Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 1 Change

"What do you think?" Li Wufeng, who was casually sitting on the cool Jingzhu recliner and absently reading a book, stretched, and took the fresh and juicy wave from Di Lena who was sitting beside him. Honeydew melon, while signaling to Morun who is opposite to taste it at will.

This wave of honeydew melon is a special product in the northwest of the empire. It is sweet and juicy, with thin skin and thick flesh. However, this product is produced in a special place. It is only produced in the sandy land with groundwater. It is neither drought-resistant nor wet-resistant, and it needs a long time of sunlight, otherwise it will change its taste and become a defective product. In addition, its yield is not high and it cannot be stored. It's quite expensive, so only wealthy families in the Northwest can afford it.

Morun also unceremoniously picked up a large piece and ate it hungrily. He was already fat, and the hot weather made it even more unbearable for him. He had applied to Xiao Tang for leave twice but was rejected by Xiao Tang because of work, which made him very dissatisfied.

Morun kept staring at the thinly clad Di Lena with his lustful eyes, and the liquid dripping from the corner of his mouth made it impossible to tell whether it was the juice of the melon or the saliva secreted by the mouth. Di Lena, who had just finished a shower, had her wet flaxen hair in a bun casually, and her beige robe set off her flawless white skin, and even the embroidered underwear she was wearing seemed a little faintly visible. , with a variety of styles.

Seeing Di Lena wipe away the melon juice from Li Wufeng's hands with affection, the scene of the little bird cuddling with others could not help but make Mo Lun snort in jealousy, but this did not affect his answer to Li Wufeng's question .

"This matter needs to be carefully considered. Whether it is agreed or rejected, it will involve sensitive issues. It must be studied carefully and come up with countermeasures." Obviously, Mo Lun is not sure about this matter. He rushed to Jiedu Envoy's mansion as soon as his lunch break was over, but was told by the guards that Jiedu Envoy hadn't come to work in the afternoon, so he went directly to Li Wufeng's mansion to report.

The matter came so suddenly that people didn't have time to think about it. Given the importance of the matter, Mo Lun didn't dare to make a decision lightly, so he had to report it to Li Wufeng for consideration.

Located on the Tengger Grassland, the Yuli people are a relatively small tribe with a total population of less than 60,000 people. They were sandwiched between the Luobei people and the Mot people, and they surrendered to the Luobei people more than ten years ago. This morning, Morun received a report from local officials who were preparing to build the three towns in the northwest, saying that representatives of the Uli people secretly contacted them and asked the entire tribe to move to the northwest of Qingyang Prefecture to settle down, hoping that the Qingyang local government could accept them And guarantee their safety, and treat them as equal residents of Qingyang area. In exchange, they are willing to recognize the jurisdiction of Qingyang local government over them, and promise to undertake due responsibilities and obligations.

Due to the seriousness of the situation, the local officials urgently reported to the Chengshou Yamen of Qingyang Prefecture. After receiving the report, Mo Lun did not dare to neglect. After a brief conversation with the representatives from the Uli people, he settled the Uli people representatives. He hurriedly reported to Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang also thought that the matter was not trivial, it involved the direction of foreign policy, and asked him to report directly to Li Wufeng, so Mo Lun came directly to Li Wufeng.

Seeing that the two started to discuss work, Di Lena packed up the fruit plate wisely and left, watching the wonderful back disappear, Mo Lun reluctantly looked away and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Hey, Mo Lun, you should pay attention to your image. You are now the head of a government. You are not a disciple living in the imperial capital. Those who understand will not talk about it. Those who don't know will think that we It will be troublesome if all the officials in the Northwest are people like you." Li Wufeng teased Mo Lun.

"It doesn't hurt to sit and talk, but you are surrounded by beauties every day. It's a pity that we still work day and night to work hard for you, and we go home at night. It's a long night, and I can't sleep alone." Mo Lun shook his head and sighed.

Wu Feng sneered at this, "Come on, come on, don't pretend to be arrogant in front of me, I heard that someone bought a beautiful female slave from a passing slave caravan two days ago, um, yes I heard that she is still an Indian beauty!"

Wufeng's words immediately made Mo Lun blush and his neck was thick, and he became angry with embarrassment: "It must be Cui Wenxiu, a villain who happened to meet him that day. He wanted to tease others, and I severely reprimanded him, so he became depressed. He left, so he ruined people's reputation everywhere. He molested women, and the supervisory department should investigate him."

Wufeng was overjoyed, "Wenxiu just said something fair, how did she turn into molesting women?"

Mo Lun was stunned and did not respond, Wufeng continued: "He said that a flower stuck in cow dung is really ``````, alas!"

Mo Lun was overjoyed, "He is indeed deceiving too much. For the sake of an old friend, I didn't bother with him."

"No, you got it wrong, I mean it's really incisive!" After Wufeng finished speaking solemnly, Mo Lun realized that he had been fooled.

Seeing Mo Lun's furious look, Wufeng continued calmly: "I also heard from the supervision department that some officials lingered in the romantic place at night, seriously damaging the image of our Northwest County government officials."

As soon as the words fell, Morun's heart immediately suspended, and he beat the drum secretly, not daring to speak again.

"I ask the supervisory department to investigate and deal with it seriously, no matter who he is involved in, they must investigate to the end!" Wu Feng's words are righteous.

"Uh, this, in fact, government officials are also human beings. You also said that one piece of mind is the way of civil and martial arts. It's okay for people to have fun during their breaks." Mo Lun bit the bullet and defended those actions. .

"Well, it seems that you also have this behavior." Wufeng stared at Mo Lun with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "Well, I also agree with your opinion. I heard that Qingyang just opened a new restaurant called Shui The venue of Moon Champs is said to be the store of Shuiyue Champs in Yuhang Prefecture, Jiangnan. Come on stage to perform, how about you, invite me to watch and watch, how about it?"

Mo Lun shouted in his heart that he had been fooled, but he had no choice but to agree.

"Also, you have to make up a reasonable reason for them." Wu Feng smacked his mouth towards the back room.

"Okay, it's time to get down to business. This matter is indeed troublesome. Now we have a good relationship with the Luobei people. They control our main trade routes. Once the relationship deteriorates due to this matter, I'm afraid we will lose It will be quite serious. But if we don’t accept it, there will be considerable negative effects, and those small forces and small tribes who have always defected to us will be discouraged, and it will also be a considerable blow to our image.” Wufeng light Rubbing his forehead lightly.

"Yes, the Luobei people have always regarded the Uli people as a branch of their tribe. If we accept the Uli people, they will definitely let it go It’s not small, and we will definitely take this opportunity to cause trouble. Our economy has just started to improve, and the export of goods depends to a large extent on this commercial road in the north. Once it is interrupted, the consequences will be disastrous.”

"Well, I know this. Now we can see if we can come up with a solution acceptable to both parties, but it is indeed very difficult to get the people of Luobei to accept it." Wufeng had already stood up, with his hands behind his back, Walking slowly around the tree-lined small courtyard, he was thinking hard.

"Well, in the future, we still have to find ways to make more routes for goods to be shipped, otherwise it will be too passive once controlled by others. We also need to find a way to open up the joints of the five countries in the Western Regions, and do work to see if we can reduce them. Tariffs, in this way, the pressure of relying on the northern channel can be reduced." Li Wufeng pondered.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult. Countries in the Western Regions have always had high tariffs, and they belong to several countries. It may be unrealistic to hope to go this way, unless we can control their right to survive. But this is far from being solved I'm thirsty, the most urgent thing is how to answer the representatives of the Uli people." Mo Lun shook his head and disapproved of Li Wufeng's idea.

"I know that, I'm just expressing my feelings." To be honest, until now Wufeng has not come up with a way to get the best of both worlds. Department's military plan.

"How about this, Mo Lun, you first arrange for the envoy of the Uli to rest, and tell him that we have given him a satisfactory answer within two days, but keep it secret." In the end, Li Wufeng still had no better idea, so he had to Let Moran go first.

In early summer in the Northwest, the weather is hot and dry during the day, but in the evening, the temperature drops sharply. Coupled with the cool wind blowing down from the snow-capped mountains in the distance, it makes people feel refreshed.

Wufeng in plain clothes mingled with the crowd, followed them to a well-known tea house in the south of the city, it was time for business, many travelers and locals liked to go here after dinner Come and make a cup of tea, while resting and chatting to pass the time.

It's been a long time since Wufeng went out alone like this. Originally, the guards were determined to follow, but under Wufeng's insistence, they had to put on disguises and stay far away in the streets and alleys for vigilance.

"Boss, let me have a bowl of tea." Wufeng walked up to the teahouse, and glanced at the seat by the window. The seats facing the street were almost full, and there was only one young man sitting alone on a tea seat. There was another seat next to him, but the young man had a cold attitude, which made people feel unapproachable upon seeing him. Maybe that was why no one sat at the table with him.

After beckoning to excuse me, Wufeng unceremoniously sat on the only vacant seat. Looking from the street, the light blue cloth cover is dancing in the evening wind, and the word "tea" is still clearly recognizable.

The young man sitting across the table glanced at Wufeng sideways, ignored Wufeng's greeting at all, and still looked at the street market outside the window.

Wufeng didn't care if he hit a nail, while picking up the tea presented by Dr. Tea, he blew on the fragrant jasmine flowers floating on the water, and took a small sip. Looking at the tea drinkers who were taking a break from their busy schedule, Wufeng, who was originally a little sullen, couldn't help feeling a sense of joy in his heart.

There are probably two small businessmen sitting behind them, talking about their respective businesses vigorously, "Old Du, I heard that you made a lot of money from this trip."

"Well, it's okay. The porcelain from our side is really sold at a starting price over there. If we weren't too timid this time and didn't dare to bring too much goods, we would have sent it just this time." Hu's old Du replied enthusiastically.

"This trip lasted more than three months. How was the situation along the way? I heard that there are fewer checkpoints on the territory of the Luobei people, and the attitude of the soldiers along the way is also much better. I wonder if this is true? "Ask the person who talked to Lao Du is also about the same age as that Lao Du, both in their forties, with a Northwest accent, obviously a local.

"Well, although those soldiers still want to benefit, their attitude is much better than before, and they don't dare to blatantly extort ~IndoMTL.com~ The most important thing is that these people don't dare to detain our goods at will. , the law and order situation has also improved a lot. It seems that our good days are coming, Lao Meng, you have to seize the opportunity to go there twice more, I will go to the Famini Empire next week. I passed The chamber of commerce found out that the price over there is better, this time I have to plan carefully and try to get him a lot." Old Du Yangyang persuaded his old friend proudly.

"To tell you the truth, Lao Du, I'm going to Heidelberg the day after tomorrow. I spent a lot of money to transport these two carts of tea back from Jiangnan. This is a business deal. Well, my son is about to marry a wife, so I need to save two more. But this boy, no one is looking for him, but an Indian woman who was born as a slave, with brown eyes and brown hair Yes, my mother and I can't stand it, but this kid insists on it, and we can't persuade him no matter how hard we try." Lao Meng shook his head and sighed.

"Hey, you are too. Let the younger generation decide for themselves. What's more, who cares about your origin and nationality here now? Mr. Li has long stipulated that no one should have Ethnicity, race and origin discriminate, and everyone is equal, and you don't know that." Old Du said disapprovingly.

"That's not what I mean. I just look different from us Tang people at first glance, and I'm not used to it." That old Meng was also a little embarrassed.

"Hey, I get used to it after watching it for a long time. Hurry up, we have made a lot of money, and we plan to marry another Famini woman." The more Lao Du thought about it, the happier he became.

Although his eyes were looking out of the window, he could hear the conversation of the two behind him clearly, and Wufeng couldn't help feeling a little worried again. It seems that this business route does involve many people's livelihoods, and I really have to do a good job of accounting. I guess I was a little too optimistic.