In mid-September of the second year of Xing'an, Wei envoys "Tang Ju" and "Fan Ying" finally arrived at Jicheng, the current new capital of South Korea, after traveling for more than two months.

"Two distinguished envoys, ahead is Jicheng."

When they arrived at Jicheng, among the Korean army of more than 200 people who had been guarding Tang Ju, Fan Ying and others along the way, the leader came forward and pointed to the capital city just around the corner and spoke to the first two.

When he said this, the captain's eyes seemed to be glaring fiercely at Tang Ju and Fan Ying, but strangely, he did not make any rude move, as if he dared not speak out in anger.

Seeing that the leader's attitude was very bad, after he led the Korean soldiers away, Tang Ju asked Fan Ying in a low voice: "Brother Fan, did we offend those Korean soldiers?"

"Yes!" Fan Ying raised his head and looked at the new capital of South Korea, which was just around the corner, and replied casually.

Seeing this, a trace of confusion flashed across Tang Ju's face, and he said in surprise: "It's strange, I didn't offend those Korean soldiers along the way..."

"Because we are from Wei."

Glancing at Tang Ju, Fan Yingshu said with a smile: "Don't forget, South Korea was defeated by our country just last year, and its old capital is still under the control of Wei Dynasty..."

"oh oh."

Tang Ju nodded in realization, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "That's it... I thought I accidentally did something to make the other party unhappy along the way."

"Hey!"

Fan Ying smiled and said in a half-serious joke: "Does Brother Xian still plan to make friends with those Korean soldiers?"

After that, he glanced at the direction in which the Korean soldiers were leaving, snorted and said calmly: "Even so, they still have to escort you and me here. If we lose a single hair, this group of Korean soldiers will never survive!"

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After hearing this, Tang Ju also nodded.

In unison, both of them puffed up their chests subconsciously, with inexplicable pride and satisfaction in their hearts - behind them, there was a powerful Wei State as their backing!

Not long after, the entourage who had gone to negotiate with the Jicheng city guards came to the two of them and said to Tang Ju and Fan Ying: "My lords, the guard chief of the city gate has checked our official documents.

Allow me to wait until I enter the city."

"Hmm."

Tang Ju and Fan Ying nodded, and in the complex eyes of the Korean soldiers at the city gate that were mixed with fear and hatred, they walked into the city with their heads held high, and several Korean soldiers at the city gate led the way.

Guide to the posthouse in the city.

On the way to the post house, Tang Ju and Fan Ying looked at Jicheng carefully, and information about Jicheng suddenly emerged in their minds.

Jicheng was originally an important border defense city guarded by Han general Yuyang and Qin Kai. However, because South Korea was defeated in the war with Wei from the year before last to last year, and was forced to cede its old capital Handan in exchange for Wei's anger, it had no choice but to move the capital here.

Compared with the old capital Handan, the prosperity of Jicheng is far inferior. At least in the eyes of Tang Ju and Fan Ying, the current capital of South Korea is at best the "Zhengcheng", "Shanyang" and "Anyi" of the Wei State.

Although it can be called a big city, it is still far from the first-class prosperous cities such as Daliang, Shangxian, Chuanluo and Bogang.

"Hey, after the Battle of Shangdang, the Koreans probably never thought that they would be reduced to this situation one day, right?"

Looking at the buildings in the city, Fan Ying spoke to Tang Ju in private with a somewhat gloating tone.

"Brother Fan, be careful what you say."

Tang Ju reminded him in a low voice, but he couldn't deny that he still agreed with Fan Ying's words in his heart.

"The Battle of Shangdang between Wei and Han" was a war that took place in Tang Ju and Fan Ying's father's generation, and even their grandfather's generation. After that war, the Wei people could never hold their heads high in front of the Koreans, but now

Well, the situation is changing, and this feeling of elation makes both Tang Ju and Fan Ying feel very happy.

About half an hour later, under the guidance of several Korean soldiers, Tang Ju and Fan Ying arrived at the post house in the city.

It was a posthouse that was obviously renovated from an ordinary mansion, and it looked half-new, probably because it was casually renovated on the basis of the original mansion in order to reduce expenses.

"Two distinguished envoys, please come inside."

Upon learning that Wei's envoy had arrived, the Han officials in the posthouse immediately greeted him. Although his attitude was not very enthusiastic, at least he was not rude.

It's just that this inn made Fan Ying and Tang Ju not very satisfied. They smiled happily in front of others, but after the outsiders left, they couldn't help but complain in the room - what a broken place!

"This place cannot be compared with Shouying..."

Tang Ju walked around the room, shook his head and said.

The Chu State has always had the illusion of being "backward and poor" in the Central Plains, but in fact, the Chu State is not poor. In fact, the nobles of the Chu State are richer than the nobles of the Wei State.

When Tang Ju was sent as an envoy to Shouying, the capital of the Chu Kingdom, he experienced it personally: in the Chu Kingdom's capital, Shouying, he received living conditions as good as those of the great beams of the Wei Kingdom.

"..."

Fan Ying glanced at Tang Ju, and then said intentionally or unintentionally: "...it can't be compared with Xianyang."

Similar to the situation of Chu State, while Qin State was gradually being recognized by the Central Plains, it was inevitably labeled as poor and backward. However, in fact, when the "Wei State-Xianyang" trade was opened, it greatly stimulated

The market in Xianyang has led to the rapid development of this city.

It is precisely for this reason that the nobles of the Qin State who originally wanted to seize wealth through war are now looking for mineral veins everywhere just like Lord Lantian was relegated.

Maybe those Qin nobles were still laughing secretly behind their backs: Those Central Plains people were so stupid that they were willing to exchange money for the stones (jade) that they could see everywhere in Qin.

Under this general trend, except for a few royal families such as King Qin Hui and Qin Shaojun, those who are still thinking about opening up new territories for the country are probably the only pure generals who command the army, such as Wuxinhou Gongsunqi and Changxinhou Wangjian.

Now - the nobles of the Qin State are busy making money from transactions with the Wei State.

Therefore, regardless of other counties, at least Xianyang was developing very rapidly, so it did not disappoint Fan Ying, the Wei envoy who was originally sent to Qin.

"Zhiqua——"

The door was pushed open, and an attendant of the mission walked into the house and reported to Tang Ju and Fan Ying: "Two adults, according to the people in the post, they have already reported the arrival of the two adults.

Report to the King of Han, will you... two adults?"

Halfway through, the attendant felt that the atmosphere in the room was a little strange. The two adults, Tang Ju and Fan Ying, stood on one side of the room, looking at each other with indescribable eyes, as if they were arguing silently.

What are you wearing?

"If you think about it carefully, Brother Fan has never been to other places except Xianyang, the State of Qin..."

"Hehehe, it sounds like my dear brother has been to places other than Shoying of Chu State..."

"..."

"..."

Under the puzzled gaze of the attendant, Tang Ju and Fan Ying looked at each other. After a while, they sighed in unison: Yes, when it comes to envoys, they are still immatures. When can they

How about traveling to various countries in the world on behalf of Wei?

Looking at Tang Ju and Fan Ying who were sighing, the attendant opened his mouth, but after a moment he chose to turn around and leave secretly.

At the same time, in the palace in the north of the city, Han Wangran also learned the news that "Wei envoys Tang Ju and Fan Ying arrived in Jicheng", and he frowned and wondered about the purpose of these two Wei envoys.

After all, behind these two Wei envoys is Wei Gongzi Run - oh, no, now he should be called Wei Wang Zhao Run.

"...It's all good, so why did Zhao Run suddenly send two envoys to visit us in Korea?"

Han Wangran paced in the study worriedly.

He had to treat it with caution. After all, South Korea was still at war with Qin. If Wei broke its promise and intervened in this war, the situation in South Korea would become extremely bad - although he did not believe that Su Laiyan in his heart.

Zhao Run, who is determined to practice, will do something treacherous.

After much deliberation, Han Wangran summoned Ma Kuo, Han Chao, and Zhao Zhuo, and asked these three people to be responsible for bringing the two Wei envoys, Tang Ju and Fan Ying, to the palace tomorrow.

The next day, Ma Kuo, Han Chao, and Zhao Zhuo took a carriage to the post house in the city. After Tang Ju and Fan Ying took a bath and changed clothes, they picked him up in the carriage and headed to the palace.

During the carriage ride, Tang Ju was chatting with Ma Kuo, Han Chao, and Zhao Zhuo, while Fan Ying, as the deputy envoy, sat by the window, lifting the curtain from time to time to look at the street outside the carriage.

Seeing this, Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo looked at each other, already having some guesses in their minds.

Because Fan Ying's actions were obviously to spy on the development of the city. How could he hide this from Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo? They also did the same thing when they visited Wei.

In a sense, in this era, envoys from other countries also work part-time as secret agents, but this status is legal.

About an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of the palace gate in the city.

After getting off the carriage, Tang Ju and Fan Ying looked around.

In their eyes, the palace in front of them seems to be newly built, but it may be because the construction time is relatively hasty, so that it is not perfect in many places, such as the palace wall connecting the palace gate, which is really just a wall.

There is no trace of relief at all - logically speaking, in order to reflect the palace, the outside of the palace wall should be carefully carved by craftsmen, just like the Hanwang Palace in Handan.

Seemingly sensing the thoughts of Tang Ju and Fan Ying, Han Chao, the Korean ritual officer, coughed and explained slightly awkwardly: "In fact, the construction of this palace only started in March this year, so some places are not yet ready for construction."

Perfect, it made you two laugh."

Tang Ju and Fan Ying looked at each other and felt very happy in their hearts, but of course they couldn't say this: "Where can such a palace be built in such a short period of time? The craftsmen of your country are really great.

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"Hehe...please."

"please."

It has to be said that from March of this year to September now, trying to build a palace in just six months is sheer fantasy. No, after Tang Ju and Fan Ying entered the palace, they discovered

, it turns out that the palace is currently just an empty shell: the garden that was supposed to be filled with vegetation is now just a mess of land, and most of the buildings in the palace have just been built.

Even when Tang Ju and Fan Ying came to the palace, there were many Korean craftsmen working there.

At this time, the only thing completed in the palace was the main palace in the center. According to Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo, Han Wangran currently lives here - the front hall declares government, the back hall lives, and the side hall handles government affairs.
To be continued...