Chapter 13 Guiding Consumption

Yang Yuanqing only had a wry smile in his heart, he came to the Khan Department of Qimin, and the last thing he wanted to see was Asduo, if this was the only gain from his trip, he would rather return empty-handed, Yang Yuanqing, who had just experienced the pain of parting, really didn't want to step into the same river again. (The network is 7*24 hours uninterrupted update pure txt hand-typed novel)

Asto came at a gallop, not seen for more than half a year, she seemed to have grown a little taller and fatter, with black pigtails on her head, and her smile bloomed, enough to melt the cold and harsh winter.

"Yuanqing, you're finally here!"

She made no secret of the excitement in her heart, and her simple mind could not tolerate anything other than the warrior in her heart.

Yang Yuanqing bowed to her on the camel and said with a smile: "Venerable steppe swan, thank you for remembering me, an officer in a distant country, I am very willing to taste the mare's milk wine you brewed again and taste its sweetness." ”

"I have, I've brewed a lot, especially for you, and I'll get you drunk in my tent."

Utu patted Yang Yuanqing on the shoulder and smiled: "We smell the wine made by Asto every day, but we never have the opportunity to taste it, she makes so much wine for you that we can open a winery, and today we can finally touch your light and drink Asto's wine." ”

The surrounding Turkic officers laughed, Asduo's face blushed, but her eyes became unusually bright with joy, and she said to the Turkic officers: "I won't give you a drink, if you drink it, you won't be able to get drunk." ”

The Turkic officers laughed even louder, and Asduo was ashamed and anxious, glancing at Yang Yuanqing with shame and resentment, turning the horse's head and galloping away.

Yang Yuanqing shook his head helplessly, but his politeness and politeness were regarded as courtship by this simple-minded grassland girl, which made his head swell and ache.

At this time, a low horn sounded in the snowy wilderness, and a mighty cavalry appeared in the distance, and the golden wolf-headed banner flew in the wind.

"The Khan is here!"

The Turkic officers stopped their horses on both sides, and at this time Yang Yuanqing had changed his horses, he urged his horse forward, only to see a dyed dry dressed in a golden robe galloping over, and he laughed from afar, "Distinguished steppe guest, I see you again!" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and bowed, "Wang Ying on the grassland, I seal the order of the Great Sui Sage Khan, and express my sincere respect and greetings to you on his behalf." Net"

As he spoke, he took a gold plate from a soldier and handed it to Dye Gan, "This is a gift from the Great Sui Emperor, may you cherish it as if you were your own eyes." ”

Dye Gan knelt on the ground and respectfully accepted the gold plate, "I will love it more than life!" ”

He stood up and held the gold plate high, the sun shone on the gold plate, emitting a dazzling luster, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers cheered, Dye Gan handed the gold plate to his entourage, he held Yang Yuanqing's hand and said with a smile: "Today I set up a family banquet in the king's tent to entertain you, you are not only the messenger of the Great Sui, but also my best friend of Dye Gan." ”

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Although the Turkic Khan's family feast did not have the pomp and courtesy of a grand banquet, it had a deeper meaning, which meant that the guest was also the Khan's personal friend.

The dye and dried private tent was lavishly furnished with thick carpets and silk and porcelain from the Sui dynasty, but the various tableware was gold and silver vessels brought from the West, and the golden light made the tent resplendent with gold.

Dyeing's whole family gathered, the table was full of all kinds of wine, fruits and barbecue, the dishes were rich, and his four sons and daughters were sitting around, as well as his five or six wives, but Yang Yuanqing was surprised to find that there were two important people who did not come, one was the Turkic Princess Kedun Yicheng, she was the queen of the Turks, and she was actually absent from the family banquet of Dyeing, and the other was Asduo, she did not come.

Before the family banquet, Yang Yuanqing rested for an hour, what happened inside the Turks at this hour?

He also found that his son-in-law Utu had also become silent, completely lacking the vigor he had when he first saw him, which made Yang Yuanqing keenly aware that behind the warm smile and hospitality, there seemed to be a kind of incongruous indifference.

It is precisely in order to disguise this indifferent existence that Dye Kan will entertain himself with a higher-standard family banquet.

One by one, Dyegan's family members came up to toast Yang Yuanqing, speaking warm and praising language, with a sincere smile, while Dyegan sat on the side with a smile and a whisper, talking to another wife next to him from time to time.

"General Yang's archery skills have conquered the hands of our Turkic warriors, and I hope that the friendship brought by Yang Yuanqing will also conquer our hearts." The eldest son of Dyegan, Du Ji, toasted Yang Yuanqing with a large bowl of wine and drank all the wine in the bowl. net

The language of praise reminded Yang Yuanqing of a Turkic proverb: 'An empty spoon has no taste in the mouth, and empty words have no taste in the ears.' ’

It's true, there is no substance in these enthusiastic praise words, they are like air wafting in the ears, even the eldest son of Dye Gan, who has always disliked him, actually said beautiful words, which made Yang Yuanqing begin to doubt Dye Gan's sincerity, but he didn't know what the problem was?

At this time, it was Utu's turn, he stared into Yang Yuanqing's eyes with a wine bowl and said with a smile: "General Yang crossed the ice and snow to the Turkic tent, I hope that General Yang brings friendship and wealth, not war and suffering." ”

"Utu!"

Ran Gan's face sank, and he scolded him: "How can anyone talk to a distinguished guest like this, if you drink too much, you will go aside." ”

His wife, Anuri, hurriedly pulled Utu over, and Utu smiled embarrassedly: "It seems that I really drank too much and was dizzy." ”

He drank all the wine in his bowl, and said no more.

Utu's strange performance and his toast made Yang Yuanqing suddenly understand what Utu wanted to express to himself, that is, don't mention Xue Yantuo's matter.

It seems that Dye Gan has already guessed the purpose of his coming, for the sake of Xue Yantuo, and the Turks do not want to deal with Xue Yantuo with them at all, or they don't want to start a war with Xue Yantuo at all.

At this moment, Yang Yuanqing completely understood, perhaps the opinions within the Turks were not unified, some wanted to deal with Xue Yantuo, and some did not want to start a war with Xue Yantuo, so he refused to entertain himself with national rites, he was afraid that the chief of the main battle in the big tent would propose an alliance to deal with Xue Yantuo.

He did not allow Asduo to attend the family banquet, also because he was afraid that she would get close to him and reveal the secrets of the Turks.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing no longer mentioned the matter of Xue Yantuo, he drank all the wine in the bowl, and said with a smile to Dye Gan: "The Khan may not know that I have been appointed as the supervisor of Fengzhou Jiaoshi, in charge of the trade between the Great Sui and the Turks and Tiele, and the reason why I chose to come to the Turks at this time is to discuss the arrangements for the spring horse market with the Turks in advance. ”

Dye Gan squinted his eyes and laughed, he would pretend that he didn't understand anything about Xue Yantuo, but he liked to hear about trade.

"That's a good thing! General Yang, he was looking forward to the wealth that trade would bring to the Turks. ”

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing didn't mention Xue Yantuo's matter, Dye Gan also breathed a sigh of relief, raised the wine bowl and smiled: "This winter is particularly cold, the heavy snow closes the road, and the clansmen are staying at home, two days ago, the chieftains of the clan gathered, everyone talked about what is less, what is more, everyone unanimously said, there are too many cattle and sheep, the leather is piled up in the warehouse, there are fewer things in the Sui Dynasty, silk, porcelain, everyone is looking forward to it, just wait for the beginning of spring, everyone goes to the horse market to exchange goods, General Yang, you came this time, did you bring any good things?" ”

"I've come this time, and I've brought three thousand brocades, Khan, I don't know which big chief is interested?"

"Brocade for me!"

The eldest son stood up aggressively and said, "I want all three thousand brocades, and I will exchange them with you in the best lambskins." ”

"Duji, you are too greedy, several of our brothers are here, how can you take them all by yourself?

The brocade of the Sui Dynasty is now a sought-after commodity of the Turks, brocade is not like porcelain is a durable good, it is a consumable, as the life of the Eastern Turks gradually stabilized, they also began to pay attention to the quality of life, every Turkic woman longed to have a Sui Dynasty brocade to make clothes, they complained in their husbands' ears, making a brocade has become the task of almost every Turkic warrior, and appeasing the emotions of his subordinates has also become a headache for the Turkic chiefs.

When Yang Yuanqing suddenly announced that he had three thousand brocades, it immediately triggered a competition among several sons of Dyegan, and his sons all had their own tribes.

"That's it! Fought for. ”

Dye Gan waved his hand, interrupting the competition of his sons, "I will buy the brocade brought by General Yang, and I will share it with everyone when it is poured." ”

Dye Gan smiled and asked Yang Yuanqing, "Did you bring anything good?" ”

"There is one more thing, which I gave to the Khan and the Turkic chieftains."

Yang Yuanqing opened a paper bag with him, and everyone looked over, "It's tea!" Somegan recognized it at once.

He had seen it at Princess Yicheng, Princess Yicheng would cook a little bit every day, taste it carefully, and drink it twice when it was dyed and dried, but he couldn't taste anything, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw Yang Yuanqing actually take out the tea.

Yang Yuanqing understood in his heart, and smiled at everyone: "This tea should actually be the treasure of the grassland people, but everyone doesn't know its huge role yet." ”

"What will this thing do?"

On the side, he asked with his hands crossed, he had no interest in tea, far less than his interest in brocade, at this time tea was far from popular, not to mention the grassland, even in the north of the Sui Dynasty, only large families drank tea, but the south had been popularized, so when Yang Yuanqing took out the tea as a gift, everyone was confused.

"Its function is to relieve greasy and dryness!"

Yang Yuanqing is like a salesman in later generations, patiently explaining to everyone, "Everyone eats beef and mutton every day and drinks milk wine, won't you get tired?" Not to mention the grassland people, our Sui soldiers are the same, eating beef and mutton is boring, at first everyone did not know that tea has the effect of relieving greasy, and then gradually knew that everyone could not do without tea, and every year the imperial court will send a lot of tea to the army. ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that everyone was skeptical, so he poured a pound of tea in his hand into the milk can, grabbed a handful of salt and put it in, put it on the fire to boil, and after a while, the goat's milk began to boil, and the whole tent was filled with a strong smell of milk tea.

After cooking for a while, he scooped a bowl for each person with a long-handled spoon, and scooped a bowl for himself, and said with a smile: "You can give it a try, I will give you a few catties each, and tell me if you think it's good." ”

After all, Dye Gan is a Turkic Khan, and he has seen more, so he smelled the milk tea and asked: "I heard that the Khitan also drinks tea, is it to relieve the greasy of meat?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded, "That's why, the Khitan people have discovered the importance of tea to them, so there have been merchants who have begun to sell tea in the past, I brought five hundred catties of tea this time, which is a gift to the Khan and the major chiefs, I hope you can receive my favor." ”

He picked up the milk tea, drank it slowly, and soon drank a bowl of milk tea, everyone was skeptical, and drank it slowly, from birth to death, long-term eating beef and mutton that kind of physiological dryness plagued them all their lives, if tea can relieve greasy, this is a great thing.

Yang Yuanqing also knows that it is impossible to see immediate results, it will take several days to have an effect, to make the Turks form the habit of drinking tea, they must take the upper route, an influential person discovers its effect, it will affect a large number of people around, and then affect more people, this is like dominoes, as long as the first one falls, all of them will fall in the end, and the first most critical domino is the Khan of the Turks.

He has thousands of quintals of tea there, just to open the huge market of the grassland, the Sui Dynasty has a lot of bans, relying on porcelain and silk alone, it still can't make much money, you have to rely on new commodities, tea is a consumable, undoubtedly the best commodity.

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