Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

"Your Highness, General Qin sent someone to send a secret letter."

When Jiang Duo came in, Song Qingyuan was concentrating on painting a lacquer plate.

The meeting was approaching, Song Qingyuan asked Qin Zizhen to bring someone to inquire about the news.Unexpectedly, in only two days, the person sent sent a message back.

"Understood, let someone come in." Song Qingyuan put down the lacquer plate in his hand and responded casually.

Before traveling to this world, as the most idle investor in the research institute, Song Qingyuan once read "Painting Records" in the research institute by chance, a book describing lacquerware manufacturing techniques and lacquerware categories.

At that time, Song Qingyuan became very interested in the production of lacquerware in the book, and enthusiastically consulted a famous domestic arts and crafts master.It's just that before I had time to try it myself, I traveled into this unknown world.

It would be fine if the original owner of this body was the son of an ordinary emperor. There are two older brothers with orthodox backgrounds. No matter how you calculate it, Song Qingyuan will not be able to sit on the throne.

As long as he doesn't die after crossing, he can live in a fief safely and experience the life of an idle prince in ancient times.

Song Qingyuan of the previous generation was considered a "boss" at any rate, and he had to consider so many personal livelihoods and research projects as soon as he opened his eyes, and he didn't have the opportunity to experience the life of such an idle dude.

However, King Yan's last position was the General of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and he was sent to Youyun to quell the rebellion. As a result, only three days after recovering the Sixteen States of Youyun, the relatives detained in the Southern Zhou Dynasty disappeared. The king directly made himself king on this ground.

It's hard not to doubt that this is a scene directed and acted by King Yan himself.

Maybe his throne was obtained by improper means, so he deeply implemented this aggressive predatory culture.Not only in the army, but even the future heir to the throne must be "let him who can".

When Song Qingyuan was in modern times, he didn't quite agree with the "wolf culture" of the company next door.

Good people don't do it, they prefer to be a beast.

The original owner of this body died in the battle for the throne of several sons.

If given a chance, Song Qingyuan would really like to ask King Yan if he would feel sad and guilty about it.After all, his youngest son died at the hands of his own brother just because he let him go.

However, he guessed that King Yan would most likely not.

But after a person died, not only could he not be resurrected, but the innocent Song Qingyuan was packaged and sent into this body poisoned by the cake.

God knows that he was just busy inspecting a new project and didn't have a good rest, his head was a little dizzy, and when he opened his eyes again, he came to this strange world and collapsed.

The only lucky thing is that Mr. Song has the same name and surname as the third prince of Yanyun who had a miserable ending, and his appearance is also somewhat similar, so that he can look at his face and chat with him when he is homesick, so he doesn't have to worry about it. Doubting life with a strange name and a strange face.

This bitter life didn't end until he failed in the struggle with his two older brothers and was sent to the Southern Zhou Dynasty as a proton.

Although in terms of private morality, Yan Wang is not very good.

But as picky as Song Qingyuan was, he had to admit that King Yan was quite good at personal business, that is, leading troops to fight.

At the beginning, Yanyun was just a small country occupying a small area in the sixteen prefectures of Youyun.But with the continuous expansion to the south in the past few years, Yanyun now occupies almost half of the land in the north of Nanzhou, and is fully qualified to challenge the old club Nanzhou.

The strong country sent the princess to marry him, and he became the father-in-law himself.Weak countries send their sons as protons and others as grandsons.

Although King Yan beat Nan Zhou like a grandson in the north.But they couldn't resist the developed economy and rich products in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, so they ran away if they couldn't beat them, and retreated directly to the south of Montenegro.King Yan also had no ability to cross mountains and ridges and continue to march towards the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

So, at the instigation of the elder son, he had no choice but to send his younger son, the unlucky Song Qingyuan, to be his grandson.

As long as he hypocritically handed over a few letters of credence to Emperor Hongde every year, and some cheap earthen ceremonies, he would be able to exchange for a generous annual gift from the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

If one day he is dissatisfied with Sui Ci, he can continue to fight. Anyway, Nan Zhou can't beat them.

This is simply a worthless business, if you don't do it, you will be the kind of fool.

The emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was a narrow-minded middle-aged man who loved face very much.

Although Song Qingyuan hated Song Qingyuan's father as a general of the Southern Zhou Dynasty to clear up the rebels, but ended up proclaiming himself king.But in terms of face, it is still necessary to pretend to be tolerant and open-minded as the only orthodox emperor of the six states.

So on the surface, the days when Song Qingyuan came to the Southern Zhou Dynasty were not too sad.Although I have lost my freedom, I can lie down without doing anything every day.

After all, the law stipulates that protons are not allowed to leave Beijing for nothing.So Song Qingyuan was finally able to spare some time to study the craft of lacquerware that he was interested in.

The production of lacquerware is very complicated.Lacquerware first needs to make a mold with wood, and then mount several layers of cloth on the mold.After grinding and filling, a series of processes such as gold-finishing, filling and painting, etc., will be considered as the final completion of a gorgeous lacquerware.

Song Qingyuan recalled the materials he had read.Whether it is mold engraving or cloth mounting, these steps are still a little difficult for him who can only talk about things on paper.

Therefore, he was very self-aware and asked Jiang Duo to find an experienced painter from the farm outside the city to replace him.

After the paint is covered, the lacquer plate needs to be engraved with a cone knife or needle point, and then painted.

Song Qingyuan pondered for a long time, and decided to carve a few cats on the plate.The prototype is a few stray cats that Song Qingyuan often fed when he was in the company.

But soon, Song Qingyuan lost his confidence.

Is it so difficult to carve the soft and fluffy effect of cat fur?

Song Qingyuan didn't want to embarrass himself, so he made the next best thing and carved a circle of cloud patterns on the inner wall of the lacquer plate.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was nothing to do today, Song Qingyuan asked Jiang Duo to take out the lacquer plate that had almost dried out, and filled the carved cloud patterns with silver foil.By the way, he used paint to trace the pattern of the orange cat he was thinking about.

Painting on lacquer plates has a lot in common with painting on paper, and Song Qingyuan quickly mastered the technique of painting.

In his hands, the extremely thin colored thread gradually outlines Daju's beard, eyes and downy hair.

Looking at the lifelike big orange cat in the center of the lacquer plate, Song Qingyuan rubbed his sore wrist with satisfaction, and asked the servant beside him to take it and find a cool and damp place to dry it.

After sending away his debut work as a painter, he began to read the letters sent by Qin Zizhen.

"It will be the day of Huimeng. People from other countries have arrived in Huijing one after another in the past few days. The situation in the city has also become complicated." The person who came in said.

"Is there any news recently?" Song Qingyuan raised his head and asked.

"Return to Your Highness, there is a lot of news." The spies sent by Qin Zizhen saluted Song Qingyuan, straightened up, and reported the news they had inquired in the past few days. "The king of Mobei has arrived in the capital, but he hasn't seen the emperor yet. He said...the journey is far away, and he needs to rest for a few days to rectify."

"The king of Mobei is arrogant," Song Qingyuan replied casually.

"Yes. At the beginning of summer this year, the king of Mobei led [-] cavalry and captured the three cities of Qinzhou, Bingzhou, and Maozhou in a row. So it was expected to act like this. Therefore, General Qin guessed that it was not just arrogant , this year's meeting, the king of Mobei may propose to renegotiate the alliance." The spies who reported followed Song Qingyuan's words.

"Naturally." Song Qingyuan nodded and took a sip of tea.

"However, Your Highness, what do you think the king of Mobei will ask?" Jiang Duo who was standing beside him asked while filling up the tea.

"I guess...it's mostly related to the tea-horse trade." Song Qingyuan thought about the situation in Mobei and Southern Zhou, and spoke slowly. "This person's throne has only been secured after a bloody storm. Mobei has just experienced turmoil, and it is time to recuperate. At this point, the army marched to the Southern Zhou Dynasty to seize the city, and most of them wanted to blackmail the Southern Zhou Dynasty. "

Song Qingyuan lightly tapped the table, and continued: "In the past few years, Mobei people's demand for food and tea has been increasing, but the covenant about the tea-horse business road was signed a few years ago by the previous king of Mobei and Nan Zhou. The terms inside are not very friendly to Mobei."

"So the king of Mobei wants to use the three captured cities to blackmail Southern Zhou this time?" Jiang Duo asked.

Song Qingyuan nodded. "I guess so."

"Then do you think Emperor Hongde will agree?" Jiang Duo asked again.

"Does he have other choices?" Song Qingyuan laughed.Now all the things that make the Emperor of Southern Zhou unhappy can make him laugh out loud.What's more, this kind of aggrieved and embarrassing, there is no other choice.

"Then should we send someone to try to get in touch with King Mobei?" The spies who had been standing by the side without speaking tried to speak.

"Let's leave for now." Song Qingyuan waved his hand, vetoing his proposal, "We don't know anything about Mobei now, and we don't have anything to check and balance them. Contacting them rashly is like..."

"Fat sheep delivered to your door." Jiang Duo replied subconsciously.

"I've learned to answer quickly." Song Qingyuan didn't know what he thought of, and shook his head with a smile, "It's not very fat, but it's just not killing for nothing."

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And the center of their conversation, Mobei Wang Liandi, was standing under the corridor of the main hall with his arms folded, watching others quarrel.

The two parties in the quarrel are Wu Qina, the young master of the Zig tribe, and the envoy of the Sifang Pavilion.The reason is that the horses they brought from Mobei have lost a lot of weight in the past few days.

Wu Qina suspects that the officials sent by the Sifangguan to take charge of their daily life have enriched their own pockets, which has caused his beloved horse to become thinner day by day.

The Sifang Pavilion was established by the first emperor to receive envoys from various countries in Beijing and to manage the affairs of the mutual market.However, in Emperor Hongde's generation, especially after several successive defeats, the Sifang Hall no longer had the prestige it once had.

Wu Qina speaks Chinese with an accent and has a limited vocabulary.But the victory lies in the powerful momentum, and the people in the Sifang Pavilion must give an explanation, otherwise they will deliberately neglect Mobei.

The embassy of the Sifang Pavilion was also very aggrieved, although they often did such things as withholding supplies.However, the parties that are deprived are usually envoys from small countries, and even if they are neglected, they have nowhere to appeal.

But who is Mobei King!

After ascending the throne, he first secured the throne with thunderous means, and then defeated several disobedient tribes into obedience.Especially in the summer of this year, the Southern Zhou Dynasty was defeated, three cities were conquered, and even Emperor Hongde had to give way.

How dare they provoke this kind of people, if the king of Mobei starts a war next year in the name of "the officials of the Southern Zhou Dynasty treated Mobei harshly", then even if they have a few heads, they will not be enough for the emperor to chop off.

Therefore, they put all their efforts in taking care of the daily life of King Mobei and his party, for fear of being charged with harsh treatment.

However, it wasn't that the young master of the Zig tribe was making trouble out of no reason. The horses in the stables had indeed lost weight.Even if they don't specialize in horse feeding, they can see that these horses are listless.Even the fur has lost its previous luster.

Song Qingyuan heard about the riot caused by King Mobei's subordinates because of the horse's problem the next morning.

At that time, he was sitting on the couch by the window in the room, flipping through the ledger.Jiang Duo saw that he was bored, so he casually told Song Qingyuan about the anecdotes he had heard from outside early in the morning as a pastime.

Song Qingyuan thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because of the unacceptable environment."

"It is said that the people in the Sifang Pavilion also invited people who are good at treating horse diseases to look at it, but it didn't help." Jiang Duo scratched his head and replied.

The author says:

Song Qingyuan's harvest in this chapter: a beautiful lacquer plate engraved with cat patterns. (Focus on it, it will be tested in the future!)

Mobei Wang Harvest: Don't disturb while watching the excitement.