Chapter 40 Take things for nothing without money
The sky is beautiful, the wind is beautiful, and in the early summer, even the air is fragrant.
On this day, the palace was very busy, and there was an endless stream of eunuchs and palace maids coming and going, and they were in a hurry.
Especially near the Imperial Palace, at this time, there was a sea of people, and the dense crowd was actually surrounded by a circle.
As early as in the court in the past few days, King Li has repeatedly played, prompting today, which should be a celebration, to become a small mutual market.
The so-called mutual market in the palace is to let the envoys of the three countries take out the most distinctive materials of their own countries, and then, like the hawkers, display them in the palace for the people of the three countries to buy and sell.
In addition to the concubines and palace maids of the good country, there are also soldiers of the Wuha country and the Jiang country.
Some of them worked as hawkers, and some of them became buyers, using their own silver, and what they bought belonged to their own individuals.
This is a scene that Fu Jinyue and I have carefully planned, firstly, to verify the convenience of the mutual market and the needs of various countries, and secondly, to create an opportunity, whether Fu Jinyue can successfully get out of the cold palace depends on this mutual market.
King Li won Xuanyuan Yi's permission to the greatest extent, saying that the people who went to the Emperor's Palace today, whether they were concubines or palace maids, or emperor eunuchs, were only merchants and buyers, regardless of grade.
In order to show decency, almost all the concubines and civil and military officials in the harem were invited, even me and Chen Lanxin were also invited.
It's just that the concubines of the cold palace, King Li didn't win it, that is to say, Fu Jinyue didn't come here immediately.
But I know that Concubine Wu has a special identity, and she will definitely attend such a unique occasion as today.
Then, it will not be difficult to let Fu Jinyue come out.
Chen Lanxin and I walked and stopped in front of Jiang Guo's mutual market stalls, and the palace maids and concubines who passed by were all smiling and in a very good mood.
It is also an unprecedented practice to come to the mutual market in the palace, and in this atmosphere of curiosity, the mutual market has become extremely lively and successful.
From time to time, I looked up at Xuanyuan Yi and Situ Zhen on the steps of the Imperial Palace, and saw that they were talking happily, but I could only laugh at their hypocrisy in my heart.
But after a while, Chen Lanxin and I came to the most famous embroidery booth in Jiang Guo, where there were several embroidery girls, and their craftsmanship was extraordinary.
While they bowed their heads to embroidery, they placed the embroidered samples in front of the stall, and the vivid pictures and meticulous carving skills instantly attracted countless people to observe and sell.
After a period of coaxing, Chen Lanxin and I could only book and give the pattern, so that Jiang Guo's embroiderer would embroider the pattern for us before leaving Liangguo.
After that, we visited the stalls of the country of Uha, the country of Uha is rich in fish, the fish of all kinds of strange forms, which we have never heard of and never seen, some of them are shaped like hedgehogs and have thorns all over their bodies, some of them are not in the form of fish, some will shine, some will blow bubbles, so fresh.
The stall was also packed, and by the time we wanted to buy it, there were only a few humble goldfish left.
For a while, we didn't buy anything good, until late in the evening, when the mutual market finally ended.
The noisy exit, the banquet began, the huge Huangji Palace, full of high and low tables and chairs, high-grade officials and concubines were placed on the steps of the Huangji Palace, low-grade officials and female officials internal affairs, all in front of the big round tables on both sides, just like the clan's big hall, actually occupied the entire Huangji Palace.
On the highest platform of the Imperial Palace, it was originally a venue for singing and dancing, and it was quiet at the moment.
Many officials exchanged heads, and they all wondered why there was no program to help the fun until now.
I glanced at Chen Lanxin and each other, she nodded at me slightly, I looked at the stage again, and Xuanyuan Yuze, the king of power, finally walked up slowly.
He was already as dignified as a crown of jade, and at this moment he was wearing a red brocade dress, with a chic posture, standing on the stage, standing with his hands in his hands, as if he could cause a gust of fresh wind, which made him add a little feminine temperament.
"King Li, do you want to tell me that you are going to dance on stage, right?"
A general of the five big and three rough Wukha Kingdom roared jokingly, maybe he hadn't recovered from the daytime mutual market, thinking that by now, everyone could talk freely, regardless of whether they were high or low.
"If General Wu wants to dance with this king, this king doesn't mind dancing for a while, anyway, there are people who are ugly."
King Li smiled with his eyes, although it was a joke, but it was as mean as a sword, and the implication was that the black general must be uglier than him, and if he could go up and jump, King Li would definitely accompany him to the end.
General Wu was choked to death by King Li's words, and snorted indignantly, which attracted laughter from the audience.
Xuanyuan Yi grinned, knowing that King Li had taken advantage, and seeing that the other people in the Wuha Kingdom were all ugly, in order not to make any extraneous branches, he immediately said: "Fifth Emperor Brother, you should start quickly." ”
King Li pursed his lips, glared at Wuha, and then returned to the truth: "Okay, everyone has felt the mutual market during the day, and I think we have already seen the effect, the mutual market is indeed beneficial to countries, not only can provide what countries do not have, but also complement the shortcomings of countries." I believe that the envoys of the two countries and the officials of our good country have deeply understood this. ”
He glanced at the audience, saw that everyone nodded in agreement, and continued: "Today's mutual market is unique, and the king is very pleased to have such an effect, how to say, this is the king's idea, the king thinks, the emperor should reward me well." ”
King Li's mouth and kung fu are as pure as fire, and he even dared to invite merit and reward in public, which caused a lot of laughter, and he also got Xuanyuan Yi's own answer: "Reward!" ”
King Li smiled proudly, and then said: "Don't think that this is the end, this king has nothing to do with political affairs, and there are a lot of bad ideas. In order to make everyone happier, this king has arranged some programs to help the fun, I believe it can make everyone more jubilant, that is, not to pay money for nothing. ”
If he wasn't born in the emperor's house, he wanted to come to an ordinary merchant family, and he was afraid that he would make a lot of money.
Everyone was heartbroken by him, and they asked what it means to take things for nothing without paying money.
In the daytime mutual market, everyone paid real money, although everyone took what they needed, there were also many things that they wanted but couldn't buy.
So King Li said that the countries only took out some things to sell during the day, and the good and valuable ones were hidden until now, in order to bring the atmosphere to the next show, so that some people could get these things in vain.
The so-called free getaway is not a free gift, he also has a rule, that is, one country takes out something as a reward, let the people of the other two countries fight for it, as long as they can win according to the requirements of that country, they can get these rewards, that is, those who can get it.
This is also the highlight of Fu Jinyue's plan, we let Xuanyuan Yi issue a special edict at the beginning, in order to make the current people forget their grades and identities, and dare to speak freely at this banquet, so that this highlight is vivid.
Moreover, when one country offers a reward for two countries to strive for, it wants to arouse the patriotism of the nation.
This is not a matter of winning or losing personal honor, once someone dares to go up and fight for it, it is a matter of face for the two countries.
Therefore, without three, two, three, no one can casually go up and offer ugliness.
This idea was obviously approved by the power of the Three Kingdoms, and the emperors and princes like them wanted to see how many capable people were in each country.
Fighting for wisdom is what they like to see, so Fu Jinyue's plan and I will also go smoothly.
After a commotion, Wuha took the lead in lifting out a large stone trough, which was about three meters long and two meters wide, and it took dozens of people to put the stone trough on the stage.
Everyone stretched out their heads to watch, and heard a few crisp muffs, like the cry of a newborn baby, which made people feel so strange.
Situ Zhen of Jiang Guo, Xuanyuan Yi of Liangguo and Kas, the prince of Wuha Kingdom, walked on the stage together, and after taking a look at the things in the stone trough, they were all amazed.
"There is such a fish in the world, and its appearance is pleasing to everyone."
Situ Zhen stretched out his hand into the stone trough, only to see a big fish with a milky white head leaning out with a sharp beak, grinding his head on his palm, as if he was coquettish.
Everyone in the audience looked straight, and some old ministers of Jiang Guo hurriedly discouraged them from being careful, but they didn't seem to be in any danger, so they put their minds at ease.
"What is this?" Xuanyuan Yi also stretched out his hand, which also attracted a big fish to rub on his palm, and turned back to ask Cass.
Cass explained with a smile: "This is the water cavalry of our Wuha country, as long as it can be tamed well, it can lead people to travel thousands of miles on the water every day, obedient and active, we call it a sea soldier." (Actually, it's a dolphin)
Xuanyuan Yi and Situ Zhen's eyes both shone brightly, thinking that Jiang Liangliang was not good at water warfare, if he could get this kind of sea cavalry, he would definitely be like a tiger.
Immediately, Cass announced again: "Our country is willing to offer a hundred sailors as a reward for this time, and it is very easy to get it, as long as someone can make the yak cry." ”
Let a cow shed tears?
This is unheard of, the courtiers and concubines of Jiang Liangliangguo in the audience are all talking about it, all saying that it is impossible, and some people say that Wuha is reluctant to take out so many sailors, so they will make such a question difficult.
I saw Situ Zhen Xuanyuanyi's eyes were all determined to win, although I thought it was unlikely, they must still want to try.
Sure enough, Situ Zhen took the lead in speaking, saying that if anyone in the Jiang Kingdom could obtain a navy, the official would be promoted to a product, and another 10,000 taels of wealth would be given.
There must be heroes under the heavy money, I saw a young general stand up suddenly, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to try." ”
Jiang Guo has already picked out a candidate, but no one in Liangguo agreed, Xuanyuan Yi frowned slightly, and just wanted to speak, I stood up.