Chapter 82: Zhao Yong and Zhao Xue
After Dai Yan finished speaking, Zhao Cheng also stood up and spoke. He took out a small jar www.biquge.info which contained tea leaves that were no strangers to the upper echelons of Zhao State. said to Zhao Guoqunchen: "Tea is a thing that can relieve the greasy taste of meat, everyone here should be familiar with it, right?" And the role of this thing for my Zhao country, I think you are also very clear. Ziyan has already promised me that if my Zhao State can send troops to rescue Song, Ziyan will offer a large amount of tea to my Zhao State. After that, my Zhao State can also expand trade with the Song State, and use the horses of my Zhao State to the tea of the Song State, so that both sides can benefit, isn't it appropriate? ”
Hearing that Xiang Guo did not object to saving Song, Zhao Guoqunchen had nothing to say.
Then the murderous Zhao Hou Zhao Yu took the case and said: "Since this is the case, then I, Zhao Guo, will send troops to save Song." The last time I fought with the Qi Kingdom, the widow hadn't had enough fun! ”
Dai Yan was also relieved when he heard Zhao Hou's statement.
And next door to the main hall, a heroic woman in a white palace dress was eavesdropping on Zhao Guo's court discussion. When she heard that Zhao Hou was willing to send troops to save Song, she muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect this coward to be able to speak!" ”
Seeing that this court discussion was over, she knew that there was no more good show to watch, so she left quickly.
Subsequently, Zhao Hou led the ministers of Zhao to hold a sumptuous banquet to entertain Dai Yan and promote the alliance between Zhao and Song.
At the banquet, when Zhao Guoqun's ministers heard Zhao Cheng talk about Dai Yan's exquisite tea-making skills, Zhao Guojun's ministers asked Dai Yan to demonstrate the tea art for them again.
Dai Yan did not refuse such a request. Although his tea art can only be drunk by himself in the future generations, or entertain guests privately, he can't be on the table. However, in this era, it is definitely a subtle and unparalleled artistic enjoyment.
The Zhao State is an ancient tribe, and its later rise and growth was also completed in the Jin Kingdom, the overlord state of the Central Plains, and its upper echelons were deeply influenced by the aristocratic ritual and music culture. When tea first came to Zhao Kingdom, people just thought it was a good anti-greasy drink and could recognize its effect, but the nobles didn't pay much attention to it.
When Dai Yan personally performed the tea art for them, both the skill and the process of boiling tea shocked the nobles of Zhao State. People never imagined that this kind of work, which should have been done by the "cooks", could be so elegant and so pleasing to the eye!
Zhao Cheng had long expected the shocked appearance of the ministers of Zhao State. When Dai Yan performed the tea ceremony, he personally went down the stage and played a drum to compose a companion song.
When the tea art was finally completed, Dai Yan served this precious drink to the important ministers of Zhao State one by one, and these Zhao ministers felt extremely enjoyed and praised Dai Yan! Even Fu Ding, who was close to the Qi faction of Zhao Guo, showed an unprecedentedly kind smile to Dai Yan.
As a result, tea, especially high-grade tea, began to become a must for the nobles of Zhao to entertain people! And these Zhao Chen all privately asked Dai Yan for good tea after the banquet, Dai Yan had a request for Zhao at this moment, plus his intention to promote tea, and accepted these requests one by one.
At the banquet, some people were also curious about Dai Yan's identity. Fei Yi, the general of Zhao State, who had made Dai Yan difficult, asked Dai Yan: "I have heard that there is a strange prince in the Southern Song State, because he once vouched for the Chu State and asked the merchants of the Song State to supply grain to the Chu army. Later, the state of Chu did not repay the debts, and as a result, the prince personally paid off the debts of the merchants. So far, the businessmen of my Zhao Kingdom have talked about the deeds of this prince of the Song Kingdom. Could this boy be you? ”
Hearing Feiyi's admiration, Dai Yan had to admit it in person: "The general has won the award, and that son is indeed me." ”
Zhao Guoren is chivalrous and angry, especially gentlemen who like to keep their promises. Hearing that Dai Yan had such an act, Zhao Chen, who was present, admired Dai Yan.
Dai Yan convinced Zhao Guo in this way.
Three days later, Dai Yan left this wonderful Warring States metropolis and returned to China. And with Dai Yan, there was also General Rong Di of Zhao State, Feiyi, and the accompanying army of 5,000 Zhao State.
On the fourth day after Dai Yan left the Zhao State, a young boy led hundreds of cavalry from the north of the Zhao State back to the capital Handan.
And on the back of these cavalrymen, each group of horses had their heads on them, and they apparently returned victorious after a great battle! And although the young man who followed the cavalry was only a little over ten years old, and there was no hair on his mouth, those fierce cavalrymen followed behind this young man, but none of them dared to surpass this young man!
The young man rode all the way without stopping at all, and directly entered the palace city of Zhao Kingdom. He personally saw the current Zhao Hou with the head of a Rongdi chieftain in his hand, and said to Zhao Hou: "Father, the representative of the monarch gathered thousands of people to rebel, and now it has been quelled by the child. This is the head of the Daijun! ”
Zhao Hou saw that his son was so good at a young age, and laughed: "Okay! Yong'er really deserves to be my good son! ”
This young man named Zhao Yong, when he heard this belligerent father praise him like this, his heart suddenly burst into joy, and the corners of his mouth were raised high!
When Zhao Hou saw such a scene, he realized that he didn't suppress his emotions all of a sudden, and praised his son a little too much. So he turned to reprimand with a straight face: "Don't be complacent, you kid, there are many talents in the world now." Among the younger generations of sons in various countries, I don't know how many people are Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger! You have only put down a small rebellion, and you are so proud, you will definitely suffer when you meet those real talents in the future! ”
Zhao Yong saw that his father turned his face faster than a book, and he was not surprised. He then said lazily: "Father, how many times have you reprimanded me with such words?" In my opinion, in today's world, among the younger generation of sons, who can be called talents, except for Tian Ying of Qi State? ”
Hearing his son so arrogant, he also began to think of ways to suppress his arrogance: "That's because you haven't been in my Zhao Kingdom recently, and you missed the opportunity to see real talents." Gongzi Yan of the Song State, during the time when you went to quell the rebellion, you successfully persuaded the widow and the ministers of the Zhao State to send troops to save the Song. Now that he is not yet twenty, he already has the merit of saving the country! Are you kid sure you can do such a thing? A small Song country has such talents, and there are no more outstanding people in those big countries? ”
Zhao Yong was very interested when he heard about this Ziyan's deeds, and then he asked Zhao Hou about the details. Only then did he say: "In this way, this Ziyan can indeed be regarded as a talent with such eloquence, but I don't know what his kung fu is in the battle array!" He was obviously still a little unconvinced. The source of this unconvincing is, of course, his self-esteemed battle array kung fu!
Then he said goodbye to his monarch father and began to go to the harem to find his sister.
When he arrived at the harem, he found that his sister, who had always been idle and liked to go out in the wilderness, stayed in his palace for the first time and did not go out. And with those maids fiddling with a bunch of strange pottery, Zhao Yong didn't know what they were doing.
"Sister Xue, what are you doing here?" Zhao Yong asked curiously.
Zhao Xue was practicing the key step in the tea-making technique "Phoenix Three Nods", but she was frightened by Zhao Yong's sudden sound, and the elegant "Phoenix Three Nods" turned into an ugly "Chick Somersault".
She couldn't help but be furious!
After seeing that the person who disturbed her turned out to be her younger brother, she immediately put down the teapot, grabbed Zhao Yong's ear and said to Zhao Yong: "You kid, what did you suddenly scare me?" Quickly pay for my good tea! ”
Zhao Yong felt that he was extremely innocent, he was just asking questions normally, and who knew that he would destroy the Yaxing of this "devil".
That's right, even if Zhao Yong has extraordinary martial arts at a young age, and even has the experience of counterinsurgency and murder, in his heart, this sister is a "devil".
This sister of hers has always been an idle person. As the princess of Zhao Kingdom, she doesn't love female red, but she likes to ride horses and shoot arrows like Rongdi people, she doesn't look like a woman! Since he was a child, Zhao Yong has been bullied by her, and he has always been quite afraid of his sister in his heart!
At the same time, Zhao Yong was also influenced by his sister and began to like this Rongdi stunt: horseback archery.
Sit on a galloping fast horse and gallop across the country! Whether it's going to hunt in the field or killing the enemy, it's like the wind, and it's very convenient! This feeling is much cooler than the feeling of shooting in a car! In his opinion, this is the real happy life!
Then, with this skill, he relied on his identity as the prince of Zhao to train hundreds of troops on horseback like him, and he named this new unit "cavalry"! This is also the first real cavalry in the history of China!
The first appearance he led with cavalry was to quell the rebellion of Daijun. Dai Jun's thousands of troops were directly dispersed under the impact of his hundreds of cavalry! And those ragged armies have since become the prey of him and his cavalry!
This made Zhao Yong begin to pay attention to the new class of cavalry, and he was also grateful to his sister who gave him inspiration!
As soon as he said goodbye to his father, he came to his sister, but he didn't expect to anger her!
Zhao Yong, who was grabbed by his ear, didn't dare to resist, he had to whisper and beg the "devil" who grabbed his ear: "Don't pull it, if you pull it again, it will really break!" I'll pay you everything that breaks you, and I'll pay you double! ”
Seeing that the hand of the "devil" did not relax at all, the prince of Zhao State, who had quelled the rebellion and killed people in his teens, said with an even more servile expression: "Let me go!" If you break something, I'll pay you five, no, ten! ”