Two days later, the Song Dynasty held a ceremony before the envoy, and Zhao Kuangyin personally presented Ouyang Xiu with an envoy, accompanied by a hundred and twenty people, and thousands of classics loaded on the truck. This time Zhao Kuangyin sent the whole country to see Ouyang Xiu off. This was their

The Song Dynasty is the first country to engage in diplomacy since it came to this world. If they are strong, they must be close to each other. On the contrary, help them as much as possible. After all, Zhao State is behind them. If the Song Dynasty sends troops northward, there will inevitably be people in the rear.

some problems.

"Farewell to Mr. Ouyang Xiu, a Hanlin scholar!" Zhao Kuangyin stood on the altar and respectfully performed the courtesy of a national scholar for Ouyang, who was about to leave.

"Farewell to Mr. Ouyang!" The ministers faced south and saluted the departing Ouyang Xiu together.

The general in charge of the escort was Di Qing, the Marquis of Yu, who had just entered the Central Military Commission in front of the Fifth Rank Palace. There were more than a thousand soldiers accompanying him, all of whom were new soldiers of the Song Dynasty after the reform of the military system.

They are wearing Song Dynasty infantry armor and holding simple knives. They are powerful and have murderous intent hidden in their eyes. This is very different from the Song Dynasty soldiers who once feared the enemy like tigers. The current Song Dynasty army is no longer the army that suffered repeated defeats in the past.

The purpose of this mission was to investigate the national strength of Zhao State, and to let Feng Hao take a closer look at the results of the Song Dynasty's reform of the military system.

In the past few days, Di Qing went around to check whether there was any danger. Ouyang Xiu sat in the car as steady as a rock. During these days, he was also concerned about the border issues of the Song Dynasty. Previously, because the national finance and treasury were not enough to feed and clothe the people, the people had no choice but to go up the mountain and drop grass to make food.

Kou, and now the fiscal revenue of the Song Dynasty has continued to rise. The army of the Song Dynasty after disarmament looks like new. Look at Di Qing's expression of having gained nothing. These are all the results of the reforms of the Song Dynasty.

The bandits have returned home to become citizens, and all the cottages within the country have been burned down, leaving only deserted cottages all over the mountains and plains.

"Sir, you can go south with peace of mind." Di Qing's face looked a little uncomfortable. After all, he had not fought a single battle since he came to this world. He was just training new recruits at the Kyoto camp. He thought he could find a few mountains here.

The thieves were beaten, but in the end, there was no sign of a thief along the way.

"Are you feeling bored?" Ouyang Xiu opened the car curtain and asked, leaning on the car frame with his left hand, facing the displeased Di Qing on the horse.

"Yes, I have been training my troops these days. I didn't expect to come out with you this time to see the strength of our new army of the Song Dynasty. But I was stunned all the way without even a trace of a thief." Di Qing replied boredly.

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"That just shows that the reforms of the Song Dynasty have frightened the bandits, and they have all returned to their hometowns to do business for the people. Besides, the war will not be far away from us and will come soon." Ouyang Xiu suddenly thought of it.

Some time ago, Zhao Kuangyin said to him that during the period when the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, he actually used Song Lizong Zhao Yun's head as a wine glass. This directly showed that Zhao Kuangyin would also declare war on the Yuan Dynasty in a short time.

But he said that after the reform of the military system in the Song Dynasty, there were not many grass bandits who occupied the mountains and became kings. In fact, Song Jiang and Fang La had all been subdued by Zhao Kuangyin's Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing and Gao Huaide. Now they sincerely surrendered to the Song Dynasty and became

A general of the imperial army.

Di Qing on the side didn't seem to hear what Ouyang Xiu said. He just stared at the road ahead without saying a word. Although the success of the reform was a gratifying thing, Di Qing couldn't be happy at all. He was now

He had just entered the area under the control of the central army, and he was in a low-key position. He had no choice but to lead troops to fight. He had no way out. This was what made him feel so helpless now.

However, Di Qing suddenly thought of Ouyang Xiu next to him. He is now the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and is in charge of the military power of the Song Dynasty. If he can help him, he may be able to occupy some positions in the central army management level.

The two chatted like this all the way, and when the team was traveling to the outskirts of Xuan County, they suddenly stopped. It turned out that Zhao State needed the customs clearance diploma of the Song envoy, and they had given each other two hundred dollars during the previous alliance.

Ouyang Xiu took out the customs clearance document that Zhao Kuangyin had given him and handed it to Chen Baxian, the guard of Xuan County.

It was dark night at this time. When Chen Baxian learned that the Song Dynasty envoy Ouyang Xiu had arrived, he did not dare to neglect and immediately went out of the city to greet him personally.

"May I ask if this is Mr. Ouyang Xiu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy of the Song Dynasty?" Chen Baxian saluted and kowtowed outside the car and asked.

"Exactly." Ouyang Xiu opened the curtain and responded to Chen Baxian.

"Oh! My king has a decree, saying that if you arrive at Xuan County, Zhaoguo, at night, please stay in Xuan County. At dawn the next day, I will personally escort you to Beijing." Chen Ba first learned that the person in the car was the person in the car.

Ouyang Xiu himself replied respectfully.

"Thank you." Ouyang Xiu let go of his hand, and the car curtain covered the car frame. It was extremely cold today, maybe it was about to enter the winter moon.

Di Qing followed the envoy into Xuan County and ordered the army not to disturb the people in the city and to walk carefully. Chen Baxian turned around and looked at Di Qing's appearance. He couldn't help but nodded. This person will become a great person in the future.

The moon was particularly bright tonight. After Chen Baxian arranged for Ouyang Xiu to stay and rest, Di Qing and others asked them to rest in the tent of the military camp before heading to Beijing together the next day.

But Di Qing rejected Chen Baxian's kindness. The thousand soldiers quietly sat down around the mansion where Ouyang Xiu was staying, and changed their posts every ten minutes, with ten people on each post to protect Ouyang Xiu's safety.

Seeing that Di Qing was like this, Chen Baxian had no choice but to agree to him. Seeing that his words and deeds were very appropriate and he had the demeanor of a famous general. Looking at his Song Dynasty army, compared with the Sheep Army mentioned by Feng Hao before, it had indeed changed a lot. In terms of temperament

Still murderous, both have been raised to a higher level.

The two made eye contact, and Chen Baxian went back to make arrangements for tomorrow...

The next day.

The army of the Song Dynasty stayed up all night. Ouyang Xiu got up and quickly packed up, ordering the 120 envoys to follow Chen Baxian's people into the capital immediately.

"Hey, hey, has Ouyang Xiu arrived?" Feng Hao quickly sent a message to Chen Baxian, asking him to reply quickly.

"There's still almost an hour to go. Your Majesty, you still have time to make arrangements." Chen Baxian quickly replied to Feng Hao.

Co-authored for a long time. The message Chen Baxian sent to Feng Hao last night was not seen at all. He only looked at it the next morning. Now they are running around like ants on a hot pot. The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Imperial Kitchen and other departments are already busy.

Became a dog.

Liu Yu received the news early the next morning and quickly ordered the most elite soldiers and horses in the army to pull out and conduct ten minutes of emergency training. These ten minutes were very urgent and must be completed at once.

The Ministry of Etiquette at Gao Yun's side was very successful, because their work had been completed, and the road for Ouyang Xiu to enter the capital had been arranged, and he was waiting for Feng Hao to give the order.

Soon, an hour later, Chen Baxian slowly brought the Song Dynasty envoy to the north gate of the capital. Feng Hao completed the finishing task of more than 3,000 officials and more than 1,000 subordinate officials in the capital at the fastest speed, and saw the envoy from afar appeared.

In front of everyone, Feng Hao was dressed in powerful clothes and all his equipment, looking like an emperor on the battlefield.

"Welcome Mr. Ouyang!" Feng Hao took the lead in greeting the envoys of the Song Dynasty who were approaching gradually.
Chapter completed!