Chapter 69 quid pro quo
After the Persian craftsmen on the two small fishing boats went ashore, Niu Dameng immediately escorted them all over, and according to Zhang Xian's order, arranged for people to move the small return cannon, Zhang Xian and a group of Song people, like looking at the diorama, carefully looked at its unsightly but powerful return cannon,
Luo Tiantian lay on the ground even more exaggeratedly, carefully looked at the two return cannons from different angles, and then said to Zhang Xian:
"My lord, this return cannon is really very exquisite, similar to the crossbow used in my Great Song Army, but it is made of a shelf, using large ox tendons and tough wood, so this kind of return cannon has a very long range, and the fixed effect of the wooden frame has increased the accuracy of this return cannon, which is really a delicate object."
When Io's eyes swept over Zhang Xian, he found that although the young official was also looking at his return gun, he looked strange and taken for granted, as if this time the return gun was in his eyes, it was just Er'er's appearance!
Io knows that now the Song and Yuan countries are at war, I don't know how the Great Yuan Emperor knew about the Western Regions return cannon, the news that the power of his master General Palamuti has increased greatly, and he spent a lot of money to buy technology and craftsmen, and the general with a little vision will understand the value of this return cannon, although Io felt a little annoyed when he was caught by the Song people today, but, what made him even more annoyed was that this nerd-like Song man actually ignored his treasure return cannon, Io hurriedly stood up and said:
"Your Excellency, Io made all the craftsmen give up resistance according to your request, I hope your subordinates will be merciful and let me wait for a way out, Io can see that you don't seem to look down on this return cannon at all, I don't know why Your Excellency still intercepts our way?"
Zhang Xian looked at Io, but did not answer Io's question, but said to Niu Dameng:
"Niu Dameng, you first arrange for everyone to retreat in an orderly manner, bring all this group of Persian craftsmen and drawings, and be sure to ensure their safety, but if these craftsmen dare to play tricks on the road, just be disabled!"
After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he looked coldly at Io, the leader of the Persian craftsmen, and when Io saw Zhang Xian's eyes, he shot out a kind of majesty that was not angry and arrogant, and people couldn't resist at all, and immediately deflated in his heart, obviously, this young Song official expected what might happen, Io was not stupid, he was muddy at this time, and he definitely didn't have his own good fruit to eat, so he hurriedly made a Persian salute to Zhang Xian and said:
"Your Excellency, you can rest assured, we Persians have the consciousness of being prisoners, and we will always abide by the system of the strong, please be merciful!"
Zhang Xian finally smiled and said:
"Io, the official can also see that you are a smart person, and being smart means suffering less and suffering less! Now that you have good consciousness, then we will all be very happy! ”
After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he asked the scholar Zhang Fan to press Io in the middle of the team, when Zhang Xian and the others were about to withdraw, people suddenly neighed on the opposite cliff, and there was a faint cry, and a family member ran to Zhang Xian and knelt down and said:
"Report! My lord, the Tartar shot a letter from the edge of the cliff, indicating that he wanted to open it! “
Zhang Xian took the letter, and a familiar smell immediately passed over, Zhang Xian opened it and took a look, and sure enough, it was the letter of Princess Nabeji, but it was written in the vernacular of the Great Song Dynasty, saying:
"Lord Zhang, I never expected that your official is not big but your life is big, and the nosy energy is very disgusting, to tell you the truth, this batch of craftsmen and drawings, this princess is determined to win, if you know the current affairs and hand it over to this princess, this princess will give you countless gold, silver and jewelry, you can even come to our Dayuan court as an official, the officials below the fourth grade are selected by Rener, this princess is the king, naturally there is no joke. If Lord Zhang insists on doing bad things for my Dayuan, this princess makes an oath and exhausts all means, Dayuan will also uproot Lord Zhang and Lord Zhang's family and exterminate the Nine Clans! Now Lord Zhang can take a look at the cliff and occupy more than 1,000 of your Song people, as long as Lord Zhang takes the Persians away, this princess will immediately let these more than 1,000 Song people be martyred, presumably Master Zhang, who is familiar with the books of sages and loves the people like a son, it is impossible to do such a thing that people and gods are angry about, and I hope you will think twice! ”
Zhang Xian finished reading Princess Beji's letter, angrily threw the letterhead on the ground, Luo Santian picked up the letterhead and handed it to Zhang Xian, Zhang Xian said with a gloomy face:
"Three days, you can also take a look, this official wants to see what you think!"
Luo Santian was not polite, unfolded the letter and read it, and said to Zhang Xian after reading it:
"My lord, this Tartar princess is so vicious, she first lured the adult, and when the temptation failed, she began to coerce, and even turned the national feud into a personal grudge, and used our Great Song people as hostages to coerce the adult to return the Persian craftsmen and drawings! My lord, you must not hand over these Persian craftsmen and drawings to these Tartars, the more vicious this Tartar princess begs for Persians and drawings, the more it shows the importance of these craftsmen and drawings! Otherwise, with the dignity of a princess of a country, this princess of Tartar would not have forced this batch of craftsmen and drawings like this! My mother said, there must be a demon when things go wrong, as for the solution, the subordinates are stupid, and they can't think of a good way to explain it for the time being! ”
After listening to what Luo Santian said, Zhang Xian found a stone and sat down, and said to Luo Sansan:
"Three days, you can think of the importance of this group of Persian craftsmen and drawings is already precious, as the princess of Tartar Beji said, she is bound to this group of Persian craftsmen and drawings, but how can this official be a soft persimmon? She can pinch it if she wants?? For this batch of Persian craftsmen and drawings, since it is related to the fortune of the country, the official is also imperative, and the fat that has been eaten in the mouth is to let the official spit it out, then she Princess Beiji is really too anxious! In this way, for three days, you will personally make a trip and send me a letter to the princess of the Tartars opposite, rest assured, she will not embarrass you! And will send you back! ”
In a white tent with gold edges on the cliff, Luo Tiantian was standing in front of Princess Beji and said:
"Lord Zhang, the grain and salary officer of Yangzhou in the Great Song Dynasty, specially sent me to deliver a letter to Princess Beji!"
Princess Begi sat on a golden white fox fur chair, with eight maids standing in front of her, and in front of her was a row of sturdy Tartar soldiers, the whole warmth looked magnificent, giving people a sense of oppression, at this time, a female guard in front of Princess Begi shouted:
"Are the people of the Song Kingdom so ignorant of etiquette? Seeing that my princess Dayuan didn't kneel, she still claimed to be herself?? Do you want to die? ”
Luo Tiantian saw that Princess Beji was sitting in no hurry, and the maid guard was spitting and said indifferently:
"Of course, my Song people are a state of etiquette, but that is to treat reasonable people, now you are invading the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, you are guests, we are the masters, everything should be guests as the Lord! Where are the guests who regard themselves as their hosts and look like they are commanding? I am here to deliver a letter today, and if you, a little maid, are also the lord of your princess, then I have nothing to say. ”
When Princess Begi looked at her maid guard, her face was flushed by the subordinates sent by the stinky boy, but she had nothing to say, and she wanted to get angry, but thinking that everything was important to these Persian craftsmen and drawings, Princess Begi suppressed her emotions and said:
"It's really like things to gather people in groups, that surname Zhang's sharp mouth, a subordinate has also learned seven or eight points, gossip, take out your master's letter! I'd like to see what else your master can say. Hmph, I don't know whether to beg for mercy or surrender! ”
When Beji took the letter handed over by the maid, a layer of frost slowly formed on her smiling face, and her face became more and more ugly, and in the end, it slapped on the table with a snap, this beat, not to mention that Luo was startled for three days, that is, Princess Beji's own maid guards and the guards in front of the hall were startled, because everyone had never seen the princess so angry? This is already slapping the table regardless of the princess's image!
Princess Beji stood up, walked up to Luo Santian with a gloomy face, and said:
"Excellent! Very good!! Your family Zhang Xian Zhang is right, so put this princess together, let's go, your family said that you want to talk to this princess in front of the cliff! ”
When Luo Tiantian accompanied Princess Beji to the cliff, sure enough, Zhang Xian was standing not far away, all the family members behind him had set up an attack formation, and all the Mengyuan warriors under him were ready to shoot with bows and arrows, Princess Beji said a word to the maid, and the maid immediately ordered:
"The princess has an order, and you can't attack without an order!"
After the maid finished speaking, she accompanied the princess alone past the sergeant of the guard, and walked in front of Zhang Xian, and Princess Beji said:
"What a big man, even the place he chose to meet is so different, the cliff here is surrounded by water, the cliff is narrow, no matter how many people and horses can't be placed, what a shrewd arrangement! Now this princess will ask, how did you know the secret of my Emperor Taizu? ”
Zhang Xian smiled and said:
"Princess Begi is unharmed? Didn't this official choose such a venue because he was forced by your smart and wise princess? I have to say, now my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses are not as good as your Mengyuan court for the time being, princess, you are not only strong now, but also much more than me, how can this official be stupid to line up in a wide place and talk to the princess? ”
Zhang Xian paused and continued:
"As for what the princess said about the secret of Emperor Taizu of your Mengyuan court, if you have the opportunity in the future, this official will definitely tell you, but this official asks the princess to remember, as long as someone in your Mengyuan court knows, the secret of your Emperor Taizu was revealed by me, an official of the Song Kingdom, because of your persecution princess, I think, not only you, princess, but even your father and emperor will be attacked, and even unceremoniously said that this is the favorite secret of your internal enemies! Presumably, with the wisdom of the princess, of course, she can easily see the stakes here, otherwise, she wouldn't have come here to talk to the official, right? ”
After listening to Zhang Xian, Princess Beji said that her face was red and white, and she said:
"You win this matter, but you have to promise Princess Ben an additional condition!"