Chapter 184: The Storm Outside the Fortress (2)

Temu Khan and Akuna received Qiao Shaoyuan with the most solemn etiquette of the Meng ancients.

The place of reception is the king's tent of the Menggu tribe of Chahar, and in addition to the nobles of the Menggu tribe, there are very few foreigners who are qualified to enter this king's tent.

Qiao Shaoyuan is an exception.

Temu Khan received Qiao Shaoyuan in the back tent of the king's tent. Qiao Shaoyuan had more personal relations with him, and the middle tent of the king's tent was a place to receive foreign envoys and discuss clan affairs. It is obviously inappropriate to receive Qiao Shaoyuan on such a serious occasion.

And in the back tent that served as the living place of Temu Khan, Qiao Shaoyuan was received, and the atmosphere was even milder.

Temu Khan gestured slightly, and the Menggu maid in the tent poured Qiao Shaoyuan the Menggu milk tea that had already been boiled.

The cute ancient girl who can be a maid by Temu Khan's side is naturally outstanding in the clan. But Qiao Shaoyuan still felt that Menggu's maid was not as good-looking as his Qiao's ordinary maidservant, and he was not interested in Menggu women, but he was somewhat sympathetic to Temu Khan and Achina.

The women with outstanding looks are like this, and if their spouses are from their own people, they are not much better than these maids.

Qiao Shaoyuan thanked Tiemu Khan, but the milk tea was drunk in one go, most of the barbarians were bold, and the same was true of the Menggu tribe. Qiao Shaoyuan, who has been running outside the Sai all the year round, still knows the customs and habits of each group very well, and Qiao Shaoyuan is also one of the few juniors of the Qiao family who can run between the groups and be at ease.

Qiao Shaoyuan does have this ability.

The taste of milk tea is salty, and this drink with a unique nomadic flavor still tastes good.

"Good tea, it's just that you can only drink this kind of milk tea in the side stopper, and in the Central Plains, I'm afraid you can't brew this kind of tea." Qiao Shaoyuan put down the teacup and said with a bit of a fly in the ointment.

"The Central Plains is vast, and this milk tea is rare." Temu Khan smiled, "Ben Khan is very envious of you Central Plains people, the Central Plains have everything, any slightly larger city in the Central Plains, a city with a population more than our clan. Where like we are, there is only an endless grassland and wind-blown sand. ”

Both Temu Khan and Achina were envious of the wealth of the Central Plains, and in the eyes of the aliens, the rich Central Plains was a heavenly existence.

"No matter how much wind and sand there is, there are still some things that are not available in the Central Plains. I am a businessman, and a businessman is to take what is not available in one place to another, and then take what is available in this place to a place where it does not have it. For example, if you don't have salt and iron tea, I will give you the salt and iron you bring down and exchange it for the scarce horses in the Central Plains. It's a pity that this milk tea can't be taken away. Qiao Shaoyuan said slowly.

"If Boss Qiao likes to drink this tea, the maids here in Ben Khan are all good at making tea in the clan, but it doesn't hurt to pick a few to go back and make tea." Temu Khan was very generous, and the maids in Menggu were only the property of the Khan, and the Khan had the power to buy and sell them as gifts or give them to others.

"No need." Qiao Shaoyuan was really not interested in these Meng Gu maids, "The milk tea of the Meng Gu people is still drunk in the tent of the Meng Gu people, and you can't drink it in other places." ”

After drinking the milk tea, the maid served a large plate of delicacies, which was a very homely hand-grabbed lamb. It is also the most well-known delicacy in Menggu, which is called "Ulan Yide" in Meng, and the Han people usually call it hand-grabbed mutton.

This method of finger meat is to disassemble the bone-in lamb according to the bone joints, put it in a large pot without adding salt and other seasonings, and cook it in the original juice. When eating, grasp the mutton bones with one hand, remove the mutton with a Mongolian knife in the other, and dip it in the adjusted condiments to eat.

"It's a very ordinary red food, please!" Temu Khan asked, the ancient people used to call meat red food.

Following the customs of the locals, Qiao Shaoyuan happily picked up the knife, cut off a piece of mutton and put it, regardless of the greasy, grabbed a large piece of mutton and dipped it in the adjusted condiments and ate it in a big gulp.

"Happy!" Temujin praised, then cut off a large piece of mutton and devoured it, Temujin said to Qiao Shaoyuan while eating, "Boss Qiao didn't just sell salt and iron to me Chahar this time. ”

Qiao Shaoyuan did not shy away from his words, and said very happily: "This time, all the salt and iron will be given to the Great Khan, and no silver will be charged from the Great Khan." ”

Send so many salt and iron weapons without charging a penny of silver?! Temujin and Achena heard Qiao Shaoyuan say that these things were all given away for nothing, and their eyes were straight. After the decline of Menggu, the life of the whole clan was tight, and there was a good time when the Manshu tribe nested in Changbai Mountain. This material is a lot of wealth for the Meng people of the Chahar tribe.

Temujin and Achena were so frightened that they swallowed their saliva in a gaffe.

As much as they would love to get their hands on the salt and iron weapons, their tribe also needed them. The entire Chahar tribe now has few decent weapons, and many of the arrows don't even have clusters of iron arrows, but only sharpened wooden arrowheads. Such arrows are usually used to hunt rabbits, and it is tantamount to a joke to take them into battle to kill the enemy, the other party must have armor, even if it is an ordinary armor, this kind of arrow is impossible to cause damage to the enemy.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, and Temujin and Achena still understood this truth. Although Qiao Shaoyuan had a good relationship with them, he would not give these materials worth nearly 100,000 taels to the Chahar Menggu Department for free. Qiao Shaoyuan is a businessman, according to Qiao Shaoyuan's own words, businessmen seek profit, and what is the purpose of profit, what is Qiao Shaoyuan's plan this time?

"I'm afraid these things won't be easy to take." Achina, who had been silent for a long time on the side, said, "Our Meng Gu people want to be happy, Boss Qiao bluntly said that after getting this batch of materials, what do we need to do in the Chahar Meng Gu Department." ”

"It's nothing." Qiao Shaoyuan said with a smile, "Don't hide it from the Great Khan, Qiao Mou came this time to be entrusted by the Liao Emperor, and these materials were also donated to the Great Khan by the Liao Emperor." ”

"Emperor Liao is so generous!" Tiemu Khan lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Qiao, won't you come this time to break the border of the Great Liao Army?" ”

Regarding the imminent entry of the Liao army, the high-level of the Liao State has already passed the news with the high-level of the Menggu tribe. Temu Khan still knew more or less about the news that the Liao State was about to break through the border and enter the customs.

Temu Khan is not an idiot, the Liao State wants to break through the border, and the territory of the Liao State and the hinterland of the Central Plains are separated by a narrow Liaoxi corridor. It is absolutely impossible to break through the Haimen Pass from the Liaoning West Corridor. If the Liao army wants to break the border and enter the North Zhili, it can only take advantage of the ancient road.

And among all the Menggu tribes, the closest to Beizhili is his Chahar tribe Menggu. Now all the Menggu tribes are allies of the Liao State, and it is reasonable that the Menggu tribes should support the actions of the Liao army.

However, on this issue, the attitude of the various tribes of the Meng Gu is similar - vacillating. (To be continued.) )