What Egbert didn't expect was that what these people handed over were not knives and axes, but...
"Ping Guo Gong, this is the pheasant that I plan to sell in the city today. You see that you have lost weight recently. You can take one back to eat!"
"This is a fat pig that was just put to slaughter in our family. I heard that Duke Ping heard that you like to eat pig ears, so I will give you both ears!"
"Pingguo Gong, try the camellia grown at our home. It is fried according to the method you taught. It tastes delicious!"
Tang Ping could only smile and decline. If he had to accept someone, others would not let him go.
I don’t know how many people are gathered here now. If I want to collect them, how can I collect them all?
At the same time, he was also very touched. When these people knew that he had returned after missing, they all wanted to give him the best things.
"What are they doing?" Egbert asked in confusion. Seeing the smiles on the faces of these people, it was obvious that they were not looking for trouble.
However, according to his understanding, if Tang Ping's uncle was the emperor, he should be a high-ranking noble of the empire.
How dare common people talk and laugh in front of nobles like this?
If this was in Wessex, no, if it were in Europe, no matter which country it was, if civilians dared to come over and surround the nobles, and still smile and talk like this, they would be beaten!
"I left Chang'an for a while, didn't I just come back? They just want to give me the good things in their hands!!" Tang Ping said with some pride: "How is it? You haven't experienced such a feeling, have you?"
Egbert shook his head, let alone understanding, he just hadn't thought about it.
When the common people saw that the noble master was not hiding away, and then hid their good things to avoid being noticed by the noble master, they rushed up to him and offered to give him something.
He could see now that the guards were preventing these people from bringing things over, but they didn't seem to be able to stop them.
Tang Ping could only open the car door and said: "Thank you all for your kindness. I accept these gifts with heart. Today I have brought the King of Wessex to discuss matters with His Majesty, so I would like to ask you to give in!"
After hearing what Tang Ping said, the people separated from each other.
"It turns out that golden retriever is the king of other kings!"
"I just said why do you look so strange? The eyes are all blue!"
"Don't talk about his eyes, look at his skin. Lao Lin next door to my house has been dead for three days and is not as white as him!!"
The road was open, but many people still took advantage of Tang Ping's driving and threw their things into the back of his pickup truck, and Tang Ping had nothing to do.
After entering the city, Tang Ping specially took Egbert on the Suzaku Avenue, a straight road leading directly to the imperial city.
The various bustling shops on both sides of the road and the various vendors on the roadside dazzled Egbert.
"Are these merchants from your Tang Dynasty?" Egbert suspected that there were probably more merchants in Chang'an City alone than in their Wessex army.
In fact, his guess was not wrong. If these small traders and the clerks in the shops were included, the number of people would definitely far exceed their army.
Egbert knew that the wealth of a country can be seen from its commercial prosperity.
And now with the lively crowds in the shops on both sides of Zhuque Street, he knew that Datang's wealth was beyond his imagination.
Not to mention the products he saw sold in many stores would definitely be considered top-notch luxury goods if sold in Europe, and would be treasures sought after by countless nobles.
But here it seems that many ordinary people can buy it at will.
No wonder Tang Ping said that he was poor that day. It seemed that he was right.
Driving to the entrance of the palace, Tang Ping took Egbert out of the car.
Egbert looked at the guards at the gate of the palace. These guards were naturally wearing the best equipment of the Tang Dynasty. The bright armor could blind people's eyes in the sun.
It's not that there is no such full metal armor in Europe, but only nobles can afford it. But here, there are hundreds of guards in front of the palace, all wearing the same full metal armor.
I'm afraid there aren't as many full metal armors as there are in the entire Saiwex area.
"Mr. Ping Guo, it's really you!" Tang Ping had just parked his car in the parking space when he heard someone calling him from behind.
When he turned around, he saw that he was still an acquaintance. Li Yu, an acquaintance of the Mining Bureau, had played a big role in the last attack on the bald monks in Chang'an.
So this guy got promoted later, and now the entire imported mining industry in Datang has to go through his hands.
"Li...what's your official position now??" Tang Ping wanted to address him, only to realize that he didn't know what his official position was anymore.
"Haha, thanks to Duke Tuoping, he is now the left minister of the Ministry of Industry."
"Hey, it's all your own ability and has nothing to do with me." Tang Ping asked curiously: "So you are now based in Chang'an?"
Last time, Li Yu stayed in Fusang for a long time.
"No, this time I escorted Shirogane back from Fuso."
He looked at Egbert beside Tang Ping and asked curiously: "Who is this sir??"
"Just right!" Tang Ping pointed at Egbert and said: "Egbert, who is now the King of Wessex, should go to Africa to mine in the future. You will definitely have more contact with him by then."
Tang Ping introduced the two of them as a translator, and then asked casually: "How much silver was brought back this time?"
"More than sixty tons!" Li Yu said proudly.
Of course, these are not the output of a mine in Iwami Yinshan. Fuso developed several more mines with the support of Datang, and then the minerals in these mines were exchanged by Datang for various commodities.
There is no way, now Datang's products are the most popular everywhere.
Datang's words alone would have sold like crazy in Fuso.
The Qimao Huaben specialty store in Asukajing is crowded with people every day.
Tang Ping smiled and said to Egbert: "Look, Mr. Li brought back more than 60 tons of silver from Fuso this time. You should believe that we are rich, right?"
"How much?" Egbert didn't understand the meaning of tons.
Tang Ping converted it for him and said, "That's 60,000 kilograms."
Since Egbert questioned Datang's financial resources, it was natural to let him know how huge Datang's financial resources were.
"Sixty thousand... kilograms... kilograms..."
Egbert didn't know what to say except that he was shocked. The supplies he and Tang Ping had to take away yesterday were probably worth...
One thousand kilograms of silver coins!
If Tang Ping had told himself this yesterday, he must have felt that Tang Ping was lying to deceive him.
But what he saw along the way today, coupled with the majestic city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, made him choose to believe Tang Ping's words.
