Yang Yuanqing only had a bitter smile in his heart. The last thing he wanted to see when he came to Qimin Khan's Ministry was Siduo. If this was the only gain from his trip, he would rather return empty-handed. Yang Yuanqing, who had just experienced the pain of parting, really
I don’t want to step into the same river again.
Asido flew over and hadn't seen her for more than half a year. She seemed to have grown taller and fatter. She had black hair tied on her head and her smile was bright enough to melt the cold winter.
"Yuan Qing, you are finally here!"
She made no secret of her inner excitement, and her pure mind could not tolerate anything else except the warrior in her heart.
Yang Yuanqing bowed to her on the camel and said with a smile: "Dear prairie swan, thank you for remembering me as an officer from a distant country. I am very willing to taste the manai wine you personally brewed and savor its sweetness.
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"I have, I brewed a lot, specially brewed for you, I will make you drunk in my tent." Wutu patted Yang Yuanqing on the shoulder and smiled: "We smell the brewed by Asdo every day
You have never had the chance to taste the fine wine, but she brewed so much wine for you that you can open a winery. Today we can finally take advantage of you and drink Asdo's fine wine."
The surrounding Turkic officers all burst into laughter. Asdo's face turned red with embarrassment, but her eyes became extremely bright with joy. She yelled at the Turkic officers: "I won't give it to you, I'll give it to you."
, just can’t get him drunk.”
The Turkic officers laughed louder and Asdo was shy and anxious. He glanced at Yang Yuanqing shyly and resentfully, turned his horse and galloped away.
Yang Yuanqing shook his head helplessly, but his politeness and politeness were regarded as courtship by this simple-minded prairie girl, which made his head ache.
At this time, a deep horn sounded in the snowy wilderness, a mighty group of cavalry appeared in the distance, and the golden wolf-headed flag fluttered in the wind. This was Qimin Khan's death.
"The Khan is coming!"
The Turkic officers stopped their horses and lined up on both sides. At this time, Yang Yuanqing had changed his horses. He urged his horses forward. He saw Rangan in a golden robe galloping towards him. He laughed from afar and said, "Noble grassland
Guest, I see you again!"
Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and bowed and saluted, "Wang Ying on the grassland, I grant the order of the Great Sui Sage Khan to express my sincere respect and greetings to you on his behalf."
As he spoke, he took a gold plate from a soldier and handed it to Ranqian, "This is a gift given to you by the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. I hope you will cherish it as much as you cherish your own eyes."
Ranqian knelt down and took the gold plate respectfully, "I will cherish it more than life!"
He stood up and raised the gold plate high. The sun shone on the gold plate and gave off a dazzling light. Tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers cheered. Rangan handed the gold plate to his entourage. He took Yang Yuanqing's hand and smiled: "Today
I will host a family banquet in the king's tent to entertain you. You are not only the envoy of the Sui Dynasty, but also my best friend Ranqian."
Although the Turkic Khan's family banquet did not have the pomp and courtesy of a grand banquet, it had a deeper meaning, which meant that the guests were the Khan's personal friends.
The dyed and dried Si people's tent is luxuriously decorated with thick carpets. Silks and porcelain from the Sui Dynasty can be seen everywhere, but the tableware and tableware are made of gold and silver vessels shipped from the West. The golden light shines, making the tent resplendent.
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Rangan's large family gathered together, and the table was filled with fine wines, fruits and barbecued meats, and rich dishes. Sitting around were his four sons and several daughters, as well as his five or six wives, but Yang Yuanqing
I was surprised to find that two important people did not come. One was Princess Kedun Yicheng of the Turks. She was the queen of the Turks and was absent from Ranqian's family dinner. The other was Asido, who also did not come.
Before the family banquet, Yang Yuanqing rested for an hour. What happened within the Turks during this hour?
He also found that his son-in-law Wu Wei had also become silent, completely lacking the high-spiritedness he had when he first met him. This made Yang Yuanqing keenly aware that behind Rangan's warm smile and warm hospitality, there seemed to be a hidden incompatibility between Yihe and others.
of indifference.
It is precisely in order to cover up this and indifference that Ranqian entertains himself with a higher-standard family banquet.
Ranqian's family members came up one by one to propose a toast to Yang Yuanqing, speaking warmly in praise and with sincere smiles, while Ranqian sat aside with a smile and whispered to another wife next to him from time to time.
"General Yang's archery skills have conquered the hands of our Turkic warriors, and I hope that the friendship brought by Yang Yuanqing will also conquer our hearts." Duoji, the eldest son of Ranqian, offered Yang Yuanqing a large bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
The language of Gehe's praise reminded Yang Yuanqing of a Turkic saying: 'An empty spoon has no taste in your mouth, and empty words have no taste in your ears...
This is indeed the case. There is no real content in these enthusiastic words of praise. They are like air floating by the ears. Even Ranqian's eldest son Duoji, who has always disliked himself, actually said beautiful words. This is
Yang Yuanqing began to doubt Ranqian's sincerity, but he didn't know what the problem was?
At this time, it was Utu's turn. He stared into Yang Yuanqing's eyes with a wine bowl and smiled: "General Yang has crossed the ice sea and snow plains to reach the Turkic tent. I hope that General Yang will bring friendship and wealth instead of war and distress."
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"Utu!"
Rangan's face sank and he scolded him: "How can you talk to an honored guest like this? If you drink too much, just go aside."
His wife Anuli quickly pulled Uttu over. Uttu smiled sheepishly and said, "It seems I really drank too much and am dizzy."
He drank all the wine in his bowl without saying a word.
Wu Tu's strange behavior and his toast made Yang Yuanqing suddenly understand what Wu Tu wanted to express to him, that is, never mention the matter of Xue Yantuo.
It seemed that Ranqian had guessed the purpose of his coming, which was about Xue Yantuo, and the Turks did not want to deal with Xue Yantuo together with him, or in other words, they did not want to go to war with Xue Yantuo at all.
At this moment, Yang Yuanqing completely understood that perhaps the internal intentions of the Turks were not unified. Some wanted to deal with Xue Yantuo, and some did not want to go to war with Xue Yantuo, so Ranqian refused to entertain him with national gifts. He was afraid that the master of the big tent would
The chief of Zhan proposed an alliance to deal with Xue Yantuo.
He did not allow Asdo to attend the family dinner because he was afraid that she would get close to him and reveal the secrets of the Turks.
After thinking about this, Yang Yuanqing stopped mentioning Xue Yantuo. He drank all the wine in the bowl and smiled at Rangan: "Khan may not know yet, but I have been appointed as the supervisor of Fengzhou Transportation City, in charge of the affairs of the general public.
The Sui Dynasty's trade with Turks and Tiele, the reason why I chose to come to Turks at this time is to discuss the arrangements for Chun Jima City with Turks in advance."
Rangan squinted his eyes and laughed. He would pretend not to understand anything about Xue Yantuo, but he liked to hear about trade.
"This is a good thing! General Yang, I really hope that trade will bring wealth to the Turks."
Seeing that Yang Yuanqing didn't mention Xue Yantuo's incident, Rangan breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his wine bowl and smiled: "It's an extremely cold winter today. The roads are blocked by heavy snow. All the tribesmen stayed at home. Two days ago, the chiefs of the tribe gathered together and everyone talked about...
…What things are missing and what things are abundant… Everyone agrees that there are too many cattle and sheep, and the warehouses are full of skins. There is a shortage of things from the Sui Dynasty, such as silk and porcelain. Everyone is looking forward to it, just waiting for spring to start.
, everyone went to the horse market to exchange goods...General Yang, did you bring anything good when you came this time?"
"I came this time...with three thousand pieces of brocade. Khan, I wonder which chiefs are interested?"
"Give me the brocade!"
The eldest son stood up aggressively and said: "I want all three thousand pieces of brocade, and I will exchange them for you with the best lambskins."
"Duji, you are too greedy. We have several brothers here, how can you take them all by yourself?
The brocade of the Sui Dynasty is now a hot commodity in Turks. Brocade is not a durable product like porcelain. It is a consumable. As the lives of the Eastern Turks gradually stabilized, they began to pay attention to the quality of life. Every bamboo, Turk
Women longed for a brocade from the Sui Dynasty to make clothes, and they complained in their husbands' ears. Getting a brocade became the task of almost every Turkic warrior, and appeasing the emotions of their men also became a headache for the Turkic chiefs.
When Yang Yuanqing suddenly announced that he had three thousand pieces of brocade, it immediately triggered a fight between Rangan Jijie and his sons. Each of his sons had their own tribe. The one who just expressed dissatisfaction was the third son Duxin. He and his elder brother
The relationship was not very good, and the two looked at each other angrily.
"Okay! I've been beaten..."
Ranqian waved his hand, interrupting the fight between his sons, "I will buy the brocade brought by General Yang, and I will share it with everyone when the time comes."
Rangan smiled again and asked Yang Yuanqing: "Did you bring anything good?"
"There is another thing, which is a gift from me to the Khan and the Turkic chiefs."
Yang Yuanqing opened a paper bag with him, and everyone looked over, "It's tea!" Rangan recognized it at once.
He had seen it at Princess Yicheng's place. Princess Yicheng would cook a little bit of it every day and taste it carefully. Rangan also drank it twice and couldn't taste it. When he saw that Yang Yuanqing actually took out the tea, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Yang Yuanqing understood in his heart and smiled at everyone: "This tea should actually be the treasure of the grassland people, but everyone still doesn't know its huge role."
"What will this thing do?"
Duo Ji asked with his hands crossed. He had no interest in tea, far less than his interest in brocade. At this time, tea was far from popular. Not to mention the grassland, even in the north of the Sui Dynasty, only wealthy families drank tea. But
But it has become popular in the south, so when Yang Yuanqing brought out tea as a gift, everyone felt sleepy.
"Its function is to relieve greasiness and remove dryness!"
Yang Yuanqing is like Yizhu, a salesman of later generations, patiently explaining to everyone, "Don't you get tired of eating beef and mutton and drinking nai wine every day? Not to mention the grassland people, we Sui soldiers are also the same. We are tired of eating beef and mutton.
"At first, everyone didn't know that tea has the effect of relieving tiredness. Later, they gradually learned that everyone can't live without tea. Every year, the imperial court sends a lot of tea to the army."
Seeing that everyone was doubtful, Yang Yuanqing poured a kilogram of tea leaves into the nai thief, grabbed a handful of salt, put it in, and boiled it on the fire. After a while, the guinea pig began to boil, and the whole tent was filled with the strong smell of nai tea.
After cooking for a while, he used a long-handled spoon to scoop out a bowl for everyone, and also scooped out a bowl for himself. He said with a smile: "You can give it a try. I will give you a few kilograms per person. If you think it is good, let me know."
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After all, Ranqian was a Turkic Khan and had more experience. He smelled the nai tea and asked: "I heard that the Khitans also drink tea. Is it to relieve the greasy taste of meat?"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded, "For this reason, the Khitan people have discovered the importance of tea to them, so merchants have begun to traffic tea there. This time I brought five hundred kilograms of tea to give to the Khan and the chiefs.
It’s a gift, I hope everyone can accept my favor.”
He picked up the nai tea and drank it slowly. He quickly finished the bowl of nai tea. Everyone was dubious and drank it slowly. From birth to death, eating beef and mutton for a long time caused physical fatigue.
For their whole lives, it would be a good thing if tea could relieve tiredness.
Yang Yuanqing also knew that it was impossible to see immediate results. It would take several days to have an effect. In order for Turks to form the habit of drinking tea, they must take the upper-level route. When an influential person discovers its effect, it will affect the surrounding people.
A large number of people, and then influence more people, it is like dominoes, as long as the first one falls, all will fall in the end, and the first and most critical domino is the Turkic Khan.
He has thousands of tons of tea there just to open up the huge market of the grassland. The Sui Dynasty had many prohibitions. You still can't make much money just by relying on porcelain and silk. You have to rely on new products. Tea and consumables are undoubtedly the most important.