Vol 8 Chapter 388: Gifts (2)

"Master, Zhao Hai is already preparing gifts, but when I first told him about this, I saw that his face was a little gloomy. Although he didn't show any anger afterwards, it seemed that he was still a little dissatisfied. "Chen Xiwang stood in front of Wei Xiaode and talked about his meeting with Zhao Hai this time. Of course it is impossible for him to tell the truth.
  Wei Xiaode nodded and said, "Okay, has he said, what kind of gift is he going to present this time?"
  Chen Xiwang shook his head and said, "Zhao Hai didn't say anything, and the disciples don't know." Wei Xiaode nodded, then waved his hand, and Chen Xiwang retreated.
As soon as Chen Xiwang left, Wei Xiaode called Ma Degong into the room. After Ma Degong arrived, Wei Xiaode said: "Degong, there will be no mistakes in Shensha Lake? This time I am. I told your Majesty that there is absolutely no problem with them. If there is a problem there, then I will be ashamed."
Ma Degong quickly said, "Master, don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with it. Master, this is a gift prepared by the Crocodile Clan. Look, these are the same as those dedicated to your Majesty, but I asked them to prepare two copies, one for us. Keep it for yourself and give the other one to your majesty." After speaking, Ma Degong took out a space bag and handed it to Wei Xiaode.
When Wei Xiaode heard Ma Degong say this, his eyes lit up, and then he nodded immediately. Then he took the space bag directly, opened the space bag and took a look, then he tied the space bag , And then said to Ma Degong: "Very well, the Crocodile tribe is still very capable, just prepare according to this, don't make any mistakes, in a few days it will be the time to present, don't lose people. "Ma Degong responded, and Wei Xiaode waved his hand.
Soon, it’s time to make a gift. This gift is a process in which local officials and generals give gifts to the emperor every year. Everyone has to give it. Sometimes, what is the meaning of the gift you give? Or being precious, it may directly affect your position in the heart of the immortal emperor, which is also an old habit here in the immortal world.
To be honest, Zhao Hai really does not understand the meaning of this habit. In order to give this gift, officials at all levels need to spend a lot of thought on this gift, and this gift cannot be less, and its value cannot be low. For this gift, officials must collect money. Where does the money come from? Of course it came from an ordinary person, so this gift, besides adding a burden to ordinary people and giving the Immortal Emperor a face, he really couldn't see any benefit.
But this is already a practice in the fairy world, and he can’t say anything. This time Zhao Hai is not prepared to bring out anything too good. He is only going to bring out twelve core armors as gifts. This core battle The armor has now been upgraded, and it is better than the core armor in the imaginary world. This core armor can now transmit aura, and the transmission speed of aura is very fast, and it is more for the strengthening of the monk’s strength. It’s strong, and it’s absolutely no problem to use it as a gift.
On the day of the offering, Zhao Hai also returned to Xiandu from the Twelve Guards, but he did not bring too many people, and he did not return on behalf of the Twelve Guards, he was on behalf of the Blood Killing Sect. Yes, he brought only ten disciples of the Blood Killing Sect this time, and he returned to Xiandu, and he also lives in Xiandu, so he was not in a hurry.
Wen Wenhai and the others did not come, and they did not need to come. Although Wen Wenhai and the others are considered independent leaders, they are actually considered as blood killers. Therefore, Zhao Hai can only come back as a representative. Others don’t need to. Come back.
  As soon as Zhao Hai returned to Xiandu, Chen Xiwang arrived at the manor. This time Wei Xiaode sent Chen Xiwang to come. Chen Xiwang came this time, mainly to tell Zhao Hai some gift procedures and let Zhao Hai know what to do.
In fact, the process of this gift is very simple, the gift is also the size of the amount, some people give a lot of gifts, like the Crocodile people, because they control Chensha Lake, and there are a lot of special products in the water in Shensha Lake. These things, they have to offer every year, so the gifts they give are just in quantity.
For some officials, the gifts they give are not quantity, but quality. If you give a good gift, it does not necessarily have to be expensive or expensive. If it is novel enough, it is okay. In this regard, There are no hard and fast rules.
But in the past few years, there has been an unhealthy trend here in the fairy world. No one cares about whether the gifts are novel or not. Maybe they have given away all the novel gifts, so now they don’t have to give them. I have worked hard, so now every year presenting gifts to the Immortal Emperor is more expensive than anyone else.
Although it is said that the immortal emperor is at odds with He Tuizhi and the others, the offering of gifts is necessary, because this is the ancestral system. If they have problems during the offering, then the immortal can Those who deal with them directly will not even be able to protect him from He Tuzhi.
It’s time for the annual gift offering again. Zhao Hai also went to court today. There are more people offering gifts today, but some officials in some places send the gifts to the fairy palace in advance, and then go to the ceremony. When they met at Jin, the internal officials read the gift list and it was finished.
  And there are not many officials who are truly qualified to stand in the lobby or enter the lobby directly with gifts, and Zhao Hai is one of these people. Don’t forget, Zhao Hai now has a rank of Minister of War. And even if this rank is not mentioned, he is still in command of the 12th and 4th Guards. This position is now speaking, although no one takes it seriously, but this position was very important at the beginning, and no one has even appeared. In the situation of commanding the twelve guards, the generals of the twelve guards can all be in the court, so no matter from that aspect, Zhao Hai is qualified to stand in the hall, and the position is still very high, so he stands The left and right two ministers and Samurai Ying are behind the military Shangshu.
Before Zhao Hai and the others entered the hall, they would give their gifts to the internal officials, who would examine them and then make notes. These gifts were held by the internal officials. They could not take them directly into the hall by themselves, but they shouted When they were, the internal officials would send their gifts directly to the hall for everyone to watch, and then they would be accepted into the palace.
Zhao Hai has now stood in the hall, and now he has started to offer gifts, but now the gifts are all officials from various places. They have all kinds of gifts, some win by quantity, some win by quality, and gifts There are all kinds of things, but in general, they are all common things, but some are more expensive, and some are more abundant.
The crocodile people also gave gifts. The gift list is very long. It can be seen that the emperor is very satisfied, and Yue Zhuo was also deducted by the emperor, and then he withdrew from the hall. Because there are more people giving gifts, so I have been doing two It took more than a few hours for the gifts of those landlords to be over.
After the magistrate’s offering was over, the people in the central court began to offer the offering. The offering was started by some low-level officials, and finally it was the turn of people like the left and right sides. So Zhao Hai had to wait. He looked at those people. The gifts given were mostly flashy things, even if those things were dedicated to the Emperor, they would only be left in the warehouse to eat ashes. But if you want to say that these gifts are not expensive, it is impossible. These gifts are still very expensive, but they are not practical.
  Zhao Hai also understood that this might be He Tuzhi and they did it deliberately. If the gifts they gave to the emperor were all valuable and useful things, wouldn’t that mean that they increased the emperor’s strength in disguise? They wouldn't do such a thing. Because of this, the gifts they gave were all these flashy things.
Of course, from this point, it can also be seen that at the beginning, how did they retreat, to what extent the power limit of the immortal emperor had reached, and even thought of using this method to limit the power of the immortal emperor, you can say It's really omnipotent.
However, Zhao Hai just watched quietly. He is now above the court and belongs to the lone minister. No one will care about them. Zhao Hai also knows that there must be officials above the court who belong to the Emperor. People of the first line, but none of these people showed up, so now in the court, there is only Zhao Hai who publicizes his identity as the first line of the emperor.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Hai is standing here. No one talks to him, and no one cares about him. Everyone regards him as air. Zhao Hai doesn’t care, just stands there quietly, even Eyes are closed, as if asleep, and nothing else, just such a mentality is enough to make people feel admired.
Soon, the officials from the DPRK and the central government came forward and offered gifts one by one. In the end, the rest were all high-ranking officials. At this time, the internal officer said loudly: "The minister of war, the commander of the twelve and four city guards, Zhao Hai presents a gift, twelve fruit-core battle armors." With his voice, Zhao Hai went out of work and paid a salute to the immortal emperor. This is a procedure that everyone must follow.
At this moment, a servant also came in. He held a tray in his hand. On this tray, a piece of yellow silk cloth was placed. On top of the yellow silk cloth, twelve cyan silk cloths were placed. The pits, these pits are not big, and they are all listed, it is really hard to see anything good.
Just after Zhao Hai’s deduction, he heard the voice of the emperor saying: "Zhao Hai, this thing you gave is called the fruit-core armor? What's the use of him." After the emperor waved his hand, the servant immediately He held the tray on the high platform and gave the tray in his hand to Wei Xiaode. Wei Xiaode took the tray and put it in front of the Emperor.
Zhao Hai opened his mouth and said: "In response to your Majesty, this fruit-core battle armor is a magic weapon, made of a kind of wood that the minister had obtained accidentally before. This kind of wood has strong regeneration ability and is very good for spiritual energy. The conductivity is also very strong. The minister used this kind of wood to make this kind of fruit-core battle armor. As long as you input aura into the battle armor, you can activate the battle armor. The height of the battle armor can reach about two feet. After wearing this battle armor, the defense will be strengthened, and this battle armor also has the ability to strengthen strength. Wearing this battle armor will also greatly bless the spells and save a lot of spiritual energy. A very suitable armor for combat."