Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 721 is also possible...

The place where Luo Youdu inspected the Khitan cavalry was outside Yingtian Gate, which was the south gate of Luoyang Palace.

This is the place where the imperial court held grand ceremonies such as enthronement, yuan change, amnesty, and banquets.Historically, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty once edicted the King of Baekje, Fuyu Yici, and Wu Zetian ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor here.

Choosing to review Xiao Hunian's troops here is the greatest affirmation of Xiao Hunian's conquest of Mobei this time.

When he was in Bianjing, he also inspected the troops in front of the Xuande Gate of the same status.

There is no difference between the two except that Luoyang is more extensive.

Luo Youdu used this to express his trust and goodwill towards the Khitans. He would not treat the Khitans with colored eyes, would not criticize them nor give them preferential treatment, and treated them purely as Han people.

Looking at the Khitan cavalry who tried to maintain their formation, Luo Youdu showed an understanding smile on his face. Compared with the disciplined and well-trained imperial army, although Xiao Hunian had made preparations and arrangements in advance, they were still much inferior in terms of discipline.

Because most of the Khitan soldiers could not speak Chinese, Luo Youdu specially arranged for Yelu Xianshi to translate at the side, so that he would not be able to speak a lot of things in a babbling manner, and the audience would be inexplicable and could not understand anything.

The clichéd compliments, replaced by Dayu's Forbidden Army, upon hearing Luo Youdu's praise, they would have cheered enthusiastically and puffed out their chests proudly.

As the founder of the country with extraordinary martial arts, Luo Youdu's status in the hearts of the imperial army is extraordinary, and it is a great honor to be praised and recognized by him.

This group of Khitan soldiers is different, they were built by Xiao Hunian under the banner of the Xiao family, and some of them were brought by Yelu Xian and Yelu Pode from Linhuang Mansion of Khitan.

They have indeed received all kinds of benefits brought by the Central Plains these years, but if they want them to immediately recognize Luo Youdu and be proud of him with a few compliments, obviously they have not reached this point.

Of course there are some exceptions...

Such as Xiao Hunian, such as Xiao Talin.

Xiao Hunian was already happy because Luo Youdu treated them so kindly, and he heard him commending his achievements in public and recognizing all his achievements in Mobei.As far as Luo Youdu is concerned, apart from being a king or a husband, she has been recognized by both, and after thinking about it for a long time, she raised her arms and shouted: "I am willing to die for Your Majesty, and I will win every day!"

As for Xiao Talin, this general who died in battle at Chanyuan City in history and made great contributions to the Liao Dynasty, had long since given up on the Khitan Liao Dynasty because of what happened to the Xiao family.It has long been his pursuit in this life to achieve a great cause with his own achievements in Dayu.

During this Northern Expedition, he has repeatedly acted as the vanguard, and he was invincible. His achievements are second only to Xiao Hunian. Today, Luo Youdu received such a grand reception, thinking of Yelu Xianshi, Yelu Xiuge, and Yelu Xiezhen who have been reused. , is also happy in words, shouting: "I am willing to die for Your Majesty, and the great danger will win!"

Xiao Hunian is the core of this cavalry army, and Xiao Talin is the number one general in the army, they have taken a good lead.

The rest of the people also shouted, they imitated everything, with a somewhat crappy Khitan accent, shouting Chinese, but also quite powerful.

Luo Youdu stopped shouting and announced the reward appropriately.

As Yelu Xianshi confided the rewards one by one, the Khitan soldiers jumped for joy from the bottom of their hearts, and their voices were deafening.

Facts have proved that any praise of beautiful words is not as surprising as practice.

Stopping the shouting again, Luo Youdu said: "Tonight, in order to honor the soldiers and celebrate the new year, I specially prepared a new set of cotton clothes for each of you. The soldiers can wear new clothes to attend the banquet tonight. "

After the experience gained from the cultural invasion in the south, Luo Youdu has realized that the fastest and best way of cultural invasion is not true culture, but spiritual culture, beautiful clothes, beautiful music, and dances that can resonate with people's hearts. A lost existence.

Prairie people have lived in the north for thousands of years and have their own way of life. It is not easy for them to change.

Starting with music, dance and costumes is the policy formulated by temple officials.

Music and dance is a routine operation, and where there are people, music and dance are inseparable.

As for the clothes, they are not gorgeous clothes. It is not yet that time, but cotton padded clothes to keep warm.

Historically, cotton-padded clothes appeared in the middle and late Song Dynasty, but in fact, cotton has been around for a long time. It was originally called cotton flower. No one knew its value, but regarded it as an ornamental thing.

It took Luo Youdu a lot of effort to collect a batch of seeds and let them plant them on a large scale in Lingnan, Fuzhou and other places.

For this reason, the court also lost a lot of money.

Cotton cannot be used immediately after being planted, and cotton spinning technology and cotton spinning machines are required.The processing of cotton is completely different from that of silk.

Cotton can't be processed when it is grown, so the people who listened to the persuasion to grow cotton gathered to make trouble, and finally the government bought all of them, so the matter was settled.

But it has to be said that it is only natural that human beings can become the overlord of the earth.

Unparalleled creativity, in just two years, cotton textile technology and cotton textile machines have appeared one after another. Although the technology is not very mature, it has been able to make warm cotton clothes and quilts.

Luo Youdu immediately built official textile factories in Fujian and Lingnan, allowing them to make clothes in large quantities according to the traditional clothing methods of the Han people.

The superior performance of cotton clothes is not comparable to that of leather clothes. I believe that it will not be long before everyone in Monan, Mobei and Northeast China will live in Han Chinese cotton clothes.

Wearing Han clothes may not mean anything at first, but once you wear too much, it is not easy to take them off.

At the celebration banquet that night, the Khitan generals were a little bit repelled by the beautiful clothes with a bit of gaudy, but after wearing them, the light, comfortable and warm feeling made them ecstatic.

The cold is the greatest enemy of the grassland people, and the cold in the north is unimaginable to the southerners.

Some people in later generations say that the cold in the south is a magical attack, and the cold in the north is a physical attack, because they have never seen what cold is.

Northerners froze into dogs in the south because of equipment problems.If you wear clothes that are [-] to [-] degrees below zero in the north and wear them in the south, it will make you sweat.

The appearance of cotton-padded clothes may be just icing on the cake for the Central Plains people, but for the northerners it is a timely gift.

At the banquet that night, the accompanying officials, like the Khitan generals, wore all kinds of cotton clothes, and there was nothing special about them.

Xiao Hunian also got one, she had the most gorgeous style, a light red padded jacket, covered with a light red cloak, she was charming yet heroic.

When Luo Youdu saw this, he couldn't help secretly praising him in his heart.

As the banquet started, Luo Youdu found that many Khitan generals rolled up their sleeves to eat and drink, so he couldn't help asking Xiao Talin: "General Xiao, why are you doing this? Khitan customs?"

Xiao Talin's face was slightly red, and he said awkwardly: "The food here is too rich and oily, I am not good at using chopsticks (chopsticks), for fear of dirtying the clothes that His Majesty rewarded me."

Luo Youdu burst out laughing, but didn't speak, but was waiting for Yelu Xianshi to speak.

Sure enough, after a while, Ye Luxian said conveniently: "General Xiao, you can rest assured that this cotton coat is specially ordered by His Majesty to keep out the cold for you and the northerners. In the future, it will be given priority to the northerners, and everyone will have it. "He said with a sigh of emotion, he understands the value of this cotton coat better than anyone else, if it is sold as a treasure, it will definitely make a lot of money, but Luo Youdu opened the door for the north.

Although he understands that there is a certain purpose in this move, it is their tribesmen in the north who really enjoy this benefit.

Originally, he and Yeluxian had an intention to serve Luo Youdu wholeheartedly in exchange for his preferential treatment to the Khitan people.

But now he has changed his mind and tried his best to let the Khitan people integrate into the Central Plains and become the people of Dayu.

He believed that the emperor in front of him would not treat any common people in Dayu badly, no matter who they were.

Yelu Xianshi still has a very high prestige in the eyes of the Khitan people. Hearing what he said, they all showed gratitude.

Xiao Talin held up the wine cup and said: "The last general respects Your Majesty, I wish His Majesty a long and healthy life, and I wish Dayu a long life."

Luo Youdu smiled and drank with him.

The rest of the generals also followed suit, and Luo Youdu never refused to come, and his drinking capacity has also been practiced over the years.

It was not until late at night that the banquet was dispersed.

Luo Youdu did not let Xiao Hunian out of the palace, but led her to the harem.

Xiao Hunian's face was flushed with alcohol, adding a bit of coquettishness.

When I came to a palace, there were three big characters "Hanhai Palace" hanging high above the palace.

Xiao Hunian looked at the Hanhai Palace in front of him, with a warmth in his eyes.

Luo Youdu said: "This is your future palace. As for why you chose this name, of course it is to commemorate the great achievements of my concubine Yin Ma Hanhai. The reward will be issued tomorrow. I specially created the position of Concubine Rong for you to honor the concubine's honor." achievement."

According to the convention, the four concubines are noble, virtuous, virtuous, and virtuous.

Zhe Saihua is a concubine of virtue, Emperor Zhou Ehuang is a concubine of virtue, and there are vacancies for imperial concubine and concubine Shu.

Luo Youdu didn't have the intention of establishing a noble concubine, and when facing Xiao Hunian, he didn't follow the usual practice and specially rewarded her with a title that fit her status.

"His Majesty!"

Xiao Hunian cried out in emotion.

Luo Youdu smiled "hehe", pulled her and said, "Let's go in and have a look. I specially repaired the furnishings in the Hanhai Palace for you. I know you like BMW horses and playing polo. There is a polo field in the palace. There are also stables, with a Khitan style."

Xiao Hunian thought of how considerate Ailang was, so he hung out happily with him.

Xiao Hunian saw that the layout and furnishings here catered to his own preferences, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he was, and his pace became faster and faster.

It took a while for Xiao Hunian to react, and said: "This place is so big, much bigger than Bianjing..." She said with some hesitation: "I live in such a big place alone?"

Luo Youdu's heart moved slightly, and he said casually: "Naturally, above four concubines, one person has one hall. Only nine concubines and below can live together. This is Luoyang Ziwei Palace, not Bianjing. But there are no special regulations, one person must have one hall. If you are willing to bring Yilan to live with you, it is also possible..."

(End of this chapter)