The envoys of Wang Zheng and Yang Cheng had already set off directly, but Li Jing saw something even more outrageous. When the caravan arrived the next day, Li Jing discovered that the gray paste yesterday had actually turned into a hard substance. ground! The ground is as hard as stone! Then the people from these merchants used special felt and fine linen to lay out Li Ke's account.
And this linen cloth... is actually dyed and engraved with patterns, and the felt is different from most of the felts used in the Turks. There is no smell on these felts. There is a layer of linen inside and a layer of felt in the middle. , and the outermost layer is a layer of fine linen coated with tung oil and other special grease to prevent rain.
All the connection points of the entire tent are triangular connecting pipes made of steel. To be honest, it was the first time for Li Ke to see them. Only then did he know that the connecting parts used in ancient tents were different from the connecting parts used in modern large tents. There is no difference anymore.
After seeing the outermost layer of fine linen cloth coated with rainproof tung oil, Li Ke suddenly understood why ancient tents were so easily attacked by fire. It seems that many later TV series still make sense.
Because the climate in Qinghai has begun to become hot, large ventilation windows have been reserved on all sides of the tent. The places for these ventilation windows were given to them by the gauze tents that Li Ke took out to prevent mosquitoes.
What made Li Jing feel outrageous was that before setting up Li Ke's tent, these craftsmen actually mixed river sand with the gray soil instead of gravel, and then laid a layer of floor stone tiles made of white marble on top!
Everyone in Li Jing was dumbfounded. Li Shimin's Daming Palace was not so luxurious... These white marbles were definitely not produced locally. I don't know where Yuelai Trading Company got them from, but it was such a long distance just to transport some floor coverings. White marble bricks? Isn't this outrageous?
And when the account was completely set up, Li Jing became even more confused, because these people took out exquisite pure gold decorations from nowhere. These decorations were so well made and carved that Li Jing had never seen before.
Of course, Li Ke couldn't tell him that he secretly took it out and gave it to Lu Hai and the others. These things were just gold-plated decorations and looked like pure gold.
But thanks to modern craftsmanship, the level of sophistication and complexity would have been priceless in ancient times.
After the tent was formed, it instantly became magnificent. The tent, which totaled about 80 square meters, was divided into two parts by gorgeous curtains. The outside was the reception area, and the back was Li Ke's rest area. All the tents were decorated with colorful patterns inside. It was covered with silk. From the inside, it looked like an extremely luxurious palace.
Sitting on a boss chair that he took out, Li Ke said calmly: "Okay, bring Murong Shun over."
Li Jing: "..."
He looked at the surroundings and saw that Murong Shun was here. No need to explain, he could roughly tell what kind of character Li Ke was just by looking at the surroundings.
After receiving the notice from the guards, Murong Shun tidied up his clothes. He felt a little uneasy. Li Jing was a military commander and was generally very polite to him. Apart from not being able to leave here, he could move around and eat every day. not bad.
But when he heard that His Royal Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty was coming on behalf of the Heavenly Khan Li Shimin, he was prepared to be received. In his mind, his father was destined to fail, so as long as his eldest son surrendered to the Tang Dynasty , is the next Tuyuhun Khan!
Unexpectedly, things did not develop as he thought. Li Ke had been here for three days and he had not seen him. It was only on the fourth day today that he just got the news that His Highness King Qin wanted to see him.
After leaving the tent where he lived, Murong Shun followed the guards to the most conspicuous tent in the camp, which was set up yesterday. When he arrived at the tent, from a long distance away, Murong Shun saw that the tent was set up very high, and there were still several steps to climb to get to the tent.
After walking closer, Murong Shun looked at the flawless steps paved with white jade. He was stunned for a moment. His first reaction was... how much does this cost?
Murong Shun had lived in the Central Plains for a long time, so he knew very well the value of this kind of white jade in the Central Plains, and white jade cut into this kind of model was even more rare. It was worth a lot of money in Chang'an, but here... it was even more expensive.
And Li Ke was only here for a while, but he was actually using it to lay the floor? So Murong Shun's second reaction was that His Highness King Qin was not easy to get along with, and he was probably a playboy.
Thoughts were running through Murong Shun's mind, and then he silently walked into the tent. When he entered the tent, he found that the ground inside was paved with white jade, and there were enough windows for ventilation around the tent, covered by a transparent It was covered with white gauze, so the light in the tent was quite good.
There are also a lot of gold ornaments here, and the inside of the tent is actually decorated with silk embroidered with beautiful patterns. Seeing these silks, Murong Shun couldn't help but swallow his saliva. This level of silk, Murong Shun I've never seen it before. It's price is sky-high in the Tang Dynasty, let alone in the Western Regions?
There was a wooden table in the tent. His Highness King Qin was sitting behind the chair with his back to him, but the top of the wooden table was made of transparent glass? ! This... such a big glass? !
"The guilty minister has met His Highness the King of Qin." Murong Shun said honestly, knelt down and saluted.
When he knelt down, he noticed that His Highness King Qin, who was sitting with his back to him, turned around.
"Raise your head." Li Ke looked at Murong Shun who was kneeling there indifferently and said. Fortunately, Murong Shun was not a woman, otherwise, it would be easy to misunderstand him.
Murong Shun raised his head honestly, and he also saw His Highness the King of Qin sitting there. His Highness the King of Qin was not sitting in an upright posture, but it gave Murong Shun a very difficult feeling to get along with.
"Let me tell you something. You call yourself a criminal, so you should know what your family has committed. Therefore, according to the news from the front line, it is reasonable for me to kill your father." Li Ke asked.
Li Jing: "..."
Murong Shun: "..."
Although the truth is this, but what you said...
"It's reasonable." After a pause, Murong Shun said honestly, what else could he do?
"I'm very happy that you think so." Li Ke nodded with satisfaction.
Murong Shun: "..."
"So, let's talk about compensation now." Li Ke said.
Murong Shun: "?" He raised his head and looked at Li Ke in confusion. My father is gone, my family is gone, our land, herdsmen and so on are gone. Now you are still asking me to compensate?
"You Tuyuhun took the initiative to provoke us and plundered our border with the Tang Dynasty. When I came here this time, I saw at least hundreds of abandoned villages and more than 100,000 people died. This time, the Tang Dynasty successively lost food in order to put down the rebellion. Hundreds of thousands of stones and thousands of dead soldiers, do you have any problem asking you to compensate?" Li Ke asked in a calm tone.
Murong Shun couldn't hold back: "Your Highness, we Tuyuhun made a mistake in this matter, and there is no problem in paying compensation. However, there are only three thousand soldiers who went out to rob, and it is impossible to cause the death of hundreds of thousands of people..."
Even if there are so many people lined up to kill, it is impossible to kill them all. The Tang army is not dead.
"I said yes, do you have any questions?" Li Ke raised his eyebrows.
Li Jing: "..."
Murong Shun: "..."
