Chapter 362: Painting a tiger is not an anti-dog
Although Loulan is a country of two regions and Shunchao, it has surprisingly similarity in urban construction. The street layout is crisscrossed, with wooden architectural styles and bridges and roads. Although most of the streets are one-story buildings, there are also many two-story small buildings. Except for the city walls that are not as high as Chang'an City, the rest make Liu Yu feel like he is in Chang'an City.
When he arrived at the gate of the Loulan Kingdom Palace, Liu Yu carefully took a lot of palaces in this foreign country, and naturally compared the palaces in Loulan with the palaces in Yuezhi and Chang'an City.
The Loulan Kingdom Palace is larger than the flower bud palace, but it does not have the high tower fortress-style buildings of the Yuezhi Palace. Both the palace walls and the buildings are simpler. There is no large amount of red paint to paint the palace walls in Loulan. The palace walls and palace gates maintain the most primitive adobe yellow. In this regard, the palace palaces in Yuezhi and Loulan are very similar.
Liu Yu looked at the Loulan civil servants and generals standing at the gate of the palace again, and it was obvious that the "different" place was visible at a glance. There were more women than men. Before Liu Yu came, he knew that Loulan was a feminist country. When he arrived here, he found that the social customs here were quite open, probably similar to the Tang Dynasty in Liu Yu's mind. With the queen, it was even more similar.
The Loulan people's clothes are not as simple as the Yuezhi. Whether it is the people or officials, the clothes on Loulan seem more colorful. They should be the printing and dyeing technology of the Central Plains. This may also be related to the inclusiveness of the culture of Loulan. Loulan has always had a good relationship with neighboring countries and knows how to absorb foreign knowledge and technology. Many technologies in the Central Plains have been passed down here. Whether it is architecture or clothing printing and dyeing, the Loulan people are learning the best, and then learn to use it for their own purposes according to their own conditions.
"The national teacher and the envoy are exhausted from the journey. I would like to send my most sincere blessings on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen."
The person who spoke was a young man, very handsome and spoke fluent Chinese. He spoke blessings, but the blessings were presented by a man who looked like a palace maid next to the young man. It was a garland, but it was a larger garland than the people sent. Liu Yuxin said that Loulan Kingdom had really invested a lot in order to welcome him. How many flowers should it take to weave so many garlands? It was extravagant and wasteful.
The palace maid was about ten years old and a little short. Liu Yu stood there. She stretched out her hand and didn't put the garland around Liu Yu's neck. Liu Yu stared at the palace maid who presented the garland fiercely, and glared at the little girl in front of him to the point of being timid. When the situation suddenly became a little stiff, she whispered: "Low down and connect."
"If you think there is still a place on my neck, let her hang it casually." Liu Yu's tone was not good at shaking his neck, and the big traps and small circles around his neck immediately dispersed several times.
The Loulan people who were blocked in front of the palace, who were three layers inside and three layers outside, exclaimed in surprise when they saw the envoys swaying garlands there.
Chetu felt that Liu Yu was sulking, and hurriedly reminded him: "She sent blessings on behalf of the queen, and the garland was also crafted by Her Majesty the Queen himself. You won't embarrass so many people in our country of Loulan, right?"
Liu Yu sighed and lowered his head helplessly. The little palace maid was finally able to put the garland on Liu Yu's neck. The little palace maid looked fearful and flew away as if she had put the garland on. When Liu Yu put on the queen's garland, the people cheered enthusiastically. The young man who had spoken before came out to recommend Loulan's minister to Liu Yu.
They are all very long and strange names, and many pronunciations do not exist in Chinese, so they are not easy to remember. Liu Yu did not intend to stay in Loulan for a long time, and the names of these people were also in the left ear and out of the right ear. However, when the man introduced himself, Liu Yu remembered it. His surname was Bulu, famous Khan, and was Tian Zuo of Loulan Kingdom. He explained that Tian Zuo was the chief executive of Loulan City. Liu Yu suddenly realized that it was the same rank as the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture. Although this Blu Khan was the same as the official of Sui Yi, he had different powers. There were more residents in Chang'an City than in Loulan Country.
Liu Yu had known this Brukhan for a while and thought that this person was unreliable and said a lot of things to him, but Brukhan looked at Ji Tu and said, and his eyes could tell that it was interesting to Ji Tu.
Is it a lover?
Taking advantage of the gap, Liu Yu pointed at Brukhan and asked, "Prince of your king?"
Chetto shook his head lightly and said, "Loulan has no prince, His Majesty the Queen and His Highness the Prince's husband, only three princesses. Brukhan is the fiancé of His Highness the Great Princess."
"He seems to be interested in you too." Liu Yu said.
Chetu said unhappyly: "Don't be fooled, our Loulan Kingdom is not like you in Central Plains. One man here can only marry one wife."
"Oh." Liu Yu nodded and expressed his understanding. This should be the national policy of a feminist country, and monogamy is very fair.
Liu Yu felt even more that Brukhan was unreliable.
Liu Yu thought that the next thing was to go to the palace to meet the queen, and he wanted to see what the queen and Wang Fu looked like. Unexpectedly, Brukhan, who was responsible for the reception, took Liu Yu to the direction away from the palace. Liu Yu asked in surprise: "Brutinazuo, where are you going?"
"Take the envoy to our welcome banquet." Bruhan said with a smile, "Envoys must not think that this place is far from the Central Plains and you will not be able to eat the dishes from the Central Plains. We have the best chefs in the Central Plains here."
When he arrived at the place, Liu Yu realized that Brukhan brought him a restaurant. The restaurant was probably temporarily decorated, and only a table was prepared inside, which was placed on the first floor, with no doors or windows in front and behind, like a horse shed. This facilitated more people to watch Shunchao envoys for dinner, which made Liu Yu feel very strange. Liu Yu and Chetu had the right to sit down, and Timur, who was walking with Liu Yu, was also sitting down. Other civil servants and generals could only stand beside and watch. Brukhan did not sit down to entertain the restaurant, but instead directed the "buddy" of the restaurant to serve the dishes.
The first dish was a plate of fish. Based on Liu Yu's understanding of diet, he judged that this was a sea fish. This kind of fish can only be enjoyed by large households in Chang'an City, and it must be done in winter. Now he can eat sea fish in the Western Regions, which surprised him.
"It is definitely the taste of you Central Plains people."
Brukhan handed over the chopsticks. Liu Yu picked up the chopsticks. The people outside the restaurant widened their eyes, wanting to see how the envoy of Shunchao solved a "monster". Liu Yusheng was so kind that he could not refuse. He picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. When he first touched his tongue, he almost spit out the fish. The color and fragrance were fine, but the taste... was so terrible that he had a rotten smell of points. Liu Yu finally understood why he could eat sea fish in the Western Regions. It turned out to be salty fish, and the salt was more salt than fish.
Liu Yu was chewing there, his face calm, and he didn't say what it tasted, but Timur couldn't help but "cut" a small piece with chopsticks and squeeze it into his mouth. Although Timur was not picky about food, he could not tolerate such a scattered smell. A small piece of fish was spit on the table by her.
"Bao, what's this?" Timur looked at Liu Yu, "You Central Plains people eat such a bad thing on weekdays?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!