Chapter 1078: East Becomes West (71)
Li Canfeng rushed all the way from the council hall to the diligent government shop where Gao Yuan Pingsu worked, and all the guards were staring at this councillor who was fatter than the other two councillors combined, no one thought that this big fat man could run so fast?
What's going on? All the guards were muttering in their hearts.
"Li Yizheng, what's wrong, what's going on?" At the door of the Qinzheng Palace, He Weiyuan grabbed Li Can, the huge impact made He Weiyuan stumble, Li Can was pulled by this, and the whole person fell in front of him, He Weiyuan was shocked, bowed his body, and used his back to push Li Can's stomach hard, and stepped forward into a lunge, supporting his hands on the pillar, which stabilized Li Can's body.
Li Can stood firm and patted He Weiyuan hard, "Weiyuan, thank you, thank you, is the king there?"
"Here it is!" He Weiyuan turned around and looked at Li Can: "Discussing politics, what's going on here?"
Li Can smiled, took a step, and rolled into the Qinzheng store like a ball.
Gao Yuan raised his head from behind the big case, looked at Li Can with excitement on his face, and touched his chin thoughtfully, "What made my Li Yizheng so excited?" You actually came from the road?"
"How did the king know that I had come here?" Li Can asked in surprise.
Gao Yuan laughed: "Just your body, as soon as you run, you will be like a heavy hammer beating a drum, you can hear it from afar, and then look at the sweat on your head, don't you run over or what?"
"The king is really meticulous!" Li Can quietly praised it in a timely manner, "Your Majesty, brother of great joy"
Looking at Li Can, who was already impatient, Gao Yuan stretched out his hand, "Don't say it, let me guess, it must be Kou Shuguang back, isn't it?"
Looking at Li Can's stupid appearance, Gao Yuan stood up suddenly, "They really have to come back?"
"Your Majesty, the fleet has arrived in Cangzhou, and they are still on the way, but the express has arrived in Jicheng, and General Kou and they are back."
At the beginning, under Gao Yuan's insistence, based on Li Can's voyage fleet, the Han Dynasty formed its own voyage fleet, with Kou Shuguang as the leader, and set sail to sea, which was a lot of investment for the Han regime at that time, and Jiang Jiaquan agreed to establish the fleet, but also because he was tempted by the prospect of the gold and silver mountains told by Gao Yuan, for the Han Kingdom, at any time I feel short of money, if I can really find such a place, it is indeed very helpful for the Han Dynasty. But no one thought that Li Can originally said that he could return to the voyage in half a year, but the fleet went for two years, and there was no news, even Li Can, who had always been full of confidence, thought that they must have encountered an accident on the vast sea, and the failure of this thing made Li Can unable to raise his head in front of Jiang Jiaquan and Yan Shengxu, and even spoke carefully, for fear of accidentally reminding these two people of the investment of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Now that Kou Shuguang is back, how can Li Can not be excited?
"Are people still safe?" Gao Yuan didn't ask about the harvest first, but first asked about the safety of the voyage personnel, which made Li Can very moved, his nose was sore, and he almost fell into tears, you know, in this expedition fleet, almost all the core personnel are the descendants of his Li family, and even one of his sons is also on the ship, in order to express his sincere determination to Gao Yuan, but he resolutely ignored the crying of his wife at home, and forced his son into the fleet.
"It's okay, it's okay, the loss is not big, but the express report doesn't make it clear, it just says that the harvest is very rich." Li Can rubbed his eyes and said loudly.
"By the way, I remember that Li Quan, the third child of your family, is also in the fleet, is he okay?" Gao Yuan suddenly remembered such an incident, looking at where Li Can rubbed his eyes, and thought that something had happened to Li Quan.
"Good, good!" Li Can nodded again and again, "There is also a letter from the family in Cangzhou, Ah Quan has not only grown knowledge, but also really grown into a man, I heard that they have become a piece of black charcoal. Hey, hey, hey, but it's a lot stronger than before. The letter from home said that when he got home, he could barely recognize his mother."
Hearing Li Can's words, Gao Yuan also laughed, "How can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, a man should go out and break through, so that he can grow up, Li Yizheng, it seems that I want to congratulate you too!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise!" Li Can also smiled like a flower, but he was thinking in his heart, after going back, he would have to cultivate this third child as a key successor, but he had a good image in the heart of King Han, which would naturally be of great benefit to the Li family in the future, as for the eldest and second child, well, if they want to compete, they might as well go out and make contributions in the future.
More than ten days later, two huge convoys, one from the east gate and the other from the west gate, arrived in Jicheng at almost the same time, from the west gate entered the Zhao delegation led by the king of Zhao Wouji, and from the east gate entered by the crew of the voyage led by Kou Shuguang. For those people of Jicheng who went to the west gate to see King Zhao enter the city, this day was the day they regretted the most, because the voyage fleet that entered the city from the east gate not only exceeded the scale of King Zhao's mission, but also the various strange things that came with the team opened the eyes of the people who went to the east gate.
The size of Kou Shuguang's convoy reached about 200 carriages, and the long line could not be seen at a glance, and at the head of the line was a strange animal with a long nose. That physique, even the most ferocious tiger, is far from being comparable.
The long-nosed animal that the people of Jicheng have never seen is the elephant brought back by Kou Shuguang this time, these domesticated elephants are equipped with shelves on their backs, and there are riders sitting inside, driving these behemoths into the city slowly, the elephants are huge, but the riders are black and thin, forming a sharp contrast.
Twenty elephants walked on the central street with neat steps, and with each step, there was a rumbling sound, and the onlookers couldn't help but let out an exclamation and took a step back.
And behind these elephants, behind more than a dozen carriages are also some animals, there are white-haired tigers, lion-like monsters, red-haired orangutans, and big bulls with horns on their noses, all of them make the onlookers stunned, oh my God, what kind of stuff is this?
Kou Shuguang sat on the war horse, compared with before the departure, he looked darker and thinner, but a pair of bright eyes were filled with endless joy, this trip, although he experienced too many risks, he finally succeeded in returning, and this harvest was enough to make King Han and let the political hall have enough motivation to support him to embark on the journey again.
This time he went to the sea, which really opened Kou Shuguang's eyes, and what he saw and encountered along the way also made him understand that outside the Central Plains, there was such a vast land and endless treasures, and these should naturally be included in the glory of the Han King.
When he set out, he took with him a total of 3,000 sailors, including sailors, and when he returned, there were still 3,000 men, and of course, of these 3,000 men, more than 1,000 were not the ones he had originally set out with, but some of his servants who had selected from the conquered territories to show their submission, and these people would also be his forerunners and powerful helpers when he set out again.
There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves ahead, and Kou Shuguang looked up ahead.
"In the words of the king, Kou Shuguang led the staff of the department to transfer to the central street." He Weiyuan stood at the front of the team and said loudly.
"Command!" Kou Shuguang clasped his hands into fists, answered loudly, the joy in his heart went to a higher level, and led the team to the Central Street, which was the supreme honor for the generals of the expedition, because at the end of the Central Street, it was the palace of the King of Han, and walking on the Central Street meant that the King of Han would personally greet him.
Most of the people who followed him didn't know the difference between East Street and Central Street, but the generals were aware of the difference, which shows that the king was very satisfied with what they said, and he would give them this honor.
After reading out the order of the King of Han, He Weiyuan took the reins of his horse and walked to Kou Shuguang's side." Welcome home, Commander Cole!"
"Thank you, Commander He!" Kou Shuguang said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for two years, is the old man of King Han okay?"
"Of course it's good, not long ago we just won a big battle and taught the Qin people a hard lesson, hahaha, don't mention how happy it is!" He Weiyuan said happily: "At this time, you are also back, this is really a double happiness!"
"Along the way, I've heard about our beating of the Qin army, happy, happy, but unfortunately I didn't participate!" Kou Shuguang was a little regretful.
"What's this? The king is more interested in your trip, don't you know, even if we defeated Li Xin and left this Great Qin military god on the prairie, the king didn't hear that you were excited when you returned safely, Commander Kou, today at the West Gate, there is another person who is also entering the city, do you know who it is?" He Weiyuan is mysterious and secret.
"Who is it?" Kou Shuguang asked very cooperatively.
"Zao Wou-Ki, King of Zhao Kingdom." He Weiyuan raised his head and said proudly: "Originally, Zhao Wuji should have taken the Central Street, but in order to make way for you, at this time, Lord Shangshu Xun of the Ministry of Rites has already led them to change the way, enter the post house, and wait for the king to see you, and then he will see King Zhao!"
"Ahh Kou Shuguang said in surprise: "This, is this okay?" I'm just an ordinary general, even if I have a little success after returning from a long voyage, how can I compare with King Zhao?"
"In the eyes of the king, you are much more valuable than that king Zhao." He Weiyuan laughed, "Let's go, the king and the ministers are waiting for you!" (To be continued......)