Chapter 306: The Outskirts of the Capital
Zhang Hongfan was so angry that he really wanted to scold, the last one was killed for drawing a knife, how dare this one? Where are so many madmen?
Cheng Yue sneered, leaned forward slightly, and stared sharply at him, as if he was cutting Almerse into pieces with his eyes. Said word by word: "Okay, life or death, what do you think?" As he spoke, his whole body was full of murderous aura.
Almerse's body suddenly froze, he couldn't provoke, it was difficult for the shameful knife to enter the sheath, and he didn't dare to really fight with Cheng Yue for life and death. Not to mention anything else, how is he going to deal with Cheng Yue's gun?
Cheng Yue didn't mean anything about going down the steps for him, and when he saw that he didn't answer, he sneered: "If you don't have the guts, don't talk big, why are you like a dog, you can only bark, not bite?" Tutmoor is better than you, and you should learn from him. ”
Cheng Yue mentioned Tutmoor, and Almerse didn't dare to move. knew that Cheng Yue was deliberately provoking him, as long as he dared to make a move, Cheng Yue could kill him under the pretext of dueling with him, so he was not so stupid. But being insulted like this but not daring to resist, it was the first time in his life that he was insulted.
Zhang Hongfan sighed in his heart, so he had to stand up and relieve the siege and said: "Dadu Governor, Lord Almerse actually wanted to give Dadu Governor a few concubines, and he didn't want Dadu Governor to accept his affection. Lord Almerse was kind, but he didn't know how to speak, and the Metropolitan Governor misunderstood, haha. ”
Cheng Yue sneered and said to Almerse: "Oh? It turns out that this is the case, it wasn't for Lord Zhang to remind him, and the governor of Pontus almost blamed the adult. The good intentions of the adults were understood, and the governor of Pontus had the opportunity to receive the teachings again. ”
Almerse did not dare to retort any more, but put his knife into the sheath in a sneer, and after a few casual sentences, he never spoke again.
Almerse was the head of the ranks. He was silent. Others didn't dare to say a few words to Cheng Yue. The atmosphere became solemn for a while, and only the occasional coughing sound was heard on the wide observation deck, which was very depressing.
Cheng Yue didn't bother to pay attention to them, and when he saw this, he raised the teacup and served the tea to the guests. A group of Mongolian officials retreated one after another as if they had been granted amnesty, and Almerse also arched his hand wordlessly, and parted unhappily with Cheng Yue.
Zhang Hongfan finally said: "Almerse has a quick temper. The Metropolitan Governor, please do not share his acquaintance. ”
Cheng Yue became more and more appreciative of Zhang Hongfan, and said with a smile: "It's just a clown who jumps off the beam, I don't take it to heart, Lord Zhang, please." ”
Zhang Hongfan smiled and bowed.
As soon as the Mongolian official left, Mrs. Song immediately threw herself into Cheng Yue's arms and kissed Cheng Yue. After letting go for a while, Mrs. Song said angrily: "These shameless Mongols, if they are not officials, I am afraid that they will do any beastly thing." The slaves are to wash their hands, so that they do not stint against them. Hum. ”
Cheng Yue laughed and patted her ass and told her to wash her hands.
Shandong is not far away. After more than ten days of sailing, the ship finally arrived in the south of Dadu. The channel here has not been completely dredged, and Cheng Yue's imperial boat is too big and has a deep draft, so he can't go any further. Cargo ships and warships are not as big as Cheng Yue's, so they are not affected, and they can directly berth outside the capital.
Fortunately, this place is not far from Dadu, Cheng Yue left Liu Guojie to lead 200 people to guard the imperial boat, and Li Ting led other ships and personnel to continue to go north, and went to Dadu first to arrange. He took his concubines off the boat, rode a horse, and marched to Dadu by land. Zhang Hongfan and Meng Qi also abandoned the boat and horseed the horse to lead the way for Cheng Yue.
Five thousand elite cavalry dressed in new-style military uniforms rolled forward like a gray torrent under the leadership of Cheng Yue. Along the way, the carriages and horses all consciously avoided it, and many people near Dadu cheered at Cheng Yue's army.
The four-wheeled carriage in which Cheng Yue's concubine rode was even more eye-catching, and the people who saw it all opened their mouths wide in disbelief. Cheng Yue is famous for his kindness to his concubines, and the carriage for them has no royal decoration except for the outside, and the comfort and beauty inside are not lost to the carriage in the palace. The windows are equipped with glass, which can be opened at any time for ventilation, and many snacks found along the way are prepared in the car, and the concubines can take them at will. It was the first time for Cher to ride in such a carriage, and it was even more difficult to hide her excitement.
One day ahead, it was getting closer and closer to Dadu, and Cheng Yue didn't want the concubines to work hard, so he didn't go fast. After a night's rest at the station, most of them were already in sight.
Cheng Yue walked side by side with Toto, Zhang Xiaozhong and other generals, and Zhang Hongfan and Meng Qi accompanied them on both sides, chatting while walking.
The terrain near Dadu is flat, the autumn harvest is over, and the large open land makes Zhang Xiaozhong eager to try, and said to Cheng Yue: "Dadudu, I finally came here, I haven't had a chance to try the horse's foot strength, do you want to run once?" ”
The generals applauded, and they were annoyed to go so slowly. When I finally came to the north, the horse had to run once.
Cheng Yue was also full of pride, and said: "Okay, you guys come with me, let's run once, don't step on the harvested crops." ”
The generals commanded. Cheng Yue clamped his legs and rushed out first, and the generals followed closely behind, cheering loudly. Zhang Hongfan and Meng Qi originally wanted to keep up, but in the end they stayed and acted with the army, and Cheng Yue had to come back anyway.
Cheng Yue and dozens of generals galloped wildly, and the horses under the seat were also very lively, with four hooves flying, and they were extremely excited. After running for more than an hour, the horse's speed became slower and slower, and Cheng Yue and the generals were also a little tired. Looking around, I saw a market in the distance, people came and went, and there were some places to eat and drink, although it was not full of people, but it was also prosperous.
Yuan Dadu was newly built, and the people were looking for land to live outside the city before it was built, so some unknown towns were formed around Dadu, which was very lively.
Cheng Yue waved his hand, and the generals followed him and ran towards the market.
Everyone entered the market, because Cheng Yue and the generals were very novel, attracting countless eyes, some people had seen it, so they pointed at them, telling others that this was the uniform of Cheng Dadudu's army, but no one knew Cheng Yue, and they were just happy.
Cheng Yue found the largest restaurant in the market, Xiao Er came out to greet and lead the horse, and Cheng Yue and the generals rushed in.
The restaurant is very large, there is a courtyard in the middle, and the building inside is divided into two floors, which is the appearance of a post station. Cheng Yue and the generals went up to the second floor and chatted while eating.
After a while, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and a dozen fierce Mongols roared up, and the horses stopped at the door of the shop, and several of them still had freshly hunted sheep on their backs.
Tokhtar glanced at it and said, "Governor Dadu, these people have just come from outside the Saiwai, they have been in the grassland for many years, and it is estimated that they can't even speak Chinese." In fact, not many Mongolians can speak Chinese, and even many Mongolian nobles can't, Kublai Khan can be better because of the reuse of many Han Chinese, but later it gets worse and worse, so that the Han people who want to be officials in the Yuan Dynasty must go to great lengths to learn the Mongolian language, and the difficulty of using Mongolian to explain the Confucian classics can be imagined.
Sure enough, those Mongolians spoke a lot of Mongolian to the shopkeeper at the door, and the shopkeeper made a living here, of course he understood, nodded and took the sheep on horseback and carried it to the back kitchen to cook.
The Mongols dismounted and entered the shop and looked around.
Totoh was stunned for a moment and said, "It's weird." ”
Zhang Xiaozhong said: "What's the blame? ”
"Just now they said that this is a freshly hunted sheep, and there are farmland all around here, where does the game come from?" Could it be that they killed the farmer's own sheep? ”
Cheng Yue felt that something was wrong early on, and kept frowning at those Mongolians.
The Mongols took a look on the first floor and all went upstairs. Seeing that Cheng Yue and the others had strange clothes and hairstyles, they couldn't help but be stunned, pointing at Cheng Yue and the generals and laughing, saying something in their mouths.
"Governor, they said we were weirdos, and they drove us downstairs, and they wanted to use it upstairs." Do you want to go down and teach them a lesson? ”
When the generals heard this, they didn't fight anywhere, but Cheng Yue smiled and said disapprerovingly: "Then let's go down, where to eat is not to eat." ”
At this time, a few shopkeepers came up, and they apologized to Cheng Yue with a smile on their faces, and helped Cheng Yue and others move their food and drink downstairs.
Not long after Cheng Yue sat down, a peasant woman and a seven or eight-year-old child cried and found the store, and when they saw the sheep in the kitchen, they cried even more, and grabbed Xiao Er and asked him to return the sheep to their mother and son.
As expected, the Mongols upstairs had just come to Dadu from outside the Saiwai, and when they saw sheep grazing on the edge of the field, they knew that they were sheep raised by the peasants, and they shot them regardless of it, and almost shot the children who were grazing the sheep on the side. The farmer was counting on these sheep for the New Year, and after hearing the child's cry, they inquired all the way to find the store, wanting to take the sheep back and sell a few catties of meat.
How dare the shopkeeper offend the Mongols, but they just refused, and asked them to find the Mongols upstairs to talk. The mother and son didn't dare to look for it, so they pulled the shopkeeper and didn't let go, and the courtyard suddenly cried and scolded. The Mongols upstairs ignored it, took out the mare's milk wine from their bosoms, and laughed while drinking.
The mother and son refused to give up, crying too loudly, affecting the conversation of the Mongolians upstairs. One of the Mongols was angry and shouted something to the shopkeeper below. When the shopkeeper heard this, he ruthlessly drove the two mothers and sons out.
Seeing this, the generals were extremely indignant, and Zhang Xiaozhong said to Cheng Yue angrily: "Governor, we don't care about this matter? As long as the governor gives an order, his subordinates will go and slaughter all those Mongols! ”
Cheng Yue glared at Zhang Xiaozhong and said, "You are also a general, what are you anxious about?" Can't you see that the main owner hasn't arrived yet? Those people upstairs are just minions, and the second floor is so big, how can a dozen people be able to wrap it up? It's useless for you to shoot at them, wait! ”
Zhang Xiaozhong replied in a sullen voice, and said, "Governor, why don't I go out first and give some money to the mother and son." ”
Cheng Yue shook his head and said lightly: "Don't interfere yet, let me see how arrogant the Mongols are." Listen, another man is coming, and he will see who it is. ”
At this time, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves outside the door, and after a burst of dust, the eyes of the generals lit up, and a beautiful Mongolian woman with a heroic face led a dozen elite cavalry to stop at the door of the store. (To be continued......)