Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 478 Beat the gift giver

The matter of dividing the territory is finally over.

Xianbei does not want to be restrained by others, and from now on, he will live under Qin's defense.

Ubar left Xianyang, and was about to bring a new mission to pay tribute and accept the official conferment of the first emperor.

Besides.

Although the envoys of some tribes did not leave, they also stepped up to contact their own tribes, waiting for the Wuhuan envoys to pay tribute again, and then made a decision whether to regard Qin as the suzerain.

An invincible country has never existed in the long river of history, nor should it exist.

However, the state of Qin today is a bit like the beginning of a certain kingdom in history.

Whether it is the old history or the new history, Zhao Kun is very pleased to be able to participate in it, and to see a different kind of prosperity in the not-too-distant future.

More importantly, Wuhuan was the beginning of the coming of all nations, and his participation and contributions are enough to make him proud.

With a happy mood, Zhao Kun left the palace and rode back to Prince Qin's mansion.

As a result, on the way to the front of the mansion, he met an acquaintance.

When Zhao Kun saw Wang Xue, Wang Xue had already got off the carriage, and also found him at the same time, looking at him with a smile.

This made Zhao Kun feel a little dizzy, and looked around for a long time, but he didn't know where to look.

He had known that Wang Xue would come to him, and he had greeted Jiang Chao in advance.

But seeing that it was getting dark, he mistakenly thought that Wang Xue would not come, so he relaxed his vigilance and asked Jiang Chao to deliver a letter to Ying Zheng.

As a result, now that Wang Xue appeared, Jiang Chao ran all the way to Zhao Kun and said, "The situation is not good!"

More than bad?
Didn't you see Wang Xue dressed like a fairy today?

Seeing Wang Xue walking towards him with a smile, Zhao Kun realized that he had no chance to escape.

After all, this woman has a unique ability to hide her armor, if there is another thick fog to cover the mansion, then the Prince Qin's mansion may not be able to stay.

So after much deliberation, Zhao Kun still bit the bullet and greeted him: "Miss Wang came to visit late at night, I don't know what's the matter?"

"Can't you come to see the young master if you have nothing to do?" Wang Xue looked at Zhao Kun with a smile, and then said: "I heard that the young master is getting married, and I want to come in advance to give the young master a well-prepared gift."

Hearing this, Zhao Kun almost wanted to scold her, thinking that that gossip woman is so talkative?

If it weren't for the gossip woman, he would definitely have invited Wang Xue on the day of his wedding, so he wouldn't be approached by the other party

Although the two have nothing to do with each other, there is a feeling of guilty conscience.

After thinking about it, Zhao Kun said with a chuckle: "It's already here, what kind of gift is there to give, it's too weird."

"I heard that the young master has received a lot of gifts recently. I'm afraid you don't like my gifts?"

"Miss Wang is too polite, please come inside!"

Zhao Kun didn't want to have a pre-marriage bachelor night with Wang Xue, causing the neighbors to misunderstand and spread scandals about His Royal Highness's private life.

So directly invite Wang Xue to the mansion.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Wang Xue gave him the prepared gift box.

In front of so many people, Zhao Kun was too embarrassed to refuse, so he could only accept it and hand it over to Jiang Chao.

"Young Master, won't you open it and have a look?"

"Let's see when we get home."

Zhao Kun smiled and waved his hands, Wang Xue looked a little disappointed.

This made Zhao Kun feel a little guilty.

But thinking of Wang Chan's unknown motives and Wang Xue's possible ulterior motives, he told himself that he must not soften his heart.

Therefore, it did not show any wavering.

Although Wang Xue was a little disappointed with Zhao Kun's performance, she didn't force her. She quickly calmed down and said with a smile, "My lord, you've been busy recently, right?"

"Fortunately."

Zhao Kun didn't plan to say more: "Miss Wang, please."

Wang Xue nodded.

Followed Zhao Kun into the Qin Palace.

As a result, as soon as they stepped over the threshold, there was a burst of noise behind them.

"What happened?"

Wang Xue frowned, then turned her head to look.

At this time, Zhao Kun was thinking about how to get out, when he heard movement behind him, he looked outside.

It turned out that some sergeants were scolding some Hu people in ethnic costumes.

Seeing that someone dared to break into Prince Qin's mansion at night, Jiang Chao couldn't bear it at first, and looked directly at Zhao Kun.

Zhao Kun narrowed his eyes, waved his hands and said, "Go and have a look."

He really wanted to get away, but today is the day when Wuhuan envoys leave, and it is not good to have a conflict with the Hu people.

What's more, he also wanted to know what these barbarians who suddenly appeared were planning to do.

Not long after, Jiang Chao checked the situation and reported to Zhao Kun: "Master, they are all here to give you gifts!"

"Gift?"

Zhao Kun felt a little unbelievable, subconsciously glanced at Wang Xue, and wondered if these barbarians knew about his upcoming wedding, right?
If so, that's kind of interesting!

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Kun asked curiously, "Which tribe are the barbarians?"

"It is said to be from the Western Regions."

"The Western Regions are also here to join in the fun? Interesting!"

Zhao Kun smiled, and then said to Jiang Chao: "Go and take them to the main hall, and I will meet them in person."

"promise."

Jiang Chao made a promise and backed away.

Only then did Zhao Kun think of Wang Xue, turned around and said to him, "I'm sorry Miss Wang, I have something to do here."

"It doesn't matter." Wang Xue said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry, you can go to work first if you have something to do."

Hearing what he said, it seems like he's going to stay here?

Zhao Kun smiled wryly in his heart, but said: "Then I will trouble Miss Wang to wait in the side hall."

"Where is it."

Just as he was talking, Jiang Chao brought some barbarians over.

To be precise, Jiang Chao came with a few servants from the emissary's mansion and gift givers.

However, when Zhao Kun saw these gift givers, he felt a little funny.

Because they are unkempt, with bruises and scars on their faces, people who don't want to give gifts at all look like troublemakers.

"His Royal Highness."

Several yamen servants saluted Zhao Kun respectfully.

The barbarians who gave gifts also hurriedly saluted.

Zhao Kun took a careful look at them, and said to the servants of the Neishi Mansion, "Are you some of the servants of the Neishi Mansion?"

"Exactly." The leading yamen servant replied: "Nei Shiteng was worried about the situation in the Qin Palace, so he asked the younger ones to maintain law and order."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kun nodded his head to express his understanding.

After all, when the crown prince lives outside the palace, there will be more or less troubles.

Nei Shiteng, as the leader of Xianyang City, must show a good governance.

Otherwise, when Zhao Kun came to the stage and remembered the past, if he was unhappy, he would be fired.

So now, it is understandable that he wants to make a good impression on Zhao Kun.

However, if someone really caused trouble, sending government officials over to suppress it would be considered conscientious, but it would be a bit too much for others to give gifts and beat others until their noses were bruised and their faces swollen.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"Return to the words of His Royal Highness."

The leading yamen servant arched his hands at Zhao Kun, and pointed at a few barbarians and said, "These barbarians didn't come here with good intentions to give gifts at all. The things they gave were stinky, and they were detrimental to the image of our court, and some of them insulted His Royal Highness. Suspected, we didn’t kill them, so we obeyed the law!”

"We were ordered to come here to give gifts, and we didn't break the law." A barbarian cried, "They beat us first!"

"You guys insulted my crown prince, what's wrong with beating you?" The leading yamen servant sneered.

"Although the presents we brought don't smell good, they are also rare treasures. Even if we were rude, we wouldn't hit them!" Another barbarian became excited.

Hearing this, Zhao Kun already understood the general idea, so he asked, "What are you bringing?"

"It's the seafood specially purchased by our envoy."

A barbarian responded, and immediately called someone to come over with a wheelbarrow.

There were several sacks on the wheelbarrow. On the surface, there was nothing wrong with it.

"His Royal Highness, we know that the Central Plains is vast and rich in resources, but the sea is not smooth, so we purchased some ingredients that are not available in Guanzhong, and honor His Royal Highness to show our heart." The leading Hu man introduced: "The ingredients are here."

"Ah."

Zhao Kun nodded, raised his hand and said, "Open it."

"Yes."

Several Hu people immediately went to the car to carry the sacks and walked to Zhao Kun and others.

Then, in front of Zhao Kun, he untied the rope on the sack.

For a moment, a certain taste that was difficult to express in words rushed over.

Although the people present couldn't see what was in the bag, they immediately covered their noses. Even Zhao Kun subconsciously took half a step back.

Seeing Zhao Kun retreating, the leading yamen servant was immediately furious: "This is not an insult to His Royal Highness, what ingredients, I think you are clearly courting death!"

After finishing speaking, you must greet your subordinates to do it.

"No, we did not insult His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The leading barbarian quickly explained: "This is a gift chosen by our envoy. I heard that His Royal Highness likes to eat it, so there is no sense of disrespect in choosing these ingredients!"

"How dare you say disrespect, who would dare to eat such a stinking thing?"

The leading yamen servant was so angry that he almost drew his sword.

"Our envoys don't know His Highness the Crown Prince's preferences, so we can only figure it out secretly. If the delivery is wrong, I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will not be angry. We really came here with sincerity!"

"Is this considered sincerity? I see you"

"All right."

Seeing that these barbarians did not have any malicious intentions, Jiang Chao immediately stopped the yamen servants who wanted to speak, and said to the barbarians: "Although the young master likes to eat this food, I really don't want to eat it. Let's go back!"

"Wait first!"

Just when several barbarians were about to leave in despair, Zhao Kun suddenly stopped them.

Jiang Chao and others looked at Zhao Kun in confusion.

I saw Zhao Kun's eyes, staring at the sack without blinking, faintly shining.

To be precise, he saw the ingredients in the sack, then squatted down, grabbed a handful, looked at them, and said to a few barbarians, "Your envoys got it from fishermen along the coast, right?"

"Yes." The leader of the barbarians replied, "I heard from them that they are fishermen from Baiyue."

"Fishermen of Baiyue"

Zhao Kun pondered for a while, then looked at the thing in his hand: "Do you know what this is?"

"It's abalone, dried abalone."

"Haha, sure enough!"

Zhao Kun got the exact answer and laughed out loud.

Immediately afterwards, he asked a few barbarians to carry all the bags over, and then opened them one by one, checked them until he grabbed a handful of beige things, and then asked in surprise, "Are these scallops?"

"His Royal Highness is well-informed. These are indeed scallops, the best scallops!"

"That's right, you guys have a heart!"

Zhao Kun nodded in satisfaction, thinking that this is rare seafood!
His childhood hometown was also by the sea, and he often ate seafood at that time.

Since traveling to the Qin Dynasty, he has never eaten seafood, because this is the inland of Guanzhong, it is impossible to eat seafood.

Sometimes when I am hungry, I can only eat some river seafood.

But whether it is crucian carp, snails, or old turtle soup, it cannot compare with seafood.

Seeing these seafood, Zhao Kun suddenly remembered the happiness of his previous life, so he felt like a treasure.

"My lord, do you know these things?" Jiang Chao said in a muffled voice, covering his nose.

Zhao Kun didn't bother to answer, and said to several Huren with a smile on his face: "Thank you for your envoys, just say that I am very satisfied with this gift, and your injuries, I will let the doctors treat you as a thank you, I have a gift for you too!"

"How does this happen? Our injuries are fine!"

"Daqin is a country of etiquette, so it is natural to respect etiquette. Besides, we made mistakes first, so you don't have to be polite."

Zhao Kun waved his hands with a smile, and then said to several yamen servants: "This time, you did something wrong, but you are very loyal, so go back first!"

"Yes."

Several yamen servants looked at each other, looked at each other in blank dismay, and then saluted the Hu messenger.

In this way, a misunderstanding disappeared.

After they left, Zhao Kun turned his head to look at Jiang Chao, smiled and said, "Jiang Wa'er, you are lucky!"

"Koufu?" Jiang Chao looked puzzled.

Zhao Kun immediately understood that people in Guanzhong not only seldom eat seafood, they don’t even have a tradition of eating seafood/
Taohua dare not even eat snail meat, not to mention these smelly but delicious seafood.

For those who have never eaten seafood, the taste of abalone is really unpleasant, especially the dried abalone. They cannot accept this strange taste, which is normal.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kun couldn't help laughing.

"What the hell is that smell?"

Wang Xue's voice came from a distance.

She waited in the side hall for a while, but she didn't see Zhao Kun coming back, so she came out to check and saw a group of people standing at the door, she couldn't help being curious.

Jiang Chao looked at her and explained: "It's not something bad, the young master said it was delicious!"

"tasty?"

Wang Xue was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward quickly.

As soon as he approached the door, he quickly covered his nose and muttered, "It stinks!"

"Ok?"

Zhao Kun found that Wang Xue didn't seem to be used to the taste of seafood, so he immediately rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "This thing smells stinky, but it tastes delicious. Miss Wang, are you interested in trying it?"

"what?"

Wang Xue was taken aback, and quickly waved her hands: "No need."

"Try it, it's delicious!"

"The little girl has already had dinner, so there is no need."

"Then why don't you take some back?" Zhao Kun said, grabbed a handful of abalone and handed it to Wang Xue.

When Wang Xue saw the abalone, she turned her head away; "I'd better take it another day, I have something to do today, so I'll go back first, and leave!"

"Then shall I send it to you?"

"Wait a minute, son, I'll go by myself." After saying this, Wang Xue fled away from Prince Qin's mansion as if fleeing.

Looking at her embarrassed look, Zhao Kun couldn't help being a little amused, but he really didn't expect that these seafood would become a sharp weapon to scare Wang Xue away.

This made him very happy.

So, he said directly to Jiang Chao: "Jiang Wa'er, arrange for someone to send these seafood to the underground ice cave and freeze them!"

As he said that, he suddenly remembered something, and added: "Oh, let's get some more abalones and make porridge tonight!"

"Does the young master cook for himself?"

"for sure!"

(End of this chapter)