Just after noon, the gates of the West Market finally began to open to the public after the whip of the city, and the merchants and customers who had already lined up walked slowly.

Su You got off work early today, so he saw the opening of the market for the first time, but Xiao Jiu and Cheng Yanjin behind him were not so leisurely, no way, the sun is too hot this year, it has just started spring, and the scorching sun in the afternoon is like the summer of previous years.

"Sir, is it really good to find Hu people as foreign aid? I always think it's unreliable. Cheng Yanjin followed Su You with a puzzled expression, and Xiao Jiu on the side also nodded.

"If there is any other way, I will definitely not choose this path, but if I don't find the right person today, I'm afraid these things will be handed over to you, and I am estimated that I will be very busy in the next half month, so busy that I may not have time to go home." Su You had just returned from the palace, and he had obviously gotten the news that he would leave the palace temporarily tomorrow and go to Yang to help first.

Yang Er is a workaholic, and even his wife Weishi is seriously ill these days, he doesn't have much time to spend with her, and it is his selfless spirit that makes his subordinates crazy, but Su You, who has been idle for nearly three years, obviously can't return to that kind of work state; In other words, Su You chose to continue to be lazy without hesitation.

"Master, there are a few Hu people." Cheng still bit the tip of his eyes, and after walking a few hundred meters, he saw a few Hu people waiting for work, these people probably lost their business, because they had no money to go home and could only help on the streets or sell their strength.

"How many, are you waiting for work?" Su You went up to talk to him in person with a standard salesman's smile; In fact, it's okay to let Xiao Jiu go for this kind of thing of accosting and recruiting migrant workers, but maybe Su You is really excited today.

"Yes, I don't know if you need help with anything, uncle." One of the leaders of several people listened to Su You's question politely, and also replied respectfully, of course, he didn't forget to look at Su You's outfit to determine whether he was blackmailing.

"How many of you can ride a horse? Do you know how to play polo? Of course, Su You was not afraid of their scrutiny, originally he was prepared to put on the most gorgeous clothes before he came here, and today he is here to be the boss, and what he wants is the style of that uncle.

"That's a must, we learned to ride horses and polo before we learned to walk." The man replied with pride on his face, and the sun shone through his nostrils.

"Are those guys interested in joining my polo team? One tael of silver a month, including food and housing, and monthly wages. Su You was overjoyed, he didn't expect to open the door and see joy, and he asked the right person.

"Okay, okay, the four of us can accept this errand, I don't know what the uncle is called, we can offer you a living Buddha." Several people were very excited, one or two silver a month, food and lodging, and the most important thing was that they could return to the familiar horseback.

"Everyone's words are serious, in Xia Su Hengbo, I am willing to work together with everyone to build our team." Su You empathized with their excitement, after all, he had also had the experience of being satisfied with a full meal a day, so he still maintained a calm mind at the moment and smiled and nodded to them.

"Su Hengbo? Is that Su Hengbo who gambled with He Ruoliancheng? I'm sorry......" Who knew that several people shook their heads together after hearing Su You's name, and one of them looked at Su You's puzzled expression and finally refused in words.

"How so?"

"Because we bet on He Ruoliancheng, we can't make your silver or two, but ignore our own bets, right?" Several Hu people finally told the truth, and Su You had to leave depressedly after listening to it.

I asked several other Hu people, and they all started to shake their heads and refuse when Su You reported their names, for reasons similar to those people they met first.

"They're so dismissive of me?" Su You muttered to himself, feeling dark about the future prospects.

Going further, the market is basically over, at this time Su You has lost confidence in recruiting teammates here, Cheng Yanjin and Xiao Jiu also knew that Su You was in a bad mood, so they invariably remained silent.

"Take a look, take a look~ It's the last day of the big sale at a loss~ Jump off the building to sell all kinds of high-quality sheepskins......." When Su You and the three of them were walking forward boredly, the last corner shouted out the kind of street selling sound that Su You often heard in later generations.

"That's interesting, let's go take a look, sir." Xiao Jiu couldn't help but be curious.

Su You nodded, and couldn't help but think in his heart, "Could it be a crossing cargo, won't it be Yunfan?" ”

The three of them walked forward a stone's throw away, and when Su You saw the person who was selling just now, he was relieved and a little disappointed; In front of him was a tall bearded man with curly hair and unusually fair skin.

"Hello, do you need a fine sheepskin? On the last day, it was sold at a special price, and it was a tearful sale. Hu Shang saw Su You and the three of them coming, and hurriedly went to the store; However, Su You didn't care about him, this kind of "fire sale" method was really used in the future, but when he came here, Su You forgot his original intention.

"How do you sell this sheepskin?"

"A bundle of silver for a tael, within you." When Hu Ren saw Su You asking for a price, he was very enthusiastic.

"It's cheap, is it a quality problem? Still is? Su You frowned, after all, he didn't want to buy fur, just to pick up a conversation.

"No, no, absolutely not. Speaking of which, didn't I hear at the end of last year that the Son of Heaven of the Great Sui held an exhibition in the Eastern Capital? So I came here. But because I may look like a Khitan, your people of the Great Sui almost unanimously boycotted my goods, and then, my goods were backlogged, and now there is no working capital, and even the rental fee of this warehouse cannot be paid,"

Hu Ren burst into tears and talked about his history of suffering, it seems that he has indeed been suppressed for too long, and he is so concerned about a person he has just met.

Do the people of the Great Sui have such a high consciousness? Boycotting enemy goods can even make enemy merchants cry and sell their underwear! Looking at the tears of the Hu people and feeling the great patriotic enthusiasm of the people, Su You empathized and silently gave thirty-two praises in his heart for his country having such people.

"If it's a commercial trick, it's unique." Su You was a little moved by his explanation, but he still ruthlessly resisted his cry in his heart. However, the current Su You didn't mind listening to other people's unhappy things to make himself happy, so he asked heartlessly, "What about actually?" Who are you? ”

"I am a Sogdian, my name is Bi Yuntao, and I am one in the east and the other in the west with the Khitan." When Bi Yuntao talked about his life experience, he felt even more aggrieved, and even his voice was a little choked.

"Avoid ~ pregnant ~ set? Bi Yuntao? Su You thought twice before he realized that he was evil, but he seemed to think of something at once, and hurriedly asked, "So you are from the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms?" ”

"Aha, learned sir, I am indeed a native of the Bi Kingdom of the Nine Clans of Zhaowu; But no matter how much I explained it to those people, they didn't believe it. Can you do me a favor sir? After Bi Yuntao heard Su You say the name of his motherland, he was overjoyed and grabbed Su You's hand, looking excited, like a wanderer who had not returned to his hometown for decades suddenly met his relatives in his hometown.

As early as the early days of the former Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu broke the Yueshi clan and forced it to move westward, and the Yueshi tribe, whose hometown was Zhaowu in Hexi, fled westward and entered the Sogdian region of Central Asia; They then conquered the indigenous people, forming nine city-states. They took the country as their surname and called themselves Zhaowu Jiu to show that they did not forget their homeland, until the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Zhaowu Jiu surname began to move back one after another.

Bi was a small country among the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and after integrating into the Central Plains, they changed their Han surname to "Bi". After thousands of years of intermarriage with the Han Chinese, their descendants are hardly recognizable to be of white ancestry, but today their facial features are distinctly exotic.

The reason why Su You knew that the surname Zhaowu Jiu started from the surname "Bi", there was a famous Bi Sheng among the descendants of the Bi Kingdom, who invented movable type printing in the Song Dynasty, but because of Su You's unexpected appearance, it seems that this printing technology did not need to be invented by the descendants of the Bi family.

"I'm sorry." After Su You heard what he said, he shook his head and said, "If you want me to explain to those people, I think, I'm afraid I won't be able to help." If you're just trying to sell your fur for a bargain, I can do you a little favor and at least give you money to pay your rent. Can I ask you a little question first, though? ”

"You should know everything, you can say everything." Bi Yuntao seems to have a deep understanding of the cultural essence of the Great Sui, and he is grateful for it.

"Do you know how to play polo?"

"No, but my brother will." Bi Yuntao shook his head, and when Su You was about to be disappointed, he heard the second half of his sentence again, and Bi Yuntao's younger brother walked out immediately, he had a handsome and fair face, and at the same time had a Sogdian curly hair and beard, but he didn't look very old.

"I'm hiring employees now, five taels of silver for half a year, if you will." Su You immediately took out the money bag.

"Cloud Pavilion?" Bi Yuntao looked at his younger brother, he really didn't know whether he was happy or blessed about the transaction between Su You and Su You, or asked his brother's opinion with his eyes.

"Yes, sir, I'll go with you." Bi Yunting nodded, and he made up his mind.

"That's good, you're my polo teammate now for half a year." Su You snapped his fingers and walked out of the fur shop.

"Sir, your fur." Bi Yuntao watched Su You walk out, and hurriedly shouted after finding that he had given two taels of silver.

"No, it's your fur."

After Su You answered him, he realized that he had inadvertently advertised a certain chewing gum, so he pretended to smile mysteriously: "Actually, I want to tell you that my grandfather is also surnamed Bi." ”