Chapter 372: Palace Banquet
Since entering Seleucus, the group felt that their eyes were not enough.
Compared with some other small tribes, the civilization here is more complete, basically what Great Qin has, there are all here, and there are many things that Great Qin does not have.
They were not short of gold or silver, and when they saw something they liked, they bought it directly.
Seeing that they are so rich, many people have also beaten their ideas, but they have all been cleaned up.
Now everyone knows that this group of people is not easy to mess with, and those who want to provoke them have all been killed, and none of them have run away.
The strength of these people was unexpectedly strong, so that the messengers who came to lead the way were cautious, and did not dare to be careless.
These are the people whom His Majesty wants to see, and in any case, bring them to the capital first.
"Emperor Taishang, you see, the minister bought a pair of ivory, which is much bigger than the one sent by the Peacock Dynasty before, and the quality is also better." Wang Jian came over with a pair of white ivory, which is very beautiful and can be used to carve many things.
"It's really good." Ying Zheng nodded, feeling a little dissatisfied with the envoys of the Peacock Empire, those people actually dared to fool him with inferior ivory.
When I go back, I will talk to my daughter about the war with the Mauryan Dynasty.
Along the way, these people in Daqin bought everything they wanted with gold, and they didn't rob them or anything, and the envoy was still a little more relieved about them.
These people are strong, and I don't know if it's a good thing for them to come to Seleucus?
With a worried heart, he soon arrived at the royal capital of Seleucid.
Looking at the royal capital here, Ying Zheng just looked at it more and didn't have much interest, the royal capital here is far from the prosperity of Xianyang, and the buildings of the royal capital are not as gorgeous and atmospheric as the palace of Daqin.
Along the way, he compared the entire Seleucus and Great Qin, this place is inferior to Great Qin everywhere, and it is not difficult to turn around and knock this place down.
The only bad thing is that this place is too far away from Daqin.
As far as Great Qin's current territory is concerned, his daughters have complained to him many times.
The current territory is somewhat unmanageable, and if some more territory is laid, it is too far for Great Qin to digest it.
I heard that the Ministry of Industry is now researching the tools for communication, and although some results have been achieved, it can only be transmitted more than a mile at most.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng's heart to expand the territory calmed down a little.
If it is defeated, it will not be able to govern, and this is still not Daqin's territory.
Those people in the Ministry of Industry are really useless, they have been doing so many years, and they haven't researched much useful things.
Of course, the Ministry of Industry did not fail to make good things.
At present, the Ministry of Industry is working on the train, and it is said that it has achieved a lot of success, and it should be put into use in two years, and it is still being tested.
In addition, the tracks used in the front of the train require a lot of iron, and the forging is still somewhat unsatisfactory.
When he goes back, he should be able to take that train, and I'm looking forward to it.
When Yingzheng and the others entered the royal city, Antiochus III had already received the news, and his heart began to get excited.
At present, he has arranged for a lot of troops to come over.
These aliens are powerful, and they must be prepared a little more.
Antiochus III was looking forward to it, and he was ready for everything to come, just waiting for the aliens to come.
Seleucus and the Mauryan Dynasty were adjacent to each other, and he still knew something about what happened to the Mauryan Dynasty.
The things that these aliens took out were very similar to those obtained by the Mauryan Empire, and these were the aliens who had a lot of transactions with the Peacock Empire.
The situation in the Central Plains is too far away, and they don't know either.
But the fact that these aliens were able to come to Seleucus is a testament to their strength.
He reigned for more than ten years, conquered most of the lost territories in the east, and his strength made the Seleucid people very popular with him.
As an enterprising emperor, he himself is still very sensitive to crises, and these aliens give him a great sense of crisis.
They rested for two days at the inn, and then the messenger came to report that His Majesty would entertain them with a banquet tomorrow.
Ying Zheng listened to the envoy's words, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and he would just say it now.
During this time, through Ganluo, Yingzheng also knew a lot about Seleucid, where religion prevailed, and this king still had some skills.
He was quite interested in the king, and of course it would be better if the king was not hostile to them.
The king's capital looks lively in the past few days, but in fact, Yingzheng and they have long been aware of it, and under this excitement, countless people are monitoring them.
The people of this country are still very poor, although the life of the nobles is not bad, but those who buy things outside, their tendons are fleshy, and at first glance they are only the elite soldiers who are often trained.
The level of concealment of these people is so poor that Ying Zheng simply can't see it.
Time soon came to the day of the banquet, and Yingzheng and several people attended in full costume.
The black crown dress is particularly domineering when worn on his body.
"Ganluo, how do you look at the old man?" Wang Jian straightened his armor and asked Gan Luodao happily.
"It's very good, the old general's majesty has not diminished." Ganro chuckled.
"You kid can't speak, the old man is much more powerful now than when he was younger." Wang Jian glanced at Ganluo, and then straightened the sword at his waist.
"Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing, Marquis Wu Cheng forgive me." Gan Luo hurriedly apologized.
"It's pretty much the same, you kid looks like a human." Wang Jian patted Gan Luo on the shoulder.
Ganluo black line, the old general Wang Jian is young now, and his temperament is going back more and more, and he can't get out.
The strength is also strong now, and there is not much to restrain him outside.
Then the beasts outside, and the big fish of the sea, suffered.
Ying Zheng chuckled and watched the two of them arguing, especially Wang Qian, Wang Qian's talent is very good, and the physical training method has now been practiced by him to the third order.
"Okay, it's going to be a banquet in a while, I'm a big Qin country, I can't lose my etiquette." Ying Zheng said gently.
"No." The two hurriedly straightened up.
The Emperor Taishang is right, they must maintain the etiquette of a great country, and they can't be looked down upon.
The group strode towards the banquet, and on the way they looked at the heavily guarded banquet palace, with a slight meaning in Wang Qian's eyes.
The soldiers arranged here are a bit excessive, and they are all elites, and you don't have to think about what the idea of those people is.
However, they are not completely unprepared.
Daqin's soldiers only brought a dozen of them, and the rest of them went to guard the big ship.
Even if there are only a dozen people, the elite soldiers here are not afraid at all.
Not only were they strong enough, they also brought detonators.
This is all the method provided by Zhao Qingrui, they didn't have anything to do on the ship, so they made a lot of detonators, and the detonators they brought over, put them together and blew them up, which can definitely raze the palace here.
The fearless appearance of several people also fell in the eyes of Antiochus III, their eyes flashed slightly, are these people fearless, or do they really not understand anything?
Rather than knowing nothing, he believed that these people had hole cards that they didn't know.
However, it doesn't matter if he has hole cards, he has mobilized tens of thousands of elites around the palace, and as long as he gives an order, he can take down these people.
"Your Majesty, we are the emissaries of the Great Qin Empire in the East." Ying Zheng said lightly, and Gan Luo beside him translated his words in real time.
Ganluo is exceptionally talented in language, and in the past few years, Ganluo has learned a lot of foreign languages, and even he admires it.
No wonder Gan Luo has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, and he can worship Shangqing at the age of twelve.
"Guests of Great Qin, welcome to the Seleucid Kingdom, please take a seat." Antiochus III looked at the few people with a smile.
"Thank you." After thanking them, they sat down in the position arranged by Antiochus III, which was relatively forward.
On the stone table, there was some food, even some raw.
There was also a pot of wine in front of him, and the aroma of the wine was not strong, far worse than what they usually drank.
"Guests from afar, don't you know what you are coming to my Seleucid kingdom for?" Antiochus III looked at the few people with a smile.
He saw the change in the expressions of these people, and the food he took out was already the best in the Seleucid Kingdom, just to not lose his share.
But they don't seem to look down on these things.
Great Qin Empire, there should be a lot of good things to come.
Seleucid was separated from the Great Qin Empire by endless mountains, and it was too difficult to climb the mountains to enter Great Qin.
It is more difficult for the army to fight through.
The best way is to take down the Peacock Dynasty, forge a big ship, and enter the territory of Great Qin through the sea.
From these, he already felt the threat of the Great Qin Empire.
Great Qin is so powerful, it will definitely expand externally, will it be the Peacock Dynasty next?
If the Mauryan Empire is finished, they will definitely be the next country to be killed.
"We are just merchants on the sea, and we see that your country is strong, so we came to take a look, we have brought a lot of goods, I wonder if you are interested?" Ying Zheng said lightly.
Antiochus III gave him the impression that this was a capable and effective man, and if it was not curbed in time, Seleucus would definitely rise.
This is a potential enemy of Daqin, and when I look back, I will have to talk to my daughter and say that Daqin has developed rapidly in recent years, but I can't let my daughter be content with the status quo.
"We are naturally interested in the goods of the Great Qin Empire, I wonder if we can show them?" Antiochus III had a kind smile on his face.
"It's natural, Ganro, you tell them." Ying Zheng nodded.
There are still a lot of valuable things in this country, this ivory is good, bring more to the girl.
The grain here is also different from Daqin's, and I also brought some finished products and seeds when I went back.
After Gan Luo bowed respectfully, he got up and talked eloquently, talking about Daqin's goods.
Today's feast is for them, and at this feast, in addition to the king and queen, and the princes, there are also some ministers of the kingdom.
During this time, Daqin's goods were famous, and they all collected a lot.
Daqin's silk was very comfortable to wear, and Daqin's paper was particularly easy to use, 10,000 times more convenient than them to record things.
There are also many fine wines in Daqin, which are more fragrant than those of Seleucid.
With Gan Luo's narration, the eyes of these ministers brightened, Daqin actually had so many good things in addition to the good things they had obtained before.
I saw Gan Luo carefully take out a war horse made of glass from a beautiful wooden box, the war horse is extraordinary, and the glass does not have any variegation, very beautiful.
As the glass horse was brought out, everyone's eyes were drawn to it, even King Antiochus III.
"This war horse has gone through hundreds of processes to make it so exquisite, crystal clear, such a quality glazed war horse, there is no such thing in Daqin, this is a gift from His Majesty the Emperor to the king." Ganro smiled.
Ying Zheng quietly watched Ganluo brag, some small tribes encountered along the way, Ganluo deceived a lot of good things with a set of words.
"Give it to me?" Antiochus III raised his eyebrows, this glass war horse is indeed beautiful, but in the end, it is just an ornament.
He was more interested in the weapons and armor of the Great Qin people, and their armor and weapons seemed to be much better equipped than the Seleucid soldiers.
"Yes, I wonder if the king is interested." Ganro smiled, he saw all the interest in the king's eyes.
There are quite a few such boats, which have been sent all the way and sent all the way, and this thing has been exchanged for a lot of good things.
"Naturally, I am interested, and I would like to thank the Great Qin Monarch on behalf of the King." Antiochus III calmly accepted the glazed war horse.
This glazed war horse is indeed beautiful, and he is also a monarch of the main battle, such a war horse is the best gift for him.
Daqin gave things here, and Antiochus III also asked people to bring a lot of gifts in return.
They are all kinds of gems and pearls, and these gems are basically not available in Daqin.
The gifts were exchanged, and the communication between the two sides became more pleasant.
After a while, the singing and dancing sounded in the banquet, and Ying Zheng leisurely looked at the people dancing in the middle, the dance here looked even more barbaric, not as good as Daqin's.
I haven't seen a musical instrument before, so I will bring some back when I go back.
The people here are not useless, holding the jade cup, the wine in the cup is a little cloudy, even overseas, Yingzheng's life is still very exquisite, so after seeing this wine, he couldn't help frowning.
After drinking a little, the taste was not good, so Ying Zheng simply put it down.
Wang Jian and the others didn't drink it either, there are a lot of good wines on the ship, this wine is so bad, it's really unappetizing.
It's just that while they were tasting the food here, Antiochus III clapped his hands, and a bunch of mermaids rushed in, instantly surrounding Yingzheng and them.
"What does the king mean by that?" Ying Zheng asked lightly, not panicked at all.