The airship of the Notre-Dame could enter the capital directly, but the airship of the School of Miscellaneous Arts could only stop at the south gate of the capital.
According to normal etiquette, even if the king did not come out to meet them, the prime minister of the country should come out to greet them.
However, the Jingguo officials who came out to greet them were led by the Right Prime Minister, Cao Dean.
The group of people from the School of Miscellaneous Arts did not see Fang Yun as they walked from the airship to the ground. Some of them were disappointed, while others were angry.
Hong Maoshan, who was in charge of the negotiations, had a smile on his face the entire time. When he saw the Jingguo officials, he treated them as if they were old friends. They chatted and laughed along the way. Finally, they arrived at the residence of the foreign envoys in the Jingguo Academy.
As this was a rare visit from a Notre-Dame, the reception was extremely high.
Fang Yun dared to not give them face, but the other officials did not.
After arriving at the residence, Hong Maoshan went straight to the point. He said that the matter should not be delayed and that both sides should negotiate as soon as possible.
Soon, Hong Maoshan and the others received a reply.
Fang Yun was not feeling well, so the negotiations were postponed.
The officials who replied felt that they were spitting at Hong Maoshan and the others. They said that they had tried to invite Fang Yun to come out, but Fang Yun had rejected them. If Fang Yun did not speak, even the Empress of Jingguo would not be able to negotiate directly. They could only wait for Fang Yun to recover.
The School of Miscellaneous Arts asked when Fang Yun would recover, but no one could give an answer.
Helpless, Hong Maoshan and the other officials could only rest in the Academy. Hong Maoshan also met with some of the scholars from the School of Miscellaneous Arts in the capital. He said that the School of Miscellaneous Arts and Jingguo would definitely forget about the past and would not affect any of the scholars.
The next day, the officials from the School of Miscellaneous Arts asked the Jingguo officials when the negotiations would begin.
The answer was that it was not clear.
On the third day, many of the officials from the School of Miscellaneous Arts could not hold back their anger. They used strong words to ask Jingguo to confirm the time of the negotiations.
There was still no official reply from Jingguo.
On the third night, the anger of the officials from the School of Miscellany had subsided. This was because they had received news that most of the officials from Jingguo actually wanted to negotiate with the School of Miscellany. Only Fang Yun was unwilling to negotiate and had been obstructing this matter.
On the morning of the fourth day, Hong Maoshan led a group of officials from the Jingguo School of Miscellaneous Arts out of the school and began to tour around the capital. At the same time, he kept hinting to the people of the capital that the Miscellaneous Arts School had been in the capital for several days. All the officials from the Jingguo School of Miscellaneous Arts were willing to negotiate, except for Fang Yun. This meant that the Miscellaneous Arts School was not obstructing the Jingguo School of Miscellaneous Arts. It was Fang Yun who was using the Jingguo School of Miscellaneous Arts to go against the Miscellaneous Arts School.
All kinds of rumors began to spread in Jingguo. Some people even said that Fang Yun had joined forces with the other families to get rid of all the miscellaneous scholars in Jingguo. The reason why the miscellaneous scholars had threatened him before was because they were forced into a corner by Fang Yun.
On the fifth day, Hong Maoshan went outside the palace and took the initiative to ask for peace talks. However, in the end, he had no choice but to return empty-handed because Fang Yun did not appear.
Soon, all the scholars in the Ten Nations knew that the respected scholar Hong Maoshan had endured humiliation for the sake of the peace of the human race. However, he had been tricked by Fang Yun and refused to see him.
Hence, there were voices of condemnation of Fang Yun everywhere, especially the people of Gyeongo. They held up the moral stick and accused Fang Yun of being impolite. They asked the Notre-Dame to make a ruling.
Although the Notre-Dame did not make a ruling, someone had clearly pointed out on the list that Fang Yun was sick and injured. Hence, it was not impolite for him to refuse to see Hong Maoshan at this time.
On the sixth day, a piece of news suddenly broke out. Although Fang Yun was recuperating in Duo Garden, he was still handling government affairs. He was obviously toying with the Miscellaneous Arts School.
The people of Gyeongo and Gugu were completely enraged. Many Gyeongo scholars even wanted to declare war on Jingguo.
The relationship between the two nations fell to a freezing point.
Some officials in Jingguo also thought that Fang Yun had gone overboard. Hence, they began to protest against Fang Yun. There were even some officials who thought that since Fang Yun was sick, they should simply entrust the right of negotiation to the Right Prime Minister.
Hong Maoshan and the other officials were initially impetuous, but in the end, their tempers were completely tempered. They simply stayed in the palace and met with the scholars of the Miscellaneous Arts School when they had nothing to do. They communicated with the scholars of the Scholarly Arts School, giving off the feeling that Hong Maoshan and the others had become the permanent envoys of the Miscellaneous Arts School in Jingguo.
On the tenth day after Hong Maoshan arrived in Jingguo, Fang Yun finally decided to start the negotiations at the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion tomorrow.
The Jingguo officials and all the other officials of the Miscellaneous Arts School heaved a sigh of relief.
No matter what, it was a good sign since there were negotiations.
It was an autumn morning and the sky was clear.
The new location of the cabinet had just been built, and many places were personally designed and named by Fang Yun. For example, there was a conference hall that could accommodate tens of thousands of people, a lounge for officials to rest, and conference rooms of different sizes.
In a medium-sized conference room, the members of the Miscellaneous Arts School and the officials of the Peace Negotiation Department had arrived early.
The layout of this conference room had never been seen anywhere else in the Saint Origin World. There was a long table in the middle, and officials from both sides stood on both sides.
Hong Maoshan sat in the middle of the right side of the conference room, while the chair in the middle of the left side of the conference room was empty.
The officials of the Miscellaneous Arts School were a little confused. Didn't they say that today was the day of the peace talks? Why wasn't Fang Yun here?
As if sensing the thoughts of the officials of the Miscellaneous Arts School, the Minister of Rites, Sheng Boyuan, coughed lightly and said, "Fang Xusheng is on his way. Everyone, don't worry. After all, he's still a patient. Come, bring some fruits. "
Then, the attendants of the cabinet brought in a large number of fruit platters.
The officials of the Miscellaneous Arts School were all people who had seen the world, but when they saw the fruit platters that they had never seen before, they were curious. Then, they realized that more than half of the fruits were unfamiliar to them.
Each of the officials of the Miscellaneous Arts School had a fruit platter in front of them, but they didn't immediately eat. They all waited for Hong Maoshan to eat first.
Hong Maoshan was a little embarrassed because he couldn't recognize all the fruits and didn't know how to eat them. If he ate the wrong fruits, he would become a joke.
The officials of Jingguo laughed in their hearts, but on the surface, they looked serious.
Sheng Boyuan said understandingly, "A long time ago, Jingguo and the Bloodlight Realm jointly cultivated a new batch of fruits. This year, they were released one after another. Fang Xusheng invited the officials of the capital to try them. He even specially invented this fruit platter to entertain the guests."
Hong Maoshan smiled and said, "Some of the fruits have never been seen before. Even a great scholar like me is curious about them. If others see them, I'm afraid they won't dare to buy them."
Sheng Boyuan said, "An official once asked about this and said that even his own family might not buy them. However, Fang Xusheng said that satisfying the needs of people is just an ordinary businessman, but creating demand is a pioneer. As long as it's good, people will slowly eat it. "
Hong Maoshan nodded and said, "Old Man doesn't recognize some of the fruits. I wonder if you can introduce them one by one? If the taste is excellent, Old Man will personally promote it in Gyeongo. "
Therefore, the officials of Jingguo who knew these fruits introduced them one by one and took the initiative to teach them how to eat them. Only then did Hong Maoshan lead the miscellaneous officials to learn about the new fruits.
Some of the officials of Jingguo cursed Hong Maoshan in their hearts. If he didn't know how to eat them, he could have just asked directly, but he had to beat around the bush.
After introducing all the fruits, the miscellaneous officials had eaten their fill.
One of the officials of Jingguo said regretfully that the Bloodlight Realm had also cultivated a kind of smelly thorny melon. Its surface was covered with sharp thorns, and it smelled strange. It was sweet and soft when eaten. Currently, it had become the new favorite fruit in the capital, but it had also caused controversy. Some people liked it very much and ate it like their lives, while others vomited when they smelled it. If it weren't for the fact that it was so controversial and rare and only sold in a few places, the miscellaneous officials could have tried it.
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