"Your Highness, please take care of me. I will provide the daily needs for the people."
Leader Mulun's attitude was quite acceptable, but he felt a little disdain for Kitano Hongming in his heart.
As the crown prince of a country, you should know whether your words can suppress the situation.
If you can't suppress it, just don't say it at all. Now that you're tough, be tough to the end. Can he really do something to the prince?
Kitano Hongming is acting like this now, which is really a slap in the face.
Leader Mulun had rarely had the opportunity to deal with Kitano Hongming alone before. This time, he actually knew how much he weighed, and he was just a strong man on the outside.
Although Kitano Hongming sat back, there was a hint of sternness in his eyes. When the national master's plan started to be implemented, he might as well eradicate the Mulun tribe together.
What's the point of coming to a tribe that can't even show superficial respect?
Chu Wenjin drank tea and watched the two men fight, and gained a better understanding of the situation in the Northern Barbarian Kingdom.
The leader of Mulun has come to invite him:
"Chu Shangshu, I will take you to see other herbs, maybe there are some you can like."
"Okay, here's the leader of Lao Mulun."
Before Chu Wenjin left the house, he deliberately smiled and bowed his head at Kitano Hongming, which was very polite! But Kitano Hongming was so angry that he was so angry.
If this isn't a show off after success, what is it?
Kitano Hongming closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths to prevent his blood from rising. Finally, by the time the two came back from reading the herbal medicine, it was already dark.
The leader of Mulun served them simple meals. It was not easy for the northern barbarians to have a homely meal.
However, there was an extra soup in front of Kitano Hongming. He took a sip and immediately tilted his head and spit it out.
"Poof! Poof! What is this?"
Kitano Hongming wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and frowned, looking at a few roots in the clear soup.
I thought it was something nourishing like ginseng, so I specially treated it to him.
Who would have thought that it was bitter and astringent, with a smell of rotten grass and earth mixed with it.
Leader Mulun introduced:
"Your Highness, this is what your people use to satisfy their hunger. I hope that after eating a few meals, Your Highness will understand my painstaking efforts to contradict the Crown Prince."
He said to Chu Wenjin again:
"Chu Shangshu has come all the way, you're welcome, eat well!"
Kitano Hongming looked at the other food on the table. Leader Mulun, what does this mean?
Could it be that this disgusting bowl of grass root soup was the only thing on this table, meant for his dinner?
Chu Wenjin has already picked up the chopsticks.
"Then I won't delay Prince Kitano from experiencing the sufferings of the people. I will take care of these appetites for you."
He first picked up a cup of steaming milk tea, took a sip, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, it has a rich and fragrant taste and is delicious."
Who doesn't like having their things praised? Even if he knew that the praise was a bit exaggerated, Leader Muren would still be happy.
"Master Chu, try this dried meat again."
Kitano Hongming asked with a stern face:
"Since there are livestock, why don't the people eat their meat and drink their milk, but drink boiled water from grass roots that is difficult to swallow?"
Leader Mulun simply laughed out loud.
"Livestock and the milk they produce can be exchanged for silver, grain, salt, pots and pans, and all the necessities of life. Even livestock that have died of freezing must be eaten first by soldiers and people who go out hunting."
If you kill all the livestock and eat them, you can have enough food and clothing for a few days, but then what? What else can the people do for a living? How is this different from killing chickens to get eggs? Your Highness, please don't imitate the foolish king, why not eat minced meat."
Kitano Hongming's face turned red and white.
I don’t know if it’s because of his own shallowness and shame, or because he’s angry at being criticized so bluntly.
"I'm not hungry, so Shangshu Chu should eat less. This is life-saving food for the people. We'll start our journey early tomorrow morning!"
Kitano Hongming became angry and stood up to leave the table.
It's better to get to the Iron Wolf Tribe earlier. Among these large tribes, the Iron Wolf Tribe is the closest to the royal family.
When the envoy saw that the prince had all gotten up and left, he did not dare to stay any longer, so he quickly got up and followed Kitano Hongming.
After the two of them walked away, leader Mulun apologized to Chu Wenjin.
"Don't worry, Shangshu Chu. Fortunately, you sent the grain in time. Otherwise, we might really have to slaughter the livestock."
Chu Wenjin looked at the bowl of grass root soup that Kitano Hongming disliked and asked:
"Is this grass root soup really what the people of the Northern Barbarians eat every day?"
Leader Mulun looked at Chu Wenjin's young and handsome face and praised:
"Although Shangshu Chu is young, he has a keen eye. People do cook grass root soup to satisfy their hunger every day, but it is not this kind of grass root, but a kind of sweet taste. Drinking one meal a day can help you survive this lean time.
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The two looked at each other, smiled, and continued eating.
Because Beiye Hongming said that he would set out early in the morning, the leader of Mulun ordered people to decorate the herbs overnight so that Chu Wenjin could see them.
As soon as it was dawn, Kitano Hongming was already fully dressed and ordered the bodyguard to call Chu Wenjin to his feet.
Chu Wenjin didn't waste much time this time. After checking that the herbs were correct, he set off with Kitano Hongming.
He also wanted to see how the Iron Wolf tribe was doing now.
"Prince Bei Ye, I heard that your father is very fond of the Iron Wolf Tribe and gave the former site of the China Tribe to the Iron Wolf Tribe. Is this possible?"
Kitano Hongming glanced sideways at Chu Wenjin.
"I didn't expect that Chu Shangshu knows a lot about our Northern Barbarian Kingdom."
His words were meant to be sarcastic, but Chu Wenjin could still answer them.
"I am a businessman after all. When I travel around, I will always know some interesting things."
Kitano Hongming now gets angry when he hears the word "businessman". Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce! Is being a businessman so worth showing off to Chu Wenjin?
Chu Wenjin actually stepped forward to persuade him:
"Prince Beiye, please don't get so angry. Since I already know that Prince Beiye doesn't like trade between the two countries, I will just be honest when I get to the Iron Wolf Tribe."
"That's good!"
Beiye Hongming snorted in his heart. He was really not stupid. He knew that he was going to the real hinterland of the Northern Barbarians, so he didn't dare to jump up and down to buy it, right?
A few days later, as soon as they entered the Iron Wolf tribe, they felt that the atmosphere was wrong. White flags could be seen hanging everywhere, and everyone was wearing linen clothes and tied with white cloth strips.
Who died? Kitano Hongming's heart tightened. Everyone in the tribe could pay tribute to him. Could it be that the leader of the Iron Wolf clan died?
He turned his head to look at the envoy, who also shook his head. He didn't know, and the emperor never mentioned it to him.
Kitano Hongming walked in with an anxious mood, and finally someone came out to greet him.
But there was only one woman with several half-year-old children. She was the wife and children of leader Iron Wolf.
"His Royal Highness, you are finally here. We have been waiting so hard. The leader died unjustly. I beg you to find out the cause of death for the leader and make decisions for us orphans and widows!"
Kitano Hongming's mind buzzed, the person who died was actually the leader of Iron Wolf?