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Chapter 368 Borrowing the Way, Borrowing Food

Brukhan has always been very active in welcoming the envoys, especially when Wang Funinglore was there, he was even more willing to show off. Before he could see anyone enter the hall, he heard his voice talking to the envoys of the Shunchao army.

The crown prince of Loulan Kingdom is the eldest princess, and as the eldest princess fiancé, Brukhan already considers himself half a princess. Ning Luoer was very low-key when he was the man behind the queen. This is what Liu Yu admired. As for Brukhan, Liu Yu, for some reason, felt that he was deserving of his feelings when he saw him.

Brukhan was enthusiastic about the military envoys of Shunchao, but his hot face was pressed against the cold butt. As soon as the military envoy entered the hall and saw Liu Yu, he threw down Ningloer, Brukhan and a group of officials from the Loulan Kingdom. He excitedly went over and pulled Liu Yu's sleeves and asked Liu Yu about his well-being in a pure Guankou accent. These people spoke very quickly, which made even Chetu and Brukhan understand only a little. He vaguely heard these people calling the envoys of Shunchao as "Commander".

Out of ignorance of Central Plains culture, the Loulan people could not understand the meaning behind this title. According to their understanding, this should be a respectful title, because judging from the tone of their speech, these people respected the envoys of the Shun Dynasty very much.

Liu Yu was very happy to see his old subordinates. Most of the envoys of Shun Dynasty could call him a name, and those who could not call him a name were familiar. Liu Wu, once a small minor servant of the Marquis of Dingguo Mansion, is now a deputy general under Zhang Wuzhu. He was responsible for this envoy to the city and was actually the responsibility of welcomeing Liu Yu to return to the camp.

Liu Yu stole the limelight from Brukhan, which made Brukhan some objections, but this was the attitude of the Shun Dynasty people towards the Shun Dynasty envoys. He could not interfere. So he immediately called Liu Wu and others to sit down. He originally wanted Liu Yu to sit opposite him and separate the Shun Dynasty envoys. Who knew that these people were very consciously sitting on both sides of Liu Yu, following Liu Yu's head. This attitude made Loulan people even more puzzled.

As we all know, envoys are civil officials and represent the position of civil officials. And military generals should not have much interaction with civil officials when conquering cities and territories. Only here knows that Liu Yu's military style is like a soldier, and he is expected to be from a military general.

"Young Master, this is what General Zhang asked the villain to hand it over to you." After sitting down, Liu Wu, who was slightly relieved and excited, remembered Zhang Wuzhu's explanation and handed over a pistol that was only equipped with a general level to Liu Yu, which should be to let Liu Yu scoop it to defend himself.

Liu Yu's continuous crossbow had been confiscated. Now that he had weapons in his hand, he felt like he had a support. At this time, Brukhan walked over with a fierce momentum, and he didn't dare to be as arrogant as snatching Liu Yu's telescope on the city wall. After all, the people of the Shunchao military all wore knives and "long sticks". Soldiers who used long sticks to fight were not even common in countries with the most backward military strength in the Western Regions.

"Empress, what is this?" asked Brukhan.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "A small thing is a scoop. This is the gift we gave when we met. Should Brutianzuo check it?"

Liu Yu just scooped a piece of "iron lump" in his hand, which didn't seem to be lethal. He stopped making trouble and did not ask any more. Liu Yu calmly put away the gun and bullets. He knew that he could not go back to the military camp with Liu Wu and the others today, so that the gun was left to defend himself.

The officials of Loulan Kingdom sat down one after another, and Wang Funinglor sat on a high position. Today's banquet finally met half of the host of Loulan Kingdom. After the opening, Brukhan directly asked Liu Wu, the leader of the military envoy, and said, "Is the envoy, I wonder why you are here in my Loulan country, killing my soldiers and seizing my city?"

Brukhan spoke very resolutely at this time, with the intention of being held accountable. Liu Wu was very cramped in front of Liu Yu, especially when he appeared at such a big occasion at the diplomatic banquet between the two countries. He looked at Liu Yu uneasyly. Liu Yu smiled with encouragement. Liu Wu then raised his momentum and said, "Our army was ordered to expel a Tubo people from disturbing my border. The cavalry went south, and the Tubo people fled. Our army was unable to provide enough food and grass, so he wanted to borrow your country and borrow some food."

Liu Wu must have prepared these words beforehand. After saying these words, Liu Yu noticed that Liu Wu clenched his fists and sweated on his forehead. It was rare to be able to speak in such a nervous state without being humble or arrogant.

The monarchs and ministers of the Loulan Kingdom looked at each other, and they all looked at each other, thinking that the Shunchao army was a little too arrogant, so they came from afar to conquer other countries. They dared to attack their cities and grab grain when they were short of food. This was because they did not intend to form an ally.

Of course, borrowing grain is the kind of borrowing but not returning it.

Brukhan asked Ning Luoer for instructions. Ning Luoer said something, and Brukhan half-translated and half expressed his position and said: "Shunchao and I have never had diplomatic relations with each other. This time, they actually proposed to borrow grain. Do you want to borrow, or do you want to force us to hand over the grain?"

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Liu Yu looked at Qi Tu. Qi Tu belonged to the representative of the "moderate faction" of Loulan Kingdom. This moderate faction mainly targeted Shunchao's attitude. Qi Tu really wanted to form an alliance with Shunchao, so he talked and did things to consider the consequences and would not make things too stiff. She also knew that Shunchao had no intention of forming an alliance with Loulan and would not take it very seriously. At this time, Qi Tu was very nervous. She was afraid that Shunchao's military envoys would go directly to war with him. She was also afraid that Liu Yu would have the tough style he was in the Yuezhi period, and that things would be irreversible, and Loulan Kingdom would not be able to form an alliance with Shunchao to fight against Tubo.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Brutianzuo calmed down, why should we see the army so unreasonable? Originally, we were just using your country and the two sides did not understand the language. Who can tell whether this was Tubo or Loulan? Borrowing food is also to resist our common enemy, that is, the Tubo people. It should be understood by each other's mutual benefit."

Liu Yu's gentle words are actually seeking a balance between the interests of both parties.

Now the Shunchao army is coming to fight Tubo. Because the distance is too long and the logistics supply is not kept up, resulting in shortage of food. If the food crisis cannot be solved, the threat from the Tubo people will not be eliminated. Now Liu Yu must also consider "borrowing" food in a harmonious situation, and must reach the point where the war meets, and let him leave Loulan City first.

Ning Luoer looked very "gentle", but when he spoke, he stood up and said something, and left, which made the whole banquet a little embarrassed. Brukhan translated on his behalf: "Our King's Highness, said, "Your Highness, you don't need to help us fight Tubo, we will do our best to solve it!"

Liu Yuxin said that this Wangfu really doesn't know anything about it, but since it's Wangfu's meaning, it represents the queen's position.
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