Chapter 1171 Gambling
"Brother Xiaoxu, look, is that Dayuan Horse? It's really beautiful!"
The carriage galloped along the straight concrete road on the river bank. After entering the city, he soon came to the square in front of Xianyang Palace. Yu Ji opened the window and pointed to the crowd in front of him excitedly and shouted excitedly.
At this time, the sun had not yet risen, but there was already a red morning glow in the sky. The square, which was usually very lively, was filled with countless Xianyang people. A group of Dayuan merchants had already led the ten horses they brought to the edge of the square for Xianyang people to visit, and were also waiting for a bet with the Hou of Qinghe and Zuo Prime Minister today.
After getting off the car, Chen Xu ordered the guards to escort Shui Qingrou. Yu Ji and Chen Xi went to watch Dayuan horses. After tidying up their clothes and crowns, they greeted many civil and military officials who came to court, and talked all the way to court.
Half an hour later, the court dispersed, and all civil and military officials emerged from the court hall one after another. Chen Xu was surrounded by a group of people. Feng Quji and Meng Yi and other intellectual figures of all sizes of the three provinces and six ministries followed to the place where a group of Dayuan merchants gathered.
Today, the Hou of Qinghe was going to bet with the Dayuan merchants. The bet was these ten horses. Although he didn't know how to bet between the two sides, everyone in Xianyang now knows this bet.
Seeing Chen Xu and other groups of princes and ministers coming in a mighty manner, the imperial guards guarding the square quickly blew sharp bamboo whistles and began to disperse the onlookers to protect the safety of these big men who controlled the center of the Qin Dynasty.
After a bustling chaos, the square gradually calmed down. Chen Xu, Meng Yi and Feng Quji and other bigwigs were surrounded by tens of thousands of people three circles inside and three circles outside under the protection of the imperial guards. Under this formation, a group of Dayuan merchants all looked pale and their foreheads were covered with sweat. They guarded the ten horses and did not dare to look up and watch.
Although they have only arrived in Xianyang for a short day, the prosperity and prosperity of Xianyang have long exceeded the extreme they can imagine. They are all psychologically beyond their psychological scope for flying in the sky, eating, drinking, playing, listening, singing and talking on the ground. Even a steamed bun sold on the roadside can make them eat and bite off a piece of braised beef noodles. A bowl of braised beef noodles can make them cry and add the soup bowl clean.
The Dayuan delegation, who was invited by officials of the Dianke Office to have an official reception banquet worth 2,990 yuan yesterday, was already dizzy and didn't know how to describe this delicious meal in the world. Cumin lamb chops, crispy roast duck, sauce-flavored elbow, black pepper steak, braised dog meat, and various fried delicious foods that were completely disorienting. Even a dish of stir-fried vegetables could make them want to swallow the plates together.
Delicious, extremely delicious.
Luxury, extreme luxury.
This is what everyone in the Dayuan mission felt. In Dayuan, there were exquisite ceramic dishes with two golds in Dayuan. I saw a few maids breaking, but the hotel manager waved his hand and ordered them to be cleaned up as if he hadn't seen it. He also asked the maids with concern if they had scratched their fingers.
What made these Dayuan envoys most unable to let go of is the fine wine of Daqin. The taste is so beautiful that it makes people unable to let go of it. There is also the crystal clear glass wine glass, which seems to be commonplace in Daqin, and no one cares too much...
In short, before they arrived in Xianyang, they had speculated and guessed everything they saw, because Xianyang City alone was several times more than the population of their entire country in Dayuan. There were dozens of county towns in Daqin, each with almost more than 100,000 people. As for hundreds of county towns with 30,000 to 50,000 people, and the capital of Dayuan, Guishan City, only less than 50,000 people.
With the large population of Daqin and its strong and prosperous national strength, it is completely effortless to conquer Dayuan.
Is it a problem to go far? According to the strength of Daqin, it is not impossible to send a million troops to Dayuan. By then, not only Dayuan, but also Daxia's body poison and even the Anxu Empire may not be able to resist the crushing of Daqin.
Therefore, after that night, all the people of Dayuan felt that they had done something wrong yesterday. They should not accept the proposal of the left prime minister of the Qin Empire to let the group of young people tame the horses, but instead admit defeat on the spot and send a good horse out, so that they would not have formed this bond.
And today's bet made Dayuan people even more nervous and nervous.
If the left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty loses the bet...
Therefore, at this moment, looking at the group of powerful Qin officials in gorgeous clothes and brocade robes that had already surrounded him, and the young left prime minister with a gentle smile surrounded by the gentle young man, the sweat on his forehead rolled down.
"Tell them that this marquis should come today, and at the same time, they also tell them not to be nervous or afraid. My Qin is a country of etiquette and has always been convinced by virtue. Moreover, he is confident and righteous. He will never make things difficult for them because of the winning or losing of the bet. He will let them express the content of the agreed bet!"
Chen Xu stood outside a circle of wooden fences, looking at ten horses with fur like brocade, and ordered the interpreter who came with him.
"Yes, I'll go and pass it on!" The translator waved to call a group of Dayuan merchants and several envoys over, and carefully translated Chen Xu's words. After both sides muttered for a while, a group of Dayuan people saluted and greeted Chen Xu, Meng Tianfeng Quji and others.
Just as the interpreter was translating the rules of the betting, he suddenly heard a low sound of ox horns. Everyone turned around and saw the palace gate slowly open. A group of Xuanwu Guards wearing black masked faces and big swords and steel swords came out one after another. In the middle was the Emperor's emperor's emperor's carriage. After leaving the palace, the group came straight to Chen Xu and others.
"Wait a minute, we welcome Your Majesty first!" Chen Xu and Mengyi and others left a group of Dayuan people and went to greet the First Emperor from the crowd dispersed by the imperial guards.
"Haha, how can I lose this bet for you!"
After Qin Shihuang got off the car, the king and his ministers greeted each other. Qin Shihuang held Chen Xu's hand and laughed happily. Behind him were there seven or eight young men including Fusu who were watching the fun. His eyes all fell on ten horses, and they all showed a look of desire and envy.
They knew that even if Chen Xu won the bet today, BMWs of this level would not fall into their hands, and they could only envy and be jealous.
"I thought Your Majesty was worried that I would lose the bet, which would make me lose face again, so I couldn't bear to see me make a fool of myself!" Chen Xu said with a smile.
"Don't belittle yourself, let alone the bet will lead to victory or defeat, and you will be lucky and cannot be reversed by human power. Therefore, you don't have to take your winning or losing to your heart!" The First Emperor shook his head very relaxedly.
"What my father said is that according to the distance between Dayuan and Daqin, there has never been any contact before. Moreover, the bet is just a few horses. Although it is a divine horse, it is just a horse. How can it be compared with Zuoxian? Besides, the Qin Dynasty is not short of good horses now. Zuoxian just bet with them, and they can't take these horses back if they win or lose!" Fusu, who was standing beside Qin Shihuang, smiled and spoke.
Chen Xu smiled and nodded at Fusu and said, "Thank you, young master for supporting me. If you win later, I will give you a horse to express my gratitude!"
"Haha, okay, Fusu is looking forward to the victory of Zuo Xiang's betting!" Fusu immediately smiled and couldn't stop smiling.
The other young masters looked at Fusu with dazzling jealousy. In their opinion, the Queen of Qinghe, a disciple of the immortal family, would definitely win, and Fusu must have already captured the horse. As for the remaining horses, even if they had the heart to get involved, they would not be able to get involved. No matter their financial resources and status, they could not compare with the group of princes, princes, and ministers in front of them.
Many people were envious of the brothers who were enfeoffed in their hearts at this time.
Although the three kingdoms of Liang in the Liao Dynasty were all bitter and cold and barbaric places, they would have great power and financial resources even if they were poor after becoming kings. It would not be difficult for them to get a horse like this, but for other young masters living in Xianyang, it was an untouchable luxury.
A group of people surrounded the First Emperor and came to the scene again, calling the envoys of Dayuan and the leader of the caravan. After the translation of both sides, the content of today's bet was soon understood.
"The first bet is to tell me one of the most unique features of this Dayuan horse. If you answer correctly, you can choose any horse to practice the bet!" After gaining recognition from both sides, the Tongzhiguan loudly spoke out the first bet proposed by the Dayuan people.
"Can anyone participate in this bet?" A thick voice sounded from the crowd, and a middle-aged man wearing a gray cloth shirt and a tuxedo squeezed out of the crowd.
"So it was Yang Feng, a famous Hanoi scholar!"
"It turned out to be him. No wonder, I heard that Yang family is a family of Xiangma, and his ancestors are Sun Yang Gong, known as Bole..."
"However, the descendants of the Sun Yang family are divided into two parts. The Sun family is mostly used to teach literature and mom, while the Yang family inherits the technique of "Shaping Horse..."
"It seems that Yang Wei also wants to get involved in these ten Dayuan horses!"
"Nonsense, may you not want to be such a good horse that even the Marquis of Qinghe is called a divine horse, who can't be jealous!"
"Yang's family is proficient in horse racing. No one in the world knows horses and trains horses. It seems that they can't help but have long been able to hold back. They just don't know whether these Dayuan merchants agree to let him participate..."
"I, Daqin, have many talents, how can these Dayuan barbarians understand it? Yesterday, Mr. Meng and others failed to tame it, but they were not capable of it!"
"Shh, wait and see what these Dayuan people say?"
The middle-aged man came out to ask questions, and the crowd was in a stir and noisy. Hu Shang translated Yang Qi's words to a group of Dayuan people after listening. A group of people gathered together for a brief discussion and discussed a few words before the middle-aged man in the lead nodded, and then translated the words through translation.
"Your Majesty, the people of Dayuan agree that bystanders will participate in the first round of betting, but in order not to be too confusing, participants can only answer once based on a moment of time. Those who answer correctly can get a horse, but if no one answers it after the time limit, this game will be invalid!"
"What do you think of me?" The First Emperor turned to look at Chen Xu.
Chen Xu was very sure that the answer to the first bet was the origin of the name of the Sweat-blooded BMW. At this time, he was naturally unquestioned, so he nodded in agreement, and was also very curious or expectant. He didn't know if anyone in Daqin knew the unique characteristics of the Sweat-blooded BMW at the moment.
Chapter completed!