Iron-eating beast?
Wu Shilu looked gravely at the strange animal that slowly walked to Liu Tan's side, sat down and hugged Liu Tan's thigh.
Just now he only saw the afterimage of the other party's white fur and thought it was an animal like a white wolf, but he didn't expect it to be a ferruginous beast.
Wu Shilu watched as the King of the Northern Territory rubbed the beast's head, then threw a piece of wood to it. The beast then let go of its hand, grabbed the piece of wood and bit it, and the wood immediately fell apart.
Even though he had never seen this kind of animal, he could tell how powerful the beast's bite was. He looked at the young prince of the big man again, and suddenly smiled and said, "Your Highness, please."
Liu Tan glanced at the wolf on the ground and felt even more annoyed with Wu Shilu.
Wolves are creatures that are rarely friendly and obedient unless they are raised from a young age. Although they are close relatives of dogs, they are still different from dogs.
This wolf should have been raised by Wu Shilu, but that was it. Wu Shilu didn't even look at it until it died.
For a moment, Liu Tan lost interest. If he hadn't represented the Han people and didn't want to lose face for them, he might have turned around and left.
It must be said that the only advantage of the grassland people is that their banquets don't have so many red tape. As soon as he sat down, a plate of mutton was served.
At this time, a group of men and women were dancing around the blazing bonfire in the middle, and there was even a woman spinning around as she passed by him.
Liu Tan didn't even look at them, and prepared to fill his stomach first so that he could deal with Wu Shilu.
Wu Shilu's show of force just now was rebuffed, and there must be something else waiting for him later.
Liu Tan lowered his head and took a bite of mutton, but he almost spit it out after just chewing it - what's that taste?
Not only did the mutton have a strong smell of mutton, but it also had no taste at all. He looked up at the roasted lamb being turned on the rack, then looked down at his own mutton. He scanned the expressions of the others and found that the Huns were eating with relish. He couldn't help but start to wonder if only his share had been tampered with.
Liu Tan forced himself to swallow the mouthful of mutton and looked down at the plate. At this moment, he suddenly felt his arm sink. He turned around and found Gungun sitting next to him, putting its big head on his arm, and looking at him seriously with a pair of black eyes.
Looking at those innocent eyes without any gloom, Liu Tan's heart melted. It was hard to imagine that it was this cute creature that had just ended the life of a wolf with such a swift movement.
He picked up a piece of mutton, handed it to Gungun's mouth and asked, "Want to eat?"
GunGun never refused the food he fed him. He just opened his mouth and swallowed it, then looked at Liu Tan with anticipation.
Seeing that it accepted the food well, Liu Tan simply started feeding it little by little. Anyway, it didn't like mutton and there wasn't too much salt in it.
He didn't know whether pandas could eat salt, but he knew that cats and dogs couldn't eat too much. Anyway, if you don't know, just pay attention and don't give it if you can. This mutton is just right for it.
Wu Shilu, who was sitting next to Liu Tan, felt a little weird when he saw Liu Tan feeding mutton to his pet as if no one was around.
He took a sip of kumis and said, "A beast like this should be fed raw food so that it can maintain its wildness."
Liu Tan gave him a puzzled look. "Our dog eats whatever it wants. Why should it stay wild? I don't want it to go hunting."
Wu Shilu took another look at the black and white beast and felt it was a little unbelievable. It was either fed with wood or cooked food, and looked round and cute. How could it kill a wolf so easily?
Liu Tan noticed that Wu Shilu was either staring at him or Gun Gun. Fearing that Wu Shilu might feel embarrassed and want to deal with Gun Gun, he quickly said, "The Chanyu has personally come here, perhaps not just to treat me to a meal?"
Still a bad meal.
Wu Shilu looked at Liu Tan and found that the other's black eyes became brighter under the firelight.
He smiled slightly and said, "Of course not, I just want to discuss a business deal with Your Highness."
Liu Tan immediately became alert: "The market will soon open. When the time comes, the Chanyu can just buy whatever he wants. Why bother mobilizing so many troops to come to me?"
Wu Shilu held the golden wine cup, looked at the young prince's face, drank slowly, and then said: "I believe that His Highness would not allow such a thing to appear in the Guanshi market."
Liu Tan's mind moved. Could it be that Wu Shilu wanted to buy iron?
If this is true... Is this guy mentally normal? How could I possibly sell him iron?
Liu Tan said with a cold expression, "I will not sell anything that will not appear in the Guan Market."
Wu Shilu didn't know why, but the more he saw Liu Tan's cold and reserved look, the more he wanted to tease him. So he deliberately said, "Your Highness, don't be so quick to refuse. Perhaps you will agree to my conditions?"
Liu Tan looked at him coldly: "No need."
Wu Shilu seemed not to have heard his refusal and said, "We didn't know there was such a thing as coal during the peace talks. It's probably not too late to add it now, right?"
Liu Tan's expression changed slightly: "You want to buy coal?"
Wu Shilu deliberately said, "Otherwise, what does Your Highness think I want to buy?"
Liu Tan didn't say anything. Why did Wu Shilu suddenly think of buying coal? Or had he discovered that he had used coal to write an article to stop him last time?
Seeing him silent and pondering, Wu Shilu said, "Since coal can be sold to An Yanmi, it should be something that cannot be sold."
An Yanmi? Liu Tan was stunned for a moment before realizing that this was Lu Xuan's Wusun name. He smiled faintly and said, "An Yanmi is now the Wusun King of the Han Dynasty. I'm selling him to one of my own, so of course I have no concerns. As for the Chanyu... please send the letter of credence. I can't make the final decision on this matter."
Wu Shilu suddenly stood up, walked over to Liu Tan, squatted down, and said, "I heard that An Yanmi often goes to the Northern Territory Capital and stays there for several months."
Liu Tan turned to look at Wu Shilu: "What does the Chanyu want to say?"
Wu Shilu smiled slightly: "It seems that His Highness likes beauties from the Western Regions."
He leaned forward slightly, looked at Liu Tan seriously, and asked, "How about I give some to Your Highness?"
Liu Tan frowned slightly and stood up and said, "Please, Chanyu, focus on yourself. If this gets to Anyanmi, do you think he'll invade more of your territory?"
Wu Shilu sneered, "He's just the king of the small Wusun tribe. Your Highness thinks too highly of him."
Liu Tan said calmly, "Yes, the king of the small Wusun tribe is even more powerful than the generals under the Chanyu."
Wu Shilu's face darkened and he was about to say something when Liu Tan spoke directly, "It's getting late. I should go back and rest. I hope that the next time we meet, Chanyu will take good care of your golden crown."
When Liu Tan left, he did not hide his hostility. Even if he showed goodwill, the other party might not believe it. Instead, it would be easy for Liu Che to misunderstand something. It would be better to be frank and make things clear.
Wu Shilu looked at his back as he walked away and suddenly smiled.
The Left Grand Commandant, who had been promoted by him before, said angrily, "This kid from the Southern Dynasty is too rude. The Chanyu came here in person to talk to him, and he actually insulted you like this. Chanyu, do you want to..."
Wu Shilu suddenly said, "Don't touch him."
The left commander was a little surprised: "Chanyu?"
Wu Shilu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Don't you think he is different from all the people in the Southern Dynasty?"
The left captain was a little confused: "Huh?"
Wu Shilu smiled meaningfully: "He doesn't have the hypocrisy of those people from the Southern Dynasties."
Commandant Zuo thought it would be better to be a little hypocritical, at least he could give enough face.
But when he saw that his own Chanyu seemed in a good mood after making the trip in vain, he didn't dare say anything more.
Liu Tan felt at ease only after returning to his own territory.
Zhou Huang led his men to greet him, his face full of admiration: "Welcome, Your Highness."
Liu Tan waved his hands, feeling exhausted and mentally exhausted after this night.
But he still persevered and asked someone to bring the map, and wrote a letter to Lu Xuan.
He was not surprised that Wu Shilu targeted Lu Xuan, but he had just spoken his mind, which seemed to have caused Lu Xuan enough hatred. Wu Shilu could not do anything to him, and might take it out on Lu Xuan, so Lu Xuan had to be mentally prepared first.
As for the map... naturally, the first place was selected for Kou Zhengda to investigate. He estimated that he would only have one day to stay in Dunhuang when passing through, and he had no time to go for an on-site investigation.
Oh, his father's willfulness is really a headache.
But what can be done? Even if the emperor is willful, he still has to be coaxed.
Liu Tan circled out several pieces of land, and then immediately wrote a letter to Liu Che.
It was actually inappropriate for him to meet Wu Shilu in private, and it was also strange that Wu Shilu met him just to buy coal.
With the current level of technology of the Xiongnu, he was sure that the coal would only be used for burning fire and heating in the hands of the Xiongnu. Why would Wu Shilu have to make this trip in person?
Liu Tan finished writing the letter and set out to return to Shuofang the next day.
When passing by Dunhuang, Kou Zhengda came out to greet them from afar.
However, when Liu Tan saw him, he found that Kou Zhengda was a little strange - his face looked rosy, as if something good had happened.
In the past, every time Kou Zhengda saw him, he would frown and look worried, but now it seemed as if all the difficulties he faced had been solved.
Liu Tan couldn't help but ask, "You look so happy, what happened?"
Kou Zhengda's smile never faded. He rubbed his hands and said, "Your Highness, you have to choose a new place. This time, how about you choose a few more places?"
"Hmm? What happened to that place? Do you have another use for it? Didn't I choose three places? There must be one suitable one, right?"
Liu Tan just asked casually, then suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned around and asked cautiously, "Are you trying to tell me...that you dug something out?"
Kou Zhengda nodded vigorously and said mysteriously, "Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will have someone bring it to you. I guarantee you will be surprised."
Liu Tan: ...
No, he's used to it. As long as what is dug out is not an alien, he won't be surprised.
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