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Daming Guangnan West Road, from the Qiguo Luxi City.

Ziqi country is between Guangnan West Road and Dali self-established as a country of the barbarian tribe, before the fall of Dali has been as a subject of Dali existence, and later wait until the Mongolian long drive into Dali, Dali, the suzerainty of the ashes, from the Qi country to the Southern Song Dynasty, resisting the Mongol invasion.

As a small country that made a fortune by selling Yunnan horses between Dali and the Great Song Dynasty, Ziqi's wealth made the Dali Mongolian army salivate, so Ziqi wanted to survive in the cracks, relying on the Song army on Guangnan West Road behind him was a good choice, after all, for the great Song Dynasty with a wealth of the world, Ziqi's wealth was not in the eyes, but Ziqi was regarded as the first line of defense for the Mongolian Tatars to attack Yongzhou from Dali.

As for the Ziqi Kingdom itself, the Song army and the Mongol army confronted each other, and neither side dared to take the lead, so it could get a glimmer of life if it was caught in the middle.

It is precisely because it is a small country in the cracks, so the Mongolian and Song army sentry cavalry in the territory of Ziqi country has not been less conflicted, this Ziqi country is also a blind eye, if the Song army is defeated, they will pretend not to see anything, if Mongolia is defeated, they will rush up to rob the Mongolian sentry horse of the things to be wiped out.

Over the years, just to be able to figure out the degree of formation of the Southern Song Dynasty in terms of cavalry through the number of horses purchased by the Southern Song Dynasty, Mongolia has sent people into Ziqi many times, and fierce conflicts broke out with the barbarian tribes and the Song army here.

"The last time was under this restaurant, ten Mongolian Tartars let the brothers catch one of them, although they are all dressed as Han families, but the feeling of gestures is not my race." Standing under a restaurant, Lou Yong, who was wearing a Han gown and looked ordinary, said softly.

There are many people dressed like him on the streets, most of them are merchant convoys coming and going, and of course, there are also many people from the Wuman tribe who also wear Hanfu, and if you don't look closely, you can't tell that they are locals.

"On these people?" Yang Ting, who was standing beside Lou Yong, couldn't help but ask softly.

Lou Yong replied with a smile: "Since the Qi Kingdom made a fortune by trading with us, don't look at the fact that the people of these barbarian tribes defend this land on weekdays, but many of them have been to Jiangnan, so naturally they will envy our prosperity and wealth, so it is reasonable to wear some Han clothes." ”

Yang Ting nodded, and Lou Yong made a gesture of please: "Shopkeeper Yang, the person who comes is a guest, this Luxi is half of the younger brother's territory, today the younger brother has a treat, what the shopkeeper Yang wants to eat, let's eat what, say that we can't treat the shopkeeper Yang badly!" ”

The decoration style of this restaurant is far different from that of Jiangnan, and even different from Guangnan West Road, and everywhere reveals the local characteristics and customs of Ziqi, including the general Wuman clothes decoration of the second child in the store, but when I saw that the person who came was Han, the Chinese language was very smooth: "Two shopkeepers, please inside, dare to ask only two?" ”

"Upstairs private room." Lou Yong smiled and took out a piece of snowflake silver from his sleeve, "They are all old guests, don't you know the shopkeeper?" ”

The shopkeeper who was settling accounts on the side was slightly stunned, looked at Lou Yong carefully, and a smile immediately appeared on his face: "Who else am I so generous, it turns out to be Lou Shopkeeper, I am really lucky!" I don't know what kind of wind is blowing your old man's house. ”

Lou Yong smiled and slapped the shopkeeper's chest, the shopkeeper was not angry, but happily beat him back, and then the two smiled and stepped forward to hug, and after a while, Lou Yong knocked on the table: "Of course it's just the east wind, taking advantage of the sunny days of God, I can't come out to see these old friends, otherwise the bones will rot." ”

"Shopkeeper Lou is very strong, why do you say this." The shopkeeper said with a smile, full of the original straightforward atmosphere of the barbarians, "Old friend, since we are here, we have to express that in the private room upstairs, the children remember, stuffed pears, roasted cloud legs, steamed chicken, plus a plate of sour horn cakes, I can tell you that the shopkeeper Lou, in the territory of Luxi, if you want to eat such a table of original flavor, your ten taels of silver are really not enough, we are cheap for you, and it is not good to explain to the big shopkeeper if there is more." ”

"It's not once or twice, I know in my heart that the big shopkeeper was okay last time?" Lou Yong said with a smile.

"Thanks to Shopkeeper Lou's concern, you also know that since the last time the Mongolian Tatars broke our Luxi City, the big shopkeeper has been angry, and he has been relying on herbs to hang this life all these years." The shopkeeper's expression darkened, and he lowered his voice, "If the shopkeeper Lou wants to see the big shopkeeper, I'm afraid it won't work, if there is anything you can tell me, you should convey it to the shopkeeper Lou." ”

Lou Yong frowned slightly and waved his hand: "This time it's mainly to come and visit, visit old friends, and there is nothing that must be said, so I will ask the store to guide the way." Is this the shopkeeper's child? ”

"It's the dog." The shopkeeper nodded, and looked at the young shopkeeper Xiao Er lovingly, "This child is the youngest in the family, and his body is weaker, so he is still reluctant to let him go out after all, and it is better to stay at home and watch this family business." ”

Nodding slowly, Lou Yong made a gesture of invitation to Yang Ting, and the two went upstairs under the guidance of Xiao Er.

Pushing open the door of the private room, before he sat down, the shopkeeper lowered his voice, compared with his father's Chinese level is much worse, but he can barely understand: "The two shopkeepers don't know if they have seen it, a few people in the corner of the lobby below have been sitting here for most of the day, I don't know where to come, my father is afraid that it is a Mongolian Tartar." ”

Lou Yong frowned: "I know, let your father be relieved, the Mongolian Tatars are now at most sending some sentry agents, and they don't have the courage to kill them." ”

Waiting for the guy to leave, Lou Yongfang took a breath lightly: "I'm afraid this Mongolian Tartar has also noticed something, otherwise since last year, this Luxi City has really rarely seen Mongolian Tartar sentry detectives, and after sitting here for most of the day, there is a chance that I will smell something." ”

"I just saw the conversation between you and the shopkeeper downstairs, this restaurant ······" Yang Ting couldn't help but ask softly.

Lou Yong lowered his voice as much as possible, nodded and said: "The shopkeeper of this restaurant is actually the clan brother of the head of Ziqi Country, and the news between us and Ziqi is all through here. The big shopkeeper said that it is the sentence of the lord of the country, which is also a generation of male masters, and he fought very tragically with the barbarians and the Mongolian Tatars, but in the end he was still outnumbered and lost this Luxi City, but fortunately, the Mongolian Tatars came across thousands of mountains and rivers, and the grain and grass were already insufficient, so they could only collect the troops, and then our people came up, and the Mongolian Tatars did not dare to act rashly. ”

Glancing out the window, Lou Yong continued: "It's just a pity that he didn't keep the ancestral foundation, the lord of the country of Xingju was sick because of this, and he has been bedridden all these years, and after a war, this Luxi City is far less prosperous than it was back then." ”

"Luxi City is three hundred miles away from Shanyan Mansion, if it weren't for the fact that there are really few people in Dali, I'm afraid the Mongolian Tartars won't give up here easily." Yang Ting stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the table, "Isn't Shopkeeper Lou curious about why those Mongolian Tartars downstairs came from?" Could it be that they really sensed that we were preparing to attack Shanyan Mansion from Luxi? ”

Lou Yong was silent for a moment, and said helplessly: "Attacking Dali, this Luxi is the best shortcut, the Xuanwu army is stationed on the Guangnan West Road, and the Mongolian Tartars can't be unaware of it, and now it depends on whether the Sichuan and Shu troops in the north can contain their energy, if not, there is nothing to be done." ”

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and an attendant stepped forward quickly and said in a low voice: "The two shopkeepers, the few people who have been sitting downstairs are now making trouble with the shopkeeper of the restaurant, the sound is quite loud, are we the two shopkeepers?" ”

"Troublemaker?" Lou Yong stood up, "Why?" ”

"The subordinates don't know, but they point to the food, it should be an excuse, as for what happened, the subordinates are stupid and difficult to see." The attendant was in a hurry.

Lou Yong just wanted to go out, but Yang Ting grabbed his sleeve: "Don't panic, since the shopkeeper just now said that these people are Mongolian Tartar sentinels, then naturally it is impossible to make noise over this little thing like the villains in the market, and there must be a purpose." ”

Slowly clenching his fists, Lou Yong glanced at the two entourages, one of them walked to the staircase, and the other slowly held the short knife in his sleeve. When the door of the private room opened, you could hear a big man downstairs speaking in a Dali accent: "There are insects in your food here, and the people coming and going are so noisy, let's change a private room!" ”

"Yes, a private room!" Another big man casually threw a bag of broken silver.

The face of the shopkeeper downstairs changed slightly, and he immediately understood what these people were doing, and said helplessly at the moment: "A few guest officers, it's not that the small shop is not attentive, but the private room upstairs is really not empty. Just treat me as the shopkeeper, please. ”

"No, we just want the private room upstairs, didn't there be a vacant room just now, brothers, let's go up and have a look!" The big man was immediately furious and beckoned his subordinates.

"This is the territory of self-destruction!" The Wuhu people at the other tables suddenly stood up, "Don't think that you can be overbearing if you are from Dali, and the place where you are self-imposed is still the self-ruler!" Hurry up, you Mongolian Tartar lackeys! ”

Several big men immediately clenched their fists, but the shopkeeper hurriedly stood in the middle: "Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, guest officer, you see, there is indeed only one private room left on this upstairs just now, and there is really no empty place, or ······"

"Is there any, just go up and see!"

The shopkeeper's forehead suddenly sweated, if he really let these people go up, maybe there would be some kind of moth. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion, since he survived in the gap between Dali and Dasong on weekdays, he was still happy, but now it is finally time to endure hardships.

I just don't know who wins and who loses in the end.

"Don't you want to go upstairs to the private room, then let's free up our room for you." Lou Yong walked down from upstairs Shi Shiran, "You all look like heroes, although you are a businessman, but you respect such a bold character the most, if you don't dislike it, how about a toast?" ”

"Han Chinese?" A big man stared at him intently.

Lou Yong smiled and said, "What's the matter, haven't you seen the Han people?" ”

The big man was just about to say something, but Lou Yong rushed down the stairs: "Do it, kill the Tartar!" ”

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the half-hidden door of the restaurant was slammed open, and several guards dressed as Han people had already slammed into the door, and the short knives between their sleeves shone at the same time, and Lou Yong and Yang Ting did not hesitate at all, and crashed straight into the crowd.

Kicking away a big man, Yang Ting yelled at Lou Yong: "What now." ”

"Catch it alive, and then do you have the ability to go to the Shanyan Mansion for a while?!" A smile flashed at the corner of Lou Yong's mouth, the knife was already on the neck of a big man, and when the man saw that the other party was actually moving directly, he knew that he had encountered a hard stubble, and he was holding his neck at the moment, and he just wanted to struggle, but he was knocked to the ground by Lou Yong's punch, and two of his followers stepped forward to guard.

"Why don't you dare." Yang Ting wiped a handful of blood from his face and said with a sneer.

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"Within two months, can the people of Jiangnan and Huainan master this weaving technique?" Ye Yingwu paced back and forth in the main hall.

Huang Daopo was still dressed in coarse cloth clothes that were not good-looking, standing on the main hall and looking at Ye Yingwu, looking a little out of place, but everyone who knew the roots knew how important this beautiful and maverick little lady was to Daming:

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last time the slave family went to Xingzhou from Jiangnan, they used to church the people in the area of Songjiang's hometown, and these days the slave family plans to visit the various state capitals in Jiangnan, after all, the entire Jiangnan is vast, and if you want to teach everyone in a short time, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, so the slave family can only hope for the propaganda that comes and goes."

"You don't have to worry about that." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "How much money do you need to go directly to Xie Shangshu of the household department, and a certain has already greeted him." In addition, you can choose the right people who are smart and smart, and you can teach them and then use them to preach and teach them to the various state capitals. ”

Huang Daopo's face showed a touch of joy, but she still said with some concern: "But will this cost ······?"

Stretching out his hand to hold down the table, Ye Yingwu waved his hand: "What we need now is to let more people be able to wear cotton clothes in winter, and be able to seek food and clothing through this skill, how much gold and silver is consumed, if Junzhi still doesn't let go, just come here to complain." ”

Huang Daopo nodded: "The slave family understands that His Royal Highness is benevolent and righteous, and the people should be grateful when they hear it." ”

Ye Yingwu sighed softly: "It's not enough to be grateful to Dade, after all, this is the people of a certain country anyway, this is also a certain country and the world, as a monarch, you should think about the people." ”

"What does the slave family need to do with the women's college called by His Highness?" Huang Daopo continued.

With blazing eyes, Ye Yingwu looked outside the hall and said lightly: "Not only does I need your help, but I also want to invite you to be the dean of the women's college." The whole academy is to be able to train nursing staff, so as to reduce the casualties of soldiers on the battlefield, and secondly, to cultivate women from good families in calligraphy, painting and embroidery, so that more poor women can get ahead. ”

"Your Highness's idea is good, but has Your Highness ever thought about how the people of the world would look at this? After all, for most families, daughters should be hidden deep in the boudoir. Huang Daopo was a little helpless.

"What you need is not the kind of lady who is going to be beautiful for the time being," Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "but someone who has the same experience as you." ”

Huang Daopo was slightly stunned, looked up at Ye Yingwu, Ye Yingwu nodded solemnly, and did not explain more. The hand in the sleeve of the shirt was slowly clenched, and Huang Daopo nodded slowly: "Your Highness's meaning The slave family understands, please rest assured, Your Highness, the slave family will definitely do this for Your Highness." ”

"Then I'm bothering you." Ye Yingwu rarely showed a hint of a smile, "By the way, Little Lady Huang went to various state capitals to inspect this time, don't forget to pass by Lin'an, I'm afraid someone misses you very much." ”

A flush swept over her pretty face, and Huang Daopo twisted her fingers with some apprehension, saying that she didn't look up at Ye Yingwu anymore.

Ye Yingwu picked up the teacup and took a sip, but Huang Daopo said with a red face: "Is this how His Royal Highness King Ming usually acts as a matchmaker?" ”

"Poof!" A mouthful of tea squirted out, and Ye Yingwu coughed helplessly. (To be continued.) )