Chapter 14 Wedding (Part 2) Gifts
Following Bian Lingcheng, there was also an official from Honglu Temple who came from Chang'an and a princess, a private eunuch who was married to the princess. After Sun Xiurong saw it, he naturally presented a bag of rust stones.
The emperor also gave Sun Xiurong a gift. Since it was given to him by the emperor, there must be an edict:
“……I specially gave ten gold cakes, twenty silver cakes, fifty new coins, and one hundred palace silk….”
These were allocated by the emperor from his private warehouse, Daying, and were used to reward civil and military officials. Although they were not satisfied, they still had to travel thousands of miles from Chang'an to do so. Sun Xiurong quickly knelt down and thanked him.
Today is a happy day. Sun Xiurong’s expert Yuwen Yongnu became the one who specializes in registering gifts. After ordinary people handed the gifts to him, he would write them down in the account book, but the well-known figures must hand the gifts to Sun Xiurong in person, which is also an important part of the wedding at this time.
Waiting for the eunuch in the inner eunuch to read the edict, everyone will sing their own gifts. Although they are like Hu Meng Lingcha and Cheng Qianli and other senior executives have not arrived in person, their layman is their representatives. According to their position, everyone is waiting for Bian Lingcheng, but Bian Lingcheng said: "Sima will talk first, let's talk about it at the end of our family."
Dugu Jun had to stand up and said, "Dalang, you made great contributions in Naren's territory and won the position of Sima of the Governor's Office. You were only nineteen years old at that time. I felt that you would make new contributions for at least several years. Unexpectedly, you were promoted to the Governor again in just two years. It's a happy congratulations. Today is your happy day, and I have nothing else."
I saw a book box wrapped in blue silk cloth on his hand, which was about five inches long, three inches wide and three inches thick, and there were a few big characters on the front - "The Analects of Confucius".
"When you were in Hu, you knew you would use the meaning of the Hu boy to influence the Hu boy. I saw that there was no book by you. This set of Analects of Confucius has been with me for some years. It has my years of experience on it. Now it's a bargain for you."
Sun Xiurong was a little amused, but he still paid the gift and took the book box.
"Thank you Sima"
Kang Huaishun said, "Governor, before coming, the Jiedushi said, 'You were picked out by the Jiedushi himself from the jumping camp. Now he is in the position of the governor. He is very happy. I heard that you have recruited two thousand Hu teenagers, with a total of three thousand, which is enough to handle matters of all sizes and sizes. I allow you to arrange people to go to Kucha Town to receive 3,000 military uniforms'"
This section was something that Sun Xiurong didn't expect. In any case, Meng Lingcha still had the kindness of knowing him. He quickly replied: "Thank you, the governor, I will never forget it."
"What else?" Kang Huaishun smiled and said, "Today is a happy day for you and the princess. The Jiedushi heard that there is only a pair of old servants given to you by Bian Zhongcheng in your family. How can this be? Money and other things are not very useful to you. I specially selected five teams of young children, including five men and five women, and all of them are Hu Han. I will stay here to serve you in the future."
Sun Xiurong said intimately: "Can there be his eyeliner inside? Don't worry, please accept it first."
Then he said: "Thank you, the guard commander."
Ma Lin stepped forward and said, "Sun Lang, you are the most outstanding person in the previous dance camps. I admire you very much. The deputy envoy of the Jiedushi asked me to bring you ten Beiting horses as a gift."
"Thank you, Deputy Governor"
"Also, last time you went to sweat, I saw that you were a little interested in my meteor hammer, so I made another pair, all of which were made of fine iron, and the handle was gilded. Sun Lang, who was just a little layman, could only do this. In addition, I have also written some experience on how to use the spear, hoping it will be useful to you."
Sun Xiurong was very grateful. Last time he just said something casually to the Meteor Hammer. Now that he has a short crossbow used by cavalry, he will definitely not use the Meteor Hammer anymore, but Ma Lin's heart of fist and earnest feelings cannot be let down. He hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Ma Lang is in love, thank you."
Duan Xiushi smiled and said, "Look at you, Ma Lin, the wedding gift, just don't give you gold, silver and jewelry. How can I send you a meteor hammer? Do you want Sun Lang to use this hammer to deal with the princess?"
As soon as these words were said, they would naturally make people laugh.
However, Ma Lin seemed to be unhappy and smiled and said, "I want to see what big gift Duan Yu has to give it to you."
"Juhou?"
"Haha, Duan Lang is not only an amateur to Gao Zhenguan, but also serves as a guard in the Tubo direction."
"I see"
"Sun Lang, General Gao gave you a pair of jade Ruyi made of authentic Hetian jade, one yin and one yang, you and the princess are just a pair. In addition, you also know that the guardian is a Korean man, and there is a Korean ginseng. This time, he brought you a box, which is said to be of a hundred years of quality."
"Thank you, the guard commander"
"In addition, Sun Lang, you know that my family has no spare money, but I learned that you are good at military affairs and are also very concerned about farming. I specially asked someone to get a "Qimin Yaoshu" from Shazhou. I hope this book will be beneficial to you."
Sun Xiurong was naturally overjoyed. Jia Sixi's "Qimin Yaoshu" was a shiny moment with Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" by later generations. There are detailed records of the planting methods of various crops, and they also have some knowledge of the cooking methods of various foods, and various methods of making alcohol. Others don't care about this book, but Sun Xiurong attaches great importance to it.
"Thank you Duan Lang"
After the gift from the Tang people was given, the prince of Shi Kingdom was sent to the car, and the prince of Shi Kingdom, Steyran and Myanmar came forward and said, "Last time Geshuminu and your Duzhi Cao came to Shi Kingdom. When Shi Kingdom bought cotton and grain, Minu said that although there were many fields near Talas, there were lack of farmers."
"It just so happened that Anguo, Kangguo and other countries were trapped in the hands of great cannibals. Many farmers who believed in Zoroastrianism fled to Shiguo. In Shiguo, our farmland was limited. Even if they were allowed to rent all the seeds, they said that you were short of manpower here, and they had made a bet with Changshi, so they gathered two thousand households, and they are still near Ashabor."
Sun Xiurong was a little grateful now. Although he knew that they had regarded him as one of the so-called messengers to save the light, it was extremely rare for them to spend so much effort to send the farmers here. In any case, they had great kindness to themselves.
"Thank you two, please say hello to the king after you go back."
Steyranmian smiled and said, "Sun Lang, I still have a gift here, I will tell you tomorrow."
Sun Xiurong was a little surprised. He thought to himself: "Stay Ranmian is the envoy of the Zoroastrian Cult. Has he received a task from the leader to need my assistance? With my current ability, I cannot attack the great cannibal. What would that be?"
Thinking that since he didn't say it here, he was naturally a little secret, so he said, "Okay, the prince is intent."
Next were gifts from each department. After Dumodu took the medicine-killing basin in the lower reaches of the Pearl River, the territory was extremely close to the Aral Sea. The gift he gave to Sun Xiurong was ten stones of "fine salt" and fifty horses. The Yi Shibo hidden in the swamp gave him the most precious ten stones of rye seeds, and ten jars of wine brewed from rye. When he met with Yi Shibo last time, Sun Xiurong proposed to buy rye seeds from him. Unexpectedly, he actually asked Yi Shibo to send it here this time.
“Thank you, Special Forces
In front of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Xiurong couldn't say the four words "Thank you, Khan" in person. Yi Shibo called himself a special agent, so he simply called him this.
Geshuhai's gifts were also horses and high-quality fur. On the mountains on both sides of the Talas River, there were many sables, wild foxes, leopards, and black bears. This time he gave Sun Xiurong a gift of one hundred horses, ten marten furs and fox furs of excellent quality.
The gift from the great shaman Ashi Nagus of the Alishi tribe to Sun Xiurong was fifty horses, all of which were white, and fifty green cows, obviously they also knew the value of the green cows and white horses.
Mohe Dagan's gift was a pair of jade horses and ten silver ingots, which was in line with his identity as the owner of Dundu Silver Mine.
This is the first time that Sun Xiurong has seen this Tuqi Shi Xinren Khan. Although he can only control the two tribes of Mukun and Huserluo, most of the 25,000 households are still the best in the Western Turks in terms of strength. Such gifts are neither good nor bad. For a person like him, Sun Xiurong naturally dares not neglect in terms of face.
"Thank you, Khan"
Mohedagan leaned closer to him and said, "Today is your happy day, so I won't talk to you anymore. Are you free tomorrow?"
Sun Xiurong said intimately: "This is your real purpose in coming here. It's better, when you meet you, you want to see what you are thinking."
"Sweat, naturally there are some"
"Okay, hahahaha"
Da Xi Wenming also came up with a smile. He was a typical Tuyuhun man with a medium figure and a little thin. However, the bones of his hands were very thick. He looked like a long-term martial arts practitioner. He was about forty years, with a braid and a goatee. His small eyes radiated from time to time. What was impressive was that he wore a white bone ring carved with a skull head on his left thumb.
"Did this person also join the Bon religion?"
Just as he was thinking, Da Xi Wenming said, "Governor, I heard that you are the descendant of the Khitan..."
He spoke in Xianbei, and none of the people present could understand it, but Sun Xiurong still understood it. Although it was a little awkward, he still understood it because this language was somewhat similar to Khitan, and Khitan was also somewhat similar to later Mongolian and Manchu. For Sun Xiurong, it was like a later generation who spoke Mandarin suddenly met a Cantonese speaker. Although it was a bit difficult, he could still understand it.
As a leader of a film, Da Xi Wenming naturally speaks Tang language, but he must have heard from some people about Sun Xiurong's news.
"I'll give you a pair of top-grade falcons, a pair of mastiffs, and ten beauties"
Speaking of this, he had a little smirk on his face, "All are virgins"
Sun Xiurong was stunned. He didn't care much about women, but this person gave him falcons and mastiffs (the Tuyuhun tribe gave him Tibetan mastiffs from later generations), which must have had no intention.
"Thank you Khan", Sun Xiurong also answered him in Khitan. Of course, this is a Khitan language that he has transformed. Daxi Wenming also showed a thoughtful expression when he heard it.
The Gongyue tribe, which was personally persuaded by Sun Xiurong to migrate, came forward by Saha Company. "Governor, you have taken 3,000 young soldiers in the Nangong tribe, why do you need 1,000 in our tribe? There are so many men in our tribe. Apart from that one thousand, I discussed with the Khan of Suoge and raised another 2,000 households. I hope the governor will not refuse."
This is really a tribute. For the Nangong tribe and Geshu tribe, because he has prestige first and wants to marry Nangong Xiaoyue, he has already regarded them as his tribe and can speak frankly about how he acts. However, he cannot do this for the Gongyue tribe that he just moved to. Once he is too overwhelmed, it will be counterproductive. He originally wanted to slowly plan, but he did not expect that Sahalian would be so sensible.
"Thank you", Sun Xiurong grabbed his hand tightly.
That night, after the banquet, Bian Lingcheng called him, "Sun Lang, my gift is already in your hands, you must take good care of it."
Sun Xiurong was shocked, "Does he want to give me the peach blossom stones that were placed in me?"
Just as he was about to ask, Bian Lingcheng left with the support of the little eunuch.
When he returned to the bedroom, the precious gifts given to him by the people were piled up in the corner, and the "Analects of Confucius" given to him by Dugu Jun and the "Qimin Yaoshu" given to him by Duan Xiushi were placed on the table.
Nan Gong Xiaoyue was already lying on the bed, and the gauze curtain in front of the bed was shady, which made him unable to help but feel a little embarrassed.
However, he still came to the desk and picked up Dugu Jun's set of "The Analects of Confucius".
After opening the book box, the one that puts it on the top is indeed three volumes of "The Analects of Confucius", but there is another book at the bottom.
"Catalogue of the Tang Dynasty families?"
This was the first time he had seen such a book, but he was shocked after turning a few pages.
It turns out that this is the Tang Dynasty version of the official acupuncture talisman!
Chapter completed!