I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

There was a plague of locusts in the northern part of Daheng. The Holy Majesty wanted to cancel the Longevity Festival, but everything that should have been prepared before had already been prepared. All the envoys from the foreign courts had arrived in the capital. We have to go on as usual.

The news that Gu Yuanbai sent troops and horses to the northern border to send food and grass could not be hidden from the envoys who had already arrived in the capital.He simply said it bluntly, and invited envoys from various countries to the scene to watch Daheng's soldiers and horses go out in person.

This group of envoys was invited to the top of the city wall. Looking at the thousands of horses and troops under the city wall, before they knew it, strands of chill rushed up their backs.

When looking down from a high place, the number of soldiers and horses seems to be endless. So many soldiers, horses and food are moving forward in an orderly manner, with banners covering the sun and majestic.

Daheng has not launched a war for many years. It is still big and strong, but the surrounding countries have seen that this powerful country is gradually declining.The rulers of Daheng became timid, and they allowed the nomads to wreak havoc at the border, so the surrounding countries also began to have the heart to bully Big Brother.

but now.

These envoys looked at the densely packed Daheng soldiers under their feet, looked at the excellent equipment and strong posture of each soldier, and thought in disbelief: How can Daheng soldiers be so energetic.

Their horses are strong and their soldiers are full of life.Look at the endless carts of grain. With so much grain, did the emperor of Daheng take out all the grain in the granary? !

He is not afraid that if all these grains are taken out now, if there are some natural and man-made disasters in the future, will the whole Daheng be destroyed?

The envoys were puzzled.

But no matter how much they thought about it and how much they didn't want to believe it, they still remembered this shocking scene in their hearts.His scalp even felt numb from the majestic long army, his legs were tense, and he couldn't even move.

It wasn't until the army went out of sight and the eunuch who was watching the scene of the soldiers going out to remind them, that the envoys came back to their senses.

The officer of the imperial army on the side laughed twice, and said modestly: "These soldiers are just a small corner of the imperial army, which makes everyone laugh."

The translation officer of Honglu Temple was also by his side, and with a smile on his face, he translated the words of the officer to the envoys from all over the world in a humble manner.

The waiters from all over the world look weird, is this modest?This is a demonstration!

Among these envoys from various countries, there was no sign of Xixia envoys. They were still locked up in the Mingsheng Station to learn the rules of Daheng.

These envoys were not in the mood to ask where the Xixia envoys were going.

If before seeing today's scene, the envoys from other countries were a little cautious after knowing the locust plague in Daheng, but after seeing today's scene, they withered.

No matter how big the locust plague was, the food was enough for the soldiers to survive the locusts that could only live for three months. The locust plague in the north did not cause any harm to Daheng at all.And looking at the officials and people in the capital who are full of confidence and still celebrating the emperor's birthday, no matter how you look at it, you don't think they have run out of food.

These envoys racked their brains to see the traces of Daheng people swollen their faces to make them fat, but no matter how they looked at it, they only saw the people who were extremely rejoicing because of the approaching of the Longevity Festival.

The emperor of Daheng was by no means a robber, and he did not use this as a reason to ask the envoys of various countries to also contribute to the locust plague in the north.Instead, after showing the strength of his fists, he put them back in a gentlemanly manner, and even thoughtfully sent eloquent officials to accompany them on a tour of the capital.

While wandering in the capital, from time to time, an envoy would point to a wooden implement guarded by officials on the side of the road and ask, "What is this?"

The Daheng official took a look and said casually, "Oh, this is a pedal fan bike."

Pedal fan car?

The messengers asked, "Is this different from the previous fan car?"

"It's no different from the previous fan carts," the official said, "only the hand-cranked ones have been replaced by foot-operated ones, which are easier and more powerful, and can clean up the chaff and dust in the grain. .”

The envoys took a few more glances and saw that the people lined up in front of the fan trucks. After cleaning and shelling each time, they handed over a small amount of grain as a usage fee according to the catty, or handed over the chaff that had been removed.

The number of these is really small, even the people with the least harvest can come to shell their shells, not only those on the side of the road, but also people in small groups, pushing bigger fan carts to the distance and sweating profusely. go.

"This is a large fan cart," the official explained proactively. "On weekdays, it is kept in the government office. If the people need it, they can go to the government hall to rent a fan cart based on Wu Ji."

An envoy said firmly, "It must be very expensive."

The official said calmly, "No. One family only needs to pay one hundred yuan, and a family with such a big fan car can clean up the chaff in two or three days at most. Then you don’t eat or drink, and it only takes about a day.”

One Wu is five households. A large fan car costs five hundred Wen a day, and one tael of silver in two days. One hundred Wen is really not expensive.

The envoys had all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, and the official changed the subject in time, leading their thoughts to the colorful paintings and bright cloth on the street.

After Gu Yuanbai returned to the palace, he asked someone to write the order to re-canonize the two wives of the Xue family.

Both Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Xue’s orders have been raised. All the men who can be in charge of the family in Xue’s mansion have left, and there is only one notorious low-ranking person left. Gu Yuanbai has to let others Knowing that the Xue family cannot be bullied.

After finishing these trivial matters, Gu Yuanbai breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his foot and kicked the two wolves lying next to the desk, let them lie down in a corner beside him, and told the palace attendant: "Every day, let the wolves lie on their stomachs." They are full, so don't stare at me hungry."

Tian Fusheng persuaded: "My lord, wolves are ferocious in nature. How can you keep them by your side?"

Gu Yuanbai raised his lips, "I like it."

He has done many dangerous and exciting things, not to mention, Gu Yuanbai has never done the thing of raising two adult wolves by his side.

His instincts began to move around, and even though he knew it was dangerous, he couldn't bear the itch in his heart.

Gu Yuanbai thought for a while, "Go find some people who are proficient in taming animals, and let them see how well these two wolves have been tamed."

Tian Fusheng should be, retreat to find someone.

"Wolf." Gu Yuanbai said a few times, and suddenly heard a few inhalation sounds. He turned around and saw that the two gray wolves lying in the corner heard his voice, stood up and walked over to him. beside.

Although they look scary, but this time they are howling low, looking like they are inviting pets.

Xue Yuan really taught them a good lesson.

Gu Yuanbai stretched out his hand, and one of the wolves walked up to his hand, rubbed its head, licked its sharp teeth and nose with its scarlet tongue, and touched Gu Yuanbai's hand.

While stroking the wolf, Gu Yuanbai pulled out the theory submitted by Kong Yilin a few days ago, and slowly read it.

Kong Yilin wrote more than [-] words in this policy theory.If it is translated into vernacular, it should have a volume of [-] words.Gu Yuanbai read very slowly. Only by reading slowly can he fully understand these meanings, and then transform them into his own.

After he finished more than half of a theory, the sky outside had already darkened.After dinner was served on the table, Gu Yuanbai sat down at the table with a policy theory, and after using it for a few mouthfuls, he found that there were still some vulgar characters in the article.

Folk characters are the names of simplified characters in ancient times. Chinese characters have been divided into simplified and traditional characters since ancient times. In Kong Yilin’s articles, if he encountered characters with complex strokes and large heads, he would not stick to one pattern. For convenience, he directly used vulgar characters.

Gu Yuanbai feels familiar when he looks at these words, and sometimes he just smiles when he sees them, feeling more cordial.

The lights flickered, and the night was getting darker. Before returning to the bedroom, someone from the supervision office came to report.

"My lord, the newly appointed county magistrate of Huangpu City found a strange-looking fruit in the local area," said Humane from the Supervision Office. "This fruit is bright red all over, petite and lovely, and the locals call it the Red Lantern Fruit."

Gu Yuanbai suddenly raised his head, his eyes sparkled.

"The county magistrate of Huangpucheng felt that the Shengshang's birthday and remembered the anti-corruption incident. He thought it was a divine fruit from heaven, so he submitted it to him and hurriedly transported it to Beijing. It's just that the red lantern fruit is bright red like fire. I'm afraid it's highly poisonous."

This thing should be a tomato.

The origin of tomatoes is in South America, but in modern times, some experts discovered tomato seeds when excavating ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty in 1983, but no one can be sure whether the tomato seeds were handed down from the Han Dynasty to the present, or whether they were tomb robbers or transported. He accidentally fell into it during the process, so Gu Yuanbai did not have the hope of eating tomatoes in this life. ①

At this time, he suddenly knew that he might have found a tomato, Gu Yuanbai suppressed his joy and excitement, and immediately ordered, "Bring it to me to see."

The people from the Supervision Office presented four or five red-light fruits, and Gu Yuanbai decided at a glance that they must be tomatoes.The palace attendant put on leather gloves for him, and Gu Yuanbai picked up a tomato and touched it. The fruits presented had been carefully selected, and the skin was round, bright red and lively.He asked someone to bring a bowl, and using his hands hard, the tomato burst out with tender meat and sweet and sour juice. The fragrance was strong, and the slightly sour taste made people unconsciously slurp.

These tomatoes look smaller than modern tomatoes, but the taste seems to have remained the same.

Gu Yuanbai put down the tomato and asked someone to take off the gloves on his hands, "Half of these red lantern fruits are reserved for seed planting, and the other half are sent to the imperial hospital for poison testing. After you confirm that it is harmless to eat, come and report to me immediately."

The people from the Supervision Office nodded yes.

Gu Yuanbai washed his hands, looked at the crushed tomato and tomato juice in the bowl, and sighed quietly, "Take it and throw it away."

This is really one of the biggest surprises these days.

Now for the sake of safety, although it cannot be eaten, Gu Yuanbai knows in his heart that nine out of ten this stuff is harmless to eat, and once it is harmless, this sweet and sour thing can be used as soup or as a dish, as long as the output is enough If you can keep up, it will soon be on the table of ordinary people.

Tomatoes were really the biggest gift he had received on his birthday this year.

The Holy Majesty received the red auspicious fruit, and Prince He received a special gift of apology from the Xixia envoy in the afternoon two days later.

A Western Xia beauty.

Xixia women are so beautiful that they have been written into many articles and poems.The one sent to Prince He's Mansion is especially beautiful, with hairpin flowers to repair her face, and her pink cheeks are more delicate than flowers.

This woman was brought by Mr. Wang, a guest of Prince He's mansion. Mr. Wang said: "The envoy of Xixia said this is an apology for the prince."

He and the prince sat on a high position with a calm face.

The Xixia woman raised her eyes to record his appearance, saluted and got up, her waist was soft.

"An apology to the king?" Prince He said, "Why did he want to make an apology to me?"

Mr. Wang said softly: "I heard that the Xixia envoy once offended the prince, so I was worried, so I came here to apologize."

Hearing this, Prince He frowned.

Why didn't he know that the Xi Xia envoy had bumped into him?

"Send it back, I'm not interested," Prince He stood up, with a grumpy tone, "Tell those Xixia envoys, don't mess around with anything you shouldn't, and bribe me with a woman. What?"

"If there is a real collision, then take Li to come to the door and explain the reason to the prince in person." Prince He sneered. Agree to everything, bring all kinds of people to this king, if you can't refuse the beauty, then you can bear the beauty's favor yourself!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his sleeve robe with the prince and strode out of the hall.

Mr. Wang's face remained unchanged, he smiled slightly, turned to the Xixia woman and said, "Please go back."

The Xixia envoys finally learned the etiquette of Daheng this morning, and they can enter and exit the Mingsheng Station at will.But that night, the Xixia beauties who had just been sent out were sent back in disgrace. For the Xixia people who have always been proud of the Xixia beauties who have become famous both at home and abroad, it was more important than learning Daheng's rules. Come humiliating.

Li Angshun sat at the table with a gloomy expression, "This prince and I have been locked up here for more than ten days, but now, he has completely forgotten me?"

The Xixia beauty lowered her head, not daring to make a sound.

The more Li Angshun thought about it, the more ugly his face became. He clenched his hands tightly and sneered, "Then do you remember the appearance of the prince?"

Xixia beauty said: "Prince He has a handsome face, very handsome."

Li Angshun's expression changed slightly, "Very handsome?"

He remembered the half chin he saw in the carriage that day, and the few fingers that lifted the curtain.With this appearance, can it be called "handsome" and "very handsome"?

He would still believe it if it was said to be handsome, but looking at the woman's words, he could only hear heroic spirit, but nothing else.

During the few days when Li Angshun was imprisoned in the Mingsheng Station to learn the rules, when he was very irritable, he would always think of the condescending look of the man on the carriage.As long as you think about it, you will be able to endure impatience and humiliation, and continue to learn the rules.

Whenever he couldn't bear it anymore, he would think about how he would be humiliated face to face with the prince after he got out, and whoever wanted to be with the prince would not remember him at all!

Under the candlelight, the Prince Xixia's face was gloomy, "He asked me to come to the door to make amends in person, so I will go there in person tomorrow."