Chapter 362: Vassal State
"Oh, you say, when you go shopping in our vassal country of the Great Xia Dynasty, it feels different!"
"What's up? Do you think that all the people in the world are brothers, and you don't need money to buy things?"
"Hey, you guy, don't you see how enthusiastic the merchants are for us?"
"Can you still have a cold face when you do business? You don't smell it, the smell of burnt hasn't gone away! Who would dare to cheat us?"
"Don't mention this stubble again, I've been a vegetarian for many days."
Now is a good time to do business, not afraid of being shoddy by local merchants, and there is no need to worry about them buying and selling.
Unfortunately, the shippers had no more goods to sell and wanted to continue sourcing spices, leaving few empty spaces on the ships.
The only thing that still has goods for sale is what Yuan Wenjie and they brought, the Confucian hand-copied version of the Four Books and Five Classics.
Not to mention, there are many Han people in Sri Buddha's deceased country, and there are many businessmen who admire Bactria culture.
The names of the great Confucians can make the value of the hand-copied version of the Four Books and Five Classics soar hundreds of times, and those with annotations can be sold at a sky-high price.
Regardless of the reason for the locals to rush to deliver the silver, finally, these books have a good home.
"It's finally sold out!" Yuan Wenwu and Qin Ke looked at each other and smiled, relieved.
Although their comic strips, puzzles, and books and five classics are not as profitable as silk and tea.
However, compared to in China, it can really be regarded as a huge profit.
The gold sold was simply saved, and the brothers discussed with great interest, and when they returned to the capital, where to buy shops and Zhuangzi.
Lu Shaoting and the others watched, Qin Ke held the box with gold, and was envious:
"If only I knew that before we went to sea, I would have asked my brothers more questions, hey! Obviously, we can get rich in one trip!"
"Brothers, don't worry, wait until our gems and the best orchids are sold out, hehe, everyone is a rich guy!" Yuan Wenwu's coaxing skills were first-class, muttering, and a group of teenagers laughed in half an hour.
When General Gao dragged King Sri Buddha around and chose a garrison place, Heiwa also had a free time and took the children shopping.
"Dad, what good things are there in the kingdom of Sri Buddha?"
"There are many good things, pearls, tortoiseshell, borneol, agarwood, coarse incense, true incense, cloves, sandalwood, cardamom, and so on. If it's the same, don't buy it if it takes up a heavy position."
"How much do you have to buy some local produce?" You can't do it in vain!"
"Stinky boy, prepare your purses, there are really good things worth buying!"
What has been thinking about Heiwa for a long time is the local specialty tonic - bird's nest.
What lady doesn't like to drink this?
Besides, the price of bird's nest in this origin is really not expensive, and Heiwa can't help but buy more than 30 catties.
A real tyrant. Heiwa: These are not enough for my daughter-in-law to drink for ten years, and I can continue to buy them!
Don't you have to honor your mother's son?
After earning so much gold, I have to buy ten catties and twenty catties of bird's nest for my mother!
Two children: How can you let your father be more beautiful than your mother? Besides, they haven't forgotten the attitude of their former mother who ran away?!
Buy! Buy! Buy!
With the strength of one family, Zhongqinbo has rounded up the bird's nest of two shops.
Seeing that Zhongqinbo's family was happy to buy, Lu Shaoting and others also acted quickly, and the bird's nest on the entire street was all snapped up by the Daxia people in less than half a day.
After General Gao finally chose a satisfactory garrison island, they packed their bags and set off again.
King Sri Buddha and his subjects saw off the envoys at the docks.
In this way, a large island was inexplicably seized to the suzerain, and the deceased king of Sri Buddha had all kinds of emotions in his heart, and he had to grit his teeth and smile and wave his hand.
"Ahead is Kardanjay (Gulf of Thailand), please give the general the order to let all ships pass quickly. This harbor has a lot of rain and is dangerous! After Kardanjie, we will arrive at Sanjihai (South China Sea)!" Faisal took out a parchment nautical chart and carefully read it
Draw conclusions.
With a lot of pride in their hearts, finally, their imperial merchants were about to set foot on the land of the Great Xia Dynasty, which they had admired for a long time.
"Attention crew, put on your life jackets, we're going to speed up!" The heralds began to give orders quickly.
The sea was no longer as calm as before, and it took three days and three nights to rush out.
Twenty days later, Chen Ri, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty of Annam, led hundreds of civil and military officials out of Kyoto.
Yu Zhancheng greeted the envoys of the kingdom in person.
Speaking of the history of Annam, before the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, it was completely consistent with the flower planter.
At the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, Annam was still the territory of the Central Plains, and when Wu Quan divided Annam during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Annam took advantage of the situation to become an independent state.
Later, because of the Great Xia Dynasty's retreat and autonomy, it turned out to be a vassal state of the Central Plains Empire, and the tribute was cut off for hundreds of years.
In particular, the Bactria Dynasty blocked the Tatar cavalry from moving south in the north, and Annam was able to rapidly expand to the south in the past hundred years, and the Cham kingdom was completely destroyed by it seventy years ago.
Annam changed Champa to Champa.
The news on the sea was not slow to pass at all, and before the envoys of the Great Xia Dynasty had left the kingdom of Sri Buddha, Chen Ri got the exact news.
slaughtered more than 10,000 pirates who had plagued the South Seas for hundreds of years, and also allowed more than 1,000 captives to be buried in the Great Xia Dynasty.
Not only did he scare the deceased king of Sri Buddha, but Chen Ri was not far behind.
Annan had no choice but to quickly bow down and become a vassal state.
"King Jiaozhi, can I have a message to invite His Majesty the Emperor?"
Huang Shangshu has the style of a great Shangshu more than ever, and after Chen Rigang expressed his willingness to be a minister, he unceremoniously called him "King of Jiaozhi".
"Yes, yes, the concubine of the little king is willing to go to the capital with the envoys to meet His Majesty the Emperor." Chen Ri speaks Chinese very fluently.
Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Annam has been deeply influenced by Han culture, and Chinese characters have always existed as the official language of Annam, and the "Confucian classics" of the Chen Dynasty are now very popular.
Sure enough, there is a consciousness of being a vassal country, and the son-in-law enters Beijing as a hostage, and he is full of sincerity.
In addition to the inscription, there is also a thick stack of tribute slips, which have:
A substitute gold figure (a figure made of gold)
ten pairs of ivory, ten rhino horns;
five hundred horses of silk, silk, silk, and cloth;
200 catties of agarwood, 200 catties of fast incense, 200 catties of sand kernels, 3,000 catties of Zhancheng rice;
Two elephants, fifty elephant slaves
In the eighth year of Tianshun, the first winter, the sixth day of the first month, the sky was slightly bright.
"Hahaha, brothers, come and see, come and see!" There was the young sailor who got up early, and his loud voice woke up many people.
"Ah, I see, I see, that's Tamsui Bay, Tamsui Bay, our land of Great Xia!"
"Long live the Great Xia Dynasty, long live my emperor, long live it!"
"Woo, fifth brother and sixth brother, we're really back!"
Qin Ke was so excited that he was at a loss, it had been almost three years, and he wanted to die in the palace.
There are the emperor's uncle, His Royal Highness the Prince, and their other companions.
Several teenagers hugged each other, laughing and crying, this situation made everyone see it, and they couldn't help but redden.
"Sons, you have to think about it, seeing your mother, this beating seems inevitable!"
"Hahaha, let's let my mother have a good beating, hahaha, we're really back!"
At dawn, everyone began to cheer, and the sound of hooray was deafening.
The prefect of Anju, before they arrived, got the news.
After hearing from the people below that they saw the dragon flag, they were so excited that they ran to the beach to greet them.
And the spies of the imperial court, faster than them, had already rushed eight hundred miles and rushed into the capital.
"Report, report, eight hundred miles of urgency, the Great Xia Navy is back to the dynasty!"
After six days and five nights, and five fast horses that had been killed, the news finally arrived at the palace.
In the Jinluan Palace, Xia Hongdi, who was in the early dynasty, got the news, and it was incredible at first
, stunned for a moment, and then laughed:
"Hahaha, good! Good! Good! Come back in time for the Chinese New Year! Good to be back!"
He hurriedly announced this great news to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, my Great Xia Navy has returned safely, long live my emperor, long live!"
"Rejoice, rejoice, I want to greet these warriors at the gate of the city with the prince and the princes!"
"It should be, it should be, I haven't seen you for three years, Huang Shangshu and others have worked hard!"
Queen Gao, who got the news from the harem, covered her mouth and laughed so much that she burst into tears.
Mama congratulated her vigorously: "Congratulations to Niangniang, congratulations to Niangniang, Uncle Guo has come back safely!"
"Reward, reward, reward, Kunning Palace is rewarded!"
"Thank you, master, for your great kindness!"
Cuihua can get the information faster than the imperial court, and she has pressed the thief in her heart for a few days, and finally waited for the imperial court to report it.
All the slaves of the Bofu were rewarded with three months' silver, and the people were so excited that they celebrated the New Year in advance.
"Mother, mother, we want to welcome our father and brothers, we don't want to wait stupidly at home."
Yuan Wentao was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and his little face turned red.
Yuan Wenyuan also nodded desperately, looking at his mother with longing eyes: "Mother, let's go together, go together!"
Cuihua also misses her husband, not only the children at home can't sit still, but even Lao Yuan can't sit still.
He said he could take his grandson and guards to meet his eldest son.
The capital is close to Gugang, and it takes five days to walk by horse-drawn carriage.
How could Cuihua rest assured that Lao Yuan Tou would go with a few children?
There was really no way to be troubled, Cuihua gritted her teeth, counted the days, and took her sons to pick up her husband.
Like Bofu, the nobles of the capital who got the news took action one after another.
The carriages leading to the outside of Nancheng City, one after another, had to say hello to those who were familiar with each other.
Zhongqin Town is very lively, and the people of low-rent housing have told each other:
"Our uncle is back, our uncle is back safely!"
"Hahaha, we have to talk to those deflated three, it's really a great joy!"
"Ouch, my wife, on the fifteenth day of the new year, she will burn incense and worship the Buddha, and what she wants is to let our Great Xia Navy and Zhongqin Bo return safely as soon as possible!"
This is a group of ordinary people who live at the bottom, but they work hard to live after they have hope, and they have a grateful heart.