Thank you, Your Majesty the Governor, for your monthly pass from Brother Xiaolang!
Thanks for the boat!
I wanted to post a few more chapters today, but Xiaofuan is feeling a little unwell and the store is quite busy, so I am not satisfied with even a few chapters!
I attended the wedding of a friend from Tsinghua University. He is a highly educated person and is picky about details. Xiaochuan had to handle it carefully!
However, let’s spoil it in advance! This Sunday, the book will usher in the second strong wind, and the boat will definitely work hard to break out!
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Having been at war with the Manchus for many years, Liu Ruyi was naturally familiar with Mongolian attire!
However, Liu Ruyi was also a little stunned by the tribal leaders who appeared in front of her. Because Liu Ruyi had never seen such weird clothes before!
These tribal leaders are probably in their forties or fifties, and are considered to be in their prime. The wind and sand in the desert invade all year round, making their skin very rough, with ravines on their faces. However, they are all tall and their bodies are
As strong as a calf, showing a natural toughness!
They were wearing simple coarse cloth and their waists were tied with animal skins. Although their appearance was simple, Liu Ruyi saw that their necks, wrists, and ankles were all wrapped with a large number of gold ornaments!
The most surprising thing is their hairstyle!
Unlike the 'wild boar skin' of the Manchus, nor the 'one size fits all' of the Mongols, their heads were also shaved smoothly, but on both sides of the temples and on the back of their heads, there were densely packed braids!
At first glance, this looks a bit like the Mongolian attire from the Mongol and Yuan Empires, but upon closer inspection, there is a big difference!
The Manchus had money braids, and the Mongolians mostly had double braids in a 'U' shape facing the sky, but these people had countless small braids that naturally hung downward!
Although he couldn't figure out who they were at the moment, Liu Ruyi could clearly judge at this time that they were definitely not Mongolians or Manchus!
Otherwise, according to the relationship between the Manchu and Mongolian families, they would never stay in such a place where birds don’t poop!
Even though this oasis is fat and lush, at a glance, you can still understand that this place, deep in the desert, is just a tiny place after all!
The Mongols are nomadic and the Jurchens are hunting!
Along the way to this oasis, Liu Ruyi could clearly feel that there were not many livestock here, and wild animals were extremely rare. What was more, he saw many small fishing boats in the lake. Obviously, they were more
Most of them make a living by fishing!
This is impossible for the Mongols!
On the contrary, if it were a Jurchen, it would be even more impossible!
After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had established a state and conquered almost all the surrounding Jurchen tribes. They were the masters. Since they were the masters, who would be willing to survive in a place like this?
Liu Ruyi looked at these tribal leaders with great interest. However, these tribal leaders were also looking at Liu Ruyi carefully. Neither of them spoke first!
However, Liu Ruyi's troops were pressing down on the territory, but this tribe only had less than 3,000 people. Under the invisible pressure, a tribe leader spoke first, "Dear guest, I don't know why you came to our hometown.
What are you doing?"
What surprised Liu Ruyi was that these people actually spoke fluent Chinese. Although they had a slight Liaodong accent, they spoke with perfect accents!
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but open her eyes slightly. This matter is getting more and more interesting!
"Haha! It's a long story that Liu came to this fairyland! However, the lake here saved my life. This is fate destined by God!" Liu Ruyi looked at this end.
He glanced at him and smiled slightly.
The man on the other end was stunned, and his tense face relaxed slightly, "This lake is a gift from Allah! Since the distinguished guests have also received the gift of Allah, then we are not enemies!"
After he finished speaking, he smiled meaningfully at Liu Ruyi!
Liu Ruyi also laughed loudly, turned over and dismounted, and raised his hands to these leaders, "My army and I entered the noble realm rudely, it is really an accident! However, since the leaders can speak Chinese, they must know,
We are the army of the Ming Dynasty, so we will not be enemies with you! However, if we want to leave your territory as soon as possible, I am afraid that the help of your leaders will be indispensable!"
After the test, Liu Ruyi revealed his intention, and these leaders finally felt relieved!
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The conversation that followed became much more enjoyable instantly!
Through the narrations of these leaders, Liu Ruyi finally confirmed his judgment that this tribe is not Mongolian or Jurchen, but the descendant of the Khitan people of Liao Dynasty!
However, they are not pure descendants of the Liao Kingdom, but descendants of the Western Liao people, descendants of Yelu Zhilugu, the queen of the Western Liao Dynasty, and believe in Islam!
Back then, after the Song and Jin Dynasties joined forces to destroy the Liao Dynasty, the Khitan royal family Yelu Dashi led the remaining soldiers and fled to the Western Regions and established the Western Liao Dynasty. However, the good times did not last long. With the rise of Mongolia in the era of Genghis Khan, all living beings in this land were destined to die.
Be trembling!
At the beginning of the 13th century, as Yelu Zhilugu, the queen of the Western Liao Dynasty, was captured alive by the Mongolian army, the Western Liao Dynasty also came to an end.
Subsequently, the Khitan people living in Xiliao were driven out of their homes like pigs and sheep, and became rootless drifters!
But the Khitan people of this era are very different from their ancestors!
Due to the proximity to the Western Regions and the spread of Islamic culture, although the Khitan people of this era lacked some of the bravery of their ancestors, their thinking was much more open-minded than their ancestors!
They had no land, no cattle or sheep, so they had to work hard and become hard labor in the caravans!
After a hundred years of development, these hard laborers gradually developed into prairie brokers, with trade as their main means of living!
But these Khitan people have never forgotten the land where their ancestors lived. They try their best to hope to return to their hometown again!
And Yelu Hai, the leader of this tribe, is relatively successful!
About three hundred years ago, his ancestors paid 10,000 taels of gold to the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty to purchase this oasis in the desert as a place to stay!
Because the Mongolians would never give the grassland to low-class people like the Khitans, but this oasis was dispensable, and the high price of ten thousand taels of gold was really worth it!
Of course, the oasis back then was only very small. It was only after dozens of generations of operation by Yelu Hai’s ancestors that it reached its current scale!
The Mongols thought it was worth the money, but Yelu Hai's ancestors thought it was worth more!
Because, more than three hundred miles to the east from this oasis, is the upper capital of the Khitan Dynasty, which is later known as Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia. But right now, it is the sphere of influence of the Horqin tribe!
Yeluhai also explained to Liu Ruyi the reasons for the formation of this oasis. From here, dozens of miles to the north and across the edge of the desert for about ten miles, is the southern slope of the Greater Khingan Mountains!
Every year, in summer, the snow water from the Daxinganling glaciers melts and flows through the underground river into the Moon Lake, making the lake always full!
The people of Yeluhai planted a large number of trees on both sides of the lake to control the advancement of the desert, and this is how they achieved the scale of this oasis!
Yeluhai and his people are here, always watching over their spiritual hometown!
When Liu Ruyi heard this, she asked: "Haha, brother Yeluhai, you said that you are businessmen, but here, surrounded by desert, how can you maintain transactions with the outside world?"
Yelu Hai suddenly laughed after hearing this, "Your Majesty General, although the desert blocks traffic, it provides shelter for my people! I have shops in the capital of your Ming Dynasty and Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty.
, we are always in touch with the world!”
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but secretly curse, 'He is indeed a profiteer!'
These styles are quite similar to those of the wealthy Arab businessmen of later generations!
"I would like to ask, brother Yeluhai, are your ancestors not pure Khitans?" Liu Ruyi suddenly laughed.
Yelu Hai laughed loudly, "My great-great-great-grandmother was the daughter of a wealthy Persian businessman. It is precisely because of her existence that we have the foundation we have today!"
After Yelu Hai finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Ruyi solemnly, and then said: "General, I am just a businessman! My people and I will not be enemies with anyone! Therefore, since you, General, are destined to live in our world,
In this land, we will provide you with the help we can! But, I hope you, general, will not hurt us!"
Liu Ruyi nodded, "You can rest assured about this! Brother Yeluhai, although I am a soldier, I am also a businessman! In my creed, there are only ever-increasing friends, but no ever-increasing enemies! I am very willing to cooperate with you
You become a friend, and I am willing to do my best to provide you with the help I can! It’s just..."
Liu Ruyi said and glanced at Yelu Hai.
How could Yeluhai not know what Liu Ruyi meant? He hurriedly whispered a few words to the leaders around him, and they quickly retreated knowingly!
Xiao Liuer also waved his hand, signaling the soldiers around him to leave.
Soon, only Liu Ruyi and Yelu Hai were left by the quiet lake!
Liu Ruyi picked up a branch and gently fiddled with the clear lake water, causing ripples!
"Brother Yeluhai, you must have guessed my intention when I come here this time! I never like to leave trouble when doing things! In my world, there are only friends and enemies, but, I don't know, you
Do you want to be my friend, or do you want to be my enemy?"
Yeluhai's expression changed. He had long heard that the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty were entangled in Liaodong recently. He thought that this geomantic treasure land of his was protected by the desert and was as stable as a paradise. But who would have thought that he would actually encounter this?
To Liu Ruyi, the 'broom star!'
"General, you know that we are weak and have always remained neutral in the battles between all parties! It is absolutely impossible for my tribe to fight for you on the battlefield! You know, there are many people in our tribe who
The men are all doing business all over the world, and the people living here are women and children, and they can't help you!"
After Yeluhai finished speaking, he looked nervously at Liu Ruyi's reaction!
Liu Ruyi laughed loudly, "Brother Yeluhai, I am a general of the Ming Dynasty and an upright soldier. How can I do the perverse things of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties? You can rest assured about this!"
What Liu Ruyi said was naturally referring to the Qing Dynasty’s ‘armored men’ system!
This is what makes Yelu Hai most afraid!
After all, his tribe has only a small population, but it really cannot withstand the torment of war!
Fortunately, the existence of this desert allows them to maintain contact with the outside world without being easily discovered!
Yelu Hai thought for a long time and then slowly said: "Your Majesty General, I don't know, what do you need us to do for you?"