novelslam Chapter 700: Things From The Central Plains Are Too Expensive
Chapter 700: Things From The Central Plains Are Too Expensive
Holding the simple map given by the concierge in his hand, Agula sighed.
After all, he still can't really go to visit Hou Yiben of Anding County.
People in the Central Plains themselves are very repulsed by people from places such as Tubo in the grasslands, and they call them barbarians.
That can't be helped, who will let others be better than them?
Now Agula's prairie mission can be said to be unaccompanied in the state of Chu, but the Marquis of Anding County is willing to let go of his prejudices and repay his favor, and they have a good chat, thinking about their prairie in every way.
If they are offended again without knowing good and bad, wouldn't their prairie missions be criticized by thousands of people in this Central Plains?
What a waste of money.
People in the Central Plains attach great importance to blood inheritance, and it is most basic to have a three-day banquet with descendants, not to mention people like Anding County Marquis who like to stay at home.
Since the Marquis of Anding County is unwilling to put down the child in his hand to talk to them at this time, they just wait.
Anyway, before Khan bought the Liuli Wolf King back, the mission couldn't go back.
The grassland mission was not in a hurry, and Xu Qing in the Andinghou's mansion was naturally even more so.
Of course Xu Qing didn't have time to deal with negotiating and forming an alliance at this time, anyway, the talks would definitely collapse in the end, so it's better to play with Ning'er more at home.
There is no point in a child being born unable to play.
Inside the post house
Wanyan Chengji looked at Agula and said: "You have been staying in this post these days, and you don't even talk about it with Chu State, and you don't even talk about it. Have you forgotten the mission that the Great Khan gave us? We We're not here to buy the glazed wolf king, we're here to form an alliance with Chu State!"
Agula said; "He's teasing the children at home now, don't talk about it, what can you do?"
Wanyan Chengji said: "Then let the emperor give him a copy and sue him for dereliction of duty!"
Agula said, "You have joined our only ally in the Central Plains. Wouldn't it be the enemy of everyone in Chu State from now on?"
Wanyan Chengji gritted his teeth and said, "Then let their emperor come over with someone who negotiates the covenant, anyway, we can't just do it like this!"
Agula shook his head and said, "I asked."
Wanyan Chengji asked, "What did the emperor say?"
Agula said: "The emperor of Chu State said that last year and the year before last, their Chu State was full of disasters and disasters, and a lot of waste was waiting to be done. All the officials have important positions, so they can only call out the Marquis of Anding County to negotiate with us."
Wanyan Chengji sighed, "What should I do?"
Agula gritted his teeth and said, "It's really impossible, prepare me a generous gift tomorrow! People in the Central Plains value courtesy, and I don't believe that he can turn a blind eye to a generous gift!"
Wanyan Chengji gritted his teeth and said, "Could it be that we just give gifts to a person from the Central Plains over and over again?!"
Agula sighed and said: "There is no way to do this, don't think too much, just do as the Romans do."
Wanyan Chengji slammed his fist on the table, and the table immediately fell apart. The porcelain cups and teacups on the table were also thrown to the ground and shattered, but he could only sigh in the end.
At this moment, the tea boy came in to change the tea, but the tea in his hand didn't fall out, so he could only look at Agula and Wanyan Chengji helplessly.
Wanyan Chengji said with a serious face, "You are so unruly! Without the table, can't you put tea?"
The tea serving boy shook his head and said, "No, my lord, the table you broke was five cents."
Wanyan Chengji's face darkened immediately: "I am the envoy of the grassland!"
Tea boy: "Five qian."
Wanyan Chengji said angrily, "Is this how you treat guests in the Central Plains?"
The tea servant: "Originally, these tea cups are all from Ru kiln, and they need to be carved with two hundred and seventy-six taels of silver."
Wanyan Chengji: "..."
The servant serving tea said, "Your envoy, you don't want to leave Chu with the impression that the prairie people are arrogant and unreasonable, do you?"
Wanyan Chengji burst into tears at this moment, what the hell is this place in the Central Plains?
If you get angry without any money, you don't even have the qualifications to throw things!
Why are the cups and cups of the Central Plains so easy to break?
The price is too expensive...
After a while, the tea-servant went out satisfied, and Wanyan Chengji, who had just paid nearly three hundred taels, picked up the cup next to him, and put it back resentfully.
Agula sighed and said: "General Cheng Ji, please bear with it, now I have to ask for the glazed wolf king unearthed in the Central Plains in my grassland, so it must not cause trouble."
Now the grassland can ask for something from the Central Plains, especially the sentence of Hou of Anding County: The Liuli Wolf King is alive, and the grassland will definitely prosper.
Combined with the current situation, this Liuli wolf king may even be born out of a sense of heaven.
Otherwise, how could manpower create such a huge colored glaze?
Now not only are they staring at Liuli Wolf King in the grassland, but there are also a bunch of bald donkeys in Zhao Guo!
At this time, if they broke up with Chu State for a mere two hundred taels of silver, and Chu State turned around and sold the Liuli Wolf King to Zhao State, they would have nowhere to cry.
Wanyan Chengji gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred and seventy-six taels! Things from the Central Plains are too expensive!"
He secretly swore that when their grassland leveled the state of Zhou, he would definitely ask Khan to be the vanguard to attack the state of Chu!
The money he lost in Chu State today will be doubled sooner or later!
Anding Hou Mansion
Xuan'er put Xiao Ning'er in the cradle and rocked it gently, the little Ning'er inside was fast asleep.
Xu Qing walked in and asked softly, "Where is the lady?"
Xuan'er also said in a low voice: "Report to Uncle, Miss has gone to the martial arts arena."
Xu Qing nodded and walked towards the martial arts arena.
In the arena
Su Qian casually tied her hair into a high ponytail, and was practicing the Sword Technique with the snow sword Xiao Ruxue gave her in her hand.
Then she threw the sword back into the vertically placed scabbard, but to her surprise, it missed it, and the long sword fell directly on the stone brick, making the sound of strikes after the handover of gold and stone.
Su Qian sighed, walked over and picked up the sword again, and then started practicing from the sword raising pose.
Xu Qing, who had just entered the martial arts arena, saw this scene, and hurried over to snatch the sword from Su Qian's hand: "My lady, what are you doing?"
Su Qian looked at the sword in Xu Qing's hand and said, "Husband, give me back!"
Xu Qing shook his head and said, "No."
Su Qian snorted and said, "Anyway, there are still many swords at home. If the husband doesn't return them, I will go and get another one."
Xu Qing sighed, and said, "My lady, you can't exercise vigorously during this time, what are you doing?"
Su Qian said: "The suggestion you gave me is obviously that you can exercise moderately, why don't you let me practice sword?"
Xu Qing said: "Are you exercising moderately?"
Su Qian snorted dissatisfiedly: "For the concubine, this is moderate exercise. In the past, it was not even a warm-up."
Xu Qing embraced Su Qian and said, "But I'm afraid of my husband, let's go eat something and rest before practicing, shall we?"
Su Qian turned her head and said, "Not good..."
Xu Qing: "Hey, why don't you do it?"
Su Qian was finally pulled away from the martial arts arena by Xu Qing.