Chapter 235: The Silk Road
"Drag it down!" King Qiang drew back his saber and waved his hand.
The elder was not dead for a moment, his arm twitched vigorously, and hot blood was still pouring from his chest, but he was dragged down like a dead dog.
King Qiang threw the blood-stained steel knife to the tribal warriors next to him, and then arched his hand with a Chinese salute: "There is a scum in the Qiang tribe, so that King Qin will laugh when he sees it, please inside."
Ying Zheng stood in place, slightly embarrassed.
In all fairness, if this happened in the Qin state, and someone offered a plan to capture the visiting king of another country, even if the idea was not adopted, it would not be executed.
What's more, in front of so many people, in front of visiting foreign monarchs.
This shows that King Qiang is quite upright and straightforward.
"Father, I thought it was ......," Qiang was the first to speak.
"Why?" King Qiang glared and said, "I thought that this king was really going to be unfavorable to King Qin, hum, joke!"
Thorin knew that he was in the middle, and that it was the best place for the round, so he stood up and said, "It turned out to be a misunderstanding, this guy wanted to murder the royal brother, and now he has been executed by his uncle, which shows his uncle's sincerity."
A smile reappeared on Ying Zheng's face, and he arched his hand and said, "King Xiqiang's righteous killing of his relatives is really a hero's doing."
"Hahaha, if you don't do this, how can you make it clear to the clan!" King Qiang looked around for a moment, and said quite ruthlessly, "I see which one dares to fight the idea of King Qin."
Among the Qiang tribesmen, there will definitely be those who have the same idea as the elder who was killed, and the king of Xiqiang is also playing a role in killing a hundred people, otherwise, the safety of Yingzheng is indeed worrying.
"Hahaha...... Ying Zheng laughed, "King Xiqiang's move is quite costly, so that the widow can't afford it."
With the laughter, the atmosphere finally eased, and Qiang took the opportunity to say, "Then Brother Wang, please come to the house to talk about it."
"Please." King Xiqiang also waved his hand.
"Please." Ying Zheng gave in to each other and followed King Xiqiang into the hall.
After sitting down, King Xiqiang took the lead and said, "The scene of Fang Cai is indeed not a way of hospitality, which frightened the King of Qin, and this king has prepared a banquet as an atonement to the King of Qin."
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Since the widow has formed a righteous relationship with the Qiang, then you are naturally the elder, how can there be a reason for the elders to make amends to the younger generations, so that the widow has a little bit of courtesy and honors the king of Xiqiang."
"Oh? Why should King Qin be so polite." King Xiqiang said.
Before Yingzheng could speak, Thorin interjected, "Uncle, if you don't take a look, you may regret it."
"Hahaha, this king knows that Great Qin is rich and has a lot of treasures." King Xiqiang said with a smile, "The two countries are friendly, and they can't turn away the state ceremony, if the King of Qin has a heart, then use it to open the eyes of this king."
"King Xiqiang waits." Ying Zheng said that, and gave Meng Tian a look.
Meng Tian turned around, took a few sergeants and carried the wooden boxes he had brought into the hall, and then placed them on the ground very gently.
Without waiting for the sergeant to stretch out his hand, Thorin took the lead in leaning over, opened the first box, took out a brocade bag from it, and handed it directly to King Xiqiang: "Uncle, you take a look at this first."
King Xiqiang took the brocade bag, opened the mouth of the bag, and suddenly a strong fragrance came to his nose.
"It's ...... Tea?" King Xiqiang grabbed a handful, looked at it carefully, and sniffed it again.
"Yes, it's tea." Ying Zheng said slowly, "In the land of China, the most popular drink is tea in addition to soju, but unlike wine, tea can be used as medicine, and it is often drunk, which is very beneficial to the body, and people from different families have very different qualities of tea.
Ying Zheng said this, which reflects the preciousness of this tribute tea.
"Hehe, how can this king not know that this tea is a good thing, but most of the Qiang people live in the bitter cold land of the plateau, and they want to sow seeds, but they can't grow buds." King Xiqiang smiled and said, "It's okay now, this king wants to go back."
Show off to those Qiang kings."
"What, are there still kings in this Qiang tribe?" Ying Zheng asked suspiciously.
Qiang Qi explained, "Brother Wang, you don't know, the Qiang are the most powerful tribe in Xirong, but they have lived on the plateau closest to Baiyun since ancient times. Since the foreigners did not bother to go to that bitter cold land, they lived relatively comfortably, and the scope of their life became larger and larger, and over time, they split into several large tribes."
"Although the tribes do not fight each other, they do not interfere with each other, and it is only at a fixed time every year that the leaders of the tribes gather together to discuss some important matters."
"This part of Wuxiqiang, because it is close to Beidi and Daqin, is more civilized than the other three tribes, and the warriors of the tribe are also more courageous."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "So that's the case, no wonder Yiqu Gong said that the south of Kunlun Mountain is the territory of Wuqiang, and the widow was still a little puzzled at that time why the name was different."
"Wuqiang, it is the tribe in the southwest of Wuxiqiang, they are all guarding the plateau, not thinking of enterprising, how like this king, always want to come out to see the world." King Xiqiang pointed to the tribute tea in his hand and said, "Look, no, I see it."
Ying Zheng was amused by King Xiqiang's words: "If King Xiqiang wants to make those three Qiang kings jealous, I'm afraid it's not good, it's better to give more to those three Qiang kings, in that case, King Xiqiang will really have face in front of them."
This said to the heart of the king of Xiqiang, instead of holding tribute tea and coveting the three Qiang kings, it was better to generously give them some reality.
"If that's the case, this king will really thank King Qin." King Xiqiang said beautifully.
"King Xiqiang is polite." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
After looking at the contents of the first box, Thorin quickly opened the second box and took out a porcelain vase from it.
King Xiqiang's eyes suddenly straightened.
"It's not good to have tea leaves, but you don't have ornaments for them." Ying Zheng also reached out and picked up a porcelain bowl, and said with a smile, "This is the porcelain that Daqin gathered the top craftsmen in the world to fire together.
This streamer treasure of the general porcelain vase and porcelain bowl, is not as simple as just putting sundries, its ornamental and collection value, by no means less than jewelry and jade.
King Xiqiang took the porcelain bowl in Yingzheng's hand and looked at it carefully: "It's beautiful, it's so beautiful!"
"Hehe, King Xiqiang likes it." Ying Zhengdao.
At this time, several elders beside King Xiqiang were no longer reserved, and they all gathered around, looking at the dazzling porcelain vase in Na Suolin's hand, and their eyes seemed to be staring at it.
One of the elders blinked, as if he had found some business opportunity, and said, "Patriarch, you said that if this porcelain is sold to the other three Qiang kings, how many sheep can it be exchanged?"
King Xiqiang thought for a moment and said, "It's hard to say, after all, it's unknown whether they like this thing or not, but if you let this king exchange it, this king is willing to exchange it for sheep."
"What if it's full of tea leaves?" The elder gestured to the brocade bag containing the tea leaves.
"If it's full of tea leaves,......" said King Xiqiang, who thought for a moment, "then again!"
"Huh." The elder smiled slightly, and said to Ying Zheng, "Then may I ask King Qin, if Wu Xiqiang is willing to form an alliance with Great Qin, and then purchase this porcelain full of tea from Great Qin, how many sheep can be exchanged?"
Ying Zheng didn't think about it, raised two fingers, and said, "Two sheep are enough."
"Hahaha......" the elder laughed.
"Two sheep?" King Xiqiang didn't quite believe the price Ying Zheng said, and at the same time, he seemed to realize something, looked at the elder and said, "Moli, what do you mean?"
The elder, named Moli, suppressed his laughter and said, "The patriarch also heard that the King of Qin is willing to exchange this full tea with us for the price of two sheep
After we buy it, we will sell it to the three Qiang kings at a higher price, oh no, maybe some of the elders in their clan and the patriarch of the big family will also be one
Get up and buy it."
"Hahaha, great idea!" King Xiqiang laughed and said, "In this way, this hand-to-hand effort has earned eight sheep, which is much faster than waiting for the ewes to give birth to the lambs."
"Hahaha......
Everyone in the room was amused.
Thorin pursed his lips and said, "Uncle, you have smiled like this before the third box has been opened."
With that, Thorin handed the porcelain vase in his hand to the King of Xiqiang, then turned and opened the third chest, and took out a silk horse from it.
King Xiqiang's eyes straightened again.
I saw that the silk in Sorin's hand was not a single color, but with a variety of patterns, which was very beautiful.
"This brocade is a royal thing in the royal family, and most of the court clothes of Daqin are made of this brocade." Ying Zheng briefly introduced.
"So......" King Xiqiang's lips trembled slightly, "This king can also put on that comfortable brocade robe and put on that gorgeous royal robe?"
After saying that, King Xiqiang subconsciously looked down at the slightly tattered linen clothes on his body.
"Hehe, of course you can." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Yes, yes!" The corners of King Xiqiang's excited mouth trembled a little, and his voice trembled even more.
People living in China, even if they are in the midst of war, can't understand the yearning and desire of those Rongdi tribes who live in barren places for fine clothes and food.
Who doesn't want to live a stable and good life?
However, if you can raise sheep to be raised, you can call it "beautiful", if you don't even have the ability to raise sheep, how can you be "beautiful"?
Therefore, for people living in barren land, the primary goal of survival is to raise sheep, as for the yearning for wearing brocade clothes and eating jade food, it is simply a luxury in a dream.
Why do Xirong and Beididu invade Huaxia from time to time, in order to realize their dreams?
But now, it seems that there is no need to shed blood, and his dream is close at hand.
The king of Xiqiang controlled his ecstasy, spread out the brocade, and rubbed his hands on the brocade without stopping.
Ying Zheng handed over another color, and Meng Tian and Meng Yi took out all the brocade in the box and put it in front of King Xiqiang.
"Not to mention making a few fancy clothes, it's more than enough to make a few sets of bedding." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
The king of Xiqiang was still stunned, as if he was imagining himself wearing a brocade robe to lead the whole clan.
There is no doubt that these gifts from Ying Zheng are in the hands of King Xiqiang, and the reminder of Elder Moli seems to have found a huge business opportunity for Xiqiang.
"Father, father!" Seeing that King Xiqiang did not react, Qiang Qi approached and called.
King Xiqiang came back to his senses at this time, then laughed and said, "This king really likes these national gifts of King Qin, but in addition to cattle and sheep, this king does not have anything else to give back to King Qin, which is really a bit embarrassing."
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said, "King Xiqiang is too worried, the widow is traveling west this time, and Xiqiang can open the door and let the Qin army pass, which is already the best gift."
King Xiqiang smiled and nodded, and then said: "If the King of Qin is willing, why don't we sign a covenant, we will be close to each other in the future, and in the future, your people from Great Qin can come to Xiqiang to trade goods at any time, and from this Hexi corridor from your Yongding Pass to Jiayu Pass, the people of our two countries can build together."
"Good!" Ying Zheng didn't think about it, and responded directly.
"This passage is the only place for Great Qin to go to the Western Regions, if this passage is opened, then Xiqiang will also be stained with a lot of Great Qin's light." King Xiqiang still rubbed the brocade in his hand and said, "Therefore, this king thinks that this place should have a new name, which is called the Silk Road!"