elder brother in Chang'an.

"By the way, Dad, there is something we need to do."

"What is it?"

"It's like this..."

Pei's guest house

After confirming the residence, Xiao Kun refused the servants arranged by the Pei family to help, and asked his subordinates to start moving the luggage.

Xiao Kun stared at his subordinates working.

Their luggage must be moved by their own people, and no one else can do it.

The people sent to Hedong this time were all the elite of the Qin family army, and they worked very quickly. It didn't take long for them to be settled.

Their mission this time was to help the governor take Hedong, and take it without any damage.

Pingzhou, Changli

The next day, Pingzhou arranged for someone to take them to the provincial government office.

On the way, Zhou Chengzhong couldn't help looking around.

At this time in Changli, the shops on both sides opened their doors to welcome customers, and the vendors were doing business in an orderly manner on another street.

On the streets, people come and go, and the common people have many smiles on their faces, and they walk confidently and calmly.

The last time he came to Pingzhou was four or five years ago. He was ordered to come to reward Lv Desheng and promote him to the governor of Liaodong County. Lv Desheng had arranged for him to travel around with Prince Gong. At that time, all parts of Pingzhou were filled with the scenery of a small border town.

In a few years, Pingzhou has changed a lot.

Especially Changli, where Lv Songli stayed, was as prosperous and lively as Chang'an.