46. Anthill

Tashi's reprimand in Tiele language made the corners of Yuan Qixi's mouth twitch again. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info looked at Liu Ting, who was scolded so much that he didn't dare to raise his head, and he forced the urge to fight back against Tashi and continued to think.

The people who can help Liu Ting in Tiele had better not come in as slaves! What she wants is not a slave who can be a companion, and I don't want a subordinate who can only help Liu Ting get beaten, but someone who can think of a way to let Liu Ting get rid of her slave status. Since he can't be a slave, he can't be taken back by Tashi, so how this person can enter Tashi's house is a big problem.

Take the initiative to send it? Too conspicuous, too easy to arouse suspicion! It's best to get Tashi to take the initiative, or quietly find another way.

After going through all the people he knew in his mind, Yuan Qixi knew that with his own ability, he couldn't find a suitable candidate. When he felt that the wine in his mouth was only bitter, he heard Liu Ting speak to Tashi in Tiele language.

"It's two percent more than selling to Dawu." Handing the account book to Tashi, Liu Ting lowered her head and was about to leave, but was stopped by Tashi.

"Only 20% more?" Tashi was a little displeased, and actually changed to Chinese and asked, "Have you figured it out?" ”

"That's it. It's really just two percent more. I don't know why Tashi used Chinese to trade, Liu Ting said a little blankly: "According to the income you used to go to Dawu to sell horses." ”

Tashi paused and laughed. Motioning for Liu Ting to stand still and not leave, he hugged Yuan Qixi's shoulder.

Knowing that Yuan Qixi couldn't understand Tiele language, he said in Chinese: "This brother, your horse money is wrong." ”

Yuan Qixi was a little dazed.

Twenty percent more than the price of selling to Dawu, which is a price that Prince Tiele is also very satisfied with, Tashi was overjoyed when he heard it, and praised "Save the effort of transporting things to Dawu and then transport things back", why now?

Could it be that the Han people are in a different situation and sit on the ground to raise the price?

The reason for leaving the plug was to find Liu Ting, and Yuan Qixi didn't want to go through any more troubles for the sake of money. But in terms of buying and selling, he can't let Tashi have the final say, at least, he can't readily agree to Tashi's unreasonable request.

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Yuan Qixi replied with an absolutely serious and respectful attitude: "I followed the list you gave me - that is, the list of items you bring back every time you go to Dawu, and directly add things worth 20%. Is it something that dislikes you, or is it that you are not satisfied and only add 20 percent? ”

Adding two percent is a category approved by Prince Tieler, how dare Tashi oppose it? When the translator sent by the prince had already seen it, Tashi hurriedly patted Yuan Qixi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "There is no problem with two percent, the Han people's things are very good, and there must be no problem." Don't panic, it's a problem with the list I gave you. ”

Tashi looked up and asked Liu Ting, "The list you prepared was copied directly from the accounts?" ”

"Yes." Liu Ting subconsciously dodged to prevent Tashi from raising his hand to fight. But Tashi's words later made Liu Ting discover a little secret.

Tashi whispered to Yuan Qixi in Chinese: "I, the Han slave who does the accounting, copied the list wrongly. I filled in the contents of the account randomly, and it was less than the actual income by 20%. ”

Is Tashi admitting to having a private possession?

Liu Ting's heart moved, and she secretly raised her eyes to look at Namel. It's a pity that Nammel can't understand Chinese at all, so she only cares about coaxing her son to play.

Liu Ting was so anxious that her eyes were red: What should I do? Tashi's own admission to having a private collection is not more effective than what he said? But Nameier couldn't understand Chinese, so even if I talked to her afterwards about it, it would be good if I didn't see me as a separation between their husband and wife, how could she believe it?

"When you say that, Master Li still thinks that you are talking in the vernacular, and you may not believe it." Liu Ting, who didn't want to miss the opportunity, simply let it go and muttered in a low voice: "After all, it's an account in black and white." You didn't warn me beforehand. ”

Yuan Qixi called himself "Li Qing" in Tiele. Because Da Wu explicitly ordered that he was not allowed to trade with Waiyi, everyone knew that the merchants who came out of Da Wu would not use their real names, nor would they deliberately break it. And the "Master Li" that Liu Ting said is Yuan Qixi.

Yuan Qixi, who didn't know the inside story, reacted quickly, and immediately showed a suspicious look, and said hesitantly: "The main reason is that I am afraid that it will not be good to explain to the owner." After all, I'm just a broker of the house. ”

Tashi raised his hand and was about to hit Liu Ting, but when he saw the corner of Yuan Qixi's mouth twitching, he couldn't help it. glaring at Liu Ting fiercely, he turned his head and smiled at Yuan Qixi.

"The Tiele people do not tell lies." Looking at Namel, who was still teasing his son, Tashi pressed his hand to his chest and called out "Zanha".

Zanha is the Tiele people sent by Prince Tiele to Yuan Qixi and the Han people. As long as Yuan Qixi leaves the prince's camp, Zanha will accompany him. On the surface, Zanha is the translator given by the prince to promote Yuan Qixi; Secretly, Prince Hazandai monitored the actions of the Han merchants in Tiele. Yuan Qixi knows this. But Liu Ting didn't know that she really thought that Yuan Qixi was respected by the prince in Tiele.

In any case, there is a Tiele who understands Chinese, and there is always one more witness. Zanha was a native of Tiele and a retinue of the Prince, and Nammel would always believe what he said.

Liu Ting deliberately made a frightened gesture and squatted in place with her head in her hands. Because she was right next to them, Liu Ting heard Tashi's words in a low voice.

He said, "Zanha, you have come to testify." Let Li Qing know that the Tiele people who go to Dawu and come back will have some private hiding. ”

Zanha's two little eyes turned, and he said in Chinese: "It is not easy for Tiele merchants to enter and leave Dawu, and it is even more difficult to bring things back. If it weren't for the fact that the prince or the generals snatched things back, they would have to deal with the big Wu officials or soldiers in charge of the horse market, and it would be inconvenient to do things without some private collections. ”

Yuan Qixi understood this after thinking about it.

The border towns of Dawu all have horse markets. Some of them were horse markets allowed by the imperial court, while others were run privately by locals. However, whether it was set up by the imperial court or privately run by the locals, if you want to do business in the horse market, you must pay silver to the local officials. In addition, the merchants were also a lower class among the Yi people, and once the border towns were robbed by the Yi people or there was a war, it meant that the Yi merchants had to pay more money before they could leave Dawu.

If you are not in the realm of your own race, you are bullying foreigners. Whether it's Tiele or Dawu, it's all like this. In case of accidents, they can't get more silver, and it makes sense for Tiele merchants to hide some silver. But Yuan Qixi just wanted to nod, but saw Liu Ting squatting on the ground raising his face and looking over.

Even Yuan Qixi was a little strange, what happened to Liu Ting today. Knowing that it would anger Tashi, why would he do something unfavorable to himself?

"According to the usual practice, the income on the accounts should have been reduced by 20 per cent." For fear of missing the opportunity, Liu Ting's words blurted out in familiar Chinese. She didn't dare Tashi, stared at the corner of the table and said firmly: "Why do you want to add such a play, so that you think I miscalculated." ”