Everyone saw that he looked strange and thought it was because bad wine was hard to drink.
Mrs. Liu is a nice person, but her wine-making skills are really lacking...
The surprise in Dou Jiande's heart was naturally beyond what they could experience. He smacked the taste in his mouth and became more and more sure that only his daughter could brew this wine. Plus, Qijun's small troughs should be rare in Chang'an...
He drank the remaining wine in one gulp and shouted, "Give me another bowl."
The Qianniu guards finally showed some smiles on their faces, and they all said in their hearts that this person was quite cheerful and did not say that the wine was not good.
After drinking three glasses of wine with everyone else, the bottle of wine has reached its bottom.
Mrs. Cao didn't drink at all, so she just watched from the side. Although she felt something was wrong with her husband, she still made up her mind to wait until he was drunk, and then watched these people and brought him back to his residence, in order to prevent others from doing anything.
In addition, you can't let him talk nonsense after drinking.
And where else would Dou Jiande pay attention to now? He put down the wine cup and asked casually: "The wine is not bad, but it smells of powder. Is it made by a woman? Am I right?"
Lu Qianniu did not doubt that he was there, and said in surprise: "Can you taste this? Mr. Dou is indeed extraordinary. This wine is really brewed by a young lady."
Several Qianniu Preparations were also surprised. They smacked their mouths and said to themselves that I had drunk a lot, so why didn't I taste the powdery smell? It's really fucking amazing.
Dou Jiande stopped asking questions. He had generally confirmed that his daughter was nearby. Suddenly, he was very worried. His daughter actually made wine and had it delivered here. What did she want to do?
If it were his Lao Dou, knowing that he couldn't save others, he would definitely stay as far away as possible, otherwise wouldn't he be unable to live with himself?
Women... always don't understand the truth of being in trouble and constantly being disturbed, and they can't achieve great things.
Dou Jiande complained about his daughter's ignorance of the importance, but he was a little pleased with her kindness and righteousness. Of course, he was more worried that she would show off and be caught.
The feeling was really unpleasant, and what was even more frustrating was that there was nothing he could do.
Once a man faces this kind of situation, let alone an emperor, even ordinary people are just like when they go to bed but find that they can't do anything, they are so depressed that they can't control themselves.
Ever since... Dou Jiande drank too much. The Qianniu Preparators were still fine, but Lao Dou was already unconscious. Everyone looked at each other, and someone muttered, "I'm just telling you, Mr. Dou can't drink enough..."
After hearing this, everyone wished they could go up and shut up this guy's foul mouth.
Lu Qianniu stepped forward cautiously and checked Dou Jiande's breathing. In exchange for Mr. Cao's glare, Lu Qianniu was relieved. He really drank too much and was not dead...
Then he directed everyone to help Dou Jiande up and carry him back.
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In mid-December, there was another snowfall in Liangzhou, and tens of thousands of Tang troops were scattered throughout the winter.
The war with the Tubo people in the third year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be very cruel. The southern part of Liangzhou was severely harmed by the Tubo people, and all the cities became empty cities.
Since the Bai Yusuo Rebellion, Liangzhou has been hit hard again. Fortunately, the relatively densely populated areas of Pohan and the hinterland of Liangzhou, that is, the vitality of Guzang is still there.
The people of Panhan migrated eastward to the Huining River to spend the winter, and would migrate back next year.
Some Turks came to Zhangye area in the west of Liangzhou, and they are still waiting for the imperial edict to resettle them.
While the snowflakes were flying, a team of twenty or thirty people emerged from the Jishi Valley Road. Braving the wind and snow, they arrived at Jishi Town. They were immediately surrounded by the Tang army stationed here, and they were quickly identified.
The origin of.
The Tibetan envoys have arrived.
Needless to say, these people were in a state of embarrassment. Walking through Jishi Mountain in the cold depths of winter was almost like seeking death.
According to their own reports, there were more than 150 people when they set out, but when they passed through Jishi Mountain and entered the territory of Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, only 20 or 30 people were left, and the rest froze to death on the road.
That is to say, the vitality of the Tubo people is relatively tenacious, otherwise no one might be able to get out of Jishi Mountain.
Although they were said to be envoys, they actually thought highly of them. They came to Pingdi on the orders of the Tibetan commander Nang Nyimaben and wanted to go to the legendary Chang'an and meet the king of the people of Pingdi.
This is an inherent habit of the Tubo people.
Their dealings with people are divided into several stages. First, they say hello with swords and guns. If they win, they will naturally plunder and conquer without any scruples.
If you suffer a loss, they will send envoys to talk to you like this, mainly to find out the enemy's true and false situation, and secondly to negotiate.
Generally speaking, this stage means that the Tubo people have calmed down, but you don't have to have any expectations for them. The Tubo people will only keep their promises when they face the gods.
They do not believe every word their enemies say, so they themselves will not abide by any treaty they make with their enemies.
The arrival of the Tibetan envoys actually only shows that the Tubo people have begun to face this opponent seriously, and recognize that the Flatlanders have the strength to interact with them as equals, and no longer regard them as a fat prey.
Just like the Tubo people did not understand the thoughts of the flat-earth people, the people of the Tang Dynasty could not deeply understand their way of thinking, after all, the time of contact with them was still short.
Liangzhou officials and Tang army generals actually regarded the Tubo people as another rising barbarian tribe, and the Turks were obviously the best reference, which would undoubtedly produce considerable deviations.
However, the hatred between the two sides was so real, and the Tang army was indignant at the Tibetan atrocities, so the Tibetan envoys did not receive any preferential treatment.
This was not the time when we later claimed to be a country of etiquette and treated people from all over the world preferentially. The land of the Central Plains was rife with violence, and it was far from the time to restrain ourselves and show grace and tolerance.
Everyone's thoughts and actions seemed very violent. Tooth for tooth and blood for blood was the mainstream of the world, especially the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
The soldiers of the Tang Army stationed in Jishi Town did not allow the Tibetans to take a breather in Jishi Town. They first killed a few guys who mumbled and spoke rudely, as if they did not understand the situation, and then used whips and sticks to let them go.
The visitors fully understood their situation.
After briefly asking about their purpose, the Tang army sent a group of people to drive them north like sheep.
Along the way, because the Tang soldiers were annoyed that they would suffer from the cold and wind in the middle of winter, they abused them as much as they could. As a result, only eight poor Tibetan people were able to reach Guzang.
They all lost weight successfully and were freezing to death.
The favorite game of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty was to let them run naked (harmony), and if one died, he would be replaced by the next one. The tyranny they showed was no less brutal than that of the Tubo people to a certain extent. The lives of the Tubo people had no value in their eyes.
Word.
Because the Tang army did not declare any preferential treatment for Tibetan prisoners, any Tibetans in the hands of the Tang army would be nothing more than playthings, not even slaves.
The fear of the surviving Tibetan envoys can be imagined... The image of the Flatlanders in their minds has been equated with the devils in their myths and legends.
In fact, even in the Central Plains at this time, envoys were a high-risk profession. The princes were fighting against each other. Many times they would act with the idea of courtesy first and then attack in order to gain the moral high ground.
But most of the envoys had their heads chopped off, Wang Shichong did it, and Li Po was no exception, so what happened to the Tubo people was not unusual.
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Fan Wenjin, Zhang Lun and others were surprised that the Tubo people sent an envoy so quickly.
Zhang Lun felt that he had not done enough. His humiliation seemed to frighten the Tibetan people, rather than arouse their anger as he thought.
When the eight Tubo people arrived in Guzang, two more died. When they could talk properly, only three relatively intact Tubo people stood in front of Fan Wenjin and Zhang Lun.
Fortunately, both of them were not dead. Neither Fan Wenjin nor Zhang Lun was worried about this. Especially when they heard that the Tibetans wanted to go to Chang'an to meet the emperor, both of them were amused.
You still want to go to Chang'an with your looks like this? Do you think the emperor is your local king? I really don't know...
The Tubo people do have this meaning.
The Tibetan envoy brought the conditions for a truce between Nang and Ni.
The first one is to bring the bones of those who died in battle back to the highlands. According to the custom of the Tubo people, only in this way can the heroes who died in battle return to the Kingdom of God. As for whether the people whose heads were cut off can be restored to the kingdom of God by gods.
Accepting it is a matter for the gods.
They only care about transportation and have no right to make decisions for the gods.
In addition, they want to trade with peaceful people, which is also a common practice of the Tubo people. Merchants are an important part of the Tibetan social structure.
At the same time, they are also the forerunners of the Tubo people's military actions, just like spies in the army. Wherever they go, they often bring not prosperity and stability, but war.
This can be compared to those humanoid creatures in the west later. They are essentially robbers, not really trying to trade with you.
The several wars they had with Tianzhu in the south were caused by merchants, but because the road was not easy to travel, they finally had no choice but to choose trade.
These two things are still within the normal range. After all, in the eyes of Fan Wenjin and Zhang Lun, the Tubo people have released a certain amount of goodwill. In the thinking of the Central Plains people, this is actually not much different from seeking peace.
Those who take the initiative to seek peace are often in a weak position, so the powerful party can make some excessive demands, such as ceding territory, or asking the other party to claim vassalage and pay tribute.
Obviously the two sides' ideas are not on the same line at all.
Then what the Tibetan people said next was very out of tune. The Tibetan people's words were more "tactful". Well, that's what they thought.
In order to show their sincerity, the flatlanders, that is, the Tang people, needed to give them a certain number of slaves every year, as well as enough swords, guns, and bows to make their king give up the war.
And the most important one is marriage. The great Songtsan wants to marry a direct woman of the king of the Tang Dynasty, and the children he gives birth to must be the ones with the right to inherit...