The reason why King Wei Dai expressed his submission was not only due to the Han army's sky-descending airships and its advanced military strength, but also because of his more far-reaching considerations.

The Baicheng Dynasty continued from the Peacock Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years, and it was once powerful for a while, but now it has declined, and King Weidai has been unable to return to the sky, and the Han Dynasty that has descended from the sky in front of him must be stronger than the Baiyan, and it may be destroyed if it does not return.

And even if there is no advent of the Han Empire, the Baicheng Dynasty is already full of holes, and sooner or later, someone like Keith Crooked Lu will bring down the Baicheng.

Rather than that, it is better to be attached to the powerful wings of the Han Empire, and still be able to retain the hundred times from extinction.

And the Han Emperor also promised that Baicheng is only a vassal state, and the autonomy still lies with himself, and he only needs to pay tribute every year.

As for the tribute, King Weidai has also heard about it, and if you pay tribute to the Han Dynasty, you will get rich rewards, and the value of the rewards is much higher than the tribute.

There is another important reason, that is, his pearl Princess Aithea is already the woman of the Han Emperor.

To sum up, so King Waidai decided to surrender!

Seeing that King Weidai agreed to surrender so happily, Liu Xie was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Lord Guozhang understands the righteousness, and he is gratifying." My Han 100,000 ground troops are daring to come, you can rest assured, our Han army will not be embarrassed by the hundred times, but will only protect the hundred times, and will also bring more advanced Han technology to benefit the hundred times! The most important thing is that I will send troops to guard the northwest frontier of Baicheng to prevent the Kushan from attacking. ”

King Wei Dai said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, this Guishan has always coveted my Baicheng, and has also forcibly occupied a large area of territory in the northwest of my Baicheng. ”

Liu Xie said: "So I have to guard against it." And I'm going to build several deep-water harbors along the coast of your hundred rides to serve my next plans. ”

As he was talking, a Han soldier came over and said, "Your Majesty, there is important information, which was sent by the ground forces. ”

Liu Xie asked, "What information?" ”

There was confidentiality involved, so no translation was made.

The soldier said: "The ground troops sent a telegram, saying that they were blocked by the Hundred Riders Army, and asked how to deal with it? ”

Liu Xie thought for a moment, and asked the interpreter to tell this sentence to King Weidai, who said: "In the past here, it will take several days to ride a fast horse, how can this be good?" ”

Liu Xie said: "Time is not a problem, the question is whether you are willing to let my Han army come over?" ”

King Wei Dai said: "Of course I am willing, the Han army is a heavenly army, and it is a great honor for me to come to my hundred times."

Liu Xie said: "In this case, I have a way to quickly inform the Hundred Riders, you can send a few messengers to take my airship and go to the front overnight to give orders." Another and faster way to notify the front is to record your voice and send it over the radio. ”

When Liu Xie said this, King Wei Dai listened with a confused face, because in this era, all this that Liu Xie said was simply a fantasy for King Wei Dai.

Liu Xie gave a general explanation, and then ordered someone to come over and record King Weidai, and after recording the sound, it was transmitted to the ground troops through the radio.

In order to ensure that in case, several more messengers of the royal family were sent to fly overnight to the position of the ground troops in the rear on one of the airships.

After those envoys got on the airship, they were all crazy, because they had never seen this thing, and Liu Xie couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he saw it.

After entering the royal palace, King Vidai held a grand reception dinner. Seeing that the palace was magnificent, resplendent and more luxurious than the North Palace of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie said to Aithea: "Do you know why your Baicheng fell so fast, and my Han Dynasty was so powerful?" ”

Aithea shook her head and said, "That's because Your Majesty is wise and powerful. ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "This is just one of them, you can see it from the palace alone, and I will know when I have time to take you back to Luoyang North Palace to see." ”

Aithea: "Okay, good, my palace in Luoyang must be a hundred times more luxurious than my Baicheng Palace!" ”

Liu Xie said with a smile: "On the contrary, the luxury of the Baicheng Palace is more than 10,000 times more than my Luoyang Palace!" ”

"Huh?" Aithea was surprised and said that she didn't believe it, His Majesty the Great Emperor is the Son of Heaven, how can the palace of the Son of Heaven be inferior to the palace of the Hundred Vehicles? Even if it's not as good, it can't be 10,000 times shabby?

Liu Xie said: "The palace of my Han Dynasty, as long as it can be mastered, the relevant facilities are in place, and the security work is meticulous." Therefore, many places have not been renovated for many years, and they look very dilapidated. Look at your palace again, look at ......."

Liu Xie pointed around and said, "Those small sculptures are shining, are they gilded?" ”

Althea nodded and said, "Yes, a lot of places are gilded. ”

"Got a lot of gold and gems, right?"

Althea said yes.

After sitting down at the dining table, I saw that the plates and bowls were gilded, and Althea was beside him, Liu Xie pointed to these golden tableware, and said with a smile: "Such beautiful tableware, there is no knife and fork, how can you eat?" ”

Althea stretched out her hand and said, "Of course you use this." ”

"Still with your hands? Is there a mistake? ”

Aithea shrugged her shoulders and said, "We Baicheng people have eaten like this since ancient times. ”

Liu Xie said: "You are now my woman, so you can't catch it with your hands." What Baiyan said is also an ancient civilization, this habit of pilaf must be changed in the future. ”

Seeing Liu Xie's serious look, Aithea sighed and said, "Yes, my Great Emperor!" ”

Liu Xie asked his entourage to take two pairs of cutlery, one was silver chopsticks and the other was knives and forks, the chopsticks were used by themselves, and the knives and forks were left for Aithea.

The dining habit of the Baicheng people is that a large group of people sit around a large table to eat, and there are waiters to help take it. At this moment, dozens of ministers also came to accompany the banquet.

In the Han Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers feasted on a small table for each person, and the meals were placed separately, which was clear and hygienic.

Liu Xie has experienced many years of war, although he mingles with the soldiers and often eats in a big pot, but he is still not very relieved about the food of the hundred people.

Looking at the exquisite tableware and the abundant food, he just didn't feel at ease, mainly because of hygiene, especially when a plate of meat was put in front of him, he saw a large piece of meat on the plate.

Liu Xie beckoned behind him, and Huang Tan's guards immediately came over, and Liu Xie asked him to bring dry food. The guards hesitated a little, and Liu Xie said, "This is the same as pig food, how can I eat it?" Just go! ”

The guard hastened to fetch rations for the march.

Althea asked, "What's the matter, Your Majesty?" ”

Liu Xie said: "I'm sorry, Concubine Ai, this food really can't arouse my appetite, so you understand." ”

(End of chapter)