Chapter 57: The Mockery of the Hundred Officials
Comber saw the concern in their eyes, and spoke righteously:
"Don't worry, you two, when I show your majesty, you can start building the bridge. ”
"There is labor. ”
Cao Ze and the two of them spoke in unison.
Comber smiled slightly, in fact, he knew in his heart that if the bridge was really built, he was afraid that even his majesty should say thank you to them.
The three of them entered the palace soon.
The imperial city of the Marquis of Jiaping is more than twice as large as the imperial city of the Marquis of Daqian, and even the palace people are several times larger.
Cao Ze and the Taoist priest were waiting outside the hall to be summoned, and the two looked at each other, like a mirror in their hearts.
Today's court is extremely dangerous, but you have to be careful.
"Xuanda Qianhou Guo Cao Ze and the two came to meet. ”
The voice of a eunuch came out of nowhere.
The two looked at each other tacitly, and entered the hall at the same time, the two of them are very restrained "foxes", and there is a "meaning" in the court today.
"Cao Ze (Xiaodao) of the Great Qianhou State has seen the lord of the country!"
The two saluted respectfully and said in unison.
The lord of the country looked at the Taoist priest, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Is the little emperor confused? Find a Taoist priest to fool around? In this way, the little emperor doesn't seem to be as mysterious as Comber said.
"Flat, the two of them have worked hard all the way, if the hospitality is not good, please forgive me. ”
"Your Majesty is polite, the two of us are here to build a bridge, and the other is to trade, why don't we talk about building a bridge, Your Majesty?"
Cao Ze got straight to the point, and the sooner he finished speaking, the less bad things he would have.
A flash of appreciation flashed on the face of the lord of the country, but it was fleeting, and he said calmly:
"Okay, what do you two think?"
"My Majesty has said that the river is 1,543 meters wide, and we need a chain the thickness of your thumb and finger, which is two thousand meters long. ”
"In addition, four iron chains of 1,800 meters and three fingers thick are needed, and these five iron chains must be indestructible, which is related to the safety of the people walking on this bridge in the future, and I ask the lord of the country to agree. ”
Cao Ze repeated them one by one according to the original words of the little emperor.
Your Majesty wants such a long iron chain, can the lord of the country who seems to be slamming the door give it?
As soon as he finished speaking, before the lord of the country could speak, the Taoist priest added leisurely:
"It is better to add dark iron to the thick iron chain to prevent natural and man-made disasters. ”
As soon as these words came out, there was an eerie silence in the court, and Comber noticed the change in the atmosphere, and couldn't help but open his mouth to explain a few words to them.
Unexpectedly, all the courtiers burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, did he think our chains came for nothing? ”
"The lion opened his mouth widely! I really thought that he was a character when he came to the palace of the Marquis of Jiaping. ”
"I don't want to think about it before I speak, and you still call yourself 'Your Majesty'? Who doesn't know that your 'Majesty' is a little kid. ”
"Who's to say it's not? The little kid is the little kid and he sent a Taoist priest to do it, what are you doing here?
The lord of the country had the intention of watching the play, and looked at Cao Ze and the others without saying a word.
Cao Ze and the others didn't pay attention to their words, but they actually said that their little emperor!
The Taoist priest was already upright, and after destroying the mansion with the little emperor, he was even more forgetful, so he naturally swept everyone's faces slowly, and said a few words lightly:
"I am a Taoist priest, but I am not just a Taoist priest, Your Majesty sent me to build a bridge for the Marquis of Jiaping, not to fight with you here, your envoys to our country We drove away the envoys of the Marquis of Qingshan in order to treat each other with courtesy, and let your envoys stay. ”
"Of course, this is what we should do, I think that my big Qianhou country is a small country with poor etiquette, and I don't think that as a courtier of a big country, you should have more of a great country's demeanor. ”
"But when I saw it today, it was disappointing, and he insulted our lord in front of us. ”
These words didn't sound salty or light, but every sentence hit them in the face, and even more so in the face of the lord of the country.
Cao Ze knew that this Taoist priest was not easy to mess with, and sure enough, in a few words, the abuse was gone, and they all pulled their faces as if they had eaten pork liver.
Seeing this, Comber quickly spoke, trying to ease the relationship:
"Your Majesty, although the little emperor is young, but the rumors are true, the minister believes in the little emperor's arrangement, and asks His Majesty to immediately order the forging of iron chains, after all, building a bridge is not a one-day or two-day project. ”
The lord of the kingdom looked at Comber thoughtfully.
I know this courtier very well, and I always tell the truth and will never take sides.
But why do I sound so unpleasant to these words of Comber today?
Was he brainwashed after going to the Great Qianhou Kingdom once? Or was the little emperor really like this?
If this is the case, then after the trade, you will have to move around more, and on the contrary, it will not hurt to have one more friendly country.
And I want to see what these two envoys who have been entrusted with great tasks can do, and if they do, their masters must be not bad.
His languid voice came out slowly:
"You are also too presumptuous, this is our future partner, after the trade will be diligent, you are so disgraceful to a great country. ”
"Your Majesty, can't you be fooled by them, we have not succeeded in building a bridge for so many years, and they say that if we can succeed, we can succeed?"
"That's right, Your Majesty, their country is not very good, even if we ask for help, we should find a similar one. ”
"If they can build a bridge, I'll kneel in front of it and kowtow three times!"
"And drove away the envoys of the Marquis of Qingshan? What about the deceitful ghosts? I think Master Kang has been bewitched!"
The courtiers were in an uproar, they didn't expect the lord of the country to say that they weren't, and shouted indignantly, as if they were wronged.
"This lord, even if it is aimed at you three times, we will definitely build the bridge,"
A flash of light flashed in Cao Ze's eyebrows, and without waiting for the other party to refute, he said,
"Originally, I didn't plan to say more, after all, this is the matter of your Jiaping Marquis, but since you are talking about other vassal states, then let me ask, everyone, if someone from the Baishan Marquis comes to build a bridge for you, are you willing?
"If they come, in your eyes, they will come for the division of the north and the south, so that our Daqianhou country will be extremely safe, and they will only come for trade. ”
"Besides, if you don't want to, we can also go to Zhou'an Qingshan Marquis to trade, and there is no obstacle between us and them. ”
"Since we have the ability to drive away the envoys of the Marquis of Qingshan, we have the ability to pull them over, my lord, we are here sincerely. ”
"But you, and your ministers don't seem to welcome us, the little emperor said, this time I came for the sake of Kangbo's face, not the lord of the Jiaping Marquis Kingdom. ”
"In addition, you have to think clearly, we are a cooperative relationship, not the object of your abuse and ridicule, Dao Chief, let's go, go back immediately, and inform the little emperor that you can show favor to the Marquis of Qingshan. ”