Great Tang Southern Emperor

There are many inns in Wuzhuang Guanxia, ​​each with its own characteristics, but the best one is Tianranju. Tianranju is Li Zhen's property, and the chef here is also brought by Li Zhen from Chang'an. Stuff can be said to be the best in the world. Although it may not be liked by everyone, it is guaranteed to cater to the appetite of most people.

Of course, Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche were not the only ones participating in the banquet this time. They could not represent the entire Tianzhu army. Apart from the two of them, there were some generals, and even some Tianzhu kings who voluntarily surrendered to the Tang Dynasty—but they still He was not qualified to meet the emperor, so he just waited outside.

"Banquet..."

Following Wang Tingchu's loud shout, all kinds of delicacies were brought up, and the banquet began...

Chapter 1032 woo woo woo...

Chapter 389 Woohoo...

"Woooooooo..."

While the wine and meat were in full swing, suddenly there was a burst of crying during the banquet, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Li Shimin's face showed displeasure: "It's such a beautiful day, who is crying?"

"Your Majesty, calm down, it is King Sinharapu who is crying." Xue Wanche was also very annoyed when he saw the crying person, because the crying person was not from the Tang Dynasty, but was one of the kings he brought back.

This king is called Sinharapu, who is the king of the Lion Kingdom (that is, Sri Lanka), and is also one of the only two countries that did not join the Southern Indian Alliance when the Tang Dynasty was fighting with the Southern Indian Alliance (the other is Nibro).Moreover, the Lion Kingdom not only did not join the South Tianzhu Alliance, but even when the Datang fleet passed by the Lion Kingdom, he also took the initiative to help the Datang fleet cover up the news, thereby deceiving the eyes of the spies arranged by the South Tianzhu countries in the Lion Kingdom— —All in all, although this is a country that has not formed an alliance with Datang, it has also given Datang some help.Especially after Datang's victory, the Southern Indian Alliance quickly collapsed. King Sinharalap surrendered without hesitation. When he surrendered, Datang's persuading fleet had not even set off yet. It can be seen that he was smart and decisive And know the time.

However, now, such a person who is so smart in Xue Wanche's eyes actually makes a fool of himself on such a solemn occasion, which not only loses his own face, but also arouses the emperor's displeasure, and may even vent his anger on himself. , They are simply pig teammates - if I knew it, I wouldn't bring them to meet the world.

"Why is King Sinharapu crying?" Li Shimin was even more upset. It was really unlucky to be defeated by a subjugated person. By the way, you Xue Wanche is also, this is a celebration banquet inside our Tang Dynasty. You bring a group of subjugated people Why is the king here?Are you unlucky or not?

Of course, he has heard of King Sinharapu. In fact, he knows the kings of all the countries in Tianzhu. He knows everything.

In Li Shimin's eyes, King Sinharapu was able to help Datang when the two sides were in a stalemate, and he surrendered the whole country without hesitation after the victory of Datang. From these, it can be seen that this is undoubtedly a He is very knowledgeable about current affairs, so he is listed as a model of Datang propaganda, and he is going to be given the highest preferential treatment.

But no matter how knowledgeable he is about current affairs, no matter how much Tang treats him favorably, he can't conceal his identity as the king of subjugation. Li Shimin was a little unhappy to appear at this banquet. Who knows that he is still making trouble at the banquet now? I don't know the so-called - but at the same time of being angry, Li Shimin was also slightly curious. King Sinharapu acted so wisely before, so logically speaking, it shouldn't be such a spoiler, right?What is the reason that caused him to cry bitterly now?

"Please ask Rong Chen..." Xue Wanche frowned, and asked with a serious expression: "Ji Li Gu Lu...￥(..."

Although he couldn't quite understand what he said, but he could roughly tell from his tone that Xue Wanche should be scolding King Sinharapu.

King Sinharapu is a middle-aged man in his 40s. His fair skin and fat body show that he is a man with no ambitions, no work, and no distinction between grains. He is more aware of current affairs than 90.00% of the kings on the Tianzhu continent, which undoubtedly confirms the saying - people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured.

"Grrrrrr)! ~￥......" King Sinharapu, who was wiping away his tears with his sleeves, choked speechlessly when he heard Xue Wanche's scolding, a trace of panic flashed across his face, and when he looked up, Li Shimin's expression was really sullen , was even more panicked, hurriedly came to the center of the field and made a five-body projection, and opened his mouth with a string of birdsong, presumably he was explaining something.

"Huh?" However, when his explanation fell into the ears of those who could understand him, everyone looked weird, especially Xue Wanche, who was the translator, was even more confused——Who am I? Should it be translated according to the original words?Or do you process it yourself and then translate it?

"Xue Aiqing, what is this person talking about?" Li Shimin noticed Xue Wanche's expression and became more curious.

"This... Your Majesty... King Sinharapu said that the reason why he cried so bitterly was because he had never eaten such a delicious meal...Compared with the delicious food he ate today, the food he ate before was no better than rubbish Where are you going?" After thinking about it, Xue Wanche decided to tell the truth. Although this reason is rather nonsense, it should undoubtedly be the best reason at this time. Although King Sinharapu may be a little ugly, at least he will not Offended Li Shimin, besides, this is what he said, and he just translated it truthfully.

"Pfft~ I really didn't expect this to be the reason."

"Hahaha... Sure enough, I came from a small place, but I haven't seen the world."

"Hey, this king is kind of interesting, I kind of like him."

"..."

As expected, all the officials were also shocked by this weird reason, and then they started to tease one after another. King Sinharapu also lost face this time as expected.

"..." Li Shimin didn't expect such a weird reason, and he was stunned. It was because of this reason that he disturbed you at such a formal banquet. Fortunately, I gave you a chance to explain, otherwise I really want to be angry and chop you off with a knife, how wronged are you?

But just as Xue Wanche predicted, after accepting this reason, the unhappiness in Li Shimin's heart dissipated immediately, instead he was filled with joy: "Hahaha, King Sinharapu really has a real temperament, I appreciate you very much... ...What's more, you have helped Datang many times and provided the necessary guarantee for Tianzhu's decisive victory. I haven't thanked you yet... Originally, I planned to give you the gift of thanks in a few days, but now that you have said so Well, I'll give you a gift in advance—it just so happens that there are a few cooks around me who are not bad at cooking, so I'll give you a gift to cook."

"Ji Li Gu Lu ￥!~..." Xue Wanche translated it in time, and King Sinharapu was surprised. He didn't expect to have such a harvest, and he was so excited that he kowtowed and couldn't even speak.

"...It's really shit luck..." The other kings who were traveling with him were also full of envy and hatred. Isn't Sinharapu's luck too good?

I was envious and regretful at the same time, why didn't I think of this move?They are not rare for a few cooks. What they really envy is that this kind of reward means that they have a closer relationship with the Emperor of Datang. In the future, they may have to rely on Datang for food. Now they have a closer relationship with the supreme master of Datang. , doesn't this mean that you will have a better life in Datang in the future?This is why they regret it.

Chapter 1033 One hundred tons of gold?

3 Chapter Ninety One Hundred Tons of Gold?

After King Sinharapu's farce, the banquet resumed its excitement, but it was different from just now. Perhaps King Sinharapu's example was the first, so everyone began to show themselves intentionally or unintentionally.

Especially those kings, they are all kinds of ugly and cute, trying to attract Li Shimin's attention through these actions. It would be great to get a reward. Of course, this reward is not the most important thing. , it doesn’t matter even if you can’t get it, the most important thing now is to please the Tang Emperor—anyway, my country has been lost, and I am no longer the king. It is the mascot raised by Datang Family.

As we all know, a mascot cannot have combat effectiveness, and the more harmless it is to humans and animals, the better.And this time will be the best opportunity. Although you will be ridiculed if you show your most harmless side, it just expresses your tameness to the Emperor Tang, and thus you will get a chance to live—don’t think that Datang Accepting them at this time means that they can live with peace of mind. This is the time when Datang pays most attention to them. Once they behave abnormally, it is guaranteed that they will appear in the slave camp of Li Yusi the next day. In life, death is better than life.

There are basically no fools who can become kings, especially those who can appear here, which proves their awareness of current affairs. Of course they understand the truth, so after King Sinharapu made a start, all The king didn't even want to lose his face, and he played all kinds of tricks and made a fool of himself. It can be said that he exhausted all means, just to attract Li Shimin's attention.

Everyone made a fool of themselves, but it made Li Shimin happy. He promised a lot of rewards just verbally. Fortunately, Datang did not lack such things, not to mention that this time Datang conquered Tianzhu. Nothing was gained. Compared with what the Tang Dynasty gained from conquering Tianzhu this time, what Li Shimin sent was not even a drop in the bucket.

After three tours of wine, five flavors of food, singing and dancing.

As Li Shimin put down the chopsticks in his hand, everyone put down the chopsticks in unison, and the atmosphere in the hall became quiet. Everyone turned their attention to Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche. They knew that the climax of the banquet was coming. up.

However, before Xue Wanche had time to present the harvest of this battle to Li Shimin, Liu Hongji, who had been silent all this time, suddenly begged: "Your Majesty, I ask for your permission. When I present treasures to Your Majesty, all kings please wait for a while." Get out of the way."

"This is human nature, but I have neglected it." Li Shimin agreed with a smile.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Where did Xue Wanche and the others get their gains this time?

Tianzhu.

Moreover, the method of obtaining them is very opaque. To put it mildly, these things are called spoils of war, but to put it bluntly, they are scavenged from various countries in Tianzhu.

And there were eight kings present, so there is no guarantee that their trophies will not contain anything from their country. At least Xue Wanche clearly remembered that among all the trophies this time, one of them came from the Lion Kingdom, and it was also the most precious among the trophies this time. One of the most precious treasures, it is absolutely priceless. In the hearts of Tianzhu people, its status is not much worse than that of the Han people's heirloom jade seal.

Datang could humiliate them and watch their jokes, but in front of them, it would be a bit too bullying to proudly display what he snatched from them.

This will not only cause great harm to the souls of these kings, but with Xue Wanche and Liu Hongji's personalities, it is really impossible to show others the stolen things in front of the owners of the things-in the final analysis, it is a big deal. After all, Tang was influenced by Confucian culture, and the implicitness in his bones cannot be easily eliminated. They still can't do such a shameless thing.

Unlike the Europeans, who have been baptized by the robber culture, not only can blatantly snatch the weak, but also blatantly conduct auctions on the enemy's territory (after the British and French allied forces burned the Old Summer Palace, they auctioned off some of the treasures obtained on the spot It is shameless to display things plundered from the enemy openly in the museum of one's own home, and to stately list them as one's own national treasure.

People in the Tang Dynasty could not do such a thing. If someone really did this, instead of gaining the envy and admiration of others, they might be scolded by everyone. It's pulling the last thread, and stepping on your face several times fiercely, completely doing the thing, it's not a son of man.

"Grrrrrr...￥......."

"Crackling...￥..."

"..."

Sure enough, after some communication, all the kings showed sad expressions, as if they had been ooxxed a hundred times, how ugly their faces were.It's just that the situation is stronger than others. Now that I am in someone else's territory, I will have to rely on others for food in the future, so although I feel uncomfortable, they still salute Li Shimin with a forced face and smile, and retreat one by one.

But looking at their expressions, even everyone in the Tang Dynasty felt uncomfortable and panicked, and there was inevitably a sense of sadness in their hearts-the eight kingdoms of Tianzhu today may not be the Tang Dynasty of tomorrow, no country is always strong, no matter how strong the country is There are also times of weakness, which is inevitable.As the predecessors, they can't see the future, and they can't do anything about it. They can only play their role as much as possible, do their best, and only hope to make Datang strong for a few more years, and continue this decline as much as possible. time.

After sending a few people out, Li Shimin changed his face: "Okay, people are gone, let's start."

"Yes, because there are too many things, I didn't bring all of them. I only brought a few of the most precious ones, and the rest are recorded on this gift list." Liu Hongji, Xue Wanche and three other senior generals took out a gift from their arms. For boxes of different sizes, Liu Hongji opened the box first, and inside was a thick booklet, which should be what he called the gift list.

Wang Tingchu took the gift slip and handed it to Li Shimin. Li Shimin opened it inadvertently, but the words on the first line made his pupils shrink, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "One hundred tons of gold? Are you serious?"