Gu Kai has seen a lot of powerful people playing eagles in most of the capitals, Haidongqing is the most favorite species of the Yuan court, and the Yuan court also specially set up eagle workshops in various provinces to supervise the matter of eagle hunting.

Because Haidongqing lived in the north, it was the place where the Jurchens lived for generations, so the Liao, Jin, and Yuan mostly forced the Jurchens to hunt them as tribute. It's just that Haidongqing is fierce and difficult to train, difficult to catch, and only two eggs are laid every year, so those who can get Haidongqing are all nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, even if they are rich in Beijing, it is difficult to get them, not to mention the treasures of Haidongqing. There is a folk saying that "nine deaths and one life are rare for an eagle".

At that time, Emperor Liao sent silver medal envoys to the Jurchens every year, and whenever the envoys went to their place, they would ask for a pillow for a woman with outstanding appearance who had not left the room, regardless of whether the woman had a husband and her background. The Jurchen tribes were bitter and angry, but the Yuan court was powerful and had to go along with it.

"I've seen the little prince." Gu Kai and the three of them saluted the person who took the lead in turn. Gu Kai has come to King Yi's mansion many times to visit the slaves, and has seen this little prince a few times. Zhuo Sicheng just glanced at him and said nothing.

The first person was just the son of a slave, and when he went out of the courtyard, he suddenly saw four people, he stopped and arched his hand to Zhuo Sicheng, and gave a simple salute, "Lord Zhuo is invited." ”

Zhuo Sicheng nodded: "The little prince is so Yaxing, but he goes out of the city to release eagles?" ”

The little prince Luo Tier said with a smile: "I got an eagle from Liaodong a few days ago, and now I have trained it, so I can take advantage of this autumn refreshing day to give it a try!"

Zhuo Sicheng's beloved son and Luo Tie'er often get together, and from time to time they cause trouble, and the housekeeper in the house and the yamen of the city come to Chen Yu from time to time: one day and one time, because of his own son's carelessness, the street people were killed by the horses in the house, or because of the dispute of will, a certain family was injured or killed, etc. Although he said it tactfully, Zhuo Sicheng understood in his heart that eighty percent of his own sons were either interested in seeing sex, or bullying the weak, and he didn't even have a good impression of Luo Tier.

Speaking of which, the little prince's temperament is not much better than his own son, the flying eagle is a horse, and the matter of wine and wealth is also registered in Yidu City.

But after all, Yiwang is the boss, and it is not good to give Luo Tier a cold face, so when they meet, Zhuo Sicheng just salutes him. Today's mood is urgent, and I don't want to delay because of him.

Gu Kai and others, as subordinates, greeted Luo Tier early.

"It turned out to be Lord Gu, my father is in the back room, you can go by yourself, Xiao Wang will go out to release the eagle, and he will have a good fight today!" As he spoke, the little prince Luo Tier waved his hand at Gu Kai, and then strode out of the front door, several house slaves did not dare to be rude, and they swarmed at Zhuo Sicheng and Gu Kai before they dared to chase Luo Tier, and the house slave with jade claws had no choice but to accuse Zhuo Sicheng and others, and was hugged behind him.

At this time, the slaves in the hall were sulking.

Gu Kai was sent to Yidu Road last year, although his position was not obvious, but he was a Beijing official from the center. This suppression of bandits is unfavorable and inseparable from him.

In the past few days, I have been in a very bad mood to buy slaves, and I used to like to appreciate strange stones, porcelain, etc., but now I have no interest, and even get angry for no reason, and beat four young people who are suspected of being unscrupulous, and one of them can't hold back and actually loses his life. A few pet concubines in the inner room didn't dare to persuade each other, but they were careful and waited softly.

Yesterday, there were officials from the Xuanfu Division of this road, because of the heavy rain at the boundary of Laizhou, the original plan to draw the Tian Righteous Army Bacheng will be forced to postpone the arrival, and the Meng Righteous Army was damaged due to the defeat, and the heart of the army was floating, although Meng Qing recruited soldiers in the township and practiced with all his might, but after all, it would take some time, and Meng Qi and Tian Hui hoped that Yidu Road could provide part of the military salary and the pension of the fallen soldiers, so as to calm the hearts of the army.

This year, due to the poor harvest, waterlogging or theft in various places, bandits have occurred everywhere on the road, and officers and soldiers have to be requisitioned to extinguish fires everywhere, and although the Yellow River has been repaired, the accumulated floods have not been completely controlled, and the villagers still have to wander around begging, agricultural work is wasted, and the fields are grassy, and all prefectures and counties are asking the higher authorities for relief, but how much grain and gold and silver can be stored in Yidu City?

Yidu Road in recent years tax has continued to decline, the finance has been beyond the means, before and after the defeat spent a lot of money and grain, a lot of grain and straw was requisitioned and transferred to Gaoyou, this year most of the local granaries are not satisfied with the warehouse, the consolation made Zhuo Sicheng anxious, please ask how to deal with the slaves, the slaves are also impossible.

Because hundreds of thousands of troops were stranded outside Gaoyou City, the daily transportation of grain and grass is an astronomical amount, fortunately, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich in products, and most of the supplies are requisitioned on the spot, but there are still many that need to be transported from other provinces.

Shandong is close to the southern battlefield, so the burden of providing grain and grass naturally falls on Shandong's shoulders, and the burden of Jinan Road and Yidu Road is not light. If it weren't for the fact that Lord Jialu had governed the Yellow River and dredged the Grand Canal in Shandong, he would have been worried about buying slaves just by transporting grain and grass. However, the Liu thief occupied Linqu, so that the grain and grass of Yidu had to turn west, detour to Linzi, and spend a lot of money and grain.

As for the required servants, all of them were requisitioned locally, and their rations were almost brought by themselves, and the imperial court would not worry about it, otherwise the daily rations of tens of thousands of servants would be a large sum.

This damn Liu thief!

Mai Nu was thinking hard about these things, and Luo Tier, an uncompetitive young son, came to make noise again.

This little prince has always been uneasy, because of the entanglement of human life, he was confined to the house for several days, and as a result, the house has been harassed by him, day and night, but no one dares to care. Luo Ti'er's new concubine of Goryeo once advised him a few words, but he was reprimanded, and his mother connived at him for a long time, and no one in the palace could control him.

Luo Tier got a Haidongqing a few days ago, and she was so happy that she yelled at her in the back house, and kept training all day long, which made the house even more restless. Finally he couldn't buy a slave, so he was allowed to leave the house. That's why I went out of the city to release eagles today.

Hearing that Luo Tier was making a fuss out of the house, Mai Nu sighed secretly in his heart, thinking that he was out of the town and Yidu, first by the emperor to Xuanjing King, and then because of his loyalty, diligent in the king's affairs, and was given the benefit of the king, away from the rights and wrongs of most of the capital, these years here can be said to be a smooth sailing, but unfortunately in recent years, Shandong locust drought and floods continue, especially in the territory of thieves everywhere, originally Shandong is a rich place in the north, now it is a chaotic image, their own faint like sitting on the stove. Thinking of Zhang Shicheng and Guo Zixing in the south, who were in trouble in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, their momentum was so strong, and they were worried about the local Privy Council and the Propaganda Department. Fortunately, Zhang Shicheng was finally surrounded in Gaoyou City, as long as the officials and soldiers worked harder, they might soon be exterminated.

It's just that he only has this one son under his knees, but he is so unlucky, he only knows that the eagle walks and plays with women every day, and he hasn't even had an heir yet, how can this family business be handed over to him with peace of mind?

The little concubine who gave Luo Tier from Goryeo the year before last was delicate and lovely, not only did she speak decently, but she was able to restrain Luo Tier in the mansion to some extent, and how much she was able to persuade Luo Tier's temperament, which made the house much cleaner, and she was very pleased to buy slaves. Luo Tier is also strange, she used to meet women like tigers and jackals, I don't know how many women have been harmed, after taking a concubine this time, there were no signs of softness in two months, and then she almost didn't dare to take the initiative to sleep with this Goryeo concubine, and mostly stayed in the other concubines' rooms.

But after all, this is a Goryeo woman, it is impossible to be the main room, once there is a wife in the back house, the situation of this Goryeo concubine will inevitably be difficult to deal with, but buying a slave can't take care of so much.

This morning, the princess Meng Genqige came over with a bitter face and told the slave that this overly spoiled son, a young Han woman who was snatched from nowhere a few days ago, was found to have committed suicide by hanging a beam in the side room last night!

Buying slaves listened to their own annoyance, a Han maid committed suicide, it was not a big deal, but he committed suicide in the Yiwang Mansion, although he was a Mongolian, he also began to believe in the Han family feng shui theory, which will inevitably have an impact on the fortune of the palace, and it is necessary to do a ritual thing, as for being known by someone with a heart, being impeached, the people of Yushitai are afraid that the world will not be chaotic!

Seeing that Meng Genqige still wanted to chatter, Mai Nu stopped her from talking later. This princess is the main room of the slave buyer, and she is also a young husband and wife, and the relationship is deep, but her love for this son is no less than herself, or even worse. Luo Tier's current idleness and reckless behavior are due to his mother's habit. Now seeing that his son is not successful, it is too late to regret it!

"It's just a, what's the matter? You go and send someone to ask, if you have a family, you might as well give more silver taels, let him collect the body and go to the burial, and then report it in the yamen, and someone will deal with the rest of the matter. The slave said impatiently.

"A subordinate daughter naturally doesn't matter, but your precious son always plays eagle and dog all day long, and he doesn't do his job, how can he inherit the throne and inherit the inheritance of his ancestors in the future?" Meng Genqi asked.

"If you hadn't spoiled him every day, how could you be unscrupulous today!" Mainu complained.

"How can the lord blame me all, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, is there still less concubines in the house, and there are not a few more rooms every year? As for those waiting girls, I don't know how many have changed! Now Luo Ti'er has even made several human lives, and the whole mansion has not been able to live in peace in the past few years, and the yamen has received several complaints from the bitter master, all of which have been suppressed with silver. It's time for the master to discipline and discipline him more carefully! ”

"I have my own measure, and I will make plans after this military affairs are over, so you can go down."

sent away the princess, and the mood of buying slaves became gloomy. Absentmindedly having breakfast, Mai Nu sat in the study and repeatedly thought about the various military and political affairs on Yidu Road, and the next person came to tell the governor's office that someone asked to see him, and then he sorted out his clothes and came out to meet the guests.

After the Governor's Mansion came in to greet him, he told in detail about the situation under the rule of this month, and when he saw that the slave's face was uncertain, he did not dare to say much, but just stood quietly by his side.

The steward of the mansion suddenly appeared outside the council hall, and saw that the slave was sitting on the high seat, looking out blankly, not knowing what he was thinking, but the steward accompanied him carefully, and said softly: "Lord Wang, Lord Wang, Lord Zhuo, Lord Gu are outside asking to see!" ”

"Oh, please!" The slave suddenly woke up and took advantage of the situation to let someone from the governor's mansion sit down.

"Xiaguan has seen the prince." Zhuo Sicheng, Gu Kai, Yu Bo, and Tan Ziqi quickly came in and stepped forward to salute in turn.

Mai Nu knew that Uncle Yu and Tan Ziqi had ordered an envoy to Linqu, and when he saw that these people were pale, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he couldn't help but put down the tea cup in his hand.

"Will there be any results for the envoy?" Buy slave anxiously asked.

"Back to the prince, Liu Zhengfeng and the others refused to be recruited by the imperial court, and insisted on resisting." Gu Kai said calmly.

The eagerness of buying a slave suddenly cooled to the bottom. "But this time I went to the thief's den, Yu and Tan found out the truth of the thief, and there was an unexpected joy." Gu Kai said word by word.

Mainu's gaze suddenly turned to Yu and Tan.

Yu Bo got up solemnly, came to the hall and said: "This trip is thanks to the prince's blessing, your lords' clever calculations and arrangements, although the lower officials have not completed the mission of recruiting security, but we know that the thieves are fine, if everything is harmonious, the thieves are only in the middle of the ten days, please come together for the prince!" ”