53. Zhu Houzhao's abacus
"Since you are willing to share with me all the most delicious food in Tartary, what else can I say! I've got one more goody thing for you here! Although these porcelains are exquisite, they are not official kilns and royal objects. I've got one more goody thing for you to hold! Zhu Houzhao said and took out a pair of lotus-patterned blue and white porcelain plates from the box, and the inscription on it was: Daming Yongle New Year!
"That's good stuff! This is an official kiln product! Although I am not from the Ming Dynasty, I have also heard that the porcelain of this official kiln is not something that ordinary people can enjoy, it is all for the emperor and the royal family to use, Brother Ye, how did you get it?" Tieli Guomu was very curious, and carefully held this pair of plates and looked at them very attentively. It's a rare thing!
"Well, naturally, I was fortunate enough to get it, but I can talk to you about it, Brother Tie. Besides, I, Ye Liangchen, am not a stingy person. This depends on parents at home and friends when going out. The most important thing between friends is love! The ancients said that a bowl of wine is a friend of life and death, and a severed head is sprinkled with blood without blinking. What's more, it's just two plates! "Zhu Houzhao is very good at talking.
"Yes! This righteousness is the most important thing! I'll get you as many horses as you want in the future, and there is no shortage of horses on the grassland! Tieli Guomu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I have recognized you as a friend, and I will not change in this life!" ”
"Me too!" Zhu Houzhao said confidently.
"In that case, how about we go have a drink and have a good drink?" Tieli Guomu patted his chest and said refreshingly, "I'll pay for the wine, you must not be polite." You brothers have to appreciate their faces together, or they will look down on me Tieli Guomu! ”
"Then since that's the case, it's better to be respectful than to obey!" Tieli Guomu said, "Let's go, I know that there is a restaurant that cooks very delicious food!" ”
"Okay, it's all up to Brother Tie's arrangement!" Zhu Houzhao said.
The group came to the restaurant, this battle is going to be a big deal, Xiao Er hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, for fear of snubbing them!
"Little Er, we've got it upstairs!" Saying that, Tieli Guomu took out a bag of silver and threw it to Xiao Er, "Good wine and good food are prepared!" ”
"Wait, let's let our people come to pass the food! There are so many of us passing food, and Xiao Er has to greet the guests at other tables, but he can't cope with it. Zhu Hou glanced at Mu Bin, and Mu Bin was signaled by Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and he already understood what Zhu Houzhao meant.
Why do their own people come to pass the dishes, in fact, it is to check whether there is a problem with these meals, each of them has a silver needle, just try the food!
"That's fine, Brother Ye really knows how to be considerate of others!" Tieli Fruit Wood Road.
"Let's drink first! This is a good friend of this son, Tieli Guomu, you all have to toast him with a glass of wine! Zhu Houzhao said, Zhu Houzhao is not afraid that Tieli Guomu can drink, because he ordered these people to take some hangover medicine in advance.
"Come, since it's a friend of Childe, let's toast you!" As he spoke, a brocade guard picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all.
Tieli Guomu believed that his alcohol consumption was not comparable to that of ordinary Central Plains people, so he drank bowl after bowl.
Before each dish is served, the brocade guard who serves the dish has already tried it with a silver needle, and it will only be served to the table if there is no poison. These people take turns to salute Tieli fruit wood wine, and it is impossible for him not to get drunk even if he is the god of wine!
This wine was drunk for an hour, and Tieli Guomu's drunken body was a little panicked, and it seemed that he was really drunk.
"Brother Tie, are you drunk?" Zhu Houzhao asked with concern.
"I'm not drunk, Brother Ye, I can drink another jar of wine!" Tieli Guomu shook and said, "I envy you Daming, I heard that the people of Daming live and work in peace and contentment, which is very good!" Unlike us, we have to live a nomadic life, and we have to worry about war and cold! ”
"What's wrong? Brother Tie, do you have something on your mind? Zhu Houzhao was curious, because this was the second time he had heard this Tatar say that he envied the life of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
"When I was three years old, I lived a nomadic life with my parents, but then my family died in the war between the tribes. As a young child, I became a slave to the nobility and lived a dark life. Later, when the noble district of the tribe plundered, they brought back a trophy, a Central Plains woman! Speaking of this, Tieli Guomu suddenly choked up, as if remembering an unbearable time.
"That was my first contact with the people of the Central Plains, and she was taken into the place where the nobles lived that night. I became the one who served her, I don't know if it was out of pity or if she thought I was clever and took extra care of me. She taught me a lot of things and made my life, which I couldn't see, seem to have a bright light! Tieli Fruit Wood stopped.
"And then?" Zhu Houzhao was very angry when he heard this, the Tatars were so arrogant that they actually invaded and plundered my Ming Dynasty, and they really should have set foot on them.
Then she died, and her presence at another banquet made another nobleman take a fancy to her. So there was a dispute because of her right to belong! In the end, two nobles fought for her, and the other nobleman who took a fancy to him killed the nobleman who enslaved me, and she became another man's trophy! ”
"As a loser, I've also become a fish to be slaughtered on someone else's chopping board! But one word of hers saved me, she said that she was not used to others serving her but me! The nobleman seemed to like the woman who spoke to him in such a tone, and I was saved! ”
"The good times didn't last long, until one day. She whispered to me that she was afraid of a catastrophe and told me to escape. He also gave me a letter and asked me to go to the northeast corner of the horse market to inquire about a person and give him the letter! "By the time I ran back and gave the letter to the horse market, she was already dead. It is said that the nobles' newly found beauty is the daughter of the sacrifice, and the sacrifice says that she is a disaster star and will bring disaster to the tribe! ”
"Damn!" Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists and said.
"After that, I was in the horse market. Finally, he didn't starve to death, slowly survived, and became a merchant who provided luxury goods to the nobles! She has told me many things about the Ming Dynasty, which is why I envy you Central Plains people! I hate those aristocrats! ”
Zhu Houzhao figured out the reason, so he didn't ask any further. After a while, Tieli Guomu collapsed on the table and fell asleep.
"You open a room for him! Take care of his goods, and there must be no less! Zhu Houzhao instructed, and at the same time he also had a plan in his heart.
A man like Tieli Fruit Wood might be able to take advantage of it, and he hated the nobility but provided them with luxuries, so this could be counted as a breakthrough.