mousepad-d2 Chapter 536 [1 More] 536
Chapter 536 [1 More] 536
Liu Che is right. Liu Tan made this bamboo shoot jelly to let Liu Che go back to Chang'an sooner. He feels that Liu Che is really obsessed with making food for him recently, but he will postpone any new ones. If it continues like this Got it?
But he always felt that Liu Che had his own ideas, and he didn't know why he stayed here.
When Liu Tan went out, he happened to meet Liu Ju walking over. Liu Ju looked at him and asked, "Why are you strolling outside on a hot day?"
Liu Tan said angrily: "What else could be the reason? Isn't it because you have finished worrying about this and that?"
Liu Ju looked surprised: "So angry, who is this that upset our Northern King again? Tell brother."
Liu Tan asked, "Are you going to see Father?"
Liu Ju nodded: "Well, there's new news from Chang'an."
Liu Tan pulled him to stand in a shady place and asked, "Why are you still in such a hurry to go back even though Father is back?"
Liu Ju immediately understood why his younger brother was in a hurry to get angry, and couldn't help laughing: "Are you unhappy because of this? Don't worry, the emperor has his own arrangements."
Liu Tan glanced at him suspiciously: "It's really not for eating?"
Liu Ju didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he felt that if his father stayed any longer, his image would be worrisome.
He thought for a while and said, "There's nothing I can't tell you, actually, father is just..."
"Stop, stop." Liu Tan quickly waved his hands, then turned his head and was about to leave: "Don't tell me this, talk to someone else, I'm going to find the cochin envoy!"
Liu Ju stopped Liu Tan and said helplessly, "Look, if you don't tell me, you're anxious to get angry, but if you tell me, you don't listen, it's getting harder and harder to coax."
Liu Tan looked struck by lightning: Who made you coax?
Liu Ju helped him tidy up his clothes and said, "Okay, didn't you mean to find King Cochin? Go on, by the way, be gentle with him, don't scare people to death, it will be troublesome to change the king later."
Liu Tan looked at him expressionlessly: "I didn't intend to kill someone."
But Liu Ju reminded him, and he turned his head and asked someone to get a short piece of firecrackers, took it with him, and went to see King Jiaozhi.
King Jiaozhi was drinking calming medicine at this time, and the attendant next to him said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Han people are not sincere, why don't we go back to the palace."
King Jiaozhi's face was gloomy: "Why do you go back? If you really go back, do you think that His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Realm will not be able to find him?"
Of course, in fact, his idea was: why go back?It's cool here!
As we all know, because of its geographical location, the Cochin Kingdom never knew what ice was. Even the royal palace used water to cool it down, but this place is the hottest place every year. It can't compare to the ice basin in the house.
If it weren't for the Han people coming this time, he wouldn't know that there is such a good thing as ice in the world.
Especially those iced drinks and iced melons and fruits are much better than cooling down with well water.
It's a pity that the King of Cochin sent countless people to inquire, but they didn't understand how this thing was made, as if these Han people conjured it out of thin air.
In the end, it was discovered that the method of making ice was researched by the King of the North.
The officials of the Han Dynasty were telling the truth, but it caused a deep misunderstanding on the Jiaozhi Kingdom - they mistakenly thought that the ice was made by the King of the North, and they had a deep fear of His Highness the King of the North.
Thinking of Xuwengang, which was destroyed by the bombing, and then look at this ability to turn water into ice. The survivors of Qilan Kingdom said that the king of the northern border was the descendant of a god, but King Jiaozhi never believed it.
The more high-ranking people are, the more cautious they are about immortals and gods. It's not that they don't believe in them, but that they have more knowledge and many ordinary methods can't fool them.
It's just that Liu Tan's methods have surpassed the ordinary word. If he doesn't explain, he can become a magic stick wherever he goes.
King Jiaozhi even really thought that this person should be a god descended into the world. He even wondered if the big man was really lucky, and he actually had the help of a god?
In fact, most of the beliefs of Jiaozhi Kingdom are related to water, which is basically affected by the geographical location, but Liu Tan has a "spell" related to water.
King Jiaozhi was a little shaken in his heart. If this fairy god could teach them the magic technique of turning water into ice, even if Jiaozhi Kingdom became a vassal state of the great man, it would not be impossible.
After all, the conditions offered by the big men are very generous. In the final analysis, they want to take over the control of the port, and let the Cochin Kingdom play freely in other places.
It's just that how to control it still needs to be discussed.
When King Jiaozhi was thinking about this, he saw an attendant rushing to say: "Your Majesty, His Highness the King of the Northern Territory is here to visit."
King Jiaozhi's heart beat faster immediately, and he wished he could lie down and let the king of the north go back quickly. Although he already had the heart to surrender, he was still afraid of the king of the north. What if he was blown up too?
It's just that the place he lives in is made of bamboo for coolness and ventilation, and it's not very soundproof. The voice of the attendant coming in and talking can be perfectly transmitted outside.
For the first time, King Cochin regretted that he hadn't listened to his attendants and hurried back to the palace. After all, the palace was his own territory.
Now here... Although it is still the territory of the Cochin Kingdom, the problem is that it has been firmly controlled by the big man.
King Jiaozhi could only say tremblingly: "Then...then invite His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory to come over."
Liu Tan also brought people over, one was Miao Rui with firecrackers, and the other was the interpreter.
King Cochin also had an interpreter who was proficient in Chinese, but it was impossible for Liu Tan to completely trust the other party's interpreter, so it was necessary to bring one himself.
After Liu Tan came in, he saluted the King Cochin politely. He saluted according to the etiquette of peers. Although the King Cochin was older than him, the status of the two of them was equal. On the contrary, it is not important.
At most, they are familiar with each other or have a good relationship with each other. The younger one will be a little more polite, but for King Cochin, then there is no need to do this. What Liu Tan has to do is to use power to overwhelm others.
In fact, there is no need for him to overwhelm others. When King Jiaozhi saw the firecracker in Miao Rui's hand behind him, his whole nerves tensed up. What is your Highness doing here?"
Oh, of course, these words are the result of a general translator’s translation, so they are so in line with the context of Dahan.
Liu Tan smiled slightly and said, "Before, I was mischievous and made some fun things to show my father, but I didn't expect to scare the king. This time, the king is here to make amends."
After he said this, the interpreter with him immediately brought a plate of gold.
King Cochin's eyes lit up when he saw the gold.
No one in this world can dislike gold, especially the gold production in Cochin is not much.
It's not that there are no gold mines here, but that their technology is not up to the mark, and they can't find or dig them out. They rely on the gold mines that can appear on the surface, so there is very little gold.
Not only gold, but also other minerals, so the Cochin Kingdom is more barter until now, and the coins used are still made of shells. For them, shells are much easier to get than those metal mines .
King Cochin reluctantly took his gaze away from the gold, and said with a reserved smile, "What's your Highness's meaning? I just caused it because of the hot weather, and it has nothing to do with Your Highness."
Although gold is good, King Jiaozhi dare not take gold from Liu Tan. What if the gold is the result of a fairy turning stone into gold?
He brought a pile of stones, and in the end he didn't get any good, why bother?
Liu Tan didn't know that King Jiaozhi had figured out how to turn stones into gold. Seeing King Jiaozhi's refusal, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are welcome. This king is here to make amends, explain, and... and so on." Let’s talk about it, this is the thing that my king asked people to burn just now. Although the sound of this thing is loud, as long as you stay away from it, it will not hurt you. Please don’t worry, the king. Be good, how could this king hurt the king? What's more, this king made it for the emperor to watch, so could this king still harm his father?"
King Jiaozhi suddenly broke out in cold sweat. He glanced at the firecrackers that were presented and turned his eyes away, as if he was afraid that he would be blown up if he took another look. He quickly asked people to thin the two trays and said: Your Highness is joking, I really can't stand for a long time because of the hot weather, it really has nothing to do with this thing."
Liu Tan slightly probed and asked, "Is it really okay?"
King Cochin said firmly, "It really doesn't matter."
While talking, he was crying in his heart, and now he really regrets it.
His Royal Highness Qi Wang who came to negotiate with him before was really kind. Why didn't he cherish the time when he was negotiating with Qi Wang?As a result, King Qi was angry and led out such a demon king.
King Cochin knew very well that what the other party said was to make amends, but in fact it was probably a little threatening, and there were three things he said, the first two were related to this bamboo thing, and that was the least important Yes, the most important thing should be the third one.
And the third thing should be related to the issue of whether the Jiaozhi Kingdom should become a vassal state of the Han Dynasty.
The king of Cochin had the intention of escaping. He found that the Cochin Kingdom might not be able to defeat the big man, but he didn't really want to be a vassal state of others, so he also dreamed that if he could find a way to turn water into ice without being attached to the big man, it would be fine. If it doesn't work, he can buy it.
Because of such unrealistic hopes, he appeared a little weak when facing Liu Tan, because he was evading.
However, how could Liu Tan give him a chance to escape?
So he said directly: "Since it has nothing to do with firecrackers, then... let's talk about the third thing."
King Jiaozhi couldn't help but straighten his back, he didn't know why he was so confronted with an enemy, it was obvious that the person in front of him was a junior.
Liu Tan didn't seem to see his vigilant expression, and said with a slight smile, "Your Majesty doesn't know what Jimi County is, does it? I'm here today to explain it to you."