Chapter 91 Bragging
Suihe's letter was delivered to Xingyang one step later than Shang Jing.
Xiang Yu was furious and Wang Zhu was ecstatic. The world seemed to be under his control.
Xiang Yu was so powerful that he must turn around and beat Ying Bu! Fan Zeng and others tried hard to persuade him, but he just refused to listen!
Fan Zeng thought to himself, at this time, go back to attack Ying Bu. If the Qin King's commander followed and Peng Yue and got a front and back attack with Ying Bu, it would be useless!
"Overlord, didn't the King of Qin send someone to negotiate peace a few days ago? Even if you want to turn back to attack Jiujiang, you have to settle the Qin side first!"
"Okay, in order to kill Ying Bu, this overlord will let go of the villain Ying Hu Hai first, and send Shang Jing and Wu Tianran to the Qin camp to discuss peace, and see what Ying Hu Hai said!"
Fan Zeng felt that it was inappropriate, but he didn't say it out loud. If Xiang Yu was willing to listen to him, he wouldn't have been today.
When the news reached Xingyang, Chen Ping's eyes widened when he heard it. It's great that the 50,000 kilograms of gold given to me by the King of Qin finally became useful. He had not been waiting for this opportunity for a day or two! Sui He had helped him inadvertently! Chen Ping was under a lot of pressure these days. Seeing Li Zuoche and Sui He were making contributions, he was idle. Wang Zhu's blank eyes made him nervous. However, the time was not ripe, and Chen Ping had no choice.
Just when he was anxious, Xiang Yu came to his door by himself.
Chen Ping hurried to see Wang Zhu and must ask him to receive Xiang Yu's envoy.
Wang Zhu didn't think much about it. Anyway, this was a good job, so Chen Ping would not let it go.
A guard of honor consisting of about 5,000 people passed through the main street of Xingyang City. Five thousand people were divided into four teams, all wearing armor and helmets and striding with their heads. As the team marched, drums and music were ringing, bells and chimes were flying, colorful flags were flying, piano and zither sounded, and palace maids and guards were gathered in groups.
Outside the east gate of Xingyang City, four forks were crisscrossing. On a fork in the middle, two luxurious horse-drawn carriages slowly drove over, soldiers wearing Chu military uniforms holding high the flag of the envoys of the Great Chu. Shang Jing and Wu Tianran were somewhat nervous in the car. After all, Xiang Yu abused Qin envoys many times, so who knew how the King of Qin would deal with them?
The newly erected arrow tower is six meters tall between the second and first trenches. Behind it is solid basalt built with red-colored city walls, which are powerful. At this moment, Shang Jing and Wu Tianran's carriage have entered the range of the stone launcher on the arrow tower.
Shang Jing hurriedly ordered the parking, his heart was already in his throat.
There were eight Qin soldiers holding halberds on each side of the arrow tower. They looked here together, and suddenly they shook their bodies and fell to their knees on the arrow tower.
Shang Jing and Wu Tianran were both stunned.
There was a loud drum and music in the city, and the city gate suddenly opened. From the inside, a team of thousands of people came out. The head of a majestic scholar, a majestic general of Qin. It was Chen Ping and Zhang Han! Chen Ping and Zhang Han rushed over and rushed over. They came to the carriage, turned over and dismounted, bent down to salute, and shouted for guilt; "I didn't expect it to be late. Damn it, I deserve to die, really deserve to die. Two envoys, please come in quickly."
Shang Jing and Wu Tianran were both stunned. It was necessary to be so polite! They both felt flattered. The two messengers were mixed between Chen Ping's guard of honor and entered the city flutteringly.
The two took the envoy to the government office, and they welcomed each other along the way. Almost all the senior generals of Qin stood beside the road to greet him. Shang Jing thought that the Chu army had occupied the city! After entering the government office, two thousand Qin soldiers were arranged neatly, holding long spears, and two rows of poplars lined up on both sides, celebrating their gaze.
Shang Jing and Wu Tianran felt happy and thought that the Qin people were still afraid of the overlord after all, otherwise how could they be so polite? The two raised their heads and chests, followed the timid Chen Ping and Zhang Han to a spacious and elegant room. In the room, more than a dozen beautiful maids knelt on the ground to serve. When they saw that the two came in, they bowed their heads and greeted each other; "Hello, sir!"
Chen Ping smiled and said, "Two sirs, these women are all the ones that the King of Qin respects the two sirs, please be sure to accept them with a smile." Shang Jing and Wu Tianran used to recognize Chen Ping, and knew that this kid was smooth on the surface and insidious on the inside. Although he was willing to accept them with a smile, he did not dare to show it. He just nodded slightly.
There are all kinds of hot wine and vegetables on the table table. River crabs, young sheep, mountain bamboo shoots, sunflower dishes, smoked wild boar meat with a scent of smoke, a plate of steamed pheasant, braised giant salamander, the aroma is full of greedy bear paws, precious monkey brains, white fungus, lily and yellow flowers and other dishes, which are dazzling.
After a greeting, everyone took their seats and was about to hold their chopsticks to drink, but Chen Ping stood up and said, "These two envoys have no outsiders on the table today. Although everyone is in both places, they are in a mood to prosper the Qin Dynasty. The King of Qin admires Yafu's plans very much and admires it. Today, the two of you came. I wonder if they have any secret letters or oral letters from Yafu. If there is one, you might as well tell me."
Shang Jing and Wu Tianran said inexplicably, "We are in harmony with each other by the command of the overlord, and there can be a letter from Yafu."
"Ah, it's the overlord!" All the Qin generals on the table were surprised.
Chen Ping was even more outrageous. He overturned the table in front of him, threw the soup and water all over the floor, stood up and shouted, "It turns out that it's Xiang Yu's man. Why didn't you say it earlier? It's such a fucking waste of emotions!" After that, he ordered all the delicious food on the table to be removed; "Take it away, take it away, and feed the dogs, hurry up."
Shang Jing and Wu Tianran were ashamed and watched the table disappear without a trace, and then replaced them with 20,000 cold yellow rice mixed with sand. It was conceivable that the beauty just now would not give it to him.
Even if you are angry, you still have to eat. Only after you have the energy to meet the King of Qin.
Wang Zhu was very polite to the two of them, asking a lot about the operation of the Chu camp, how much salary they earn per month, whether the retired Chu soldiers have severance payments, etc.
When Shang Jing told the truth and told Wang Zhu about the low wage system of Chu, Wang Zhu kept shook his head and sighing.
Shang Jing has always known that Qin Ershi was even more cruel than Xiang Yu's murder. He was always a little timid when talking to Wang Zhu. Seeing Wang Zhu smacking his lips, he quickly asked tentatively. "Why did the King of Qin sigh? It's time for war, and it's great to be able to eat enough. Why are you greedy for military pay?"
In order to avoid quarrels, Wang Zhu stopped by just one sentence; "It's really better for people to die than others. I didn't expect that the brothers of Chu were so miserable. My soldiers of the Qin Dynasty were five thousand yuan a month!"
Shang Jing's triangular eyes widened. Wang Zhu rushed to say, "After you two, you told the Overlord that if the Overlord agrees to use the Ganggu as the boundary to divide the world equally, I can give out five million kilograms of gold and ten million hu of grain to Chu State. So that the soldiers and the people of Chu State can also have enough food and clothing in the future, and live happily like the people of Qin State." Wang Zhu ran the train all over the mouth, which was purely fart. Even if he concentrated on mining all the gold in the world, there was not so much. He deliberately scared the people of Chu State.
Wu Tianran was shocked and almost fell down. His throat rumbling: "It's true or false!" Wang Zhu pointed at Wu Tianran on the right with his finger and smiled, "Hurry up, I like it. I am willing to write a letter of the country, and the two messengers will take it back and hand it over to the overlord. This is not fake. Come, take the pen and ink to serve, and prepare a thousand gold for each of the two messengers as a gift--"
It would be impossible to be fake when the golden gold was placed in front of you. Shang Jing and Wu Tianran followed Xiang Yu to fight and ran around. They had never seen so much gold before. They scared them so much that they shrank their necks, both happy and frustrated. Qin is worthy of being a powerful country that unifies the six countries, and its national strength is much stronger than Chu.
Wang Zhu looked at the reactions of the two and said apologetically, "I really can't make any moves. I'll just think that I'm treating you two for a casual banquet!" The more I brag, the more I lost it. Wang Zhu himself was unsure. Don't brag all the cows in the nearby area to death, otherwise the people will suffer again.
Shang Jing looked at Wang Zhu straight, "Qin State is really so rich?" Wang Zhu looked "You are not worried": "This is also rich, what are you kidding? I am almost poor because of the war. Lord Chen Ping's monthly salary is only 10,000 gold. I am really sorry for the ancestors of Qin State!"
Shang Jing and Wu Tianran had sweat on their faces, half-believing and half-doubting. Wang Zhu sat down and sighed, thinking, let's see what Chen Ping arranged!
Shang Jing and Wu Tianran walked out of the government office and began to discuss. The two could not completely believe Wang Zhu's words, but they could not believe even if they put two thousand kilograms of gold in the car.
Shang Jing said, "The Qin State is so rich, with a warehouse full of grain, gold and silver everywhere, and a tiger and wolf army. This battle cannot be fought at all!" Wu Tianran curled his lips. "It's not bragging, it's impossible." Shang Jing saw from the car window and saw that there were pedestrians in Xingyang City, and said strangely. "Our army besieged the city for several days, and there were corpses everywhere outside the city. People here were not afraid, and they dared to go shopping, which is puzzling."
Wu Tianran licked her face: "Let's go down and take a look."
The trees on the street are all wrapped in silk, and the branches are covered with gorgeous palace lanterns. All those who walk on the street are dressed brightly, with jade pendants and gold and silver. The shops and restaurants on both sides of the road are welcomed and sent, prosperous, monks and Taoists are mundane, and their faces are rosy and radiant. The streets are dry and clean, and the cars are galloping like running water and horses like dragons. It is simply unbelievable.
Shang Jing seemed to be seeing a ghost in broad daylight and said in shock; "How is this possible? In just less than a month, here is actually-" Wu Tianran lowered his voice and shouted; "It was not like this here a few days ago." Shang Jing suddenly sneered, "What's wrong, there must be articles here, let's ask a few people."
There is an elegant small wine shop on the left side of the road made of square stone bricks. Although the wine shop is not as carved and painted as a painted building, it is sunny and very clean, and guests come and go in and out.
The two of them pretended to be ordinary people and walked into the restaurant. The boss and the guy did not look at them differently because they were wearing silk and satin, because everyone here was dressed no worse than the two.
"Customer, what do you want to order?" A eloquent guy came up to pour tea and hand over water, busy asking the guests to order food.
"Steamed bear's paw, steamed pheasant, braised giant salamander--" Shang Jing was angry and ordered all the dishes he had not eaten at Chen Ping, thinking that there must be no such small place.
The guy nodded and bowed with a smile, recorded it with his smart little head, turned his head and left; "You two, wait for a moment." Shang Jing was stunned again.
Not long after, all kinds of dishes were served, and Shang Jing smiled bitterly, "It's very valuable! I didn't expect that there was a hidden world in the shop." Wu Tianran whispered, "Is the situation really as the King of Qin said, "If it were really like the Qin Dynasty, the great Qin Fu's oil, if it was really like that, the future battle would be difficult."
Shang Jing said, "When we were here two days ago, Xingyang was not like this. Why did the Qin people immediately become a paradise of fairyland as soon as they arrived here?" As he said that, he drank a glass of wine and rolled his eyes.
The friend just now heard the words of the two and hurriedly interrupted, "The two guests don't know that since the King of Qin arrived in Xingyang, the people here have enjoyed their happiness. The gold of Qin is piled up in mountains, the food of Qin is piled up in mountains, the women of Qin are as beautiful as jade, and the men of Qin are as cruel as wolves. I heard that the entire palace of Mount Li Mausoleum ordered by Emperor Qin Shi Huang to build is made of gold, and the ground is inlaid with high-quality Kunlun jade, and the valleys of Mount Qi and Mount Li
There was endless food piled up in it, enough for millions of people to eat for more than ten years. After the King of Qin arrived in Xingyang, he immediately distributed five hundred golds to each of the people in the city, plus one hundred pieces of silk and two thousand hu of grain. Now the people here have no worries about food and drink. They are definitely not like when the Chu army was there, they were hungry and cold all day long, and they were still worried and frightened." When the waiter said this, his face suddenly darkened and snorted heavily, which made the two people's faces change drastically.
So that's it! The people of Qin are so crazy.
"You lied, how could Qin State have so much food and treasure? It's impossible!" The blue veins on Shang Jing's neck jumped out. He didn't believe it even if he killed him.
The waiter was also a stubborn person. He squatted on the counter with the teapot he had just picked up and frowned, saying, "Why is this nonsense? No knowledge is no knowledge. Don't you know that Emperor Qin unified the six kingdoms and brought all the gold, silver, treasures, beautiful women, war horses, food and grass from the six kingdoms back to the Qin country's hometown. Do you know these things later when I went there?" The waiter said proudly.
Shang Jing looked him up and down, "I'm going there, would you tell me?"
Xiaoer said; "Of course, Afang Palace and the Mausoleum of Mount Li were built, and the grain and grass were piled up in the valleys of Mount Li and Mount Qi. Are you beauties? Hehe, you are betrothed to the soldiers, and now you may have little beauties!"
Wu Tianran no longer wanted to listen or eat. She threw down her chopsticks with a bang and stood up; "Checkout!" As she said that, she was about to get the gold.
The waiter rushed over quickly and stopped him and said, "The guest is making fun of the shop. We have to check out the meal. There is no such rule in Qin. To be honest, these shops on both sides of the road are funded by the King of Qin, all of which are free. The people ask for it, scold it, take it at will, and don't collect any money. The Qin Dynasty has abundant resources and is enough to deal with it. Please go slowly and come often in the future!"
Chapter completed!