As he spoke, he took a sip first, but he felt that his mouth was hot, a fiery line went straight down to his chest and abdomen, his nose, eyebrows, and eyes shrunk into a ball, and it took a while to ease up, and he gently spit out a mouthful of wine, and praised it repeatedly: "It's strong enough, it's spicy enough." ”

This high-grade wine was sent to Xu Qilin a few days ago to test the purity, and Xu Qilin didn't like to drink spirits, so he just poured some and lit it with fire.

In his impression, it can generally be called a bitter cold place, like Mobei and Northeast, and it seems that he prefers high wine. If this is the case, it is also an economic means of controlling the nomads.

After Li Simo praised it, he drank it dry, his eyes were slightly closed, and he exhaled the smell of wine, with a painful and happy expression.

Li Wuzhong was very curious, staring at the wine bottle and wanting to drink it, but he was afraid of his father's reprimand, and he was afraid of being rude in front of Xu Qilin.

Xu Qilin smiled, poured a small glass for Li Wuzhong, and said, "We are young, so we can't drink too much wine." ”

Li Wuzhong smiled and nodded: "Save it, save it." ”

The dishes are delicious, the spirits are fun, and Li Simo and his son eat and drink heartily. Although Li Wuzhong drank a small amount of spirits, he still had sweet rice wine. There was not much time, so he blushed and had a thick neck, and he talked more.

"Good horses are personally selected and domesticated." Li Wuzhong burped, ignored his father's annoyed eyes, and said with a smirk: "Originally, I wanted to give the mount to Brother Xu, but this beast has a strong temperament, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for people to surrender." ”

Li Simo hurriedly said: "Xu Xiaolang is in the capital, and the docile horse is also easy to ride. ”

Xu Qilin didn't care about the contempt in Li Wuzhong's words, and said with a smile: "The kindness of the county king and the Wuzhong brothers, a certain self-aware and understandable. If you talk about riding, a certain is indeed not very proficient, and it must be a BMW that cannot surrender to the Wuzhong brothers. ”

Li Wuzhong saw his father's eyes, and realized in a daze that he might have spoken inappropriately, so he hurriedly remedied: "Brother Xu went to see that so-and-so was not a lie, that horse was really strong." ”

Xu Qilin didn't care about this, and he didn't expect too good horses, so he said: "Brother Wuzhong's words, I am convinced. The king of the county is right, it is not appropriate to ride a fierce horse in the capital. Brother Wu Zhong rode and galloped in the vast grassland, which was also the luck of the horse. ”

When Li Wuzhong heard this, he could only be counted.

Li Simo inquired sideways, wondering what Xu Qilin said yesterday.

According to the instructions of His Majesty Li Er, Xu Qilin only said that he was still experimenting. If it succeeds, the imperial court will implement it, which will be beneficial to Li Simo, and it will also be related to the plan to cross the river to the north.

Although Li Simo wanted to know the details, Xu Qilin's words had come to this point, and he couldn't continue to ask. It is related to the policy and plan of the imperial court, but it is confidential, how can you inquire casually?

After the wine and dinner were over, Xu Qilin left Li Simo and his son to sit and chat casually for a while.

The subordinates served tea, but Li Simo and his son didn't taste anything, but Xu Qilin praised the benefits of tea. What to eliminate oiliness, dissolve fat, often drink tea is equivalent to relying on fresh vegetables and so on.

In fact, according to the views of later generations, nomads mainly eat meat and milk, so they have to drink tea to help digestion, and they can't survive without tea. But in the Han and Tang dynasties, it was not established.

You think, even the Tang people are not used to drinking tea, let alone the nomads. What kind of milk tea and butter tea, that should be a matter of the Later Tang Dynasty or even the Song Dynasty.

Of course, tea is indeed a good thing, and Xu Qilin is not fooling. But his real purpose is to make the nomads more dependent on the commodities of the Central Plains Dynasty, and one more restrictive factor.

At that time, the nomadic people's greatest demand was silk cloth, and the Central Plains Dynasty also used it as hard currency to exchange cattle, sheep and horses, or to buy some tribes, and then as a reward and gratitude.

In other words, not all nomadic tribes can exchange cattle and horses for the materials they need from the Central Plains Dynasty, or the current Tang Dynasty.

The reason is very simple, Datang is not very short of horses. And even if there is a lack of cattle and horses, the Central Plains Dynasty can maintain, at most the cultivation of land is slower, and the cavalry is less.

But if the nomads did not have silk cloth, iron pots, needles and threads, etc., they would be miserable.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty's material blockade of the Mongol tribes forced them back to a single, fragile nomadic economy, which made the life of the Mongols extremely difficult.

Because of the lack of cloth, silk and satin, the Mongols "have no clothes, and the felt fur is not hot in summer"; If there is no iron pot, "the raw pot is destroyed, and every effort is made up for the leakage, and the meat is boiled in water for food".

And to deal with the material blockade used by the nomads, or what later generations called the trade war, our ancestors have long been using. It is likely that the construction of the Great Wall also had this effect, preventing merchants from smuggling for profit.

All in all, in terms of trade, the Central Plains Dynasty always relied on developed technology, handicrafts, and relatively stable agriculture to crush the nomads.

In the Han and Tang dynasties and previous dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty traded cloth and ironware, and it depends on whether your attitude is respectful; After the Song Dynasty, tea became the most important material, that is, the tea and horse market.

A place to live in warm winters and cool summers, fresh and delicious dishes, high alcohol to withstand the bitter cold environment, and tea leaves to eliminate food and greasy. On the surface of seemingly hospitable and warm, Xu Qilin shot sugar-coated shells one after another, quietly corroding.

Resist corrosion, never stick. Non-existent, impossible.

It is human nature to yearn for a better life. As long as conditions permit, who wants to eat bran vegetables, and who wants to sleep in the open?

Listening to Xu Qilin's big flicker, Li Simo felt that the tea in his mouth did taste strange, and it was very comfortable to warm his stomach.

"When you drink tea in summer, you feel hot at first, and after drinking, you will know that it is cool and comfortable, and your thirst is completely gone." Xu Qilin said with a smile: "And tea also has the miraculous effect of refreshing and sobering up and eliminating fatigue." ”

Li Simo shook his head again and again, and sighed in his heart: This is what people call life and enjoyment. As the king of the county, he is dwarfed by everything. Look at the tribal nobles below, even if they eat meat every day, they are all dirt buns.

Well, you have to learn, you have to learn hard. Let's not talk about the enjoyment of things, it is to take out this set, which also makes those dirt buns look stunned and ashamed of themselves.

Li Simo felt that his level had risen and his thoughts had sublimated. Only in this way can we become more and more like the Tang people and be more and more accepted, right?

There is also that Shi Zhong, Bai has been in Chang'an City for so long, what county lord did Bai marry, compared to Xu Qilin, he is still a hillbilly.

After drinking three cups of tea, Li Simo took his son to leave. Before leaving, Li Wuzhong took Xu Qilin to see the two horses, and told Xu Qilin not to be in a hurry to ride, it is best to familiarize himself with the horses first.