Since the alliance with the Green Flag Khanate, the Great Khan of the Black Flag Khanate, Pajachili, ordered his generals to train soldiers and horses, and hunted north or east every half month, one to hunt some wild beasts to satisfy their hunger, and the other to familiarize the soldiers with the tactics of war. The further he walked east, there were iron pots outside the tents he passed, and Pajaqili was greatly surprised, and dismounted and asked a few tribesmen, only to know that the monolith fort was open to the market.

Pajaqili heard all the way that the tribesmen and the Mobei tribes said that the Liang army of the Dushi Fort used some broken pots and pots in exchange for cattle, sheep, horses and fur medicinal materials, and was ready to light up the troops and horses to go to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, but Ju Wuzhi stopped him: "Great Khan, now that most of our army are new soldiers, it is not a big deal to rashly start a victory, since we can trade with the Central Plains, why don't we exchange some weapons and salt, iron, cotton and linen back?" ”

Pajaqili sneered: "Didn't you hear the people say that the Liang army of the monolith fort harmed my grassland people?" Is it not a loss to trade with such people? ”

Ju Wuzhi groaned slightly: "If you want to do an illegal business, you have to find bad people, Great Khan, do you say yes?" ”

Pajachili immediately reacted: "You have reminded me that if the loyal person is not the only one, he will not sell us such materials as armor and weapons."

The two monarchs and ministers returned to the royal court and Hu Gao Hulu and others together, and decided to pay tribute first, and Ju Wuzhi led more than 30,000 troops to rush to the outside of the monolith fort, Hu Gao and Hu Lu took the most elite 300 soldiers to pretend to be a caravan into the fort to hijack the guards, and then talk about trading. This idea was Hu Gao's idea, and Hu Gao said that if he didn't give the guards a horse, the business would not be good.

Things went very smoothly, Yuan Ke was kidnapped by Hu Gao and others, thinking that he would lose the monolith fort, but Hu Gao and others took him captive to discuss business with him. As soon as he heard that he was going to provide armor, weapons, cotton, linen and corn to the Black Flag Khanate, Yuan Ke waved his hand and shook his head: "This is a big crime against the enemy, I can't do it."

Hu Gao smiled: "If you don't do it, then kill you, and we will talk to him again when the next official comes, until someone is willing to agree."

Yuan Ke looked up at Hu Gao: "If you want to kill, kill it, this major crime of the enemy will affect my family, I won't do it"

Hu Gao took out Yuan Ke's big seal and shook it: "You want to be a hero, I don't want you to get your wish, I'll let you go back, this big seal old man wrote some Cheng Cheng proclamation and stamped it with a big seal and sent it to the Guannei, do you think it's good?" ”

Yuan Ke had to sit on the ground and admit it, even if he died, this Hu Gao had a big seal in his hand, and he wrote something casually, and he died without proof, and it would still be a disaster to his family at that time. Yuan Ke gritted his teeth: "Say, what do you exchange for, I also have to give an explanation to the court"

Hu Gao smiled: "The Mobei people are honest, not as shoddy as you, we still use cattle and sheep medicinal herbs and furs in exchange, if you want, we can also help you contact the caravan of the Green Flag Khanate, they have many treasures that are not available in the Central Plains."

Yuan Ke finally let go of his heart, he thought that the other party hijacked him to force him to unconditionally fund the enemy, now he said this, but it is no different from doing business in peacetime, as long as there is money to be made, even if it is selling weapons, armor, cotton, linen and corn, several important ministers of the court will not blame. In order to show his sincerity, Yuan Ke first asked the fort to send 3,000 weapons and armor out, and Hu Gao asked Yuan Ke to bring 3,000 sheep and 500 cattle back to the monolith fort.

Everyone in the monolith castle thought that Yuan Ke was more auspicious than lucky, and they didn't want to use the weapons and armor in the warehouse to exchange so many cattle and sheep to come back, and they all praised Yuan Ke, and Yuan Ke also looked serious: "I told the people of the Fire Dragon Clan with great righteousness, they were in awe of our divine power, so they sent me back, look, this official is unscathed!" Everyone said yes again and again, and then went back to their stalls and shops.

The monolith fort in the north is very busy, while Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling, who are in Luoyang, are extremely bored, fishing for three days and hunting for five days, running all over the city of Luoyang. At this time, it was very hot, and the two stayed in the palace to enjoy the coolness, and Liu Jian sent someone to bring them ice cubes and watermelons to relieve the heat. Li Xiaofei looked at the ice cubes, took a bite, and took a deep breath of saliva: "In this big summer, the palace is the palace, and there can still be ice cubes"

Liu Jian and Xiao Qian were also walking over and just heard it, Xiao Qian laughed: "It's really a country villager, what's so strange about ice cubes this summer, there are dozens of cellars in Xiao's mansion"

Liu Jian was taken aback: "It seems that my prince's palace is less than one-tenth of your Xiao family's mansion."

Xiao Qian glanced at Liu Jian: "I see that you, the prince, are similar to that kid, your palace is so shabby, and if it is expanded ten times, it will not have one-tenth of the grandeur of Xiao's mansion."

Murong Ling spit out a watermelon seed: "There are few people"

Liu Jian smiled: "It's still Mr. Murong who can speak, my palace is already small, and no matter how big it is, I won't be comfortable."

Li Xiaofei's eyes rolled: "I think the princess is right, in the future, King Han will accept more concubines or something, and there are a lot of princes and county lords, so you have to build a magnificent palace."

Xiao Qian smashed the fan in her hand: "I'll see if your kid has eaten too much ice, okay, the prince will take more concubines, and give birth to more princes and county lords, this palace still lacks a lot of internal supervisors to serve, so I will let Hongrui leave you, and then castrate you in the palace to serve the princes and county lords."

Liu Jian laughed, Murong Ling got up and drew his knife and walked towards Li Xiaofei: "I'll do it!" ”

Li Xiaofei stepped back to the side: "Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing, this King Han can only be Princess Xiao alone, hey, Murong, don't really cut it."

Li Xiaofei was pressed to the ground by Murong Ling's left hand, and the tip of the knife in his right hand was under Li Xiaofei's body, Xiao Qian laughed and applauded, Liu Jian ran over: "Put the knife away, Mr. Murong, be careful that if your hand slips, he can only be a father-in-law."

Murong Ling let go of Li Xiaofei, and Li Xiaofei got up: "Even if I'm afraid of you, the prince is still good to me."

Xiao Qian hummed loudly: "This princess is not good to you, right?" Then please ask Mr. Murong, who treats him badly, to castrate him."

Li Xiaofei subconsciously hid behind Liu Jian, and Murong Ling smiled: "He's very stupid, he can't be a father-in-law."

The four of them laughed together, and Xiang Xiaoyu brought a few servants in from outside: "The two virtuous brothers of the prince and princess, so interested, I bought wine that is only available in the Western Regions today, added some sweet juice to it, and used the palace to freeze it for a long time, and then with this braised beef and cold-cut pork head meat, we can get drunk again."

As soon as I heard that there was new wine, it was still cold, and the four of them were all energetic, Liu Jian sighed: "When I used to fight with my master, I couldn't sleep well, and I was worried, and I always looked forward to the balance of the world and slept in the house every day, but now the world is really peaceful, but I am idle again."

Xiang Xiaoyu smiled: "If His Royal Highness King Han really feels that he has nothing to do, you can go to the account room and the treasury to take a look, check the accounts and check the materials, and ensure that you are not idle."

Xiao Qian took over: "Your prince is lazy and idle, he loves comfort, but it's okay, it's better than a day of intrigue, and he won't mess with flowers and grass."

Li Xiaofei looked at Xiao Qian with ill will: "If the princess goes back to Chuzhou to visit relatives for half a year and then comes back, hehe"

Li Xiaofei was halfway through speaking, and looked at Liu Jian again, Liu Jian stretched: "Xiaofei, don't tease her, this woman is already troublesome enough, are you lacking in heart or what, if you are idle and panicked, why don't you find a few concubines in this Luoyang City"

Xiao Qian and Liu Jian had a heart: "Yes, I'll help you say that Hongrui is there, your kid has nowhere to vent his energy all day, so it's better to settle down in Luoyang again."

Murong Ling also added: "I don't fight"

Everyone laughed again, and then drank the cold wine, and several people ate and drank, and Li Xiaofei praised Xiang Xiaoyu again: "Brother Xiang, if you are really well-informed, you can find a good way to drink this wine."

Xiang Xiaoyu smiled: "It's a prize, I just stumbled by mistake, by the way, this wine used to sell less in Chang'an, but recently this Luoyang City has increased, I thought it was brought by a merchant from the west, but when I inquired, it was brought back from a merchant from the north, it's really strange."

Xiao Qian put down the cup: "I heard the maid say that there have been a lot of caravans between the north and the south recently, and it seems that it will be a prosperous era again."

Li Xiaofei was a little heartbroken, he guessed correctly, the business of the monolith fort was getting bigger and bigger, and even the caravans of the Green Flag Khanate took advantage of the channel to trade.

Li Xiaofei and others are accompanied by fine wine, cool summer, and singing and dancing. However, he said that after Zhu Yaoshi built a manor by himself, he took the homeless people to farm and graze, and he would collect medicine to cure diseases, and his life was also enjoyable, although it could not be compared with the palace, but it was also very comfortable. Zhu Yaoshi himself did not read much, so he invited an old gentleman to write a poem for him and hang it in the main hall, the poem said: "In front of the Qingxi Gate, there are green mountains behind the house, you can fish for gold scales, and the clouds are idle at the bottom of the water", Zhu Yaoshi has to read it every day.

Everyone felt the breath of peace in the world, and even Chen Hongyi, who had always been strict in governing the army, changed from training every three days to five days, and later once every ten days. Chen Hongyi is not greedy for comfort, but he can't stand the idea that these soldiers who have followed him for many years have the idea of returning home, and the original veterans gradually left the barracks and went home with the money and goods they had accumulated. Even Shen De had the idea of going home, Chen Hongyi kept it again and again, Shen De talked about the incident with Zhang Sheng and Chen Hongyi in the army, and said that he just wanted to take Zhang Sheng's bones back to his hometown Chenzhou to serve Zhang Sheng's mother. When Chen Hongyi thought of Zhang Sheng, he recalled the years when he took the two little dolls to crawl and roll together, and couldn't help but cry and sigh: "Let's go, I haven't enjoyed a day of wealth with me, you can return to your hometown with your official position, I will go to the imperial court, and I will give you a fortune every year."

Shen De handed the general's seal to Chen Hongyi: "Chen Dashuai is my father, I have been in the army for many years, and I have some savings, since I don't serve in the army anymore, I can't take the imperial court anymore."

Chen Hongyi had no choice but to accept the letter and ordered someone to give another cart of property to Shen De, and Shen De took a dozen of his fellow villagers to leave Xiangguo and go all the way south. 、

Here Shen De resigned and left, but Cui Ju, who came from Yecheng, came to Chen Hongyi with some pearls, jade, gold and silver to ask for an official, Chen Hongyi was puzzled, before Cui Ju himself removed the name of the king and the country and surrendered to the reasonable, but now he is not doing it, but he wants to find Chen Hongyi's way to seek officials, Chen Hongyi is a little puzzled.