Chapter 614 [Potatoes and Guano II]
Bai Dong was right, what was most exciting about this Hangu Guanzhi meeting was not him and Yingquliang, nor Qi Chuyan, Han Zhao, Wei and other countries, but Ji Bian, who had been upgraded to Zhou Tianzi.
Since receiving the news from the Qin State, Ji Bian would take a fragrant petal bath every day, and every day he would never tire of tasting the Persian lamb and Mediterranean seafood sent by Bai Dong, and the best tailors in Luoyi would gather around him every day to tailor his clothes, and it was said that the 'emperor' alone would prepare nine dragon robes, some bright yellow, some ochre red, some white, and blue-black, suitable for various occasions. The new 'dragon chariot' is also a must, the pattern given by Bai Dong made Ji Bian cry, the Zhou royal family is not right, how long has the Zhou royal family not owned such a tall chariot? Even the wheels are wrapped in layers of 'gold'!
Customized so many things, it's just that Qin Guo wants to respectfully invite him, the Son of Heaven, to go to Hangu Pass to meet the princes of the alliance, this is really too hearty, isn't it the princes of the alliance? Since the Zhou royal family has been declining, how many years have it been since the princes of the world have been allied with the princes of the world as the lord of the world? It's not that Ji Bian doesn't want to, it's that the princes of various countries don't pay attention to him at all, and it's distressing to think about it
It's good now, with Bai Dong's outsider, it is enough to support the Ji family! It doesn't matter if you give enough lining, now you have to give enough face, Ji Bian feels that he will wake up laughing when he dreams. Yingquliang is now the Western Emperor, almost equivalent to the king, and the title is unsealable, fortunately, the name of the overlord of the world is still rare, this has to be sealed! Moreover, the canonization of the Son of Heaven as the overlord of the world, which also represents the authority and power of the Son of Heaven, is a great thing that cannot be seen in a dream!
So after receiving a letter from Qin State. Ji Bian issued an order in the name of the Son of Heaven to meet the alliance. The location is set at Hangu Pass, the first dangerous pass of the Qin State. All the princes of the world should come, and whoever violates the order will be punished by the king! Now Ji Bian is too confident, he is leaning on the big tree of Qin State behind him, a big country with nearly 700,000 soldiers with armor! This is not counting the power of Qin in Persia.
Although Ji Bian was anxious and couldn't wait to fly to Hangu with his wings on his back, the shelf at the end still had to be ended, and now Wei, Hanzhao, and other monarchs who were closer to Qin had arrived, only the monarchs of Chu and Yue had not arrived.
Xiong Liangfu is because the road is too far. But he, the king of Chu, who also loves thin waists, has a big belly, and he has to get out of the car to rest after sitting in the car for a while, and he entered the Shangyu mountain area half a month early, but now he is still slowly moving to Hangu, which is not much faster than a snail.
In recent years, Qi and Yue have established more than a dozen good ports on the east coast, and concentrated the three kingdoms of Qin, Qi and Yue and the Baijia, Xujia, Fanjia, Dujia, Ganjia and other major trading companies, and connected several major trading companies of Chu headed by the Chu family, and established countless ports along the Chu sea. There is a route that Childe has explored before, and along this route you can reach the Strait of Gibraltar and then enter the Mediterranean. Once you enter the Mediterranean, you will be greeted by a huge 'navy', and the heavens and the earth will be at my disposal. Bai Dong's order to Wu Li was to bring the Vietnamese ocean-going fleet to the port of Istanbul, so as to make adequate preparations for the ocean-going New World in the future.
Now Cao'er is following Li Di to investigate the livelihood of the Persian people, completing her gambling contract with her brother, Syld's power has almost set aside Mogina, the queen, and has no choice but to come to Istanbul Harbor, the three young people will meet sooner or later, and it is time for Cao'er to make a decision. Bai Dong called for late marriage and late childbearing, but he didn't want to watch his sister become an old girl, and he couldn't make a decision between the two boys Wu Li and Syald all day long.
Bai Dong's flying eagle transmission made Ji Bian only slow swaying on the road with an eager mood, and when he finally received the news that Xiong Liangfu had arrived in Hangu, he hurried to this legendary border city, and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of the city gate.
In front of the city gate on the Korean side, there are more than ten miles of shops! The flags of the various countries were fluttering, and Ji Bian, who was secretly looking out of the carriage, even saw a women's pavilion, and there were two black girls standing in front of the museum
"When did my Da Zhou people's tastes change? Can you see this kind of goods? ”
As soon as he said half a sentence, Ji Bian was glared at by Queen Jiang, shrunk his neck, and said to Ji Ding, who had just squeezed into the carriage to eat the fruit: "This is also made by your teacher?" ”
Ji Ding swallowed a piece of sugar cake with all his might, held his head high and said proudly: "Isn't that what my brother-in-law and teacher did?" Now the State of Qin has a great favor to the new Marquis Zhao, and the State of Zhao is equivalent to a sword that the State of Qin placed behind Wei Han! And now Wei Han is also different from the past, if you want to make money and stabilize the people's livelihood, you have to look at the eyes of Qin Guo, do you expect Wei Shen to fight against my brother-in-law? That's impossible, Wei Shen is much stronger than Wei Ying, and he knows that reckless military force is not a serious royal way, and now he is developing people's livelihood, and it is said that Hui Shi and Gongzi Ang are also supporting him. So now there is no war in Hangu Pass, but it has become a pass trade market of the three kingdoms of Wei, Han and Qin, father, don't underestimate here, the tax collected in this city in January can be offset by half a year's imperial tax income of our Luoyi."
"So much money?"
Ji Bian's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he found that Empress Jiang's eyes were even redder than him, and he thought for a long time before saying, "My son has insight!" Tell me, how can our royal family make so much money? Do you want me to ask your sister if we can find a way to buy a share in your brother-in-law's trading company or something, your brother-in-law is not very supportive of this thing? ”
"Father, don't fight this idea, it's impossible! Don't forget how our royal family became a royal family, and it didn't rely on Qin Guo and my brother-in-law's mentor? What the Qin State wants is just the name of the Ji family, but it doesn't really want to make the Ji family strong and turn back to the prosperity of the early years of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the brother-in-law and teacher help the Ji family to be strong, no matter how good the relationship between Yingquliang and him is, he will turn his face."
"Could it be that my Ji family is going to be a tool of the Qin State forever?"
"That's not what happened, how about the Ji family? How is the state of Qin? How is the State of Wei? What about the state of Chu? Aren't you fighting for me and fighting back and forth to hurt the people? King Wen's ancestors may not be happy if they have knowledge underground. Father, you should see what my teacher is doing, he is changing the people of the hundred families, changing the decrees, opening the horizons of the Zhou people, letting the Zhou people know that there is still the Aegean Sea in the world, there are also continents on the sea, and there is an incomparably vast land for us to show our strength! What he wants to build is not a country with one surname, but a powerful China! If we can play a role in this great change, isn't it more meaningful than ZTE Zhou? ”
Ji Ding clenched his fists tightly, his eyes radiated a determined light, this young man who had studied with Bai Dong for three years had changed a lot unconsciously, just like he once said to Ying Si: "Follow in the footsteps of Bai Zi's teacher, you and I will become great people in the mouth of the teacher!" It's much more fun than being an emperor or a king." )
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