At the end of the day, with a few melodious and low bells coming out of the palace, countless court officials packed their clothes and rode to the court.

Today, at noon, the First Emperor of the Dynasty will receive the envoys of Dawan in the main hall of the court, and he may ask about the bet between the caravan and the Marquis of Qinghe, and this bet is related to the face of Daqin, and everyone wants to know more details.

Daqin can lose to Zhao, Chu, and even South Korea, but it can't lose to these small states with a population of only hundreds of thousands, not to mention that this is not a question of military strength, but a problem that reflects the quality and heritage of the people of Daqin, if Daqin wants to win the Western Regions and foreign countries, then this time it is not allowed to lose, because Dawan is the first Western country to send envoys after Daqin unified the six countries, and I heard that in addition to Dawan, there are countless countries in the West, and there are many people who have a vast territory like Daqin. These have now begun to spread slowly through the mouths of Hu merchants in the Western Regions, and there are constantly experts in the newspapers speculating about the source and reliability of this news based on ancient books such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Biography of Mu Tianzi.

Generally speaking, since the conquest of the Western Regions, the eyes of the people of Great Qin have broadened countless times, and they have begun to understand that Huaxia is not the center of the world, and that there is a wider area in the west of the Western Regions, and beyond the East China Sea, there are Yingzhou and many islands, which are constantly being disclosed and disseminated by word of mouth and newspapers.

When Chen Xu came to the court hall by car, all the civil and military officials had arrived, and the envoys of Dawan were already waiting to be summoned at the gate of the hall.

At the beginning of noon, the bell of the noon dynasty rang, the emperor strode out of the apse as usual in the company of a group of palace attendants, after the monarch and the ministers sat down, the first emperor announced the summoning of the Dawan envoy with a calm face.

Soon a few Dawan envoys dressed in exotic costumes and sheepskin hats came in with national letters and leather packages, after some inspection by the guards, the Dawan envoys walked to the position ten zhang away from the first emperor to salute, and after a handsome and tall envoy at the head of the envoy muttered, the Western Regions interpreter specially arranged by the Academy of Literature and the interpreter brought by the Dawan envoy translated their respective translations, the first emperor nodded and said: "Dawan is adjacent to the Western Regions, and I sent envoys to the west last year, have you ever been to your Dawan?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, they said that last year, there was indeed an envoy from my Great Qin who went to Dawan, and the chief envoy was called Li Shun, and also sent a letter of state and a gift from His Majesty, and their monarch was very happy, so he specially sent them to visit His Majesty in Great Qin!"

"Ask them, do you know where Great Qin's mission has gone now, and why it hasn't returned for so long?" Qin Shi Huang continued to ask.

The interpreter and the envoy of Dawan grunted for a while and then reported: "Your Majesty, they said that Lord Li went to Daxia after the autumn of last year, and they don't know the news after that!" ”

"Your Majesty, it seems that Li Shun and the others should continue to go west, Your Majesty, don't worry, maybe we will be able to wait for the envoys from Great Xia soon, and we will find out when the time comes." Chen Xu stood up and arched his hand and said.

"Well, it's okay, after all, it's a long way to go!" Qin Shi Huang nodded and continued to receive the envoys, asked some questions about the situation in Dawan's country, and then the Dawan envoys presented their letters of state and customs clearance documents.

Because the Dawan people do not make paper, so the national letter and customs clearance documents are made of leather, but also wrapped with inlaid gold and silver gemstones, the production is very sophisticated and beautiful, but this way of writing is destined to be a very luxurious way, can not be popularized and large-scale application, because writing on leather is not the habit of the Chinese, one is that the leather is more expensive, the other is that the Chinese have invented better, cheaper and more economical and practical things, that is, bamboo and wood slips, and now Chen Xu invented paper, In just a few years, bamboo and wood slips have been almost completely eliminated.

Therefore, looking at the two rolls of leather presented by Su Yue, Qin Shi Huang was stunned for a long time, and seemed to be slowly recalling that this was a magical thing, and there were several colorful gems inlaid with gold and silver, which looked like handicrafts.

The First Emperor hesitated for a long time, as if he remembered that this was a letter of state sent by the envoy arranged by King Dawan, so he opened it with two fingers in disgust.

It was full of unrecognizable words, and the dark red handwriting also exuded this strange fragrance, mixed with a smell of leather, and it was stamped with a seal.

Looking at the First Emperor's movements and disgusted expression, Dawan's envoy's face was slightly red and ugly.

This letter of state and customs clearance document were specially made by King Dawan for this envoy by the best court craftsmen, but he didn't expect to be despised.

The national letter did not understand, the first emperor asked the envoy to explain it again, and then said that it was very good and nice, the monarch of Dawan was very knowledgeable, and he was very porridge, and after the praise, the first emperor used two fingers to open the customs documents, and saw that there were twenty or thirty seals densely covered inside, all of which were the seals of the princes or tribal leaders of the vassal states of the Western Regions where the envoys of Dawan passed, and they were all in the Chinese of small seals, because these seals were all official seals made in accordance with the requirements of the same track book of the Great Qin car and the same system, The king's seal letters were uniformly made and rewarded by the Ministry of Ceremonies, and Chinese must be used in the official documents exchanged between all vassal states, so the Central Plains people who read and wrote in the past two years were very popular in the Western Regions, and many readers who could not mix and expand in the Central Plains went to Liao, Dai, Liang, and Western Regions to become officials and make a fortune.

Just helping to copy documents such a simple clerk work, in Daqin is the lowest level of clerks, two or three stone money and food a month is only enough for a family to survive, and the work is not stable to say that the unemployed will be unemployed one day, but in the countries of the Hun and Hu Western Regions, that is, high-end people who have a lot of face and are high-minded, the local Hu officials and even the monarch have to be careful to give rich money to help, if you can still give advice, then you can also mix with an official position, so far to step on the peak of life in the local prestige.

These countries in the Western Regions are small, but although the sparrows are small, even if they are small states with only tens of thousands of people, they are very awesome when they become prime ministers, and they can come to Daqin as a guest, and they can also sit on an equal footing with the Marquis of Qinghe to drink tea and chat together, which is the benefit of location.

The Chinese people deeply understand the truth that they would rather be the head of the chicken than the tail of the phoenix.

The First Emperor looked at these various large and small seals one by one, and the last square bright red seal was the national seal of King Liang, which looked the most upright and serious, faintly with the bearing of the princes of the Central Plains, and suppressed the momentum of the seals of those small vassal states in the Western Regions.

"Su Fu Order, take my imperial seal!" Qin Shi Huang stretched out his hand.

"Yes~" Su Yue hurriedly opened a golden bronze treasure chest on the desk in front of him, and carefully took out a crystal clear jade seal from it.

This is when Qin Shi Huang ascended the throne and called the emperor with the He's Bi carved out, four inches in a square circle, on the New York hand over five dragons, the front is engraved with Li Si's own handwriting, jade worker Sun Shou seal carved 'ordered by the sky, both Shou Yongchang' eight bird seal characters.

According to Qin Shi Huang's idea, this royal jade seal is passed down from generation to generation like the emperor's throne.

"Bang~" The first emperor raised and fell, and a bright red seal fell in the center of the huge blank space at the end of the customs clearance document, and the square was extremely tight, and the bird seal that bent in the curve was like a labyrinth, revealing a dignified and upright atmosphere in the majesty, and even the soul could fall into it after seeing it for a long time.

"I have obtained the letter of state, I hope that the Dawan Kingdom will keep its promise to be friendly and trade with our Daqin, and several envoys have come from afar, and please go down to rest with the officials of the Pawn Bureau, and you can also experience the people and customs of my Daqin in Xianyang City, if you have any needs, just inform the officials that it is ......"

After a simple courtesy, Qin Shi Huang asked people to return the customs clearance documents to the Dawan envoys, and told the officials of the Pawn Office to properly arrange and take care of them, and then prepare to send the Dawan envoys away.

"Your Majesty, the envoy said that this package is a gift from the Emperor of Dawan Kingdom!" In the voice of the interpreter, the envoy Dawan handed the two packages he brought to the messenger beside him.

"Take a look!" Qin Shi Huang smiled and nodded.

Gifts and exchanges are the fine tradition of the Chinese nation, no matter whether Dawan has good things or not, so far from all the way even if it is worthless, it is still the mind, so the two packages were quickly sent to Qin Shi Huang's desk, inside are two leather boxes inlaid with gold and gems, opened, and then there is a faint brilliant brilliance blooming.

Qin Shi Huang casually picked it up and looked at it a few times.

Inside the treasure chest is some handicrafts made of gold, silver and jade agate of various colors, among which there is a round wine cup is the most eye-catching, the whole body is cast with gold, engraved with patterns, and inlaid with red, yellow, blue and purple four different colors of gemstones, the process looks very complex and beautiful, but in the eyes of the emperor is not more than Erer, this kind of craft in Daqin is only the level of ordinary gold, silver and jade craftsmen, and all of them are piled together with gold, silver and jade, which seems gorgeous but is actually extremely cheesy, so Qin Shi Huang's heart is despised, But the smile on his face was still kind.

It's a guest from afar, and you can't slap your face.

But the so-called come and not to be rude, these two boxes of gold, silver and jewelry are worth a lot of money, a thought of Dawan is just a small state with a population of only two or three hundred thousand, so the emperor felt a little sad, the big sleeve waved and ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare five sets of various crystal glasses, five sets of porcelain, thirty horses of silk, ten catties of tea, ten knives of hemp pulp paper, a knife of bamboo pulp paper, a box of ink strips, brushes, inkstones, and a set of selected poems and books to be given to the envoys to bring back as a return gift to the Emperor of Great Qin.

After listening to the translation of the emperor's reward, several Dawan envoys were so excited that they couldn't stand still.

"Your Majesty, the envoys said that they also brought a caravan with them this time, bringing many Dawan specialties and horses, hoping to allow them to sell and buy glass, porcelain, enamel, silk, steel, knives and other items in Xianyang, especially enamel, they hope that Your Majesty will allow them to buy ...... in large quantities."

"Why buy enamel in large quantities?" The First Emperor was stunned for a moment and said, "The most exquisite products in my Great Qin are ceramics and glass, and I promise you to buy them in large quantities......"

"No, no, Your Majesty, our favorite is enamel, which is beautiful and durable, and it is not easy to be damaged by road transportation, and our favorite is your enamel pot, kettle and tea pot, which must be marked with a red star, these are best bought in the West......" After listening to the translation, Dawan's chief envoy hurriedly shouted excitedly.

After listening to the translation, Qin Shi Huang couldn't help but tug at his slightly gray beard, and his face became a little solemn.