Chapter 1304: Golden Wine Vessel
Gao Chang.
The moraine road from Dunhuang to Yanqi was officially opened, and the road that bypassed Gaochang had been impassable, not because it was difficult to repair through the desert, but mainly because of the opposition of Gaochangguo. After Qin occupied Gaochang and destroyed the Yanqi, this road has been quarreling and quarrelling, or because Gaochang merchants obstructed it.
Once the Da Bang Road is completed, the middle line of the Silk Road will no longer pass through Gaochang, only the northern line of the Silk Road will pass, and Gaochang City will inevitably be greatly affected.
However, after Cheng Biting Jin led his troops to exterminate more than 200,000 rats and Nishi and sold the entire Qiuzi people into slavery, none of those people in Gaochang City dared to object, and even took the initiative to contribute money and efforts to help build the Daqi Road.
This moraine road, which was originally difficult to build for many years, was almost completed quickly.
The people of Yanqi and Yiwu counties were extremely enthusiastic, bringing their own dry food tools to help build roads, not to mention, and even sent countless camels, cattle and sheep and other materials to the Governor's Mansion of Gaochang City.
Even the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu in the distant river, the eighteen kingdoms of Tocharia, and the sixteen countries of the Western Turks also sent cattle, horses, camels, sheep, herds, grains, and wheat from thousands of miles away.
Every day, countless people from Gaochang City come to deliver things, and they are very enthusiastic.
"Governor, Tara and Bolu have also sent messengers."
Lao Cheng held a glass of Gaochang wine and said with a sneer, "Lao Tzu is now famous in the Western Regions, and it is said that he can stop crying?" ”
Several of the guards smiled.
"But it's worth it to make the countries of the Western Regions fear my name of Great Qin."
"Since all the countries have sent people here, and I don't want to go if I don't entertain them, tonight, I will set up a night banquet in the governor's palace to entertain these envoys from afar."
"How's the preparation of the things I want?"
"It's ready."
Lao Cheng smiled.
Night falls.
In the governor's mansion of Gaochang City, the lights are bright.
"Governor, the guests are here, just waiting for you."
Lao Cheng sighed, "I'm no longer the governor of Anxi." He raised the note in his hand.
"The governor has made such a great contribution to the imperial court, is there still someone in the court who impeached the governor? Where is the heart of these people, and where is the conscience? ”
Lao Cheng said disappreliantly, "Impeachment is very normal, the greater the merit, the more people will be impeached, I have long expected this, not to mention that I killed so many people this time." At first, I thought that the best outcome would be to be dismissed from office. Unexpectedly, Your Majesty is still sympathetic to us border generals, you see, Your Majesty not only ignored the impeachment of those people, but even promoted me to the rank of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, from the second rank, and I can also enter the Xuanzheng Palace in the future. ”
This was the biggest surprise.
"Really?" The pro-soldiers were also pleasantly surprised.
"Well, the imperial court has let General Xue take over as the governor of the left capital, let General Pei be the governor of the right capital, Xiao Yu as the political envoy of Zuobu, and Feng Deyi as the envoy of the left press."
"Didn't Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi both impeach the governor, why did they still impeach themselves in Anxi?"
"Hehe, Your Majesty doesn't like them."
"It's a pity that the governor is gone, otherwise there will be a chance to kill them then."
Lao Cheng patted the shoulder of his own soldiers, "Don't say that, it's all for the sake of the saint and the court, and each performs its own duties." Let's go, we can't keep the messengers waiting, and tonight, I'm going to entertain them. Even if I leave, I will not dare to make them move in the slightest. ”
In the antechamber of the Governor's Palace.
The envoys of the feudal states of the Western Regions gathered in one hall.
There are a few cases in front of each person, but a few cases are empty, and nothing is on it.
Cheng Yanjin arrived.
He deliberately changed into a gorgeous silk armor today.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Lao Cheng is polite here! ”
As soon as the envoys of various countries entered the hall, they all stood up to greet them.
The ruthless man who slaughtered the entire Rat Nishi tribe with a population of more than 200,000 at one time, and the ruthless man who sold the entire Qiuzi country into slavery, who dared not respect it.
Now in the entire Western Regions, Cheng Biting Jin's ruthlessness is spreading, and in many rumors, Cheng Biting Jin has become a demon king. At this time, the name of the demon king of the mixed world in the past was rumored again, so the murderous name of this demon king was confirmed.
"Everyone, sit down!"
Then the envoys of various countries bowed and sat down.
"Why don't you serve wine and food to the envoys, come here, serve wine and food."
A team of heavily armed Great Qin Armor soldiers with helmets and armor and horizontal swords and bows and arrows came in, causing some people to exclaim, thinking that Cheng Yanjin was going to do something with them.
However, they soon found that although the Qin people who came in were fully armed, each of them came in with a tray.
Soon, a tray was placed in front of each person.
"Please open it!"
Unable to resist his curiosity, Mahara, from the distant kingdom of Bandara (the kingdom on the banks of the Indus River), lifted the lid on the tray and found it to be a wine vessel of a strange form.
This wine vessel resembles a bowl, inlaid with gold and silver, but it seems to be some kind of bone itself, is it made of ivory and decorated with gold and silver?
The others lifted the lid of the tray and found that the contents of the tray were identical to those of the messenger of the packer.
"What is this?"
Lao Cheng smiled and picked up the wine vessel in front of him, "Zhugong seems to be a little confused, in fact, these are good things." For example, the wine vessel in my hand is made of the skull of Suvab, the prince of Qiuzi, and the wine in front of you is mostly made of the skulls of the nobles of the country of Qiuzi and the Rat Nishi tribe. Everyone was very noble in their lives, and maybe some of you here have known them. ”
"You can look at the bottom of the bowl in front of you, there are words engraved on it, which is the identity of the skull of this wine vessel, and there are many small words on the outside of the wine vessel, which is a biography of each of them. I specially asked people to collect their experiences, and asked the military civilian officers who were excellent in Chinese to pass them on to them, so that they could keep them forever. ”
"Well, I have a good idea, right?"
When many of the messengers heard this, their faces turned pale.
Someone really looked at the bottom of the bowl, and really saw the name engraved underneath. Then look closely at the outer wall of the bowl, there are really many thin words, and there is even a portrait of a person engraved on it.
Looking at this exquisite gold-inlaid wine vessel, and then looking at the portrait and the written biography, many messengers couldn't help but turn pale.
"Pour wine for you, only such a wine vessel can be matched with you, and it can be matched with my Gaochang grape wine."
Cheng Yanjin poured himself a full glass of wine and raised his glass.
"Come, drink this cup together, He Daqin is prosperous, and Weizhen is in the Western Regions!"
The faces of the envoys from various countries were more ugly than the other, and no one could have imagined that Cheng would bite the golden banquet guests, but they turned out to make wine vessels from the skulls of the rat Nishi and the Guizi nobles to entertain the guests.
"Raise your glasses, come!"
Lao Cheng smiled, and asked people to bring two beautifully decorated wine vessels, but they were the wine vessels made of Su Vadai and the half-skull of the mouse Nishi sip, which he said were to be dedicated to the emperor.
The envoys looked complicated as they picked up the lacquerware in front of them, looking at the crimson wine inside, but they remembered blood.
"Come, drink. Let us hold the skulls and wine vessels of those traitors who betrayed Great Qin, and celebrate together that Great Qin has quelled the rebellion, and together we will celebrate the restoration of stability in the Western Regions, the smooth passage of the Silk Road, and the prosperity of commerce and trade. ”
"Congratulations to Daqin and the Son of Heaven together!"
No one dared not to hold the wine vessel, they were afraid that they would be the next person to be made into it.
At this moment, they deeply felt the ruthlessness of this demon king of the mixed world, and they were also deeply shocked by the strong strength of Great Qin.
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