Time has quickly arrived in January of the following year (1749).

The Manuto Sea is vast.

The big tent in Hainan was as warm as spring, but its owner, the great Khan of the Turghut people, Dunrob Lashi, did not feel this warmth. He seemed to be shivering a little despite his heavy fur.

Kitard had arrived at the east bank of the Yaik River long ago, but it was obviously impossible for such a large number of people to cross the extremely wide river downstream calmly. They could only wait until the river was sealed and solidified.

Kitard and his team are already on the way, and according to the news from Qie Xue's army, they will arrive tonight.

If it were in the past, Lash would have moved to Vitlyangka, the summer capital.

Although he was vaguely afraid of this son, he still kept his promise.

"Before you come back, I have been staying in the Manuto Sea"

The Manutuo Sea has long been frozen solid, and it has long been integrated with the surrounding grassland, dominated by the white snow of winter.

Shivering, Lash glanced inside the tent. When his eyes fell on the huge iron stove in the middle of the tent, his body seemed to tremble even more violently.

This kind of stove was also made by Chitard!

The stove has three legs, and the upper part is the furnace body, which can be filled with dried cow dung or what Chitard named "briquettes". There is a fire door that can be closed after it is lit.

Above the furnace body is a beautifully made furnace surface, about one meter in diameter, with various Lamaist patterns carved on it. In the center is the iron chimney leading outside the tent.

You can place a kettle or iron pot on the stove top, and you can even use it for barbecue.

In winter, a thick Persian tapestry was added to the outside of Dahan's tent, and the stove was kept on all day long, so it was naturally as warm as spring.

There is some expectation and some fear.

This is Lash's current mood.

Beside him, there were two people, one large and one small. The older one was a girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a typical Mongolian beauty appearance, a big face, but a high nose bridge, and big and beautiful eyes.

This is his daughter Duran (Turandot).

There is also a five- or six-year-old boy who is not small enough to describe.

This is naturally his second son Wobaxi.

The two people gathered around the fire very excitedly. From time to time, Duran opened the curtain, which was also made of thick Persian tapestries and decorated with colorful gems, and then went out to watch.

As a result, the cold wind poured in in waves, which made Lash's shivering get worse.

Kitard, Duran, and Wobasi, these are the three children he currently regards as treasures.

But in recent years, Kitard was like the diamonds popular in Europe at that time, precious, beautiful, dazzling, but sharp-edged.

"Abu"

Wobaxi was not as restless as Dulan, but stayed quietly beside his father, Abu, and he couldn't stand it any longer.

The sound of "Ab" made Lashi regain his composure.

"By the way, I am Abu, Abu from Kitard!"

He took out the pocket watch given to him by the Tsar, and finally forced a smile on his face, "Don't worry, your brother will be here soon."

"Abu!"

Just as he was talking, Dulan rushed in hurriedly, and another strong cold wind swept over him, but at this time, Lashi was no longer so cold.

"If you don't have a formal look, how can you be decent?"

He scolded softly, but his tone sounded more like love than scolding.

The sound of horse hooves came. To hear such a movement in the foot-thick snow meant that there were at least several hundred horsemen.

"Chitard, my son, you are finally back"

Kitard did come back, but he came back first before the large group. Because of the heavy snow, he could only tie four horses together and let them walk in front, thus creating a path for the large group behind to walk calmly.

Come.

At this time of year, on the northern shore of the Caspian Sea, the ground under the snow is frozen solid, and there is no risk of obstruction by silt.

Behind him are a hundred camels loaded with treasures he got from Zharavshan and Chinboy.

Each large box is covered with withered grass and fallen snow, making it impossible for outsiders to tell what it is.

Lash's big tent covers an area of ​​about one acre, and can accommodate a hundred large boxes. When Dulan happily took Wobaxi out to greet him, Lash still didn't move.

Naturally, he needs to maintain the majesty of his Khan and Abu.

"Pounce!"

Without even looking, Dulan's daredevil opened the curtain again, but the first thing he revealed was Kitard, whom he had not seen for several months!

Today, Kitard wore a robe made of lambskin inside and blue and green satin outside, and wore a high fur hat on his head.

After running around outside for a long time, Kitard lost some weight and became darker.

He walked quickly to Lash and knelt down in front of him, then hugged his waist. Lash had completely lost his trembling just now and had completely entered the role of a father.

"Thank you for your hard work"

He patted Kitard gently on the back and said softly.

Kitard stood up and said with a smile: "Abbu, look what treasure I have brought you."

After saying that, he clapped his hands.

His soldiers carried wooden boxes in one by one.

The first ones are naturally the five 50-pound gold boxes obtained from Zharavshan. Each box contains one hundred top-quality gems.

Behind are various gold ingots, silver ingots, and large ornaments made of large gemstones obtained from the city of Chimboy, such as horses, camels, various seated statues of religious figures, etc.

When he asked people to open all the boxes, the big tent was instantly bathed in a colorful glow, especially the golden light.

At this time, not only Lash, but also Dulan, who had always been blustering, also closed his mouth, all immersed in a dream woven with incredulity and wonder.

After a long while, Kitard pointed to the five big boxes and said: "Abu, I got these five boxes in total in Zarafshan City, as well as ten or twenty thousand silver coins. These five boxes are the treasures of the desert Turkmen people.

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"These gold ingots, silver ingots, and treasures were obtained from the Manjit people's Chimboy city. They are all here. I have roughly estimated that these things are worth at least one million silver coins."

Lash rubbed his eyes, still unable to believe his eyes. Although his coward Xue Jun reported to him early that Kitard might bring him a large amount of property, he did not expect that there would be so much.

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"There are still more than 200,000 silver coins left. Ahem, father, why don't I get the truqin?"

"Correct"

Rarely, Lashi had no objection.

He knew very well that although the Khiva Khanate was far more powerful than the Turguts, it was impossible to obtain millions of wealth in just one city. What Kitard said was probably true. He had such a filial piety. If he were

If you don’t approve it, won’t it chill his heart?

Kitard took out a small gold box from the treasure pile and handed it to Duran.

"Sister, this is specially brought to you"

Dulan grabbed the box and opened it in front of everyone.

There was another brilliant light, and it was filled with all kinds of jewelry. Dulan picked them up one by one, caressing and playing with them fondly.

Kitard smiled and took out two more objects from a larger wooden box. One was a beautifully made Uzi dagger inlaid with precious stones. The patterns on the dagger were all inlaid with precious stones.

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There is also a jade horse, about half a foot long and three inches high, and its entire body is made of top-grade mutton-fat jade.

He pushed these two things to Wobaxi's side and said with a smile: "This is yours"

Lash looked at this scene with a smile. At this time, he also joked: "Is there nothing special for you?"

Kitard also smiled and said: "Abu, all the things in this room belong to you, how is that too little?"

Seeing that Lash looked a little strange, he quickly came to the largest box and struggled to move the box in front of Lash.

Kitard first took out a gleaming black fur coat from it. The coat was also attached to a hat. In the middle of the hat was a huge gemstone. At first glance, the gemstone seemed to be the fire stone produced in Elista, but inside

The fire pattern exudes pink light.

"Peach Blossom Stone!"

At this time, Lashi could not sit still.

As the Great Khan of the entire Torhut people, he has naturally seen a lot of property, but he has only heard legends about top-quality gemstones like peach blossom stones.

According to legend, the peach blossom stone is the best among jade, and it cannot be owned by those who are not extremely noble.

Kitard took out another golden staff, an Uzi steel knife also inlaid with various gemstones, and a gold ring with an extremely rare cat's eye stone ring on it.

"Abu, it is said that this thing was obtained by Manjit Yilak from the palace of Shiva Khan. It is said to be an heirloom of the great Khan of the Shaibani family."

If Kitard had said that these were the family heirlooms of Manjit Yilak, Lashi would definitely have dismissed them, but the Shaibani family is also a descendant of the Golden Family!

Xiban is Batu’s younger brother!
To be continued...