Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Elephant

When Rihito saw the box that Master Li was pointing to, he immediately gasped. Because the box is so big, it can fit a person. After pondering for a while, Liren asked, "Lord Li, which general will come and when will he pick it up?" ”

Master Li suddenly hung his head and said, "At three o'clock, he will come to fetch it." ”

Rihito smiled and said, "Hehe, Master Li doesn't need to worry, when this general comes, I will come and talk to him, I think my Fushou paste will definitely be sold in your Kyoto." ”

"Oh?" At this moment, Lord Li's heart suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Hehe, look at it, why didn't I think of it?" However, Lord Guogong, General Ruan, he is a relative of the emperor, and he is not eye-catching at all about ordinary things. ”

When Li Ren heard this, he realized that the general's surname was Ruan, and then he asked, "Isn't Zhancheng surnamed Li?" What did you change to the surname Ruan? ”

When Master Li heard Li Ren ask at this time, he immediately explained: "Lord Guogong is talking about the old Huang calendar, the original surname Li is now in decline, and he was already the head of the family surnamed Ruan a hundred years ago. It is said that this family surnamed Ruan is still from Middle Earth. ”

When Li Ren saw the history of Champa that he was talking about from Li Da's mouth, combined with some of the history of Champa that he knew, he immediately knew that the history of this earth was obviously a little different from the original. Since they are already here, it doesn't matter who is the emperor of Zhancheng, anyway, they will be eaten away by themselves step by step. Thinking of this, Li Ren still showed an apologetic look on his face and arched his hand to Master Li and said, "Hehe, I'm really sorry." ”

Although this Lord Li has lived in the land of Zhancheng for a long time, he still knows a lot about the etiquette of Middle-earth, and when he saw Liren saying sorry to himself, he hurriedly returned: "Hehe, Lord Guogong just doesn't know the history of our occupation of the city, so it doesn't matter if I'm sorry or not. ”

Mr. Fang, who was beside Liren, had been listening to the words of the two parties without oil and salt, and now when he discussed the matter of the emperor who occupied the city, he suddenly paid attention. After seeing Li Ren say sorry again, he whispered to Li Ren's ear: "My lord, I know in my ancestors' records that the three heroes of the Ruan family came to Champa by boat, and now Champa is the head of the Ruan family, and it was more than a hundred years ago, can you ask the lord to ask for more details." ”

At this time, Li Ren lowered his head and asked him: "Mr. Fang, do you doubt that the current Champa Ruan clan is the descendant of the original Ruan clan's three heroes?" ”

Fang Ning didn't speak, just nodded. Suddenly, he bumped into Rihito and smacked at him, and Rihito turned his head to see that Master Li was watching his small movements curiously. At this time, the merchant translator had already begun to translate the words of Lord Li and asked Liren, "Can you tell me anything about Lord Guogong in person?" ”

Li Ren scolded him in his heart at this time, but he kept a smile on his face and said, "Hehe, Master Li, I am asking my personal soldier captain, is the Fushou paste brought this time enough?" ”

"Oh! That's right. Master Li said with a smile on his face.

Li Ren said again: "Just now Lord Li said that the emperor of your occupation of the city is now a member of the Ruan family. I would like to ask if this Ruan family is really from our Central Plains? ”

"Oh! Could it be that Lord Guogong still knows the people of the Ruan family? Master Li quipped.

"I can't talk about acquaintance, it's just that my ancestor had a deep friendship with a family surnamed Ruan, but more than 100 years ago, this family surnamed Ruan went to sea with his family. Since then, I have cut off contact with my ancestors. When my grandfather was reincarnated, he said this ancestral allusion, and now I just want to be right, whether the Ruan family is the family that my ancestor knew. ”

Master Li listened carefully to Liren's explanation, and was about to say something about the Ruan family, when he suddenly became angry and burst into tears. Immediately told the maid to quickly bring the Fushou ointment and the smoking gun, this time he only cared about enjoyment, and no longer cared about talking to Liren and them.

After a long time, this Master Li finally came back to his senses from the happiness of Fushou Cream, and then he saw that the whole inquiring was in front of the public and did not see Liren's figure, and he immediately asked the guards and maids around him: "Tell me, what are they doing?" ”

"Back to the master, these foreigners heard that we are rushing to the Wei (that is, to catch the market) today. I said I was going to visit our market. The guard hurriedly answered his master's question.

At this time, Master Li nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Did they say when they would come back?" ”

"They said they would be converted before the time of Shin." The guard replied honestly.

When they came out of the official mansion, they came to the market in the north of the county seat, and they saw that there were a lot of people here, many of whom seemed to have just arrived here, and they were still carrying the prey and animal skins that had been prepared for a long time.

Just as they continued to admire the customs of a country, they heard a shout of the words of the place, and the merchant in charge of the translation hurriedly said, "My lord, let us get out of the way, the elephant is coming." ”

Immediately Liren arrived very happy, and hurriedly said to everyone: "Quick, let's step aside and look at this elephant, haha, I'm afraid you haven't seen it yet." ”

"Elephants? But I have never seen it, and I only know that this thing is very big in the book. Fang Ning was also angry and curious, wanting to see what kind of posture the elephant swept across in the book.

Just when the big guys were looking forward to it, I saw a big guy with a long nose, gray skin, four thick legs, and two big ears not far away. Above its head sat a man who was directing the elephant's movements. On the elephant's back there is obviously a chair that can sit on a person, and this chair is really delicately made.

"Well, this is an elephant, it's big. Let's see how long the meat lasts. Dasha was gesturing with his right hand to see which part to eat first.

At this time, Liren laughed and scolded beside him: "You stupid, you know how to eat all day long." Although this elephant can be eaten, it is a treasure of the locals, just like our ploughing cattle there, if you give it to others, they will have to look for you desperately. ”

At this time, Fang Ning heard Liren compare elephants to ploughing oxen, and his eyes lit up and he asked, "Guogong, you said that an animal as big as an elephant can be used as a ploughing ox?" ”

Li Ren smiled at this time and said, "Yes, the elephant has a gentle personality, as long as you don't provoke it, it will generally not do anything to you." Therefore, it can be used not only as a ploughing ox, but also as a mount. In Siam, farther south, they used elephants not only as cattle but also as mounts on the battlefield. ”

"Is the prince saying that elephants can fight?" Fang Ning asked even more excitedly.

Li Ren now knew what Fang Ning was thinking, he nodded obediently, and then said, "It can fight against it, but elephants have one of the most fatal weaknesses, which is fear of fire. As soon as it sees fire, it goes berserk. Once you start a madness, no one will try to restrain it. Not only that, but whenever he heard a loud noise, he would run around in fright. ”

Fang Ning suddenly scoffed at this behemoth passing by his side: "I really didn't expect such a huge body to be so timid. It's really a big world, and there are no surprises. ”

Li Ren saw that Fang Ning completely dispelled his thoughts, and he said again: "However, in the south of our Central Plains, if you use it for farming, it must be a good way, because the weight bearing capacity and dragging capacity of an elephant are greater than the strength of ten oxen. ”

At this time, Fang Ning rose up hope again, and said with a smile: "Guogong, it would be great if we could get back more than ten elephants." ”

Li Ren shook his head at this time and said, "Hey, I also want to get back more than ten elephants, but our ships don't allow it now, and after two years, we will bring the largest special cargo ship, and then talk about bringing the elephants back." ”

The sigh of the elephant came to an end in the middle of the leaf, but many of them did not give up on the elephant, looking at its majestic body, and drooling.

They walked around two more stalls, and suddenly Liren's eyes were sharp, and he directly found a small stupa carved from a white object, which was in the hands of a stall owner. Liren turned into two steps and came to the stall owner and asked, "Are you carved from ivory?" ”

The stall owner couldn't understand what the well-dressed and anxious-looking nobleman in front of him was saying. Suddenly, the two of them looked at each other for mung beans. Finally, the merchant translator came to Rihito's side, and Rihito hurriedly asked him to translate: "Tell him quickly, is the thing in his hand an ivory carving?" ”

The interpreter immediately translated to the talker, and the stall owner finally understood what the distinguished guest wanted. He immediately smiled and said, "Your honorable guest, what I have in my hand is carved from ivory. With that, he handed the stupa to Rihito.

Li Ren finally understood what the stall owner meant, and he immediately took the ivory carved stupa, looked at it carefully, and finally learned that the stupa was not very good with the help of the merchant's translator.

Originally, Rihito also wanted to bring something strange to the four fiancΓ©es in the family, but it was not very good to see this ivory pagoda, and he was very disappointed.

Finally, in the afternoon, Li Ren saw that it was not too early, and suddenly remembered what the county official said about General Ruan, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to open the way and go directly to the official yamen.

When I came to the county office, it was already time for Shen. Lord Li in the county government had been anxiously looking forward to their return, and finally saw Liren's long-lost smiling face, and Lord Li hurriedly stepped forward to personally greet Liren and them into the inner hall of the county government.