Ashley was not willing to be wronged in a straight way, he kept the iron pot to the death, and argued loudly:

"This is what I picked up from the ground, I picked it up, not from the Shanbei people......"

Both of them spoke a language similar to Persian, and Ge Hongye had to understand what these people were saying from the interpreter, and after some negotiation and translation, he finally understood what was happening.

In the final analysis, it is the fault that iron tools are in short supply.

Of course, if the prime minister hadn't used this to buy people's hearts and calm down the resistance of the local herdsmen as soon as possible, he would have adopted the most direct means of distributing supplies, and there would not have been so many people gathered outside the city of Sylvan, so naturally there would not have been so much trouble.

But in Ge Hongye's view, the trouble was tolerable, or at least it became the most effective and direct means for the Shenwu army to communicate with the local herdsmen.

"Get up, don't lie on the ground and talk, isn't it just an iron pot?"

The iron pot, a must-have cookware in the Tang Dynasty, can be sold for a sky-high price on the grasslands of the Western Regions, and it will even cause death.

The reason why there is such a strange scene in this steppe is due to the Great Cannibals, after the Great Eclipse conquered the Persian homeland, a large number of barbarians in the Persian homeland, especially in the northern part of Khorasan, did not agree with the theocracy of the Great Cannibals, especially the poll tax imposed on the infidels.

The barbarians were nomadic, had no fixed residence, and could pay a poll tax on what they took, so the great cannibals creatively and regularly imposed men and women on these tribes to act as the so-called "poll tax".

The reckless plunder provoked a revolt from the tribes of northern Khorasan, who united with the Khazars in the north to attack Khorasan in the hope of driving out the great cannibals.

The Great Cannibals also took a cruel revenge on this, cutting off trade and not allowing a single piece of iron and a grain of grain to enter the grassland.

Over time, iron became a metal comparable to gold in this grassland.

In this way, it is understandable why tribes of all sizes near and far will come to Sylvan for tens or even hundreds of miles, just for an iron pot.

Ge Hongye waved his hand, and a soldier stepped forward to check the iron pot that Ashley was clinging to, and the bronze medal was strung with an iron ring along the upper piercing, and the bronze plate had a numerical number.

Each number and the voucher in the holder's hand are one-to-one correspondence, so this lawsuit is very simple, as long as you check it clearly, everything will be revealed.

"Don't worry, our Shenwu Army will not reverse black and white, if the iron pot is indeed a mistake, it can be distributed to you as appropriate. ”

Ge Hongye tried to stabilize the young man's emotions and distracted him by talking.

"What's your name and what tribe are you from?"

Although Ashley was disgusted by the soldiers who looked at the iron pot, he still restrained and cooperated in answering the questions of the Tang Dynasty officers.

"I'm a herdsman from Yeerbu, and my name is Ashley. ”

Ge Hongye nodded, Ye'er is a branch of the Sogdians, and it has a very close relationship with the Bada people, and has always been at odds with the Great Cannibals, and is one of the forces that the Shenwu Army has co-opted.

"Captain, it has been verified that the iron pot does belong to the people of Shanbei!"

When the interpreter asked Ashley to return the iron pot according to Ge Hongye's instructions, Ashley still held on to the iron pot and refused to let go of anything.

Ge Hongye rubbed his forehead, to be honest, he still had a good impression of this young and handsome herdsman, so he said:

"Isn't it just an iron pot, return them, I'll send you another mouthful!"

"Really?"

Ashley will be skeptical, but his hands are not so tight.

"Shenwu Army, when did you lose your words?"

Ge Hongye's rhetorical question was very confident and full of pride, they really did not say anything to anyone in this land.

The prime minister's use of "faith" as one of the foundations of the Shenwu Army's foothold in a foreign land seems to be very wise so far.

"Okay, I'll trust you, the iron pot will give you ......"

Ashley said the second half of the sentence to those Shanbei people, and at the same time threw the iron pot over, and the Shanbei people got the iron pot and left in a group.

In order to take into account the emotions of most people, Ge Hongye did not give Ashley an iron pot in public, but took him to his temporary rest camp, and then ordered someone to get the pot.

Ashley had been very curious since he entered the camp of the Shenwu Army, which was very different from all the camps he had seen, and there was a sense of freshness everywhere.

At this time, his curiosity outweighed his worry about the iron pot, and he looked east and west, until an iron pot was placed in front of him, and his attention returned to the iron pot.

The iron pot was obviously much larger than the other, and Ashley was delighted to see some shovels and spoons that came with the pot, and a few daggers for cutting meat, although he didn't know how to use them, but he was even more happy.

"These are all mine?"

"It's all yours, take it all!"

Ge Hongye nodded, these things are nothing to him, but for the herdsmen here, they are too valuable.

Ashley lifted the iron pot with a little difficulty, only walked a few steps, and as if remembering something, stopped, and said with a little hesitation:

"We Ye'er people can't take people's things for nothing, I have a message, a message, which can be used to return these iron tools!"

Seeing Ashley's hesitation, Ge Hongye felt amused, wondering what news this young herdsman could use to exchange for an iron pot.

"Tell me, say it well, this knife will be yours!"

Ge Hongye lowered the horizontal knife from his waist, this is a large* standard saber, although it is not a divine soldier, but the workmanship materials are all upper, only from the snakeskin sheath exposed in the half-inch blade can be seen.

There was a lack of iron tools in the barbarians here, and even iron cooking utensils were snatched up, let alone a well-made saber? Ashley's eyes lit up suddenly, but at the same time he was a little hesitant, or rather restrained.

He may have felt that his news was not enough to exchange this saber, but he still said it at the urging of Ge Hongye.

"Yesterday, my brother came back from the slave tribe in the north, and he came back with a life, and the Great Cannibal attacked the tribe there, killing all the men, and taking the women and children captive, and it is said that the leader was a prince of the Great Cannibal. ”

Ge Hongye snorted, which made him a little surprised, after the remnants of the Great Cannibal fled north, their movements have been under the monitoring of the Shenwu Army rangers, and what Ashley said is roughly consistent with what he understands.

However, Ashley saw that Ge Hongye was not salty and indifferent, and felt that his news might not be of much use, so he felt more and more that he should do something for this Tang Dynasty officer.

"What if, if, I can take my people to be the general and catch that Great Food Prince?"

"What?"

At this moment, Ge Hongye thought that he had misheard.