"It's not going to happen, is it?" Xue Pan was surprised, although he was not the ruler, but he was not a military person, but more or less, he still thought about the affairs of the front line, first, he came to Yangzhou to help raise military expenses, and offended the two Huai salt merchants.

Second, his uncle Prince Teng sent a letter stating that the matter of the envoy of the Beijing Camp Festival has almost settled, and it can be appointed in a few days, and now in front of the emperor, the counselor of military affairs, gives advice, and wants to annihilate the Shangri-La country in one fell swoop, so many things The emperor has to ask Wang Ziteng, Wang Ziteng is a soldier, so he enters the Zhida day and night, and cannot be separated.

The southwest front was originally in a stalemate, that Shangri-La country Madelila Khan came to rely on natural danger, and secondly, there was a stalemate for a period of time, and when the sky was high and the road was far from sustaining, waiting for the Dayue Dynasty to retreat, so although on the one hand, it has been fighting and fighting for days, and on the other hand, it has repeatedly sent envoys to ask for peace, with sincere words and a humble attitude, although it is still arrogant in the country, we must "let the thieves of Dayue, take a look at our strength!" These small countries were originally the subject countries of Da Yue, if the attitude of Shangri-La was better, the Celestial Empire, the emphasis is on a face, it is estimated that it is the same as the previous dynasty, in the battle with Burma to earn a face, Shangri-La country is soft, Da Yue will retreat, but now the subject countries have been harassed, and there is intelligence to find out, Madlilah Khan has been vigorously armed, to annex all the small countries in the left near the country, and set up a Inca Empire, This is absolutely intolerable to the Great Yue Dynasty, and the Imperial Court, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War have repeatedly warned Shangri-La to rein in the precipice and not to bully the weak anymore.

Therefore, Xue Pan never thinks that there will be the possibility of peace, Jia Yucun also agrees with this, "But there is no wind and no waves, since there are such rumors, it must show that some people think that this matter is feasible, after all, the southwest war began last autumn, it has been almost a year, and countless silver money has been invested, and some people in the court feel that this barren land, a lot of money, and the country is not beneficial, it is better to give up, follow the example of Taizu of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Shangri-La country to draw the Dadu River as the boundary." ”

Xue Pan disagreed, "This kind of argument is a bit short-sighted, but the DPRK and China have always been like this, there is no unified opinion, I heard my uncle say, this time in the southwest war, the saint is very resolute, as long as the saint is decided, even if someone mutters something, there is no possibility of changing the overall situation like this, right?" ”

Jia Yucun nodded, "What Brother Shi said is true, everything depends on the saint." ”

"Besides," Xue Pan said with a smile, "The title and official position on my body are all based on the sacrifice of the Plague Pill, and the Plague Pill is for the court to pacify the war in the southwest, and I definitely want to support the southwest war, not to mention the salt cause now!" ”

"However, this has nothing to do with us now, this immortal fight will not harm us countrymen," Xue Pan Shi Ran left, "Just live your own little life." ”

Xue Pan arrived at Jia Lian's residence, and saw Jia Lian's little servant shaking a fan under the porch and lighting the stove, and hurriedly saluted when he saw Xue Pan coming, "The second master is waiting for the uncle inside." ”

"It's still there," there was a burst of laughter from the door curtain, Jia Lian opened the door curtain, walked quickly to the porch, and bowed his hand towards Xue Pan, he had changed into homely clothes, wearing a gold Ruyi buckle royal blue sleeveless gown, wearing a crescent white satin horse-head vest, a plain silver belt around his waist, and a white jade crown on his head, although it was a homely dress, but it was very gorgeous, and it set off Jia Lian's face like a crown of jade, very handsome and chic, although he came to mourn, he was dressed a little, but he was exquisite everywhere, It can be seen that it is a very sassy shape, and he gestured towards Xue Pan, "Naturally, I want to come out to greet the Wenlong brothers." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be," Xue Pan instructed the steward who followed, "Go to me, bring the best Liao cucumber and a few pickles!" This thing isn't the best," he said to Jia Lian, "but it's very fresh, so I'd like to ask the second brother to give it a try." ”

The two of them went to the room hand in hand, and a table of side dishes had been set up on the long kang of the backer in the east, Jia Lian asked Xue Pan to sit down, "We two brothers don't need to be polite, let's sit down together." ”

The two took off their boots and sat cross-legged on the kang together, Xue Pan had been in Jiangnan for a long time, and he was not suitable for sitting on the kang, but his mother Xue Wang's inherited the customs of Duzhong, and there were kang beds everywhere in the house, so he was also very neat on the kang, and the maids brought in the fresh vegetables like flowing water, and put them on the kang table, and the little maid brought in the warm wine, "What kind of wine?" Xue Pan asked.

"It's Shaoxing's daughter Hong, thirteen years old," Zhen'er said sharply, "the wine we brought from Jinling." ”

"Thirteen years is fine, if it is new wine, I really don't dare to entertain the second brother."

"Why do you have to be like this," Jia Lian said with a smile, "they are all their own brothers." ”

So Zhen'er waited underground, Lai Xing'er helped with the cloth vegetables on the side, the two of them touched a few cups, ate a few mouthfuls of vegetables, Jia Lian stroked his palms and said wonderfully, "The family in the capital likes to eat Huaiyang's dishes, but in the end it is not local, not using local water, the taste is a little different, this dish tastes very positive, not to mention anything else, just say that this lion's head, there is no such soft and fragrant fragrance in the capital, and it melts in the mouth." ”

The lion's head is placed in a casserole, in the pale boiling soup, the milky white lion's head is like a full moon, suspended in it, digging down a large piece with a silver spoon, trembling and towering, melting in the mouth, not feeling the heavy taste of pork, but very light, Xue Pan smiled, "This is the chef from the Liu family, originally to be placed outside to entertain guests, I think he burned the taste good, so I deducted it for my own use, this time to entertain the second brother, it is the best, and there will be a dish called the cutting board to leave the fragrance, it is also excellent." ”

Jia Lian put down his chopsticks, "Liu family? But that one of Taizu's benefactors? ”

"What benefactor is not benefactor?" Xue Pan said with a smile, "In this case, the Liu family themselves dare not say it, in front of the benefactor of Grandpa Taizu, they can't afford it." ”

"It's that I lost my words," Jia Lian took a sip of her daughter red and sighed, Xue Pan hurriedly asked, "Second brother, what's wrong?" But what did I mistreat? ”