For several days, Li Xian was very busy. Xu Ren was about to go on a long journey, which might take at least half a year, at most a year, or even three to five years. This made Li Xian quite nervous.
Since Li Xian's rise, Xu Ren has been assisting him. Now, Xu Ren suddenly wants to leave and go to Zhao State for negotiations, and Li Xian feels indescribable anxiety.
Therefore, in the past few days, Li Xian kept asking Xu Ren for advice on many things, big and small. Perhaps in terms of the general direction, Li Xian was more confident than anyone else; but to govern a country, it is not enough to have a general direction and vision.
Emperor Yang of Sui had a far-sighted vision, but he ended up bringing down a country that was richer than the Tang Dynasty.
However, separation is still unavoidable. The person in the Shang Kingdom who Li Xian trusts the most, who understands Li Xian's thoughts the most, who understands the core of industry and commerce and capitalism the most, who understands the direction of the Shang Kingdom's interests the most, and who is qualified enough to have a direct dialogue with the Zhao Kingdom, is only Xu Ren.
Therefore, the leader of this negotiation must be Xu Ren, and even Yuan Yong can only be his deputy.
Before leaving, Xu Ren was a little worried. Li Xian was good in everything except that he liked to be proud. Especially in the current Shang Kingdom, Li Xian had enough qualifications to be proud.
After thinking about it, Xu Ren could only find Yan Ze'an and said in front of Li Xian, Li Yuanming and others: "Old Yan, you know the young master's temper. You are calm and steady. Please persuade the young master more. As for Li Yuanming, don't be too radical. Sometimes it is better to go slow than to take the wrong path. If you take the wrong path, it is difficult to turn back. The Shang Kingdom is already moving fast enough. The current national policy is enough to support the development of the Shang Kingdom for three years without any changes."
Everyone responded, and Li Xian took the lead in seeing them off. Although they were reluctant, they still had to leave.
Xu Ren was the person in charge of the negotiations, Yuan Yong was his deputy, and there were representatives from the judicial, industrial, commerce, education, engineering, infrastructure, military, and national defense fields, as well as some guards and businessmen following the team, totaling more than a thousand people.
In addition, the captain of the guard team is Xuan Mingzi, a "local" from central Yingzhou.
The storage rings in the hands of Xu Ren, Yuan Yong, Xuan Mingzi and others contained many items, including general models, gifts, munitions, fuel, etc. They almost "backed up" the Shang Kingdom.
Of the more than 200 people who came from Zhao State, more than 100 stayed behind. A royal person named Zhao Wu was responsible for establishing Zhao State's royal group - Lingxiao Group, preparing to fully imitate the Shang Kingdom and learn from the "Brilliant Star Group".
In addition, after hearing about this incident, the people who came to see off the first overseas visiting team of the Shang Kingdom stretched almost from the city lord's mansion to the suburbs outside Anyang City.
The first diplomatic visit of the Shang Dynasty was to the State of Zhao. Apart from that, it was the State of Zhao that begged the Shang Dynasty to visit! This was an indescribable honor and pride for the people of the Shang Dynasty, especially the people of Anyang City.
Xu Ren and his companions were equipped with 300 large and small aircraft, including three of the latest supersonic aircraft. This was a negotiation, but it was also a "show of force". The negotiations were also a display of the Shang Kingdom's muscle.
Among them, there are two six-engine behemoths, carrying the most representative 240mm land combat artillery.