After saying these two simple words, there was an instant silence in the hall, and you could hear a needle drop. After a moment of silence, the hearty laughter of all the Jingjue people came.
Wu Chan had already lowered her head shyly, with a blush on her tender face, but her eyes secretly glanced at Ying Zheng from time to time.
"Hahaha, I wonder which girl from the family King Qin likes?" the elder asked deliberately. Thumbs up and Zhehuai couldn't help covering their mouths and snickering.
"I..." Ying Zheng, who was also a little embarrassed, hesitated and said,
"What I value most is the queen of your country...Wuchan." Looking at Wuchan again, he had already turned his jade face to one side and lowered his head a little.
The great elder laughed and said: "Wuchan's father passed away early, so the elders have the final say on most things about her. And she is indeed quite old and has reached the age of marriage."
"King Qin and Queen Wuchan are really well-matched, and of course we elders will not object." The elder paused for a moment and then said,
"But for such a big matter, you still need to ask the king himself." After saying that, the great elder looked at Wu Chan.
The eyes of the entire hall were also focused on Wu Chan. Wu Chan, who was already shy, looked even more embarrassed under the gaze of everyone, and was stunned for a moment.
Ying Zheng, who was on the opposite side, suddenly became anxious. Seeing that Wu Chan remained silent, he asked, "Wu Chan, I, Ying Zheng, want to marry you, are you willing?" It seemed that Ying Zheng's firm tone gave Wu Chan courage, She slowly raised her head, looked at Ying Zheng's expectant eyes, and nodded vigorously: "I...will." At this moment, both of them had been waiting for a long time.
And finally speaking out in public, justifiably, was also an opportunity to make the matter public. The Queen has already married to Da Qin, how can the people not move?
The next moment, all the elites in the hall knelt down on one knee, raised their hands on their heads, and said in unison: "Congratulations to my king!" Wu Chan slowly stood up and stood up straight: "Everyone Your Majesty." To all the elders, Wu Chan is a junior after all.
All the elders stood up, looked at Ying Zheng, and said in unison: "Congratulations to the King of Qin!" Ying Zheng was so beautiful that he couldn't hold his mouth from ear to ear, and cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your kindness, seniors. I have prepared some small gifts, please accept them with smiles. ." After saying that, Ying Zheng glanced at Meng Yi behind him.
When the elders heard that there was still a betrothal gift, their eyes lit up. Thinking about the last time they saw Qin's products, they were all secretly happy.
Not long after, the sergeants carried in large boxes one after another and arranged them neatly in the main hall. After opening the box, the golden light was shining.
Slightly different from last time, the boxes in the first row were filled with gold and silver. The second row is jewelry and jade.
The third row is made of silk and satin. The fourth row is the finest tribute tea. The fifth row is exquisite porcelain.
The eyes of all the exquisite people burst out with scorching light. It's not that they haven't seen the world, but these things are too tempting.
Finally, Thorin and Qiang Xu carried up a unique iron box. Judging from the way they struggled, it must have been heavy.
Ying Zheng stepped forward in person, opened the lid of the box, and took out a larger brocade bag. The outside of this brocade bag was embroidered with a very exquisite pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water.
Opening the brocade bag, Ying Zheng took out a brocade silk.
"Before, I promised Queen Wuchan that I would help Jingjue build a huge and safe royal tomb." Ying Zheng said sincerely,
"This royal mausoleum can house the coffins and tombs of all the distinguished ancestors of the royal family, and in this brocade bag are the entire plans for building the royal mausoleum." After another brief silence, there was an uproar in the hall.
Jingjue has always helped China by sending ghost hands to China to make dense stones to help China build the royal tomb. Therefore, how could these elders not know what the royal tomb is?
But historically, Ghost Shou was only responsible for making secret stones and never interfered with the construction of royal tombs. Thumb is also the only ghost-hand leader in history who participated in the construction of royal tombs.
"Compared to the previous one, this drawing is more detailed and comes with a scaled-down plan." Ying Zheng said as he handed the brocade bag in his hand to the thumb in front of him.
"Senior Thumb, please check." Under everyone's attention, Thumb took the brocade bag and took out all the patterns.
"Okay, haha," he unfolded the brocade silk with his thumb, his fingers still trembling slightly.
"With this drawing, there is hope for the exquisite royal tomb."
"Well, I also brought a few craftsmen with me, who made this pattern." Ying Zheng waved his hand and called a few people over.
These craftsmen of the Jingjia class know each other well, and they are all very capable and experienced craftsmen. Thumb smiled from ear to ear: "It seems that the king really kept his promise. As long as this royal tomb is built, the Guidong clan will feel at ease even if they migrate away." Thumb persuaded the elders to move. The reason is to build a magnificent royal mausoleum to settle the ancestors of the past generations, so that even if the whole family is gone, there will be no worries.
Ying Zheng nodded, bent down again, and took out a black iron screw plate from the iron box.
"This is the black iron snail made by my own hands." Ying Zheng said as he opened the compass.
"This is the key to the royal mausoleum." Wu Chan already had a black iron snail, so it was not unusual. However, the elders had never seen it before, so they all came over to take a look.
Ying Zheng gave a simple demonstration and changed the form of the black iron snail. The elders were curious when they saw Ying Zheng take out several things similar to black iron snails from the box.
"This thing is called Si Nan." Ying Zheng explained,
"It's a simplified black iron snail. Its only function is to guide the direction." Wu Chan once told the elders about guiding the direction. Everyone was curious. Now that they finally saw it, they were all wide-eyed. His eyes were fixed on Si Nan in front of him.
I saw Ying Zheng put one of them on the compass, adjusted the height, and then turned it gently. Simon's pointer turned a few times, then swayed slightly, and when it settled there, it was indeed pointing to the south.
Everyone in Jingjue stared straight at Si Nan's pointer, as if they didn't dare to take a breath. Ying Zheng took his time and moved the pointer again, and after a few turns, Si Nan's pointer settled firmly at that position.
Ying Zheng turned the compass in the opposite direction and performed the same operation again. This was done to prove that no matter which direction the compass pointed, the needle would point south.
When the pointer stopped again, he stepped forward with his thumb, pointed at the compass and said: "This is what I told you before, it can identify the direction object. With it, we will never get lost in the vast desert again." ”
"That's great." Some people in the crowd couldn't help but praise. The elders also started talking one after another. Although it is a small thing, it has a huge effect.
Undoubtedly, Sinan is the most practical among these betrothal gifts. Ying Zheng took out two more from the box and handed them to the great elder and Zhehuai respectively, and said: "I have made a lot of sinan. Everyone present, please take one for each person. The rest should be kept in the temple for use."
"Okay!" Everyone responded with a smile. After answering his mother's question correctly, Ying Zheng looked at Wu Chan, only to find that Wu Chan was also looking at him with a smile.
The great elder knew that they had something to say, so he said loudly: "Now that the state affairs have been settled, you can arrange the betrothal gifts here. Thumb and I have something to say to the King of Qin." The other elders and ministers responded, They all stepped forward to carry their belongings.
Although there are guards around, I want to touch and touch all the good things with my own hands. Ying Zheng ordered Meng Yi and others to help the elders sort out the goods, and he followed the eldest elder and others into the inner hall.
There were only a few close people left, and both Ying Zheng and Wu Chan relaxed a lot. After all, the atmosphere above the main hall was too solemn, and both of them were quite nervous.
"Your Majesty, King Qin." Thumb said first,
"Now that the matter between the two of you has been made public, it has settled a concern for me and others, but we still need to discuss the next arrangements." The great elder also said beside him: "Yes, since Jingjue has accepted King Qin If you want to propose marriage, you should publicize it and celebrate it with the whole country. In this way, the people will be more friendly to the King of Qin." Wu Chan said with a strange look on his face: "If you celebrate it in a big way, will it cause a stir? Criticism?"
"According to the fine tradition, if the queen marries a foreign royal family..." the elder paused and said,
"Then we have to make a choice, whether to re-establish a new king or let a foreign king marry Jingjue." Ying Zheng: "..." Thumb smiled and said: "Obviously, this second scenario will definitely not happen." The great elder looked at his thumb and also smiled: "Unfortunately, I don't want to establish a new king."
"So." Thumb said with a smile still on his face.
"Both of these methods will not work." The expressions of Thumb and the Great Elder did not look like there was no way out.
Ying Zheng also asked cooperatively: "What should we do?" The elder held his beard in his hand and smiled: "Didn't I tell you earlier that we are all talented and can dowry them all."
"Yes." Thumb said beside him,
"There is nothing hard to accept when the whole family moves to the prosperous Daqin." Although it is simple, Jingjue is a place where businessmen gather. It is not easy to make ordinary people give up the means of survival.
"It's not easy to get people to be compliant and move eastward," Ying Zheng said.
"What should I do, or what compensation should I make?"
"Compensation is not necessary. King Qin does not owe Jingjue anything." The great elder said,
"On the contrary, if Jingjue moves eastward, it will cause a lot of trouble for Da Qin."
"Actually," Thumb said,
"As long as the people are curious about Da Qin and have a strong desire to find out, it is enough." Wu Chan also nodded and said: "What the King of Qin needs to do is to continuously transport Da Qin's goods here. I believe the people will spontaneously If you follow the caravan to do business, it won't be difficult after a while."
"Okay." Ying Zheng said happily,
"I will do as you say." Wu Chan changed the subject and asked, "Maple Leaf, is it still okay?"
"Uh." Ying Zheng frowned and said,
"so far so good."
