Chapter seventy-five, sky-high cabbage
"He is Zhao Qi's youngest son, Zhao Chen, is a child prodigy, his IQ far exceeds that of his peers, and even I heard that he has begun to participate in politics and joined Zhao Qi's think tank. Han Guang whispered in Luo Tian's ear.
The wine banquet in the northern region is not as rich as in the south, but it has a unique flavor, a whole ice cow is grilled on a huge grill, and the attendants will cut the meat from different parts of the ice cow according to the requirements, there are no vegetables, and it is very nice to see green vegetation in the north.
The most surprising thing for Luo Tian was the wine at the banquet, a very mellow milk wine, which was comfortable from the throat to the stomach in one sip, and it was said that it had great stamina, but for a good wine like Luo Tian, it was the type that became more refreshing the more he drank.
After drinking wine and eating barbecue, Luo Tianmei lit a cigarette roll, and even compared to the exquisite meals in the Liushang Building, it made Luo Tian eat more happily here.
"Singing and dancing!" the servants of the Zhao family shouted, and a group of tall and beautiful women walked in wearing leather clothes.
The women in the Northern Regions are tall, fair-skinned, beautiful, and upturned.
Luo Tian has heard this sentence many times in the land of customs, and the Moon Palace Pavilion has also come to some girls from the Northern Regions, and they are all sought-after goods.
A group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old beautiful girls dressed in revealing leather clothes sang and danced, stirring up the atmosphere of the whole banquet, Luo Tian spit out the cigarette in his mouth, looked up, and saw Ji Yuan and Zhao Qi talking, it seemed that they were chatting quite happily.
The banquet has been held for an hour, the atmosphere is still high, all the generals in the Northern Regions are wine putty, the more they drink, the more excited they are, Luo Tian estimated that this banquet is likely to be held until dawn.
At this moment, three people from the Zhao family walked in, walked to Zhao Qi and his two sons respectively, and whispered a few words.
Then Luo Tian saw that Zhao He's face sank, and Zhao Chen, the child, smiled gloomily, Zhao Qi on the high platform nodded slightly, waved his hand, and at this moment, the singing and dancing suddenly stopped, and all the generals who were originally carnival suddenly quieted down, and the appearance of sitting in a precarious position was completely different from when he had just raised his glass and drank.
This dramatic change surprised Luo Tian, and secretly said: It's not good, something has to happen.
Zhao He stood up at this time, looked at the Sixth Prince, bowed, and then said, "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, what is this trip for?"
Ji Yuan belonged to the kind with a particularly good temper, so he didn't care about the rudeness in Zhao He's words, and said with a smile: "Give gifts for the royal family to repair the relationship between the Zhao family and our royal family." ”
Zhao He smiled coldly and said, "What about the ceremony?"
Ji Yuan is not a fool, he already felt that something was wrong at this time, his face became serious, and he said, "I have already ordered someone to send it to your treasury." ”
"Oh, come on, bring up the gift from His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, and let us open our eyes. ”
Zhao He waved his hand after speaking, and soon a group of soldiers walked in carrying several large boxes, the seals of one of the boxes had been opened, and the seals of the remaining boxes were still good.
Zhao He opened his mouth and said: "Open all the boxes and let the big guys take a look, this is the great gift that the six princes brought us." ”
After speaking, the private soldiers of the Zhao family opened the boxes one by one, and an amazing scene appeared in the eyes of everyone, the boxes were not precious jewelry or dried seafood at all, but bundles of Chinese cabbage!
"The gift list is written with precious jewelry and dry goods, and what was sent is cabbage, it turns out that the royal family looks at our Zhao family like this, our Zhao family has guarded the Northern Regions for your royal family for so many years, it is only worth the price of cabbage, haha......" It was Zhao Chen who said this, but the words were conclusive, and the generals who said it were angry, and the atmosphere became tense all of a sudden.
Zhao Qi Lao Turtle didn't speak, Zhao He had already grabbed the big sword on the platform, and the generals also held their weapons one after another, obviously if the six princes couldn't give a reasonable explanation today, they would even use force.
The sixth prince frowned, he didn't expect this scene, the weight of the box lifted was about the same, plus there was a seal, he didn't open the inspection, now in retrospect, it was the Yuan family who handled this matter, and it turned out that the six princes were specially invited to give gifts to the Zhao family in the Northern Regions, in order to dig a pit for him.
The situation became more and more tense as time went by, and at this moment, Luo Tian stood up with a wine glass, a cigarette in one hand, walked to the box with a smile, looked at the cabbage that had been frozen inside, and said, "This is really priceless." ”
"What do you mean, is cabbage still priceless?" Zhao He asked sharply.
Luo Tian turned around and said with a smile: "Of course, I want to ask the generals of the Zhao family, how many times can you eat vegetables in a year?"
This question, all the generals shook their heads, vegetables are very rare in the Northern Regions, and it is good luck to be able to eat them once or twice a year.
"In the northern region, most places are permafrost, there are very few places that can be cultivated, and the climate is harsh, so you can only hunt for a living, not to mention Chinese cabbage, even if there is no one in the south to sell wild vegetables in the northern region of the fang market, if it is not because of transportation difficulties, the road is long and dangerous, many farmers in the south are very eager to transport their vegetables to the north to sell, as far as I know, such a Chinese cabbage, in your north can be exchanged for a good wolf skin, and a good wolf skin can be sold in our south for five to ten taels of silver, this is not a sky-high priceLuo Tian said with a smile.
At this moment, everyone fell silent, but Zhao Chen, the child, smiled secretly and sat back on the chair first.
"On the surface, the gift is written with dry jewelry, but in fact it is Chinese cabbage, which is specially arranged by the six princes, there is no shortage of jewelry in the northern region, and the dry goods are given to you, and you don't like to eat, eat such delicious roast beef every day, isn't it better than those dry goods? But cabbage is different, refreshing taste, good for digestion, you can only eat once or twice a year, you can eat a meal today, there are five large boxes of cabbage, enough for you to have a good time, this is the surprise of the six princes to you, it is grace, I think you should be grateful. ”
After Luo Tian finished speaking, Zhao Qi was the first to stand up and bow deeply to the six princes, and the generals of the Zhao family below also knelt down one after another, and a crisis was skillfully resolved under Luo Tianqiao's tongue.
After Zhao Qi bowed, he stood up and said with a smile: "In this case, I immediately ordered the kitchen to process these cabbages, and today we will not only eat meat, but also vegetables." ”
The atmosphere of the banquet was once again high, as if the tension just now had never existed.
After Luo Tian sat down, he continued to drink, and Han Guang next to him secretly gave Luo Tian a thumbs up and said in a low voice: "Young Master Luo is so powerful." ”
Luo Tian took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile: "I'm also nonsense." ”
The banquet lasted another hour, Zhao He stood up at this time, took the wine glass, and said loudly: "Today, the six princes are coming to our Beita Mountain Castle, and we have specially arranged a program for the six princes. ”
After a while, a group of soldiers dragged three sturdy strange men into the hall, while the servants of the Zhao family carried the barbecue grill away, leaving a large area vacant in the center of the hall.
"What kind of people are these, they look weird. Luo Tian asked.
The three strange men in front of him were all more than two meters tall, very strong, with long hair and body hair, handcuffed by anklets and handcuffs, and were watched by a group of soldiers, but they were still very fierce, and let out a terrible low roar from time to time.
"These are the barbarians. Han Guang replied immediately.
Don't say that it is the country of Yunshan, there are barbarians in the countries of the entire continent, the barbarians are generally very tall and strong, they live anywhere, whether it is a jungle or an ice desert, there are many theories about their origins, some say that these barbarians are the descendants of monsters born by wild beasts and human ancestors, and some say that they are uncivilized terrible apes.
But so far there is no unified correct answer, the barbarians live in the form of tribes, the combat power is very strong, adult barbarians can easily kill wild beasts, and sometimes hunt wild beasts for food.
The border of Yunshan has been harassed by barbarians, these barbarians rushed into the village and killed the villagers and cattle together for food, the Zhao family and Luo Kun of Beita Mountain have been dealing with the barbarians for all these years, but even if they go all out to clean up, it seems that they can't kill these terrible monsters on the border.
The three barbarians were pulled to the center of the venue, Luo Tian didn't understand why the entertainment program had something to do with these barbarians, but soon Zhao He shouted: "These three are the barbarians captured this morning, according to the customs of our northern regions, if there are distinguished guests coming from afar, they will kill the barbarians, drink their blood, and catch the wind for the VIPs!"