"Prince Taiping, there is no food supply in the Central Plains. Now the price of food in Datong Prefecture has increased tenfold. With the current price of food in Datong Prefecture, the cattle, sheep, horses, furs and other goods we seized cannot be exchanged for much food..."
Before Wei Wei finished speaking, he could already feel the anger of the two elders in front of him, and they looked a little frightened.
Originally from Youzhou, he was kidnapped by the Khitans and brought to Linhuang Mansion fifteen years ago.
He still had a wife and children at home, but he did not want to live in Khitan, so he planned to escape and was caught by the Khitan people.
The Khitan did not do well to the people who were kidnapped and brought to Linhuang Mansion. They gave them fields and helped them build houses to live in.
But for a restless Han like him, the punishment was extremely severe and he was exiled to Mobei as a sheep-herding slave. He even became lame on the way to the exile.
Relying on the cultural skills he learned in the Central Plains, Wei Wei was reused by Yelu Sage and was responsible for logistical calculations.
He knew that Yelu Sage was moody and shrank his head in fear.
Yelu Sage's first reaction was that the Central Plains people were sitting on the ground and raising the price, and cursed: "How can this be unreasonable? You know that the Southerners are not the same thing..."
Wei Wei said tremblingly: "It was the granary in Taiyuan Prefecture that caught fire, and most of the grain used for trade with us was burned. During the time when the king sent troops, the tribes in the north were all grabbing grain in Datong Cloud. The price increased tenfold.
I can’t buy enough.”
The northern grasslands are not only Mongolian, there are many other tribes.
Winter came early this year, and some tribes have already been eyeing the grain shipped from the Central Plains to the Northland this year.
When they learned that there was a fire in Taiyuan and the food supply was only 20% of the previous time, all the tribes became red-eyed and started to loot like crazy.
Vendors, whether overt or covert, have raised the price by more than ten times.
When they came back from this robbery, their shit was really hot.
Yelu Sage's face was gloomy. The Taiyuan fire was burning at the wrong time.
Wu's beggar had a sullen face.
Yelu Sage felt something bad and shouted: "An Da!"
Ever since Wu's beggar heard that the supplies he had plundered had been returned intact at the expense of eight hundred tribesmen, he didn't say a word, but clenched his hands into fists and trembled slightly.
Hearing the call of his good brother, Wu Shi's beggar turned around.
Seeing the anger that was almost bursting out of Wu's beggar's eyes, Yelu Sage's eyes showed a bit of embarrassment.
Wu's beggar suppressed his anger and said word by word: "Okay, very good. If he doesn't sell it, I will rob it. If you anger the hungry wolves, you must let them know the consequences of letting the hungry wolves hunt around you."
He said and turned around to leave.
After taking three steps, he didn't look back and just said: "If An Da is in trouble, there is no need to get involved. I will summon many tribes to act together."
He left these words and left in a hurry.
Since the first heavy snowfall, the following days will get colder and colder.
The Kelie tribe alone cannot compete with the Central Plains. They have to call on all the tribes in Zubu, plus some friendly tribes, to form an alliance army within this limited time. Only then can they hope to fight against the Central Plains.
Yelu Sage's face was tangled for a while, and he cursed, "Damn it, do it."
He picked up the horn and blew it "woo woo woo".
At the same time, Yelu Dilie, who was far away in Datong Prefecture, kept twitching his eyelids, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse.
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"Why hasn't there been any news?"
He waited for news from the north.
How long has it been since you were so irritable?
Yelu Dilie thought about it carefully. The last time he was so anxious was when the Khitan was first divided and was crushed by all aspects.
Afterwards, I received support from Zhongyuan, and my life was so comfortable that I no longer knew what trouble was.
Until recently, there was a fire in Taiyuan, and the Central Plains had been fighting for years. There was insufficient food and grass storage, and there was no food to sell to the north. Yelu's enemies were fierce and it was difficult to fight.
Over the years of trading with each other, Yelu Dilie knew that not only himself, but also many tribes in the north were gradually relying on the food sold in the north of the Central Plains.
This sudden shortage of food, at this sensitive time of winter, will be a big blow to many tribes in the north, and will put many tribes who rely on food from the Central Plains for winter into desperate situations.
Yelu Dilie is a Khitan and knows the habits of the grassland peoples very well.
Once encountering bad weather and unsustainable conditions, as long as someone takes the lead, a huge plundering force will be formed and headed south.
"It's not good!" Xiao Dagan ran over panting: "Your Majesty, there is news from the north that King Taiping is already gathering troops."
"Asshole! I know the boss is unreliable and only thinks about himself."
Yelu Dilie scolded him in an extremely corrupt manner: "You are a wolf-hearted person. If I hadn't been the one to deal with it, would he have thought that the Emperor of the Central Plains would be so kind as to sell the grain to him? Now that something unexpected has happened, he has turned his back and refused to recognize anyone. What the hell."
He vented his anger.
Xiao Daqian couldn't help but said: "We shouldn't have traded with them on equal terms in the first place. We didn't care at all."
The position of your butt determines your thoughts.
In the eyes of the beggars of the Yeluqu Sage and Wu clans, the Central Plains were evil-hearted. Through unequal trade, they exchanged rice, salt, and leather clothes for their cattle, horses, sheep, and leather.
But in the eyes of people like Yelu Dilie and Xiao Daqian, this is the kindness shown by the Central Plains.
The Central Plains imperial court was completely self-sufficient, but they sold the food they had worked hard to cultivate, and the price was so cheap. This allowed the northerners to survive every winter safely.
This is a great achievement.
Compared with the prices paid by merchants for smuggling in the past, the prices offered by the Central Plains court were truly conscientious.
As for the food shortage this time, it was actually caused by the irresistible fire, and it was not the intention of the Central Plains to cut off their food.
Could it be that all these years of hard work were in vain just because of a small accident?
Yelu Di Lieutenant really looked down on Yelu Sage's style of putting on pants and turning his back on others.
After scolding him like he was venting his anger, Yelu Dilie suppressed his anger and said: "Mr. Ma is very eloquent. Let Mr. Ma go to the north to persuade King Taiping..." As he said this, he suddenly thought that his elder brother did not like Han people, so he changed his mind.
He said: "Forget it, you'd better go and find out in person. You must persuade Taiping Prince Shaoan not to be impatient. As a brother, I will try my best to help him solve the food issue. Don't get hot-headed and do things that cause discord between brothers."
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Xiao Daqian went without hesitation.
The matter was urgent, so Xiao Daqian took only a few personal followers, one man and three horses, and traveled day and night. That night, he arrived at the Jiujiuquan stronghold where Yelu Sage was located, and met with the Taiping King Yelu Sage.
Xiao Daqian said: "Xiaozhi is based on emotion, and action is based on reason." What he said is that the mouth is dry and the tongue is dry.
Yelu Sage did not listen to Xiao Daqian's persuasion, but said to Xiao Daqian who stopped to take a breath: "Go back and tell the fourth brother that I, the eldest brother, don't want to fight with him. I don't need him to follow me.
Let's work together. As long as he remains neutral, we will be allowed to pass and arrive at Yanmen Pass. I can guarantee that neither one of them nor one of his sheep will be harmed."