"If I don't want to be a Great Khan, what does it have to do with the ancestral tomb?" Halim asked, surprised.

The Mongols, as a nomadic people, were very simple in the matter of funerals. Legend has it that the Mongols did not bury themselves after they died, but rather buried them in the sky. In fact, most Mongolian tribes still have burial customs, but they do not choose fixed cemeteries like farming peoples, let alone build any large mausoleums.

Hearing Chen Guanyu say that the reason why he couldn't be a big sweater was because the ancestral tomb was not good, Halim's first feeling was ridiculous, and he thought that Chen Guanyu might want to cheat some money or something.

"Daoyou, you don't understand, do you?" Chen Guanyu showed a look of hatred for iron and steel, and said: "With all due respect, do you think your Mongolian Great Khan is living comfortably, or is our Ming Emperor living comfortably?" ”

"Needless to say, of course your emperor is living comfortably." Halim said that the Mongols have always been very envious of the living standards of the Central Plains, and Chen Guanyu's question was too simple.

Chen Guanyu said: "That's right, think about it, our emperor of the Ming Dynasty pays more attention to the selection of mausoleums, feng shui, and orientation." And you Mongolians don't understand this, so you can only suffer from poverty for generations, isn't it? ”

Halim is also a bit cultured among the Tatars, he has heard more or less about the customs of the Central Plains, and knows that what Chen Guanyu said is true, but if he wants to say that this has anything to do with whether he can be a Great Khan, he still can't figure it out. His Chinese was not good in the first place, and he felt very tired chatting with Chen Guanyu, especially when it came to complex issues. So, he decided to solve the problem simply: "Daoist, you say, what do you want me to do?" ”

"I'll help you choose an ancestral grave again, and you don't have to rebury your ancestors, just bury some ancestral tablets in it. If you do that, within three years, you will be able to become the Great Khan. Chen Guanyu said in an unquestionable tone.

"Hahahaha, how much silver do you want for you to help me choose an ancestral grave?" Halim thought he had understood what Chen Guanyu's deception was all about, and he asked Chen Guanyu with a wild laugh. He thought that as long as Chen Guanyu asked for a tael of silver, he would take a horsewhip and whip Chen Guanyu in the face, so that this liar would remember his surname for a long time.

"What silver? I choose the ancestral grave for the Great Khan, how can I ask for silver! Chen Guanyu argued with a red face as if he had been insulted.

"You don't want silver?" Halim was a little strange, "Then what do you want?" ”

"I don't want anything!" Chen Guanyu said awe-inspiringly.

"Then why are you helping me?" Halim asked.

Chen Guanyu said: "First of all, you have the air of an emperor, well, the Great Khan is equivalent to the emperor of our Han people, he is blessed by the gods, and helping you do things is to worship the gods." ”

"Is that so?" Halim began to worship himself, and he didn't think he had such a shining side.

"Second, of course, it's a little selfishness on my part. If you become a great khan, allow me to preach in your realm. Chen Guanyu added that he knew that in order to convince the other party of his sincerity, he had to show something he wanted, and his completely selfless actions would also make people suspicious.

Halim was finally moved by Chen Guanyu's words, people always have more trust in free things, because they don't have to pay, just like being deceived by the other party, what can they do? Besides, if the other party doesn't take a penny, how can he be a liar? Since the other party is not a liar, then what the other party said about the ancestral tomb, feng shui and other things may be reasonable, he has the potential to become a great khan, but because the ancestral tomb is not buried, it is not a great khan, what a pity.

"Dao Chief, I can promise you that as long as I can become the Great Khan, I will make you a national teacher, so that the people of the entire tribe will respect you." Halim graciously agreed.

"Okay, let's make a decision." Chen Guanyu said.

Both of them clapped their hands as a sign of commitment, and then Halim asked, "Dao Chief, I don't know anything about how to choose an ancestral tomb." ”

Chen Guanyu said: "This matter is very difficult, our Ming Emperor chooses a mausoleum, and it takes nine hundred and eighty-one people to choose it, and it takes seven years to choose." Of course, the Ming Emperor is the Son of Heaven, you can't compare, but you also have to ask seventy-seven forty-nine public opinion masters to survey. ”

"With so many people?" Halim is a little worried again, the other party won't let him bear the food of these people, right? That's a lot of money.

Chen Guanyu seemed to see Halim's worries, and he said: "Daoist friends don't need to worry, there is no need for Daoists to bother about this matter, Lao Daoist I have so many people under me." As long as the Taoist friends give me a permission to conduct surveys in your territory, you only need to wait for the rest of the matter. ”

"It's easy." Halim said, "I will give you a feather arrow, with which you will enter and exit this steppe, and no one will dare to embarrass you." ”

"Then thank you Daoyou." Chen Guanyu laughed.

Halim left a token and informed Chen Guanyu of his name and the location of the tribe, and then left with his subordinates full of ambition. Chen Guanyu put away Halim's feather arrows, and a smile broke out on his face.

"The Taoist is good." Su Hao stayed in the distance and watched Chen Guanyu fool Halim's good show, until he saw that Halim and his people had gone far, so he smiled and went to ridicule Chen Guanyu.

"Master Su, are you here early?" Chen Guanyu hurriedly saluted Su Hao.

"How's it going?" Su Hao asked.

Chen Guanyu said with a smile: "With my old way, how can I miss it?" There are more than a dozen tribes outside this wall, and I have negotiated with the old way, and our brothers can go out of the side wall to survey and map at any time, and there is no need to worry about safety. ”

It turned out that since Xiao Ruxun told Su Hao that he hoped to get the grassland map outside the side wall, Su Hao was thinking about how to do it. The survey battalion had to go out of the border wall to do surveying and mapping, and the biggest obstacle was the harassment of the Tatars. Although the Tatars and the Ming court were currently in a period of truce, the tacit understanding between the two sides was that the well water would not interfere with the river water, and each other would not enter each other's areas. Without the permission of the Tatars, it was risky for the camp to enter the steppe rashly.

On the occasion of the exchange of vegetables for meat, Su Hao transferred Chen Guanyu from Ningxia City and asked him to try to solve this contradiction. Chen Guanyu has always been good at dancing with long sleeves, and it is his job to pretend to be a ghost. He followed the vegetable sellers to the grasslands, looking for opportunities to talk to the chiefs of the tribes. For different people, he used different methods, or to help find gold mines, or to help find water sources, or to say that there were some treasure maps of the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, etc., the general purpose was to make the other party willingly allow the personnel of the survey camp to enter.

The Tatars never imagined that the Ming army would be interested in the geography of the steppe, let alone such a thing as drawing military maps, and in their opinion, allowing some Han Chinese to enter the steppe was an inconsequential matter. These people are here to do things for themselves, and they don't take a penny, so why should they stop such a good thing?

"Master Su, didn't we just draw the map inside the side wall, why did we draw it outside the side wall again? There is nothing but grass and sand here, so why draw a map here? Chen Guanyu asked, he was just acting according to Su Hao's order, but he never understood the purpose of this order.

Su Hao said: "Lao Chen, we have to look farther. Why can we only let the Tatars be trapped within the border wall, why can't we step out of the border wall and expand the territory? Let me tell you, this grassland is full of treasures, not to mention the cattle and sheep all over the ground, just the coal mines, iron mines, gold mines, silver mines, copper mines, and all kinds of mines you don't know about the grassland, it is enough for us to use it for hundreds of years. It's such a nice place, why don't we take it? ”

"Su Gongzi's vision, the old way really can't catch up." Chen Guanyu said that he was actually quite disdainful of Su Hao's lofty ideals, but his mouth could only be flattering.

Chen Guanyu had to defect to Su Hao when he was destitute. In the past two years, he has eaten fragrant food, drunk spicy food, and bulging pockets, all thanks to Su Hao, where does he dare to compare with Su Hao. Since Su Hao said that this matter is meaningful, he just works hard to do it. He knew that every time he successfully completed the task assigned by Su Hao, Su Hao gave him a very generous reward, and with such an owner, what more could he ask for.

"By the way, Lao Chen, when you came out of Ningxia City, was there anything abnormal in Ningxia City?" Su Hao asked.

Chen Guanyu said: "Ningxia City is now a miasma, and the party governor and Bibai are very stiff, but there is no sign of trouble in Bibai. In addition, the party governor often withheld the salaries of the officers and men of the guards, causing a lot of complaints. Because of the lack of wages, the officers and soldiers of the Ningxia Zhuwei had no restraint, and they often went to the streets to bully the people, and there were fights almost every day. ”

"How did it get like this?" Su Hao frowned and said, "Dang Xin is also crazy, he offended Bibai, and he is not good at winning over Han officers and soldiers." If Bibai really attacks him one day, I am afraid that those Han officers and soldiers will just stand by and watch, and Dang Xin will be left alone, and I will see how he ends. ”

"Master Su, we can't control these things. This Ningxia ground is the sky high and the emperor is far away, who can know what happened? In the old way, let's hurry up and finish the work, pat our butts and leave this place of right and wrong, as for how the party governor and Bibai make trouble, what does it matter to us? Chen Guanyu said.

Su Hao smiled and said: "Lao Chen, what you said makes sense, but we can't leave if we want to, Chen Langzhong stays in our camp every day, just to guard us." If the affairs of Ningxia Wei do not subside, I guess the military department will not let us leave easily. Therefore, what comes is safe. By the way, Lao Chen, after the things on the grassland are over, you have to go back to Ningxia City, you must pay attention to your own safety, understand? ”

Chen Guanyu said: "Although Su Gongzi can rest assured at this point, in this Ningxia City, no one dares to touch the old way at all." Bibai's godson Biyun has recognized the old way that I am a godfather, and when it comes to it, Bibai and I are still brothers. ”

"It's too messy, isn't it?" Su Hao couldn't cry or laugh, and his heart was full of admiration for Chen Guanyu. (To be continued.) )