Yang Hao and Li Yide returned to the Shuai Mansion, pulled the saddle and dismounted and entered the mansion gate, only to see more than ten cars parked in the courtyard. The accompanying guards were stationed outside the palace, but there were many tall and fat black slaves around the carriages, all of whom seemed to be eunuchs, with no beards under their chins, all dressed in exotic clothes, and as docile as camels.

"These black slaves are probably the servants of the high-nosed and white-clothed alien guests, after Cui Dalang's Central Plains family, it is not uncommon for a few black slaves and Kunlun slaves to come out of the house, but it is impossible for all the servants to use aliens."

Yang Hao carried the horsewhip and Li Yide strode to the court, while looking at the carriages and horses next to him, he occasionally saw a car car curtain lifted, and there were several women sitting faintly inside, snow-white clothes, crimson mandarins, and a fragrant navel with a waist, but his face was covered with a silk scarf, only revealing a pair of charming eyes, and he was also glancing outward, Yang Hao was stunned, and quickly turned his head, other people's daughters should not look at it more.

Stepping into the main hall, Cui Dalang was looking around with his hands on his back, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly stepped forward, hugged his fists and saluted: "Dalang has seen Taiwei Yang, and he took the liberty to come to the door, and he looked at Taiwei Moo." ”

Cui Dalang is Yang Hao's partner in private, and in terms of the actual power in his hands, he is not under Yang Hao, but he still has to be respectful in public, and he can't show the slightest disrespect.

Yang Hao first got Yinzhou, is opening the Fu people, recruiting troops and horses, urgently needs a lot of money and production tools, and has to borrow money from this powerful Cui Dalang, when he arrived he was very happy, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "Da Lang don't have to be polite, you and I have known each other in Weimo, and we have always been friends, where do we have so many rules." Who is this? ”

As he spoke, his eyes had already looked at the businessman standing up with a smile next to him, the man had a white scarf wrapped around his head, a piece of jade in the middle of the emerald green, wearing a white robe, wide sleeves, and a beard on his face, looking at Yang Hao with a smile.

As soon as Yang Hao asked, Cui Dalang hurriedly said: "Ah, this is my friend of the Great Food Country, I came to the east to do some business, I heard about the name of Taiwei, so I wanted to come to pay a visit, Taiwei is now very important in the Western Regions, and I hope to take more care of him in the future." ”

The high-nosed and concave big cannibal man stroked his chest with one hand and said with a smile: "Hashem. Ibn . Zaide. Ibn . Ali. Ibn . Hussein. Ibn . Ali. Ibn . Abby. Talib has met Lord Taiwei, and since I arrived in the Western Regions, I have heard of Lord Taiwei's reputation, and I learned that Brother Cui Dalang and Lord Taiwei are knowledgeable, so he asked him to bring me to meet your lordship. ”

Yang Hao was a little dizzy when he heard his long list of names, he only remembered one hashem, and he forgot the long list of names behind him, the big food merchant must have already known that his name was a very troublesome thing for the Orientals, and said with a smile: "Lord Taiwei just call me Talib." ”

Yang Hao breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "Mr. Talib is a friend from afar, and an old acquaintance of Da Lang, since he has arrived in Yinzhou, he is my honored guest, there is no need to be restrained, please sit, please sit." ”

Yang Hao sat in the main seat, Cui Dalang accompanied Talib to sit on the left, and Li Yide sat on the right, constantly looking them up and down. Yang Hao is also looking at this Talib, although Talib came from a long journey, he is extremely clean, his body is spotless, he sits there with a smile, his attitude is calm, his expression is elegant, there is no slightest copper smell of a philistine, like such a character, if he is doing business, he is also doing great business, and small businessmen do not have this kind of bearing.

The maid in the house sent fragrant tea, Yang Hao invited tea, picked up the teacup and gently skimmed the tea leaves, and asked with a smile: "As far as I know, after the imperial court destroyed the Southern Han Kingdom, it has issued a ban, not allowing the merchants of the Great Food Country to go to the court from the Western Regions by land, but asking you to trade by sea and come to the court from Guangzhou, and the Western Regions have been quiet all these years, and it is indeed dangerous to do business back and forth, why does Mr. Talib go to great lengths to come from the Western Regions?" ”

Talib owed himself and said, "Lord Taiwei Mingjian, the Song Imperial Court asked us to come to the court by sea, all for the sake of the safety of our big food merchants, this is a good intention, we should have complied. However, the sea journey is far away, and the loss on the road is far greater than that from the land route, plus the wind and waves, the heavy rain, and the pirates are all our great enemies. Therefore, we are still willing to trade with the Central Plains by land. I heard from Da Lang that Lord Taiwei attaches great importance to industry and commerce, and Talib very much hopes that our caravan will be taken care of by Lord Taiwei in the future. ”

Talib let's talk about it, Yang Hao will also listen to it, in fact, both of them know that the real reason is of course not so simple, the Song State forbade the big cannibals to do business by land, because they came from the Western Regions, then they could not only do business with the Song State, but also with the Khitan, the Song State imposed an economic blockade on the Khitan, and the important materials of salt and iron were embargoed, but if the trade routes in the Western Regions were unblocked, then the Song State's goal of weakening the Khitan economically would fail.

As far as the Western Regions are concerned, they are currently in the hands of the Tubo, Hui and Xiazhou Li clans, and their leaders and leaders are not unaware of the importance of commerce, and they basically welcome the arrival of the big food merchants, but because the tribes are often caught in wars, the armies of the various tribes are like bandits when they fight, burning, killing and looting everything, and for these rich big food merchants, those rebellious soldiers only want small profits in front of them, and naturally they will not let go, so Zhao Kuangyin destroyed the Southern Han Kingdom and had an outlet to the sea. Immediately, on the grounds of protecting the safety of foreign merchants, it was decreed that in the future, the merchants of the Great Diet could only come to the court through the Kaido.

Yang Hao didn't say anything, and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, there are many tribes in the northwest, each with its own subordination, and this Taiwei can't restrain them." ”

Talib said with a smile: "Talib is just a businessman, but he has met many monarchs, commanders, and consuls in Persia, Tianzhu, Daqin, Gaochang, Qiuzi, Khotan, Xiaoshi and other countries all the year round, and I think that these eyes are still very accurate. It is precisely because there are many tribes in the Western Regions, and there are often disputes, so the people's minds are at peace, Taiwei has the support of the vassals, and the hearts of the tribes and the people, in the words of the Central Plains, it is to occupy the time, place, and people, and now maybe Taiwei cannot restrain the Western Regions, but if someone can become the ruler of the entire Western Regions in the future, it must be Taiwei. ”

Yang Hao's face changed color slightly, and he chuckled: "Mr. Talib must not understand the situation of my Middle Earth, this official is the envoy of the northwest of the imperial court, acting in accordance with the will of the imperial court, if he can really unify the Western Regions in the future, it will also be my Emperor His Majesty becoming the ruler of the Western Regions, Yang Mou, is just a courtier who guards one side for the Son of Heaven, hehe, those who don't know are not guilty, and those who don't know are not guilty." I don't know what kind of business Mr. Talib does when he travels to and from the Western Regions, how often he travels, how many goods he can bring at one time, and what he wants the official to help? ”

Talib suffocated slightly, and subconsciously glanced at Li Yide, who had already gotten up with a smile and said with a smile: "Captain, the lower officer remembered that there were still some things to do, so he stepped back first." ”

Yang Hao bowed slightly, and when Li Yide withdrew from the hall, Cui Dalang smiled and said: "Tai Lieutenant, that big food horse and armor were done by this Mr. Talib with me for Tai Wei, Mr. Talib is just a businessman, running back and forth, just to make some money, and I hope that Tai Wei can open the door for him." ”

Yang Hao was surprised: "It turns out that the heavy cavalry of this official was handled with the help of Mr. Talib?" Thank you, thank you, is Mr. Talib mainly in the ordnance business? ”

Talib hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, those war horses and armor were bought from him by bribing a consul of the Great Qin Empire with a lot of money, I mainly deal in jade, beads, rhinos, **, amber, agate, iron weapons, oblique black skin, brown and black silk, afraid of Lihe, Mende silk, sand and brown silk, and then buy silk, porcelain, tea and other products from the Central Plains to transport back to the big food, originally, my caravan is once a year, but this road is not quiet, for safety, I can only gather as many caravans as I can, hire a large number of mercenaries, and go back and forth every three years, and whether I do business with the Song State or with the Khitan, I must be careful and secretive, if Lord Taiwei can give some convenience, it will be of great help to Talib. ”

The Great Qin State he was talking about was the Roman Empire, and at that time Middle Earth was called Great Qin. Yang Hao saw that he was the one who helped him raise armaments, so even if Cui Dalang didn't tell him everything, he must have a considerable degree of understanding of his own details, and there were some things that he didn't have to hide in front of him, so Yang Hao didn't show his loyalty to the court anymore, but carefully considered it.

The Great Food Empire has a developed handicraft industry and thriving international trade, and the Northwest is already poor compared to the Central Plains, and many years of conquest have impoverished the people, if you can trade more with the Great Food Merchants, it is obviously of great significance to the Western Regions, so Yang Hao only thought about it for a while, and then said: "If Mr. Talib wants me to be responsible for the security of your merchant group in the entire Western Regions, it is not a secret, this official is now more than willing and not enough, but to give you some convenience, so that you can facilitate business with the merchants of the Song State and Khitan, it is not very difficult." Mr. Talib can set up a shop in my Yinzhou City, and use it as a base to trade with the Song Kingdom and the Khitan, and if you can take care of it, this official will definitely not refuse. ”

Talib was overjoyed, and quickly stood up, stroked his chest and saluted: "You are an enlightened ruler, not only Talib, but all the merchants of the Western Regions will appreciate your generosity. Talib has also brought some gifts for Lord Taiwei, so please don't refuse. ”

He slapped three times, and suddenly four blonde beauties walked in outside the hall, all barefoot, wearing tulle clothes that wanted to be covered and exposed, and the little man's waist walked with an unspeakable temptation, which made people's hearts shake, but although the posture was very sultry, I couldn't see their appearance, their faces were veiled, and only a pair of charming and delicate eyes were exposed.

These four sexy and enchanting beauties entered, the silver bells tied on the ankles made a pleasant sound, as soon as they entered the hall, bursts of fragrant wind blowing on their faces, Yang Hao couldn't help but be a little stunned, at this time there were eight fat and powerful eunuchs behind them, carrying four boxes, and entering the hall to open the lid of the box.

Yang Hao was surprised: "Mr. Talib, this is ......"

Talib smiled: "These four Persian dancers and these four boxes of treasures are gifts from Talib to Lord Taiwei, please Lord Taiwei must laugh at them." These four dancers know Chinese, so it's not a problem to wait for adults......"

Cui Dalang also helped: "Yes, this is the sincerity of the Talib brothers, so don't shirk it." As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes at Yang Hao.

Yang Hao knew that this was the reward he promised to give Talib convenience, of course, the reward should not be only such a little, but as a meeting gift, it was already extremely heavy. He is spending money like water now, and if these four boxes of jewelry are sold, especially if they are taken to Bianliang to make a good living through Qianjin Yixiaolou, and sell them for a large price, they can also be used for him to squander for a while.

As for the four blonde beauties, ...... snow-white skin, golden hair, charming blue ocean-like eyes, all of them are close to one meter seven or eight tall, and the tall and moving figure ......, Yang Hao has really never touched the blonde and blue-eyed Western beauty, whether it is in the past life or in this life, if this big Yanma rides up...... "Ahem, gentle township is a hero's mound, now I don't know how many people watch my every move, I can't give people a lustful impression, resist corrosion, never touch!" ”

Although he thought so in his heart, he also knew that this meeting gift had to be accepted no matter what, as for how to arrange it, that would be a matter for the future, and now he accepted this generous gift, this big food merchant would rest assured, so he showed a very satisfied smile, and said slowly: "Ah, Mr. Talib, it's so polite, the last time you helped the officer equip the heavy cavalry, the official hasn't thanked him, and now you're so expensive, haha, haha, it's really a shame." ”

Talib smiled and said, "As long as the adults like it, it's done." ”

As soon as he snorted, the eight eunuchs closed the lid of the jewel box, lifted the box to the corner and put it down, and then retreated in an orderly manner, and Talib said: "Noumeria, Alia, Alia, Sulaya, this Taiwei Yang is your future master, you must wait for your lordship, if you ......"

Cui Dalang said with a smile on the side: "There are only 20 men's names they commonly use, and even fewer women's names, so the duplicate names are a mess, but ...... That's okay, women, just call them a baby, heart and liver, whatever her original name is, hehe, adults can be called that in the future......"

"Ahem!"

Before Cui Dalang finished speaking, there was a cough at the door, and Jie Ziyu, who was dressed in men's clothes, walked in with a horsewhip, and at the same time came in Zhi Weizheng and Mu Enmu Kui, Mu Enmu Kui and the two of them glanced into the hall, and found that the situation was a little bad, so they hurriedly warned Yang Hao with eyebrows.

Yang Hao wanted to meet Yang Jiye today, but Zhe Ziyu hadn't left in the city yet, and he lived in Li Yide's mansion, and the only one with the best accommodation in the city was the Li family. Yang Hao was afraid that she would notice her whereabouts, so he asked Mu Enmu Kui to accompany her, and found an excuse for her to guide her to build an inner city-style urn city.

Although Mu Enmukui deliberately delayed time, but after he was busy with the matter at hand, he couldn't stop them when he thought of the Shuaifu, and in their thoughts, if the Taiwei was still in Li Yide's Mansion, the Fold girl would not be able to touch him, if he had returned to the Shuaifu, he had already seen Yang Jiye, and he was not afraid of missing the stuffing, who knew that when he arrived here, he saw a guy with a high nose and deep eyes presenting a beauty to the Taiwei.

Excerpt Ziyu's affection for Yang Hao, even the two of them have already felt it, seeing that a jar of old vinegar is about to be overturned, the two of them secretly complained.

Yang Hao saw Excerpt Ziyu, but his face did not change, and he smiled at Talib with a spring breeze on his face: "Thank you for Mr. Talib's good intentions, then Yang will accept this generous gift." ”

Talib was overjoyed, nodded again and again, and Yang Hao calmly said to Mu En, "Mu En, Mu Kui, come here." ”

The two glanced at each other, left Zheziyu and walked in front of Yang Hao, hugged his fists and said, "Tai Wei." ”

Yang Hao smiled and said to Talib: "Mr. Talib, these two are General Mu En and General Mu Kui, they are brave and good at fighting, and they have always been the right hand of this official. Mu Enmukui, this is Cui Dalang's friend, Mr. Talib, a businessman from the Great Food Country, in the future, Mr. Talib will do business, and he will often have to walk around Yinzhou City, you will know each other first, and when you need help, you should give more convenience. ”

When Mu Enmukui heard this, he clasped his fist at Talib and said, "Mr. Talib." ”

Talib hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be a ......"

Yang Hao said again: "Mr. Talib sent the official four dancers, the official is busy with official business, where can the house raise so many idlers." The two of you follow this official, and I don't know how much you have experienced in the rain of guns and arrows, and there has been no one around you to take care of you, so let's do it, Numeria and Sulaya, you two will serve General Mukui in the future. That and that...... Alia, Alia, the two Alia girls, just go with this General Muen. ”

"Huh?" Mu Enmu was dumbfounded.

Seeing Yang Hao's arrangement, Talib couldn't help but secretly admire: "Although these four dancers are not excellent in appearance, they are not first-class beauties, but they are enough to fascinate men, he actually gave them to his subordinate generals without blinking an eye, Cui Dalang is not wrong, this person is really good-minded, as for whether he has enough talent and strength to become a person who dominates the Western Regions, I still have to live in Yinzhou City, observe for a period of time, and confirm that this person has the strength to be our ally before making further decisions......"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Cui Dalang accompanied Talib to find a place to settle down, and the nose of Ziyu was not a nose and the eyes were not eyes and left, as for Mu Enmu Kui, the two of them inexplicably got two orchids as concubines, and they also left the Shuai Mansion in a daze, Yang Hao was relieved, patted his chest, and secretly rejoiced: "Fortunately, I can still hold it, if I am fascinated on the spot, I will happily take those four orchids into my account, Ziyu is afraid that he will leave in anger and refuse to look back. ”

Just thinking to himself, Li Yide, who had gone out for a stroll under the pretext, came back, and Yang Hao hurriedly pulled him to sit down and told him about Fang Cai's Talib. Yang Hao wants to take Yinzhou as the foundation, and needs to rely on Li Yide's strong support, this matter is not very secret, and he knows it, so it seems that he regards him as a confidant.

Li Yide saw that Yang Hao was interested in him, and he really showed a happy expression, listened to Yang Hao carefully recount the experience, and muttered: "Taiwei, in the opinion of the lower officials, this Talib is probably not as simple as a businessman. ”

Yang Hao's eyes froze, and he paid attention: "What does Master Li mean by this?" ”

Li Yide said: "Taiwei, Xia Guan has lived in the Western Regions for a long time, and he also knows something about the Great Food Empire, which defeated Persia and broke the Whisk in the past, invaded the Brahmins in the south, annexed the countries, and had 400,000 soldiers. But now it has weakened, and now the Great Food has been repeatedly defeated in the wars with the Great Qin Empire, and the national strength is not as good as before, and ordinary merchants do not have the strength to organize a huge merchant group and hire a large number of mercenaries to trade in the East, unless he has a good status in the Great Food Empire.

In the Great Food Empire, the people who can become the Great Caliph and the Emperor of the Great Food Country have always been born only from the Umayya family and the Hashemite family, just as the Khitan Emperor is only born from the Yelu family, and the queen is only born from the Xiao family. Since this businessman has the name Hashem in his name, there is a good chance that he is a member of the Hashemite family. ”

He looked at the four big boxes and said, "This person is a befriender, and he spends thousands of dollars, and his plan is not small. ”

Yang Hao thought about it and smiled happily: "At least, I can't think of a reason why he wants to be unfavorable to me, regardless of him, let him wind in the southeast and northwest, and I will not move from the eight winds." It is enough to respond to all changes with the same. ”

As soon as he said this, Mu Yu ran in excitedly, and when he saw Yang Hao, he shouted happily: "My lord, an envoy has come to Bianliang City, and my lord has been promoted again!" ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ in the backyard of Li's house, Zhen Ziyu has changed back into women's clothes, dressed in white and shengxue, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and beautiful colors.

There are three people sitting at the same table in the corridor, the old lady with white hair, red face, and high spirits is Li Yide's old lady Zheng, the delicate and weak middle-aged woman is Li Yide's main wife, Fan, and the other is Li Yide's daughter-in-law of the long house, and the mother of the little nine-tailed Luo, the four of them are playing "leaf play".

The women of the Li family didn't know her true identity, and they only heard Li Yide vaguely say that this was a woman that Lord Taiwei valued very much, and she temporarily lived in the Li family to facilitate her care. Now Yang Hao has to rely on the assistance of the Li family, and the Li family also has to rely on Yang Hao to survive, since she is a woman valued by Mrs. Yang, the Li family naturally has no reason not to pay attention to it, and the old lady has some stammering thoughts for the sake of her son, so she often invites her to play together.

When Zhen Ziyu saw Yang Hao's arrangement in the Shuai Mansion, her expression was a little gloomy, but after returning to the Li Mansion, the more she thought about it, the more she didn't taste, Yang Hao looked at the four wild dancers when the admiring gaze had fallen in her eyes, when she saw Yang Hao give the four dancers to her subordinates, she was happy in her heart, so she didn't think much about it, now that she thinks about it, he is so happy, I'm afraid he may not be unmoved, but he saw himself, so he couldn't bear to cut his love, right?

Although Yang Hao is really because of this reason, it means that he still has a very important position in his heart, but he is still a little unhappy, why can't he be a humble gentleman like Liu Shita Hui?

Mrs. Li is in such a big family, from a daughter-in-law for many years to an old woman, what kind of eyesight is that, she saw that the little girl in front of her didn't seem to be very happy, the old lady asked casually, Zhen Ziyu said what she saw stupidly, of course she wouldn't talk about how she was jealous, so she pushed it to the people of Yinzhou, and said: "Yinzhou has been war-torn, and now the people are looking forward to a few days of peace, Yang Hao, as the lord of Yinzhou, should work hard and do more serious things, if you indulge in wine, I think ...... Humph......"

In front of these women in the courtyard of the deep house, there is no fear that they will go out to chew the root of their tongues, let alone tell Yang Hao, so although Zhi Ziyu deliberately cleared himself, there was still a sour taste in his tone. Mrs. Li knew that Mrs. Yang was already full of wives and concubines, and the family members were about to rush to Yinzhou, so Mrs. Yang arranged for a handsome woman he valued very much to live in the Li family.

After a few days of getting along, the old lady also likes to fold Ziyu very much, so she has the heart to dial her, the old lady dipped in saliva, played a card, and said with a smile: "How can there be a cat in the world that does not eat fish, a smart woman should not worry about these with him, it is serious to protect her identity." My family Yide has really married a few orchids, all of them have big breasts and buttocks and are very fat, but if you have a woman with a leg and a woman with a leg, you just don't have a son, who is willing to treat them in the house?

You don't look at Fan's thin hemp pole rod does not look like a weapon, but the stomach is very angry, a son, a son, she is not the wife of the main room, and she is on an equal footing with the original master of Yide in the house. Later, Yide Na was sick in the main room, which side room didn't want to be straightened? But let them use all the fox tricks and snatch their heads, hehe, they don't need to talk with their old bodies, Yide helped Fan's to make the main room. Why? Mothers are more expensive than children. You girl, at first glance, looks like a prosperous husband and a child, and you are very capable of giving birth to children, and you will be in the future...... Among the women of the Yang family, you can't afford to lose. ”

The old lady only thought that this delicate and lovely little woman was Yang Hao's secret outer room, and now she hadn't been admitted to the mansion, listening to her sour tone, she was obviously jealous, so she kindly dialed her and gave her a trick that could really be favored, but as soon as she said this, she could blush, and although Li Yide's wife on the side was middle-aged, her cheeks were red.

Zhen Ziyu straightened his neck, like a boiled shrimp, and tried to argue: "Old lady, don't talk nonsense, I'm afraid that he will be too happy to have fun, and it is true that he has harmed the people of Yinzhou, he ...... How does he have anything to do with me? ”

The more she said this, the more the old lady recognized that she must be Yang Hao's person, and the old lady was about to say another with a smile, but Zhi Weizheng ran in in a hurry: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, someone from Bianjing, with the holy decree, crowned Mrs. Yang." ”

Excerpt Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Sealed? What to seal? ”

Zhi Weizheng said: "It is said that Taiwei Yang has recovered the lost territory, lived up to his holy hopes, and was crowned as the generalissimo of the right soldiers and horses of Hexi Long." ”

"The official family has such a good heart?"

Zhen Ziyu sneered, she didn't believe that Zhao Guangyi was so kind, and after thinking about it, Zhen Ziyu understood the key, and changed color and said: "The official family is going to roast him on the fire, no!" I have to persuade him that this nominal official must be dishonored. ”

Excerpt Ziyu hurriedly confessed to the three women, and then hurriedly walked out, the old lady smacked his lips, and said with a smile: "You two look, just now she also said that she has nothing to do with Mrs. Yang, this girl, everything is good, but it is too good to have a good face." ”

The daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law laughed together.