Chapter 708 Tang Yao's Audience (Subscription Requested)

Tang Yao, who had eaten chili peppers for the first time in her life, almost spit out her tongue. She quickly took the warm water handed by her mother and took a few gulps. However, she did not give up this very stimulating taste directly. Instead, she became interested in this kind of food, which was probably related to her frequent research on herbs.

Then, she fell in love with chili peppers uncontrollably.

The winter in the Han tribe was very cold, and eating chili peppers could keep warm. In addition, eating them in the form of hot pot made this unique delicacy reach its limit.

Because both parties did not know each other very well, there was not much conversation at the dinner table. Tang Yao was still in the stage of being shocked by all kinds of things in the Han tribe, while Dashu was unsure of Luo Chong's thoughts. The delegation was just taking a temporary rest in Liuyang County, and there was no need for him to make trouble.

Before the dinner was finished, Luo Chong's reply letter had been delivered. The letter directly instructed Dashu to send the delegation to Hanyang City tomorrow. Now there was only one month left before the beginning of spring, and Luo Chong did not have that much time to spend on the delegation. It was better to sort out this matter as soon as possible.

Tang Yao returned to the bedroom of the guest house to rest. Although the weather outside was very cold, the room was very warm because of the kang. However, the slightly dry climate made her a little uncomfortable.

Looking outside through the transparent glass on the window, Tang Yao was very curious and put her face close to the glass to look carefully, but soon left a layer of breath on it, which made her feel very interesting. However, there were no acquaintances to talk to her, which made her a little bored.

The trees on both sides of the street outside the window were covered with silver, but they still emitted a light white fluorescence at night. The branches of the fluorescent willows swayed in the wind, reflecting the whole city in white.

It was beautiful like a fairyland here. The white snowflakes were something that could not be seen in the Tang tribe. There was only the scorching sun and the humid sea breeze there. Although they also had their own unique beauty, the Han tribe had a different flavor.

As the night deepened, Tang Yao quickly fell asleep under the thick wool quilt. This time, her mother came to take care of her, which made her feel very relieved. Of course, there were also maids left in the Han tribe, but they were not as caring as her mother.

The next morning, after breakfast, a convoy was waiting outside the guesthouse. Tang Yao and her mother were arranged to ride in a four-wheeled box carriage, while the rest of the delegation rode in a long truck. Fortunately, a thick canvas shed was built on top. Although it was not warm, it could block the wind to some extent.

The novel travel experience made the delegation feel the strength of the Han tribe. They could sit and walk when they went on a long journey, which was much better than the Tang tribe measuring the land with their legs. Tang Yao even figured out the reason why the Han tribe was strong. It was because of these advanced travel methods that the Han tribe could go farther, so that they could collect more people and resources.

On the other hand, although their Tang tribe also had a large population, it was accumulated by itself over time, and the expansion speed was extremely slow. The reason was nothing more than the lack of convenient means of transportation. Most of the tribe members had never left their homes for a day's walk in their entire lives.

The Han tribe only needed to take a boat and then a car to travel from one city to another, which took dozens of days. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the Han tribe had traveled a long way.

The caravan arrived at Sitong County at noon to eat and rest, and the horses pulling the carts were directly replaced. Such an inhumane practice shocked the delegation.

Many people muttered in their hearts that even if you have a lot of horses in the Han tribe, there is no need to change them all halfway.

Only the careful Tang Yao found that the horses pulling the carts seemed to be almost cooked when she got off the car, and they were all emitting white heat. This was the first time she saw such a strange scene, but she thought that after running such a long distance, these horses must be exhausted.

In this way, it must be very common to change horses halfway when going on a long journey. But if it is so troublesome, the Han tribe wants to use horse-drawn carriages to form a transportation network, so how many places should be prepared for changing horses and resting in the middle? How high is the cost of maintaining transportation? The Han tribe is really rich.

But what Tang Yao didn't know was that, in fact, from Liuyang County to Hanyang City, it only took one change of horses in the middle. The current territory of the Han tribe was not as large as she imagined.

After another busy afternoon, the convoy carrying the delegation finally arrived in Hanyang City before sunset.

However, it was not the same as the power center of the Han tribe that Tang Yao imagined. In terms of scale, this city called Hanyang was far less than the previous Liuyang County. If you have to say where it is better than Liuyang County? It may be that the walls of this city are made of bricks. From the appearance, it is indeed better looking than those rammed earth walls.

Because it was late, and the delegation was very tired after sitting in the car for a day, Tang Yao was not arranged to meet Luo Chong that day. Instead, the delegation was directly allowed to stay in the post house built specifically for the Honglu Temple. It was not until the next morning that someone came to notify Tang Yao to meet with him.

The place for the meeting was chosen to be the top-floor office of the official building. It was Luo Chong's only public office now, and the study at home naturally did not count.

Walking on the streets in the city during the day, Tang Yao had a deeper understanding of this city. It was indeed very different from Liuyang County and Sitong County that she had seen before. Putting aside the size, the city's planning and streets alone were not comparable to Liuyang County, because the streets in Hanyang City were all paved with blue bricks, which was simply outrageous. There

was also very little snow in the city. Because every house had a kang, the indoor temperature was relatively high, and the snow that fell on the roof almost melted into snow water as soon as it fell. In addition, Hanyang City had an excellent three-level drainage system, so the snow water in the city was quickly drained, and there was not even a single piece of ice on the road.

In the morning, when the residents in the city came to the well at the entrance of the alley to fetch water, they could even see the rising white hot air when they opened the well cover, which was also one of the unique scenes in the north.

Well water is very cool in summer and can even be used to cool watermelons. However, in winter, due to its deep burial, the water temperature is higher than the air temperature, so it will emit steam. This is definitely the strangest thing for Tang Yao, who has lived in the southern coastal area since childhood.

She even suspected that the people of the Han tribe boiled the water in advance and poured it into the well. In fact, this thing is just a facility for them to store hot water.

In addition to these, the other thing that attracted her most was the windmills that kept rotating in the wood workshop and the oil mill. There was no power to drive that thing, but it could keep rotating. The key is that she didn't know what it was used for, so she was very curious.

Without giving her a chance to explore, Tang Yao was quickly taken to the government office building. Looking at the towering building in front of her, Tang Yao felt like she had come from the countryside to a big city.

She climbed up to the top floor of the fifth floor and was allowed to enter the office after being notified. As a result, the first thing she saw when she opened the door was a child dressed like a ball. It was Xiao Luo Cheng who insisted on coming with Luo Chong.

The two of them, one big and one small, looked at each other, and little Luo Cheng immediately turned and ran, stumbling to the back of the desk, hugging Luo Chong's legs and shouting in a baby voice,

"Dad, there's someone."

The next moment, the people looking at each other became Luo Chong and Tang Yao, and then Tang Yao was stunned. Although she had heard that the leader of the Han tribe was very young, she felt that it was not the same as she had imagined when she saw him with her own eyes.

Tang Yao had tried to imagine the image of Luo Chong according to the rumors. He ruled such a powerful tribe, and he must be a very strong and burly man, full of murderous aura. No one in the Han tribe could defeat him.

He was also very wise and had extraordinary judgment and analysis skills. He led the huge Han tribe to move forward step by step.

He was also versatile and invented many practical and clever tools and facilities.

Several different identities and characteristics always made Tang Yao confused. What kind of man could combine these characteristics in one person? Now that she saw it with her own eyes, it gave her a very special feeling.

Luo Chong is very strong, but he is not the kind of person with explosive muscles. Wearing a waisted robe of the Han tribe, he looks well-proportioned and slender, and he looks very upright, giving people a sense of power. Of course, Tang Yao does not know what confidence is. If he knows what confidence means, he probably knows how to describe the momentum of Luo Chong.

Luo Chong is also too young. In Tang Yao's eyes, he is almost the same age. She is fourteen years old, and Luo Chong is only sixteen years old now. It is indeed no problem to say that they are the same age, but it is precisely this point that makes her most unbelievable, that is, this man in front of her has developed the Han tribe into what it is now.

In Tang Yao's cognition, to manage such a large tribe, one should be at least as old as her aunt Tang Ji.

As for the point of being versatile, it is really hard to judge from the appearance.

"Are you Luo Chong, the leader of the Han tribe?" Tang Yao asked curiously, but she didn't show any shyness. After all, she used to hang out with the leader Tang Ji every day. Even if the Tang tribe was bad, it was still a large tribe with tens of thousands of people. Such experience and background made her naturally calm when facing the superior.

Luo Chong just nodded and looked at Tang Yao with the same curiosity. He had heard that the leader of the Tang tribe was a woman, so he was not surprised. He didn't think it was strange that such a female leader sent a woman as an envoy, but he didn't expect that this envoy was so young, even younger than himself. Was it because the leader of the Tang tribe was too confident, or did she not take the cooperation between the two tribes seriously? Luo Chong was very curious about this, so he listened to him and asked back.

"Are you the envoy sent by the Tang tribe to discuss cooperation with us? Will your words work? Do you have the power to decide the cooperation between our two tribes?"

It's no wonder that Luo Chong had such doubts. He originally thought that even if the Tang tribe sent a woman, she would definitely be a middle-aged woman, maybe an elder like the Xin tribe. But looking at Tang Yao's age, it would be a bit insulting to say that she was an elder.

Before Tang Yao could reply, her mother who was beside her took the initiative to answer this question.

"Tang Yao is the envoy sent by our Tang tribe, and she is also the designated candidate for the next generation leader of the Tang tribe. She can agree to anything on behalf of the Tang tribe in this cooperation."

Luo Chong said, "Oh", and suddenly realized that this was a crown prince. That was indeed a heavy responsibility. The person in front of him was actually the next leader designated by the Tang tribe. If she was not qualified to make decisions, who else would be qualified.

"In that case, let's sit here. I wonder what the envoy wants to cooperate with this time when he takes the initiative to seek cooperation from our Han tribe, and what is the method of cooperation?"

Luo Chong picked up little Luo Cheng and held him in his arms, and led Tang Yao and her mother to the tea table for entertaining guests. The maid had already brought boiling water, which had been warmed on the small red clay charcoal stove for making tea. When little Luo Cheng saw these tea sets, he struggled to escape from Luo Chong's arms, stood there holding the table and adding tea leaves to the teapot with bamboo clips. His movements were very realistic, and it was obvious that he had done this a lot at home. However,

he didn't dare to touch the boiling water. After adding the tea leaves, he pulled Luo Chong's sleeve and shouted, "Daddy, make tea." Tang Yao also came back to her senses, withdrew her eyes from Luo Chong, and turned to look at the chubby little Luo Cheng, and found it very interesting.

Seeing that Luo Chong was so direct in his conversation, Tang Yao didn't waste any words and directly told him the content of the cooperation that she had discussed with her aunt when she came.

"We want the grains of the Han tribe, and it would be best if we could have some of each, as well as the farm tools and livestock of the Han tribe, as well as the methods of making vehicles and ships, and clothes and cloth. Our Tang tribe is willing to exchange things for the things I mentioned. Of course, if we have them, I wonder if the Han leader can agree."

After explaining the purpose of her visit, Tang Yao looked at Luo Chong expectantly, hoping that he would agree. Although the possibility was not very high, before Luo Chong could answer, she pointed to a calcium carbide lamp with a glass lampshade on the table and asked, "What is this, and why does it emit such a bright light at night?"

Tang Yao had been holding it in for a whole day, and finally she asked this question, which could be considered to satisfy her curiosity a little.

As a result, before Luo Chong could say anything, little Luo Cheng pointed at the thing and shouted, "Lamp." Then he started to giggle, just like when Xiaodie taught him to recognize things at home. This was a conditioned reflex.

Luo Chong rubbed his son's little head, praised him, and made him a bowl of lotus root powder as a reward. Then he turned his head and looked at Tang Yao opposite him seriously, and simply asked, "What are you going to exchange for it?"

To be honest, he had expected that the other party would want these things, and he was not surprised at all that Tang Yao would say so. He now wanted to know what the Tang tribe was going to exchange for. If there were any resources that the Han tribe really needed, he might really choose to cooperate with the Tang tribe, but the way of cooperation would depend on the specific situation.

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