Chapter 11 The Price Takes

It's another day, it's been three days since Dugan came to the Hechiti tribe, and if he can't get what he wants today, I'm afraid the tribe will have a hard time. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Dugan was just about to go out, when he heard the guards say that the leader of Alette had called him to the big tent, and it seemed that the nobles of the Chiti tribe had reached an agreement. Dugan immediately ran happily towards the big tent, and outside the tent he paused to tidy up his clothes before entering.

"Haha! Elder Dugan is here, please take a seat. Alert warmly invited Dugan to sit down, making Dugan feel a sense of lightness, always so unsteady. Nothing to do is either a traitor or a thief, and Dugan quickly set the tone for the matter. Sitting in his seat, he was extremely uneasy, and he looked at him with an extremely wincing smile as he watched the nobles around him eat and gave him goosebumps.

When Alett had settled Dugan, he said to Burhan, "Didn't you say yesterday that there was a way to free the Turks? Let's talk about it to Elder Dugan today. My son always likes to make things alone at home, if I hadn't heard it and asked him, he wouldn't even let out a fart, shy! "It's clear that Alat is in Kwabulhan, but it doesn't have to be so obvious!

"No, I haven't thought about it yet, I'm afraid it won't work." Burhan shirked, in fact, hanging Dugan's appetite, he knew that the food problem of his trip could become the biggest obstacle, if there was any way he would not listen?

Dugan eagerly pulled Burhan to him, took off a string of Buddhist beads from his waist, and gave Burhan and said, "Nabulhan, Uncle Dugan didn't bring you anything good this time, this string of Buddhist beads is for you." Regardless of whether your idea is useful to Uncle or not, Uncle wants to hear it. It turned out to be a matter of fact, and Burhan looked back at the string of Buddhist beads, polished by emeralds and red coral, which should be worth collecting, and he looked back at Alett.

"Since it's a gift from Elder Dugan, you can accept it. But I have to give Elder Dugan a good talk! ”

After bowing deeply, Bourhan straightened his clothes and said to Dugan, "Then the boy will thank the elder for his kindness." The joy in my heart is really good as a good idea, I have the heart to play with it, and I am afraid that Du Gen will be crooked, so I can only clear my throat and say: "Elder Du Gen, my idea is not very mature, if it doesn't work, this string of Buddha beads will not be returned!" The child's mentality is unobstructed, and Dugan is also helpless who makes him a child, who knows that his heart is more sophisticated than anyone else.

"Elder Dugan, forgive me for taking the liberty of asking. Is Turgot hungry today? Burhan had a serious look, and Dugan didn't think too much about it, "That's right, the old people and children who are not in good health have begun to starve to death." ”

"Well, we can take out 5,000 quintals of food... There may not be 2-3000 quintals, but you can make it up. Listening to Burhan's words, Alert's heart suddenly clenched, but this kid finally said that it was also within the acceptable range of Alert, and listening to this kid's words really needs a big heart.

Dugan was overjoyed when he heard that there were about 3,000 quintals of grain, and if 3,000 quintals of grain were saved and eaten with other things, it could last for ten days and half a month, although it was still not enough, but it was better than nothing.

People tend to be arrogant when they are ecstatic, and they can't stand stimulation the most. Burhan made Dugan fall back into the ice cave with a 'but', and he forced himself to continue listening to Burhan's words with a purple face.

"But we also need to keep some food in case we need it, don't you say?" Uh-huh! Dugan couldn't stop nodding, hey! Keep listening, and see what surprises the little one can have?

"However, the Hechiti tribe has been growing under the wing of Turghut all these years, and we must not forget our roots. Later, after discussing with my father, I still took out 1,000 loads of food and asked Elder Dugan to accept it with a smile. After listening to Burhan's words, Dugan's heart was much calmer, and when he came, Dugan had heard that the people of the Hechiti tribe lived a prosperous life, mainly because they traded with the Ming court, and their hearts were full of money, and sure enough, it was so. Now that he can't hear the sound of the words, then he is a mallet, and he has to drill and say thank you when people set up a set.

"Nephew Burhan, it's wrong for you to do this! There are 300,000 people in the Turk tribe, so how can you eat enough food with a thousand loads of grain? Batu Bagen said leisurely, today he is here to sing red face, in fact, he is a soy sauce player.

"Uncle is right, but we don't have much food." Burhan spread his hands to show that there was no way, and at this time, Burhan's mother Yang Caini entered the tent and brought the maids to serve the nobles a dish of wine.

Dugan recognized the woman at a glance, and he said to Alert, "Is this the Han woman back then?" ”

"That's right! Ha ha! It's my wife. Come to Dugan Elder to taste the specialties of our Hechiti tribe. I tell you that this blood sausage is all the best and only my wife makes the best, come and taste it. Dugan watched as the woman who almost broke out in the tribal war picked up a piece of blood sausage and put it in her mouth and chewed it happily, yes! It's really chewing and getting more flavorful, not bad. The women put down their food and left, but the sausage kept on the ground, and in a short time Dugan was full.

"Haha, Elder Dugan, it seems that you like blood sausages quite a bit, so I'll give you an ox cart when you leave." The big grin of the Kali makes people feel very happy. Dugan slowly discovered the problem, is there a lot of blood sausage?

"I don't need an ox cart, just give me a few when I go." Asked tentatively, but I didn't expect Kali's words to surprise Dugan.

"Hey! It's okay, since you're here, take more and eat it every day, our family has so much that this thing can be put away. This is also why I can't bear it if you are someone else! "Gali is right, Dugan also eats meat as well. When there is not enough food, it would be nice to have more of this blood sausage! He turned to Alett again and asked, "Dare to ask the leader of Alet, do you have a lot of blood sausages like this?" ”

"That's right, but there are many of them, and basically every household is at least a few hundred catties bigger." At first glance, Du Gen was simply stunned, each household has a few hundred catties of weight, and there are 3-4000 tents in the Hechi Ti Department, if all of them are taken enough to support the new grass in the spring, the Hechi Ti Department is really rich! .

"Look, Leader Albert, our Turk tribe has become like this, can you give us a little bit of these blood sausages, Dugan is grateful here." As he spoke, he knelt down. Burhan stepped forward to help Dugan.

"Elder Dugan, I'll tell you the truth. Our Hechiti tribe evenly exchanged 1,000 quintals of grain is already the maximum limit, our tribe is different from the Turk tribe, our grain is raised by the tribesmen themselves, their own distribution, the tribe can only control the property belonging to the tribe, 1,000 quintals is almost all we can take out. If you want to buy these blood sausages, you can only buy them from the people, and there is no other way. Dugan was taken aback when he heard this, he didn't expect this to be the case, it seemed that heavy bleeding was inevitable. Burhan didn't say anything wrong, but the grain and blood sausage tribe will collect it, and when the time comes, it will be used as a tax or cattle and sheep to the tribesmen, and it is the desire of every tribe to strengthen the Hechiti tribe, and only the life of the people who are strong in the tribe will last, even the Mongolian tribesmen who have not read books know this truth.

"Then we want it, I don't know how to calculate this price, what to settle with?" Anyway, it's all a knife, so it's better to say it's open. He could see it, and yes, Alert himself was probably already laughing wildly in his heart.

"We want everything, what you give and what we want." Without waiting for Alert to speak, Burhan preemptively answered, and Alert glared at Burhan fiercely and said, "Mouthy! Then he turned to Dugan and said, "Hey, hey! Elder Dugan, you don't see that you haven't disciplined well, and since he said it, let's do it! Whatever you give, what we want, gold, silver, women, slaves, anything. ”

"It's better for the leader of Alet to say it yourself, so I can go back and tell the Great Khan that he has a preparation!" Dugan then changed the topic to Alert, and Allett was not polite, and said as agreed with his son yesterday: "Okay, Elder Dugan, everyone understands people, and we are not jackals, tigers, and leopards who take advantage of fire to rob. In this way, you first take these 1,000 loads of grain back, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the previous Turkhut, and then exchange gold and silver for something else, in fact, there is nothing else but blood sausage. ”

"Leader Alert, I have walked for eight days from the branch to your Daduo Leyan horse, these 1,000 loads of grain are enough to eat for ten days and half a month at most, this is a long way, you see that I will go back with food and supplies first, you send someone to go with me, and bring gold and silver when you come back? I can swear to the Immortal Heaven that I will repay the materials of the Hechiti Tribe. ”

"How's that going to work? If you Turks don't keep your word and don't give us money, you let our people and the northwest wind! The proposal was quickly vetoed by Wu Rizhao. Obviously, it won't work, even if you Dugenjinong is famous in the grassland, it's not you who is in charge after all.

Seeing that both sides were red-eared, Burhan stood up and said, "In this way, Elder Dugan, we have a winter camp in Ejina, which is closer to you, and even horse-drawn sledding will only take 5 days to arrive, so it will be good for everyone, what do you say?" "Ejina is indeed an ideal place, and it is very convenient for some of the tribesmen of the Hechiti Department to set up a winter camp there.

The trivial things that followed took another hour of mushrooms, and finally it was finally decided. The supplies of the Hechiti Department will leave for Ejina as soon as possible. Before leaving, Dugan looked at the big Duo Leyan of the Hechi Ti Division, and there was a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Burhan, why don't you bring it up and exchange slaves for supplies?" Wu Rizhao was a little puzzled, the Hechi Ti tribe was never short of food, gold and silver, but only had a soft spot for people and slaves.

"Uncle Wu Rizhao, if we say that we use slaves to settle settlements, then our intentions will be exposed, don't worry, I only know that the Turghut tribe that destroys the heavens will definitely use slaves and tribesmen to trade, leaving useless gold and silver, their eyes are too small."

Burhan guessed right, the years of war had left the Turks amassing about 10,000 slaves, and the nobles preferred to use these slaves, who also had to share the grain, to settle their accounts rather than use gold and silver.

Along the way, Dugan's retinue asked Dugan why he didn't lead his troops to destroy the Hechiti tribe?

"Looking at the road ahead, who knows where there will be a fork in the road? There are now more than 7,000 soldiers in the Hechi Ti Division, and it would be good if we could gather 30,000, the autumn grass is not fat, the war horses have no strength, even if they are all used in the Hechi Ti Division, the victory or defeat is unknown, and there is also the Jungger Department eyeing the tiger, and the Hechi Ti Department can no longer have any mistakes, let's go back. "The old man was obviously not happy, how could he not know the purpose of the Hechi Ti tribe with his wisdom?

Dugan, who had returned to the Turk Ministry, was warmly welcomed by Orlekin, and without him, he rushed to the 1,000 loads of grain he had brought back. At the banquet, Dugan explained his dealings with Alert in the Hechiti tribe, and was silent with Orlekin and the nobles.

"Shameless, they are going to take advantage of the fire. Great Khan, please let me lead my troops to teach the damned Hechiti a lesson, and let them know how powerful our Turghut tribe is. "Todo is a war maniac, he has always liked to rely on war to solve problems, and this time it is his sworn enemy Alert, it is better to kill all the people of the Hechiti tribe, and rape that little slut in front of Alert and the mongrel. Toduo's resentful eyes couldn't deceive and Orlekin, and he punched Toduo down, "You idiot, don't I know what you're going to do?" If you go to attack the Hechiti tribe, I can tell you that I will not stop you, you will go by yourself. The tribe's biggest threat now is to survive the winter rather than to raid, and besides, can you be sure that you can destroy the Hechiti tribe without destroying their food? If it weren't for you, how could we have a rift in Hechiti? How can I have such a nephew as you! "I really hate that iron can't become steel, if it weren't for the early death of my son, I wouldn't care about this nephew if I said anything to Orlekyin.

"The Turks have already been wicked once, do we want the whole steppe to know that we are ungrateful villains? This time, they gave us thousands of loads of food. Dugan was a little disappointed, looking at his nephew and Orlekin, he was not just weak and incompetent.

That's right, when a tribe is in danger, it is better to make friends with other tribes than to cause trouble. Even if the Great Khan agreed, the other nobles would not send troops, and besides, isn't food exchangeable?

"Honorable Duganjinong, I don't know if you and the leader of the Hechiti tribe are talking about how to exchange grain?" A little nobleman who couldn't help it asked eagerly. Like most of the Mongol tribes, the Turghut tribe is a tribal alliance, where tribal leaders and cronies can stand tall, but like other small tribes, they don't have as much time and experience, and they need to pay more to survive. Although Dajinong brought back 1,000 loads of grain, how many of them could reach his own hands? What a price it takes to get it, and the tribe may even be completely annexed, so even if he is a rising bird, he has no hesitation.

"This is good, the leader of Alat said that let's prepare gold and silver to trade in Ejina, by the way, there is not much food in the Hechiti Department, only blood sausage, I will bring some back this time, everyone will taste it and make a decision." As he spoke, he beckoned the guards to bring blood sausage for everyone to taste. Everyone has eaten it and found that this thing is similar to meat, at least more hungry than food.

"Haha, God help me. Since Alett asked us to trade with Ejina, it means that Ejina must have stored a lot of supplies, uncle, please let your nephew lead troops to take them back! "It's a disappointment that discordant voices are always ringing in people's reverie. It seems that Toduo still hasn't seriously thought about the current situation of the Turk tribe.

"You idiot, why are you so ignorant? Don't get out of here! "Toduo, who was still showing off his might just now, was beaten all over the ground with Orlek, and left the big tent in a gray manner.

"Venerable Duganjinon, I wonder if there is anything else besides gold and silver that can be exchanged for these supplies?" The person who spoke was holding the money bag in one hand, and at first glance he was an out-and-out miser.

"It seems that slaves can also be used, what else do you have? Anyway, he said he wanted whatever you had. Dugan didn't pay much attention to him.

"If I knew it was okay to be a slave, I wouldn't kill those slaves." The complaints in the crowd were also long overdue, and the Mongol tribes basically transitioned to the feudal era during the Genghis Khan era, and there were fewer slaves. However, after the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor, the Mongol tribes were driven back to the grassland, and the tribes began to continue to conquer and a large number of Han captives joined, and slaves rose again. Slaves have no human rights at all, even in the developed Ming court, what is the difference between the maids of large families and slaves? Instead of keeping them to share the food with the nobles, why not exchange it for some food, which can not only reduce expenses, but also bring food, saving gold and silver, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone, why not?