Chapter 766: Ancient Tea Horse Road
This condescension made the two hundred students in the school stunned, and their eyes looked at the little girl of Yaoxiang County Lord, and suddenly a look of horror and awe appeared on their faces.
They didn't know that this county lord was a dignified prince, and a small imperial hospital could afford to provoke him. Of course, compared to the prince, his deputy envoy of the three divisions is a fart, of course, he has to shoot the prince's ass to the fullest.
Zuo Jinsheng, who was held up in the air, heard this, and he was only trembling with fright, he didn't know where the little girl in front of him was, and he couldn't even handle such a tough background as his father's third deputy envoy, he must be a person who was much bigger than his father.
Thinking of this, and seeing that the other party was so domineering and did not put himself in the slightest posture, his heart was like ashes, and his face was crying, and he quickly apologized to Yang Xianmao: "Yang Gongzi, I have no eyes, please ignore the villain, spare the villain." ”
Yang Xianmao was too lazy to talk to him, his arm shook, and he threw him directly out of the school, falling to the ground and rolling several times, but the strength of Yang Xianmao's hand was very coincidental, so that he didn't hurt him, but he was very embarrassed.
Zuo Jinsheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, struggled to get up, glanced at Yang Xianmao, his eyes were full of resentment, but when he saw the county lord of Yaoxiang who was looking at him coldly next to him, where did he dare to be ruthless, and said to the court judge: "I, I'm not feeling well, I'm going to take a period of leave to go back to rest." ”
The court sentenced that this evil star should not come to class, and it was best never to come, he took the initiative to make this request, of course, the middle court sentenced him, so as not to have a time to be in right and wrong with Yang Xianmao, and hurriedly agreed, let him go back and have a good rest, and come back when he is better.
Zuo Jinsheng took a group of people and limped out of the school, and the court judge laughed with him and said to Yang Xianmao: "Yang Gongzi, this guy really doesn't know what to do, are you okay?"
Yang Xianmao rubbed his stomach and said, "I was hit by him, and I was also very uncomfortable, and I also need to rest for a while, you give me a long vacation." ”
The court judge didn't expect Yang Xianmao to come to this trick, and he was stunned for a moment. I thought that Yang Xianmao was sneering, and he was stammering and didn't know how to pick up the stubble, but the county lord of Yaoxiang and the county lord of Bai Zhi on the side hurriedly said: "Don't be like him, it's just right that he doesn't come, why don't you come?"
Of course, Yang Xianmao has to do his own thing, that is, to open up the golden channel and buy the horses back from Tubo, I am afraid it will take a while, he is now doing serious things, as for his studies, he did not come here to study at all.
So he changed his smile and said to the two county lords: "I have something very important to do, it's true, the Taiyi Academy's studies should not be tight for a while ago, I don't want to waste time on this, I want to do my business." ”
The two glanced at each other, and saw that Yang Xianmao said so solemnly, he shouldn't be joking, and knew that he was indeed a busy man, and his medical skills were so skillful, he couldn't learn anything in the Taiyi Academy, maybe he had to point out others, if he really needed to leave, then he could help him.
Thinking of this, the county lord of Yaoxiang and the county lord of Bai Zhi both nodded, and said to the court judge of the Taiyi Academy: "Since Yang Gongzi also feels uncomfortable and wants to rest for a while, you can let him rest." ”
The court judge scratched his head with some embarrassment and said, "Since Yang Gongzi is also uncomfortable, then you can go back to rest and rest, and then come back to class when your body is better." ”
Yang Xianmao nodded, arched his hand and said to the two county lords: "Then I'll go back first, and I'll come back when I'm done." ”
The two county lords asked with concern if they wanted to help, but Yang Xianmao said no. This sentence made the court judge next to him even more afraid of it, the two county lords are so concerned about this little prince, it seems that this son's background is not small, fortunately he stopped the precipice in time and did not make a mistake in the future, and now he should not offend the prince. Otherwise, I have a black yarn hat, and even my head is a little unsafe.
Yang Xianmao returned to his residence and told his godmother Tang that he was going to go far away, and at the same time, asked Liu Dongyan to take care of the family. There are housekeepers invited in the medical hall, and there are people sitting in the hall, but he doesn't have to worry about it.
And on the side of the mine, there are flowers and fragrances to preside, and there are Cao Yunshi and Cao Duo to help each other, so it shouldn't be a big deal, so he is very relieved.
Tang was a little worried and asked him where he was going, but of course Yang Xianmao would not tell the truth, so he casually found an excuse to reassure Tang.
Liu Dongyan proposed to go with Yang Xianmao, Yang Xianmao asked her to stay and take care of the old lady, and he needed more manpower here, because he had to travel a long way to Tubo, which was difficult and dangerous on the way, and there might be some trouble with the girl, but it was not as fast as being alone.
Hearing Yang Xianmao's arrangement, Liu Dongyan didn't dare to say more, so he had to agree. The next morning, Yang Xianmao packed his bags, rented a carriage, said goodbye to the two county lords and others who had already arrived to see him off, and drove to Tubo alone.
This time, the road to Tibet was far away, and everything was too peaceful on the road, and it was not long before I came to the border of Tibet.
Now the Song Dynasty and the Tibetan Dynasty are still peaceful, the Song Dynasty is fighting with the Liao Dynasty and the Western Xia with all its might, and has no time to take care of anything else, of course, they are not capable of fighting with the Tibetans, and they have little interest in the desolate Tibetan Plateau. Moreover, Tibet had collapsed and split into several tribal vassal states, and it had long lacked a unified force to integrate the forces of various tribes to resist the Great Song Dynasty. So they don't have the ability to attack the Great Song either.
After a long time, the two sides were safe, there had been no war for more than 100 years, and the border trade between the two sides was still very prosperous. Of course, this is also because of the small population, vast area, and sparsely populated Tibet.
As soon as there are fewer people, there will be fewer corresponding resources, and the things needed cannot be compared with those of the Western Xia and Liao dynasties. However, the beef and mutton of Tibet, especially the horses, were most urgently needed by the Great Song Dynasty. The Tubo people are located on the plateau, it is impossible to grow tea, and tea is the indispensable drinking supplies for the Tubo people who take beef and mutton as the staple food to remove the greasy and increase the gastrointestinal digestion function.
However, due to the vast and sparsely populated area of Tibet and the lack of a unified political power to regulate and control this ancient tea horse road, the ancient tea horse road is actually a road full of hardships. Along the way, you will often encounter the looting of thieves.
Tubo also knew the extreme importance of horses to the Great Song Dynasty, and because they could get tea in various places in the Great Song Dynasty, there were not many ways for horses to enter accordingly. Therefore, for Tibet, horses formed a seller's market, and the price was extremely expensive, and the Song Dynasty often had to pay several times more to get the horses needed from Tibet.
For various reasons, the Ancient Tea Horse Road was not able to solve the demand for horses in the Song Dynasty, and Yang Xianmao came this time to open up an ancient tea horse road of his own.
Yang Xianmao learned from the memories of Venerable Ling Xiao that in a market town on the border between the Song Dynasty and Tibet, there was a very famous local tea merchant named Ye Duo.
This man is a scholar, because he failed many exams, so he gave up his pen to start a business, because he grew up on the border, knows the dialects of many places in Tibet, and often travels between Tubo and the Song Dynasty, and he sells whatever is needed on both sides, so he has a wide range of contacts.
This Ye Duo got in touch with a king of a tribe called Ma Er Kang in Tubo near the Song Dynasty, from whom he could buy relatively cheap horses, and then transport the horses to the Song Dynasty and sell them at a high price, making a lot of money.
And this Ye Duo is Venerable Lingxiao's subordinate. Venerable Ling Xiao established this passage, not to make money from it, nor to buy back a large number of much-needed war horses for the Great Song Dynasty, but to get to know the kings of many tribes in Tubo through this passage.
Yang Xianmao was not interested in knowing what Venerable Ling Xiao was using to know these kings now, because he didn't have this content in his memory, but the passage established gave Yang Xianmao an excellent opportunity to make money.
After Yang Xianmao arrived in Tubo, he went straight to one of the mansions, this mansion is really luxurious, this is a vast and sparsely populated place, so it covers a very vast area, almost impossible to see at a glance.
However, Yang Xianmao later learned that most of the huge mansion was actually used to lock up the horses, and the recovered horses were kept here, and Ye Duo and his family only ate and lived in a small area in the front yard.
Yang Xianmao went in and handed over his greeting post, and the porter saw that he had an extraordinary bearing, but he didn't dare to underestimate him, nodded and asked him to wait, and then ran in to report it.
Ye Duo was discussing business matters with a few merchants, and when he saw the doorman looking there, he didn't know whether to come in or not. He frowned, for the porter would not come and disturb him while he was discussing things.
And now the porter is actually looking at the door, which means that the person who came is not an ordinary visitor, and the porter can't call the shots, and I don't know if I should come in and report. So he nodded apologetically to the merchants, motioned for them to sit down for a while, and came back after a while, and then called the good student of the steward to entertain him, and stepped out to the door.
The porter hurriedly came up, handed the greeting post he was holding in both hands, and said, "Master, there is a young Taoist chief outside, I think it is not simple, I am afraid that important things will be delayed, so I will hurry up to find you, master, please decide." ”
Ye Duo glanced at the concierge and took the prayer post from his hand, and at this glance, he couldn't help but gasp, only to see that the worship post was written: "Venerable Ling Xiao's eldest disciple, pay a visit." ”
Ye Duo's grandfather was a scholar of Venerable Ling Xiao, and later, according to Venerable Ling Xiao's instructions, he initiated trade with Tibet.
According to what he heard from his grandfather when he was a child, Venerable Ling Xiao mysteriously disappeared soon after his grandfather opened the route with Tibet, that is, the ancient tea horse road, and it was rumored that Venerable Ling Xiao had failed to ascend and fell in the East China Sea.
The Ye family's huge wealth came from Venerable Ling Xiao, but since then, no one has paid attention to it, so this money has become the Ye family, and it has slowly spread to Ye Duo's generation.