Chapter 18 Want to be the sister of Mrs. Gao Ming (16)
On the official road outside the border city, a horse team was marching in the direction of King Yi's court. The horse team was led by two mounted guards, followed by an ordinary and wide carriage. However, if you look carefully, you can see that the horse carriage
The entire carriage is made of ebony.
Following closely behind the carriage were dozens of large wooden boxes escorted by dozens of guards. From the steady pace and steady breathing of these servants and guards, it could be seen that these servants and guards were all trained practitioners.
The breeze blew through the curtains of the carriage, vaguely revealing the figures of the two people inside the carriage.
It turned out that there was an old man and a young man. The old man was about 4 or 50 years old and had already grown a beard. The young man was wearing a dark blue robe with purple edges. His temples were like a knife, his eyebrows were like ink paintings, and he had a pair of high-pitched fox eyes.
The eyebrows and the face are like peach petals. Although he is angry and sometimes smiling, he is also angry and affectionate, giving people a cynical and romantic feeling. People can't help but admire him, what a beautiful man like a flower.
At this time, the man was leaning in the carriage as if he were boneless, chatting with the old man casually.
"Senior, we are quite well prepared this time. There should be no problems with the Yi people!" the young man asked the old man.
"Second Master, we have already contacted Yi Wang Surel and Ke's men. This time we brought 30,000 kilograms of grain seeds and hundreds of thousands taels of silver notes. I don't know how many horses we can exchange for!"
The elderly man reported the current situation to the man in front of him.
"It is said that the Yi people are generous and have no fuss, but this is not the case. Every year, we use grain and money to exchange stallions with these Yi people. It can be said that we have given them enough sweetness. But what they gave us
But the horses are all sick. In previous years, more than half of them would die before they were brought back to the city. Even if the rest were not dead, there would be no way to breed them. These barbarians are really good at calculating." He was called the Second Master.
The young man raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile.
"Hiss!" The old man took a breath of cold air and asked the second master to stop laughing. My heart couldn't bear it anymore. Normally, I would be stunned when I saw this perfect handsome face. But now when the second master smiles, my heart stops.
After a while, Erye's lethality really became more and more powerful.
"How about next year, let's try to replace it with uncooked grain seeds?" The elder calmed down, organized his words and spoke again.
I secretly slandered in my heart: The behavior of the barbarians is naturally disgusting, but the man in front of me is not an honest person.
The Yi people are good at raising horses, while the Han people are good at farming and handicrafts.
Both sides have what the other wants, so trade and exchange have become a natural thing, but in fact, neither side wants to make the other party's power stronger.
In the first year since the two parties established trading relations, the second master ordered people to scald all the grains used for trading in boiling water.
And he planned to wait until the King of Yi sent someone to question why the rice didn't sprout before telling him that their way of growing food was wrong.
The result coincided with what the King of Yi had done, and the King of Yi gave them all the problematic horses of his own tribe.
Therefore, a large number of horses died before being sent to the border towns. And the remaining horses could not be used as breeding foals due to various unspeakable reasons.
When the second master sent people to the royal court to question him, King Yi even said that the Jin people's way of raising horses was wrong.
So with the tacit understanding of both parties, this deal actually lasted for nearly five years.
In the past five years, both sides have been hoping that the other side will find out.
Even if you can't all use high-quality trading products, but have a mix of good and bad, or even a few fish slip through the net, it will be a good start.
But it turns out that this idea is just a good wish.
In fact, under the premise that neither party wants to suffer losses, this calculated transaction has been in a lose-lose situation.
"Give them uncooked grain? Then let them learn to grow grain, expand their race after having enough food and clothing, and finally invade the Jin Dynasty?" Er Ye snorted coldly.
"But the transaction we are doing now has no value and meaning!" The elder was a little depressed. He took risks to trade every year, but came back disappointed every year.
I bring a large army to change horses every year, and occasionally encounter robbers in the process. Although there are no casualties, it still seems to be a waste of people and money. I really don’t know what the second master is obsessed with.
The second master is not unaware of the current situation, but he actually has his own considerations in going to exchange horses with the foreigners every year.
The Yi people are good at animal husbandry, and no matter how they are bred, the horses of the Jin Dynasty are not as strong as the horses of the Yi people. They have also sent people to snatch horses. However, the Yi people are cunning, and most of the horses that can be placed near border towns have been processed.
There is no ability to reproduce at all.
I go deep into the opponent's royal court every year, and I also bring people who are good at raising horses with me. During this period, I have always wanted to observe how they herd horses, but I haven't found a clue so far.
"There will be a harvest one day. I heard that Daiqin's place has been very quiet recently!" The second master closed his fox eyes in disinterest.
"I've also heard about it. It seems that a group of elite soldiers under Dai Qin were defeated when they invaded the village. There has been no movement since then!" The elder also received information from four days ago.
"Oh, isn't it said that Dai Qin's soldiers and horses are the most elite among the Yi people? They were found in a village. Which village is so capable? This is quite interesting!" The second master opened his eyes again, but there was nothing.
Conceal your curiosity.
"I heard it was done by a passing hero." The elder told the second master according to the most reliable version he had heard.
"Oh! Please follow up. If you are from your own country, you can consider taking it for your own use." The second master thought for a while and said to the elder leisurely.
After seeing the elder nodding, he closed his eyes again to rest, leaving the elder to continue to stare at the second master's face in a daze.
There was no talking all the way, and the carriage continued to move forward.
And Jin Qing, who didn't know that she was already being taken care of, was completely heartbroken at this moment.
Jin Qing's pot is gone.
After the last time the stir-fried vegetables were contaminated, Jin Qing didn't come to clean them up quickly, and as a result, the burnt vegetable leaves stuck to the bottom of the pot.
Jin Qing tried to pull off the vegetable leaves with her hands, but she used too much force and the pot was broken.
In anger, Jin Qing rolled the iron pot into iron balls. Now that she had no food to eat, she had to live a life of barbecue every day again.
Sighing, Jin Qing took the nearly one-meter-long huge horse leg that had been cooked on the grill in his hand. Eat it, otherwise the feeling of hunger will be too painful!
The roasted horse legs are hard and woody, and the meat is sour and unpalatable, but now this is the only thing I can eat here.
He picked up the horse meat and took a bite. When Jin Qing stretched his neck and swallowed, he suddenly heard a roar: "God damn it, do you know what you are eating?"
