Chapter 286: Court Meeting
Before arriving in Luoyang, the British envoys saw the extremely tall and magnificent city walls of Luoyang from a long distance, and they were completely silent.
So-called big is good, big is beautiful, big is everything.
The size of a city wall is extremely terrifying from a war perspective. With such a huge wall, Bedivere could not imagine any legion of Great Britain that could pose a threat to it.
Looking at the road where twenty-four carriages were parked side by side, and looking at the carriages coming in and out in an endless stream, even if they didn't look at the cargo on the carriages, they understood what this meant.
When they were welcomed into Luoyang by Liu Zhang, the British delegation felt tremendous pressure as they looked at the confidence of the people coming and going, the children running around, and listened to the constant hawking of goods.
The knight in the delegation who was in charge of assessing the economy trembled slightly. Just looking over there, he knew how horrific the daily trade volume in Luoyang was.
Unlike the Central Plains, in the West, commerce is very important. If there is a most correct way to evaluate a country's logistics, it must be commerce.
At present, Luoyang can almost be regarded as an economic and political center. Even if Chen Xi tries hard to divert traffic to Chang'an, Luoyang is still the most important economic center in Central Plains.
"Welcome to Luoyang, the center of the Han Dynasty!" Liu Zhang said with a smile.
"What a terrifying imperial capital!" After Bedivere followed Liu Zhang into Luoyang City, he saw the large library under construction almost at a glance. The large library, which was over a hundred meters high, was extremely conspicuous and could be seen almost at a glance.
"What is that place?" Bedivere was shocked, and the knights of the envoy group were also shocked to see such a magnificent building.
"The Great Library, a library that contains all the books in the world!" Liu Zhang pointed at the Great Library with some confusion. It was indeed a library that contained all the books in the world, and even he was caught and tasked with copying some royal secrets.
"By the way, everyone can enter this place, but it hasn't been built yet." Liu Zhang shook his head and started to lead the envoys to the Dahonglu Temple. Such a big event would inevitably require a court meeting, so he had to train these guys in etiquette first.
"A city of wisdom that everyone can go to?" Bedivere looked at the large library that was still under construction with difficulty. It was an unprecedented building, not only in terms of its height, but also in its grandeur.
Bedivere followed Liu Zhang through the streets of Luoyang. From time to time, people pointed at the envoys curiously on the road. Blond hair and blue eyes were still very rare in the Central Plains.
As for Bedwell and his friends, they had long been attracted by the shops on the street. They only regretted that they had no spare money, otherwise they would have liked to continue shopping.
Seeing that Bedivere and the others were longing for silk, Liu Zhang waved his hand and gave Bedivere a set of luxurious silk. This was the top-notch silk supplied exclusively to the royal family. Even Liu Zhang didn't have much of it. Fortunately, he was the former governor of Yizhou and had his base in Sichuan, so he had more than enough. Otherwise, he would have no choice.
After receiving Liu Zhang's gift, Bedivere immediately treated Liu Zhang as his own brother and gave Liu Zhang a ruby, which was basically the most valuable thing he had. It was given to him by King Arthur, and he usually didn't want to show it to others.
If Liu Zhang wasn't so awesome, he wouldn't have given such a thing as a return gift.
"Will we be able to meet His Majesty the Emperor in three days?" Bedivere asked Liu Zhang respectfully. After arriving in the Central Plains, they indeed witnessed the prosperity of the Central Plains.
But no matter how prosperous it is , it is just a foreign land, and they have not forgotten their mission.
"Our country is currently governed by the eldest princess!" Liu Zhang tactfully explained to Bedivere. After all, their current court is indeed rather strange. The general is in charge, but he is not here.
Bedivere understood immediately. The Queen is great. There is also a Queen in his family. He is an expert in getting along with the Queen.
The two sides cooperated very well, and Liu Zhang soon understood Great Britain's demands. After thoroughly understanding the intentions of Bedivere and others, Liu Zhang passed a piece of information to Chen Xi.
As for the eldest princess and the like, well, she just needs to be a good mascot. Even Liu Zhang, a royal relative, understands that Guo Hao is still the core of the Han Dynasty.
Three days passed quickly, and with the help of the players' translation, the Huns were not discovered at all.
The news of the court meeting also spread. Ever since the slacker Chen Xi and the princess reached a consensus, the court meeting changed from being held every day to being held every week, and later to being held once a month. If it weren't for the opposition of a number of ministers, the princess would have even wanted to hold it once a quarter.
Of course, for more important events like a visit by an imperial delegation, a morning court session must still be held, which can be considered an institutional improvement.
After all, this thing shouldn't be held every day. There's no need to just hold meetings and do nothing, or to argue about the same thing over and over again for days.
Therefore, the court meeting has now become more of a briefing meeting for arranging large-scale tasks and reporting on the current state of the country. It is basically Chen Xi's personal show, and the princess does not need to worry about it at all.
Anyway, the empire was thriving, and a group of ministers thought there was nothing wrong with doing so. They couldn't get any work done all day, so why hold a crappy meeting?
As the bell for court rang, the envoys from Great Britain finally got everything done and came to see the emperor with various gifts.
After Bedivere arrived at Weiyang Palace, he felt the powerful pressure brought to them by the Yulin Army, and they knew that the super legion they were looking for had appeared.
Before, they were wondering why there seemed to be no decent legion in the whole Luoyang and the military strength seemed very weak.
But when they saw the Yulin Army standing guard at the gate of Weiyang Palace, they wiped away their doubts. After all, it seemed a very reasonable thing not to show the envoys the army.
After Bedivere entered the Weiyang Palace, the eldest princess was led from behind by her maid to sit on the throne, and all the officials of the Han Dynasty came out to pay their respects.
Bedivere's unchanged attitude made the princess involuntarily feel a little favorable towards him. This was the first person who had no problem with him sitting on the throne. You know, when he first sat on the throne, many court officials had a lot of trouble.
Everything went smoothly. Chen Xi took the opportunity to report the contents of the court meetings on fixed dates. He looked at the princess tacitly and silently deleted the court meetings on the scheduled dates afterwards.
Everything has been discussed, so why hold a meeting? What a waste of time. It is definitely not for sleeping in.
Princess Liu Ying was in a good mood after hearing the long list of gifts. These were all given to her and were her private property.
After reading the gift list, Bedivere began to get down to business.
