Chapter 170: The Champa Messenger
Zhao Rui had already introduced Ma Yue and the Xiong family brothers to everyone, and they had just come back from going out to deal with military affairs, so Zhao Rui immediately asked the four of them to choose.
The four of them are all happy, not only because they have gold to wear, but mainly because they are with the right person, there is a master like Zhao Rui, who wants guns and guns, money and money, and he will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future!
Rummaging through the box, Ma Yue actually proposed a chain made of dog's head gold, which is amazing!
Dog's head gold is a naturally formed gold nugget with a little impurity, rare and precious, the value is even several times that of pure gold nuggets, and the string of dog's head gold chain in front of it is luxurious and atmospheric, and it is the best among the treasures!
The necklaces are all carefully selected, near-oval nuggets of dog's heads.
The big one is the size of a woman's fist, the small one is similar to the larger egg, and the natural material makes its color slightly darker than pure gold, with a feeling of "dark gold", but the brightness of the texture depression is more dazzling than gold! The natural lines and trachoma on it are dense, which adds a rugged beauty!
Everyone couldn't help but whisper softly, it was too atmospheric and luxurious, it was much bigger than the largest Buddha bead, and it was a precious dog's head gold string, such a string of gold chains, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a rare treasure!
Zhao Rui also remembered this gold chain, when a goldsmith came to ask how to make it, Zhao Rui asked them to make a necklace, and then forgot about it, until Ma Yue found it out of the box.
In Zhao Rui's view, this chain is more similar to the chain of Sha Seng with a skull in the Journey to the West series, except that a large piece of dog's head gold replaces the scary skull.
Now although Ma Yue is holding the dog's head gold chain, everyone's eyes are paying attention to Zhao Rui's attitude without a trace, although Zhao Rui said before that he can choose at will, but the value of this dog's head gold chain is too high, Zhao Rui sent it out, wouldn't he feel distressed?
Ma Yue thought of this question earlier, and he pretended to take it for granted, and put the gold chain of the dog's head around his neck, but when he was about to put it on, he hung down his arm.
Zhao Rui's expression did not change from beginning to end.
"It's too heavy, I'd better change it!"
While admiring Zhao Rui's generosity, everyone also looked at Ma Yue with a smile, feeling that he was a person-like character.
But Ma Yue is not not telling the truth, this dog's head gold chain costs twenty or thirty pounds, and it is magnificent to wear it, but you must not be pressed by it?
Xiong Er on the side didn't notice it, and even felt that Ma Yue gave up this necklace and felt a little illiterate, so he took it with a grin.
"If you don't wear it, I'll try it!" The heavy feel made Xiong Er overjoyed, and in front of everyone, he brought the gold chain of the dog's head to his neck.
Ma Yue was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Xiong Er, take it off quickly, this one is too heavy!" ”
Xiong Er smiled and blocked Ma Yue's outstretched hand, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm strong anyway!" ”
Having said that, it didn't take long for Xiong Er to laugh.
You must know that holding the necklace in your hand and wearing it on your neck are completely two feelings, and now Xiong Er feels heavy on the back of his neck, and even has some dizziness caused by ischemia.
"Oh, I can't take it with me, lord, I'll give it back to you!"
Xiong Er was honest, and quickly took off the gold chain of the dog's head and handed it back to Zhao Rui.
Zhao Rui's physique is now different from ordinary people, and when the dog's head gold chain is in hand, he feels light and fluttering, where is it as heavy as they say, so he took off his original necklace and handed it to Xiong Er.
"Oh, you can take me with this!"
"Wow! The necklace that the prince has worn! ”
Xiong Er hurriedly took the belt, although he was honest, but he could still understand this, if the prince became a big event in the future, then this gold chain was like a gold medal to avoid death, not only can it be used by himself, but also passed on to future generations, it can ensure that several generations are safe!
Zhao Rui put on this string of dog's head gold chain at this time, walked back and forth two steps, turned his neck again, and said strangely: "It's not so heavy......
Everyone was speechless, looking at the golden bumps, they knew that they were absolutely panicked, and ordinary people would definitely not be able to wear them.
Xiong Er just put on the gold chain of the dog's head, like a fierce monk, and after Zhao Rui brought it, his originally handsome and elegant temperament had a more strong physique and a sense of extravagance.
This feeling is like, if you are handsome, why are you so rich?
"Lord Qiqi!"
A herald hurried out of the hall and knelt down to report.
"General Arjuna has triumphed, and brought back the envoy of the Champa country, the envoy is currently in the city, and wants to meet the prince!"
"Haha, yes! Let them come! Zhao Rui said overjoyed when he learned that Arjuna had returned.
Hearing that outsiders were coming, everyone in the hall hurriedly closed the five large leather suitcases and carried them to the corner of the room.
The herald went down to give an announcement, and Arjuna walked in with a dark, thin messenger from the Champa Kingdom.
Zhao Rui had been standing, waiting for Arjuna's arrival.
As soon as the two entered the door, Zhao Rui said with some excitement: "It's dark, and I've lost weight!" ”
The envoy of Zhancheng thought he was talking to himself, touched his face strangely, and said secretly: This is how people are.
Arjuna and Zhao Rui looked at each other, and their hearts warmed.
Zhao Rui didn't care about anything else, and he didn't care about his record, he cared about himself first, and the corners of Arjuna's mouth curled unconsciously.
Zhao Rui also reflected that there was still a messenger present at this time, and hurriedly arranged for someone to sit on the envoy and let him rest for a while.
"Oh good, thank you, thank you!"
Originally, this envoy came on behalf of the Champa country, thinking that this was just a small prince, and there was a shortage of food, so he had a little underestimation.
Unexpectedly, the young man who moved the chair for him just now was covered in gold ornaments, swaying around, which was really eye-catching. Looking at the people in the hall again, all of them were glittering with gold, and they didn't dare to make a mistake, so they had to respectfully thank Lin Shizhao who moved the chair.
Zhao Rui walked over and said, "Arjuna, you also sit, tell me about the results first?" ”
At this time, the envoy of the city of Zhancheng saw Zhao Rui clearly, and saw that he was young and personable, and he still had a sense of stability that did not match his age.
In particular, the big gold chain around his neck was extremely conspicuous, and the messenger thought it was some special ornament before, but when he got closer, he saw that it was a dog's head gold chain!
Oh, my God! Is this prince already rich to such an extent?
Arjuna thought that reporting on the military situation was a serious matter, insisted on not sitting, and made a serious briefing.
"Returning to the prince......" Because outsiders were present, Arjuna also changed her name to Zhao Rui as the prince.
"Fortunately, I have explored a convenient road, and then captured Anbang Prefecture, annihilating more than 20,000 enemies, and several fishing villages dominated by Yuntun in the east, taken by our army's combat strength, all surrendered without a fight!"
"Good! In this way, the northeast of Ampang Prefecture is all our territory! Zhao Rui said excitedly: "So, what about the casualties of the soldiers?" ”
"There were no casualties in the siege battle, but it was an environmental problem, most of the soldiers were sick once, but fortunately, with the good medicine of the prince, we can maintain our combat strength!"
Arjuna's reply stunned the envoy of the Champa Kingdom, who had fought countless battles against the city before, and they were all at a disadvantage! Why is it that now this prince's army can capture a city without spending a single soldier? What kind of combat power is this? Heavenly soldiers?
This envoy was only contacted by Arjuna after the capture of Anbang Prefecture, and he didn't see the battle, so he naturally didn't know how powerful the musket they had in each hand was.
"Very good! Let's talk about the details later! Zhao Rui looked at Arjuna with a smile, nodded affirmatively, and then turned to the envoy of the Champa State.
"Now we can talk about buying food, I wonder what this messenger is called?"
Zhao Rui's eyes moved to his face, and the envoy seemed to feel two beams of essence, and he wanted to stand up and bow his waist, but for some reason, his legs were weak and he knelt down.
"Under Li Fulin, ...... See the king! ”
"Oh, excuse me, the messenger doesn't have to be so polite!" Zhao Rui also felt that the courtesy was heavy, and quickly helped him up.
"The southwest of Champa has been a rice-producing area since ancient times, and now we are all enemies of Jiaozhi, and we can be regarded as the same enemy, so there is no problem in buying some of your rice, right?"
"Of course, my lord, our emperor also agrees with the transaction! And we have a good rice harvest every year, and we have a large stock at any time, but it's just ......"
Li Fulin hesitated and said: "It's just that our emperor said that it's okay to provide food, but we don't charge money!" ”
What the?
Everyone in the hall turned their heads to each other, could they occupy the city because they were bullied by the Jiaozhi people, and they wanted to provide food for Zhao Rui in vain?
There will be no pie in the sky, Zhao Rui understood this truth, and smiled: "What do you want if you don't want money?" Let's hear it. ”
is worthy of being a prince, seeing that things will not be superficial, Li Fulin secretly praised and said: "We want weapons!" ”
Oh, that's a very reasonable request.
Everyone looked at each other and understood that it must be the lack of weapons production in the Champa State, so they wanted to exchange food for weapons.
Zhao Rui was stunned, this envoy came by coincidence, a while ago he happened to capture a lot of Yuan army weapons, and he wanted to get them back to cast farm tools, but now it came in handy.
"Zhao Gong, how many Yuan Army weapons did we bring back from Guangyuan Prefecture?"
"150,000 swords, more than 130,000 long and short bows!" Zhao Gong didn't think about it, the number came as soon as he opened his mouth.
Li Fulin was stunned again, what is the situation, why are there weapons of the Yuan army, could it be that they have wiped out more than 100,000 Tartars?
In fact, what Li Fulin didn't know was that Zhao Rui had destroyed more than 100,000 Tartars, and if he had accumulated weapons from the beginning, it would definitely far exceed the current number.
Zhao Rui reuses Zhao Gong, not only because he has been with him for a long time, but most importantly, he is meticulous, as if he has added an insurance role to the army, and he acts from Zhao Rui's perspective everywhere, so Zhao Rui has a lot of worries.
At this time, most of the Mongols' armaments were two bows per person, one long and one short, the long one was used on the ground, the range was long, and the short one was conducive to immediate combat and was more flexible.