Royal Gold Magistrate

In the posthouse, Ma Cheng stood beside Fang Zhengyi, looking extremely silent.

Fang Zhengyi also didn't say a word, since he entered Pantai City, he felt a little awkward.

Ma Cheng is a civil servant, and he is gentle and gentle on weekdays, and he is kind to everyone.

But Fang Zhengyi is different, he is a pure hooligan, what bad things have he not done?Sensitivity is far above Ma Cheng.

But what happened tonight made even Ma Cheng feel extremely wrong. It can be seen that no one in the Kingdom of Jin really cares about the mission.

Maybe no one cares about the expansion of trade, that would be a bit scary... I don't know what these people are planning.

Seeing that Fangzheng hadn't spoken for a long time, Ma Cheng asked cautiously: "Master Fang, you have a good relationship with Paba Guoshi, shouldn't you go to him tomorrow to find out?"

Fangzheng shook his head: "No, I don't have a good relationship with him. Maybe it's just that the people of Jin Kingdom are like that. It's better that we think too much."

"As long as no one in the court of the Kingdom of Jin informs us, we don't take the initiative to meet. In addition, tomorrow you will send two groups of people, one group to investigate the situation in the city. I feel that the state of the people in the city is not right. Let them pay attention to whether there is anyone following them. The other batch is going to report back to Beijing with my letter to His Majesty tomorrow."

"Wait until you understand tomorrow, then make plans."

"Your Majesty, let's make arrangements."

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Early the next morning, the members of the mission headed by horses led the team away from the posthouse.

Fangzheng sat in it, waiting for news.

Within half a day's news, Ma Cheng came back sweating profusely, rushed into Fangzheng's room and said in panic, "Master Fang, it's terrible!"

Fang Zhengyi's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "What's wrong?"

Ma Cheng's face was serious: "The people we sent out of the city were stopped, and the people who inquired in the market were also followed. But the locals of Pantai City can leave the city."

"What should I do, my lord? They don't want us to go."

Fang Zhengyi slowly closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

Bad luck!Sure enough, something bad happened again, the prince is a crow mouth.

Ma Cheng was still anxiously waiting for Fangzheng's reply, and it took him a long time to hear him say: "Understood, you don't have to panic, go and invite Paba Guoshi, I'll just ask him directly."

"Your Majesty, let's do it."

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he ran away in a panic.

Half an hour later, Paba appeared in Fangzheng's room with a smile on his face: "Brother Fang, you called me here before you rested? Don't be too anxious about business and business discussions. It's better to talk after you have enough rest."

Fangzheng turned his back to Paba, observing the sparsely populated streets for half an hour.

At this time, I turned around and asked in a bad tone: "Master, let's not talk nonsense. Some of our missions are specially escorting us to Pantai City and preparing to return to Beijing. Just now, my people were killed by you!" People stopped me, why is that?"

Paba still kept a smile on his face: "Brother Fang misunderstood, there have been bandits in and out of the city recently. The mission and his party are not familiar with the place, and His Majesty is afraid that something unexpected will happen to your mission, which will affect the friendship between the two countries. You protect the city, and you can pass through after cutting off the bandits."

Shit! There are really bandits, why don't you find someone to escort them?

Fangzheng cursed inwardly.

"Then I'm going back to Beijing now?"

"Brother Fang, don't worry too much. Is it inconvenient to stay in the city? If you need anything, I can order someone to provide it."

Fangzheng sneered: "The national teacher is really a master of pretending to be confused, don't pretend, let's open the skylight and speak plainly."

"As soon as my mission comes, there will be a martial arts competition when we enter the palace. Your people are still yelling at us, and now you don't let the mission go out of the city. Doesn't the national teacher really want to do business?"

"Aren't you afraid of getting angry and causing some diplomatic problems?"

"Brother Fang is really sharp, it's rare that I want you to take a good rest." Paba glanced at him, sat down leisurely, poured a cup of tea by himself, then looked at Fang Zhengyi, Said with a half-smile.

"Diplomatic issues? What if the two countries go to war?"

Fang Zhengyi's heart sank suddenly.

Go to war...this is the worst possible outcome.

He had already had some thoughts in his mind, observing the street scene for so long just now, he found that there were very few young and strong laborers walking on the road.

In this case, in addition to recruiting workers for large-scale fortifications, it is recruiting soldiers.

Didn't expect to fall into such a dangerous situation on this trip?

Fangzheng stabilized his mind, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Master, do you know what you are talking about?"

Paba laughed and said: "I said that the two countries are at war, but I didn't pretend to be confused, Brother Fang started to pretend to be confused?"

"I originally wanted to treat Brother Fang with courtesy, but I didn't expect Brother Fang to be so perceptive and take the initiative to find him, so I have no choice but to tell the truth."

"Brother Fang, is there anything you want to ask? I know everything."

"Who gave you the courage?" Hearing Papa's blunt words, Fangzheng asked with a livid face, "It is unwise for you to provoke a war on our own initiative, I don't understand."

Paba took a sip of tea, tapped the table with one hand, and thought, "Brother Fang said that the country is in its prime, and it's not a good time to launch a war."

"I once advised Your Majesty that it is not appropriate to go to war, but this matter is no longer something I can stop alone. This is the will of all the nobles. As a subject, I can only obey."

Fangzheng said coldly: "Hmph, are you the only smart person in Jin Kingdom?"

Paba shook his head: "There is something hidden in it, you don't know about it. Before the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, the 26 departments of the grassland were independent, and only His Majesty has completed the great cause of today. The hardships are unimaginable, and the integration of the [-] departments has already cost too much Power, although it is only a matter of time before the remaining eight departments are unified. However, His Majesty considers that once the civil war expands, it will not hesitate to weaken the overall strength. With foreign enemies on the side, the big scene may take advantage of it at any time."

"Later, His Majesty ordered me to lobby the other eight tribes, which took two years to complete. In order to unify, His Majesty promised that these eight tribes would annex Jingguo within ten years."

"After the unification of the ministries, His Majesty began to organize the army and prepare for war. Opening up exchanges between the two countries was also to raise military funds. I thought it would take ten years, but I didn't expect the cost of expanding the army to be huge. The treasury was already overwhelmed. dissatisfied."

"In the past, the tribes were scattered, and whenever they encountered difficulties, they would go to Jingguo and plunder them. Since His Majesty is the hero, he naturally knows that this is not a long-term solution, so the fertile land of Jingguo is bound to be won."

"In addition, there are two more high-yielding crops in Jingguo. I'm afraid that if you continue to develop, you will only be hopeless, and there will be no possibility of rising."

"So now the arrow is on the string, and it has to be launched."

Fangzheng took a deep breath, and said impatiently, "I'm not here to listen to your history, I'm just curious about what capital you have to dare to initiate a war."

Hearing this, Paba laughed loudly: "Brother Fang, you underestimate me, Dajin, and Your Majesty too much."

"After so many years of rest and recuperation, the army has been fully reorganized. If the troops scattered in various ministries are concentrated... my Daikin has 80 armored men and [-] heavy armored cavalry. No one in the world can stop such a force! Although the country's military strength is far superior to my Dajin's, it is far inferior in terms of individual combat power. As long as our army goes south and breaks Liuhe Pass, after Chenggao Pass two passes, we can directly take the capital."

Seeing his smug expression, Fangzheng yelled: "Then why the hell did you bring me here? So awesome, if you want to hit me, just hit him!"

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(After two days of rest, I feel much better, and I will update normally tomorrow. This is a supplementary chapter.)