Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 226 How can His Majesty watch us eat?

Everyone who wants to cheat old Fan Zeng is completely delusional. If Lao Fan Zeng is uncomfortable, it will definitely make you uncomfortable.

If everyone is uncomfortable, that is to be on the same level, and then think of a way to make you more uncomfortable, and he will win.

The so-called strategy, the so-called battle formation, is probably such a simple truth!
"This chicken is a bit spicy and numb, but it is surprisingly mellow and rich. It has a special taste. Isn't it a delicacy?"

Old Fan Zeng spat out the chicken bone in his mouth, took another piece of soft potato, and asked back.

Everyone was sticking out their tongues, drinking iced fruit juice to relieve the spicy food. Hearing what he said was mysterious, they couldn't help smacking the aftertaste.

Then, the saliva was secreted unconsciously, and the urge to continue to suffer... to eat gradually became unstoppable.

The big plate chicken is really delicious. After one bite, the pores all over the body are opened by the spicy stimulation, and the spicy is the most appetizing. With the addition of a variety of meat and spices, it is mellow and rich. , making people more and more addicted.

Qin Mo still remembers that when he was young, his father came back from drinking with others and brought a large plate of chicken for him and his elder sister and younger brother to eat. Whoever persuades who is in a hurry while eating...

"Why are you eating, just staring at me~!"

Qin Mo greeted and continued to feast on the big chunks.

Seeing his delicious food, everyone finally couldn't stand the addictive spicy temptation. They put down their iced drinks one after another, picked up the bowls and chopsticks and ate chicken nuggets.

Then, he stuck out his tongue and picked up the iced drink and drank wildly.

And when he plucked up the courage to eat the third piece, his mouth was completely numb from the spicy stimulation, even his scalp was numb, and he was sweating profusely all over his body.

But like this, it can't stop at all!
"Wow, I'm so hot, woo woo woo~"

"After eating this piece, I won't eat it again..."

"How can there be such a tormenting food in the world!"

Painful and joyful wailing resounded through the villa, and old Fan Zeng was instantly satisfied: [A group of cowards are fighting the old man! 】

However, seeing everyone eating happily, the old guy couldn't help it anymore, and tried to put the soft and glutinous potatoes that had been sandwiched for a long time into his mouth: "Oh, what a sin, this is too spicy and too numb... ...delicious~!"

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Outside the courtyard, Yingzheng, who left the palace in micro-clothes, was still some distance away from the courtyard. Hearing the wailing voices of the princes and princesses echoing in the villa, he couldn't help being stunned.

what's the situation?

Isn't eating delicious food enjoyable?

Why is there still torture?

It is the stinky tofu with weird taste, and it is very enjoyable to eat!

However, when he walked in with Zhao Gao and the guards, he could smell a pungent spicy smell.

The guards and servants of Fusu and others are also dining outside the courtyard at this time, and their husband Sun personally entertains them.

"Hiss, Erdi Niang..."

"This meal kills."

"But it's really hard to stop!"

The guards and servants didn't howl, but they all grinned as they ate, pouring ice-cold grape wine into their mouths.

This scene instantly reminded Ying Zheng of the fear he felt when eating vinegar and spicy noodles with Qin Mo.

That kind of heavy taste is really not something he can bear!
"Hey, go back to the palace first, come back tomorrow..."

Ying Zheng stopped in his tracks, and turned around decisively to leave.

But at this time, a sharp-eyed waiter had spotted him, and immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks to salute: "My servant sees Your Majesty."

As soon as the first person spoke, the other guards and servants hurriedly put down their bowls and chopsticks, hurriedly arranged their appearances and said: "I (servants, generals) see Your Majesty~!"

The old man, Sun, went up to greet him and raised his hands, saying: "I didn't know His Majesty was coming, and it would be a crime to miss and greet you."

The corners of Ying Zheng's eyes twitched, and he had no choice but to give up his plan to retreat tactically. He waved his hands and said, "Excuse me, this is a night tour in a low-clothes, why bother to stick to etiquette."

As he said, he didn't wait for his husband Sun Tong to pass on, and went into the house with Zhao Gao on his own.

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Inside the villa, Qin Mo and the princes and princesses had heard the commotion outside, and were about to go out to greet them, when they saw Ying Zheng Shi Shi Shi and entered.

"I have seen His Majesty~!"

"I've seen my father ~!"

Led by Qin Mo and Fusu, everyone saluted together.

Ying Zheng waved his hand to show his disrespect, and looked up and down at the children, and found that many of them had red and swollen lips, and they looked like they had lost their souls.

"Your Majesty... Zhao Fuling... It's better to come early than coincidentally. Let's eat some together."

Qin Mo took two new sets of bowls and chopsticks and gave each of Ying Zheng and Zhao Gao a set.

Ying Zheng had already seen the miserable situation of his children, so he refused to accept the living punishment, he immediately shook his head and waved his hands: "I have already had dinner in the palace, and this time I am going for a stroll to digest food, so I will not eat."

"Try it."

"Don't taste it."

"How can there be any reason for His Majesty to watch us eat?"

"Uh……"

Ying Zheng reluctantly took the bowl and chopsticks, and sat at the head of the table.

When the princes and princesses saw this, their eyes that had been sluggish from the heat suddenly became energetic, and they all looked at Ying Zheng with piercing eyes, as if they were waiting for my father to eat chicken and get embarrassed.

Ying Zheng: "..."

These cowards really need to be cleaned up!
But already seated, he didn't move his chopsticks, no one dared to eat the meal.

Therefore, Ying Zheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and taste the chicken nuggets in the red soup and pepper.

After eating the chicken nuggets, his face turned red instantly, and he also instantly understood what is meant by 'torturing food'!

"Father, drink milk tea to relieve the spicy heat."

Hu Hai bawled with iced milk tea in his hands.

Ying Zheng seemed to have received an amnesty, so he hurriedly took the milk tea and poured it down.

Everyone looked at it with a smile, and moved their chopsticks again to eat big pieces, which was so spicy that they wanted to eat it.

Ying Zheng drank a whole cup of milk tea before he suppressed the burning feeling in his mouth, but when he put down the cup, he saw that everyone was eating chicken with his red and swollen lips, he couldn't help being funny and...greedy.

Spicy is spicy, hemp is hemp, it is so delicious that people can't stop it!

"How did Ai Qing think of cooking such a tormenting delicacy?"

Ying Zheng picked up the bowl and chopsticks while holding the chicken nuggets and mustered up the courage to continue eating, while complaining to Qin Mo.

Qin Mo explained with a smile: "Recently, I've been thinking about things outside the region, so I cooked this western region chicken dish to suit the occasion."

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and wondered, "There is such a way of eating chicken in the western countries?"

Qin Mo shook his head: "Not yet, but there will be in the future."

Ying Zheng was taken aback again, then gave him a dumbfounding look, thought for a while and said, "Pasade's mother and daughter are in a great situation, what is Ai Qing's next move?"

He went out to wander around the palace at night, of course it wasn't really for digestion.

As a result, Jin Yiwei's successive reports clearly presented the situation of Pasadei's mother and daughter today to his desk. He was really curious about Qin Mo's next thoughts.

Secondly, Hugh Mu, a member of the central government, also wants to take a vacation for himself, but he is lonely in the palace. Everyone who sees him is cautious, including his wives... wanting to have fun with his children, but remember They are all playing at Qin Mo's house.

So he was no longer bored in the palace, and decisively called Zhao Gao to leave the palace in a micro-clothes, and came to Qin Mo's place after a stroll!

"Hmm...after the Ministry of Finance mints new coins, we can move on to the next step. It is nothing more than taking our Daqin's exquisite coins and crushing the rough and bad coins of Western countries. In the future, our Daqin will have the final say on foreign trade. "

Qin Mo gnawed on a piece of chicken neck and explained.

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows in surprise, as if he had realized something, but he didn't understand it, and he choked out a sentence after a long while: "What is this western region chicken, it's so spicy~!"

If you don’t understand it well, you won’t understand it. After reading it from beginning to end, you will understand it. Now his mind is full of moringa, and he has no energy to think about the tricks...

Qin Mo ate faster, and while everyone was still howling and enjoying, he was already seventy percent full, and went into the kitchen again.

When everyone had eaten enough, they took out the remaining half of the large pot of chicken in the pot. The difference from the previous pot was that this pot added a lot of firm and smooth hand-rolled noodles.

"This noodle is full of spicy soup, it tastes even better, Your Majesty, try it."

Qin Mo first served a bowl to Ying Zheng who was already hot and confused.

Then, he picked up a chopsticks noodle from the side of the basin and put it into a bowl, handed it to the old Fan Zeng who was also stunned by the heat, and said: "Fan Lao, this bowl is for you, it is specially cooked to be soft and rotten, it should suit your taste. "

Old Fan Zeng wiped the sweat off his head and face with the sleeve of his robe, quickly took the bowl of noodles with both hands, and said with emotion: "President Qin has a heart, I am so frightened."

After Ying Zheng and Lao Fan Zeng had their first mouthful of noodles, everyone couldn't wait to fill their bowls with noodles.

So, the suffering continued, and the wailing sounded again through the villa in the night...

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At the end of the day's rest and bath time, the ministers of the central government participated in the court meeting full of energy and stayed in the palace to be on duty.

At noon, the ministers on duty were about to have some tea and cakes, or eat their own food pads to fill their stomachs, but Ying Zheng ordered the waiter to bring a delicacy.

It was specially given to Mao Jiao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, and it was called: Big Pan Chicken from the Western Regions!

As soon as Mao Jiao heard the word 'Western Region' in the name of this delicacy, she knew that Ying Zheng was urging him to complete the minting work assigned by Qin Mo as soon as possible.

So, under the envious eyes of all the colleagues on duty, Mao Jiao picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and took a piece of chicken from the spicy and mellow food box to taste and chew.

"Well, not bad, just a little spicy."

Mao Jiao praised, then put away the bowls and chopsticks, and said to the greedy old Wang Wan, Meng Tian and others: "You gentlemen, come and taste this delicacy too...Your Majesty is in a hurry, so I will rush to the mint workshop to personally serve the food." To supervise the progress of the new currency."

After finishing speaking, he quickly walked out of the palace guard room, walked to the outside of the corridor, hugged a pillar, and slammed his head several times: "duang, duang, duang... I'm so hot~!"

"Mao Shangshu is so anxious about state affairs, it is really admirable."

In the check-in room, Lao Wangwan couldn't help admiring Mao Jiao when he saw the imperial gift food that Mao Jiao only had time to eat.

Everyone nodded in agreement, and bowed their hands in the direction Mao Jiao left to show their respect.

Then, everyone took their chopsticks and gathered around the food box.

The large plate of Western Region chicken cooked by the chef in the palace is very delicate, with bright red soup, chicken nuggets, potatoes, and green pepper slices and white onion segments to enhance the flavor.

As for chili, Chinese prickly ash, hemp pepper, meat-flavored aniseed, etc., I can’t see it at all. It seems that before serving, the soup was boiling, and I used a colander to skim it out, so as not to avoid it when eating.

And this... is very confusing. It is difficult to judge how exciting the taste is just by smelling the spicy and mellow smell.

That's why Mao Jiao just stuffed a piece into her mouth without hesitation, almost embarrassing herself on the spot!

"This delicacy is called Xiyu Dapanji, but as far as I know, there is no chili in Xiyu, right?"

Meng Tian said hesitantly while looking at the exquisite version of the large plate chicken in the food box.

Li Si said slightly disdainfully: "It's not that I look down on Western countries, how could they have such delicacies?"

Feng Jie also stroked his beard and said: "This statement is reasonable, this kind of heavy oil and spicy food, in my opinion, seems to be made by Prime Minister Qin."

"And Prime Minister Qin is also used to making up some sources for the delicacies he cooks."

"For example, the dumplings in the north and the wontons in the south are actually nothing. Before Qin Xiang cooked them, did anyone eat them?"

Everyone immediately nodded their heads in agreement, and they had already concluded that the large pan chicken from the Western Regions was made by Qin Mo.

Old Wang Wan stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a piece of potato that looked rather soft and glutinous, and said with a smile: "Since it is a delicacy cooked by Qin Xiangzhuo, it must not be missed. I will try it first for you all."

Everyone said with emotion: "The one who should respect the elders eats first."

Old Wang Wan no longer hesitated, put the soft and glutinous potatoes into his mouth, and tried to chew and slurp them.

After a while, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face quickly turned red!
Li Si asked curiously, "How?"

Old Wang Wan covered his mouth with a sleeve and waved the other hand repeatedly, unable to speak a word for a long time.

Seeing him like this, everyone thought he was surprised by the delicious food, and couldn't help but salivate, each of them couldn't wait to eat their chopsticks, the one with good teeth picked up chicken nuggets, and the one with poor teeth picked up potatoes, and put them in their mouths to taste.

Leaning slightly, everyone was like old Wang Wan, their eyes suddenly widened, and their faces quickly flushed red.

"Hiss~! Ha~!"

Old Wang Wan managed to swallow the soft and glutinous potato sticking to his palate, took a deep breath, and then shouted to the outside of the duty room: "Mao Jiao, you are not a son of man!"

Meng Tian, ​​Li Si and the others couldn't hold back anymore at this time, they stuck out their tongues hotly to find water to drink: "Shui Shuishui... cold water, hot water is even hotter... this food is really killing people..."

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Daqin craftsmen were already known for their high efficiency in doing things. With the urging of Ying Zheng, the progress of minting coins was accelerated even more. For this reason, Mao Jiao borrowed several Baigong graduate students from the academy.

Therefore, in just a few days, samples of new coins have been presented to the palace.

Ying Zheng was very satisfied after reading it, so he asked Mao Jiao to leave the palace and give the sample new coins to Qin Mo. If Qin Mo approved after reading it, he would directly ask the Ministry of Finance to work overtime to produce it.

Qin Mo's half bottle of water couldn't see anything good or bad, but he thought it was very exquisite. No matter copper coins, gold coins, or banknotes of various denominations, they had all reached the level of the late Qing Dynasty in later generations, so he naturally recognized it and asked to hurry up manufacturing.

Mao Jiao got the approval, and immediately left quickly, returning to the mint workshop of the Ministry of Finance.

And Qin Mo, together with Fusu and old Fan Zeng, each put on a cloak and a mask with Zoroastrian characteristics, and went to the Zoroastrian temple outside the city to look for Pashadai's mother and daughter.

The next move, you can probably start to go!
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Nowadays, there are more and more Hu merchants in Xianyang.

Hu merchants who went bankrupt due to gambling, or were on the verge of bankruptcy, even though they were looking for work in Xianyang, they still had no worries about food and drink, but in a short period of time, few of them could make up enough to travel back to China.

Therefore, almost all of them are stranded in Xianyang, trying to find a way to pay for travel expenses!
Hu merchants stranded in Xianyang, as well as missions from Western countries, plus the recent arrival of Hu merchants who have successively trafficked in goods, has resulted in double the number of Hu people in Xianyang City than usual.

Among them, the newly arrived Hu merchants from outside the region have become hot cakes, because they have money in their hands, and all Hu merchants want to borrow money from them, including missions from various countries.

And these newly arrived Hu merchants, after realizing that they were profitable, decisively showed their true nature as Central Asian merchants.

Want to borrow money?
sure!
Nine out and thirteen returns, plus the interest of the donkey rolling!

Including their own missions to borrow money, the same is true for interest!
Don't give me the hat of national righteousness to oppress others, we are only loyal to the nobles behind us, whether to borrow or not in business!
The hateful face of the new Hu merchants somewhat angered the public, but there was nothing they could do about the bankruptcy of the Hu merchants and the missions of Western countries.

The bankrupt merchants thought of the two saintesses, the mother and daughter of Pasade, not because they wanted to borrow money from them... The bankrupt merchants also knew that the two saintesses spent almost all their savings in order to redeem them. The money to maintain the temple is gone.

With the hearts of the two saintesses, if they have money, they don't even have to ask, and they will fund their travel expenses home...

They mainly want the two saintesses to call the newly arrived Hu merchants and persuade them to lower their interest rates.

Of course, the face of the two saintesses is great!

After learning about their good deeds in Daqin, the newly arrived Hu merchants showed the piety that fire worshipers should have, and generously donated money, ranging from ten to twenty thousand yuan to as much as forty to fifty thousand yuan, and immediately took it out.

But this money was not lent to those bankrupt merchants, but was donated to the two saintesses to maintain the temple!

As for lowering the interest rate... It's still those four words, business is business!
Otherwise, we would rather use all our money to build a golden holy fire altar for the temple, and we must not break the rules!

After hearing this, the bankrupt Hu merchants were angry, but they actually understood it. Thinking about it in another way, if it was them, they would definitely answer in the same way.

This is the style of Central Asian businessmen!

However, the bankrupt merchants were convinced, but Queen Pasade and the little girl Anneway suddenly felt extreme anger and sorrow in their hearts.

"No wonder you are in Daqin, you are looked down upon by the people of Qin. As fire worshipers, if you are not united, you are fighting and oppressing each other, how can you expect others to respect you?"

"You are really hopeless. In the words of the Qin people, mud cannot support walls, and rotten wood cannot be carved!"

"Didn't you find out that Qin merchants are always helping each other when they are doing business in Western countries?"

These are not the lines that Qin Mo taught them, they are obviously the inner voice under the anger and sorrow, which is beyond the outline.

The palace ladies pretending to be the golden-masked female guards, seeing the mother and daughter losing their composure, immediately surrounded one by two or three, and brought them back to the apse, leaving the reprimanded Hu merchants looking at each other in blank dismay.

"Qin merchants unite and help each other because they are both from Qin, and they can repay each other's kindness after returning to Qin, but we are not from the same country, who knows who..."

A new Hu businessman muttered angrily.

But these words are somewhat unreasonable. In the past, they did not help each other, and they could indeed use this excuse as a reason.

But now in Daqin, they all have a common identity, Fire Worshipers!
There are two saintesses in the middle, are you afraid that you will not get anything in return?
Don't make excuses for meowing, greedy for profit is greedy for profit, too much sophistry can't be tolerated, it's even more hypocritical.

Even hypocritical and despicable!
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The emotional outburst between Queen Pasode and her little girl Anneway happened when Mao Jiao urged the Mint to try out new coins.

Since then, the mother and daughter have not seen each other for several days, and the merchants are very panic, thinking that it is their own hypocrisy, their own hypocrisy, and their own disunity that have disappointed the two saintesses and Ahura. .

Hu Shang finally found a home and spiritual sustenance in Daqin. With the protection of Ahura and the two saintesses, is this going to be lost because of his greed and stupidity?
Can't lose!

Never lose!

For several days, more and more Hu merchants prostrated themselves in front of the holy fire to repent, and shouted to the apse, begging the forgiveness of the two saintesses.

Including many newly arrived Hu merchants, they are even willing to lower the interest rate, just begging Ahura and the Holy Maiden not to abandon them, believers, and let the brilliance of the holy fire continue to shine on them in the land of Daqin.

Qin Mo, Fusu, and old Fan Zeng entered the temple, passed among the Hu merchant believers who were prostrate on the ground, and walked straight to the entrance of the apse.

The golden-masked female guards guarding the entrance of the apse let them enter the apse immediately after Qin Mo slightly lifted the mask.

Seeing this, the prostrate Hu merchants shouted loudly at the backs of the three of them, asking them to persuade the two saintesses...

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In the apse, the two saintesses did not need to be persuaded at all. They had long wanted to go out to meet the followers of the Hu merchants, but they were only guarded by golden-masked female guards and they were not allowed to go out.

The mother and daughter were imprisoned for a few days, looking somewhat haggard. Seeing three men in black cloaks and Zoroastrian masks coming in, they were probably the same as the Hu merchant believers outside. They thought that the three of them were also believers, so they hurriedly cheered up. Take the pose of a saint.

The believers of Hu merchants are afraid that they will be missed by the missions of various countries, and their relatives in their hometown will be hurt. They almost wear masks when they enter and leave the temple...

Qin Mo took off the mask casually, lifted the cloak on his head to reveal his true face, and asked Pasadei and her daughter, "How does it feel to be under house arrest?"

Queen Pasade was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly, and turned her head away to ignore him.

As for the little girl, Anniewei, who was more knowledgeable, immediately blinked her big eyes and looked pitiful, and said weakly: "I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again~!"

Qin Mo nodded, his eyes fell on the proud Queen Pasade, and he frowned and said, "It seems that I haven't reflected on my mistakes, since that's the case...let's keep her in confinement, no one is allowed to talk to her. They are only given drinking water and steamed buns every day, and they will be locked up for another ten days."

After all, while putting on the mask again, he turned and left, Fu Su and old Fan Zeng followed suit.

"Here."

The surrounding golden-masked female guards bowed their hands to accept orders, and two people were separated to set up Queen Pasade, and they were about to imprison her.

Queen Pasade panicked immediately. She was imprisoned together with her little girl, Anniewe, for the past few days, and she almost went crazy with someone accompanying her.

If this person was locked in a small black room alone, he wouldn't really be insane!
"I...I was wrong..."

Queen Pasode lowered her proud head, pursed her pale lips, and admitted her mistake aloud.

The two golden-masked female guards who were supporting her immediately stopped and looked at Qin Mo: [Do you want to continue to be imprisoned? 】

Qin Mo turned around and put his ear close to Queen Pasode's mouth: "Speak up, I can't hear you."

Queen Pasade said resentfully: "I was wrong..."

Qin Mo persisted: "Did you not eat?"

Queen Pasade nodded: "Wotou is not delicious, I haven't eaten in the past few days."

Qin Mo: "..."

Well, Queen Pasade's elegant words are somewhat improved, but they are also limited.

Fusu and old Fan Zeng shook their shoulders and almost burst out laughing.

I have to say, looking at the haughty Queen Pasade, she has a silly and cute temperament, and the inexplicable contrast is hilarious!

Qin Mo took a deep breath, motioned the two golden-masked female guards to let her go, and said, "You can go out with Annie Wei, and tell your believers outside that you will present your request to His Majesty the First Emperor, and allow them to borrow money from the government. Enjoy the same loan interest as the people of Qin."

The mother and daughter looked at each other, then nodded in resignation, and walked towards the room where they lived.

Qin Mo frowned and asked, "Why are you going?"

Queen Pasade turned her head and said as a matter of course: "Naturally, we need to freshen up, we look like this now..."

"Need not."

Qin Mo waved his hands, and said, "You don't need to wash up, but if you go out to meet believers in your current state, the effect will definitely be better."

The mother and daughter had no choice but to walk towards the front hall surrounded by golden-masked female guards.

The followers of the Hu merchants in the outer hall were waiting with stretched necks, and they couldn't help being overjoyed when they saw that the mother and daughter finally showed their faces.

However, after they saw the haggard look of the mother and daughter, the joy that had just risen in their hearts suddenly fell to the bottom.

This doesn't look good.

Are you really disappointed in us?
The mother and daughter stepped up to the holy fire altar, standing on both sides of the holy fire, one on the left and the other on the right, and looked at every panicking believer with compassion.

"Respectable saintesses, believers who offended you a few days ago have confessed their greed to Ahura. They are willing to lower the loan interest and pray for the forgiveness of the two saintesses."

Atta, who was kneeling in front of many believers, shouted piously with his forehead close to the ground.

Queen Pasode and her little girl, Anniewe, looked at each other, revealing a wry smile.

It seems believers are still saved!
But this seems even more pathetic!

"We are fasting and retreating, and Ahura has sent down guidelines... We will make a request to His Majesty the First Emperor of Qin, and allow the Zoroastrians to borrow from the Qin government, enjoy the same loan interest as the Qin people, and use it to buy goods and sell them back to their hometown... ..."

Wow--
Before Queen Pasade could finish speaking, the Hu merchant believers in the temple were already blown away, and even the most devout Atta couldn't help but look up at Queen Pasade, with surprise and disbelief on her face.

The interest that the common people of Qin borrowed from the government was nothing.

How can a Hu businessman, He De, enjoy the same treatment?

Facing the ecstatic gazes of all Hu merchant believers, Queen Pasade said with compassion: "I don't know if we can succeed, but... Ahura will bless us to succeed!"

(End of this chapter)