Dressed as a family of cannon fodder, the villain brother is busy opening up wasteland

Everyone was speechless for a moment, and Wen Xiuyi even glanced at Wen Yao and Wen Jun.

I don’t know whether to say that this guy is kind or cruel.

I sighed helplessly, but what Datou said made sense, and this was the best way to deal with it.

Li Yi was still immersed in the joy of Big Head calling him brother-in-law, but he had to bring up something at this time.

"We have to pack up and prepare to return to Beijing. Now that maritime trade is stable and the issue of Japanese pirates has been resolved, not only these Japanese envoys, but also envoys from several other countries have asked me to come to Beijing to pay homage to the Emperor in order to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries. So once things here are settled, we have to go back." Li Yi said.

No one had any objection to this matter. After all, they had been out for long enough and it was time to go back.

"Ah? Are you leaving now? You won't stay a little longer?" Father Qiu was very surprised. He felt reluctant to see them all, especially his daughter and grandson.

Qiu Rongrong has wanted to go back for a long time. She now relies on letters to handle matters in the capital. If she doesn't go back, she is afraid that her business will be taken away by others.

"Dad, we've been here long enough. If you miss us, just come to Beijing to see us. Besides, the family business is now in the hands of your eldest brother, so it would be great for you to enjoy your retirement with peace of mind," said Qiu Rongrong.

Father Qiu glared at her. Who was he doing this for?

But what they said made sense. It was impossible for this group of people to stay in Jiazhou City for long. It was already a good thing for him to be reunited for such a long time.

Moreover, the goods here have been almost cleared, and his son is already collecting the goods for the next voyage, and everything is almost ready. When Qiu Rongrong and her group return to Beijing, he will embark on his second voyage.

Now that they have the warships modified by Wen Yao, their merchant ships can also benefit from it, so they will not be afraid to go out to sea in the future.

Haven't you seen those vassal states? Seeing how powerful they are, they all want to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries and engage in diplomacy?

Now that they are on the sea, who dares to touch Annan’s ships?

That will be the fate of Japan.

We are all straightforward people, so naturally we won’t worry too much about such things.

But just before they were about to leave, the three missionaries came.

"Prince Li, can you take us with you?" The three asked Li Yi in poor Annan dialect.

Li Yi was very surprised and asked them if they were going to stay here to preach. Why did he follow them?

The three of them were a little reluctant to do business, and Annan, who knew how to do business, didn't talk much, so he could only ask for help from Datou, who spoke a lot in a gibberish.

Big Head understood.

"Brother-in-law, they want to go to other parts of our country and have exchanges with our missionaries... Oh, they want to visit our monks and Taoists, and they also want to visit our Taoist temples and monasteries."

Li Yi: "..."

It's really annoying. Can't you just trust your Lord honestly? Don't make our Buddha and ancestors angry.

However, since the other party brought this up in a very friendly way, he couldn't refuse. Besides, what if they were enlightened by the Buddha or the ancestors and gave up their God and started to believe in the Buddha and the ancestors? That would be great too.

Thinking of this, Li Yi agreed.

The three missionaries were very happy and decided to go back and discuss who would go with them and who would stay to preside over the church. After all, if they all left, who would preach?

But in the end, none of the three were willing to give in, so they found two Christians from other vassal states and asked them to look after the church. The three of them followed Li Yi and his companions.

On the day she returned to Beijing, many people from Jiazhou City came to see her off, including ordinary people, officials, and people from the Chamber of Commerce. After all, Qiu Rongrong had not been idle in the past few months and had negotiated several business deals with them.

In this way, with everyone seeing them off, the group set out on their journey back to Beijing.

The emperor received the news early on and knew that they were coming back, so he sent people to wait for them at the dock in Linjing County.

County Magistrate Chen even sent people to check every day to see if they had returned.

So before their boat reached the shore, they had already seen County Magistrate Chen coming to the shore to greet them.

Today, Linjing County was bustling with people and it was so lively that the envoys from the vassal states were shocked before they even got off the boat.

There are people everywhere, and they look so happy.

Except for Wen Xiuyi, Wen Yao and Wen Jun, everyone else felt proud of it, especially when they saw the envy and surprise on the faces of those vassal states, they could hardly suppress the smiles.

As the person with the highest status among the group, Prince Fu politely invited the envoys from several countries to eat, drink and have fun in their Linjing County, and it would not be too late to go to Beijing later.

The group of vassal states who had never seen the world were naturally happy to do so, and they performed their clumsy salutes to Prince Fu with great gratitude.

County Magistrate Chen came to pick them up happily, but he saw a few tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed people from the vassal state. He was so curious that he almost approached them.

"What's going on? Are these the people from the vassal states?" Wen Xiuyi was pulled over by County Magistrate Chen as soon as he got off the boat.

Li Yi arranged people to follow these vassal states, and each team was assigned two translators, all of whom were brought back from the Maritime Trade Office. Even the three missionaries brought a student to help them translate.

He has to help clean up the mess that his father made.

Wen Xiuyi nodded and asked him to speak in a low voice: "Although these people don't know much of our language now, they can understand a few words. They are playing here these days, so you'd better be careful. Let me tell you, these people are very rich, you know." Wen Xiuyi also winked at him.

County Magistrate Chen understood immediately: "Okay, I understand. Don't worry, I will make sure they feel at home."

Anyway, they have money, so it would be a shame not to rip them off.

As for the Japanese, they said they were envoys, but in the real sense they were captives. If they came to seek peace, they had to adopt a peace-seeking attitude. Want to play? Go and pay a visit to their Majesty first, and then come after getting permission.

In this way, only a few vassal states and missionaries were left behind, while the others continued on their journey to Beijing.

"You go home first. I'll go and arrange these people and come back later." At the city gate, Li Yi did not let others get off the carriage. He just walked up to Wen Yao's carriage and said something to her.

Wen Yao leaned against the window and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back for dinner."

For some reason, when Li Yi heard the words "I'll wait for you to come back for dinner", he felt an inexplicable sweetness in his heart. Although the two families often ate together and he had heard these words before, they were never as heartwarming as they were now.

"I understand, but what do you want me to bring back?" Li Yi asked.

Wen Yao thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the roast duck restaurant and bring back some roast duck. There's no need for anything else. My second brother should have prepared some at home."

"Okay." Li Yi nodded: "Then I'll go."

"Well, go early and come back early." Wen Yao leaned on the window and waved to him.

Li Yi then returned to his own carriage and took the Japanese carriages behind him to the post station where the envoys lived. Wen Yao and the others went directly back to the Marquis' Mansion from another road.