Section 27: The words of the grain seller
Lao Sun protected Yun Du behind him, and slowly retreated, the crossbow in Lao Liu's hand was ready, as long as he found that the situation was not right, he would immediately kill him, just now the little lady threw off the two of herself and entered the tent alone, it was too dangerous. The Tubo man sitting here in front of him will definitely not be an ordinary person.
There is no need to say more to the Tibetan savages, and it is even more discouraged to report the name, at this time it is a breath, Lu Dongzan does not stop them, and when he sees them withdraw from the tent, he does not move, but just looks at Yun Dui, who is looking out with his head half curious, and says, "Are you going to return your wife and children for your dog slave?" How did you go? β
Lao Sun stopped the girl who was about to speak and said to Lu Dongzan: "The little lady wants the person, you will naturally give it." β
"Oh? Not necessarily, are you going to grab it? I've heard that there are only shepherds and no robbers here. Lu Dongzan took a silver bowl again, poured a cup of milk tea, and continued to drink. The appearance of nobles from the Central Plains on the grassland is really fresh, could it be said that the Tang people have officially incorporated the land of Yinshan into the territory? Otherwise, how could there be families staying here.
Lao Sun picked up Yun Dusk, turned back to Lu Dongzan and said, "Don't beat the idea of the little lady, the king of Tubo can't afford this responsibility." After speaking, he hurriedly left with Yun Dusk, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and after going back, he should tell Mrs. SΓΉ to take precautions as soon as possible, because the person looked at the little lady just now, it was very wrong.
"Lao Liu, if you did it just now, how sure are you?" Lao Sun turned around and asked Lao Liu, who was following behind.
"It's not good, it should be the most powerful distance of the swallow wing crossbow within two zhang, but I don't feel good, it seems that as long as I do it, I should die."
"I feel the same way, this person is not ordinary, how did the little lady find his head."
"I'm going to get Danzhu's wife and children back. Danjoo said they were always hungry at the head. Yun Du said angrily, if Grandpa Sun hadn't come in just now, Wangcai would have bitten that person, and he would definitely be able to rescue Danzhu's wife and children.
Lao Sun couldn't tell what was going on just now, the little girl didn't know how dangerous it was just now, that person was obviously not something that Wangcai could deal with. can only go back with Yun Dusk, Wangcai follows closely behind, if this person is still nearby after that day, it means that he has bad intentions, and then clean him up, Lao Sun remembered Yun Ye's instructions when he came, good things are done in the light, and evil things are done in the dark. Not for expansion, only for stability. There is no need for the Yun family to make themselves villains.
Twilight walked away for a moment. A group of people entered the tent and sat down in a proper manner, Lu Dongzan didn't ask, they didn't speak, this is Lu Dongzan's habit, he doesn't like people who talk a lot.
"What makes those who cry smiles in an instant?"
"That Mrs. Sunset agreed that those small tribes would move down to Yinshan, and this year's cattle and sheep would not have to pay, but from now on the wool. But it belongs to the Heavenly Khan. β
"Who's that Lady Sunset?" Lu Dongzan was a little strange, the leader here was actually a woman.
"Lantian Hou Yunye's concubine. It turned out to be a Turkic people, because of their beauty, they were accepted by Yun Ye, this grassland is actually owned by the Yun family, and there is a big family in the Central Plains with fiefs on the grassland. β
"She has a daughter?"
"My name is Twilight. She is four years old this year, the eldest daughter of the Yun family, and she is very favored, including Hou Junji, who likes her very much. ββ
"Little fairy-like children, I like it too. What will happen if we take it away? β
The Tubo people who answered the question raised their heads suddenly, looked at Lu Dongzan in surprise and said, "War, dead people, big war, many dead people." After saying that, he put the tip of his nose on the ground and did not dare to speak again.
He didn't want to tell sΓΉ because of how many people had died on the grassland of this little girl and her mother, not to mention that the little girl wanted to be snatched away, that is, the tribes that were slightly disrespectful to that day and twilight had already been wiped out, and the identity of that little girl was obviously more noble than her mother, once it was snatched away by Xiangguo, with the character of the Tang people, this matter could only be endless.
Lu Dongzan smiled and said: "I just took a fancy to the child's Zhong Xiu Qi, our child can't see it, or not, knowing that he can't take it, the wise man doesn't do it, who gave that little girl a dog slave?" Then even the wife and children of the dog slave should send it over, just say that it was sent by a strange person. β
After seeing that the Tubo people under his command had made their promises, they tied their leather robes tightly around their waists, walked out of the tent without bringing a single person, and wandered around the sparse crowd, sometimes scooping up a small handful of wheat from the pockets placed outside by the Han merchants to check whether the grain was good.
"Guests, please try it, this is the best wheat in Guanzhong last year, it is clean, dry, and absolutely not mixed with sand." Seeing that the richly dressed Lu Dongzan was interested in food, Shang Jia hurriedly stepped forward to talk.
Lu Dongzan threw a few grains into his mouth, bit them open, chewed them, nodded and said, "It is indeed good grain, it is not damp, there is no mold, and you are quite kind in business." β
"Where are the nobles, the Tang Dynasty businessmen never adulterate, doing business has actually been talked about for a long time, the old man has been doing this business for a long time, and the lack of virtue has never been done, I don't know how much food Mr. wants, even the old man of the tribe can afford it!"
Lu Dongzan's pupils couldn't help shrinking, and he asked strangely: "As far as I know, Datang has never allowed grain to flow out, but the old gentleman can buy and sell here on a large scale, why is this?" β
Hearing this, Shang Jia stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The noble man must have lived on the snow field for a long time, I don't know the things in Pingchuan, you said that the grain is not allowed to go out of the customs, that is the decree of Zhenguan seven years ago, now, there is a lot of food in Guanzhong can not be eaten, the court can't collect much, and the people have a lot of food at home, what should I do?" There is always a need for a place to go, and if it can't rot in the warehouse, insects and rats bite it, so I have to sell it to the herdsmen on the grassland, and exchange some cow and sheep skins to go back, even for wool. β
Lu Dongzan was dizzy by Shang Jia's words, when did the Central Plains become so rich that they couldn't eat enough food? This is impossible, the food should never be enough to eat, the Tibetan people are struggling in the ice and snow, wailing in hunger and cold, and the people under the mountain have too much food to eat?
"Hehe, old gentleman, tell me, there is such a bizarre thing in the world where there is food that can't be eaten." Lu Dongzan continued to ask quietly, this time he went down the plateau, it seems that he needs to have a good look at the scenery of the Central Plains.
Shang Jia saw that Lu Dong praised it or not, and was even more proud, grabbed a handful of vermicelli from the basket and handed it to him and said: "That's because you don't know my auspicious rui, what you are holding in your hand is vermicelli, which is made of auspicious potatoes, this thing is three or five thousand catties of land per mu is not troublesome, and corn, and now it has been planted in Guanzhong on a large scale, and the yield per mu is also good, and now the imperial court has lowered the agricultural tax again and again, it seems that after a few decades, there is no agricultural tax. Besides, now Guanzhong is thriving raising chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, who has nothing to do and gnaw all day long with a pot helmet? In this way, there will be more food? β
"Three or five thousand catties per acre of real estate?" Lu Dongzan's eyes were full of banter, did he really deceive me as an ordinary Tubo? One acre of land can harvest three stones of wheat, even if it is a good year, three or five thousand catties?
Seeing Lu Dongzan's suspicions, Shang Jia simply stopped what he was doing and said to him: "I didn't expect you to believe it, I didn't believe the old man when I said it a few years ago, the old man also has land at home, the old woman and son are planting, in the autumn, the field is full of potatoes all over the world, and they are all worried, the harvest of an acre of land, the old man carried it for a whole day before carrying it home." β
Lu Dongzan suddenly found that what this merchant said seemed to be true, because Jiannan, Nanzhao, these places bordering Tubo, have not received news of famine for a long time, and I heard that many tribes have given up planting barley, and they are dedicated to raising cattle and sheep. Could it be that they all got their grain from the Tang State?
Although Tibet was unified by Zampu, however, this is just a name, that is, all the tribal leaders recognize Zampu as the king, but the other rights are still the tribal heads, and they pay some grain, cattle and sheep every year.
"Nobleman, in fact, there is no need to plant any grain on the snowfield, a little bit of barley on an acre of land, you don't know how to farm, raising cattle and sheep is the industry, I heard that now the cashmere on the snowfield has been more expensive than gold, raising a group of sheep, shearing, combing cashmere is serious, give these things to the old man, the old man will exchange the grain with you, and ensure that the grain that falls into your hands in a year is more than your farming, I heard that some tribes on the Jiannan Plateau have signed a contract with the big merchants in the Central Plains, do not farm, just raise sheep, and those who have no worries about food and clothing are fattened into pigs, The old man can't get in, he can only try his luck here, if you want to send food, the old man must have prepared enough for you, but you can't go up on the plateau, and the dart game is not willing to go, you need to transport it yourself. β
Lu Dongzan's heart has long been as hard as iron stone, but when he heard the words of this merchant, the cold sweat on his forehead kept flowing down, and he didn't know if there was an auspicious yield of three or five thousand catties per mu in Guanzhong, and he heard a terrible news from Shang Jia's words that made him heart and gall break, that is, the merchants of the Tang Kingdom were eating Tubo little by little, and there would be a rustle of silkworms eating mulberry leaves in spring, and these merchants were eating Tubo silently.
In the end, people need to eat food, when they eat mutton, the Tibetan people want to have a mouthful of tsamba to eat, how can they not grow barley? If you don't plant with less yield? Oh my God, can you get more food by raising sheep? If people don't change it, what do you eat? Putting the lifeblood of his tribe in the hands of the Tang people, how far-sighted it needs to be to make such a stupid decision. (To be continued......)