My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 155 The Prince Loves Me, I Love Him Too

Shangguan Back Street, East Market.

The Western Regions envoys had met the emperor and completed the formalities, but the commotion caused by the caravan that entered Chang'an City with the delegation was still continuing.

There is even a trend that is getting worse.

We can tell something from the identities of the onlookers. At first, there were only ordinary people, and then gradually there were more young men in gorgeous clothes.

After that.

The most distinguished young man in the entire Han Dynasty has also arrived. Yes, it is Liu Ju, the Liu Ju who is in disguise and on a secret visit.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City, but not many can recognize the prince.

Unless he ran into a minister in the court, he would not use any ceremonial equipment and would only travel in simple casual clothes. Liu Ju was not much different from the many young masters in Chang'an City.

Of course.

Even though he had moved into the Prince's Palace now, his whereabouts would no longer be easily exposed, even though the probability of being recognized was very low, even though there were ten thousand "even ifs".

Liu Ling and Princess Ling, who had died many years ago, were always reminding Liu Ju:

Be careful when going out...

On the second floor of a restaurant near the street, Liu Ju was sitting by the window, with Su Wu staying by his side, and a group of prince's palace guards were scattered on his left and right.

Also standing with him was Jin Midi, and the [Army Guards] would naturally not be absent, but no one knew where they were hiding.

At this moment, Liu Ju's eyes were looking at the noisy streets.

But in the center of the street, which was surrounded by three layers of people inside and three layers of people outside, a rare exotic scene was being staged.

A woman from the Western Regions, with her face covered by a veil, revealing her fair arms and bare feet, was dancing to the cheerful drum beats, drawing cheers from the playboys around her.

Such bold costumes and unrestrained dances are not uncommon in Chang'an City, but you have to go to Zhangtai Street to find them...

How could someone jump up in public?
Not to mention that the person dancing at the moment is a unique exotic dancer?

The Western Region caravans who dared to be the first to come to Chang'an were undoubtedly very business-minded, quick to follow trends, and had strong marketing methods, and they accurately captured people's attention.

"Treasure power, the glittering and shining treasure power!"

"Come on, chop the spices, chop them, they're going to reduce the price!"

The fat manager hung gems and spices on the dancer while shouting. The Western woman cooperated very well, with the gems hanging on her chest and the spices on her ankles.

Wherever it attracts attention, put it there...

Regardless of whether this method is vulgar or not, it is really effective in opening up the market, and immediately caused a scramble among the onlookers.

"Ah."

Seeing this, Liu Ju on the second floor of the restaurant smiled and shook his head. This was probably the initial prototype of the Silk Road.

"Your Highness, do you want to..." Jin Midi glanced out the window while asking the question, implying whether he wanted to stop the dispersal.

After all, the more goods the Western dancer has on her body, the more white flesh is exposed, which might be immoral in public.

"No need."

Liu Ju waved his hand, saying that such matters were under the jurisdiction of Zuo Nei Shi. At this time, the fat manager on the street had already started hanging wine bottles under the dancers' bellies, saying and gesturing:

"Wine, Meiwei's wine, wine made by Putao!"

Hear this.

Liu Ju's expression changed slightly and he winked at Su Wu who was standing beside him. The other party immediately understood, turned his head and gave instructions to the guards behind him.

Soon.

The prince's palace guard appeared on the street, squeezed through the noisy crowd, approached the caravan manager, and shouted: "I want all your wine!"

The fat manager learned Chinese at the last minute, but he didn't understand it at the time, so the Chinese translator who was hired at a high price translated it for him.

After hearing this, the fat man was overjoyed and was about to give the other party a warm hug to seal the deal, but unexpectedly...

"and many more!"

A group of "Cheng Yaojin" suddenly appeared on the road. The young man in the lead held a wine pot in his hand and wiped his mouth, "I want all the wine from these Hu people!"

While speaking, Li Ji didn't even look at the people around him.

Seeing this, the guards of the Crown Prince's Palace said unhappily, "Sir, I came here first, right?"

Li Ji still didn't look at him, but stared at the Chinese translator, impatiently saying, "Are you deaf? Hurry up and translate for the Hu people!"

The translator saw that the newcomer was someone he couldn't afford to offend, so he quickly whispered something in the steward's ear. After hearing this, the fat steward's eyes flickered for a while. He looked at the first person who came, and then at the group that came later.

Dilemma.

Fortunately, someone came to his rescue, but the way they did it was not very friendly.

When a follower behind Li Ji saw that the Hu man didn't respond and was looking at someone else, he immediately twisted his mouth, glared, and shouted at the guard of the Crown Prince's Palace:

"My husband bought the fine wine to send to the nobles in the palace. You'd better be careful and don't be ungrateful!"

As soon as I heard the word "noble person".

The translator's face turned three shades pale, and he quickly translated it again for the steward. After hearing it, the fat steward's eyes widened, and he hurriedly bowed to the guards of the prince's palace to apologize.

After that, he kept apologizing to Li Ji and his group with a smile, and kept talking babble, but no one could understand what he said.

But others can understand the completely different reactions.

Li Ji, who was flattered, had a smug smile on his face. The guard of the Crown Prince's Palace, who was left aside, was a little annoyed. He was about to explode...

Suddenly someone patted his shoulder, "Young Master said that there is more than one caravan in the Western Regions, so we can buy from another one."

Son.

In the pre-Qin period, only the sons of princes could be called Gongzi. Nowadays, the status has been slightly lowered, and only the sons of dukes and ministers can be called Gongzi.

Looking at the direction where the guards of the Crown Prince's Palace left, someone behind Li Ji reminded him, "Brother Li, wasn't that too much?"

"whispering sound!"

Li Ji snorted indifferently, "So what if he's the son of a nobleman? Can the old man in his family go against me just because of a small conflict?"

As soon as he said this, the people around him burst into laughter. "That's right, to go against Brother Li is to go against the noble man, hahaha, let's go?"

"Let's go, I won't go home until I'm drunk today!"

Li Ji regarded this scene on the streets of Chang'an as just a minor episode, and Liu Ju also did not take it to heart.

When it comes to competing, it depends on the person.

If he ran into someone like the son of a prime minister or the son of a prince, who wanted to use his power to pressure him, Liu Ju would most likely not take the initiative to give in.

But if he ran into a playboy like Li Ji, competing with him would be a compliment to him. Having such a brother would just give Madam Li and Li Guangli a headache...

After strolling around the streets, appreciating the exotic customs and buying some specialties from the Western Regions, Liu Ju headed back to the palace.

Skillful.

Not long after he returned to the Prince's Palace, Zhang Qian and his uncle Wei Qing arrived together.

Zhang Qian came to give Liu Ju some good horses, fifty of them!

Eighty horses were purchased from various countries in the Western Regions, and Zhang Qian also spent a lot of money to buy dozens of BMWs along the way. The total number should be close to a hundred, so why are there only fifty left now?
It wasn’t that Zhang Qian embezzled, but the emperor withheld half!
“Who doesn’t love a good horse?”

"Your Highness loves it, and I love it too. I must keep half of it. I'm already very generous by leaving half for you!"

The above is the original words of His Majesty conveyed by Zhang Qian, without changing a word. After listening to it, Liu Ju hesitated for a long time and finally uttered one word: "OK!"

The emperor and the prince were fighting over dozens of fine horses obtained from the Western Regions. It seemed like a joke, but it was not.

Notice.

In the later years of Emperor Wu, Li Guangli led tens of thousands of troops to the Western Regions to attack Dayuan, but the result after the final victory was only -

The Han army took dozens of their good horses and more than 3,000 male and female horses of medium quality and below.

It was not easy for Zhang Qian to bring back hundreds of fine horses from the Western Regions without relying on weapons, just relying on money.

Seeing the majestic BMW that was a head taller than the horses in the Central Plains, it was understandable that Lao Liu shamelessly went out to rob. It was just that Xiao Liu was a little unhappy...

But the unhappiness didn't last long.

Zhang Qian, who was panting heavily, then added: "Your Majesty has already asked the Minister of the Imperial Household to advance the expenses for purchasing the fine horses."

Hey, you should have said it earlier!
Liu Ju's unhappy face suddenly became happy, and he even wanted to keep Zhang Qian for a banquet and thank him properly.

However, Zhang Qian declined the offer. He had been away from home for a long time and had been very busy. He had not yet returned home to visit his wife and children. In this case, Liu Ju could not force him to stay.

They arranged to have the banquet at another date, and after walking a few steps, when they returned to the main hall, Wei Qing was the only one left.

"Haha, when I breed good breeds in the future, I will definitely give a few to my uncle!"

(End of this chapter)