Chapter 17: Haoma
"Dare to ask the King of Chu, if Qi and Chu fight again, won't my Qi country have no iron to use?" Qi is a veteran of economic warfare, and as soon as Xiong Jing said that the craftsmen of Qi entered Chu to smelt iron, Qi Xiang won and spoke out against it. "Great King, iron is the business of the country, how can it be refined in other countries?"
"The country is fallacious." Xiong Jing said again, "With the iron-smelting technique of Chu State, Qi State can also build a new iron-smelting furnace in Qi State, and then prepare half a year's iron, which cannot be smelted in normal times." If Chu Qi fights again, he can open a furnace to smelt iron with a new method, how can there be no iron available? In this way, all of them have low-cost iron tools, and they have a new method of iron smelting, and there is no shortage of food and clothing for iron officials and smelters, so why not?
It is inappropriate to say that it is inappropriate for the State of Qi to smelt iron in the State of Chu, so is it also inappropriate for the State of Chu and the State of Qi to fish? The canning factory was set up in Qi State, the fishing boat stopped in Qi State, and the fish caught were stored in Qi State. β
Xiong Jing seems to have brought back the hearts of Qi people, investing in each other is like exchanging protons, and everyone has a handle in each other's hands.
"Moreover, all the wars in the world started from the Qin State, and it was the Qin State that wanted to wipe out the six countries and dominate the world. If the Qin State strikes the army, the whole world will stop the army, and the Qin State will conquer, and the whole world will fight non-stop, killing people. All the countries in the world think about are just Yan Guozuo and Cun Sheji, so they join forces to resist Qin, rather than attack each other. Unless a certain country is willing to be a puppet of the Qin State, this will be a self-defeating affair.
Even if there is no Qin State in the world, no Qin State will attack all the countries, the Chu State has already implemented the Ao system, and the ...... of Qi will be cut, and the Lu people may want to cut down Qi, but why should the Yue people in Jiangdong and the South China Sea want to cut down Qi? Why did the Chu people west of the chasm want to cut down Qi? Can they get an inch of land? If he has no land to get, why should he cut it down?
The major affairs of the Chu State are decided by Zhu Ao, and Zhu Ao is not allowed, with the power of one county and one clan, how can it win? Even if they are lucky enough to win, what good is it for the Qi people to die if they don't die in the sea? If it is not profitable, what if it is cut down? β
"The King of Chu said this very good." King Qi couldn't help but applaud, and when Hou Sheng saw this, he had to swallow the words 'Chu Nai Barbarian'. "The alliance of Qi and Chu should be eternal. The widow is Qi Chu Wan Shihe. β
"The alliance of Qi and Chu is not easy for eternity." Xiong Jing also raised his head. "It's not for Qi Chu Wan Shihe."
The kings of the two countries celebrated, and the atmosphere of the banquet finally became cheerful. Hou Sheng's face was not very good-looking, but the mouth of the King of Chu in front of him was comparable to that of a lobbyist, and the king was bent on making friends with the State of Chu, so he had to shut up honestly. After all, he can only be regarded as a servant of the King of Qi, not the minister of Qi.
The next day of the banquet, the anxious King Qi and Xiong Jing hurried out of Linzi, and all he thought about was the elixir of immortality. And in the Yingdu Palace, Concubine Zhao, who saw her son Feixun, couldn't help but be angry. There are only three immortal pills, and they are given to King Qi, so what should Xuan'er do?
"The Queen Mother?" Wang Yinyou saw Concubine Zhao's face sink and wanted to speak for Xiong Jing: "The king's move must have a deep meaning, and the country of Qi is a big country." There have been three years of war with the Qin State, and if it weren't for the Qi State to sell corn, my Chu State would ......"
"Alas!" Hearing Wang Yinyou's words, Concubine Zhao sighed.
In the years of the war, she was actually very afraid that the Chu State would also be like the Zhao State in the past, and there would be a big defeat like Changping, and after winning victories again and again, she heard that the price of millet was getting higher and higher, and she began to worry about the common people selling their wives and children. Even if it is a woman, Concubine Zhao knows the importance of grain under the long-term war. If the State of Qi did not sell grain to the State of Chu at that time, the State of Chu might not be able to hold on. Fortunately, the king of Qi did not borrow grain like in the Battle of Changping.
From this point on, from now on, the diplomatic relations between Chu and Qi should be carefully treated, and Jing'er promised to share an immortal medicine to the king of Qi.
"Go and ask the Holy Envoy if you can ask for another elixir of immortality." Concubine Zhao still can't rest assured of her daughter. She gave herself an extra 100,000 catties of iron to Hu Tanshao, and it was understandable to ask for another immortal medicine.
"Queen Mother," Wang Yinyou thought of another person in his heart. "The minister heard that the Empress Dowager of Huayang of the Qin State ......"
"Empress Dowager Huayang?" Concubine Zhao also remembered this person, someone had already come to help her ask for the elixir of immortality, but there were too many people asking for a medicine, and that person was from Qin, so Concubine Zhao quickly forgot about it.
"I heard that the Qin people didn't kill me, because of the Empress Dowager Huayang." Wang Yin said. "Since you are asking for medicine, please ask the Queen Mother for one more."
"Yes. There you go. "Concubine Zhao and Xiong Jing's immortal medicine has been placed in the cold mansion of the palace, Jutie She has already asked Gong Yin Dao, saying that 200,000 catties are not worth a few gold, this immortal medicine is really cheap. It's just that she never thought that such a cheap immortal elixir was likely to be a fake, until Xiong Jing returned to Yingdu.
"Jing'er visits the queen mother." A few days later, in Ruoying Palace, Concubine Zhao finally saw her son. She had been complaining about Xiong Jing and forgetting to return after her trip, but when she saw people, she didn't care about any anger in her heart.
"Jing'er is dark." After going to sea for more than ten days, Xiongjing's complexion became darker.
"It's, it's okay." Xiong Jing hurriedly looked in the mirror.
"The queen mother, it is said that it is a person who sacrifices immortal medicine, this is ......" Xiong Jing asked about the matter.
"Yes, yes." Concubine Zhao laughed happily. "The Hu people want to get a lot of iron, so they sacrifice immortal medicine."
"This medicine ......" Xiong Jing scratched his scalp in embarrassment. Is it true or false? β
"The truth of Lang Yu is also, the queen mother sees it in person, how can it be fake." Concubine Zhao said without doubt. "Since Jing'er has returned to the capital, she should take medicine with her mother and not die."
"Ahh He couldn't say that he didn't believe it, so he had to say: "Queen Mother, where is the truth of Lang Ji now." β
"In the Ice Mansion," Concubine Zhao jumped out before Xiong Jing finished speaking, he jumped to the Ice Mansion only to see the red-clothed sanitation layer by layer protecting the Ice Mansion, and the head of the guard saw that it was the prince himself, and hurriedly saluted. Xiong Jing shouted a waiver and was about to enter the Ice Mansion, but there was a huge iron chain on the door of the Ice Mansion, and the chain was riveted to death.
"This is ......" he angrily pointed to the rivets, wanting to be angry and endure it, this is definitely not the idea of sanitation.
"Tell the king, this is what Wang Yin did." The pawn chief smiled bitterly. The immortal medicine entered the palace, and the palace was on guard day and night like a thief, and the guards were all personally selected by Wang Yin.
"This eunuch! Did he think that everyone in the palace was a thief? Xiong Jing scolded. Go and call him. β
"King, king......" As soon as Xiong Jing came out of Ruoying Palace, Wang Yin You went to find someone to open the chain, but Xiong Jing had smart legs and feet, and he walked one step faster than him. The king, the minister knows. The ministers heard it, the ministers heard it," Wang Yin panted, "If you want to take the medicine of immortality, you must also refine it by the holy envoy, and you can't, you can't eat it alone." β
"Don't you look like someone who is dying?" Xiong Jing disdainful. He is so young, what does he need to grow?
"Quick chop, quick chop." Wang Yinyou hurriedly asked the temple people to cut off the iron chains. However, the iron chain is too thick, and it is made of huge iron, and it only opened a small gap in the chain after cutting it for a long time, Wang Yinyou can only send someone to the Jutie Mansion to find Ou Chou, this chain was made by him.
"The king, the king......" Another person ran over, it was Taibu Guantuo. The medicine of immortality cannot be eaten, and it must not be eaten! β
"Why should Taibu be so flustered." Running in front of Xiong Jing, Guanyu had already knelt down.
"The king, the ministers, the ministers rummaged through, rummaged through the bone fragments of the classics," Guan Yu was still gasping, and he took out a piece of armor from his arms. "I know that the medicine of immortality is made of Xirong and Xirong, and the name of this thing is Haoma, which is not the reality of Langji, not the reality of Langji."
The temple people no longer cut the iron chain, but changed the sanitation to chop. The armor tablets handed to Xiong Jing by Guan Lu were all engraved with golden texts, and Xiong Jing only knew a few words, and most of the others did not know.
"What is hemp?" Xiong Jing asked.
"Hao Ma is the medicine of immortality, and the Rong people squeeze its juice and drink it in order to be immortal." Guanyu gasped for a while, and finally had the strength to speak.
"Drink its juice and not die?" Xiong Jing thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with what Haoma was.
"Rong people think it's okay." Guanyu took out another piece of armor. "The juice of Hao Ma can not die if you drink more, and you can pass through the gods and see the immortals after serving for a long time."
"That's all?" There was no armor after the second armor piece, and he knew so much about it.
"Yes, yes." Guanyu stood up and said. "The god of the Rong people is not the god of my Chu people, eating the immortal medicine of the Rong people, Yu Taiyi God is disrespectful, please send the king to leave Chu quickly."
Guan Yu also talked about taking immortal medicine to be disrespectful to the Taiyi gods, but Xiong Jing kept tilting his head thinking about what he had said before: the juice of Hao hemp, you can pass through the gods for a long time, and see the immortals......
"Haoma, Haoma," he suddenly exclaimed after a few silent words, "It can't be marijuana." β
'Whenββ! 'Before the people from Jutie Mansion came, the sanitation finally cut off Jutielian. Xiong Jing, who had already had an epiphany in his heart, rushed into the Ice Mansion quickly, and after a while, he rushed out angrily: "This is the truth of Lang Ji?!" This is the reality of Langji?! This is the reality of Langji?! β
He held in his hand the so-called Lang Yu that day at the banquet, because it was placed in the Ice Mansion and hidden with soldiers, the fruit was still red and moving, but there was a trace of withering. Xiong Jing grabbed it fiercely, shouted a few words, and then slammed the red fruit against the wall. 'Smack-', the slammed into the wall shattered into several pieces, and the agate-like red fruit inside splattered to the ground.
"Ahh Yes! Ah-" Zhu Ao and the courtiers who had just arrived saw that Lang Ji was shattered, and some shouted loudly, and then ran over to pick up those red fruits, some picked them up and put them in their palms, and some picked them up but couldn't help but stuff them into their mouths.
The truth of Lang Yu, the medicine of immortality, who doesn't want to live forever and fly immortals? Since the king smashed Lang Yu's truth, what does it matter if he picks up and eats a few grains?
The ministers crouched on the ground to pick it up, and Xiong Jing, who was still angry in his chest, only looked there with a cold face, watched him finally laugh, and walked towards Ruoying Palace casually.
"Why is the king like this?" He swallowed a large piece of fruit in his mouth, and he swallowed it like a date, and when he saw that there was nothing on the ground, he asked out loud, not caring about the angry gaze of the Great Elder Song.
"The king will never blaspheme." Guan Yu smiled, "Chu is also lucky." β