Through many inquiries, Prince Chenla learned a piece of news. Zhuluhou was very interested in 'seeds'. He once spent a thousand guan to purchase a seed called 'potato' from a South Vietnamese businessman, which was said to be worth an acre.
Produce several thousand kilograms.
Prince Chenla naturally did not believe such an exaggerated figure. However, it also reminded him that although he did not have "potatoes", he also had seeds and rice seeds. With the mentality of giving it a try, Prince Chenla decided to use
As a stepping stone, he went to see Li Mu to try his luck. However, he did not have much confidence in this seed, because the Tang Dynasty also had rice, and the staple food of the Tang Dynasty was wheat and corn. Rice was not a mainstream food, and growing rice required
The conditions are much harsher than growing wheat and millet, so Zhulu Hou may not like it.
But even so, Prince Chenla must give it a try, because he can't afford to wait. If it drags on any longer, as the director of Honglu Temple said, it will take two months before he can see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
, Chenla may have long ceased to exist.
…
Li Mu had just washed his hands and prepared to eat when he got home. The concierge Zhao Youcai came to report that there was a visitor. Li Mu thought he was such an important person if he dared to visit at dusk. When he came out, he saw that it was a little bald man named Yixiu. Standing next to him
A "short and ugly" person exuded an extremely humble stench. Li Mu guessed with his toes that this person must be an important figure in the Japanese mission. He raised the corner of his mouth and ignored it.
He raised his hand and touched Yixiu's little bald head, and said: "Little bald head, you do care about adults' affairs. But I only care about money and don't care much about kindness. Even if you bring him here, I will
I don’t want to give you face by coming to see you off."
Inugami Mita Shu had long heard about Li Mu's temper. He would fall out with Li Mu at any time. When his temper got worse, no one would lose face. When he saw it today, he quickly fell to the ground and said, "The ambassador of Japan, Inugami Mita Shu, paid homage to the Marquis Zhulu. I'm going to take the liberty today."
Come here and ask for your forgiveness!"
Li Mu turned around and glanced sideways, saying: "The ambassador is too polite. There are still more than twenty days until the New Year. You wish me an early New Year's greeting and you don't get any reward. You should go where you should, and don't be an eyesore to me."
Inugami Mita Shu's face turned red and he opened his mouth. He wanted to say something, but nothing came out. Li Mu rolled around, as if a piece of shit had been stuffed in his mouth, blocking his words.
"Zhuluhou!"
Yixiu suddenly spoke, and Li Mu stopped, turned around and looked at him with an eyebrow, and said: "Little bald head, my impression of you is indeed quite good. But it is only good. You are a child, so it is best not to interfere with adults' affairs.
.Otherwise, the good impression you left on me will be gone."
Yixiu looked up at Li Mu with bright eyes: "I just don't understand why we are polite and considerate, but you have to say bad things to us? I heard the master said that the Celestial Kingdom is a country of etiquette, but why did we come to Chang'an?
But I am rude in every way. I don’t understand very much, so I would like to ask the Marquis to clarify my confusion.”
Inugami Mita Shu was so frightened that his face turned green. He quickly covered Ikkyu's mouth and fell to the ground in horror: "The child is talking nonsense, please forgive me... forgive me..."
"Hahaha..." Seeing the completely different reactions of the two Japanese people, Li Mu suddenly laughed. He pointed to the chair and said: "I just have free time today, so I will tell you, what kind of 'dog' is that?"
, it’s okay for you to listen nearby.”
Inugami Mita Shu hurriedly said: "Thank you so much, Lord Marquis, thank you so much, Lord Marquis!"
Yixiu did not sit down, but still stood in front of Li Mu, waiting for his answer. Li Mu saw confusion and complaint in his eyes, and he could understand this feeling. When a person is full of emotions about a thing or a place,
This is roughly how it feels when the reality is seriously inconsistent with his fairy tale fantasy.
"Ichigo, let me ask you a few questions first."
"Please ask."
"You and I don't know each other, and I didn't allow you to come to my house as a guest, but you came anyway. You heard that I am polite to guests, so you also want me to be polite to you. But I don't recognize you, and neither are you and me.
Friend, why should I treat you politely?"
"Well..." Ikkyu couldn't answer, but he was a smart kid after all. He rolled his eyes and said, "But the Analects of Confucius says that it's a great pleasure to have friends come from far away..."
"That's right, there are 'friends' coming from far away. The Japanese country and the Tang Dynasty have never had any contact, so how can we talk about the word 'friend'?" Li Mu said coldly: "You are not 'friends' to the Tang Dynasty.
, you are not 'guests', you came unannounced and uninvited. Do you know why I, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, do not want to see you? If I remember correctly, during the reign of Emperor Sui Yang of the previous dynasty, the Japanese ambassador once said, "The Japanese king
He is the 'Emperor where the sun rises', calling the former Sui Yang Emperor the 'Emperor where the sun sets' is such a big statement!"
"We, the Tang Dynasty, succeeded the Sui Dynasty and took charge of the world. According to this statement, if I meet you, wouldn't I be the 'Emperor of the Sunset'? The small country of Zu'er is arrogant and does not know its own capabilities. Throughout the ages, barbarian countries have
There is no one more rude than you. So when I heard the word 'propriety' from your mouth just now, I felt very ridiculous. How dare barbarians talk about propriety? It's extremely ridiculous!"
Inugami Mita was so frightened that he dared not speak, but he had a childlike mind. Although he was smart, he did not know the importance of things and did not understand expressions. Hearing this, he said: "I think you are right. The emperor of our country cannot be called a monarch."
Is it done?”
"No!" Li Mu said loudly. He paused for a moment and said, "Why not?"
"The Son of Heaven is also a king. "The Rites of Zhou" says that a country with a thousand chariots can be a prince, and a country with ten thousand chariots can be a king. Chariots are also called chariots. In ancient times, a chariot was pulled by four horses.
There are three soldiers, seventy-two foot soldiers, and twenty-five corvees, a total of one hundred people. The Tang Dynasty has more than one million soldiers, and it is undoubtedly a country of ten thousand chariots. Therefore, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty can be called the king of the Japanese country.
, it is difficult to make up a hundred chariots if you are full of battles. How dare you arrogantly call yourself king in such a small place? Even the princes are not qualified!"
"..." The little bald head was so angry that he pursed his lips and thought for a long time, then said quibly: "We don't need to follow the "Zhou Rites"."
Li Mu sneered and asked: "From whom did you learn the characters you write, the books you read, the seasons you observe, and the calendar you use?"
"Yes..." Ikkyu stopped talking.
"Don't you think it's a little shameless, little bald head? Use our words, learn our knowledge, live our seasons, and use our calendar. Now you tell me that I don't need to follow the "Zhou Rites". Who taught you these fallacies?
?”
Yixiu remained silent for a long time, then bowed and saluted, saying: "The young monk is wrong, thank you Lord Marquis for your advice."
Li Mu laughed, touched his bald head, and said: "It's okay. It's not easy to still know that I was wrong. Knowing your mistakes can make a lot of improvements. I won't argue with you this time. Go back and reflect on it."
When the time comes, Your Majesty will meet with you. When the time comes, there is no point in being clever."
Li Mu glanced at Inugami Mita, who was dripping with cold sweat, and said, "Ambassador, do you think what I am saying is right?"
"It's extremely, extremely true. What Mr. Hou said is absolutely true. It couldn't be more true."
Li Mu snorted coldly, interrupted him, and said: "If you have any problems, don't expect your children to do it. No matter how smart your children are, they are just children. Teach your children better, and don't make all good children like you. Also,
Don’t think that I don’t know your details. Is the person you really loyal to the king of Japan?”
"Ah!" Inugami Mita Shu was shocked. He looked at Li Mu in horror, and his whole body froze.
Li Mu was a little surprised when he saw his reaction. In fact, he didn't know anything, he was just lying, because in his impression, Japan was governed by the shogunate, and the so-called emperor was just a puppet. In fact, this was his vague memory.
Well, the shogunate era is still far away.
Li Mu snorted coldly, pretending to be profound, and said no more. Seeing this, Zhao Youcai came over to see off the guests. Yixiu bowed deeply to Li Mu again, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and left with Inugami Mita Shu.
Li Mu yawned and just stood up to go back to the backyard. Zhao Youcai turned around again. Li Mu looked at him and said angrily: "You are really good at being a concierge...what use do I need you for!"
Zhao Youcai looked aggrieved, but he didn't dare to talk back. Li Mu waved his hand impatiently and said, "Call in!"
Zhao Youcai came in with Prince Zhenla. Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Where did you come from? What do you want to do with me? If you have anything to say, say it quickly, and if you have anything to say, let it go!"
"..." Prince Zhenla did not expect that Li Mu was so 'vulgar' and was too frightened to speak. It was only when Beard Duolou next to him signaled him with his eyes that he realized what he was doing. He quickly bowed deeply and raised the bag in his hand above his head.
He respectfully presented it to Li Mu and said: "The little king is from the Kingdom of Zhenla. I heard that the Marquis likes to collect seeds, so I came here to offer rice seeds from this country and ask the Marquis to accept it."
"Seeds?" Li Mu has always been very interested in seeds. Especially rice seeds. As a person who traveled through time and grew up eating rice, it is really difficult for him to adapt to the 'corn' eaten in the Tang Dynasty. This thing has nothing to do with him.
The millet I ate before the time travel was different. Strictly speaking, it was a bit like the seeds of foxtail grass. The taste was hard to describe.
Rice was better, but there was too little rice in Datang. And he didn’t know what was going on. The grains of rice in Datang were very small, and it was really unpalatable.
At this time, someone offered rice seeds. How could it not arouse his interest?
Li Mu took the cloth bag over and waved his hand. Zhao Youcai invited Prince Zhenla and Yan Duolou to sit down, and asked Xiaozhu to help bring two cups of tea. Prince Zhenla was immediately flattered. He looked at the face of Inugami Santian who had just walked out.
, I was already in despair. I didn’t expect to receive such courtesy. Is Zhuluhou’s tea something that ordinary people can drink? I heard that the prince of Gaochang spent 20,000 yuan to just drink one cup.
Li Mu opened the bag and reached out to grab a handful of rice. When he saw the long and narrow grains of rice, his eyes suddenly lit up.
This kind of rice was infinitely close to the rice he had eaten in his previous life. At the same time, a reminder appeared in his mind.
【Champa Rice】.
It was a very familiar name, but Li Mu couldn't remember where he had seen it. But since it was something certified by the system, it must be good. Li Mu glanced at Prince Zhenla, and put the rice seeds aside without showing any signs of expression.
A smile appeared on his face.
Seeing Li Mu looking over with a smile, Prince Zhenla, who was sipping tea, quickly put down the tea cup and sat upright and looked at Li Mu, like a primary school student waiting for criticism from the teacher.
"Don't be nervous." Li Mu smiled and said, "Prince of Zhenla Kingdom, right?"
"Yes, yes, Xiao Wang Motorcycle."
"What?"
Prince Zhenla thought Li Mu didn't hear clearly, so he repeated again: "Xiao Wang Motorcycle."
"..." Li Mu was a little confused again, and it took him two seconds to realize that this guy's name was 'Moto'. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "What a good name. Then, Prince Moto, you must have something to do if you give me the rice seeds."
Please tell me what you need. For the sake of rice seed, I will try my best to help you. Maybe if we have a good chat, we can even discuss a business deal.
"
Moto was overjoyed and stood up excitedly: "If this is really the case, then I would be very grateful to Mr. Hou. Mr. Hou is so kind and kind. Moto will never forget it. Thank you Mr. Hou!"
"Don't get too excited now." Li Mu pointed to the chair, Momo quickly sat down and said, "Let's talk about things first."
"Xiao Wang wants to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and requests His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to send troops to aid the Zhenla Kingdom!"
After listening to Moto's words, Li Mu understood what was going on. The Zhenla Kingdom can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and there has always been such a country. But from the day it was born, the Zhenla Kingdom was another country in the Indochina Peninsula, the Funan Kingdom.
' is a vassal state. Although for hundreds of years, the successive rulers of the Chenla Kingdom have never given up the idea of independence, they have never been able to realize it. The Chenla Kingdom has always been oppressed by the Funan Kingdom. It would not matter if it continued like this. Hundreds of
I have been used to it for a long time. But in Moto's father's generation, the rulers of Funan Kingdom are no longer satisfied with bullying, they want to annex Zhenla Kingdom.
The Chenla Kingdom was unable to compete with the Funan Kingdom's army and was retreating steadily. The surrounding countries were afraid of the threat from the Funan Kingdom and did not dare to send troops to help the Chenla Kingdom. Seeing that the country was about to fall, the leader of the Chenla Kingdom had no choice but to become a living horse doctor.
, sent his son to bypass the Funan Kingdom and come to the Tang Dynasty with heavy gifts, hoping that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to help. Although the leader of Zhenla Kingdom himself knew that the mountains were high and the roads were far away, the Tang Dynasty might not be able to help, but there was no way
There is no other way. At least, if he sends his son out, even if he dies and the country is destroyed, at least his bloodline can still survive.
Moto cried while talking. When he mentioned his father, he became even more sad and burst into tears. Li Mu was not too interested in this. He was from the Tang Dynasty. Even if Zhenla was destroyed, it would have nothing to do with him.
Seeds are what he cares about.
Li Mu looked at the motorcycle and said: "I already understand your matter. This is not a trivial matter, it needs to be discussed in the long term." He changed the topic and brought the topic to rice seeds, saying: "Tell me about this rice seeds.
Well, is this rice seed easy to grow? Do you know what the yield is?"