Chapter 80: An eye-opener
"Great Khan! Didn't you rest well yesterday, why are your eyes red and still angry? "After the ministers made such a fuss yesterday, can Burhan rest well? In addition, after receiving the news that the ministers of the imperial court would arrive first to trade with the Hechi Ti tribe, Burhan attached great importance to the fact that the brigade had already set off before dawn, and arrived at the mountain pass just when Yubeibai arrived. Hearing them say this www.biquge.info of course he said angrily, "You still have the face to say? If you hadn't made a fuss yesterday, I wouldn't have had a good rest? ”
Just as Burhan was throwing a tantrum, someone pointed into the distance and said, "Look! It seems to be someone from the Ming Court! ”
It was still important to do big things, and for the time being, Borkand spared them and diverted their attention to the Ming court's ranks. I saw a crowd of people in the distance, and the first to show his face was the bright yellow flag. It was followed by a huge convoy, presumably the grain and bean cakes that the imperial court had prepared in response to Burhan's request.
"Wow!" It's so magnificent, Qincha is really extraordinary, every time you travel, it's the same name as the gongs and drums of the brocade clothes. Burhan greeted him, stopped fifty meters in front of the carriage at the front, and said respectfully: "The leader of the Hechiti tribe, Burhan, and his ministers greet the envoy and the minister!" ”
With the current strength of the Hechi Ti Department, there is no need to treat the Ming court with such courtesy, but Burhan thinks that the future development is inseparable from the imperial court, so this is not groveling.
The words had already been heard, but no one came down from the carriage, and the nobles of the Bulhan Fortunately, the nobles of the Chiti Department began to be agitated, and the surrounding Jinyi guards also held the hilt of their knives to deal with emergencies. Burhan said again: "The head of the Hechiti tribe, Burhan, and his ministers greet the envoy and the minister. ”
This time, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and the person who came was not what the envoy was indeed Pi Wu!
"Haha! Brother Burhan, I'm not some kind of envoy! Hearing this, Burhan heard a flock of black crows floating above his head, "Dare to ask, where is Lord Chincha?" ”
"Oh! Master Cui Jingrong Cui, because there is an urgent matter, I went back to Beijing to resume my life, and this transaction will be completed by me and you, you can rest assured. ”
Pi Wu thought to himself: Where is the urgency? In fact, he thought that Outer Mongolia was a bitter cold and closed place, and he was afraid of suffering so he temporarily changed his mind.
Burhan thought that since Pi Wu was in charge, there was no need for this, and he immediately ordered Uligi to trade with him, but he was going back to Zi Ni Nao to deal with official business.
Burhan stepped on his horse and returned to the purple mud, and after a while, Pi Wu caught up and said, "What's the matter?" Burhan brothers? I don't have an official or a position, so you don't want to see me? ”
"Why! There are a lot of official documents to deal with in the Hechi Ti Department, since you are not a Qincha, I am just staying to catch up with the past! ”
Pi Wu felt a chill in his heart, and what about a lot of official business? The population of a small Hechiti tribe is not as large as that of a county in Ningxia Town, how many official duties can be handled by a Great Khan? Burhan said that it was a good time to take this opportunity to go to the Hechiti Department to find out.
"Haha! Brothers Burhan! Since it's a reminiscence, how about I accompany you to the Hechi Ti Division? It's not easy for you to find me when you're busy with official business, but I can come to you! ”
Thinking about it, Burhan also has few Han friends in other places in this world, and even fewer can speak. Although Liu Dingchen is always by his side, after all, the relationship between them is that of a monarch and a minister, and even if they are acquainted, they can't get rid of this fact. It's just that Pi Wu has always been very arrogant, and he has a good conversation, and it just so happens that the two of them can also talk about people's best things.
"Huh! You Pi Wuye carved tens of thousands of taels of silver in minutes, as long as you are willing to pay, then what am I not willing to do? ”
Pi Wu smiled when he heard this: "Bohan's friends have an overreputation, and that little bit of family assets is worthless in your eyes." Besides, I believe that as much as I lose, my friends will double it up for me. ”
Pi Wu can see it, what Burhan pays attention to is that everyone earns money, as long as you can satisfy me, then what does it matter if you make more?
It was enough to leave Uliji and the officials sent by the imperial court to check the accounts, and Burhan took a group of ministers and Pi Wu to rush to the Chiti Ministry.
The steppe was already covered with a thick layer of snow, and Pi Wu was worried about the difficulty in transporting the grain and other materials that Burhan wanted, so he couldn't help but interject: "I said Burhan friend! Since you asked for 200,000 stone of grain and soybean cake oil residue, why don't you send someone to clean up this snow? You look at the white expanse, that's 200,000 stone grain, thousands of carts can arrive, this snow is deep I can see enough. ”
As soon as Pi Wu said this, all the nobles of the Hechi Ti Department laughed, not smiling, but laughing and laughing wildly. Pi Wu didn't know why, looking at Burhan, Burhan also smiled and said:
"Go any further and you'll know!"
Sure enough, after crossing the boundary of the mountain pass, the vast grassland came into view, Pi Wu was the first time to contact the whitewashed grassland, as the outline of the grassland gradually disappeared into the sky, people's hearts immediately relaxed and inevitably looked around. Suddenly, Pi Wu seemed to be attracted to something, and he was shocked and completely shocked. A road more than twenty meters wide and slightly above the surface appeared in front of me, and it meandered and disappeared into the distant sky, building flat and wide according to the situation. Is this what Burhan relies on? No wonder they were laughing, Pi Wu felt like a countryman at this time, and he was already shocked before the Hechi Tibu arrived.
Burhan urged the horse to come over, patted Pi Wu on the shoulder, and said, "Brother! Now you don't have to worry about shipping, do you? From here, this gallop leads straight to the Purple Mud. ”
Walking on the wide gallop road, the horses unconsciously sped up, from the mountain pass to the purple mud for more than two hundred miles can be reached in less than half a day, at this time Pi Wu felt the wealth of the Hechi Ti Department, one person and two horses are more than enough.
What surprised him even more was that the closer he got to the purple mud, the tighter his heart became, I don't know why? Until the moment when a magnificent majestic city slowly unveils its mysteries.
"Wow!" Pi Wu's big mouth couldn't speak, he involuntarily stood up from the horseback and stepped on the stirrup, it was so spectacular, with the sunset in the west, that feeling was not only grandiose, magnificent but also wrapped in mystery. If it weren't for Burhan himself leading the way, Pi Wu thought he had taken the wrong path, how could there be such a majestic city on the steppe? Even the proud naturalization city of the Tumut people is just a larger earthen kiln in the eyes of the Ming court, but the fortified city in front of him should really be a fortified city, the city wall is more than ten meters high, and it is built with bluestone masonry, which is much stronger than those rammed earth cities and masonry cities, but Pi Wu doesn't understand at all. The Hechi Ti Department has always been short of food, and the city must be built not by bricks and stones, but by rice milk as a binder. He soon realized that something was wrong, he was completely wrong, because the rice milk fortified city was grayish-white, and the masonry surface of the fortified city in Hechiti was darker, blackish-gray. The clever Pi Wu knew that this must be the result of the fact that the Hechi Tibu had found a masonry material that was stronger than rice milk.
Arriving at the gate of the city, the bustling trading ground surprised Pi Wu again. As the New Year approached, the herdsmen of the Hechiti tribe near the herdsmen began to go into the city to buy rare goods and go home for the New Year. As early as the time of Alert, because the lady was an authentic Han person, and the Hechi Ti Department had the habit of reusing the Han people, so slowly the people of the Hechi Ti Department began to learn that the Han people regarded the Spring Festival as the most important festival of the year. The royal city was not large enough to meet the commercial needs of all people, and could only open markets near each city gate to meet the growing material needs of the people.
Although there are many people in the market and the stalls are full, they are not as messy as he imagined, and they have nothing to do with dirty mess. As long as the herdsmen come and go, as long as they are interested in the objects, they basically do not bargain with others. It's just that the barter model is too primitive, but fortunately, the Hechi Tibu can use grain and woolen cloth as currency for business. Merchants were also happy to do this, and not far away there were merchants from the Ming court who exchanged these things for cash.
Pi Wu thought to himself that this time he had come to the right place, and he was reluctant to come to the Hechi Tibu before, and he had the same idea as Qin Cha because he was afraid of suffering. I thought that I couldn't still suffer from the barbaric and uncivilized temperament of the Mongols of the Chiti tribe, and the smell of fishy smell mixed with urine and urine was prohibitive. The spacious and clean streets in the city, the rows of commercial port storefronts along the line, the people shuttling back and forth with New Year's goods in their hands, and the blush on their smiling faces show health, happiness and joy.
In the evening, Burhan invited Pi Wu to a family banquet, but anyone who could attend the family banquet was undoubtedly a powerful nobleman of the Hechiti tribe, that is, a person trusted by Burhan, which shows that Burhan really regarded him as a friend and brother. Chinese people often say: The king treats me as a countryman, and I will repay him as a countryman. This is the reason why the Hechi Ti Division, which is deeply influenced by Han culture, can work together under the leadership of Burhan.
Although it was a family feast, the food was delicious. It is all Yang Caini and Lin Xiaoniang, and Borkand often holds family banquets to get close to the ministers, and at the same time let them enjoy the food of the Central Plains. In fact, Burhan also had a hidden purpose, that is, to make the nobles of the Hechi Ti tribe miss the Central Plains and arouse their desire to conquer the Central Plains. Of course, these things cannot be said explicitly.
"Was the food delicious?" Yang Caini came out with the last dish, how could anyone dare to sit and eat when she saw Mrs. Tai coming? Her son often holds family banquets, and Yang Caini is happy to do the same. She doesn't have any complaints about everything she can do to help her son, she is idle anyway, and she doesn't feel anything if she has the Lin family's lady to help the cook!
Seeing that the nobles of Burhan and the Hechiti tribe were standing up, Pi Wu knew that this person must be extraordinary. He asked, "Brother Burhan, who is this...?" ”
"Oh! Forgot to introduce. Mother! This is the child's friend Pi Xiu made in Ningxia Town, known as Pi Wuye! He is a powerful person in Ningxia Town. ”
"Brother Pi! This is my mother. ”
After Bourhan's introduction, Yang Caini smiled politely at Pi Wu, her identity is different now, and not everyone can get her courtesy.
"Mother?" Pi Wu didn't feel like it at all, the young woman in front of him was only in her thirties, and she was similar to herself. Slowly, Pi Wu realized that he had unknowingly lost his identity. At the beginning, in order to sell food to Burhan, both of them were called brothers, but now Burhan has a mother, what should I call him?
"Ugh! The little nephew meets the aunt! "Although I feel that I have changed my mind, I can't understand the etiquette, and besides, the identity and status of the people are there, and it is not a loss to call my aunt.
"Poof! Hehe! Yang Caini let out a silver bell-like laugh, "I'm not as big a nephew as you, you and Burhan are equals, that's your business, I don't want to be involved here." ”
"Ugh! "Pi Wuyi was speechless. In Yang Caini's heart, she still looks down on businessmen, whether he has helped her son or not, Pi Wu was so attentive just now that she was very unhappy.
"I heard that the Burhan brothers have a talented and beautiful mother, and she is really a woman. If not, how could they give birth to heroes like the Burhan brothers? When the nephew goes back, he will report to his father-in-law and ask the court for his aunt! I am always happy with the Burhan brothers, and I am willing to live in peace with the Imperial Court. ”
Pi Wu likes to listen to this, and the grassland tribe is indispensable to the Central Plains Dynasty to take care of. Although Pi Wu's words were obviously instructed by his father, they were agreed by Burhan, and the shadow could only go further when he grew up under his wings.
Yang Caini couldn't help but look sideways when she heard this, a businessman can actually ask the court for a seal for himself? She looked at Burhan suspiciously. "Mother! Brother Pi's father-in-law is the town guard of Ningxia! ”
Ningxia town guard? Pink eyebrows fluttered, and I really didn't like it. In the Ming Dynasty, there were three types of people who were most unpopular: salt merchants, eunuchs, and brocade guards. And this Pixiu accounted for two of them, especially having something to do with the eunuch, which made Yang Caini even more disgusted.
"Huh! I also want to thank the fifth master. But now I'm thinking about hugging my grandson, so don't bother me with these annoying things! After saying "Huh! With a sound, he walked towards the inner hall.
Yang Caini's words couldn't be clearer, Pi Wu turned his head and stared straight at Burhan, "Brother Burhan, did I say the wrong thing?" ”
Burhan smiled awkwardly, "No, mother is like this, she doesn't like to bother with mundane things." There is another Burhan brother called, my Chinese name is called Brother Yang with my mother's surname. After speaking, he walked towards the back hall regardless of Pi Wu's reaction, he was going to explain to his mother.
A good family banquet was something that Borkand didn't expect, but he could also see from it that Pi Wu or Liu Xing's eagerness to win over Burhan and the Hechiti tribe was enough.
The next day, Burhan needed to deal with government affairs, but arranged for Ferdinand to accompany Pi Wu on a tour of the Purple Mud. On the street, a group of children happily walked through the streets and alleys, and everyone's face showed fulfillment and joy.
"Master Fei, what's wrong with these children, why are they so happy?" Ferdinand was ordered to accompany Pi Wu, but he was not necessarily happy with it. Along the way, Pi Wu asked this and that, as if everything in the Hechi Ti Department was so unfamiliar.
"Hey! A group of kids are going to have their morning lessons. "yes, isn't that a good idea? Ferdinand thought to himself: there is a chance to get rid of him.
"Brother Pi! Below is the tribal copywriter, who is also responsible for teaching the children to class, so there is no delay. Mr. Hechi Tibu is small, so please go back to your room first, and wait until the morning class is over, okay? ”
Pi Wu felt that it was inevitable that he would be a little uncomfortable with a person around him, and it was better to go out for a walk by himself to take a look. "Okay! Lady Fei! I just want to go around alone, so let's get busy first! The two can be said to be "in love", and they "parted ways" and took care of each other.
In the evening, I went back to Pi Wu and wrote: The father-in-law is above, and the child is far away! Today, the Hechi Tibu was deeply surprised, and it was very different from what he had thought before. The children went with the leader of the Hechi tribe, Burhan, and crossed the mountain pass and suddenly saw a broad road from the front to the purple mud of the royal city. And ten horses together, fast horses and whips can be reached in one day. At the end of the road, there is a city number - Zi Ni Nao is really a royal city. The city is more than three feet high, and the surrounding port city is prosperous and the flow of people is endless, comparable to the Central Plains. Outside the city, there are herds of cattle and sheep, horses and ditches, and the houses in the city are lined up one after another, and there are inns and restaurants. After a few days of investigation, I learned that although the Hechiti Department was small, it was complete with all organs. And the old have support, and the little has learned, which is incomparable to my dynasty. ......
When he had finished writing, he took out a pigeon from the camera obscura, tied the letter to his legs, and let it go when no one was around.
"Great Khan! Do you want to send someone to rob this pigeon? Liu Dingchen said on the side, since he tried his best to flatter Mrs. Tai at the banquet of the five families, he felt that this person was unreliable.
Burha shook his head and said, "Divine Appearance! Ben Khan makes a bet with you that what Pi Wuxin says must be the truth of my Hechi Ti Ministry, so let him go! It's good that the court knows, so it saves a lot of trouble. ”
When Liu Dingchen heard that Fei Burhan wanted to attach to the imperial court?
Liu Xing, who received Pi Wu's reply, looked at the description in Pi Wuxin, looked up at the sky, and a sense of powerlessness arose. The Hechi Ti Department has already achieved such an achievement, even if it wants to get rid of it now, it is powerless!