Seven days later.
Lan Yu and Song Sheng returned to the northwest.
After settling down the 100,000-strong army.
Song Sheng continued to stay in the northwest while Lan Yu headed straight for Jinling.
At this moment, at a place less than twenty miles away from the Starting City.
A hundred guards of honor slowly made their way towards the Initial City.
Two elegant middle-aged men led the honor guard.
Both of them were wearing the official clothes of the Ming Dynasty and walked side by side.
Behind them were hundreds of soldiers in armor and holding dragon flags.
Those with discerning eyes could tell at a glance that it was just a group of envoys from Great Ming.
And the target of this envoy team was undoubtedly the Starting City.
"Brother Corey, look. The Starting City should be up ahead.”
One of the two leading middle-aged men pointed at the Initial City and said.
The middle-aged man who was addressed as Brother Corey raised his head to look at the Starting City that was twenty li away. His eyes were filled with surprise as he said,
"That is, the Starting City? It is indeed magnificent."
"Brother Shangli, do you think that this diplomatic mission will be able to convince the Initial City to submit to my Great Ming?”
The middle-aged man called Brother Shang Li sighed and said,
"Difficult, difficult, difficult. If it wasn't for Great General Blue Jade's actions, I would have 70% confidence. However, Great General Blue Jade's actions seven days ago had already caused the people of the Starting City to develop hostility towards our Great Ming.”
"If we cannot resolve this enmity, it will be very difficult for the Starting City to submit.”
The two of them were the envoys to the Initial City.
The person called Brother Zicheng was one of the three heroes of Jianwen, Huang Zicheng.
The one who was called Brother Shangli was Qi Tai, who was as famous as Huang Zicheng.
Qi Tai was the head of the Ministry of Rites in Ming Dynasty and was highly regarded by Old Zhu. He had the intention to transfer Qi Tai to the Ministry of War.
And this diplomatic mission was to train Qi Tai.
If they successfully convinced the Starting City to submit, then Qi Tai would not be able to enter. He would basically be like a nail on the chopping board, unable to escape.
Because of this, Qi Tai was particularly concerned about this matter and even recommended his good friend, Huang Zicheng.
Huang Zicheng was a scholar of the Imperial Academy. He had successively served as an editor, a editor, and a minister of Taichang Temple. He was proficient in the present and could speak eloquently.
Because Huang Zicheng was outstanding in his studies, Old Zhu arranged for Huang Zicheng to study with his grandson, Zhu Yunwen.
The first reason he received Qi Tai's invitation was because Qi Tai was his good friend and it was for the sake of the country. Qi Tai naturally would not decline.
Secondly, as a study partner in the Eastern Palace, Huang Zicheng wanted to pave the way for the future.
The current Taisun valued him very much. In the future, as long as Taisun ascended the throne, Huang Zicheng would definitely become an important minister.
Because of this, Zicheng, who pursued perfection, hoped that his resume would look better.
This trip to the Starting City might leave a huge mark in his life. He naturally would not reject it.
For this reason, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai had even spent a lot of effort to come up with a plan to try and make this happen.
However, what they did not expect was…
The two of them brought the envoy group and had yet to reach the Initial City.
On the way, bad news came.
Lan Yu brought a hundred thousand soldiers to the Starting City, and both sides clashed.
Although there were no casualties on both sides.
However, this undoubtedly increased the difficulty of their diplomatic mission.
Actually, Qi Tai was not optimistic about this diplomatic mission.
Therefore, he said those words.
Huang Zicheng shook his head and said,"
"Brother Shangli, don't be too pessimistic.”
"But that doesn't mean we have no hope.”
"From the two times that General Blue Jade had come into contact with the Starting City, even though it was not too pleasant, the attitude of the Starting City is clear. They are still very fearful of my Great Ming.”
"Otherwise, there would have been casualties in the conflict seven days ago.”
"From this point, it can be seen that the Initial City's desire to become enemies with my Great Ming is not strong.”
"Secondly, you and I both know what kind of temper Great General Blue Jade has.”
"Perhaps the people of the Initial City might not be able to take it. What about Lan Yu's attitude of not putting anyone in her eyes?”
"Since we want them to submit to Great Ming, we naturally cannot use a condescending attitude to deal with the Initial City.”
"In my opinion, we still need to use reason and emotion to be effective.”
Hearing Huang Zicheng's words, Qi Tai also felt that it made sense, so he said,
"Yes, I haven't thought about that. Thank you for your advice, Brother Corey.”
Huang Zicheng stroked his beard and smiled.
"There's no need to be so polite between us."
As he spoke, Qi Tai seemed to be attracted by something as he looked in the direction of the Initial City.
Then, he exclaimed,"
"So many fertile fields!"
Huang Zicheng looked in the direction Qi Tai was looking at and was stunned.
"So many fertile fields?"
In front of the two of them, square and fertile fields were displayed in front of them.
These fertile fields stretched as far as the eye could see.
In the fertile fields, there were countless people busy.
Countless carriages were placed around the fertile fields.
The people in the fertile fields dug out basket after basket of things from these fertile fields.
Then, he threw all the baskets onto the carriage.
When the carriage was fully loaded, it was pulled away and headed towards the direction of the Initial City.
Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
"There are really quite a number of people in this Starting City!”
Qi Tai said in shock.
Because in front of him, the endless fertile land was filled with people.
At least tens of thousands.
Corey was also extremely shocked.
However, he was not shocked by the number of people. Instead, he was shocked by the endless fertile fields outside the city and the things grown in the fertile fields.
"What are they planting in the fertile fields? Why did they plant so much? Just by looking at it, it's at least ten thousand mu!”
"And look at the things they dug out from the ground. What is that? Can they be eaten? And so many?"
Qi Tai shook his head."
"I don't know either, but it should be edible.”
Qi Tai wasn't sure either, but it was most likely edible. Otherwise, the people in the field wouldn't be digging so hard.
At this moment, the sound of hooves could be heard.
Before Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng could react, they saw a group of about a thousand cavalrymen rushing over.
In just a moment, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and the envoy group were surrounded.
"Who are you? What is your purpose for coming to my Initial City?”
As he spoke, he unsheathed his weapon and pointed it at the envoy!
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