Chapter 20 Intermarriage with foreigners

Qingxuan walked around the market to see the prices of various goods. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 InfoBecause he inherited his father's business genes, he is also extremely sensitive to the price of goods. He saw that the price of leather goods here was indeed much cheaper than that in the capital, and some ornaments made of beef and sheep bones were also very special.

Some of the jewels, presumably from the north, were also very cheap, and if they were shipped to the south, they would have made a fortune. It's a pity that he doesn't have the capital to buy these goods, and he just looks at them. Merchants from the north and south gather here every year, not only driving the local economy, but also making a lot of money and leaving.

"What do you need, little brother?" Qing Xuan stood in front of a stall selling knives, and a middle-aged man dressed as a foreigner asked with a smile.

"Oh, just take a look."

"Then you can take your time and call me whatever you want." Maybe the middle-aged man saw that Qing Xuan didn't want to buy it, so he went to greet other customers.

It's cheap, but it's just a matter of looking. Qing Xuan touched his arms, except for the bead, he didn't have a penny on him. He shook his head with a wry smile and walked over to the other stall.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, don't get out of the way, be careful of Lao Tzu's whip." A man riding a tall horse, wielding a whip in his hand, and a murderous face rushed over, and behind him was a sedan chair, and there were many people who greeted his relatives behind the sedan chair.

Some of the vendors who didn't have time to dodge were whipped in the face, and a red purlin protruded, and then red blood oozed out. Overturned stalls, goods scattered all over the ground. Seeing this scene, Qing Xuan flashed into a hotel. I thought to myself: Who is so arrogant, can't even the local army be in charge?

At this time, I heard two shopkeepers chatting on the side, and one said, "Alas, I said San'er, have you heard?" ”

"What did you hear?" The shopkeeper named San'er was drinking tea absentmindedly while knocking melon seeds.

"I heard that Dominion begged a little wife, and he is still a Tatar. Don't you think that's interesting? The shopkeeper looked at San'er with a wicked smile, and then took his tea bowl and drank it all.

"Got a Tatar as a wife?! It's really unusual. Could it be that the Han people are all dead, and they want to marry foreign wives? Although the Tatars are now bowing down to their vassals and are willing to pay tribute to our Tang Emperor, after all, they are also two countries and two nationalities, how can they marry casually? Is that Dominator confused? ”

"It must be that Tatar woman who is beautiful, as the saying goes, the hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, and there are a few men who can resist the temptation of the beauty...... If you were given a beauty, would you refuse because she was a Tatar? ”

"Well...... Hehe...... Of course not. It doesn't matter if she's a Tatar or a member of any ethnic group, I won't refuse, I'm so old and I don't have a wife. After speaking, San'er spit out the skin of melon seeds in his mouth, and then took a sip of tea, at this time, he must have dried the tea as wine.

"Tatars? Intermarry? Qing Xuan pondered these two words in his mind as he slowly walked back to the barracks. The team to welcome relatives has been a long time, and I think that at this time, the mansion that dominates the sky must be staggered and very lively.

There was no one in the barracks, and I didn't know where Zhang Liang had gone, only the candle flame was burning there. Qing Xuan took off his coat and lay in the marching tent, thinking about how to resign from Cheng Yanjin. In the middle of the night, Qing Xuan was sleeping in a daze, and heard Zhang Liang push the door and walk in drunk, falling to the ground, and falling asleep.

"Where are you going to drink so much?" Qing Xuan muttered while helping him to the bed, covering him with the quilt, putting down the curtain, only to hear Zhang Liang say: "I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk...... I turned over, and fell asleep again.

The next morning, Qing Xuan got up early, washed up, and was making his own bed on the bed. Sunlight shone in through the window, shining right on Zhang Liang's curtain. Zhang Liang lifted the curtain, revealing a sleepy-eyed face and asked, "What time is it?" ”

"Where did you go to drink yesterday, you were drunk, if I hadn't helped you to bed, I guess you would be frozen by now."

"Oh, yes. Hey. Zhang Liang scratched the back of his head with a hippie smile.

"It's too late, do you want to lie down again?"

"Isn't it, is it so late?" Zhang Liang looked at the sky, it was indeed bright, and he couldn't open his eyes when the sun stabbed him. He scrambled out of bed and dressed himself up. Although he was in charge of taking care of Qing Xuan, he only got up at this time, and if Cheng Yanjin knew about it, he would probably have to punish him for not being allowed to eat breakfast.

"That, didn't you marry a little wife yesterday, and invited us over for a few glasses of wine." Zhang Liang washed up indiscriminately, and then ate a simple meal.

"Dubatian still has a relationship with you?" Qing Xuan asked puzzled.

"Although we, as local defenders, don't have to deal with those local snakes, we still have to put on a show on our faces, after all, we are not here for a day or two, and local forces are still not to be underestimated."

"I heard that yesterday the bride was a Tatar? You're still pretty, right? ”

"Of course, if you don't dominate the sky, you won't have to marry her, that's really beautiful. "......Zhang Liang smashed his mouth, looking extremely envious. At the end, I remembered what Cheng Yanjin had said yesterday that he had asked him to come over this morning. Hurriedly took the sword and went out.

"General Cheng, it's me." Zhang Liang reported outside Cheng Biting Jinmen.

"Come in." Cheng Yanjin was wearing a bright armor, and the red cloak hung behind him like a curtain to be opened. His two great axes, which terrified the enemy when they saw them, hung on the wall with a majestic look.

"You didn't just get up, you see that the eye droppings in the corners of your eyes haven't been wiped clean."

"Hey...... "Zhang Liang laughed a few times. I wonder what the general commanded? ”

"I called you here because I want you to go to Chang'an and ask the emperor for instructions, now that the north is so cold, the soldiers' cotton clothes are old, and some are still wearing single clothes, can the court make some cotton clothes and send them."

"Also, military supplies are also very tight now, and the supply of the army is obviously insufficient, only enough to last until the Chinese New Year, and I hope that the imperial court will hurry up and send military supplies. Of course, it would be best if the imperial court could send other troops to replace us. But we can't do that yet, because it's not something we can do. ”

"In addition, the most important issue is military salary, the soldiers have not received military pay for three months, if this continues, it is inevitable that the morale will be discouraged, the army will have no combat effectiveness, once the northern tribes launch an attack, we can only abandon the city and flee, and once the border is lost, the Central Plains will be threatened. Do you know the truth of cold lips and teeth? Therefore, the issue of military salaries cannot be postponed in any case, and it must be resolved this time. ”

"I have a letter to the emperor, you must meet the emperor in person, and then give him this letter, and then explain the situation here. The more serious it is, the better. In addition, there is a letter for Madame, and you should take the time to go to my house and bring this letter and this fur coat to Madame. ”

Cheng Yanjin said and took out a letter from his arms that had already been written, folded it neatly, and put it in an envelope. He took out a blue cloth bag from the closet, opened it, and inside was a navy blue mink coat.

Zhang Liang tied his baggage, and then carried the two letters into his arms. "General, I have written down everything you said, and if there is anything else you want me to do, you can say it."

"There's nothing else, so I finally went back to the capital, went back to see your old mother, and said hello to me by the way."

"Well, thank you, General. If nothing else, I'll go back first. ”

"Go back and pack up and try to leave the morning after tomorrow."

There's one more shift tonight.