When the King of Shilifoshi saw the Tang Army docked at the port, he quickly led a group of ministers to welcome the officials of the Tang Dynasty.
However, he did not welcome the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty. Only a few low-ranking generals and soldiers disembarked from the ship and prepared the most basic defense at the port with weapons. No one said a word to the King of Shilifoshi.
Shilifoshi's ministers were stunned. They suddenly felt that the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty were too arrogant to let them wait here. However, the Tang Dynasty was a powerful country after all. Any high-ranking official was more powerful than the King of a small country. Therefore, it was understandable that they were a little arrogant.
"Your Majesty, how long are the officials of the Tang Dynasty going to make us wait?"
"A powerful country. This is too much. We have been waiting for this moment."
"It's okay for us to wait here. Your Majesty, please take a rest first!"
The ministers of a small country were also concerned about their reputation. They welcomed the arrival of the Tang Dynasty, but the officials of the Tang Dynasty made them wait. This made them a little angry. Moreover, they woke up early and did not get enough sleep. How could a sleepy person be in a good mood when the cold wind blew at the port?
"Don't worry. Let's wait a little longer!"
The King of Shilifoshi waved his hand and asked the ministers to bear with it. After all, he was very afraid of the strength of the Tang Dynasty. If he offended the Tang Dynasty, his kingdom and everything he had would be finished. So, what did it matter if he suffered a little bit of humiliation?
The common people were also complaining. However, they were all insignificant people. Now, even the King and his ministers were standing at the port in the cold wind. What was there for them to complain about? Some of them were even feeling proud of themselves. They felt that it was very satisfying to let the King stand in the cold wind. They were bumpkins who could not endure the King. Even if they had to stand for a day, they would accompany him to the end.
Time passed quickly. Unknowingly, an hour had passed. The younger ministers were fine, but the older ones could not stand it anymore. The King's forehead began to sweat.
The common people did not care. They were so tired that they could not stand it anymore, so they sat on the ground. Anyway, their clothes did not look clean, so they did not care about sitting on the ground. The King and his ministers were all people of high status. Their clothes were spotless. How could they just sit on the ground casually? So, they could only endure it.
"Your Majesty, what is going on? We greeted them respectfully, but they did not show up."
"Your Majesty, did we do something wrong? Did we offend the Tang Dynasty?"
"Impossible! How could we do something that would make the Great Tang unhappy? It's impossible. "
"Your Majesty, why don't we send someone to find out what's going on?"
The King's ministers.
Shilifoshi's king could not hold it in any longer. His heart was filled with anger. He paused for a moment and nodded. "Alright! Send someone to find out what's going on. "
"Yes, Your Majesty."
A young minister volunteered to board a large ship of the Tang Army.
"Excuse me, where is your commanding officer?"
The young minister asked a soldier.
"Are you still sleeping?"
The soldier answered blankly.
"The sky is already dark. Why are you still sleeping? The other commanding officers are also sleeping."
The young minister was not afraid of a soldier of the Tang Army, so he asked boldly.
"It's because they helped you eliminate the pirates. The generals drank too much at the celebration banquet last night. Naturally, they need to sleep a little longer."
The soldier answered loudly.
"Understood, understood. Goodbye."
The young minister bowed and quickly ran down.
"What's going on?"
King Shilifoxes asked anxiously.
The young minister quickly told him what he had found out.
"Oh, it turns out that they drank too much at the celebration banquet last night. No wonder."
"Yes! Yes! You can't blame them. They eliminated the pirates and won a great victory. Of course, they need to celebrate. "
"Since the high-ranking officers of the Tang Army are resting, we can't disturb them. Let's take a rest first! We haven't eaten the rebellion yet. "
The ministers all breathed a sigh of relief and unconsciously touched their shriveled stomachs.
King Shilifoxes sighed and said softly, "Tell the news to everyone immediately. Don't let them misunderstand the Tang Dynasty. Also, ask the people to buy some food nearby in batches."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The ministers were very happy and spread the news that the Tang Army overslept because they helped them eliminate the pirates.
The people were reasonable. They were angry just now, but now, after hearing that the Tang Army helped them eliminate the pirates, they were all excited. No one complained about the arrogance of the Tang Army anymore. Moreover, they heard that more than a thousand captured pirates were imprisoned on the Tang Army's ship and would be escorted ashore soon. This made them even more excited. They wanted to see these captured pirates with their own eyes. They were even willing to skip breakfast for this.
King Shilifoxes did not have much appetite at the moment. Anyway, he would not starve to death if he skipped breakfast. However, he had been standing for most of the day, and his legs were very sore.
The king found a stool and sat down, and asked the old ministers to sit down as well. It was more comfortable to sit and wait than to stand. Of course, they did not sit in the open air. It was too undignified. They found a secluded place and covered the surroundings with cloth. People in the distance could not see anything clearly.
They waited for a whole hour. The sun was high in the sky, and the king was so hot that he had to open a parasol.
In the bedroom on the ship, Ang Lee was still not awake. He went to bed late last night and drank a lot of wine. It would be strange if he could get up early.
Yun 'er and the beauty got up very early, but they did not dare to wake up Ang Lee at will, so as not to make Ang Lee unhappy. However, when they saw Shilifoxes waiting outside, they also felt that it was not appropriate to let the people waiting for too long. It was too rude.
"What should we do? The people outside have been waiting for an hour, but Alang hasn't woken up yet. "
Yun 'er said.
The beauty said, "Then go and wake up Alang!"
Yun 'er said, "You go."
The beauty nodded and walked to the side of the bed. She gently bent down and whispered, "Alang, Alang."
Li An heard some noise and opened his eyes slightly. He saw a big, white, and soft part. If he had to describe it, it would be white, soft, and perky.
There was a fragrance in the air, which made Ang Lee want to pull the beauty into his arms and have a good time.
"It's dawn."
Ang Lee whispered.
"Alang, it's already dawn. Shilifoxes are waiting outside to welcome Alang. The king is so tired that he can't stand up straight."
The beauty said with a smile.
Ang Lee was confused and said, "Can't stand up straight? What do you mean?"
Obviously, Ang Lee deliberately misunderstood. At this moment, he was straight and very hard. After all, he had just woken up. In the morning, any normal man would be able to stand up straight. This was called morning erection, a very interesting function.
"He just can't stand up straight. After standing for an hour, he found a place to sit down and wait."
The beauty explained.
Li An smiled and nodded. "Shili Foshi actually welcomed you with open arms. How sincere. We can't let them wait any longer. Ah Lang wants to see them."
After walking out of the cabin, Ang Lee found that most of the key officials had not come out. They were probably still asleep, so he immediately ordered everyone to get up and follow him to inspect Shilifoshi.
After gathering more than a dozen senior officials, Ang Lee got off the ship and prepared to meet King Shilifoshi.
The king had already noticed that the senior officials on the Tang Army's ship were walking around, so he had already stood up and walked dozens of steps forward to wait.
"Dear friends, I've kept you waiting."
Li An recognized the king of Srivijaya at first glance and greeted him warmly.
"Assistant Minister Li, long time no see. You're still so handsome."
King Shilifoshi complimented.
Ang Lee waved his hand and said, "I'm not as good as I used to be. Your Majesty is also very energetic! Back then, you were still a prince. Haha! "
"It's fate that we can meet again. Xiao Wang is very happy that Assistant Minister Li can come."
King Shilifoshi said warmly.
Ang Lee said, "I was going to go to Geguro directly, but I suddenly remembered that my old friend was here. There were pirates around, so I led the army here. I didn't know what my old friend liked, so I didn't prepare any gifts. When I got closer, I thought of eliminating a few groups of pirates to help my old friend."
"Assistant Minister Li, you're too courteous. This is not a small favor! This is a great help to us. Our Shilifoshi has always been under attack by pirates. The Tang Dynasty's navy killed thousands of pirates in one move. It's so satisfying. When the people heard about the heroic deeds of the Tang Dynasty, they all volunteered to come and welcome the Tang Dynasty's navy. "
King Shilifoshi said warmly.
Ang Lee patted his head and nodded. "Look, we're just chatting. We haven't brought the gifts yet. Men, bring all the captured pirates here. "
"Yes. Assistant Minister Li. "
Not long after, more than a thousand pirates were all escorted to the port and handed over to Shilifoshi's government to deal with these guys who had done bad things.
Seeing more than a thousand pirates being escorted to the shore, the people of Shilifoshi cheered excitedly. These pirates had caused them a lot of trouble. Now that these bad guys were taken care of by the Tang army, they were naturally very happy. As for waiting for a long time, it was not a problem. The people knew what was more important and what was more important.
"Assistant Minister Li, my old friend, this gift of yours is too valuable, do you know? In order to catch these guys, Xiao Wang offered a very high reward. Just like the pirate leader who walked past just now, Xiao Wang offered 100 gold bars for his head. Haha! "
King Shilifoshi said happily.
"Oh, these insignificant guys are so valuable, haha!"
Ang Lee smiled happily and said softly, "It's my honor to help an old friend solve his problem. This time, I'll be staying in Shilifoshi for a few days to see the local customs of your country, eat some different delicacies, and bring back some good stuff, haha!"
King Shilifoshi said excitedly, "Assistant Minister Li, you've come to the right place. Whatever you want to see, eat, or bring back, as long as Xiao Wang can do it, I'll definitely fulfill Assistant Minister Li's request."
"Good, then I'll take it seriously. Haha! Let's go to your palace and take a look. Bring out all the good stuff, don't hide it. "
Ang Lee said generously.
King Shilifoshi nodded and said, "Don't worry! Let's go. "
Ang Lee brought more than five hundred people, including the guards, to Shilifoshi's capital city. More than a hundred of them entered the palace while the rest were stationed near the port to prevent too many people from entering the city and affecting the security of the city.
Shilifoshi's palace was quite beautiful. It was a typical palace in a tropical rainforest. However, the scale of the building was not very impressive. It was not as tall as the buildings in the Tang Empire.
"Your Highness, your stomach is growling. You must not have eaten breakfast!"
Li An teased with a smile.
King Shilifoshi was not angry. He smiled and said, "Assistant Minister Li just woke up. I'm sure he hasn't eaten either. Let's have breakfast together."
Ang Lee said, "Of course. You bring out the good stuff, and I'll bring out the good stuff from the Tang Empire. Let's learn from each other."
"Learning from each other? That's great."
King Shilifoshi seemed to be very confident in his country's food.
Soon, dozens of dishes were served on the table. Although it was just breakfast and a few side dishes were enough, it was still very ostentatious for a big shot to eat breakfast.
Ang Lee looked carefully and realized that Shilifoshi's breakfast was very different from the Tang Empire's. The difference was too big.
Breakfast in the Tang Empire was mainly vegetarian. There were very few meat dishes such as soy milk, bean sprouts, poached eggs, vegetables, and pancakes.
On the other hand, Shilifoshi's breakfast was too meaty. There were plates of meat dishes such as fried fish heads, fish tails, fish roe, fish bladders, fish balls, beef, mutton, and many other unknown meats. They all looked greasy and oily.
This was mainly because the Tang Empire was an agricultural civilization. Farming was the biggest guarantee for the people's livelihood. Everything that grew out of the soil was vegetarian.
Shilifoshi was an ocean country. It was surrounded by the endless sea. There were also many mountains in the country. It was difficult to feed a large population in such an environment.
It was said that one lived off the mountain and lived off the water. For Shilifoshi, since his back was to the sea, he naturally had to ask for food from the sea. Therefore, Shilifoshi's fishing industry was very strong. Fishermen accounted for a large proportion of the country's population. Fish was also the staple food of the people.
Moreover, Shilifoshi had many mountains and a tropical rainforest climate. This meant that there were many wild animals here. Hunting became the second main source of food for the people.
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