Origin

After Wuzhong Yuan finished speaking, the person in charge of summoning quickly walked out of the hall and invited the envoy from Zhou Rao Kingdom in.

There are six people in the Zhou Rao Kingdom's envoy. They are led by the nobles of the Zhou Rao Kingdom, also known as the eldest princess. These people are only about four feet tall. They look like dwarfs, but they are different from the common dwarfs. He is short in stature, but well proportioned and very tall.

Wu Zhongyuan was full of curiosity about this special race of people that has become extinct in modern times, so he asked a few more questions about the customs and customs of Zhou Rao Country. Zhou Rao Country was a small country with only over a thousand people. Their way of making a living was farming. And creation, they can only barely feed themselves through farming. If they want to easily exchange for other living utensils, they mainly rely on creation.

The so-called creation, as the name suggests, means making various utensils. The people of Zhou Rao are ingenious and can make very exquisite utensils, including daily necessities and other miscellaneous utensils.

This time Zhou Raoguo brought two boxes, one large and one small. The big box was rectangular, about two meters long and two meters wide. It was a wooden box. According to the noble man, this box was a cluster of festive fireworks, which were lit when lit. The fuse will then shoot congratulatory fireworks into the sky. The small box is a copper box, only about the size of a palm. It is a music box, and it is also winding. There should be many small chimes in it. When started, it will make a crisp knocking sound.

Wu Zhongyuan was not very interested in the music box, but he was very interested in the fireworks. He left the throne and came down to inspect. After opening the wooden box, he could see eight thick bamboo tubes standing upright inside. The bamboo tubes were covered with copper hoops. There is a fuse connecting the bamboo tubes to each other.

This structure is similar to the structure of modern fireworks, but it was very difficult to make such fireworks at this time. Gunpowder was already available at this time, but gunpowder could not be used to make fireworks because the gunpowder ignited Then it explodes, and making fireworks requires the use of gunpowder. Gunpowder is very different from gunpowder. The former has a relatively gentle chemical reaction and produces high-pressure impact gas, while the latter has a violent chemical reaction and produces A violent explosion.

Being able to create fireworks means that Zhou Raoguo has prepared a gun, and the copper hoops on the bamboo tubes show that they know the air pressure generated by the gun very well and know how to use copper hoops to restrain and control it.

In theory, if you can make fireworks, you can make guns. Of course, this is only theoretically possible. As for whether it can be done, you still have to try it in practice.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhongyuan did not rush to say it. Instead, he accepted the gift and asked the other party what he wanted.

Zhou Raoguo really has a request, and their request is very similar to that of Zaiguo. The area they live in is also very close to the sea. Huge seabirds often attack and prey on them. They hope that the 'heroic and invincible Lord Huangdi' can save them. Water and fire.

When asked about the specific location,

It is also very close to the South China Sea, but Zaiguo is to the west and they are to the east. Wu Zhongyuan was going to Zaiguo, and it was not impossible to help them solve the problem with him, but he did not say anything. I am worried that I am not the opponent of the huge seabirds, but I am worried that those seabirds are also related to the Dragon Clan of the South China Sea. If this is the case, then I will offend others instead of offending me, and I will offend them again and again. This is not a clear provocation to the Dragon Clan of the South China Sea. Start a war?

After the Zhou Rao Kingdom was the Hongmao Kingdom. The Hongmao Kingdom had the largest number of envoys. Eight people came, all of whom were strong men. Without exception, these people were barebacked and barefooted, and their hair was a rare crimson red.

Each of them carried a basket behind their backs. The baskets were filled with live animals, and they were not rare species, just some common small animals in the south.

After a short conversation, Wu Zhongyuan knew the other party's true purpose of coming. These guys were here to beg for food.

Fortunately, they don't have much appetite, so give them a little less of cloth, salt, and weapons and send them away.

The next person to meet was the Gu clan. It was not the clan leader Miba who came, but his son. This boy Wu Zhongyuan had met by the river before. The gifts they brought were several boxes of medicinal materials, mainly Panax notoginseng, Poria cocos, Gastrodia elata, etc. Things are more expensive but not very expensive.

The Gu tribe simply came to congratulate them without any request. Wu Ji and Wu Rong were very pleased with this, but Wu Zhongyuan knew the true motive of the other party's coming. Before that, he had got the Gu tribe's Tongxin Gu, and he was extremely pleased with it. Shan Hong once promised that if the Gu clan was in trouble, she would go and lend a helping hand. The Gu clan came here to deepen the relationship between the two parties. To put it bluntly, they came here to hug her. If she doesn't ask for it now, she will definitely do so in the future.

The Gu tribe's envoys did not mention that they had seen Wu Zhongyuan before, pretending that they had never seen him before. This was also their cleverness, because Wu Zhongyuan had already got their Tongxin Gu, and using Tongxin Gu was very difficult. Secret things, if they talk nonsense they will reveal it.

Even if I don’t say it, I’ve actually said it. The unspoken meaning is, ‘Look how good we are at getting things done, and not a single bit of news will leak out. ’

The tribes in the Southern Wilderness generally lacked clothing and fabrics, so the return gift to the Gu tribe was ten pieces of silk cloth, which was not too much, but not too little. After all, the Bear tribe themselves were not rich either.

What was then summoned was the Ma Clan envoy. The Ma Clan was the tribe that produced the dragon colt. When Wu Zhongyuan first came back, he also lied to the Bear Clan that he was from the Ma Clan.

The horse clan was very generous and brought three mares. Ordinary mares are worthless, but they brought three pot-bellied mares. Ordinary pot-bellied mares are not valuable either, but mares pregnant with dragons can be They are worth a hundred times as much. These three pot-bellied mares are all pregnant with the black dragon's dragon seeds. They will give birth to three dragon colts in the coming year.

If you use a female horse to compare women, it will be slanderous and contemptuous, but the nature of the two is actually similar. Every woman can give birth to children, but their fate is determined by who they give birth to. Women are women who give birth to children for traffickers and lackeys. , If you give birth to a child for a general or a doctor, you are a wife; if you give birth to a child for a king, you are a queen.

Wu Junyue happened to be back when she summoned the Ma Clan. The Ma Clan's envoys were very familiar with her, and Wu Junyue was also very close to them. The reason was very simple. All three dragon ponies of the Ma Clan this year were given to Wu Junyue.

In front of Wu Junyue, Wu Zhongyuan distributed the three mares, one to Zuofu Palace, one to Youbi Palace, and one to the imperial guards, all for public use.

Dragon colts and dragon colts are also different. The three dragon colts born every year are one black and two gray. The black one is the best, and the gray one is second. The horse people have experience and know which horse gives birth to a black dragon colt. Wu Zhongyuan left the best horse to the imperial guards. He said it was for public use, but in fact it was for Wang Xinran.

What is the gift? The gift is sincerity. The Ma Clan is so sincere that it is impossible to ask for nothing, and their request is similar to that of the Yi people. They hope that the Bear Clan can send purple energy masters to protect them after the five seals disappear.

Wu Junyue happened to be present, so Wu Zhongyuan handed the matter over to her, "Junyue Taixuan, I'll leave this matter to you."

Wu Junyue accepted the order.

The last person to be met was the Fire Tribe, who also came from Northern Xinjiang. The reason why they called themselves the Fire Tribe was not because they knew how to control fire, but because they used fire as their totem. The gift they brought was ten jars of black oil, so-called To put it bluntly, black oil is a special oil that can burn for lighting.

The Fire Tribe asked for nothing, they just came to visit and congratulate him as usual.

Northern Xinjiang is not suitable for growing corn. As a thank you gift, I received several hundred kilograms of rice grain and dozens of kilograms of purple sweet potatoes.

After the Fire Tribe envoys retreated, Wu Junyue returned to Wu Zhongyuan. The Niu Tribe promised to come to congratulate him on the day he ascended the throne. In order to show respect for him, he would personally decide how many people from the Niu Tribe to come and who to come. The clan obeys the order. .

After Wu Junyue finished speaking, Wu Ji looked confused, "What is his intention?"

Wu Zhongyuan smiled and said, "Coming here alone makes him feel uneasy. If we come with a group of people, he is worried that we will think too much."

After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, the three of them nodded. Wu Junyue asked again, "How many troops is Da Wu allowed to bring?"

"It doesn't matter. It's up to him. He can take as many as he likes." Wu Zhongyuan said casually.

"Then I'll send someone to tell you." Wu Junyue turned to leave.

"Wait a minute," Wu Zhongyuan called to her, "Is Jiang Zheng okay?"

Wu Junyue didn't understand why Wu Zhongyuan asked this question and tilted her head in confusion.

Wu Zhongyuan couldn't say it clearly, so he had to ask politely, "How does he look?"

"She looks good, but for some reason two front teeth are missing..."