Early the next morning, Ying Zheng brought Wu Chan to the Khotan Palace again.
The King of Khotan has compiled the matters discussed with them yesterday into official documents.
After reading it, Ying Zheng added another one: Khotan is responsible for the security of the trade route from Jingjue City to the border of the Western Region, that is, the border of Dawan.
The King of Khotan also knew that this was his responsibility, so he ordered people to add this clause to the clause.
Ying Zheng took out the imperial seal and stamped it.
King Khotan's eyes were suddenly attracted by the jade seal handed down from the country, and he asked urgently: "What is the seal in the hand of King Qin made of?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "This jade seal is made of He's jade, which is the piece you gave to the Xiongnu before."
Then, Ying Zheng general told what happened when he besieged Touman Shanyu in the Yin Mountains, forced him to sign an alliance with the Qin Dynasty, and then exchanged the sweat-blooded horse with him for the He's Bi.
King Khotan secretly admired, no wonder the Xiongnu went out to destroy the Yueshi this time. It turned out that they did not want to bear the reputation of treachery. From this, it can be predicted that the Xiongnu was more or less afraid of the Qin Dynasty.
He sighed and said: "I sent Yuchi Lin to Jingjue to negotiate with you two before. I wanted to use the other piece of He's jade as a bargaining chip. Now that the trade route has been stabilized, I have yet to offer that beautiful jade. It's really Ashamed.”
After that, King Khotan ordered his personal eunuch to go get the other piece of He's Bi.
At the beginning, Yuchi Lin, the special envoy of Khotan, had indeed promised that if Khotan could open a trade route and benefit from it, he would be willing to hand over the square brick-shaped Hetian jade.
At that time, Ying Zheng didn't pay much attention to it. Later, when he got the piece from the Xiongnu, he realized that the Hetian jade was indeed exquisite. No wonder that earlier, his ancestor King Zhao had to exchange fifteen cities with the State of Zhao.
Not long after, the eunuch chief came back with a brocade box in his hands and handed it to King Khotan.
King Khotan carefully opened the brocade box, flipped open the brocade covering it, and very gently picked up a square jasper that was as green as spring and as moist as water waves.
Ying Zheng saw a lot of rare treasures, but his eyes widened at this time.
Wu Chan even caressed his delicate lips, opened his mouth slightly, his eyes flickered, and his heart surged.
Women are born to love jade, let alone a noble queen!
"This is the square Heshi Bi." King Khotan said, "It is the same piece of jade cut in two as the round Heshi Bi used for your imperial seal. Now I would like to give this as a national gift. To repay the kindness of King Qin and King Jingjue for gifting us with land."
Ying Zheng thought to himself: This old boy is so cunning. He never fulfilled what he promised before. He didn't mention it until he took out the imperial seal.
Of course, he didn't mean to get the jade, and it was indeed difficult for him to say it, but he did it deliberately when he took out the imperial seal.
"In that case, it would be disrespectful to reject it." Ying Zheng bowed his hands and saluted, then took the square Heshi Bi and looked at it carefully.
It is indeed a good jade!
The texture is the same as that of the jade seal handed down from the country, and the color is even more moist and tender, smooth but soft, as pure as the bottom of a jade pool, and as long as the clouds.
After looking at it for a few times, Ying Zheng handed it to Wu Chan: "This is yours."
Wu Chan held the square and jade in his hands as if he were holding the most magnificent treasure in the world. His eyes always fell on the jade and never moved away for a moment.
Ying Zheng looked at the King of Khotan and asked, "Does the King of Khotan like BMWs and fine horses?"
"Who can not love a good horse, especially us herdsmen." King Khotan said.
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "I exchanged a bloody horse for the Huns' piece of He's Bi. Now I might as well trade a bloody horse with you for this other piece of beautiful jade."
But the King of Khotan resisted and said: "Don't worry, King Qin. If you want to exchange, you will exchange half of your best territory for this piece of jasper. We are already on an equal footing. There is no need to fill in the horse items."
"Thank you very much." Ying Zheng stopped being polite and said, "In that case, you stamp the royal seal, we each hold a document, and then we take our leave."
King Khotan nodded, then took out his seal, stamped two identical documents, handed one to Ying Zheng, and kept one for himself.
At this point, the covenant with Khotan was also formally established. Both parties took what they needed, selling land to others and stocking goods to others.
Even before he came, Ying Zheng knew that King Khotan would agree to all his requests, because the vast land of neighboring countries was so tempting that no king could resist this temptation.
Now that all the conditions he wanted have been achieved, he also earned an extra piece of peerless jade.
The King of Khotan sent a team of troops to escort the two monarchs, and to go to Jingjue with money to buy back items that the people could not take away.
Immediately afterwards, he spread the news that the rich and powerful who want to go to Jingjue to buy property can form a team to go to Jingjue, buy houses and land, and seize business stalls.
After leaving Khotan City, Ying Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Why are you laughing?" Wu Chan asked from the side.
"I was thinking that the King of Khotan would let the powerful people of Khotan buy a house in Jingjue. It wouldn't be very unfair if it was buried in the desert after only a few years of living there." Ying Zheng said.
"Well, it's very unfair." Wu Chan said, "But I will control the price to a reasonable range. Besides, the desert may not necessarily swallow up all the essence."
Ying Zheng looked at her and asked, "If the desert really doesn't swallow Jingjue, will you still come to Daqin with me?"
Wu Chan didn't even think about it and asked directly: "Why don't you go? It's you. If there was no such thing as the desert, would you still accept us?"
Ying Zheng laughed and said, "I accept the entire Yiqu clan, not to mention the exquisite natal family. By the way, when it comes to Yiqu, I want you to be neighbors with them. What do you think?"
Immediately, Ying Zheng told Wu Chan the rise and fall of Yiqu in general.
Wu Chan gave a thumbs up in admiration and said, "I really admire you. They brought a large army to attack you, but you took them in in the end."
"If it weren't for Yiqu, there might have been another ending." Recalling the original situation, Ying Zheng Youyou said, "Yiqu fled because of the Qin Dynasty after all, and wandered in the Hexi Corridor for many years. It was too bitter. Come here Da Qin is forced to fight tooth and nail."
"But... there is no guarantee that they still have evil intentions." Wu Chan said with some worry.
Ying Zheng said: "Solin and I have been here before. Do you think he looks like that kind of person?"
Wu Chan thought for a moment, then shook his head: "Solin is a very nice person. When he came with you, I thought you had known each other for a long time."
"That's right." Ying Zheng smiled, "As long as you look at people correctly, you won't be deceived unless they are forced to do anything. But if I have the ability to prevent them from being forced, then this problem will be solved."
Wu Chan covered his lips and said with a smile: "Your ability is to make others move to your Daqin. When you agree to others again, you have to tell me in advance so that I can find room for you."
Ying Zheng laughed and said, "I won't recruit anyone in the future. When I go back, it's time to grab other people's territory. Then you can live wherever you want."
"I don't care about other people's territory. I will live in the place you arranged for me." Wu Chan said, "By the way, just now you said you wanted me to be a neighbor to Yiqu. Where are you?"
"Beidi County." Ying Zheng didn't give in. "That place and Longxi County were originally the territory of Yiqu. Later, they were divided into two counties by my ancestors. Now Yiqu lives in Longxi, and this Beidi County is for What you left there is also the main battlefield for building the Great Wall."
Wu Chan pretended to be angry: "The King of Qin is really interested in me. He has arranged such a heavy errand even before we move here."
Ying Zheng hurriedly explained: "Wherever there is, you go there to provide some technology for making dense stones. You don't need to do other physical work."
"I'm kidding you." Wu Chan said with a smile, "Don't say you are my man. Even if you are a stranger, just because you found the ice goo seed insect, it is not an exaggeration to drag the entire clan to build the Great Wall for you. .”
Only then did Ying Zheng relax, hugged Wu Chan and said, "It's better to be my queen."
The next day, the two returned to Jingjue, only to find that the streets and alleys were covered with red lanterns.
After asking around, I found out that Thumb had the ghost hands make a batch according to the style of lanterns he brought back from Xianyang, and then distributed one to each household.
The people didn't know what was going on, but the ghost hands explained that this was the custom of the Qin Dynasty. The last day of the twelfth lunar month was New Year's Eve every year, in order to commemorate the feat of the King of Qin in hunting down the strange beasts that harmed the people.
The first day of the first lunar month is to welcome the New Year, which is to welcome another auspicious beast to the world and bring stability and peace to the people.
When the fine people heard this, they all became interested. Firstly, they were willing to publicize the merits of King Qin and pray to God. Secondly, they also wanted to quickly integrate into the customs of Qin Dynasty. Furthermore, most of them were curious and wanted to join in. A lively one.
Suddenly, Jingjue City was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and everyone rushed to tell each other and prepare the items needed for the sacrifice.
"Uncle Thumb, there's no need to make such a big noise." Ying Zheng looked at Thumb who came to greet them.
Thumb laughed loudly and said: "In the past two years I have been in Daqin, I have seen a lot of the world. The one that left the deepest impression is the Chinese New Year. This activity is excellent. It can not only worship and pray, but also pray. I will warm up the auspiciousness of the coming year here first, so that when I go to Daqin, I will not be unfamiliar with it."
Wu Chan said from the side: "I think Uncle Thumb did the right thing. This is indeed festive, and it is much more lively than our Ice Gu Festival."
"Okay." Ying Zheng smiled bitterly, "Then it's up to you. I'll let the soldiers teach the people how to set off firecrackers, draw New Year pictures, and dance lions."
"This is best." Thumb smiled.
Just like that, the entire Jingjue began to move, following Great Qin's approach, and began to prepare for the New Year.
The people found this way of celebration both new and interesting, and they all enjoyed it.
During this period, people from Khotan began to come one after another to inquire about the prices of real estate and fields. Seeing this scene, they all talked about it, inquired about the date, and said they would bring their families to watch the fun.
In just a few days, the news spread. All of a sudden, several small countries in the south knew the news and came to participate in the New Year celebrations and buy some fields and livestock.
It was originally a simple sacrifice and celebration, but it became more like a large gathering where everything was sold.
New Year's Eve was even more lively, perhaps because they were moving away from their homeland. The outstanding people all worshiped their ancestors with great piety and contributed sacrifices without hesitation. Many people shed tears.
After leaving for China, it will be difficult to return to my homeland in this life.
Let alone this life, maybe in thousands of years, no one will live here anymore.
The New Year's Eve welcomes the next day, but it's a different scene. The people who had expressed their sadness about separation last night seemed to have drained away the bitterness in their hearts. Everyone's face was filled with smiles, and they celebrated the New Year happily. arrival.
Since Da Qin’s rule is to have seven days of joy during the New Year, then we are the same.
In seven days, the whole family will begin a large-scale migration. Everything that can be taken away will be taken away, and everything that cannot be taken away will be sold. It can be said that no blade of grass will be left.
All the people were enjoying their last days in Jingjue and looking forward to a better life in Daqin in the future.
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