While helping Mingxuan up, Reggie discovered something. Mingxuan's right hand was injured and two fingers were missing. In order to further deepen the relationship, Reggie specifically asked about the injury. Unexpectedly, Mingxuan was asked about the injury.
The pain in Xuan's heart.
"This is the shame of our family, and I am truly ashamed to express it in words."
"Since you regard me as your king, you shouldn't hide anything from me." According to Lei Ji's speculation, they should also have committed a serious crime such as deceiving the emperor. Sure enough, when he heard the word concealment, Mingxuan almost
He knelt on the ground again.
Lei Ji warned again that he would not be allowed to kneel to others in the future. Mingxuan tearfully told the reason. Just last month, a conflict broke out between the Dongsang people and the Golden Eagle people. The Dongsang people were defeated as punishment.
, Mingxuan had the index and middle fingers of his right hand cut off.
Reggie looked at Silio in surprise and asked, "You actually used such a cruel punishment on the lord of the Dongsang people?"
Silio looked at Mingxuan's right hand. Since Reggie already knew the reason, he didn't need to hide anything: "Sir, this is the tradition of Spiked Island. Rebels should be severely punished. I hope you can respect us.
tradition..."
"Of course I respect your tradition," Reggie said with surprise on his face, "You tried to assassinate me. This should be considered a serious rebellion. It seems that I will chop off at least one of your hands."
"My lord, you are a wise king," the shameless Sirio knelt in front of Reggie and showed his shameless face again, "I think there are many bad habits in the tradition that you should abandon."
Reggie sneered: "How to punish you depends on my mood, but you must always remember one thing, you are guilty!"
Reggie ordered Silio to immediately prepare a banquet for Mingxuan and his entourage. He felt very good about Mingxuan and decided to take over the Dongsang people in a peaceful way.
Mingxuan's entourage was also surprised to hear that Reji could speak fluent Dongsang. Before the banquet started, they took out the gifts Mingxuan had prepared.
Seeing Mingxuan's gift, Silio curled his lips and said, "In all these years, you have never been able to come up with a decent gift."
Maybe Mingxuan himself felt a little shabby, so he leaned over and saluted and said: "This is a meager gift, but it shows how much I care. I hope my king will not give it up."
Mingxuan thought Reggie would dislike his gift, but he didn't expect that the first gift gave Reggie a big surprise.
It was rice. Reggie picked up the golden rice and almost shed tears.
Silio next to him said: "This is something Dongsang people love to eat. It tastes like the seeds of weeds."
Reggie turned around and gritted his teeth: "You are not allowed to speak without my permission, otherwise I will cut off your tongue!"
Silio was quiet for a while, and Reggie took the rice and said to Mingxuan: "This is rice, right? It's a good thing, it's a really good thing."
Mingxuan was stunned, and a follower beside him said: "Your Majesty, you have good eyesight, this is the best rice."
Mingxuan turned around and shouted: "Don't be rude!"
Reggie stopped Mingxuan and said, "I like the way he talks. It would be great if you could talk like this."
"This, this person is really vulgar." Mingxuan didn't know how to describe it. He respected Reggie very much and felt that Reggie was very kind, but Reggie's language really made him feel vulgar.
The second gift was a can of wine, which was a typical oriental wine. Reggie had a familiar taste after one sip.
The third gift was a piece of clothing. Nipoli, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up, grabbed the piece of clothing, and said to Reggie: "Sir, this is Yunmian, the most precious clothing material in the world."
"Uh...you call it cloud cotton?" Reggie touched the smooth texture.
"Yes," Nipoli pointed to the embroidery on the clothing, "This is top-quality embroidery work. This piece of clothing is worth at least forty gold coins."
"There aren't that many," Sirio quickly shouted, "This thing is not valuable on the island. This, this is our tradition."
It seems that he defrauded a lot of Yun cotton from the Dongsang people, and he used it at a very low price.
Reggie wanted to cut out Sirio's tongue immediately, but his attention could not be taken away from the piece of clothing: "This piece of clothing does not come from the clouds in the sky, but from the leaves on the ground."
Reggie looked at Nipoli with a smile, he seemed to know this piece of clothing better than Nipoli.
"His name is Silk, right?" Reggie looked at Mingxuan.
When he said these two words, the followers behind Mingxuan were frightened.
"He, he is one of our tribesmen, right?"
"Yes, but he doesn't look like us."
"This, what should I do..."
Except for the Dongsang people on Spiked Island, no one can tell the original name of this clothing material.
This piece of clothing material is silk. It was once the soul of trade in the East. However, hundreds of years ago, even the Dongsang people in Tuodao have forgotten its oldest name, but the Dongsang people here still remember it.
The presence of silk proved that there were silkworms here, and Reggie saw a steady stream of wealth coming to him.
After accepting the gifts from Mingxuan people, the banquet officially began.
When he saw the knife and fork prepared by Syrio, Reggie frowned and asked, "Is this appropriate?"
Silio said: "These knives and forks are all made of silver. These are my best tableware."
Reggie said: "Do you think knives and forks are suitable? Don't you know the Dongsang people's special tableware?"
"Are you talking about those two damn wooden sticks?" Silio shook his head, "Who knows how to eat with such rough things?"
Reggie said angrily: "Why do you think those two wooden sticks are crude? Aren't knives and forks used as hunting tools?"
Silio didn't want to talk anymore. Reggie was completely on the side of the Dongsang people. A Dongsang person who could understand the common language picked up a pair of chopsticks and said to Reggie: "My king, we brought us
tableware."
Reggie smiled and said, "Did you bring extra? I also like this kind of tableware!"
"Of course!" The attendant was about to give the chopsticks to Lei Ji, but was stopped by Mingxuan.
"Presumptuous! Who are you? How can the things you use insult my king?" Mingxuan took out a pair of silver chopsticks from his luggage, turned to Lei Ji and said, "My king, these are made of pure silver.
, I have never touched my lips, so now I am giving it to my king, I hope you will never give it up."
Lei Ji accepted Mingxuan's silver chopsticks, turned around and smiled at the attendant: "Give your chopsticks to my friend."
The attendants took out their chopsticks and gave them to Nipoli, Modesa and Silio.
The banquet started, and everyone in Dongsang was very happy to see Reggie using chopsticks skillfully. It was only to the bitter end that Nipoli and Modesa didn't eat much during the whole banquet, but they didn't dare to complain.
Time should not affect Reggie's mood.
Reggie's attitude towards Mingxuan made Nipoli a little worried. Although Mingxuan and his men were so loyal, they could not change the fact that he was one of the lords on Spiked Island and he represented the indigenous people.
The power is even deeper than Syrio's foundation.
But there was another thing that worried Nipoli even more. Until midnight, the leader of the Pallas still did not appear.
"This is a provocation. It seems that the Pallas people do not intend to accept your rule," Silio spread his hands and said, "I clearly understood in the letter that Lord Victor just wants to have a chat with you. Don't you
They will force everyone to do anything, they will not abuse force, and they will not violate our traditions. These damn pirates actually rejected your kindness. This is really an unforgivable crime!"
Although Syrio was still disliked, this time Nipoli agreed with him that this serious act of provocation was tantamount to a declaration of war on Reggie.
"This damn woman must learn a lesson," Silio slammed the table, "My lord, let me gather the warships to burn her ships!"
Reggie was stunned for a long time and asked: "You mean, the leader of the pirates is a woman?"
"Yes, her name is Grace Vercelli, and she is a famous pirate on this route!"
Nipoli frowned. He didn't expect that the great lord of the Pallas people was a woman. Reggie would often be merciful to women, especially beautiful women.
Mingxuan stood up and saluted: "My king, I think there is something fishy about this matter. Wei's character is strong and unruly, but he has always been upright in his actions. After agreeing to attend the banquet, he has no reason to break his promise. I also hope that my king
Mingjian.”
Although he couldn't understand Mingxuan's words, Nipoli could feel that he was defending the female pirate.
"Sir, I have heard of Gresvecheli's reputation. Many businessmen call her the Pirate Queen, but I really didn't know that she was actually the lord of Spike Island," Nipoli said, "I suggest you
Prepare for battle immediately and conquer the territory of the Pallas."