Chapter 675 Tribute
The Angkor Dynasty had strategic weapons - elephant soldiers. This giant is unstoppable in the forest and grassland, and it is completely crushed. The Angkor Dynasty of this era is in the rising period and its national strength is constantly increasing.
The huge and gorgeous Angkor Thom is also being improved step by step.
In the entire South Asia, the Angkor Dynasty was unstoppable, so it naturally had the capital to be proud.
For the Tang Dynasty, when the Angkor Dynasty was established, it was already in a state of decline. Even the Nanzhao Kingdom had a greater influence than its own, and it had almost no contact with the Tang army.
However, the existence of Annan Protectorate all shows the presence of the Tang Kingdom. The merchants on the Maritime Silk Road are constantly repeating the wealth, power, and the stars-like city of the Tang Kingdom.
Faced with the temptation of Champa, the Angkor Dynasty was salivating, but did not dare to fight directly with the huge Tang Kingdom. Therefore, with this mentality, the Angkor Dynasty sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty for the first time.
Fei Tuoluo is not tall, but has a flexible head, a wide body and a fat body, which is very trustworthy. After all, the fat man looks very honest and trustworthy.
He was a small minister under the Minister of Pohe Duoling. He had his own fiefdom, a small town with a population of 1,000. Since the fief was located near Tonsah Lake and the land was fertile, his family had a strong influence.
This time, he got such an opportunity to go on a mission, which was also because his family was powerful.
Before leaving, Minister Po He Duoling ordered him:
"The king and other ministers all hope that you can find out the truth and reality of the Tang Kingdom. If it is a prime elephant and powerful, you can make a good relationship with it, give it a gift, and live in harmony!"
"If it is a declining old elephant, just perfunctorily and then bribe the ministers, and then understand the reality and reality, we can take a bite, and Chameng is ours!"
"So, your task is very important, you can't just do it!"
"I follow your instructions!" Fei Tuoluo quickly saluted and patted his chest.
On this trip to Tang State, he brought specialties such as agarwood, yellow wax, cardamom, purple stem, and fengzi oil to sell them. He was both making money and going on a mission. After all, spices are good things, and many merchants would buy this trip to Tang State. If there is no middleman to earn the difference, he would definitely be able to sell it at a good price.
As for the gifts given to the Tang Kingdom, there were ten precious white elephants, ten rhinos, and two tigers. Such rare birds were extremely precious no matter where they were.
The gyro feels very suitable.
In order to better show the national prestige of the Angkor Kingdom, he borrowed ten large ships from the country's merchants and navy, which were enough to accommodate two hundred people.
"Hahaha, let the people of Tang see the majesty of our country!!"
Fei Tuoluo was full of longing. Although he heard that the people of Tang were very powerful, he had been in Angkor Thom for a long time. He wanted to come, no matter how powerful he was, where could he go?
There are tens of thousands of people in Angkor Thom. There are thousands of elephants alone, unstoppable and countless merchants.
Then, along with all the cargo, ten large Angkor dynasty ships set sail eastward, not far from Chameng, only a few hundred miles.
When he arrived at Chameng Port and saw such a lively dock, Fei Tuoluo instantly became jealous and crazy: "How many divine bird coins should be collected with such a large number of merchant ships?"
The Angkor Dynasty was mainly circulated in semi-handed ways to create a small round coin. This coin was mostly imported from Myanmar and Thailand.
The Hamsa divine bird pattern on the coin is said to be the incarnation of the creator Dun in Khmer mythology. It is said that in ancient times, Dun sent fire, stone tools, cattle, pigs and poultry to the Khmer people. It also solved difficulties and disasters for the people, so it respected and worshiped the Khmer people for generations.
This currency is available in copper and silver. Due to the popularity of marine trade in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, there are many such currency. People do not know its allusions, so they are commonly called "little chicken coins" according to their shapes, and some people call it "red bird".
Fei Tuoluo saw the tall Chameng. Looking at this city that was much smaller than Angkor Thom, his heart became more and more enthusiastic:
"If a warrior of such a short city is allowed to cross the war elephant, he can definitely conquer the city!"
What he had completely ignored was that in front of the elephant soldiers and powerful warriors, they could only be ants and were trampled into mud.
It was said that after being an envoy of the Angkor Dynasty, he saw a Tang man in a long robe. The Tang man introduced himself as the archer of Chameng, which surprised Fei Tuoluo:
"So prosperous and such a good place is your fiefdom? Is your king so generous?"
The translator turned this sentence over, leaving Fan Li speechless for a moment, and he said helplessly:
"I don't have any fiefdoms to do this city. I just guard our emperor to prevent those criminals from disrupting this business and collecting taxes in an instant—"
"It's really strange. It's not your fiefdom. You are actually very happy and work hard..."
Fan Li was too lazy to pay attention to the envoy. He just said a few words casually, and then sent someone to send him away. Then he began to write excitedly, telling the court that some small overseas countries were going to pay tribute.
This letter left very quickly. Before Fei Tuoluo arrived in Guangzhou, he had already arrived in Changsha City. The Political Affairs Hall was quite proud:
The country's power is rising day by day, and even those small countries are coming to pay tribute. We, the prime minister, have the contributions to this!
"Which family knows about this Zhen La Kingdom?"
Li Jia asked casually.
"Report to Your Majesty, the Zhenla Kingdom had already paid tribute as early as the reign of Emperor Daizong!"
"So prosperous and such a good place is your fiefdom? Is your king so generous?"
The translator turned this sentence over, leaving Fan Li speechless for a moment, and he said helplessly:
"I don't have any fiefdoms to do this city. I just guard our emperor to prevent those criminals from disrupting this business and collecting taxes in an instant—"
"It's really strange. It's not your fiefdom. You are actually very happy and work hard..."
Fan Li was too lazy to pay attention to the envoy. He just said a few words casually, and then sent someone to send him away. Then he began to write excitedly, telling the court that some small overseas countries were going to pay tribute.
This letter left very quickly. Before Fei Tuoluo arrived in Guangzhou, he had already arrived in Changsha City. The Political Affairs Hall was quite proud:
The country's power is rising day by day, and even those small countries are coming to pay tribute. We, the prime minister, have the contributions to this!
Fan Li was too lazy to pay attention to the envoy. He just said a few words casually, and then sent someone to send him away. Then he began to write excitedly, telling the court that some small overseas countries were going to pay tribute.
Chapter completed!