Chapter 209 I will return with thousands of horses and troops (19)
On the third day after Jiang Tang returned, Emperor Liang held a state banquet and invited six surrounding countries to attend the state banquet.
The Turks are nomadic people living in the wilderness. They have no city of their own or a fixed hometown. They have been wandering around the borders of various countries, making a living by burning, killing and looting. All the six surrounding countries have been invaded by the Turks to a greater or lesser extent.
The Turks established their country ten years ago. The nomads were good at raising horses, so the Turks' cavalry was very powerful. As a result, their invasion became more rampant and the people on the border were in dire straits.
This time, the Liang Kingdom eliminated the Turks and eliminated the major troubles of the Central Plains countries. Therefore, at this state banquet, the kings of three of the six countries were present in person, and the other three countries also sent their princes to be present.
Emperor Liang sat in the first place, with six kingdoms sitting on his left and right.
As Jiang Tang was the greatest contributor to the extermination of the Turks, Emperor Liang specially granted him the throne. Under the first position, all the six countries could clearly see what Jiang Tang looked like.
Everyone was amazed that Jiang Tang dared to be so brave and good at fighting at such a young age. The Liang Kingdom had never been defeated since joining the army.
The Great Zhou Kingdom is the most powerful country in the Central Plains. It has been established for more than four hundred years. The person attending the state banquet this time is the prince of the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhao Tan.
To be able to become the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in addition to his extraordinary ability and strength, Zhao Tan is also a famous handsome man in the Central Plains. Today, he is dressed in a golden python robe, wearing a silver snake-shaped hair crown, with a face like a crown jade and a handsome appearance. There was a faint noble temperament exuding all over his body. He was always smiling, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.
During the banquet, Jiang Tang held the fine wine and drank cup after cup. The wine in the palace was not as good as the lion wine in the frontier. The wine here was as soft as the spring breeze in April. It was very fragrant in the mouth and needed to be savored carefully.
Jiang Tang was used to drinking strong liquor, but he found this pot of wine unsatisfactory.
Changsun Yuchao was sitting not far away, chatting and laughing with the princess who came from Liao Kingdom.
Ha...big pig's hooves.
Jiang Tang was holding the wine and was about to drink again, when suddenly his white hand pressed down on her glass.
"You've had nine drinks."
Zhao Tan's voice was very gentle, like the warm sun in winter. Jiang Tang raised his eyes and met a pair of glass-like eyes.
"Nine cups—just."
Zhao Tan curled his lips and smiled, and there were actually two dimples on both sides of his cheeks.
"This is Fu Sheng Zui, brought here from the wine town of Dazhou. Even a drunk person won't notice that he is drunk." Jiang Tang blinked and then pointed at his nose.
"So, you - you - think I - I'm drunk?"
"Well, no one in this world can stay awake after drinking nine cups of drunkenness."
"Then you have met too few people."
Zhao Tan looked at Jiang Tang's face, and a strange color flashed in his eyes. He gently took his hand away from Jiang Tang's wine glass and took a slight step back.
"The general is indeed an extraordinary person, but although the wine is good, don't be greedy."
"Thank you - Your Highness, Prince, for reminding me."
"If the general likes drinking, when I return to Dazhou this time, I will send you some aged peach blossom wine. The peach blossom wine has a sweet and rich taste. You will definitely like it."
Zhao Tan was so polite, so Jiang Tang naturally wanted to express his gratitude.
"Stretch out your hand."
Zhao Tan was slightly startled, and Jiang Tang repeated.
"Stretch out."
The man's hands were slender and white, with broad palms and thick calluses on the tiger's mouth, which was obviously caused by holding a sword all the time.
Jiang Tang raised his hand and hung it on Zhao Tan's palm.
"Look, you can see clearly..."
Zhao Tan stared at the hands in front of him, which were much smaller than his own. He slightly curled his lips, and there seemed to be stars twinkling in his eyes.
(End of chapter)