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The envoys from the four countries in India, just like the Hu people who came to Chang'an from the Western Regions during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, knelt down involuntarily and kissed the ground under their feet excitedly... ... ...
At this moment, two teenagers, about twelve or thirteen years old, came out from the asphalt road on the right. They were riding a two-wheeled vehicle and looked like they were performing acrobatics.
As they kept pedaling, the two-wheeled vehicle moved very fast. The two teenagers were laughing and joking happily. In addition to competing in speed, they occasionally let go of the handles in front of them, raised their hands high as if flying, and got so carried away that they actually drove in the opposite direction.
Xie Qian shouted from afar: "Whose children are you? How dare you disobey traffic rules and drive against the flow, and even exceed the speed limit... I will send you to Wucheng Bingmasi..."
Before Xie Ting finished shouting, the two teenagers cried out "Ouch!" and turned their cars around hastily, almost crashing into each other, and seeing that Xie Qian had no intention of really chasing them, they drove away...
Xie Qian turned around and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you ambassadors. We are two half-grown boys, so it's inevitable that we are a little wild. Fortunately, we didn't offend you envoys."
Adil and others who were kneeling and kissing the ground, with their mouths half open, looked at the two young Qin men going away, as if they had seen aliens, and did not pay any attention to what Xie Qian said.
Douglas and Carter were also curious. They looked at the two teenagers going away and asked, "Sir Xie, are these two teenagers riding wooden horses made in your country?"
"We in the Great Qin call this a bicycle. It is already very common in the capital. You envoys will understand after you enter the city."
Adil was unwilling to take a car. They wanted to walk on the smooth asphalt road. Some of his followers even took off their shoes and walked barefoot on the asphalt road into the capital.
When they arrived at the magnificent Zhonghua Gate, a prosperous sound came over them. The envoys were only entitled to the treatment of clearing the roads outside the city. Their qualifications were not enough for Daqin to clear the roads inside the city in advance.
Only when their carriages entered the city were two rows of Qin troops sent to clear the way.
"Emissaries from Britain, Portugal, Otsa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and West Bengal have come to Beijing to meet the Emperor of Qin!"
The Qin army leading the way in front kept shouting loudly, and the people on the street made way one after another. Douglas and others entered Zhonghua Gate with mixed and excited emotions.
The streets are crowded with people, and on both sides are tall buildings, one after another, with flower stands connected to each other and tassels fluttering. There are shops everywhere.
Some of the buildings are six or seven stories high, looking as majestic as a mountain. People in bright clothes can be seen everywhere on the upper floors, drinking wine, sipping tea, and talking loudly.
The street opposite was bustling with traffic, but when one looked in from a small port, it seemed so clean and tidy, as if there was not a speck of dust on it.
On the clear Qinhuai River, painted boats drifted leisurely with the waves, and on the balconies of the riverside houses, there were always flowers, fragrance, and moving music and dancing.
When walking past the towering "Shengshi Hualou", the clear glass windows, the flying eaves wiping the clouds, the wind blowing the painted horns, the tinkling of golden bells, are like sounds from a fairyland.
Downstairs is shaded by gardens, embellished with rockery and pools. Elegant scholars come here with beauties, drinking and reciting poems, looking very excited and fascinating. Beautiful women in beautiful attire sing along with the zither or dance gracefully, with graceful postures like fairies banished from heaven.
Douglas and others could not find words to describe what they saw. The endless prosperity, the happiness and confidence that permeated everywhere, made people sigh sincerely: This is not the human world, this is heaven.
All the envoys were accommodated in the Nanjing West Posthouse, but if they wanted to be received by the Emperor of Qin, they had to wait.
The emperor of the most powerful and prosperous empire in the world cannot be seen whenever you want. There are many procedures to be followed, and in the end it all depends on whether the Emperor of Qin is in a good mood.
The next day, Xie Qian first took the six envoys to the "Shengshi Hualou" to overlook the scenery of Nanjing City, and then held a banquet on the top floor to entertain the envoys from the six countries. The luxury of Shengshi Hualou shocked the six envoys at first.
Then Xie Qian took them to the painted boat on the Qinhuai River to taste tea and listen to music, and experience the charm of the Qinhuai River.
From the third day, the highlight officially began. Xie Qian took them to visit Nanjing Imperial College and Nanjing Imperial Examination Hall. When Douglas heard that the nearly 30,000 examination rooms in Nanjing Imperial Examination Hall were all prepared for the imperial examination, he was so surprised that he trembled a little.
"Thank you, sir. How many talents can your Great Qin select at one time?"
"Haha, Mr. Douglas, if you are interested, you may want to stay in Nanjing for a few more years. March next year is the year when the Qin Dynasty holds the imperial examination every three years, commonly known as the Spring Curtain. Mr. Douglas can then see the grand scene with his own eyes.
Oh, I forgot to tell Douglas that due to the continuous wars in the north, a large number of talents migrated south. In order to balance the north and the south, the Spring Curtain of the Qin Dynasty is actually divided into two lists, the northern and the southern scholars take the exam separately..."
Xie Qian tirelessly promoted China's imperial examination system, of course, at the instruction of Qin Mu. At first glance, this system seemed very scientific, at least much better than the hereditary system and the recommendation system. Qin Mu intended to transplant the imperial examination system to Europe. As for the reason, well, it's not something that can be told to outsiders.
Next, Xie Qian took them to visit a series of colleges and factories including the Foreign Affairs College, the Army College, the Medical College, the Polytechnic College, the Longjiang Shipyard, and the Hanyan Painting and Embroidery Workshop. Douglas and others suffered from insomnia every night. It was so shocking!
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In the Jianjia Palace, Yun Qiaoer was very proud and described to Qin Mu the news she had heard in a vivid way.
She was wearing a mink coat that outlined her slender waist, and her face was full of energy. "Brother Qin, you know, when those foreign envoys saw the lights suddenly turn on, they were so scared that they all knelt down. They knelt down on the ground!
They stared at the electric light without blinking. Some shouted "God!", while others murmured, "God said, 'Let there be light.'" Then there was light... ... ... ...
Hehe... ...hahaha... ...They thought this light was brought by God, how silly... ...Brother Qin, you are their God, yes, God said, "Let there be light", and the world was filled with light... ...hehe... ...hahaha..."
Yun Qiaoer was not good at telling stories. Halfway through her story, she burst out laughing and fell into Qin Mu's arms. Her voice was intermittent, with strings of silver bell-like laughter.
Qin Mu hugged her slender waist, letting her twist and turn, and laughed: "Girl, be careful not to laugh so hard that you choke."
"Hehe... No way. By the way, Brother Qin, I heard that those people can't even use chopsticks. I'm wondering, how do they usually eat?"
"You are the gossiper in our palace, but you haven't heard of this?" Qin Mu scratched her nose, making her wrinkle and hide.
Yun Qiaoer felt a little frustrated, and finally said unwillingly: "I used chopsticks a lot. Who would have thought that there are still people in this world who can't use chopsticks? I thought they all knew how to use them, so I didn't ask."
"Hahaha... ..Okay, one day I will issue an edict requiring everyone in the world to use chopsticks. Anyone who dares not to use them will not be allowed to eat."
This idea was exactly what Yun Qiaoer wanted, and she nodded immediately, "Brother Qin, this is great, this is a great idea, don't wait until later, I'll help you grind the ink, you can issue the decree quickly..."
"Well... ... ... ."
"What's wrong, Brother Qin?"
"Ahem, well, we have to give them some time to adapt. Girl, if we issue the decree right now, won't they all starve to death?"
Yun Qiaoer thought about it and threw down the ink stick and threw herself into Qin Mu's arms. Oh, this girl is not afraid of falling. Her hands... "Girl, you took the ink stick and haven't washed your hands yet, why are you touching my face... "
Yun Qiaoer, who rolled in his arms, quickly raised her upper body, looked at his face, and immediately laughed crazily, pointing at her face with her slender jade fingers, which bent down due to laughter.
"You, quickly bring me a mirror." Qin Mu pointed at the palace maid serving in the palace and shouted angrily.
The palace maid seemed to have her period, or she just had a pain in her cheek. Her cheeks were twitching and she seemed to be enduring the pain with great difficulty.
“Hehe…hahaha…” Yun Qiao in my arms laughed so hard that she seemed to be dying.
Qin Mu knew that it must be this girl who had drawn on his face with her dirty hands, and the pattern she drew was probably very "artistic".
Pah! Qin Mu raised his hand and slapped her on the buttocks, "You stinky girl, you have ruined the reputation of my Qin!"
"Hey, Brother Qin, please don't hit me. You've never been as good as you are now..."
Bang! “Hahahaha…”
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