Wooden daytime traveling has been closely followed in Zheng Yuming horseback riding around, sleep at night is also with the big cattle and sleep in Zheng Yuming's room or tent, meal time is usually squatting in the side of Zheng Yuming. Now suddenly no trace of wood, Zheng Yuming's heart a nervous.
"Where's the wood?" Zheng Yuming stood up, his eyes looking around.
The place of the night camp is open, not far from there are short woods and shrubs, which are infested with carnivorous beasts, and there are not only wild beasts but also wolves around this place. If Woody ran out of the camp alone, he would not have a good result if he met the hungry and cruel beasts and wolves.
"Hey, he was just gnawing on a bone!" Da Niu also climbed up and looked around.
The night vision is not good, Zheng Yuming camp around the shadows can not see clearly, can not see the wood trail, Zheng Yuming can only call out the wood, Zheng Yuming did not call out the wood, but instead attracted Zhao Xuan.
"Yudie! What happened?"
"Woody ran off somewhere." Zheng Yuming's forehead began to sweat, Woody was more than just a wolf dog to him, he was already shaped like a relative.
"Yu Di is not in a hurry! My brother will send Huben to look around and will definitely retrieve the wood." Zhao Xuan knew that Zheng Yuming cared very much about that tan colored wolf dog.
"Thank you, Brother Wang, for your help! I'll go myself!" Zheng Yuming didn't want to wait dryly at the camp.
Just as Zheng Yuming himself was about to set off in search of the wood, Da Niu pointed behind Zheng Yuming and laughed, "My lord! The wood is back, right behind your lordship."
Zheng Yuming looked down and realized that Woody was squatting at his feet wagging his tail.
"This is a false alarm, since it's Yu Di's divine dog, how can it be lost so easily." Zhao Xuan made fun of Zheng Yuming's anxious appearance just now.
"This dog was fed by Yuming from a young age until he grew up, if he lost it, it would be the same as Yuming losing his loved ones." Zheng Yuming touched the wooden dog head.
"Yu Di is overly sentimental." Zhao Xuan sighed slightly, Zheng Yuming cared so much about a dog he raised, no wonder he was tightly controlled by Chu Chao Hui.
Woody reappeared as if he was very hungry and ate up a large piece of venison that Zheng Yuming threw to him. Da Niu tsked at the side and laughed that Woody's appetite had doubled.
When Zheng Yuming heard Da Niu talk like this, he felt that something odd was going on with Woody and began to pay attention to him.
Wood was not different that night, after eating the venison has been squatting beside Zheng Yuming, Zheng Yuming back to the tent to rest, wood and Da Niu still sleep in front of Zheng Yuming's bed.
The next morning, Zheng Yuming woke up and realized that there was no wooden shadow beside Da Niu. With last night's experience, Zheng Yuming did not panic, out of the tent to freshen up, before going to the camp around the circle. After two moments, the wood from the distant bushes run back, while running from time to time to look back. Zheng Yuming looked in the direction of the wood, only to see the grass not far away shaking, as if there are animals moving there.
"Wood, who did you go over there to find?" Zheng Yuming touched the wood that lunged at him, and the wood probably felt exposed by his actions and made a strong leap towards his master to be pampered.
That day for breakfast, Zheng Yuming found that the wood does not eat their own dog bowl of food, only took the food ran to the camp outside, ran to yesterday stayed in the bushes. Into the bushes only a few minutes, the wood slipped back to Zheng Yuming side, staring at Zheng Yuming's hands of the pasty biscuits.
"Woody, are you looking for a dog girl or a wolf woman?" Zheng Yuming laughed and fed Woody the meat-filled pasta cake in his hand.
Wood has been in this time and space for eight years, and no matter how slow the growth is, it should be in heat. Zheng Yuming assesses that there is a female canine in the grass, which is being looked at by Woody, who is picking up girls with food.
The wood that had its IQ boosted by the blue light still didn't understand human language, and it did nothing but wag its tail at its master, rolling around in front of him and pampering him. Zheng Yuming, however, could feel the excitement of the wood from its movements.
In the days that followed, whenever Woody ate, he would first take a portion in his mouth and send it to the nearby grass or woods. The female dog that had been trailing their group never showed her face, and when the mission's group arrived at the bank of the great river to cross it, Zheng Yuming had never even seen the object of Woody's pursuit.
The great river was similar to the Yellow River of the twenty-first century. The population density in this time and space was not too high, the vegetation everywhere was not too badly damaged, the trees on both sides of the great river were lush and the river water was very clear.
Staring at the clear river, Zheng Yuming secretly resolved that he must admonish his descendants to pay attention to maintaining the water and soil, and not to make the Yellow River appear again in this time and space.
Zheng Yuming is thinking about soil and water problems, but Zhao Xuan is ambitious about the rushing river. Along the way, the great fertile land because of the vassals do not care about the management and waste, Zhao Xuan to replace the ambition of more and more intense.
The ferry had three large ships and two small wooden boats parked at the pier waiting to be used. Hanging from the masts of the sails of the big boats was the Wu Dragon Flag.
The big boats that ferry people come from Wu and can carry more than two hundred people at a time.
As early as half a month ago, the big ship had docked at the ferry port to wait for the arrival of the Wu delegation. The two small wooden boats are local ferries that can only take a dozen people. Chu Chao Hui was afraid of the danger of crossing the river in small wooden boats, Zheng Yuming's mission to Zhao, these three wooden boats were ordered to sail from Tangdi to Haojing.
"Brother Wang, please come aboard!" Zheng Yuming politely invited Zhao Xuan.
"Brother Yu please!" Zhao Xuan stared at the large ship of Wu to take a closer look, secretly thinking that in the future, Zhao must also know how to make large ships, and when they do, they will first go to eliminate the deceased Duke Suit who stayed at the border of Chu.
There were more than 3,000 people in the two missions, and the three wooden boats had to make more than a dozen trips back and forth before they could ferry all the people. In order to be safe, the big wooden boat first crosses over to the other side of a thousand guards to keep watch, and only after that does it start to ferry the people of the mission.
Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan by the wooden boat traveling to the center of the big river, the wood suddenly jumped to the stern of the boat to the bank howling, the bank on the high ground, hidden standing a dog-shaped look like an animal, the wood howling, the dog-shaped animal to give a response, the sound like a wolf like a tiger, very peculiar.
Zheng Yuming squinted his eyes for half a day but couldn't see what it looked like.
It took one day for all the Zhao and Wu delegations, together with Wei Cargo's caravan, to cross the Great River, and there was still half a day's journey from the Great River to Haojing, and the day was already late in the evening, so it was too late for them to arrive at the city gates before they were closed, so the delegation set up camp next to the village near the crossing of the Great River.
Early the next morning, all the members of the mission had supper, put on their wide dresses, raised the ceremonial banners, and marched in a neat procession to Haojing.
Haojing got the news as early as when the Zhao and Wu envoys crossed the river. The ceremonial officers in charge of welcoming the lords were waiting at the city gates early.
Despite the decline of the Qin Emperor, Haojing, as the capital of the Emperor for hundreds of years, had city building specifications that were unrivaled by any of the vassal kings. The city wall was quite tall and lofty, and the moat was very wide and deep, with clear water, and many women washed their clothes beside the moat.
The specification of the city is the Tien Zi system, the city tower is nine-story high, the city gate is made of huge wood that is hundreds of years old, and the exterior is wrapped with brass, which glows with golden light under the sunlight.
Led by the ceremonial officers, Zhao Xuan and Zheng Yuming entered the city gates with their envoys, and only two hundred of the escorts of the two countries followed them into the city, while the rest of the men and horses were stationed outside Haojing.
The envoys of Zhao and Wu arrived at Haojing on the 10th day of the 5th lunar month. Before them, 40 to 50 vassal states had already come, all of which were small and medium-sized states, and Zhao and Wu were the first two vassal powers to arrive.
Zhao Xuan and Zheng Yuming entered the city, those who arrived first the vassal state king followed the ceremonial officer to the city gate to meet, the ceremonial officer introduced them to each other, the number of large and small monarchs state lords and feudal lords is too many, Zheng Yuming a little dazzled.
Regardless of whether it is a powerful or a small country, the monarchs and feudal lords are generally dressed in black, and at a glance, they are in black. This was not the case two hundred years ago, when no vassal monarch dared to wear black openly. Nowadays, as long as one has the status of a royal family, one can use black, and the honorary color can be used at will, so it can be seen that the majesty of the Qin Emperor no longer exists.
"Officer of Ceremony, please lead us to pay homage to the Heavenly Prince!" According to the rules, when they arrived at Haojing they should first go to pay homage to Qin Tianzi.
Zheng Yuming's reasonable request, however, caused the ceremonial officer's face to jump twice: "Mr. Ming and Jun Zhao have traveled hard, so please go to the hotel to rest first today! Rest for a few days before going to meet the Heavenly Monarch."
The guesthouse in the mouth of the ceremonial officer is the residence of the guest of honor.
Zheng Yuming was slightly stunned, and Zhao Xuan also showed surprise on his face.
"In that case, we will go to the hotel to rest first." Zheng Yuming felt that there must be a reason behind the ceremonial officer's excuses.
The Wu delegation had just put their things in the hotel when Zhao Xuan came from the next guest house with Wu Milling.
"Yudie, today's hour is still early, how about you and I tour Haojing together?"
"Yuming is doing just that." Zheng Yuming was interested in the city of Haojing.
Gongsun Pan had already gone home to visit his family, Wu Mu was old and wanted to rest, Zheng Yuming only brought a dozen guards such as Da Niu, Woody, Boss Mao and others to follow Zhao Xuan's juniors and ministers out. Zhao Xuan also only brought a dozen elite soldiers for protection.
Zhao Xuan and Zheng Yuming ride in the same carriage, the carriage in the street traveling speed is not fast, convenient for two people to watch both sides of the street scene. Da Niu sat on top of the carriage, Woody squatted at Zheng Yuming's feet, and Wu Milling followed the carriage on foot with his guards.
Recently, there were many monarchs who came to Haojing, and the people in the city had become accustomed to the fact that the monarchs traveled abroad and rode in gorgeous vehicles. Zhao Xuan and Zheng Yuming's luxurious carriages did not attract attention, but their appearance did.
Most of the people around Haojing were descended from princes and nobles, and because of both genetic and dietary factors, the height of the people of Tienzidu was taller than the rest of the country, with most of the men having more than 170 centimeters, though 180 centimeters was still rare.
Zhao Xuan and Zheng Yuming were both 180 tall, with slender figures, handsome features and outstanding temperament, and quickly caught the attention of pedestrians. The world loves to see beauty, even after thousands of years of evolution. At this time, people could not travel far due to transportation limitations, so they saw less, and could see fewer handsome and beautiful people, now all of a sudden, they could see two very outstanding nobles, the people of Haojing, even if they were the Tien Zi Du Ren Clan, they were still amazed and curious, and many of them followed the carriage all the time in order to see a few more eyes, and before long, the carriage was followed by hundreds of people at its back.
Zheng Yuming looked at the back of the carriage, feeling helpless, in the twenty-first century, his kind of looks were at most called 'handsome', and no one would ever be obsessed with tailing.
While Zheng Yuming's expression was helpless, Zhao Xuan was happy because the words 'Bijin' and 'Jiarang' were coming from the crowd from time to time, obviously looking at them as a pair.
"Ming Di, the sacrificial platform is up ahead!" Zhao Xuan had followed his father to participate in the pilgrimage more than ten years ago and was somewhat familiar with Haojing.
"The sacrificial platform is so tall!" Zheng Yuming raised his head to observe that the Son of Heaven Sacrificial Platform was one-third taller than the one in the capital of the King of Wu, and there was a large tripod on the sacrificial platform.
"Is this the Nine Tripods?" Zheng Yuming counted the feet of the tripod, and there were nine. The vassal states could only use five-footed tripods for rituals.
Great Qin divided the world into nine states, a tripod foot represents a state, nine tripods represent the world, the annual sacrifice, the son of heaven to first nine tripods rites.
"Not bad! This is the Nine Cauldrons!" Zhao Xuan stared at the Nine Cauldrons with fiery eyes.
Zheng Yuming glanced sideways just in time to catch a glimpse of Zhao Xuan's expression and was secretly surprised at Zhao Xuan's ambition. Zheng Yuming knew that Zhao Xuan had ambition, but did not expect Zhao Xuan's ambition was so big that he asked the Nine Cauldrons.
After the carriage passed the sacrificial platform, Zhao Xuan's eyes returned to normal and he pointed to the buildings on both sides of the road and talked and laughed with Zheng Yuming.
"Huh, why are there a lot of people gathered around that house?" Da Niu sat on the carriage and stretched his neck to look at a place.
The place where Da Niu looked was on high ground, and on the high ground there was a courtyard with a closed gate and a crowd of people around the gate.
"Why is Cargo Wei also there?" Zheng Yuming's eyesight was good, and at a glance he saw Cargo Master Wei, who had come with the mission, standing in the pile of people waving his hands and saying something. "Da Niu go and summon Dongjia Wei here."
"Noo!" Da Niu propped up Regulus with one hand and used the force to jump to the ground, striding towards the crowd.
It wasn't long before the red-faced Wei Cargo Man wiped his sweat and followed Da Niu over.
"Why is Dongbei Wei here?" Zheng Yuming asked curiously.
Wei Cargo Man saluted Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan before he said in exasperation, "Your Excellency, the Heavenly Monarch owes us coins and is hiding in the courtyard of the high platform, refusing to see his debtors."
When Zhao Xuan heard this, he laughed out loud, "Nonsense, how could a Heavenly Monarch owe coins."
Wei Cargo Man made a bow towards Zhao Xuan: "What I said is true, at the end of last year, Heavenly Monarch owed me currency and said that he would repay it in May of this year, but now that the date has come and gone, Heavenly Monarch has shied away from it."
"These people surrounding here are all debtors?" Zhao Xuan pointed at the crowd near the courtyard gate in surprise.
"Not bad, all of them are Heavenly Monarch debtors. The little man is not yet the greatest debtor! Heavenly Monarch has been blocked inside by us for an hour." Wei Cargo spoke in an exasperated manner.
Zheng Yuming opened his mouth wide and compared the yard with his hand. "This is the debt?"
In the twenty-first century, there is the allusion to a debtor's platform, which says that King Blushing of Zhou owed a lot of debt and was unable to repay it, and was forced by his debtors to hide on a platform. Zheng Yuming did not expect the Great Qin Son of Heaven to similarly interpret this story in front of him.
"Debt is high, this description is too apt!" Zhao Xuan applauded.
Zheng Yuming wanted to laugh but couldn't, and held his tongue for half a day before he suppressed his laughter and put on a sad expression on his face.
"Heavenly King is in such a predicament, it is the sin of our subjects!" Zheng Yuming sighed as he took his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes, wiping away the tears he had held back from the corners of his eyes. "Dongjia Wei, how much does Heavenly Monarch owe you? How many coins are owed in total?"
Wei Cargo Lang thought for a moment and made a rough total based on what he knew before reporting to Zheng Yuming, "Your Excellency, the Heavenly Monarch owes me 50,000 gold, and together with the others and so on, the total is around 300,000 gold."
Zheng Yuming lightly patted his thigh: "Alas, three hundred thousand gold has forced Heavenly Monarch to do this. Dongjia Wei, thou shalt go and speak to the besieging debtors, all of Tianjun's debts will be returned by me."
"Your Excellency, how can this be!" Wei Cargo Man shook his hand repeatedly, "I don't want this 50,000 gold."
"It's only natural to repay debts, and it's also only natural for me to share my worries on behalf of the Heavenly King, so thou shalt quickly go forward to say something!" Zheng Yuming was insistent.
"Noe! I will go forward now!" Wei Cargo Lang had no choice but to go and inform the debtors at the courtyard gate. If Wei Cargo Lang had known that Zheng Yuming would help Qin Tianzi pay back the money, he wouldn't have come to demand the debt anyway.
"Heavenly Monarch squandered his own money, why should Yudie help him pay off his debt?" Zhao Xuan lowered his voice and advised Zheng Yuming not to break the bank.
"It's only natural for my subjects to offer Heavenly Prince, and with Heavenly Prince in such dire straits, how can my subjects be at ease!" Zheng Yuming's pilgrimage was originally to buy fame, and the fact that Emperor Qin owed money in front of him was just the right opportunity.
Zhao Xuan stared at Zheng Yuming for a long time, recalling Wu's unconditional assistance last year, and realized that Zheng Yuming was truly a loose cannon.
The debtors near the courtyard gate were overjoyed to hear that someone was helping Prince Qin to pay off his debts. Zheng Yuming did not have 300,000 gold cash money with him, so he could only ask Wei Cargo to look for merchants in Haojing who had business dealings with Wu, and borrowed all the coins from them to pay off Qin Tianzi's debts one by one.
The day after paying off the debt for the Qin Emperor, the Qin Emperor sent the Yellow Gate to summon Zheng Yuming.