Chapter 2621: Getting jade into Yunnan, the war escalates
Chapter 2618: Getting jade into Yunnan, the war escalates
As one of the senior executives of the Black Ice Platform, Nong Yu was specifically responsible for domestic spy cleaning. When she learned that she had been crowned as the first royal princess of the Qin Dynasty and had to change her surname to Ying, she was completely confused.
When he learned that he wanted to marry a princess by herself, Nongyu suddenly realized that the little contribution she made was obviously not enough to be named a princess, let alone to change her surname Ying.
Nongyu is actually not in conflict with marriage. After all, she is not young anymore. As long as she can contribute to the country and the marriage partner is not bad, she doesn''t mind political marriage.
As a descendant of the Ying family, Nong Yu still has this awareness, let alone the princess’ identity to compensate herself.
But this time the marriage partner was the Southern Barbarians. Although the name has been changed to the Southern Kingdom, it sounds much more elegant, but it still cannot be changed. The fact that Nanzhong is poor and backward.
It would be great if Nongyu, a daughter who grew up in a big city, could not have prejudice against the dirty, messy and poor Southern Barbarians. It would be great, so naturally I would not have much favorable impression.
Let’s put it this way, whether it is a marriage with Wei and Song dynasties, or Wu, Nongyu can accept it.
But even if she was asked to marry to the Nanman area where birds did not lay eggs, Nongyu really couldn''t accept it even if she gave her the identity of Princess Daqin.
Nong Yu''s resistance to marriage was within Ying Hao''s expectations. After all, he was used to the colorful world of the Qin Dynasty, who would want to go to Nanzhong to be a primitive man?
But the two-way marriage between Qin and Nan has become a foregone conclusion, and only Nongyu is suitable for the royal family. So who can she marry if she doesn’t?
However, Nong Yu was a meritorious minister after all. Ying Hao still hoped that she could voluntarily go to marry her, so he asked Ren Hongchang, Qin Jian and others to take turns to do Nong Yu''s ideological work.
If you don’t want to do this, Ying Hao is not willing to force it. He can only choose a woman who is suitable for marriage to marry from the relatives with a relatively distant blood relationship.
Ren Hongchang and Qin Jian also struggled to convince Nongyu. In order to change Nongyu''s subconscious prejudice that Nanzhong was dirty, messy and poor, they first went through Chiyou''s governance and the sea trade transactions with Daqin for many years. Now they have already started this far from what they used to be.
When Nong Yu learned that the Nanman was not as bad as she thought, although she was still far from being as good as the Qin Dynasty, she would not be much worse than the Sui Kingdom in Liangzhou, and her resistance was also reduced a lot.
Seeing that Nongyu''s attitude was relaxed, Ren Hongchang and Qin Jian made a fuss while the iron was hot and began to start with Chiyou, telling Nongyu how powerful Chiyou was. Although he was born as a barbarian, he was deeply influenced by Han culture and changed the Southern Barbarians by his own strength. His great talent and strategy were no worse than those of the princes of the Central Plains.
Nong Yu didn''t know much about Chiyou. When he saw that the Queen and Zong Zheng''s evaluation of Chiyou was so high, he was also surprised.
"Is Southern King Chiyou really that powerful?" Nong Yu asked.
"It''s ten times stronger than what I said. If it weren''t for this, how could Your Majesty be willing to marry you, sister?"
Ren Hongchang looked confident, and as soon as she finished speaking, Qin Jian couldn''t wait to hand over Chi You''s life and deeds and portraits.
After hesitating for a while, Nongyu first read Chiyou''s information, then suppressed the shock in his heart and opened up Chiyou''s portrait.
Nongyu is still a little face-controlled, otherwise how could she fall in love with Bai Feng?
Bai Feng was not successful in his writing, and his martial arts skills were not outstanding. There were countless people who were better than him in Daqin. If he were not handsome enough, how could he like him with Nong Yu''s identity?
With this thrilling thing that starts with appearance, if Bai Feng can seize the opportunity, he may not be able to hold the beauty back, but he is just a elm-head that doesn''t speak out, and he can''t even grasp the chance he gives him.
After opening Chi You''s portrait, Nong Yu was stunned.
To be honest, Chiyou''s appearance is not the type she likes.
Among the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Nong Yu is best at playing the piano. She is essentially literary, so she likes the kind of handsome man who is gentle and elegant.
Chi You obviously has no relationship with a handsome man. He is the kind of domineering and fierce man from the inside out. He is handsome but not damn, tall and strong, but not bloated at all. He can be called a walking hormone.
Nong Yu originally thought Chi You was a vulgar and ungrateful barbarian, but now she seems to be a powerful general like Li Cunxiao and Xiang Yu. Although she is still not her ideal type, she is much better than her imagined image.
As the head of a country, Chi You is as brave as Li Cunxiao and Xiang Yu. He is not weak in commanding the army than Yue Fei and Su Lie. He is also very handsome in his appearance. He is impeccable in terms of identity, appearance and ability. He is definitely one of the best men in the world.
After discovering all the shining points on Chi You, Nong Yu felt that she was not worthy of Chi You. After all, Chi You was really excellent, and if she didn''t have the identity of Princess of the Great Qin, she would never have any intersection with Chi You.
With the repeated persuasion of Ren Hongchang and Qin Jian, Nong Yu finally agreed to the marriage.
Three days later, under the witness of Ying Hao, Ren Hongchang, Ying Liangyu, Ying Xuewu and other royal families, as well as Qin Jian, Qin Wu and other royal families, Nong Yu officially held a princess enthronement ceremony in Taimiao, and left his name on the royal family''s sect.
Since then, there has been no Qin Nongyu anymore, and the one who replaced it was Princess Anyang of the Qin Dynasty and Ying Nongyu.
Nong Yu, dressed in princess’s gorgeous clothes, bowed to her nominal brother Ying Hao and said, “Ying Nong Yu meets the emperor’s brother.”
Ying Hao stretched out his hand to help him and smiled, "I''m the emperor, I''m all my family, so there''s no need to be so polite."
"Thank you, Brother Huang."
Nong Yu nodded slightly, and no matter whether it was his demeanor or his appearance, he showed his princess''s gift.
"My sister, this time you marry into the southern country, in addition to letting the fellow practitioners of the two countries have a good alliance, you also shoulder other missions."
Hearing Ying Hao''s words, Nongyu said in his heart. Sure enough, she knew that this cheap emperor must have important tasks to hand over to her.
"Nong Yu is willing to die for the Qin Dynasty."
Nong Yu said seriously, looking as if he was ready to die. Ying Hao waved his hand and smiled, "It''s not that serious, it''s not something dangerous to ask you to do."
Nong Yu couldn''t help but be stunned, and after listening to Ying Hao''s explanation, he felt completely relieved.
The emperor did not ask her to be a spy, nor did he win over people from the south. Instead, he asked her to marry her, take her husband''s family as the basis, and do her best to assist Chiyou, and vigorously promote and spread Han culture in the south.
This requirement is not difficult for Nong Yu, after all, Chi You himself is doing this now.
A person like Chiyou will never have a love affair like Zhu Tianpeng, and will definitely not be affected by a woman.
Since playing jade is destined to not affect Chiyou, why should you be clever and do some useless work? It’s better not to have any calculations from the beginning, as Nongyu can gain Chiyou’s trust.
The princess of the Great Qin became the queen of the southern country, which would definitely make the people of the southern country closer to the Great Qin. After the Great Qin was truly unified, Ying Hao used some other means to force him. Chi You knew that he would be defeated, perhaps he would let the South country take the initiative to surrender to the Great Qin.
And using this peaceful method is better than going directly with Qin and Nan and fighting to the death.
Ying Hao intended to make Nongyu a button between Qin and Nan, so he naturally had to prepare a thicker dowry for her and marry Nongyu with glorious style. In this way, Nongyu could sit firmly in the position of Queen of the Southern Kingdom.
After discussing with Ren Hongchang, Ying Hao quickly finalized the dowry list for Nongyu, including: 50,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, 30,000 pieces of silk and satin, fifty boxes of various jewelry and jade, 100 maids, 500 guards, 30,000 Japanese slaves, and 100 cars of various books...
Nong Yu loaded a total of 300 cars with a dowry alone. Ying Hao also used this method in disguise to reduce Chi You''s financial pressure and allow him to persist for longer under Liu Yu''s counterattack.
The first batch of maritime aid supplies have already set off, and Nongyu can only take the second batch, which is one month later.
As for when will the southern country marry the princess come here? It is estimated that the war between the Southern and Shu countries will end.
However, Ying Hao didn''t care much about this. Anyway, the marriage partner was not Zhurong, and it would be the same for him no matter who came.
In the southern country, after learning that the Qin Dynasty agreed to a marriage and agreed to sell food, grass and weapons at a low price, the senior officials couldn''t help but be excited. After all, this was the only good news since the Shu army counterattacked.
Chiyou immediately allowed the rear to expand its army of 50,000, and first trained to serve as a reserve army. After waiting for the Qin Dynasty''s equipment to arrive, he immediately changed his clothes.
At the same time, Chiyou also increased his efforts to win over the Di, Sou, Lu, Yu, Dong and other tribes in southern Shu, and made great profits, gaining support from many foreign races.
In addition, Chi You also listened to Shi Jieren''s opinions and sent an envoy to Annan, hoping that Ruan and Yue would drag them into the water.
The Southern Kingdom neither has an alliance with Ruan and Yue nor has it signed a trade regulations. After all, there is nothing that the Southern Kingdom can like except the population.
But now the Southern Kingdom and the Qin Dynasty are already in-law relationships, and Ruan and Yue are vassal states of the Qin Dynasty. The ally of the Sect Master is in trouble, so the vassal state should be the general of the vassal state.
Both Ruan Yue were beaten by Chu. Because they were afraid of Chu, they took the initiative to submit and became a vassal state of the Great Qin and nominally surrendered to the Great Qin.
Now Chu takes advantage of the war in Southern Shu to attack the Southern Kingdom. If the Southern Kingdom cannot resist it, the South will be the only one in Chu. Can there be good fruits from Ruan and Yue?
Chi You was also afraid that the national army of Ruan and Yue were short-sighted and afraid of Chu and did not dare to send troops, so he asked the envoy to pull the Qin commander in Qingmeigang to lobby together.
Accompanied by the Qin officials, the envoy from the southern country expressed his intentions after arriving in Ruan and Yue, and told the critical situation more and more ignorantly.
King Ruan Phuying and King Yue Li Gongyun were not short-sighted people, and they didn’t want the southern country to be defeated by Chu and Shu, so they decided to jointly send troops to the north without hesitation.
Ruan State sent 45,000 troops, and Yue State sent 35,000 troops, totaling 80,000 troops, proclaiming 150,000 to the outside world to attack the land of Jiaozhou of Chu, in order to force Chu to retreat its troops.
After purchasing new equipment from the Qin Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the armies of Ruan and Yue increased greatly. Although there is still a considerable gap with the Chu army, if there is enough, it will definitely threaten the Chu army.
When Liu Xiu learned that Ruan and Yue were invading each other, he could not believe that these two small countries that were beaten by the local soldiers of Jiaozhou, who were fleeing in a hurry, dared to take the initiative to attack Chu? It''s simply bold.
Although Liu Xiu looked down on Ruan and Yue, the number of troops of 150,000 is still very intimidating, not to mention that the troops in Jiaotong-Guangzhou are now empty.
After discussing with the strategists, Liu Xiu decided not to call back the 50,000 army to attack the Southern Barbarians. He ordered Yang Xiuqing to lead 15,000 troops to defend the southern defense line for one month. At the same time, he sent Ma Yuan and Zeng Guofan to lead 10,000 Jingnan troops to support Yang Xiuqing.
Chi You learned that Ruan Yue had invaded, and Liu Xiu did not withdraw his troops. Although he was a little disappointed, he no longer had any luck.
Since the Chu army dared to come, we would fight the Chu army in Nanzhong so that the Chu army could know that the southern country was not so easy to bully.
Chiyou''s back-up on the southern Middle East Line was quite well arranged. Before the Chu army broke through Shengjing Pass, it could not threaten the southern country.
The State of Chu does not have much threat for the time being, but the threat from Shu Han is close at hand.
Chi You looked at his subordinates and fought **** battles, but he was unable to participate in the battle due to his injuries. He felt so uncomfortable.
Therefore, when most of the injuries have healed and are not affected, Chi You will wear a horse and join the battle again.
Chiyou''s reappearance greatly increased the morale of the Southern Army and made the offensive of the Shu Army more difficult. At this time, Chiyou took the initiative to fight the generals.
Liu Yu knew that Chi You''s injuries had not yet recovered, but he was worried that if Xing Tian lost, it would affect the morale of the entire army, but he had to go out to fight.
After all, the Shu army won consecutive battles and now the morale is strong. Chiyou takes the initiative to challenge. If the Shu army does not go to fight, it will make the Shu army afraid of Chiyou.
So, after some thought, Liu Yu decided to send Lu Ya to consume Chi You first.
(This chapter ends)