Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

Changsun Chong was in a daze for a while, why was it different from what he thought, not only was it okay for them to live like this, but they were also approved by His Majesty.

Cheng Chumo and the others were recognized by His Majesty by name, which was completely beyond his expectation.

He wondered if he had missed something.

Just as he was thinking this way, he felt a sharp gaze cast over him. He raised his head to look and found that it belonged to Changsun Wuji.

Chang Sun Chong felt a chill down his spine.

"After you go back, I guess you will be beaten!"

Li Yi'an also noticed that gaze.

"Sir, don't scare me!"

Chang Sun Chong's voice trembled.

He was bitter in his heart, if he had known this, he would not have escaped, even if he died, he would have to go down that hot air balloon with His Highness.

Li Shimin didn't know how happy he was. Just now, the interpreter from Honglu Temple came over and said that those foreign envoys expressed their willingness to surrender to the Tang Dynasty because Li Chengqian descended from the sky. Such a fairy method deeply impressed those Westerners.

Although the prince likes to make troubles, this nonsense was hit right and wrong, and the trouble was just right.

After everyone in the venue quieted down, Li Shimin announced that today's banquet will continue.

But at this time, an envoy from the Great Food Kingdom took out three pearls and sent them up, saying that they were a gift from the Great Food Kingdom, a tribute to Datang, and wished to have a good relationship with Datang forever.

Of course Li Shimin was overjoyed, he let the pearl be accepted, and with a wave of his hand, an eunuch behind him came out with three blue and white porcelains.

"This is my return gift, please take it away from the envoy of the Great Food Kingdom!"

Just after Li Shimin finished speaking, there was an interpreter from Honglu Temple, who briefly introduced the origin of this blue and white porcelain and how precious it is.

The envoys of the Great Food Kingdom learned that blue and white porcelain is a rare treasure, and it still looks so beautiful. Although it was the first time for them to hear the concept of porcelain, they quickly stood up to express their gratitude.

"Your Majesty Tang!"

The head of the Roman envoys also got up, imitating the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, cupped their hands and said: "We also have gifts, and we will pay tribute to Your Majesty!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was a little surprised, how could this envoy still speak their language.

Li Daozong had no choice but to explain: "Nipton's envoy started looking for someone to learn our Heluo accent when he arrived in the Western Regions. When he arrived in Chang'an, he also asked someone from Honglu Temple to teach him. Now he can communicate with us fluently. "

Everyone suddenly realized that they had to feel that the other party had a strong learning ability. Although the speech was not very standard, normal communication was no longer a problem. This envoy had a very good language talent.

The envoy was called Neptune. He waved his hand, and an attendant behind him handed over a beautiful wooden box and said loudly: "The distance from our country to Chang'an is very long. It's a pity that our lord can't come in person. But in order to show our friendship, I specially asked me to bring a crown as a tribute to the Great Tang."

As he spoke, he opened the wooden box, and suddenly a faint golden light shone from inside.

When Neptune took out the crown and offered it with both hands, everyone saw that the exquisitely crafted and detailed crown reflected the craftsman's thoughts everywhere.

Many ministers present were from aristocratic families. Although they were used to seeing all kinds of jewels and treasures, they also nodded secretly at this crown.

This is obviously better than the pearl of the Great Food Kingdom, which embarrasses the envoys of the Great Food Kingdom.

"it is good!"

Li Shimin shouted, waved his hand, and asked Guo Dong to pick it up, and was going to send some blue and white porcelain in return.

"Your Majesty Tang, we sincerely want to dedicate the crown to you, but we have a very serious question that has not been answered."

Neptune did not hand over the crown to Guo Dong, and continued: "I heard that there are many capable people in Datang, and there is nothing they can't do, so we brought this question here."

After hearing this, Li Shimin asked with interest: "What are you confused about?"

Neptune said: "We present the crown and sincerely hope to be friends with Datang."

"However, craftsmen in our country, although skillful, are very greedy for money. When making some objects, they often skip precious materials and replace them with worse ones."

"Our lord asked the craftsmen to build this crown, but he was very worried that those craftsmen were greedy for money, and they didn't use all gold, which made the crown impure."

As he spoke, he bowed and continued: "If we give a fake gift to His Majesty Tang, it would be disrespectful to His Majesty."

Li Shimin didn't know what he wanted to do for a moment, but he said with a smile: "It's okay, if you like it, you can! Guo Dong, bring it up!"

"Of course not!"

Neptune shook his head and said: "We will not give inferior gifts to friends, so I would like to ask His Majesty Datang to prove whether the crown is pure gold. If it is not pure, we dare not give it to His Majesty Datang as a gift." , when we go back, we must severely punish those hateful craftsmen, and send a pure gold one to Chang'an. As for how to identify it in our country, we have never thought of a good method, so we can only ask His Majesty Tang for help!"

Li Yi'an, who was sitting in the crowd, couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

On the surface, this Neptune said that he wanted to surrender to Tang, but at this moment, he was playing tricks and finding fault on purpose.

Archimedes explained the principle of buoyancy in BC.

Byzantium is the Roman Empire, and Rome originated from Greece. It is impossible for them not to know the method.

"It's easy, Duan Qing!"

Li Shimin said.

"Chen is here!"

Duan Lun, as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, of course also knows some relevant knowledge. He said: "When gold enters fire, if it produces five-color qi, then there is copper in it. If there are other ingredients, the color of the flame is different, so it can be burned with fire, but..."

Doing so will destroy the Crown Land.

This was a gift from a foreign envoy, and it was really inappropriate to destroy it as soon as it was delivered.

"Your Majesty Tang, in fact, we also thought about burning it with fire, but this would damage the crown. We are very poor in Rome. If it is destroyed, it will take a long time to make another one."

Neptune said sincerely: "I can only bring the crown, I hope Datang can find a way to prove it without destroying it."

This made Li Shimin very embarrassed. Neptune always spoke with this attitude. If he refused, it would be very unreasonable, and it would be tantamount to telling the other party that Datang has no capable people.

If he didn't refuse, he thought about it, there was no other way to prove it, and his eyes swept over lightly, only to see other ministers, all bowed their heads.

Duan Lun frowned, but couldn't think of any other way.

"Your Majesty, I think, I can!"

Li Chengqian stood up suddenly and said.

"Your Highness, don't mess around!"

Kong Yingda quickly reminded.

"I'm not fooling around, I really have a way!"

Li Chengqian ignored them and ran out directly, Cheng Chumo and the others followed suit, even if Li Shimin wanted to stop it, it was too late.

"This envoy, please give me the crown!"

Li Chengqian said again: "Brother Chumo, go to weigh, Senior Brother Baolin, go and find some gold for me, and Senior Brother Dejian, go fetch a bucket of water and prepare some utensils!"

They listened to Li Chengqian's instructions and went to work immediately.

"Your Highness...Your Highness, what about me?"

The eldest grandson walked out with a cheeky face.

"You still have the face? A traitor!"

"traitor!"