"Tonight, the male guest is Tuli Khan and the host is Duer. Come and cut the sheep!"
Tuli Khan and Ashinadur pushed back and forth several times, but in the end it was Ashnadur who took the initiative.
From the moment he sat here today, he seemed unusually calm, kneeling down extremely quietly. No matter whether Li Yuanxing said he wanted to punish Princess Huainan, or whether there was a precious treasure, he sat motionless like that.
This is the growth of Ashinadur.
He has a dream, he hopes to become a great general.
Ashnadur came to the roasted sheep and took out the barrier knife he was wearing.
Tuli Little Khan just saw this barrier knife. The scabbard was very ordinary. It was just a hard bamboo shell wrapped with a layer of linen. There was a section of pigskin about three inches long on the hand-held part. The scabbard was
There are iron sheaths at the edge of the knife and the tip of the scabbard.
When he first saw this knife, the first reaction of Little Khan Tuli was that Ashnadur's life in the Tang Dynasty was not good.
At least not rich.
But when Ashnadur pulled out the knife, Tuli Khan's eyes changed.
There was no reflection on the knife, but there was an inexplicable chill. It was a good knife. At this moment, Ashinadur moved and quickly slashed dozens of cuts on the roasted whole lamb.
.
The sheep's head was cut off from the neck.
Ashinadur did not have the skills of a top-notch chef. He did not cut along the bones. He used the strength of his wrist and the sharpness of the knife to cut off the mutton bones.
But the movement was not like chopping bones, but like cutting tofu.
"Your Majesty!" Ashinadur put the meat of his front legs on the tray, put the knife in his hand on the table in front of him, and strode to the main table: "My Majesty, I know that the noble Empress Changsun doesn't like it.
Fatty, the front leg meat is tender but not greasy.”
"You are wrong. You are a general of the Tang Dynasty. You don't need to show any dignity in front of the emperor's wife. Just a simple sentence, please ask the queen to use mutton. Love is in the heart!"
Ashnadur smiled, a smile so sudden and sharp that the little Khan had never seen before.
This is a child-like smile that comes from the heart and is very simple.
"I will remember this next time!"
Queen Changsun returned the gift to express her gratitude and said, "How are you preparing for the wedding? What else is needed?"
"Cui Changshi and Wei Changshi have helped me a lot, and the generals at the border have traveled thousands of miles to bring many items belonging to our Turkic people. Everything is ready, and it must be foolproof!" Ashinadur was very happy.
Said happily.
In terms of age, he was still young at this time.
With no father or mother, he needs a relative.
Li Yuanxing was the King of Qin and his boss. He was a little afraid of Li Yuanxing from the bottom of his heart, but the kindness of Queen Changsun made him feel like a mother, so he became much closer in words and respected him more in his heart.
On the other side, the little Khan Tuli was looking at the sword that Ashinadur placed on the table.
The little Khan of Tuli is a prince of the Turks. He has been playing with knives since he was a child. The three most important things in his life are the knives. The first is the knife, the second is the knife, and the third is the knife.
Gong. After this, comes power, wealth, etc.!
This knife is more than outstanding.
It is definitely an extraordinary sword, but why should such a sword be only used as a barrier sword? Such fine steel and such craftsmanship can already be used to make a horizontal sword or a curved sword.
Thinking of this, Little Khan Tuli moved his eyes to the knife rest in the foyer.
When everyone comes in, they will put their own sabers on the knife holder. The barrier knife is a ceremonial knife and is the only knife that can be used without leaving the body. Although such a knife also has a lot of lethality.
On the knife rest, there is a straight knife that is longer than other knives. The scabbard is still very ordinary, but from the decoration on it, it can be seen that this is a Turkic straight knife. The Turkic knife was used in the Sui Dynasty.
, influenced the knife-making technology of the Sui Dynasty. The straight knife had some craft appearance characteristics, which also influenced the Tang Hengdao.
But the Turkic sword is the Turkic sword, even if the Turks were in turn influenced by the Tang Dynasty sword.
Tuli Little Khan can see the subtle differences between the two knives.
If the knife is one inch longer than the standard, the requirements for steel are several times higher. If the knife is five inches long, it is almost impossible to achieve.
Little Khan Tuli had the urge to pull out the knife.
Ashnadur had returned and sat back on his seat. Little Khan Tuli asked: "Why doesn't it deserve a good scabbard? This sword of yours seems to be very extraordinary!"
Ashinadur generously handed the knife to the little Khan Tuli and said: "This is Yaozhou special grade steel, with some added materials. I am not a knife maker, so I can't tell the difference. This one is actually broken.
Regarding the material of the knife, the craftsmen said it is as good as the Duanlang of the Yida, but I was young and energetic, and it was only after I tried it with the Yida that I realized that the people who use the knife are different, and good knives can also be covered with dust."
Tuli Khan looked at the blade of the knife carefully, and it seemed that the tip of the knife was not perfect.
Thinking about what Ashinadur said, it should be that it was cut off here, and the broken blade was not repaired but was beaten into a sharp point.
However, after thinking about it, Little Khan Tuli still didn't understand: "What you said has nothing to do with the scabbard!"
"With a good scabbard, there are always people who care about it. Just as Zhuili Sili has thought about it, the scabbard is more ordinary, just like an ordinary sergeant. If it is just a standard sword issued by the superiors, naturally no one will care about it.
Already." When Ashnadur said that, he was very happy.
The little Khan Tuli asked again: "Do your subordinates dare to peek at your treasure?"
"We are all brothers in the same camp, but my position as a general is higher. Speaking of treasures, although such a knife is rare, it is not impossible to buy it. Even if it cannot be bought, you can still get it with military merit. It's just that everyone
It's not like when we were on the grassland, brothers, even though they were sitting in the same tent, their hearts were thousands of miles away!"
Tuli Little Khan did not answer. He felt that the Ashinadur in front of him was different from the one in his memory.
At this time, Ashnadur continued: "Actually, it's just a knife, it's more about fun!"
"Compared to pearls like that?" Tuli Little Khan asked again.
"I have a farm at the border of Huazhou and Chang'an. I only have thirteen slaves, and the rest are hired Shiwei people and some local people. I have one hundred cows and thirty-four thousand pigs.
Fifty thousand sheep, 700,000 chickens. There are also 3,000 acres of fertile land and an eight-acre orchard. It is estimated that the orchard will bear fruit in two or three years."
The little Khan Tuli was calculating the value of these in his mind.
At this time, Ashnadur said again: "We have three thousand Thunder Riders, and we share a mountain. There is a very secret workshop in this mountain. The output of this workshop is worth at least 40,000 yuan a year. Pay the workers
Including the wages of the craftsmen in the workshop, plus the maintenance of the machines, the amount that falls on the Lei Cavalry is close to 20,000 yuan. This is the reward we Lei Cavalry received after the attack on Liaocheng and the Battle of Jian'an."
What does 40,000 Guan represent?
Using the wool on the grassland as an example, it would take 26 million sheep's wool to exchange for these 40,000 silver coins.
What's more, the amount of wool currently purchased by Datang on the grasslands is far from such a large amount. As far as the tribe of Tuli Khan is concerned, their wool, plus goat milk, sheep skin, and mutton, can barely reach the level of
Income of 80,000 pounds.
But his tribe is more than just 3,000 people.
"General Ashina, here's to you." Qin Qiong raised his cup from a distance and shouted.
Ashinadur raised his cup high and drank a large bowl of wine happily, then raised another cup: "General Qin, here's to you!"
The little Khan Tuli suddenly felt that Ashinadur was very rich. He was so rich that he didn't even have to think about grabbing trophies. He only needed to fight according to the requirements of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty. After the battle, he would get what he deserved.
"Xiangbi, everyone in the army of the Tang Dynasty is very rich!" Tuli Khan said with a smile.
"That's not it. Among the four guards of Tiance, we Thunder Cavalry are the richest because we have the most military exploits." Ashnadur didn't say it completely, he just talked about the military exploits. He was talking about the Battle of Liaocheng, but among his military exploits
There was another one about the Luoyang flood, but this was not a real battle, so he didn't mention it.
At this time, Ashinadur just thought that he had obeyed the order.
I don’t know what my fight against floods means.
Since it was not a real battle, he had been avoiding the topic of the Luoyang flood.
"The richest ones are the Right Military Guard, the Left Leading Guard, and the Right Powerful Guard. Their cumulative combat achievements are higher than our Thunder Cavalry, but although they have more rewards, the number of these three guards is much higher than our Thunder Cavalry.
So if it is divided into everyone's hands, Lei Qi will not lose too much to them. I just hope that there will be some battles to fight in the next two years!"
After Ashnadur finished speaking, he saw Princess Hengyang waving to him quietly.
"Brother hasn't been drinking and eating meat. I'm afraid he's just talking. Brother, eat and drink first. I'll be back soon!"
Tuli Little Khan nodded in a daze, his mind already filled with Ashinadur's words.
That said, I hope there will be some battles to fight in the next two years.
On the grassland, when do people want to fight?
There is not enough food for the winter, and there is not enough wine and meat. Go south to rob, and you can get supplies for the winter.
But once the water and grass are plentiful during the year, the sheep grow strong, and there are enough sheep to survive the winter. Under such circumstances, the entire grassland is unwilling to fight.
Usually some tribesmen are not willing because they can already survive the winter.
The leader of the tribe is also unwilling, because sending troops may not guarantee that they can get it back. Sometimes they may lose a lot of dried meat, and many tribesmen may die.
Especially in good years, when there is enough food, we dare not act rashly.
Because the tribesmen have no desire for loot and no desire to fight, they only want to grab things and save their lives.
If the wealth Asnadur mentioned is true, then he is already very wealthy.
Under such circumstances, he still longed to fight.
Little Khan Tuli felt a faint feeling of fear in his heart.
If the entire Tang army is like this, then who are the enemies around Datang now?
The Turks are not yet friends of the Tang Dynasty, but they are barely considered enemies for the time being. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)