Back at home after more than two years of separation, Li Shun had finished washing up at this time, dressed neatly and combed her hair neatly on the warm kang, hugging her son in her arms, and Qiu Cheng sat opposite her. The two of them were drinking and chatting. Two concubines knelt on the left and right to serve, picking up vegetables, pouring wine, and adding soup to deliver water. His wife Xiaoyun changed her usual sad appearance of tears, and she went in and out with happiness on her face. A middle-aged woman with a thorn hairpin and cloth skirt was busy cooking in the kitchen, and the whole Li family's food was fragrant and laughing.

"Report, Master, Qinghe Hou is visiting!" A doorman rolled in and crawled in to report.

"Hao Ye is here? Please please~"

Li Shun and Qiu Cheng almost threw down their bowls and chopsticks and jumped off the kang. While putting on their shoes, they hurriedly ordered the middle door to open and prepare to greet them.

"Sit down, sit down, what's the busy work in this cold weather?" Before the two of them left, they saw Chen Xu walking in with their hands and smiling faces. Several servants behind them were carrying a few big gift boxes.

"Greetings to the Marquis!" Li Shun and Qiu Cheng quickly bowed and bowed.

"No gifts, please close the door quickly and don't let the heat run away. It's too cold outside!" Chen Xu stepped into the room and ordered his servants to put a few boxes of gifts.

"It's so cold, why is the Marquis coming? Shun is still planning to visit the Grand Tutor's Mansion tomorrow to thank you!" Li Shun rubbed his hands and looked at the big boxes of gifts and felt a little nervous.

"Seeing that you are so miserable today, I will come to visit you specially. Why, is there a ghost in my heart?" Chen Xu curled his lips, took off his shoes and sat on the kang without hesitation, then picked up a fried bean with his hand and threw it into his mouth.

"Hehe, where can I do it?" Li Shun's face turned red and she felt even more nervous.

"Well, the performance was very good today, otherwise a group of court bosses would not be so easy to pass. Let's sit there, there is no need to be polite to me!" Chen Xu waved his hand and waved his hand while chewing broad beans.

"Hey, okay!" Li Shun and Qiu Cheng also knew Chen Xu's character, so they took off their shoes and went to the kang again. Xiaoyun, Qiu and two concubines also came to greet each other and then left. Li Shun poured wine for Chen Xu himself.

"The Marquis is here, Shun is very grateful. It is cold and the land is cold. It is a common place to eat. I would like to pay a cup to the Marquis first!" Li Shun carefully held the cup.

"Please, Editor-in-Chief Qiu~" Chen Xu raised his glass.

Seeing that Chen Xu no longer pretended to be miserable in advance, Li Shun also felt relieved. After drinking a glass of wine, he sighed, "It's still my Great Qin Wuhua Tianbao, everything is good, everything is good. The Western countries are simply not a place to stay. There is nothing to do with you. The Marquis doesn't know anything. The Western countries are not only unpalatable for food, but also the wine is like a horse's urine, which is hard to swallow!"

"The Qin Dynasty has only been better in recent years. When I first arrived in Xianyang eight years ago, your family was still poor and they were not full or warm. I remember that the leftovers in Qinghe Garden were sold by Editor Qiu. At that time, there were countless people in Xianyang who were not fed and unclothed, and there were countless poor people in the entire Qin Dynasty..." Chen Xu put down his wine glass and said slowly.

When talking about the past, Li Shun and Qiu Cheng immediately looked serene. Qiu Cheng put down his chopsticks and bowed his hands and said with emotion: "Yes, if it weren't for the marquis' benevolent, how could we have the glory and wealth of today? Now eight years have passed, and Xianyang is so great that it is dazzling. The wealth and prosperity of the Great Qin cannot be described. The marquis's kindness is the blessing of the heaven and earth, and it is actually the blessing of the Great Qin!"

"Although Editor Qiu said it well, this marquis is just giving advice. Everything is inseparable from your support. Without the thousands of people working day and night in the newspaper office, people in the world cannot quickly know the trends of the court and reform measures. If Li Shun had not been to work hard to go to the West, the people of the Qin Dynasty and the court would not understand the situation and trends of the West. Each of us has just done what we should do and insisted on the belief that we should stick to. The prosperity and prosperity of the Qin Dynasty is related to me, but your hard work is more important, and it is not the credit of this marquis alone!"

"How dare we compare with the Marquis. This time Li Shun can return alive. I really have to thank the Taiyi Divine Thunder given to the Marquis before leaving. Otherwise, the entire mission would have been thrown away by the wilderness. Shun respects the Marquis with another cup!"

Li Shun filled Chen Xu with red wine again, and the three of them raised their glasses together.

In the next time, the three of them ate and drank and talked about the changes in Xianyang and the Qin Dynasty. The main reason was that Li Shun talked about the more detailed visit process, because many things must not be talked about in the court in front of all civil and military officials, such as how much money they made along the way and how many young ladies in foreign countries were sleeping, etc.

Chen Xu was interested in Princess Asia, and the purpose of coming today was also here. Li Shun also knew that this was a big deal, so he carefully explained everything he had just arrived at the capital of Apameya and then left in a hurry, and did not even let go of the matter of sending the mirror himself.

"You really didn't sleep with her on the road?" After listening to Li Shun's story, Chen Xu stared at Li Shun straight.

"No, absolutely not!" Li Shun shook her head like a rattle, and Yu sighed and said, "Shun did covet her beauty at first, but after learning about her thoughts, she completely dispelled her intentions. Marquis, this matter really has nothing to do with Shun. It was Asia who planned to plot against me!"

"Hmph, when I first left Xianyang, how did I remind you? Be kind but worry-free, wise but not confused, and brave but not afraid. You are afraid that all the three virtues of a gentleman have fallen on the belly of the young lady, let alone being on a mission to meet the princess and princesses without authorization. This is the way to die. How dare you say that you did nothing wrong?" Qiu Cheng couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"Editor Qiu doesn't need to be angry. Although Li Shun did not handle this matter well, almost implicated the entire mission, but he was able to change in the face of danger and eventually escaped from the pursuit of King Anxi and returned to Daqin with the mission successfully. This marquis had to comfort me..."

Qiu Cheng is a disciple of Confucianism, so he regards the word "gentleman" as his life. Li Shun also learned Confucianism, but he was taught by Qiu Cheng. Under the conditions of not having enough food and clothing, he could only learn sloppyly. Therefore, Li Shun and Qiu Cheng also had differences in their concepts on being a human being and doing academic research. In addition, Chen Xu promoted various practical and supreme Xun's concepts in recent years, and the real Confucius' knowledge has gradually declined.

What Chen Xu needed was a large number of people with integrated ideas to assist him in promoting the reform of the Qin Dynasty. All kinds of sects and gentry that were indifferent and incompetent will basically not be reused. Although this is not necessarily good, in Chen Xu's view, this kind of ideological unity is necessary, otherwise the Qin Dynasty will be in chaos.

Young people like Li Shun, who grew up with the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty, are talents who are most in line with the characteristics and needs of this era. They have received traditional cultural education and have their own unique ideas. They will not stick to things when encountering things, and can be flexible while abiding by etiquette and law.

In Chen Xu's view, this incident was Li Shun's transformation, from an ordinary official to a qualified diplomat, knowing how to judge the situation, adapt to changes, and knowing how to control the situation of a major country.

Li Shun's determination to finally decide to bring Asia back was not to covet Asia's beauty, but to the comparison of national strength between Daqin and Anxi, the current situation of the two, their location and international relations.

Li Shun had already inquired about the relationship between Central and Western Asian countries very clearly. Both Dayuan and Daxia live in the shadow of Anxue. The reason why Anxue did not capture the two countries was because the West did not handle it. The kings of Dayuan and Daxia may know some of these things, but they are not particularly clear. Asia, the princess of Susa, is very clear about it.

The biggest enemy of Anxiu is the Seleucid Empire in the West. Although the two sides are brotherly relationships, they have been fighting for the two rivers. Antioch III has been very talented and wise, but when facing the ancient sect leader, they cannot eat a fat man in one bite. They cannot swallow Seleucid for a short time, so their main energy is not at all in the East, which gives Dayuan and Daxia a chance to breathe.

In fact, in historical records, Anxi annexed Dayuan and Daxia, directly signed a trade treaty with the Han Dynasty, completely controlled the Silk Road, and earned a lot of price difference and tax revenue from silk transactions.

Judging from the current situation, Anxi is far from reaching the point where he has achieved the strength of later generations to fully control Central Asia and West Asia. However, Daqin is no longer the Great Qin in history. In terms of national strength and military strength, it is only stronger than that of Emperor Wu of Han, and it also has a momentum of rapid transcendence in terms of economy and culture. The only gap is population.

But the population cannot be impatient. Even if the husband is anxious, he can only do it slowly with his wife. It is not enough to brag just by bragging.

In Chen Xu's opinion, Li Shun's mission to the West was just right. Offending Anxi would not have any psychological burden for Daqin. Even if Li Shun stole Antioch's wife, Antioch would definitely not be able to fight Daqin. Just a single paulownia could give him a pot. After finally climbing over, he had to face the desert-like area of ​​the Western Regions. He would probably wear a dozen cuckolds and return to China halfway through, and he would no longer plan to take this wife back with a fragile affair.

As for the rest of the Qing Dynasty and the West, Chen Xu did not intend to make him stick out his butt...well, rise up.

There are no two tigers in the mountains and no two masters in the earth. There can only be one superpower in the world, that is, the Qin Empire, the Kushan Empire, the rest Empire, and the Roman Empire, which were once as famous as the Han Dynasty, would become younger brothers. The better situation is to enfeoff a large group of Chinese princes who could gather together to play mahjong and fight landlords during the Chinese New Year and the festival. That is the most happy realm of Datong.

Therefore, this so-called serious diplomatic incident can be regarded as the first great spiritual victory of the Qin Dynasty against the West. Li Shun's approach will surely become a brilliant mark in the history of the Qin Dynasty's diplomacy. It will be talked about by later generations for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and will even become a classic case in the history of world diplomacy and become a must-do subject for diplomats all over the world, that is, how to seduce the fiancee or wife of a foreign head.

Fire, theft and diplomats...
Chapter completed!