Chapter 208: Oscar of Planes, the Fish Actor

Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t like gold?

Maybe there is, but so far Luyu hasn’t met one.

When Luyu shifted the topic to “gold,” the Qiuci nobles present suddenly went silent. One by one, they looked at Luyu with greed in their eyes.

This group couldn’t hide their emotions, and their desires were written all over their faces. Even Bai Ba was not much different from the other nobles in this regard.

“This kind of wine, these kinds of tableware, can be found everywhere in the Great Han. Every household has them. In that place, these plates are not even worth a few dozen copper coins.”

Holding up a delicate plate, the Fatty stood up and spoke. “But you all know I brought this thing to Qiuci. You, and you, tell me, how much do you think it is worth? Will those people who traveled from Arabia and Kushan buy it with gold? I say it is gold, will you believe me?”

“We believe you.”

“Han people, you are right.”

“Yes, this kind of plate cannot be exchanged for anything but gold.”

As the Qiuci nobles around nodded one after another, Luyu immediately put on a look of worry and helplessness. “But do you know? Why can I only bring a few hundred plates? Not a few thousand, or even ten thousand?”

“Because my caravan is not just transporting goods. It needs enough escorts, because on this Western Regions road, there are always some Xiongnu people who only know how to burn, kill, and rob. They think that stealing a big haul will make them rich.”

“Now I tell you, this idea is wrong!”

“Because the Western Regions are unstable, many Han People would rather earn less money than come here to get rich. You are all nobles in the Wang City, surely you know? The merchants who come here now are mostly desperate men with nothing left. The real Great Shang merchants, the ones who can sell thousands of plates and ten thousand jars of wine, all stay away. So the gold in your hands will always be just a little bit, just a tiny bit.”

“The Western Regions could have been a very rich place. Originally, we could all make huge amounts of gold, gold from Arabia, Kushan, and Arabia people. But now the gold is gone. It is just like the plates in my hand. ‘Snap,’ they shattered.”

As he spoke, the Fatty suddenly dropped the plate he was holding onto the ground. This caused a sound of crashing and breaking, and made the nobles around shudder with fear.

Every plate was money!

“The plates are gone, the gold is gone. I just want to ask everyone, who broke everyone’s plates? Who really stopped us from earning more gold?”

“Who is he!”

Who?

Once this question was asked, it made almost all the nobles present feel a unified rage.

Many Qiuci nobles were stirred until their faces turned red. If Mo Xiaobai were here, he would definitely give the Fatty an award for the best actor of the Planes.

“Hehe~ I got a bit excited just now. Come, come, let’s not talk about other things today. I have two jars of real fine wine left, and I will use them to treat you all today.”

After dropping the plate, the Fatty sat back down lightly. He then took out two jars of “Lingzhi Wine” that he had prepared long ago and hadn’t sold to Bai Ba, and asked a servant nearby to fill cups for everyone.

As soon as the Lingzhi Wine was opened, the whole Restaurant could smell the strong scent of the wine. As the servant poured it cup by cup, many nobles couldn’t help but drool.

“To your health!”

“To your health!”

“To your health!”

After drinking one bowl of Lingzhi Wine, the whole Restaurant soon echoed with the sounds of “thump,” “thump.”

This was a fine wine brewed by Yi Rong himself. Once tasted, it was almost certain to make you drunk.

Mo Xiaobai couldn’t resist it back then. Chunyu Qiong in the Guandu Instance even died drunk. Of course, these Qiuci nobles in front couldn’t handle it either.

The news that dozens of Qiuci nobles of all ranks and one Han merchant drank and got drunk together spread through the entire Wang City that very night.

When the Fatty woke up the next day at noon, he saw Gao Lan standing in front of his door with a happy expression.

Before Gao Lan could speak, Luyu asked first, “General Gao, did you have any gains last night?”

“Many gains. I sent people to send all those nobles back, and we found out a little about their private soldiers in every case. Also, the soldiers watching outside the Royal Palace sent word. Less than one incense stick after you got drunk, someone ran hurriedly into the Palace to report news.”

General Gao spoke while a smile appeared on his face. Now everyone in the Wang City of Qiuci knew that he and his people were on very good terms with those nobles.

And why?

Without a very good relationship, could everyone walk out lying down?

No matter what those nobles thought themselves, the fact was now settled and couldn’t be changed.

The Fatty squinted his small eyes and chuckled, “General Gao, what do you think the King of Qiuci is feeling right now?”

“He probably can’t sleep or eat peacefully.”

Giving a simple answer, General Gao chuckled along.

Right now, Yuliduo, the King of Qiuci, was pro-Xiongnu and had always wanted to rule the Western Regions. But with more than half of the nobles now on good terms with Han People, how could his Qiuci throne be stable?

Just as the two were laughing and chatting, a soldier on guard outside the courtyard came in and said, “General, Bai Ba, the Qiuci Hostage, sent someone to ask you and Mr. Lu for a chat.”

Hearing the soldier’s report, the Fatty and General Gao exchanged smiles.

They had acted for a night, and now the fish was about to bite!

…

When the third Wild Goose flew back to Mo Xiaobai, he was leading his Soldiers and had just passed through the state of Yanqi.

Compared to Qiuci to the west of Yanqi, Yanqi wasn’t even a mature country in Mo Xiaobai’s eyes. It looked like a group of nomadic tribes wandering on the edge of the desert.

Very unstable, and easy to make mistakes.

Of course, the most important point was that this ghost place of Yanqi was truly poor.

So Mo Xiaobai had no interest in causing trouble in Yanqi. Even if the so-called King of Yanqi knew that such a Han Army Cavalry had entered his territory, he did nothing except shiver in the Wang City.

It was only after Mo Xiaobai left the Yanqi territory that the King of Yanqi let out a sigh of relief.

He was truly worried that Mo Xiaobai would attack him for no reason, because he had once committed a stupid act by killing the Western Regions Protector Chen Mu at the time.

The death of Chen Mu was also the fuse that officially opened the grand curtain of Ban Chao’s military sweep across the various states after his mission to the Western Regions.

Seeing Ban Chao recovering more and more states in the Western Regions, the King of Yanqi truly felt fear, afraid that Ban Chao would settle the score with him later.

“My Lord, it seems they have successfully persuaded Bai Ba over there.” After scanning the Wild Goose Letter, Guo Jia spoke with a smile, “Jia congratulates My Lord on bringing peace to Qiuci and the Northern Silk Road for the Great Han in advance.”

“Peace to Qiuci? Hehe~ Wait until we take Yuliduo before congratulating!”

Mo Xiaobai raised his whip, aiming directly at the Wang City of Qiuci.