Chapter 289: The Purpose of the Competition
In the palace of King Qin, Li Yuanying took off his makeup under the service of the maid and changed into a luxurious black Qin royal robe, which was the only honor in the Tang Dynasty, even if it was the emperor's other brother-in-law, Li Yuanba, the king of Zhao.
Princess Cui Mingyue of Qin was also picked up, and as soon as they met, she asked the reason, "Husband, why are you in such a hurry to call me back?" Is it going around and getting into trouble again? I knew that if I didn't go home all day, I must have gone out to get into trouble......"
The princess's words not only surprised Li Yuanying, but even the maids laughed, Li Yuanying pulled his wife to comfort him and said: "Madame, don't worry, the child will not mess around when he grows up." It's a matter of business to call you back in a hurry, the Turkic Khan Jieli from the north has personally visited, and in order to show etiquette, you need to go with me to the meeting, you see that my clothes have been changed. ”
"Whew...... It's not a child's business, that's good, that's good! Wait a minute, I'll change my clothes too. With a long sigh of relief, Cui Mingyue stroked her bulging belly with one hand, and went to the bedroom to change clothes with the help of the maid.
Li Yuanying looked at his wife's back, remembered his eccentric daughter, shook her head and smiled bitterly, this girl seems to have really been spoiled by herself, which made the old mother ruin her heart. I still remember when I first crossed over, how well-behaved and sensible my daughter was, like a little housekeeper, everyone in the alley praised her, but now it's good, she has more skills, and she makes people panic, and she is afraid that this girl will go out and cause trouble every day.
"Hey, in this way, it's not that the bigger the skill, the better, it's better when she was weak and sick and well-behaved at home." Li Yuanying muttered to himself.
A dialog box that appeared in the void came into view, and the long-lost system read out a list very intimately: "The points mall can be redeemed: Congenital Foolish Pill, Weak and Weak, Slow Tincture, Five Confusion and Three Soups......"
Roll the calves! Lao Tzu is not sick, I don't need you to sell fake medicines, with this idle effort, you should find a way to quickly upgrade my tavern to level five, I haven't opened the blind box for a long time, and I almost forgot about you.
A line of eye-catching numbers appears on the virtual panel, and you still need 2,000 points to reach the next level! The humanized voice of the system reminded him: "Please make persistent efforts, actively do a good job in business management, like the previous few months, three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, not to mention upgrading, I am afraid that I will have to lose money, and the tavern will face the risk of closure in the long run." ”
Fail? Lao Tzu has crashed the restaurant, and it is still closed? A few hundred taels of turnover a day, converted into soft sister coins, is hundreds of thousands......
"There is no matter how big or small a company fails, and even most of the time, the bigger the plate, the easier it is to collapse. What about being as strong as Hangzhou Ma and Wanda Wang? When it's cold, it's the same as saying it's cold......"
Li Yuanying waved his hand, turned off the panel, and said with a dark face: "I know, I am more concerned about the operation and management of the restaurant than you, how can I put up a broken mouth system?" ”
"Husband, I'm ready, who are you talking to?" Princess Cui Mingyue came behind her husband at some point.
"Ahem, no, I thought of a chattering friend. After changing your clothes, let's go, go over and come back when we meet, hard work, seeing that you are about to give birth, I will let you come out, it's really ......" Li Yuanying said with pity.
Cui Mingyue covered her mouth and smiled: "Really? I understand, just now you asked people to go to the tavern to call the princess, but in fact, you called Lao Qi, right? Of the seven of us, only the seventh is not pregnant now. ”
"No, no, no. This kind of scene, of course, has to be Concubine Qin, madam, can't you trust me after many years? In my heart, you will always be the most important. Li Yuanying repeatedly assured.
"Well, that's pretty much it. Seventh sister, did you hear that? Don't hide. Cui Mingyue pretended to shout out the door.
Yes? Isn't it, why did the seventh come back with you?
Li Yuanying was about to cry, and he didn't have such a deliberate rectification. But when you look up at the door, where is there a little bit of a person?
Cui Mingyue stretched out her hand to the tip of her husband's nose and nodded affectionately, and shyly said: "I know that you are a thief, hum, and make a note of this time, I am not in good health, dare to be kind to me, and when my daughter comes back, let her help clean you up in the future." ”
"Affection? Where does this begin? You and I are wives, even if I go out to receive foreign guests, it is to take care of your body. Li Yuanying was speechless.
Cui Mingyue saw her husband's anxious appearance, she leaned forward and closed her back with a big belly and smiled, and her tears were about to come out, "Let's go, let's go, don't scare you, since I married you as a teenager, can I not know what kind of virtue you have?" Tease you. ”
I'm ......
It's so hard for a man! I thought that my daughter's eccentricity was out of my habit of being a father, but now it seems that I am afraid that I have misunderstood myself, this girl is born with her mother with the attributes of tricks.
"The King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty and the princess came to visit the Turkic Jieli Khan!" At the entrance of the pavilion, there was a high-pitched trumpet, and then I saw the Turkic guards on both sides of the line, saluting respectfully, and all looked at the guard of honor who was slowly coming.
Jieli Khan stood at the door and greeted him with a smile, and when he saw Li Yuanying's true face when he got closer, he was unconsciously stunned, and muttered in his mouth: "It turns out that this is the true appearance of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, hey, such a masterpiece, why was he not born in my grassland?" ”
"Great Khan, Great Khan, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is visiting with the princess, you can't lose your courtesy." Military advisor Zhao Deyan reminded.
Jieli came back to his senses, and hurriedly told him to invite his princess, and then strode towards Li Yuanying and his wife.
Li Yuanying said politely: "The Great Khan came in a hurry, the imperial brother was too busy with official affairs in the imperial court to get out of his body, and this king and his inner son visited on his behalf." ”
"King Qin and the princess are polite, please inside!"
Everyone talked and laughed and returned to the living room of the pavilion, and the guests and hosts sat down, Li Yuanying said straight to the point: "The Great Khan came just in time, this Keju Competition, this king is worried about something, and wants to ask the Great Khan for advice." With so many countries participating, the final victory of this Keju contest is not easy to come by, and I don't know what to use as a prize? If it's ordinary gold and silver goods, I'm afraid it's vulgar, hey, how can this be good? ”
Zhao Deyan interjected and smiled: "Since gold and silver are too vulgar, it is better to have something real, the participants are all countries, why not gamble with salt and iron?" You must know that between diplomatic relations, salt and iron are hard currency. ”
Jieli turned around and pretended to glare at the military advisor, and Zhao Deyan hurriedly confessed that he shouldn't talk too much.
Li Yuanying smiled, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the wisdom of the military advisor Mr. Zhao has always been respected, and he has expressed his own opinions on everything." Although salt and iron are good, they are only useful to you, what if my Datang wins this time? Isn't it pointless? ”
Jieli understood that Li Yuanying seemed to be talking about prizes, but in fact he was here to test his intentions, but there was no need to avoid people in this matter, and after thinking for a while, Jieli said bluntly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, I really don't hide it, this king came to Datang this time because he wanted to ask for something." Seeing that autumn was about to pass, the military advisor observed the celestial phenomena and learned that this winter, the white-haired wind in the north would rise again, and our Turkic materials were in short supply, and the people were greatly lacking warm clothes for the winter, so they ......"
"Oh? Does Mr. Zhao know the celestial phenomena? Good skills! Warm clothing for the winter...... Every year, the government makes every effort, but often the suffering of freezing is still endless, so we are also short of winter clothes.
But the matter of friendship and neighbors is the matter of my Li Yuanying, and my Qin Wangfu is willing to donate 1,000 sets of winter clothes to the Khan in a private capacity, what do you think? Li Yuanying waved his hand very boldly.
A thousand sets? Private donations? Jieli's face was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know whether to thank Li Yuanying for his righteousness, or to secretly scold this guy for being stingy.
After a pause, Jieli said euphemistically: "Thank you King Qin for your help, in fact, you don't have to compete with the people of Datang for clothes, as long as you can raise your noble hand and buy more wool from our grassland, after all, there are skilled craftsmen in Datang who can weave wool into thick winter clothes, and the most important thing in our grassland is wool, and we can increase cooperation for mutual benefit." ”
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, if Datang can help the grassland process wool, we are willing to compensate for the extra remuneration with excellent horses." Zhao Deyan gave an additional condition.
Li Yuanying completely understood, after making trouble for a long time, he came to buy and sell after tasting the sweetness of selling wool.