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"Yes!"

After a while, Baili Guiyuan came to the palace with a toothed soldier protecting Liu Yikang.

Seeing Liu Yikang walk in, Zhao Junsheng said with a smile, "Your Majesty wants to go back to the Southern Dynasty?"

Liu Yikang asked: "You will not let me go back to the Southern Dynasty unconditionally, tell me your conditions!"

Zhao Junsheng clapped his hands: "Your Majesty speaks quickly, that's very good. Gu likes to deal with people like His Majesty! If Your Majesty wants to go to the south, you only need to agree to one condition. If you want the land of Sichuan and Shu, as long as your majesty announces the cession of the land of Bashu Give it to Qianguo, Your Majesty and Concubine will be able to regain their freedom and return to the Southern Dynasty!"

"Of course, if Your Majesty feels that it is not safe to go back to the Southern Dynasty alone, Gu can also find a way for you to get an army for you. Firstly, it can protect His Majesty's safety; secondly, His Majesty can use them to return to the Southern Dynasty to regain your own throne. !"

Liu Yikang was moved when he heard it, "Couldn't the army mentioned by King Qian be the more than 2 surrendered troops and prisoners?"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and nodded: "Your Majesty, how would you like to bring them back to the Southern Dynasty when you go back?"

How could Liu Yikang not understand that the world will not fall into pies for no reason?He said in a deep voice: "What price will I have to pay to regain control of this army?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "I know that the guards and officials of Liangzhou and Yizhou are all your majesty's confidantes. As long as your majesty agrees to cede Liangzhou and Yizhou to our country, your majesty can return to the Southern Dynasty with an army of [-]!"

Liu Yikang looked at Zhao Junsheng: "Your appetite is too great!"

"Your Majesty doesn't even think about it. If Your Majesty thinks long enough, how much will it cost to feed the [-] surrendered troops and keep them fighting! As long as Liangzhou and Yizhou are alone, this is already a very fair deal!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty can think about it slowly, don't worry about Gu, when His Majesty has made up his mind, he can find Gu again!"

Liu Yikang was caught in a conflict, why didn't he want to go back to the Southern Dynasty?But the conditions proposed by Zhao Junsheng are too unacceptable. Yizhou and Liangzhou are fertile lands. If the Southern Dynasty loses these two lands, it will lose a very important source of taxation. These two places are major grain-producing areas , if it is ceded to the country of Qian, it is tantamount to cutting off one's left arm and giving it to the country of Qian.

Liu Yikang is not stupid, he knows what Zhao Junsheng's purpose is to put him back to compete with the new emperor Liu Jun of the Southern Dynasty and plunge the Southern Dynasty into civil strife.

You know, you know, but Liu Yikang did not sacrifice himself to perfect the noble character of others. People in this world are selfish. For the sake of the emperor, fathers, sons, and brothers can be killed in rivers of blood. What's more, Liu Yikang and Liu Jun are just uncles. nephew!

"Wait!" Liu Yikang shouted as soon as he saw that Zhao Junsheng was about to leave, "Liangzhou can be ceded to you, but Yizhou cannot!"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, Gu wants to remind you that now you have no right to bargain with Gu. You only have two choices, either accept it or not! So that His Majesty will not regret it in the future, Gu can give you a one-year Time to think about it! Within this year, as long as His Majesty has figured it out and willingly agrees to exchange Yizhou and Liangzhou for the opportunity to return to the Southern Dynasty with [-] soldiers, His Majesty can come to find Gu at any time!"

Zhao Junsheng had planned it long ago. Even if Liu Yikang agreed, he would not let Liu Yikang and the 1000 surrendered troops return to the Southern Dynasty now. Qianguo has just signed an agreement with the Southern Dynasty, and the compensation of 2 gold and [-] million yuan has not yet been paid. Now that you have it, how can you return Liu Yikang and these [-] people to the Southern Dynasty at this time?What if Jiankang refuses to fulfill the agreement in a rage after hearing the news?So even if Liu Yikang agrees to this matter, he has to wait until he gets the compensation before making a decision.

The soldiers and horses dispatched from all over Henan returned to their original camps. After the remaining soldiers and horses crossed the river, Zhao Junsheng ordered the soldiers and horses dispatched from all over Hebei to return to their original camps to rest. Gan Jing will do it again.

After crossing the river, the army walked for more than ten days and finally returned to Qianjing City. The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, led by Liang Ji, Cao Jiao, Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others, went out of the city to meet them. The road leading to the south gate of Qianjing Both sides were full of officials and civilians, and soldiers were maintaining order.

Chapter 743 Strategic Direction

The court and the people of Qian Kingdom welcomed Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan for their victory and the return of the teachers to the court was very lively. Most of the people in Qian capital lined the road to welcome them from ten miles south of the city all the way to the gate of the palace.

The triumphant returning army appeared within the sight of the officials and the people, and the drums began to play. The gongs and drums were loud along the way, and the people organized and arranged by the government sang and danced.

The soldiers of each army returned to their respective barracks outside the city, and only the Dragon Guards escorted Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan's party into the city to return to the palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhao Junsheng reined in his horse and stopped and said to the ministers and generals accompanying the army: "This expedition has taken a long time, and you are also physically and mentally exhausted. You have not seen your relatives for a long time. Go back and rest first. When you go to court in a few days Let’s talk about deeds and rewards!”

"Sir, please retire!"

After entering the palace, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan removed their armor with the help of the eunuchs and court ladies, and Hua Mulan changed into ordinary clothes and said to Zhao Junsheng, "I'll go and see how the meals and bath water are prepared. You should take a rest first." , I'll call you when I'm done!"

"Okay!" Zhao Junsheng promised, lying on the soft couch without any image, remembering something, and said: "By the way, send someone to bring the children back!"

"I still need you to order, I have already sent someone to pick it up!"

Before he knew it, Zhao Junsheng fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already dark, and Hua Mulan was fanning him with a cattail fan to repel mosquitoes.

"you're awake?"

"What time is it?" Zhao Junsheng reached out and hugged Hua Mulan in his arms.

"It's getting dark, and it's half past the unitary hour. When I came back, I saw you fell asleep and didn't wake you up!"

"By the way, where are the children?"

"It's eating, I didn't let them come over and wake you up!"

Zhao Junsheng got up and said: "Wash up and go eat. I haven't seen the little guys for almost a year. I was panicking when I was free on the expedition."

"Let's go then!"

The two washed up and came to the dining hall. The three children were eating around the dining table. The youngest son was two years old and was eating with a porcelain spoon.

When the two older children saw Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan enter the dining hall, they ran over and shouted, "Father!"

Zhao Junsheng squatted down and hugged the two children, giving them a warm hug.

"Father, do you miss us?"

"Think about it, think about it every day!"

"What do you think?"

"······ It's just thinking that a few of your little guys are obedient in the grandmother's house. Do you study hard? Do you just forget to eat and eat, have you grown up!"

The second girl asked again: "Father, did you bring us any presents?"

Zhao Junsheng stretched out his finger and pinched her nose: "Of course I brought it, how could I forget to bring a gift for my little princess? Come here, bring the gift prepared by Gu!"

A eunuch came with several wooden boxes, each containing a gift.

Zhao Junsheng took a wooden box and handed it to the second girl: "Here, this gift is yours!"

The second girl, Zhao Ling, took the wooden box and asked, "Father, can I open it and have a look?"

"of course can!"

Zhao Ling opened the wooden box, and inside lay an exquisite Western cloth doll, which was sewn by Zhao Junsheng himself with needles and threads. The hair is a golden ponytail, and the clothes are light gauze skirts.

"Wow, what a beautiful doll! Father, this doll is so white, why is her hair golden yellow? And her nose is so high and sharp! Her eyes are green, how can there be such a thing?" doll?"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "There are many fair-skinned, blond and blue-eyed people living in the Far West, and this doll is from the Far West!"

"Really? When I grow up, I'm going to the Far West to see if they have blonde hair and blue eyes like this doll!"

"Okay!" Zhao Junsheng touched his daughter's little head, "Put the doll in the box first, and play with her after dinner!"

"Ok!"

Zhao Junsheng sent his daughter away, took another wooden box from the eunuch, and handed it to his eldest son Zhao Dong: "Boss, this is for you!"

"Thank you, Father!" Zhao Dong took the wooden box, opened it, and found a pointed round piece of wood and a whip inside, and asked, "Father, what is this?"

"It's called a top! Come, my father will teach you how to play!" Zhao Junsheng said, taking the top and whip from the wooden box, wrapping the whip around the top, putting it on the ground and pulling it hard, and the top spun rapidly.