King Jiang Quhu was a little depressed, or very depressed. He had made all preparations, and also prepared several sets of gorgeous decorations. Of course, these decorations were not used to decorate himself. No matter how gorgeous he was, he could still be better than the Tang Dynasty. Gorgeous? All the fabrics for his clothes were bought from Datang.
This outfit was to complement the gifts he sent, but who knew that when he was about to arrive, he would receive news... Looking at Wang Zheng and others who had changed into black or light-colored clothes and had plain cloth tied on their heads. Man, King Jiang Quhu was also a little helpless.
Finally, he thought about it and simply asked Wang Zheng and others for plain clothes. He didn't care about the weird looks from Wang Zheng and others and put them on directly.
If he is willing to wear it, Wang Zheng and others will naturally not stop him. Who doesn't have a positive heart? Right.
But when they arrived at the camp near the Red Sea, everyone's expressions were a little strange, because it looked the same as usual. Many soldiers had plain cloth strips tied on their foreheads, but most of the soldiers were wearing armor. Waiting for clothes, only King Jiang Quhu himself was dressed in white.
When he saw Li Ke, King Jiang Quhu was also a little confused, because the area around Li Ke's camp had been cleared at this moment, there was no one within a hundred meters, and the ground was filled with flowers, and hundreds of A few meters away, guards stood in a circle around the tent.
It is not easy to plant these flowers. Li Ke dug them from other places, but as long as they are dug deep enough, it is quite easy to transplant them and survive.
"King Jiang Quhu, please come with me. His Highness is waiting for you inside." Seeing Yang Anning in light-colored clothes, King Jiang Quhu's eyes flashed with surprise, but he did not dare to look more. Such a woman was in their eyes. The Nuqiang Kingdom could not exist.
"Thank you, madam. Just call me by my name." King Jiang Quhu did not dare to claim the throne here.
"Please." Yang Anning said nothing, but stretched out her hand with a calm expression.
After saying that, she led the way. When they entered the tent, King Jiang Quhu immediately noticed that there were four beauties standing in the tent who were on par with Yang Anning, but they were all standing in the corner at the moment.
However, King Jiang Quhu noticed that the clothes of several young ladies were a bit messy. He cursed a few times in his heart, but of course he did not dare to show it on his face.
"Jiang Quhu, Khan of the Qiang Kingdom, has met His Highness the King of Qin in the previous country." King Jiang Quhu used a more formal title.
"Well, you are sincere, and you actually wore mourning." Li Ke said casually.
Jiang Quhu: "..."
However, even though his clothes were on, Jiang Quhu didn't care about this statement. He said respectfully: "I also feel the sadness of His Highness."
"Well, are you here?" Li Ke nodded and then asked.
"I heard that His Highness was appointed as the Protector of the Western Zhou Dynasty, so I came here because I just wanted to see His Highness Tianyan. After all, the bitter cold land of the Western Regions is not as prosperous as Chang'an. It is really hard work for Your Highness to come here, and our vassal countries should share the burden for Your Highness. I I wanted to bring your Highness some of the specialties of our country, Nuoqiang, but then I thought about it, Your Highness is a dragon and a phoenix among people, what have you not seen before? And I have never been lucky enough to know His Highness's preferences. I am really a rough person and don't understand. Some elegant things, so I can only bring some vulgar yellow and white things, and forget His Highness Haihan."
Jiang Quhu said in a respectful tone.
Li Ke looked at him and couldn't help but smile, hey, he's pretty good at talking, right?
"Forget it, Your Highness forgives you. After all, your heart is good. I will accept this thing. Seeing that you have come all the way here, it is not easy. It is unreasonable for Your Highness not to return the gift. I will give you a painting Let’s write.” Li Ke said lightly.
Jiang Quhu: "..."
When he first heard Li Ke say a gift in return, Jiang Quhu felt happy. Everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was generous. When small countries gave gifts, the Tang Dynasty almost always gave double the gift in return. Could it be that His Highness also had the same character?
But who knew, Li Ke would come up with a word.
"Let me tell you, I won't give this calligraphy to ordinary people, because it is the first calligraphy sent by Li Ke, the King of Qin, and it is very valuable." Li Ke said lightly, waving his hand as he spoke. .
Next to her, Yang Anning took out a piece of calligraphy from a cabinet on one side of the tent and handed it to Jiang Quhu.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Although he had a thousand words of extremely pregnant words to say in his heart, on the surface Jiang Quhu still accepted the words with tears of gratitude on his face.
When he got this calligraphy in hand, Jiang Quhu was stunned for a moment. In his opinion, Li Ke should be a playboy or something, but this calligraphy was surprisingly well written? There is only one word on this small piece of paper: loyalty, and below it is the year, month, day and Li Ke's name.
It's not that Li Ke didn't want to write more words, but the main reason was that large paper was too expensive. After all, rice paper was a bit expensive. The quality of the paper Li Ke made himself was really not as good as rice paper, but the price difference was hundreds of times higher.
Of course, this calligraphy was not written by Li Ke, it was printed by a printer. Although his handwriting is not bad, it is not good.
Besides, writing is so tiring.
"Okay, your purpose of coming here has been achieved. Now let me talk about your Nuoqiang country." Li Ke said lightly.
"Your Highness, please speak." Jiang Quhu took a deep breath before speaking.
"There is an old saying in the Tang Dynasty. I don't know if you have heard of it. It's called, don't let others sleep soundly on the side of the bed." Li Ke smiled.
When Jiang Quhu heard this, he couldn't help but tremble. He said with a forced smile: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"
"It doesn't mean anything else. Because you, Nuo Qiang, are next to me, Tang Dynasty, I will tell you this truth in advance. However, you can travel thousands of miles to see me in person, which proves that you still have some sincerity, but this The country is a small country, you should know, and you, the Nuoqiang, have insufficient self-sustainability and rely heavily on the outside world. Therefore, if I, the Tang Dynasty, take action, there will only be one ending for you, the Nuoqiang. Can you trust me?" Li Ke asked with a smile. road.
"This is natural." Jiang Quhu didn't understand what Li Ke wanted to say.
"Actually, I can give you Nuoqiang a chance." Li Ke said with a smile, "For the sake of you giving these gifts."
"Your Highness, please speak." Jiang Quhu lowered his head and said, knowing that what Li Ke said was true.
"I'll give you a chance to merge with our Tang Dynasty, but of course, not now." Li Ke looked at him lightly and said.
Jiang Quhu's body froze. What... does this mean? I gave you gold, and you still asked me to annex the country to your Tang Dynasty? Then if I don't give it away, isn't this the result?
"Do you find it difficult to understand? Or do you feel a little aggrieved?" Li Ke smiled.
"I don't dare." Jiang Quhu took a deep breath and suppressed the slightest bit of dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Well, I'm going to teach you a lesson today, and I'll treat it as your gold to pay the tuition." Li Ke smiled and sat up straight.
