Princess Taiping looked at Xue Shao with anticipation, would he really agree to accompany the palace to shoot hunting? Or is it just to make me happy?

Xue Shao smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, if you want to shoot and hunt, you must be well prepared. The Royal Forbidden Garden behind the Daming Palace is connected to the Zhongnan Mountain Range, with a vast radius and dense jungle, among which there may be fierce beasts such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc. If the princess wants to go hunting, she must bring armor as a guard, and surround the prey in advance to prevent the invasion of prey. If you don't have three or five days for something of this magnitude, you can't prepare properly. ”

"You know so well?" Princess Taiping was slightly surprised, "Although the palace has never been to the Forbidden Garden to hunt, I often hear my father and the imperial brothers discuss this matter. It sounds like it's not much different from what you said. ”

Xue Shao smiled, of course I learned about this from history books and An Xiaorou.

"If Her Royal Highness the Princess really wants to go to the Forbidden Garden to shoot and hunt, she must also seek the consent of His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven." Xue Shao said, "If there is no grace of the two saints' lives and allocated to the armor guards, even if Weichen has the heart to accompany him, he will never dare to make a mistake." ”

"This matter is easy to do, I will go and ask the queen mother for permission!" Princess Taiping has been aroused a lot of interest, so she naturally followed Xue Shao's train of thought, and said with a beautiful smile, "Xue Shao, you will accompany the palace to hunt in five days, you are not allowed to make another appointment!" ”

"Wechen has always been trustworthy. I've never missed an appointment before, not now, and not in the future. Xue Shao arched his hand and smiled.

Princess Taiping couldn't help but feel overjoyed, her little hand patted on the armrest of the big chair, and swore that "so, a word is a certainty!" ”

"It's hard to chase a horse." Xue Shao arched his hand and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, Weichen still has a reluctant request." ”

"Tell me about it." Princess Taiping's mood became even more beautiful, this bad guy never seemed to be afraid of the palace, and never mentioned any requests. Today, he will open his mouth to make a request to this palace, which is really rare.

Xue Shao said: "Weichen has a brother of the same clan, who is now in charge of Yulinwei, surnamed Xue Chuyu, and is the son of the famous general Xue Rengui. Wei Chen has long heard that Xue Chuyu has excellent martial arts skills, and is skilled in bows and horses, and has won the true inheritance of Xue Rengui. With his martial arts, he will definitely gain a lot at that time, and Her Royal Highness the princess will be able to enjoy it even more. ”

"Xue Chuyu?" Princess Taiping muttered, "The palace has written down his name." If the queen mother allows the palace to go to the forbidden garden to shoot and hunt, there will be this person with you! ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess Xie." Xue Shao bowed his hand and thanked him.

Today's purpose has been achieved.

"At the beginning of the morning five days later, Daming Palace, Xuanwu Gate." Princess Taiping looked at Xue Shao with deep eyes, "You must not forget!" ”

"Weichen, you must go to the appointment on time."

Seeing Xue Shao's promise so categorically, Princess Taiping's mood couldn't help but be very good, and she had long forgotten her initial unhappiness, "This palace gives you a seat to accompany this palace to enjoy the tug-of-war together!" ”

"Your Royal Highness, Princess, please forgive your sins." Xue Shao bowed his hand, she couldn't do everything she wanted, otherwise where would "training" start? So he said: "In order to settle down the family as soon as possible, so that he can go to the appointment on time to accompany Her Royal Highness the princess to go hunting in five days, Weichen has to go home and take care of it." I also asked Her Royal Highness the princess to allow Weichen to retire first. ”

Princess Taiping was in a beautiful mood and was rejected again, but she felt a little annoyed, "Do you still need to take care of those small housework things?" You don't have a housekeeper in your house? ”

Xue Shao said with a smile: "Although Weichen has three or two gangs, it is far from being as numerous as Her Royal Highness the Princess imagined. The subordinates are not effective, and many affairs still need to be handled by Weichen himself. For example, how to organize Wechen's roasted tail banquet, and which guests and friends need to be invited to the banquet, we need to be personally experienced by Wechen, so as to show sincerity. ”

"Tail Burnt Feast?" Princess Taiping was moved by curiosity when she heard this, "This palace has heard many times that if the ministers and generals are promoted to the left, they will set up a roasted tail banquet to feast their colleagues to celebrate, but this palace has never had the honor to participate. Xue Shao, do you dare to invite this palace to your roasted tail feast? ”

Dare?

Princess Taiping's words made Xue Shao and the eunuchs and palace maids present feel a little funny.

"Her Royal Highness the princess, the golden branches and jade leaves, is the world's first-class distinguished guest, if you can come to Weichen's roasted tail banquet, Weichen will of course be flattered." Xue Shao said, "I'm afraid that the humble house is simple and the diet is vulgar, and I will be wronged by His Highness at that time." ”

Will you also be flattered?

Princess Taiping felt beautiful in her heart, rolled her eyes slightly, and added a strange look to her smile, "This palace, you need to think about it!" ”

"Wechen is waiting for good news." Xue Shao bowed his hand without joy or worry.

"Since you have something important to do, this palace will not keep you." Princess Taiping waved her hand as if she didn't care, "Go ahead!" ”

"Wechen retired." Xue Shao didn't say much, turned around and walked away after saying goodbye, and didn't look back after striding away.

The tug-of-war in the polo field was in full swing, but Princess Taiping had no intention of appreciating it at all, and a pair of eyes stared at the direction of Xue Shao's departure, her eyes crossed the lively polo field, her eyes seemed to be glued to Xue Shao's back, and she watched him walk out of the corner of the palace wall.

"Your Highness, Xue Gongzi has already gone away." The personal maid whispered.

"Hongu saw it, do you want to tell me?" Princess Taiping was not afraid of being embarrassed in front of her henchmen, and Qiao Qian, who was in a beautiful mood, smiled, "You say-why does this palace become particularly good when she sees Xue Shao?" The palace is clearly worried, and the favorite tug-of-war in the past can't be excited; Now I feel that everything is pleasing to the eye. Why is that? ”

"Probably because Xue Gongzi is very good-looking." The valet replied with a grin.

"Really?" Princess Taiping blinked a few times, and in a pair of slightly childish beautiful big eyes, there was a lot of aura, "Then when he sees this palace, will he be in a better mood?" ”

It's also difficult to be a princess of Taiping, who has grown up so old in the palace and just reached the age of the beginning of love, except for his father and brother, he has never seen a two-legged man.

"The slave and maid clearly saw that Xue Gongzi was smiling and walking lightly when he left, and he was in a good mood." The personal maid turned around and patted the horse's ass, which was much more effective than directly praising "Her Royal Highness the princess looks like a fairy".

Princess Taiping really smiled, "Reward! ”

……

Xue Shao got out of the palace, got on the horse and went directly to the West Market, of course, not to go to Huajie Liuxiang to get drunk, but to the horse shop.

The Tang Dynasty is still martial, and the people do not prohibit weapons and allow horses, and the two are often sold in the same place.

He was going to hunt in a few days, and Xue Shao always had to put on a suitable outfit. The horizontal sword and the Han sword are beautiful, but at present, Xue Shao is completely useless; Bow, Xue Shao, who liked to be merry in the past, has practiced, but its level is only average, and there may be a gap compared to ordinary army soldiers, at least not as good as the moon slave.

Since he had already decided to join Rong, Xue Shao planned to take advantage of this opportunity to deal with hunting and build a set of weapons that he could use.

Horse shops occupy a large part of the West Market, and there are many merchants selling horses, and you can smell the strong smell of horse manure and grass from a distance. There are many Hu people doing business here, and the most common ones are Turkic, Tiele and Hui people from the Guanlong area. A variety of languages and national costumes complement each other here, and occasionally you can see blue-eyed, high-nosed, bearded Zhaowu Jiu surnamed Hu from the Western Regions and Arabs from distant food.

The national policy of opening up to the outside world of the Tang Dynasty recognizes and affirms the religious beliefs of all ethnic groups, and maintains a respectful attitude towards their clothing, language, culture and living habits. Chang'an has gathered a large number of Hu people to settle here all the year round, and if you can obtain the "resident qualification" of the Tang Dynasty and wear the clothes of the Han nation, it will be a great honor for the Hu people of all countries. Many foreigners who come to Datang to study, do business, and even serve as envoys on behalf of the country are eager to settle in Chang'an, which is more difficult and glorious than seeking a U.S. green card now.

Xue Shao first walked around the stables of the merchants who sold horses, and really saw the legendary bloody BMW from the ancient country of Dawan in the Western Regions. But he didn't buy it, it was too expensive, and the money he brought with him was far from enough. A sweaty horse was sold for two hundred taels of gold, even for a nobleman like Xue Shao, it was a lot of money.

Today's Datang uses copper coins in the Kaiyuan Tongbao system as the trading currency, because the high cost of coinage, coupled with the rapid economic growth in recent years and the prosperity of Hu merchants' foreign trade, have led to a large outflow of copper coins, and copper coins have become in short supply. Therefore, silk silk or salt is also used as an intermediary, and it is really a barter. Gold and silver, as precious metals, do not directly participate in circulation, but they also have a monetary function. As far as the current Chang'an is concerned, one tael of silver can be worth a consistent (1,000 wen) copper coin, and one tael of gold can be worth seven taels of silver.

A Dawan horse is sold for 200 gold, that is, 1,400 yuan, and in exchange for Kaiyuan Tongbao, it is 1.4 million, and it has to be dragged several cars!

The price of Chang'an is relatively expensive, and the price of the grain store is "ten Wen of dou rice", and a bucket of rice in Datang is about 12 catties, which is equivalent to the purchasing power of about three yuan for a copper plate.

The famous horses of the Tang Dynasty are like the famous cars now, and Xue Shao led a Turkic three-flowered horse worth sixty or seventy yuan to swagger through the market, which is already enough to "pull the wind". After all, horses are military supplies, and although the Tang Dynasty allows people to raise horses, the Turkic horses that Xue Shao rides are more likely to appear in the army. A Dawan horse sells for 1.4 million yuan, which is equivalent to more than 4 million yuan - this is not a purebred bloody BMW.

There is a saying that it is appropriate to get here, if you don't go to Chang'an, you don't know how poor you are, and if you don't go to Xishi, you don't know how poor you are. After walking around the horse stalls, Xue Shao really felt - it turns out that I am a poor person!.

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