Chapter 38 Tea Earth [Jinjiang genuine exclusive release, very detailed public opinion...
When the First Emperor saw this out of the corner of his eye, without waiting for Zhao Gao, who was standing in front of the big pillar and wanted to rush over to help, he quickly stretched out his big hand to support his grandson's back, who was almost kissing the wooden floor with the back of his head, and helped him sit steadily.
Unexpectedly, the little guy's reaction after he helped him stabilize himself was really strange.
He saw his grandson tilting his furry little head back, pointing with his trembling little hand at the ministers below who had just finished introducing themselves. Then, with a look of grievance and trembling lips, he looked at him, his eyes wet as he babbled in a baby voice:
"Oh my..." (Father, that's too cheap!)
"Cheap?" The First Emperor couldn't help but frown upon hearing this, extremely confused. He looked in the direction of his grandson's finger at the ministers below who were also bewildered. He couldn't help but stroke the short dark blue beard on his chin and explained to his grandson with a smile:
"Ying, it's not cheap. They are all important officials in the court with extremely high salaries."
Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the first time, and also seeing the grandfather and grandson communicating miraculously even though they clearly did not speak the same language, Wei Liao, Cai Ze, Feng Quji, Zhang Han, and Chunyu Yue fell silent. They realized that they simply could not understand what the strange conversation between the royal grandfather and grandson was about. After looking at each other, they subconsciously all looked at Li Si.
Li Si, who was good at understanding the emperor's intentions, actually didn't understand what the grandfather and grandson were doing this time. But when he saw the eyes of his five colleagues looking at him, he hurriedly pretended to be enlightened with his eyes shining, as if he had suddenly realized an unspeakable mysterious truth.
Chunyu Yue, Li Si's political rival, understood Li Si's expression best. Upon seeing Li Si's expression, he couldn't help but curl his lips. "This old fellow clearly doesn't understand! Yet he's pretending to understand. What a hypocrite!"
The First Emperor took in the expressions of the six ministers below.
Qin Ying also saw the completely different expressions on the six people's faces. He tried hard to tuck in his soft belly, took a long, deep breath, and clenched his two fleshy fists, but his lower lip still trembled uncontrollably.
So angry!
I'm really going to get even fatter because of this unreliable blind box system!
He had seen Zhou Paopi and heard of Grandet, but this was the first time he had seen someone so stingy! So mean! So shameless! Pa·Langtai·Fool·Semi-finished·System!
What serious system would set the reward for conquering five historical figures to "0.5 blind box coins"?! My goodness, on average, each of the five ministers sitting down there is only worth "0.1 blind box coins"?!
Such a temporary task with huge investment and very little return is not even as easy as an ant's leg, let alone a fly's leg!
Thinking about how he had toiled for six months, struggling to defeat four old men and a strong man, only to get a pitiful "0.5 blind box coins", Ying Xiaopangdun felt like giving up! Whatever historical filter he had previously applied to the five ministers below was now shattered to pieces!
In such a huge contrast, when he looked at the dithering old man Li again, he felt that the old man had become "fresh and refined" because of his extremely "precious" appearance.
Seeing the eldest grandson of the emperor scanning his colleagues and then focusing on him, Li Si felt as if he had drunk a large glass of cool and sweet iced sugarcane juice bestowed by the emperor. He hurriedly stood up from his seat and bowed to the grandfather and grandson at the top, saying:
"Your Highness, the diapers and the designs for the straight-shaft and curved-shaft plows you showed His Majesty and me yesterday were truly marvelous! They truly opened my eyes! I wonder if I will have the honor of seeing the third and fourth treasures bestowed by the Black Bird that you mentioned before leaving the palace yesterday?"
After hearing what Li Si said, the other five ministers immediately focused their attention on the young emperor's grandson, wanting to see whether the emperor's eldest grandson was as beloved and magical as the rumors said.
Qin Ying couldn't help but blink her almond-shaped eyes upon seeing this, and subconsciously looked up at her grandfather.
The First Emperor also stretched out his big hand and gently touched the back of his grandson's round head and said with a smile:
"Ying, these nobles are all pillars of the country. It would be fine if we let them see the treasures bestowed by the Black Bird."
Hearing what his grandfather said, Ying, the little fat boy, nodded his head immediately, and then "swish" took out a small can of Dahongpao tea from the space.
The whole action was quick and neat, taking only a moment. Wei Liao, Cai Ze, Feng Quji, Zhang Han and Chunyu Yue had no time to react before they saw that the little prince was holding a silver-white cylinder almost as big as his little round face in his hands.
Seeing the third treasure appear, Li Si and Zhao Gao subconsciously leaned forward slightly, wanting to see clearly what the jar in the little prince's hand contained.
The First Emperor reached out to take the jar that his grandson joyfully handed him. He subconsciously pinched the jar's walls with his fingers and found that the material seemed to be a metal, but it didn't look like silver. He lowered his gaze to his grandson and asked curiously:
"Ying, what is this? What material is this jar made of?"
Qin Ying tilted her head back, her eyes sparkling as she spoke and gestured:
"Aye aye..." (Father, this can is called a "tin can." It's a harmless metal that's waterproof and moisture-proof. It contains a drink called "tea.")
"Tin can? Tea? Drink?"
The First Emperor frowned and muttered three words he had heard from his grandson, which seemed to have no connection at all. He looked at the metal can in his hand over and over again, and frantically mobilized the vast amount of knowledge in his mind.
The ministers below were also frowning and thinking about these three words.
Zhang Han, who served in the Ministry of Personnel, was relatively knowledgeable compared to the other ministers in charge of the country. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly had an idea. He looked at the jar in the hands of the First Emperor and guessed uncertainly:
"Your Majesty, I vaguely remember that in the early years of the Ba and Shu kingdoms, the people of Ba and Shu would pluck the leaves of a certain tree and make tea from them. I think those leaves were called tea leaves. Thousands of years ago, the Ba kingdom even offered these leaves as tribute to the Zhou emperor. However, it seems the taste wasn't very good, so it never spread."
After hearing Zhang Han's words, the First Emperor also remembered that there was indeed such a record in the history books of the Ba Kingdom, so he held the jar in his hand and asked his grandson curiously:
"Ying, is what Zhang Qing said correct? Does the tea in here come from the same tree?"
Qin Ying nodded her head quickly, and before her father could react, she grinned and said excitedly:
"Ahhh, ahhh..." (Grandfather, don't underestimate this jar of tea! Xuanniao said to his grandson, tea is an extremely good drink! On a small scale, if you feel tired and sleepy while handling government affairs, just use a pair of tweezers to pick up a few tea leaves from the jar, brew them with boiling water, and drink the brewed tea to refresh your mind and feel a hundred times more energetic! Drinking tea regularly is also good for your health! On a larger scale, if the court can master the methods of growing, picking, frying, and processing tea, it can also package tea as an elegant commodity and sell it! Not only will the nobles and wealthy families of Daqin love it, but those Hu people living outside the Great Wall will also love tea after drinking it!)
"Aa ...
When Qin Shi Huang heard this, his narrow and long eyes lit up instantly. He looked down at the tea can in his hand in disbelief. He had never expected that this small can could have such a wonderful use.
If we could rely on tea to control the Hu people outside the Great Wall, we could first give them tea for free or sell it at a low price. When those Hu people gradually became addicted to tea and could not extricate themselves, we could immediately raise the price and let them exchange it with gold cakes, copper products, war horses, and fat sheep. Then, we could gradually take over the territories outside the Great Wall. Would we one day be able to find the "Queen Mother of the West" described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" who lived in the "Kunlun Hill", was in charge of the "Immortal Tree", and could refine the "Immortal Medicine"?
The First Emperor narrowed his eyes. He remembered clearly that his grandson had previously said that the alchemists of the Qin Dynasty couldn't refine the elixir of immortality. But the Classic of Mountains and Seas was a classic text passed down from ancient times. It couldn't be nonsense, could it?! If human alchemists couldn't refine the elixir of immortality, how could the Queen Mother of the West not be able to do so?
“Hahahahahahaha.”
Seeing that his grandfather's eyes suddenly lit up and he laughed out loud with an extremely happy expression while holding the tea can in his hand, Qin Ying had no idea that in just a short moment, his grandfather had suddenly had another sudden inspiration. Not only did he use his rich imagination to pick up the pieces of the dream of immortality that he had just ruthlessly shattered with his words, and revived it, he even found another tricky way to the dream of immortality based on ancient books with a well-reasoned and logical basis.
Seeing the undisguised joy on His Majesty's face, the ministers kneeling below understood that the tea leaves that the people of Ba and Shu loved to use to make tea in the past, while perhaps not tasting particularly good, were indeed a good thing!
Sure enough, the First Emperor did not let his ministers wait too long. After his joyful laughter ended, he accurately translated what his grandson said in baby language into elegant language to his ministers.
As the best supporting actor present, Li Si, upon hearing this, also smiled happily and said:
"Your Majesty! This is truly a cause for celebration! We should immediately send word to Bashu and have the local governor send people to collect a large batch of tea and send it to Xianyang."
The First Emperor smiled and nodded, then handed the tea can to Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao hurried forward, bowed, took it, and put it away carefully.
Seeing that her grandfather loved tea so much, Qin Ying's anger at the idiot system disappeared without a trace. She glanced at Chunyu Yue below without a trace, and then, with her eyes shining brightly, she pulled at her grandfather's wide black silk sleeves and said happily:
"Aiya..." (Grandfather, the fourth treasure I'm going to present to you is a bit large. It might not be stable on the imperial steps. We need to go downstairs and put the treasure on the floor.)
"Oh? Really?"
The dream of immortality was revived again. The First Emperor was in a very good mood. When he heard his grandson's words, he immediately smiled and stood up from his seat with his grandson in his arms, and slowly walked down the imperial steps.
Seeing this, several ministers hurriedly stood up from their seats, subconsciously walked around the table to the center of the wooden floor, and waited expectantly.
Qin Ying waved her little hands to signal the old men who had gathered around to stand a little further away, then she excitedly shouted "Ah" in a baby voice and waved her two little hands.
With a loud "bang", a large, exquisite ornament about three meters high and glittering with color appeared out of thin air on the smooth wooden floor.
Following the large box of diapers from outer space, this was the second time that the First Emperor, Li Si and Zhao Gao saw their grandson/little prince take out a treasure of this height and size in the inner hall of Zhangtai Palace.
"this……"
When the First Emperor saw the appearance of the large ornament in front of him, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.
Li Si, Cai Ze and others also widened their eyes in horror.
I saw a square rosewood platform about 1.5 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 1 meter high, with a round ball about 1.8 meters in diameter on top.
The big ball was penetrated by a long stick and was slightly tilted. I don’t know what material it was made of, but it looked so colorful and flashed with different colors. When the golden light from the window shone on it, the surface of the sphere actually showed a bit of jade luster!
The most striking pattern was an irregular black shape, nestled next to a large azure area. Written on it in large golden seal script was the Chinese character "Qin." Several red lines, some long, some short, divided the black area into different regions. Small golden characters were used to mark out the regions of Longxi, Shangjun, Bajun, Shujun... Yanmenjun, Daijun, Shangdangjun... Sanchuanjun, Langyajun... Liaodongjun, Qijun, and so on. It was clearly a map of the world today!
The First Emperor's eyes slightly opened, and his heart began to beat wildly. He subconsciously turned his head to look at the huge map screen standing at the door of the inner hall, and then looked at the various colored lines on the strange big ball in front of him. After careful comparison, he found that the pattern depicted on the ball was indeed the map of the seven kingdoms that the Qin Dynasty had just unified!
The azure blue to the east probably symbolizes the East China Sea, adjacent to Qi. Beneath the black "Qin" pattern is a wide red strip. From top to bottom, the red strip is labeled with the words "Ouyue," "Minyue," "Nanyue," "Xiou," and "Luoyue," which just so happen to be what the Qin people today call the "Baiyue."
Looking westward from the black area of "Qin" is a vast green area marked with the words "Western Regions." Within this area, several smaller areas are divided by golden lines, each with words like "Jingjue," "Ruoqiang," "Wusun," "Loulan," and "Cheshi." A rough count reveals approximately thirty-six smaller areas! Looking upward from this green area, there is another yellow area with only the word "Hu" written on it. Above this word is a vast white area with only four large characters written horizontally: "Barren Land"!
The First Emperor's eyelids twitched and his pupils trembled violently a few times. What a detailed map!
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