The next day, the Yangzhou General Administration Office was the only one who was the hall of the main hall of the palace. Yuwen Wen held a banquet here to entertain the visiting "foreign friends". Prince Yuwen Weicheng was also present.

During the meal, the hosts exchanged cups, drank iced soup, tasted various delicacies, and enjoyed singing and dancing performances. The scene was very lively.

At the beginning of this year, under the help of the Maritime Bureau and the Nanyang Trading Company, the countries in the South Ocean sent envoys to the court to meet the Emperor of the Great Zhou. As soon as the emperor was on a tour, the envoys from various countries who came across the ocean were waiting in Guangling, Yangzhou.

After nearly ten years of operation, the maritime exchanges between the Zhou Kingdom and the South China Sea countries have become very frequent, and a large number of fleets have traveled back and forth between the South China Sea countries and the Zhou Kingdom. As the economic relations become increasingly close, mutual understanding is deepening.

The Zhou court had a clear understanding of the general situation of the countries in Southeast Asia, and the prosperity and strength of the Central Plains Celestial Empire also impressed the countries in Southeast Asia.

A large number of rare treasures such as incense and ivory produced in Southeast Asia are in short supply in the Central Plains, while various handicraft products such as silk, cloth, porcelain, and paper produced in the Central Plains are also popular in Southeast China.

In addition to handicraft products, there is another type of goods that are popular in Nanyang, that is, ice cubes.

The climate in South China is hot and there is no snow all year round, so there will naturally be no ice. However, since the Zhou Dynasty started the "Northern Ice Sales" sale, in just a few years, ice has become an indispensable item for the nobles and chiefs of various countries in South China to cool off.

In winter, the north wind whistles, and the sea ships of Zhou Kingdom travel south with ice cubes, transporting a large number of ice cubes to the South China Sea countries for sale. These ice cubes were then stored by buyers in ice cellars and stored in ice cubes. They were taken out to use in the hot summer, either to make ice drinks or directly to cool down.

There are many uses of ice. In addition, Zhou Guo sells ice as a good and cheap commodity, so the price is cheap and the quantity is large enough. Therefore, in recent years, the demand for ice in various parts of Southeast Asia has soared, and the habit of using ice to cool down has already formed.

Such a magical change, if a common saying from the Central Plains is improved, it is "Summer insects can talk about ice".

In this regard, Fan Fanzhi, the king of Linyi Kingdom, who traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains to pay tribute, was very moved.

Since ancient times, Linyi Kingdom has never had the habit of using ice to cool off heat. Most people have never seen ice and don’t know what ice looks like.

Now, the nobles who enjoy the cold summer will feel that they can't survive the scorching heat without ice.

The ice cellar in the palace of Fan Fanzhi was already filled with ice. For him, the hot summer was no longer the hot heat that was often sweating profusely. Every night when he went to bed, he would no longer be so hot that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well.

Such enjoyment was something that even the kings of Linyi in the past dynasties had. Fan Fanzhi looked at the emperor of Zhou in front of him, full of awe.

Among the envoys of various countries present today, Fan Fanzhi, who was the king's honor, went to the Central Plains to personally meet the Emperor of the Great Zhou, so he was at the forefront, and Fan Fanzhi and the Emperor of the Great Zhou had a "friendship" back then.

That was ten years ago. Yuwen Wen, who was the King of Xiyang of Zhou, led his army to conquer Linyi Kingdom in the south, and captured the capital of Linyi Kingdom, Dian Chong, and burned, killed and looted, and Dian Chong was empty.

When Yuwen Wen led his troops to attack Dian Chong, Fan Fanzhi fled outside the city to take refuge. When the Zhou army retreated, he returned to the city and looked at the ruins and was crying without tears.

After this difficult situation, Linyi State's power declined. Not to mention invading Jiaozhou, it was a bit difficult to resist the neighboring countries that were eyeing each other. After several years of hard work, the Zhou fleet came again.

The fleet that came this time was to do business with Linyi State. Since then, the situation of Linyi State has changed drastically. By doing business with Zhou State, all the nobles in China have lived a good life different from before.

The Zhou State did not seem to have planned to destroy Linyi, but instead engaged in business with Linyi. The situation in Jiaozhou was stable, and the Zhou State's army was very strong, and it was not something Linyi could covet. So Fan Fanzhi and the nobles quickly realized the reality and focused on friendly exchanges with Zhou State.

Now he went to Zhou State in person to meet the emperor of Zhou State, and met the man who led his troops into Dian Chong that year. The atmosphere of conversation between them was very harmonious.

Yuwen Wen did not intend to let Fan Fanzhi come and go, but instead welcomed Fan Fanzhi enthusiastically, in order to express his attitude to the countries and states in the South China Sea, that is, to follow the Zhou Kingdom, and there are great benefits.

Linyi Kingdom was the former land of Rinan County. In theory, Zhou Kingdom wanted to eradicate it and restore its homeland, but the two countries resolved their past grudges and made a fortune together. This is the most convincing fact in the eyes of other countries in Nanyang (all countries are considered countries).

Since the Zhou Kingdom that unified the Central Plains can tolerate the Linyi Kingdom, there will be no intention to other Southeast Asian countries. It is indeed very cost-effective to do business with the Zhou Kingdom, so the favorable feelings of the South Asian countries towards the Zhou Kingdom are increasing day by day.

With the help of the Maritime Bureau and the Nanyang Trading Company, envoys from various countries gathered in Guangling to meet with the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As the host, Yuwen Wen took Fan Fanzhi and other envoys to visit Guangling City, allowing the other party to see the prosperity of the Central Plains metropolis and its strong sailing and handicrafts strength.

This allows the other party to deeply understand what a beautiful "money future" would be like when doing business with Zhou State.

Yuwen Wen would not make any tricks of "all nations come to pay tribute" to put on his face, nor would he use silk to wrap all the trees in Guangling City in order to show off his wealth.

He just lets the other party see Zhou Guo’s strengths in both soft and hard aspects, so that the other party can be clearer.

Zhou State has a huge trade fleet, loaded with various goods to conduct free trade in Nanyang, and Zhou State also has a huge fleet, which can fully load soldiers to arrive in the coastal areas of the South China Sea to conduct "friendly" "visits".

Yuwen Wen felt that it was enough to do these two things, and he let the other party watch the "cannon decision" as soon as he came up. It was too simple and rough and discordant.

So today he brought the prince to entertain envoys from all countries, doing his best to be friendly and friendly, and asked the prince to toast the envoys, giving them enough face.

Fan Fanzhi and envoys from various countries were extremely excited about the warm reception of the emperor of Zhou. They did not expect that the emperor of the Central Plains was so enthusiastic. Seeing that the emperor even played the pipa himself, Fan Fanzhi and the envoys asked to dance to cheer them up.

The relationship between the host and the guest was harmonious, and the atmosphere in the hall became more lively, but a few of them were quite awkward.

The envoys from Persia, the extreme west, were also here at this time. They saw other envoys appearing to dance one after another, knowing that they can't sit there, so they should go on stage to dance a few times to cheer up. After all, the "Son of Heaven" of Zhou played the pipa himself.

There are also instruments like pipa in Persia, and there are naturally many corresponding dances, but Persian envoys are not sure if they dance, Zhou's "Son of Heaven" will accept it.

If you just don’t know how to appreciate it, it’s fine. If you accidentally make any moves that make the other party unhappy and then lead to the failure of this mission, it will be more than worth the loss.

As he was struggling, the song and dance ended. Yuwen Wen saw the Persian envoy being awkward, drank a glass of wine and asked with the help of the communication: "Your country is located in the extreme west, and the things are completely different from those in the east. I have not been able to see it west, so why not introduce it here?"

Seeing Yuwen Wen ask a question, the Persian envoy who got a step was very sensible and quickly answered: "What do you want to know about the ignorant God?"
Chapter completed!