Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 557 Free Dinner

On the official road, Sun Xiangfu beat the horse fast, but the more he ran, the more flustered he became, because the day when the big competition was getting closer, most of the people came from Wang Dingxiang, like Wang Hao. On the contrary, there were very few people going to the west, and they could be found out just by asking at the inn where the horses were changed along the way, and the news Sun Xiangfu asked was that four hours ago, a group of people went west.

At the current speed of constantly changing horses and running for four hours without a break, it is enough to run two or three hundred miles. I am afraid that Wang Hao will be able to reach Ningyuan County in a short time. If...

Sun Xiangfu didn't dare to think about it.

Ningyuan County, outside the Yingbin Inn, there are hundreds of large iron pots that can hold a whole fat sheep. On the open space outside the inn, more than ten thousand tents have been set up. In the lobby of the inn, Tang Jianju Picking up the wine bottle in his hand, he respectfully said to an old man surnamed Wang, "This time, thank you, shopkeeper Wang, for your hospitality. When I go to Dingxiang City and see Your Majesty, I will definitely invite Your Majesty to reward you."

Although it is only two meals for 10,000+ people, the cost is at least tens of thousands of guan. This Wang Xu took the initiative to cover the expenses for Ningyuan County, which greatly relieved the pressure on local finances.

"Caomin can have such a family business, and it is all due to His Majesty's emphasis on farming, business and trade, and light taxation. Now, it is the due righteousness of the grassroots to be able to contribute to the court. Please reward me, and please don Please don't mention it."

Hearing this, Tang Jian praised very gratifiedly, "My Tang Dynasty has such a simple and simple folk style, why worry about the world being unhappy."

Wang Xu smiled and said, "Hehe, what the grassroots did is nothing more than a small matter. Compared with the heavy responsibility on the adult, it is nothing to mention. Please put the business first, and the grassroots will send the wine and meat to you later." Table for all foreign guests."

"In this way, there will be work."

After thanking Wang Xu for his generous contribution, Tang Jian walked lightly towards the tent outside the inn. Many lords and important figures from various countries have been invited to the main tent by the missionary. They will set off, take the cement official road directly, and rest after arriving in Dingxiang City. At that time, there will inevitably be some reception and resettlement matters. Tang Jian needs to communicate with them in advance.

And before Tang Jian returned to the main tent hall, the leaders of various countries and dignitaries who came here first had already chatted first.

"Unexpectedly, merchants in a small county in the Tang Dynasty can provide food for so many of us. The country's financial strength is really extraordinary."

"That's right! In a small country like mine, even the biggest merchants will probably go bankrupt if they provide two meals for so many people with meat and wine."

"Hehe, it's just that your country is small and weak. The big merchants of my Byzantine Empire can support an army of 10 people for a long time..."

"So what, money doesn't mean everything, your Byzantine Empire, didn't you also suffer defeat at the hands of the big cannibal..."

In the camp, there were various languages, and different names for each other. They kept talking endlessly. Tang Jian, who was used to this kind of scene along the way, had long since seen it as strange. From his point of view Well, if Li Shimin can take the opportunity to give them a unified country name all over the world, it will also be a good thing to enhance their international reputation.

"Everyone, today is our last dinner before we finally arrive at our destination. The shopkeeper of this inn called Yingbin will provide us with a free meal. There will be a hearty breakfast tomorrow morning, and after that, he will give us We prepare a lot of cooked food. Tomorrow, we will walk [-] miles to the destination Dingxiang City and then rest. Over there, we will be greeted by the young master of the Tang Dynasty, Nong Guogong. you······"

Every word Tang Jian said would be translated by many translators in different languages ​​to everyone present, and then he would hear a noisy response, and then those translators would translate the words of the people who spoke the same language. It takes a lot of time to reply to him one by one, just to talk about a simple thing. However, Tang Jian is used to this slow communication mode. If it is an impatient young man, he will probably crazy.

"Oh, walking three hundred miles a day, I heard it right! This is twice the distance we walked every day, and we didn't rest in the middle, is this possible?······"

"Why are you in such a hurry, if there is free food along the way, we can go slower..."

After about a quarter of an hour, all the questions raised by everyone were summarized and reported to Tang Jian here one by one.

Tang Jian explained again, "Maybe you don't quite understand that the road to Dingxiang after passing through the Ningyuan County in front of us will be a straight concrete road. On such a road, you horses, every time It can run about eighty miles in one hour, and even a carriage loaded with goods can reach this speed. Therefore, in fact, the whole journey only needs the horses to run for about four hours, and there are one or two hours in the middle, which are used for eating. Drink water and let the horses rest. If someone's horses can't bear it, it doesn't matter. There are inns or post stations along the way that provide horse replacement..."

Due to the long-distance journey, the members of the mission came with at least two horses, and the speed of galloping horses on a straight and flat road is generally more than 120 kilometers per hour, and the limit speed can even reach 240 per hour. Kilometers, then, if calculated according to the hour, it is between [-] kilometers and [-] kilometers, or between [-] miles and [-] miles. The speed Tang Jian said is basically the minimum data for a horse to run.

Before Datang built concrete roads and built dense post stations, the maximum transmission speed was 2000 miles per day.But now, between cities where concrete roads have been repaired, the limit transmission speed has almost reached more than [-] miles per day. In an hour, I can run more than sixty miles. Among them, the running speed during the day is slightly faster than at night. For example, it only takes two days to send the highest-level signaling order from Dingxiang City, which is more than [-] miles away, to Chang'an. The time is almost twice as fast as before.

This is also the reason why Datang's political efficiency is so high now. A horse can run almost two hundred miles in a row, and in Datang, there must be post stations within every hundred miles between cities with cement roads, and messengers can almost Always keep the stage horse running at a relatively high speed.

It's a pity that people from the western countries have never seen this kind of speed. Even Tang Jian was a little skeptical when he received Sun Xiangfu's arrangement. After Yang and Dingxiang kept in touch, they actually experienced this feeling of fast transmission of messages. Since the group of people entered Dingxiang thousands of miles away, the messengers basically came back and forth one day a day.

Tang Jian just clarified a matter of rushing to everyone, and more than half an hour passed. In the steamer, all kinds of dishes smelled delicious.

Wang Xu asked people to light a lot of bonfires, set up some cattle and sheep to barbecue, and after patrolling around the cooking places, he called in the person in charge.

"Did all the medicine that the young master brought over be put into the food?"

"Don't worry, no matter it's in the food or in the wine, we've put it all in. This kind of poison from Yizhou Island doesn't have the unpleasant smell of arsenic from our Tang Dynasty. They won't be able to taste it." , as long as they eat a little bit, it only takes two hours at most, and they will die of poison."

Wang Xu nodded when he heard the words and said, "Very good, my lord has something to say, after finishing this matter, our task will be completed. From now on, each of you will get a large sum of money to live a carefree life. Now, bring all the cooked meals up for them to eat! Give them to the important people in the main tent of the camp first."

"Hehehe, we know."

After a greedy look flashed in the eyes of a group of people, they began to work separately. Not to mention the rewards Wang Hao gave after the work was done, it was the property brought by 100+ people from more than 10,000 countries. I am afraid that at least They are all worth several million pennies. These people are all princes and nobles of the Western Regions!If these people were poisoned to death, then all the boxes and boxes of gold coins, jade articles, jewelry they wore, etc., they brought over would all be theirs.

In a place not far from the main tent, Sun Erli opened several large boxes and carefully counted the various seeds he had collected from the Western Regions in the past three years. There were hundreds of them. He was afraid that something might go wrong with the preservation. , As a result, it cannot be planted after returning to the native land, so he has to check it almost every day. There are many of them. He greeted the local area and picked up new species when he returned.

Tomorrow, he will finally be able to return to Dingxiang and deliver these things to Sun Xiangfu. If he says he is not nervous or excited, it would be a lie. This is because he has worked hard and worked hard for three years.

There are also Li Xiangdie, Yao Hongxiu and others who have the same mood as him. It is quite normal for them to have such a mentality.

After arriving in Ningyuan County, they rushed to the rouge gouache cosmetics store in the county to purchase immediately. In three years, the cosmetics they brought when they set off had already been used up. After all, they are not as good as those produced by Datang, and they have become veritable old girls. At the moment of glory return, they want to show their most beautiful makeup to the one who will follow the agreement at the head of Dingxiang City. Set up celebration wine for them, and those who welcome them will see.

In the big camp, the crisp sound of gongs sounded, because the language was complicated and communication was inconvenient. This was a relatively simple method Tang Jian thought of to inform everyone to eat. , everyone gathered towards the place to eat.

"Our Datang's food is still delicious. The spices are finely ground, and the taste of salt and sauce is also sufficient." Sun Erli said, taking a big bite of the mutton.

"If you want me to say, our Datang's wine is the best. It's strong enough. Drinking a small bowl will keep your whole body warm all night. It's not like the wine made by those people in the west. It's sour, light and without any wine. taste······"

The members of the mission will always get together spontaneously for dinner and communicate in the familiar Chinese. They will arrive at their destination tomorrow. Today, they are inevitably more excited. Even women like Li Xiangdie and Yao Hongxiu, When it comes to eating and drinking, they don't have much scruples about their image. Three years of uninterrupted life on the road has made them no longer pay attention to these things. Only when they are full and drink enough can they have the strength to perform on stage and ride on the road.

(End of this chapter)