Chapter 273: Jade Face Out of Seclusion

Amutu fled back to the camp angrily and sat in his tent.

With a wave of his hand, the things on the desk fell to the floor with a clang.

"I didn't expect this man named Meng to be so cunning!"

Zuo Shan, who was following behind, dodged the goat milk bottle rolling on the ground. He remembered his persuasion before the war started and calmed down: "The prince's top priority is to capture Hemen Pass again. , otherwise the people of the grassland will not be able to survive this autumn."

Amutu pounded the table after hearing this: "I underestimated the enemy. No one named Meng is really simple!"

Just as he said this, a maid with pigtails asked. He walked in from the outside with a silver wine jug and was about to pour kumiss for Amutu. Unexpectedly, before he reached the table, he was pushed away by Amutu.

"Get out! Don't bother me if you have nothing to do!"

The maid trembled when she heard the words, immediately put down what she was holding, and stepped back.

There was a dull and depressing atmosphere in the camp, and everyone was silent.

Amutu poured a handful of wine and was just trying to relieve his troubles when another person barged in.

Hearing the footsteps, he glared at the visitor with sharp eyebrows.

The visitor bowed cautiously, lowered his head and said, "Prince, someone is looking for you outside the camp."

Amutu took a sip of wine and said, "No."

The man held up an exquisite scimitar and said cautiously. : "The man said that when the prince sees this thing, he will definitely meet him."

After hearing this, Amutu looked at the scimitar in his hand. After seeing something familiar, he sat up and

thought , "Why is he here?" He once promised people a knife and said that if anything happened, they could come to him on the grassland.

He waved his hand, "Ask him to come in!"

Rong Zheng, dressed in a white gown, walked in from the outside. When he saw Amutu, he bowed his hands and saluted: "Prince."

Amutu played with the scimitar in his hand, pointing his fingers. He found an empty seat next to him and said, "Master Rong, sit down."

Rong Zheng nodded and sat down.

Amutu pulled out the scimitar in his hand and said, "Why did Mr. Rong suddenly come to my place?"

Rong Zheng sat on the table and said with a smile, "I'm here to relieve the prince's urgent need."

Amutu looked aside after hearing this. Zuo Shan then looked away and asked: "Master Rong, what do you mean by this?"

Rong Zheng did not get into the topic directly. Instead, he asked: "I wonder if the prince has used the book I gave to the prince before?"

The topic was a little off topic for a while. , Amatu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this Xingchao person just didn't like to speak openly, and he had to say a word in a roundabout way.

Although he didn't like it, he still replied politely because of the books he had given him in the past: "I've used them all. Thank you Mr. Rong for your good book. The knowledge in it is very practical."

Rong Zheng nodded after listening. , and then said: "I came here this time, thinking that some books should be useful to the prince, so I brought some more to give to the prince." After

hearing this, Amutu cupped his hands in front of him, "Thank you, Mr. Rong."

Rong Zheng smiled lightly and said: "I still have many books like this. If the prince wants it, I can give him as many books as he likes. It's just that books are easy to give, but the lives of the people of Lixia are not easy to change."

Zuo Shan listened at the side , thoughtfully said: "Master Rong, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly. The children on the grassland always have their own opinions, so there is no need to be scrupulous."

Seeing that both of them were willing to listen, Rong Zheng said seriously: "If Li Xia Neng and Daxing trade with each other, and all the problems that the prince is currently encountering will be solved."

Amutu rubbed the scimitar in his hand and said after careful consideration: "I do think of this method, but your emperor is not very willing to do it."

Rong Zheng said: "As long as both parties really want to talk, there is room for discussion on this matter. Lixia has been hit by disasters one after another this year, and the people are in urgent need of supplies. There are many wars and they need good medical skills to treat them. After mutual exchange, we can get good results. Solve it."

Rong Zheng paused and said: "Besides, the prince also fought a battle just now, and he must know that Meng Helan is proficient in military use. If Lixia continues to fight him, she may not be able to gain the upper hand, let alone solve it. Your current crisis."

Amutu glanced at him, "How do you want to talk about it, Mr. Rong?"

Rong Zheng took out a pre-drafted letter from his arms and handed it over: "The prince is proficient in Chinese, so don't bother. I'll translate them one by one. Here is my tentative draft negotiation. What do you think?"

Amatu took the parchment and looked at it a little casually at first. The further he read, the more incredible it became.

After reading it for a long time, he handed it to Zuo Shan who was standing aside: "You should also take a look."

Zuo Shan read it from beginning to end one by one, and then put it away.

He nodded to Amutu, and then said: "Master Rong's conditions are very tempting. The two sides have had a truce for ten years, doing business with each other, exchanging resources between the two countries, and forming a good relationship between Qin and Jin. However, no matter how good the conditions are, how do I know?" You can do it."

Rong Zheng said calmly: "War is also a kind of loss. Rather than spending money on a battle that may not win, the prince might as well try to believe that we can do it and wait for a while anyway. That's all, you won't lose anything."

"Besides, Lixia has no better way now, right?"

Amutu pondered for a moment and nodded, "So, I'll just wait for your good news."

Rong Zheng nodded. , left the camp.

After Zuo Shan saw the figure of the other party gradually disappearing, he said softly: "Xingren has always been cunning, why would the prince believe him?"

Amutu rubbed a knife in his hand and said: "It is precisely because they are cunning that some things may be useful. Besides, what he said

is right, our people really can't afford to wait." "It's true that the people of Xing Dynasty are cunning, but it's also true that they are smart. We have some things that are too backward. We can learn from each other. For us, this is It's a good deal. This move will benefit generations to come."

"We can afford to wait for only three months."

Zuo Shan stood up after hearing this and saluted Amutu. "The prince is wise.

" In the autumn of the 16th year, Rong Zheng went north to negotiate with the Lixia people in the name of traveling, thus opening up the mutual trade between Lixia and the Central Plains, which is known in history as "Jade Face Leaving the Customs."