I'm afraid there won't be any good results if we go to find Han Du again. The three of them all know this very well.
But just like what the Korean envoy said, they had no other way. If they wanted to get the treasure, they had to go to Han Du. No matter how difficult it was, they had to find it. This was an unavoidable hurdle.
But how to meet Han Du, what to give, what to say...this requires a lot of thinking.
Shahakht left Mingjingzhai angrily, but he did not immediately go to the palace to sue Han Du. Instead, he returned to Huitong Hall, where he was staying.
He came outside a room and knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in." A young voice came from inside.
Shahakht lowered his head and pushed the door in, not daring to raise his head at all.
When he came to the young man, he knelt down and worshiped, and said respectfully: "Old slave, I pay my respects to Your Highness."
"Get up."
Only then did Shahakht dare to raise his head.
The young man smiled at Shahakht, pointed to the stool in front of him, and said in a commanding tone: "Sit down." The young man looked about twenty years old, with a cynical demeanor.
He has a high nose bridge and deep sunken eye sockets unique to demi-humans, but unlike Shahakht, he does not have any beard on his face. Instead, the skin on his face is very fair, like a woman's delicate skin.
The young man was leaning on the chair, with one foot slightly bent on it. His right hand was stretched out straight and placed horizontally on his bent knee. He was playing with a palm-sized mirror in his palm. His long white fingers jumped nimbly.
, the mirror is like a lively butterfly, dancing in his hand.
After playing with it for a while, his fingers stopped carelessly. The young man held the mirror and put it in front of him together with a treasure banknote. Then he sighed: "The Ming Dynasty is indeed a land of wealth and treasures. Just this treasure banknote.
The Chagatai Khanate cannot make a mirror."
Shahakht was a little unconvinced after hearing this, "Your Highness, why should you emulate others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige? Our Khanate has a vast territory, vast resources, and countless skilled craftsmen. If you want to do something, it may not be impossible to do it."
After hearing this, the young man shook his head and gave Shahakht a look that he didn't understand. However, he did not continue to dwell on this issue. Instead, he asked, "How about you go out to find out the news? Is there any information?"
What did you find out?"
"Yes! The old slave found out that the banknotes and mirrors were made in the banknote bureau below the banknote lifting department. However, the place was heavily guarded, and there was no hope of getting close to the craftsmen." Shahakht
Reply truthfully.
When the young man heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, "That's such a pity." But this was what he expected. After all, Daming was not a fool. If such an important thing was not guarded, then he would doubt whether it would be possible.
It will be a trap.
"What about the others? What else did you find out?" the young man asked casually.
Shahakht hesitated for a moment, and finally talked about what happened at the door of Mingjingzhai.
After hearing this, the young man couldn't help but ask: "You mean you have met the owner of Mingjingzhai, who is a sixth-grade official? He is still willing to sell the mirror to us?"
"Yes, but he went too far. In the face of distinguished customers, he actually had to double the price before selling to us." Shahakht could not suppress his anger when he mentioned Handu.
"Is it too much? Maybe." The young man smiled and said indifferently. As for the distinguished guests...
Even though I, an old slave, came to the Ming Empire, I didn't expect that he would still have the same thoughts as before. Talking about honorability in front of such a powerful empire like the Ming Dynasty would make people feel uncomfortable anyway.
The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was originally the suzerain state of the world, but the Ming Dynasty was able to overthrow it easily, so its strength cannot be underestimated. As the Ming Dynasty's prestige among the countries around the world has grown, it has now replaced the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and become the new nation.
The feats of the suzerain country.
Talking about dignity in front of such a Ming Empire? The young man couldn't help but shake his head. Shahakht was used to being aloof in the Khanate, and he couldn't adapt to the change in his status when he came to the Ming Dynasty.
"Then what? Did you agree?"
When Shahakht heard this, his face suddenly turned red and he said angrily: "Faced with such a rude request, how could the old slave agree? After the old slave threatened to ask His Majesty the Emperor to make the decision, he broke up with him.
We parted happily. The old slave came back just to ask His Highness for instructions on what to do next."
Shahakht knew that His Highness's visit to the Ming Dynasty had an important purpose. If things got in the way, he would rather give up the mirror than let His Highness's affairs be affected in the slightest.
The young man thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Since you have already said that you want to complain to the emperor, then go ahead. You can also help me test the emperor's attitude first. Well, what is the Ming Dynasty saying?
It’s like asking for directions by throwing stones.”
"Your will, my lord."
However, one night later, Shahakht got up early in the morning and led the envoys to make a fuss and demanded an audience with the emperor. They were humiliated and asked the emperor to make the decision for them.
Although the head of the Huitong Hall is a fourth-grade official of the Ministry of War, he is still trembling when faced with this situation. He is deeply afraid that one bad move will damage the image of the Ming Dynasty's etiquette state. If such a thing really happens,
, he himself is in danger of losing his life. If one person is not good, the whole family will suffer the same fate.
So, without even thinking about it, he hurriedly passed the matter on to his superiors, fearing that it would implicate him.
When Lao Zhu received the report, his face was a little ugly. He stared at the old eunuch and asked sternly: "What's going on? How can there be such a fuss when we are in such a good relationship?" The emperor didn't want to be upright.
, shining through the ages? And if you want to do it, you need the blessing of martial arts and martial arts, among which Siyi Binfu is a very important one.
Originally, Lao Zhu was very dissatisfied with the Japanese country's refusal to pay tribute. If it weren't for the fact that he had a serious problem like Can Yuan standing in front of him, Lao Zhu would have used a knife to chop up the garbage of the Japanese country. Where would it be, even in the Ming Dynasty?
The envoy was killed, and Lao Zhu had to swallow his bad breath.
"That's it," the old eunuch hurriedly told the emperor what happened.
"I heard that the envoys from various countries wanted to buy the mirror, and Han Du threatened to double the price before selling it to them. Naturally, the envoys were not convinced, so they clamored to come to the emperor to complain."
When Lao Zhu heard that it was Han Du again, for some reason, most of the anger in his heart disappeared silently in an instant.