Chapter 603: Banquet for Guests
This time, the Tatars, Warats, and Uliangha tribes did not give face, and came to apologize, and then left with the rogues who had been auctioned off.
Needless to say, the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect went back after the auction was over.
Besides, I can understand that she came and went in a hurry, the people of the White Lotus Sect are still surrounded by the army of Uliangha at the moment, and it would be good to be able to come and participate in the auction. Still, he couldn't figure out what the previous saint had in mind to buy the one-eyed dragon's rogue.
The auction was a great success and everyone was happy. Needless to say, there were five or six hundred thousand taels of silver in his hands, and although not all of them were cash, the goods that Warat and Uliangha gave him to pay off his debts were worth more. If nothing else, he can return to the customs safely, and once he changes hands, he will receive at least one million taels of silver.
Of course, the auction is just a prelude, and it is the big one when you get to Bansheng City, where you have to buy more goods, and the silver you earn has to be doubled.
As for the tribes of Warat and Uliangha, and not worrying about their deception, these two tribes still count on buying iron pots from him, which is his killer weapon.
On the issue of the iron pot, besides, he did not make a clear statement, since the powerful family can sell it, why can't he sell it? Isn't he called the first magnate in the capital, then show some momentum as the first magnate in the capital. What's more, the iron pot can improve the lives of residents outside the Saiwai, which is also a good deed of Jide.
Originally, he was worried that the iron pot farm tools would be bought by these clans, and they would be discarded and directly recast into weapons, so he had to be very cautious. Because this is tantamount to selling weapons to the enemy in disguise, it belongs to collaborating with the enemy.
He paid close attention to this and did a lot of research and interviews, and only then did he figure out that the smelting process of the various tribes in the steppe had been greatly degraded, and it was impossible to turn iron tools into molten iron to reforge weapons, and even if some tribes could do it, only a small part of them.
This made him breathe a sigh of relief, the third lady, the jade princess and the seventh princess pestered him to buy an iron pot, which was really urgent for the people.
After the auction, except for the three major clans, the other small and medium-sized tribes and people in the rivers and lakes all stayed to participate in the banquet.
The leaders of the small tribe have long heard that the wine here is delicious, like fairy wine, and they have been coveting it for a long time.
Moreover, although stationed here, the logistics supplies are still continuously transported from Datong City, and even the water used to make tea is the mountain spring water transported from Datong City, not to mention the wine, which is all tribute wine reserved in Datong City, as well as all kinds of good local wines.
Beef and mutton are just the opposite, and he has transported a lot of gifts to the governor and governor, as well as some animal skins and other gifts, which can be regarded as a little gratitude to the governor of Datong.
"Lord Qincha, when everything is done, we should also go on the road and continue walking, right?" Cao Delin came over and asked.
"Well, in the past two days, Wu Liangha and the White Lotus Sect are going to hold a martial arts tournament and invite me to be the referee, and when this matter is over, we will go on the road, and the female dependents will take the first step tomorrow, if you adults are bored here, you might as well take a step first and have a few days of fun in Bansheng City." I've heard that Bansheng City is still very prosperous. Besides, he laughed.
"Tomorrow, okay, I'll ask the others, and if you want to go, we'll go together." Cao Delin was overjoyed.
He went to ask those officials, and sure enough, these officials were willing to follow Zuo Ling and Sanniangzi on the road together, and wanted to go to Bansheng City to have a good time.
Although Bansheng City is a tiger's den in Longtan, these people have the status of diplomatic envoys, and I believe that the king of Alta will treat them like guests and protect their safety.
Bansheng City is famous, and the court officials also yearn for it. It is said that Bansheng City is modeled after the original Wokotai built the capital of Harakhalin, full of exoticism, half of the Han and Mongolian mixed feelings, half of the * style, the whole city is full of exotic scenery that can not be seen in the interior at all.
Besides, I know that Haraharin was designed and built by the team of architects who built Paris in Ogedei, and the overall layout and planning are similar to Paris, but the scale is much larger than Paris, and the * style is added, so it is very different from Paris and more charming.
The Jade Princess has reached an agreement with the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect, and the competition will start tomorrow afternoon, mainly in the morning, Zuo Ling and they will leave for Bansheng City, and they will not have time to be a referee for them.
Jiuniang originally wanted to follow Zuo Ling and them to play in Bansheng City, and heard Sanniang say that there were too many delicious snacks, and the greedy Jiuniang drooled every day, but she was still reluctant to leave the master.
Zuo Ling and the others stole the main combat power, and besides, there was basically no one here, and Jiu Niang was not at ease, so she had to endure the gluttony in her stomach, insisted on staying with the master, and went with her.
"Is it really okay for you to do that?"
After these things were arranged, Zhou Dingcheng was a little uneasy, on the surface, there were 5,000 people left here, and the strength was half, but besides, there were too few masters around him, and the big killing weapon firearm was also assigned to Sun Hu, and there was no one left here.
"Don't worry, I won't have any problems here." And it's optimistic.
The biggest threat now is not from these powerful clans, nor from the rogues and bandits from all over the world, but from the demonic creature who is hiding somewhere. If you really encounter this demon, it is estimated that there is no way but to resign everything to fate.
"That's good, you better pay more attention to safety." Zhou Dingcheng couldn't think of any good ideas, so he had to give up.
Song Zhe taught a secret method of contact to the people, and if he encountered a particularly dangerous situation, he could use this method to urgently contact his accomplices hiding in the shadows, and they would come out to rescue the driver.
Besides, although he didn't care, he still remembered this method of contact, no matter whether it was useful or not, now there is more strength and more vitality and life, and he must strive for more strength to help himself.
The reason why he had a good relationship with the Jade Princess and the Seventh Princess was because he had a vague premonition that maybe one day, the two clans would help him. It was a strange feeling, how could Warat and Uliangha help him? They are also the sworn enemies of the imperial court.
However, he still tried his best to have a good relationship with these two clans, the purpose of which was to ambush a shadow in the game of chess.
There are unforeseen circumstances, and the changes in personnel are even more cloudy and doggy, who can predict what the situation will be tomorrow.
There are several large rows of tables and chairs in the camp, a large pot is boiling sheep, and beef and mutton are also being barbecued on the bonfire.
Moreover, he led the officials to sit down and began to drink tea and wait, and the others also sat down under the guidance of the guards, waiting for the food to be served, and there were already many impatient people who asked the guards to serve wine first, they were not interested in beef and mutton, and stayed here to drink the wine of the Han people.
Besides, after hearing the eager voice, he smiled and ordered the guards to give wine to each table, and told everyone to let go of it today, and to control it enough, and whoever drank too much would be lifted aside to sober up.
Lao Xu of the Ministry of Industry took a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Lord Qincha, Wishing you prosperity." ”
Besides, he said with a smile: "Tongxi, Tongxi, everyone has a good time in Bansheng City, and if you encounter something good, you will start, and I will pay the bill." When you go on the road tomorrow, you will first give each of you an allowance of 1,000 taels of silver, so that you can spend it in Bansheng City, don't let people laugh at our Ming officials, all of whom are called Huazi. ”
"Thank you, sir."
"Yes, I'm worried that I don't have any money in my pocket, but I'm still thoughtful."
"One thousand taels, did I hear you right?" An official of the household department sat farther away and was startled to hear the number.
At that time, the officials only had a few hundred taels of silver a year, even if there was some other oil and water, it was generally one or two thousand taels of silver a year, and the purchasing power of silver at that time was definitely much stronger than that of the pound, and one or two thousand taels of silver was also a huge amount of money.
Besides, this is just a casual allowance, that is, one thousand taels, listening to his tone, it's not all, it's just pocket money, and you can also be reimbursed by him for buying things in Bansheng City.
"You heard it right, Lord Qincha is going to give each of us a thousand taels of silver." Lang Zhong of a military department said loudly.
"Then we will have forty or fifty thousand taels." That Tobe Langzhong was still taken aback.
Many officials are relatively wealthy, and all their belongings are only this number, and the level of Langzhong in Beijing officials is basically rare.
They knew very well that since they left the capital, the imperial court had not allocated a penny, and they could still eat and drink from the local government in the mainland.
"But let's say it first, don't buy too expensive objects, I can't afford to pay for these antiques of the two Jin, Tang and Song Dynasty calligraphy and paintings." And one more thing to add.
Everyone laughed, they were not familiar with the situation at all, it was okay to fight the autumn wind, no one could really pull down their faces and slaughter them, in that case, they could completely deny it. After all, there is no obligation to pay them.
Suddenly, all kinds of meat came up one after another, and the first ones to be served were basically finger meat, kebabs, which were easy to make, and those dishes that took a lot of effort to cook were still being changed.
Besides, after a few drinks with the officials, he wandered around to visit the third lady in the women's quarter, wanting to say a few words to her.
The Jade Princess stayed here, accompanied by Li Xiangjun, and the third lady was accompanied by Zuo Ling, and there were several screens between the two, but they couldn't fight.
"Besides, you are also troublesome, what kind of referee are you to be for them, it is only right to go to Bansheng City quickly." As soon as the third lady saw him, she complained.
The third lady is still angry with the saint now, insisting on not meeting her, the previous saint came over obviously for the third lady, and she didn't say anything if she didn't see anyone.
Besides, she felt a little guilty about the third lady, and felt that she should not be allowed to offend the previous saint for herself, that woman would never be easy to provoke, and it was difficult to say what the consequences would be if she offended her.
Moreover, he has always been very respectful to the previous saint, and he has never lacked etiquette, but he was still killed by her vicious killer and almost died.
For such a woman, either not to offend and stay away, or to be beaten to death with a stick, and absolutely not soft. Besides, he hasn't settled this account with her yet, not because he has forgotten, but because he hasn't found a great opportunity, unless he can kill this opponent at once, he won't startle the snake.
"Sister-in-law, you have a few more drinks, it doesn't matter, it's absolutely safe with me." Besides, he raised his glass and persuaded him to drink.