"Liu Bang made the chief of the envoy group?" The lieutenant frowned: "How could you choose him?" ”

No wonder the lieutenant is incomprehensible, imperial diplomacy is the next top priority, as the chief official of the Central Asian countries will be extremely heavy, Liu Bang's sense of existence is not strong, and he usually does not show any talent, and it is really unexpected for many people to be suddenly entrusted with a heavy task.

This is a pavilion in the central garden of the palace city, and Lu Zhe saw that most of the ministers were drunk and didn't want the council hall to be filled with alcohol, so he temporarily changed the lunch place.

It's not a big or small court meeting, it's a non-dinner event like small talk, and some people have asked about it, and the matter about Liu Banghui's role as the chief officer of the Central Asian envoy has been brought out, and it is really difficult for many people to understand.

The central garden of Miyagi is just a general term, covering an area of about four or five hectares, and it is not how many kinds of flowers are collected in it, it is purely a place where Lu Zhe and many heirs usually take a walk together.

Until the Ming generation, families with conditions in the Chinese ethnic group have always used a separate meal system, that is, one food per person, and one dish for each tableware such as dishes, and there will never be one person's chopsticks and spoons reaching or touching another person's food during the meal. In some respects, the meal sharing system is an effective way to eliminate the spread of diseases, and no one understands whether the "ancients" insisted on using the meal sharing system because they wanted to prevent the spread of germs.

There are a lot of people who have been temporarily summoned into the palace, in addition to some military generals, there are also Wenchen, this time it is not a traditional banquet, and there is not so much attention to the placement of the case, but according to the habit, the case table is lined up into two rows facing each other. Then Lu Zhe's position was placed in the main position as the center point of the front row on the left and right sides.

If the lunch is asked to be light beforehand, it will definitely be light, basically something that is not greasy and not heavy.

I still vaguely remember when Lu Zhe crossed over, no matter what kind of dignitaries and nobles he was, the food was always boiled, boiled, boiled, or steamed, steamed, and steamed. Except for a small amount of scorching and burning, there is nothing else. In fact, this is related to the cooking tools, at that time, cooking was basically made of concave clay pots or bronze utensils, there was no frying pan, and no one seemed to think of stewing such a cooking method, so the mainstream is boiled or steamed, and the southern Chu people and the eastern Qi people are alternative raw eating methods, such as Zhao Di, Wei Di, Han Di, Qin Di, Yan Di do not accept the raw eating of Tuan and Yan Di at all.

What is boiling? Even if the economic conditions are good, it is the difference in food, otherwise it is who boils and then throws in the food and puts a little salt on it. Wait for the food to cook, whether it is meat, vegetables or other ingredients, it is a normal treatment.

Steamed, steamed? It's not steamed buns, steamed buns or anything like that, it's steamed cakes, and there is nothing else to steam except for cakes.

In addition to allowing the army to expand its territory, Lu Zhe's contribution to the ethnic group also had an unimaginable promotion of food, such as the pan and stir-fry techniques......

In many cases, the emergence of a new method will lead to a trend, and then countless people will improve it. It seems that the love of foodies has been strengthened with the advent of frying pans, and even the condiments of ingredients have been continuously increased.

When a group of people gather around the gazebo to enjoy a variety of delicacies. There are no beautiful girls who line up to sing and dance, and there is no music. It's not that they don't have the qualifications to enjoy music and dancers' dances, it's that most of them have struggled from the bottom to their current status, unlike the nobles who have been cultivated since childhood, and they don't have the habit of arranging music, and Lu Zhe doesn't like to have irrelevant people dangling when eating.

"Liu Bang is a good candidate to be the head of the envoy corps?" Jib's wine seems to be awake? He chewed his food. On the other hand, he said a little vaguely: "I have been in contact with him a few times, and he is a very eye-catching and eloquent character." ”

"The envoys have to carry out exploration on the way out, Liu Bang doesn't have the relevant skills, right?" The lieutenant simply put down his chopsticks and pointed his fingers: "In addition to the necessary exploration on the road, it is also necessary to make the necessary records of the customs and customs along the road." Spy on the strength of the armies of the countries along the way, and many other things to do. Can Liu Bang do it? ”

Yes, in fact, the most important goal of this mission is to explore the route, not just wander all the way, but also to make a detailed record of the water source and terrain. To put it bluntly, this mission is to build an outpost, and on the surface it is to find a feasible route for trade, and secretly it is to lay the foundation for the future march into Central Asia, so it is not only necessary to explore the route, but also to make a detailed record of the countries on the way, which is an observation of the population and army of the countries along the way, and then evaluate the strength of several countries on the way.

Historically, any military action must be carried out in advance to understand the terrain, and any military operation carried out without understanding the terrain can only be done by people who are so stupid that they are boundless, so of course it will not only be the envoy group that will carry out route exploration, but there must be other teams secretly doing related things.

The envoys are some of the people who will come to Nanling with various countries and go to Central Asia according to the routes from various countries. According to the judgment of the Imperial Lieutenant Administration, since the envoys of various countries can safely reach Nanling, then the road they have traveled before must be feasible, but the fact that the envoys can pass does not mean that the army is suitable for passing, so it should not be wrong to find a few more roads.

"You're a little paranoid, huh? Liu Bang is the chief official in the open, he just needs to get along well with those people in various countries, and he can hand over what he really wants to do to others to do! "Ji Bu and the lieutenant are very familiar, so familiar that there is no need to be polite in the choice of words.

The lieutenant was stunned for a moment, and his eyes turned to the main seat. He found that Lu Zhe had a smile on his face, and he was a little stunned, and patted his head: "That's right!" I forgot about that. ”

Did the co-lieutenant really forget? Not really.

Any chief official of the empire has relative power, since Liu Bang is the chief officer of the envoy group, then Liu Bang can arrange the practice of the envoy group, and God knows what will happen after leaving the empire. What he is worried about is that Liu Bang may be very familiar and cooperative in the early stage, but later he does not understand and has no ability to do that kind of commanding thing, once the matter is messed up, it means that the empire will spend at least three years in vain. Three years for one person cannot afford to waste. What is the concept of three years for a country?

"The left adjutant is Zhang Han, and the right adjutant is Han Xin. With the head of the group, Shi is Zhang Er. Xiao He felt that the list had been decided, so there was nothing to hide. He smiled at the lieutenant who was still full of worry: "Liu Bang's envoy group is the first one, and there will be a second envoy group to set off again in the third month after their departure. ”

The lieutenant looked left and right, and the colleagues around him were all stunned. He thought for a moment, then smiled in the truest sense of the word.

In fact, we all know that the intention of sending Liu Bang as an envoy is not so simple. There are also matters related to the outer seal that are getting closer and closer, for the time being, I don't want Liu Bang to interfere with the development of King Wei's family in the south, and Lu Zhe, who is also the ruler of the country, is selling Xiao He's face, and I don't want to make Xiao He, who is an archon, difficult to be a man in some aspects.

Liu Bang has gone to the door of Xiao He's house more than once to block people, and it can be guessed why Liu Bang went to block Xiao He, just because both of them came from Pei County and had a local friendship. The two had a good relationship when they were in Peixian, and now that Xiao Hegui is the imperial consul, it is not incomprehensible that Liu Bang wants to get help from Xiao He.

In many cases, the local complex is not only used to express homesickness. It is said that the same township people have the same hometown feelings, which is the basis of the so-called "township party". Xiao He may have his own considerations or concerns if he doesn't help Liu Bang, and if he helps, he is very likely to violate the law, and he will inevitably fall into a dilemma.

That's right, it was Xiao He who recommended Liu Bang to Lu Zhe as the chief of the first batch of envoys, who had selfish intentions and righteousness. His selfishness is to create conditions for Liu Bang to have the opportunity to obtain merits. There is no other compensation to give on the outer seal of Liu Bang. What is righteousness? It was Xiao He who knew that Lu Zhe didn't want Liu Bang to get mixed with the Wei Wang family, and suggested that Liu Bang be the head of the first batch of envoys, which could be regarded as solving some of Lu Zhe's troubles.

Lu Zhe had similar considerations. He couldn't directly tell Liu Bang not to get entangled with the Wei Wang family, he was thinking about what to use to pull Liu Bang aside, Xiao He came to recommend, and there was a reason to say that Liu Bang was indeed able to speak well and have eyes, so things would be done.

"Those buns buy everything. In less than three days, he has been doing things like money, "Xu Zhi seems to be very hostile to any non-imperial person? His face was full of disgust: "It has greatly disrupted the normal order of the market, and it has also exchanged precious metals for materials that can be eaten, clothed, and used, and they can't be allowed to do it like that anymore, right?" ”

Isn't there such a saying, "Husband pearls, jade, gold and silver." Hungry can't eat, cold can't be clothed", Xu Zhina thinks it's not cost-effective, very cost-effective.

The value of currency lies in the transaction, and the unilateral currency tilt is only to get precious metals, according to Xu Zhi's understanding, the empire is to exchange the huge available materials for some currency, and the rest is nothing.

"We are already organizing caravans, and the first envoys will be accompanied by merchants." Xiao He didn't agree with Xu Zhi's understanding of money so much, but it didn't prevent him from saying something to comfort.

"Huh!" Xu Zhi wasn't sneering at Xiao He, he didn't hide his contempt for aliens at all, even if those aliens had the potential to become allies of the empire: "What do those wildlings have that we can buy?" Furthermore, sooner or later, the Imperial army will march under their city, and it is most appropriate to communicate with the aliens with a knife or not. ”

"There are still people, like those who claim to be descendants of Persia, they have quite a lot of specialties, and they also have their own civilization," Xiao He did not only refer to Parthia, but also to the more distant Seleucid Empire: "Persian blankets, BMW...... many, many things we need." ”

"We will be able to come to the city in 30 years at the shortest, and we will be able to reach the city in 20 years at the earliest." Xu Zhi stretched out his hand, and then clenched his fist very strongly: "When the time comes, whatever they have, it will eventually become ours!" ”

Xiao He didn't know what to say.

Lu Zhe looked at Xu Zhi with a little appreciation. Of course, he didn't know what kind of mental journey Xu Zhi had experienced, why Xu Zhi was so hateful to foreign races, but it didn't prevent a king from appreciating a general who was cruel to foreign races, after all, "his hero, my enemy", should the general be merciful if he is not cruel to foreign races?

There are some things that Lu Zhe wants to say: "Xu Zhi." ”

Xu Zhi can not restrain himself when talking to Xiao He, that is because Xiao He is not a top boss no matter how high his official position is, and Xiao He is not a member of the military. He didn't seem so rude when he was also a member of the military, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous at all when facing the king, and when he heard Lu Zhe call his name, he respectfully put down the things in his hand and slowly stood up: "The last general." ”

"You sit down, sit down." Lu Zhe smiled a little kindly and waited for Xu Zhi to sit down before saying, "As you said, wait for our army to drive under their city, and their things will naturally become ours. But until our army drove over, their things belonged only to them. ”

Xu Zhi was a little confused, and he couldn't say what he wanted to say.

“…… The army can't drive over for the time being, we need to know the route, and we need to know as much as possible what we're going to fight, do you agree? Lu Zhe asked seriously.

"Yes, yes, but ......" Xu Zhi whispered after he finished speaking, and he didn't know what he was muttering, anyway, no one heard it clearly.

"Before we want to attack someone, we can't put on a look of waiting for death, the art of war is to 'charm the enemy and make him unprepared', try to be friendly, and try to find out everything we want to know in the process of communication." The more Lu Zhe said, the more serious his face became: "The Chamber of Commerce is the most confusing method. Merchants are destined to move around, and they have unimaginable conveniences in their status, let alone make the other party aware of it early. Our businessmen can still make friends when they are in business, and those people will always have someone to take advantage of, right? ”

If Xu Zhi is explained according to military means, he will be able to understand, and an extremely happy smile appeared on his face: "The king said yes." ”

Lu Zhe was a little curious about why Xu Zhi was so hostile to foreign races, but now was obviously not the time to get to the bottom of it, and he planned to have the opportunity to learn more about Xu Zhi in person. Subsequently, he led the topic to Wusun and Donghu.

Wusun is closer to the empire than those countries in Central Asia, and God knows why the envoys of those countries in Central Asia have not yet arrived. In addition, the Donghu envoy group is approaching Nanling, but it is really slow enough! (To be continued......)