The inn where Xia Xun and Ximenqing stayed was called "Yuelai Inn", this name is very common, and you can find an inn with this name in almost any big city, but they do not belong to the same owner.
The name Yuelai is taken from the sentence of Confucius: "If you have friends from afar, you will be happy."
As a result, it became the favorite name of the innkeeper.
But in a city, of course, there can only be one inn with this name, so naturally whoever uses it first is whoever uses it.
Because of this, people who often walk outside know that the one who can call the Yuelai Inn must be the oldest inn in the city, and the oldest inn may not be the inn with the highest specifications, but it must be a more regular place.
When Xia Xun and Ximenqing checked in, it was already dark, and as soon as the moon and night fell, it was not suitable for those who were blind to go out shopping, so the two of them simply ate something in the inn, and asked for two bath buckets, adjusted the water temperature, and came to a barrel bath beautifully.
When the two people were soaking in the hot water and closing their eyes to recuperate, the last bus of the day of the Four Seasons Car Company arrived before the city gate was locked, and the guests on the car came down to look for accommodation one after another, and two of them did not choose an inn to stay in, but began to inquire about the whereabouts of a person named Gao Sheng and a person named Xia Xun from house to inn.
The inn would not have casually told the information of the guests to others, but these two merchants carried the waist card of the official of Jinan Prefecture, and with this brand, they had the right to ask the inn for all the guest information they needed.
Finally, they got what they wanted at the Joy Inn, and soon, they also moved into the inn, and the shopkeeper of the Joy Inn, along with the two men in the know, were given a gag order forbidding them to reveal their true identities.
Their public identities are: Wang Ming, Wang Siyuan, uncle and nephew, Jinan businessman.
The next morning, Ximenqing went out, he had to contact the various vehicles that came separately, and he also had to meet with people outside the customs, these secret relationships were all the ways that his father and son had worked hard for many years, so it was naturally inconvenient for Xia Xun to know, although Xia Xun had never done business, he also knew these rules, not to mention that he wanted to do it only once, and all the subsequent transactions were thrown to the black pot expert surnamed Cao, so he didn't want to solve these things.
Xia Xun waited until noon in the inn, Ximen Qingxing rushed back, and when he saw him, he said: "The winter grain over there is urgent, and they are in a hurry to trade, they have already sent a messenger over, I have made an appointment with the place, tell him to wait there, go, let's go now."
When Xia Xun heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the inn with Ximenqing.
At this time, Beiping is naturally very different from Yanjing after more than 600 years in his impression, even if it is very different from the appearance of Yongle after moving the capital and rebuilding Beiping, despite this, every move, every eye, what you see and hear, will still give people a feeling of being a majestic city in the world.
There are many kinds of people of color in the streets, so that you know that this city is implicated in the world.
From time to time, a few elephants will walk leisurely past you with their proboscis fling, which are all raised by the Yuan people who believe in Buddhism, and were abandoned here when they fled from the capital.
From time to time, a group of officers and men in sonorous armor would pass by, and the queue would be neat and murderous, but the residents of the city had become accustomed to it, and those who were hawking continued to sell, and those who went shopping continued to shop, and they were not disturbed in the slightest.
This is the capital of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years in the future, which does not cut the land, does not pay for it, does not call the ministers, does not make peace with relatives, guards the country by the Son of Heaven, and the king dies in Sheji Walking in the market, Xia Xun's eyes were full of novelty and his heart was full of emotion.
Ximenqing is not the first time to come, he has no intention of enjoying the scenery, just lead Xia Xun forward, the place where the two sides meet is in the backyard guest room of a leather store, there is a sign hanging at the door, Xia Xun glanced at it carefully, it is written "Xie's leather goods".
Ximenqing took Xia Xun into the store, whispered a few words to the shopkeeper, and was immediately let into the backyard, where there was a big man waiting in the backyard guest room.
Although this person is wearing a Han costume, and his hairstyle and dress are also dressed according to the habits of the Han people, his thick eyebrows, curly beard, high nose bridge, and sharp eyes can still make people faintly see the breath of a grassland man.
As soon as he saw Ximenqing, he got up and hugged his fists and said in slightly stiff Chinese: "Brother Gao came so fast, this must be Brother Xia Xun Xia that Brother Gao said." ” Xia Xun also saluted: "It's in the next, I don't know what Your Excellency will call" Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Brother Xia, this hero's name is Lakshen, and he is a close confidant of Lord Tiechina, the patriarch of the Hara Manglai tribe.
Rakshen, this is the Xia proprietor who wants to buy a large amount of fur and animal tendons from you.
Xia Dongzhu is rich and powerful in Shandong, and there is a very hard backer behind him, he not only needs a large number of goods this time, but will continue to buy from you in the future, you can take this line, and your ministry will be much better in the future. ” A happy smile appeared on Lakshin's face: "Oh, yes, yes, I've heard from the person who informed me of my coming. ” Rakshin let the two of them into their seats, but he stood upright, without even saying a polite word, and immediately said straight to the point: "Nikosu Keqi Khan has always hoped to fight back to the Central Plains and regain the capital.
And your Royal Highness King Yan of the Ming Kingdom is very powerful, he has defeated our Great Khan's army every time, and he has driven it far away.
They fought back and forth, and our small tribes, who only guarded a small piece of grassland and had no strength to migrate, suffered.
We have no salt, no rice, no cloth, no iron pots, no medicinal herbs, and it is very difficult for us to survive, and there are not many people in the prime of our tribe, and most of the people left behind are old people, women and children, who are weak and will starve to death if they have no food to eat; If you don't have clothes to wear, you will freeze to death; Without medicinal herbs, it is easy to die of illness. ” He said as he aggravated his tone with a powerful movement: "We don't care about these hellish wars, he just wants our people to live well, he wants us to graze every day with whips and happy songs, and we can provide you with all the furs and tendons you want, these are the best materials for making armor and crossbows, but I want to know how much money you can give us, and I must explain in advance, you want so many goods at once, There's no way I can get it in, you'll have to figure it out yourself. ” Xia Xun wanted to laugh when he heard it, is this also a businessman, I haven't done much, he first took out all his hole cards, this price is not to let me press like him to do business, isn't it going to suffer a big loss, but only so, Xia Xun can't bear to push the price too low, the money is from the King of Qi, and the other party is a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who are waiting to be fed, Xia Xun is really ruthless from their mouths A mouthful of porridge, a piece of cloth to deduct the few pennies.
Xia Xun had a little kind thoughts, the other party was asking for someone, and the two sides quickly finalized the price with the help of Ximenqing, Ximenqing said with a smile: "Lakshen, to be honest, this price is indeed lower, but you also know that it is we who are responsible for bringing the goods in. ” Rakshen nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand, those who are officials are more greedy than jackals." ” Ximenqing said with a smile: "I know that what you need most is tea, cloth, food and medicine, but in order not to attract people's eyes, we didn't bring physical goods this time, and the transaction is mainly with treasure money, which is no problem."
Lakshen frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said happily: "There is no problem with the treasure money of the Ming Dynasty, it also works with us, we can use the treasure money to buy things from the Jurchens, and there are many Han merchants in the west, they trade with us, but they are not very willing to accept these things that are difficult to carry and difficult for them to sell, we have money, we can directly buy food and medicinal materials from them."
Besides, the people who came by car can also use the money to buy some things that are commonly used near Beiping, and then quietly transport them back. ” Xia Xun smiled and said, "Okay, then you can inform your patriarch to prepare the goods." ” Rakshen glared at the bull's eye and said, "When do you want you to be able to transport it in?"
Xia Xun said: "Let's do these things."
You just need to be ready, and as soon as you have the news, you can ship the goods immediately."
Lakshin patted his chest and said, "No problem, our things are ready for a long time and can be shipped out at any time" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I have a gift here, which our patriarch wants to give to our distinguished Xia Xun friend." ” He turned around, strode to the wall, and took a large package from the chair, the burden looked tattered, but as soon as it was opened, Xia Xun and Ximenqing's eyes were bright, such a beautiful fox fur, three fox furs, all fiery red, like a flame, the palm of the hand gently stroked it, and immediately felt its softness and warmth.
Lakshin held the three flame-like fox skins in his arms and said solemnly to Xia Xun: "Our lord said that it was the honorable you who saved our tribe.
Otherwise, in this cold winter, our old men will starve to death, women and children will be taken captive as slaves by other tribes, and young men will become horse bandits who only know how to burn and plunder, and become a group of wild beasts with no surnames, and we will cease to exist.
This is the finest fire fox skin, caught by the best hunters, and the arrows only pierce its eyes, so that there is not a single scar left on the fur.
Even in our steppe, it is an extremely rare treasure, and Lord Tichina has asked me to bring it and present it to our most honored friend, our benefactor, please accept it. ” Lakshin folded his arms forward and bent down deeply.
Xia Xun smiled, very happily took the fire fox skin, he began to feel that this trip to Beiping was much easier than he expected, maybe he would soon be able to complete the mission, return to his hometown in fine clothes, marry a new daughter-in-law and go to the grassland of Hara Mang, sporadic snowflakes fluttering, melted before they fell to the ground.
The grassland in early winter looked like a lifeless wasteland, with large and small felt bags scattered across the field, and the largest one in the middle, the milky white felt tent, was the big tent of the chief of the Hara Manglai tribe.
At this time, the tent was full of elders and magnates in the clan, and the top one was the one who was alone at the table, and he was wearing a leopard skin jacket obliquely, and he had his hands on the case, his eyes were wide with anger, and he pounded the table and shouted: "Xi Yuba said, can you let me worry about whether you still have my father in your eyes and whether I am the patriarch."
For the survival of the whole clan, I finally contacted a big buyer in the Central Plains, who could pay us enough money to let our family survive the cold winter, you actually want to sabotage it, what do you want to do with those young people, don't think that I am old, dizzy, and deaf, and you think I don't know what you did behind my back."
Standing in front of him was an arrogant and untamed young man, facing his father in anger, he looked disapproving, and said: "Father, what you sold to the people of the Ming Kingdom are all things used to make fine ordnance, and they use these things to make sharp weapons, which in turn will be used on us.
If the Great Khan found out, would he let you go?"
Xiao Yue Tiechi waved his hand heavily, and said angrily: "Don't mention anything to me, our tribe is in a dilemma of life and death, when it was poor, where was he in the white disaster the year before last, when so many people in our tribe froze to death and starved to death, where is he I am the patriarch of the Hara Manglai tribe, I am only responsible for the men, women and children of this tribe, I just want my people to live."
What do you know about your hairy child, you are also like Erlebok, you can't forget to go back to the Central Plains, that's a dream, if we had this ability, we wouldn't have called people out in the first place."
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The young man laughed brighter and more arrogantly, like a young lion, standing in front of an aging lion king, his eyes widened, implying provocation and contempt: "Father, you are old, you are really old.
You gave your sons strong bodies, but you didn't give us a brave and strong heart, because you were so cowardly, but what you didn't give us, Immortal Heaven gave us.
Immortality has given us wisdom, courage, and strength. ” He glanced at him contemptuously, and said coldly: "Father, I don't think you are suitable to be the leader of our clan anymore, and I hope that Ba Yue is more qualified than you to lead our tribe, because the leader of our tribe is a lion, not a sheep. ” "Why do you beast, how dare you speak to me like this, you and I will banish you and drive you out of the tribe, you you" He was dizzy for a while, hurriedly took a few steps back, sat down with a few cases, and the young man stood proudly: "Father, as the head of a clan, you will only take us to escape, to escape from the Great Khan's conscription, to escape from the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, what is the result of fleeing for so many years We originally had 80,000 troops, and we were an extremely powerful tribe on the grassland, what has become of us now?"
His voice became louder and louder, glaring at his father viciously, approaching step by step: "My eldest brother Ha Yuba was killed in the battle with the Ming army, what were you doing at that time I was still very young, I have been following you, I can see it clearly, you have been urging the clansmen to flee quickly, you always say that the army is invincible, if we can fight, we will not be driven back to Saibei, your only means to protect the clansmen is to escape, that is the means used by the yellow sheep, who are we We are Genghis Khan's warriors, under the whole world, who can not be defeated" He suddenly raised his palms and sang in Mongolian in a majestic voice, as if he were out of an urn: "But I am the Great Khan, holding the banner and the banner."
There are no rivers and seas below, and no clouds are seen above.
There are no assuras in the heavens, and there are no spirits on the earth.
Up and down to earth, prostrate and solemn.
What a stupid clown, and dare to be a horseshoe" The impassioned singing echoed in the felt tent, and the tribal leaders who stood twice for a while were shocked, singing and singing, remembering the invincible majesty of the Dayuan army back then, and some people couldn't help but sing along.
He yelled in a very angry manner: "Shut up for me" The singing stopped abruptly, Xi Yuba laughed, he laughed for a while, and suddenly asked: "Father, do you know where my second brother Ulaanba has gone?"
He was wheezing, and his lungs were like bellows, making a shara sound: "Didn't you say that he went to the Great Khan?"
Xi Yuba smiled strangely: "It's okay to tell you now, yes, the second brother went to the Great Khan, but it was not Nikosu Keqi Khan, but a powerful khan in the west, that khan once said that although the world is big, it can't accommodate two monarchs, and he wants to be the king of the world."
After thinking about it, his eyes suddenly widened in horror, and he got up and said, "What did you say Ulaanba said that he defected to Timur the Cripple?"
Xi Yuba replied solemnly: "To be precise, to lure that cripple to the East."
He sat back on the felt, gasped a few times, and said in a hoarse voice: "What about you, what are you going to do like your second brother, to invite the guy who destroyed the four great khanates but claimed to be the heir of Genghis Khan back and be our khan."
"No, he is not the bloodline of the Golden Family, and he is not worthy to rule all our Mongols.
I think that with the present strength of our Great Khan, if only we can unite and not be like you who are cowardly and only know how to escape, we can restore our former glory.
I think that as long as I lead my people to the Great Khan and be used by the Great Khan, our people will no longer be as hungry as they are now. ” Xiao said Ti Chi sneered: "Childish, we are now these clansmen, the old and the young, it is simply a burden, and the Great Khan doesn't want to take it with him when he escapes, you go to him haha" Xi Yueba said sharply: "That's because we have been running away and have been cowards, so we have been abandoned by the Great Khan, and I am going to do one thing now, an earth-shattering thing" With a sinister smile on his face, he said, "As long as I succeed, the Great Khan will reuse me and take me in, so that we will no longer be wandering outcasts." ” "I am the head of the clan, and I will not allow you to do this."
Xi Yuba sneered: "Father, you have disappointed the clansmen, do you think they will still listen to your orders?"
He looked left and right, and saw only a pair of indifferent eyes, and his knees were weak, and he sat on the ground weakly.
To be continued: