Under the noise of the princes, the girl who performed finally came out. Hao Kang looked at it fixedly, it was a Hu woman with an average appearance. The girl saluted the crowd and sang a Mongolian song. Hao Kang's Mongolian dialect is very ordinary, and this girl's accent has an exotic accent, which is even more incomprehensible. Hao Kang buried his head and concentrated on eating, compared with this girl's acting level, the level of food is much higher. It can be seen that Totoku also doesn't have a high opinion of this girl, he doesn't even look at the girl, and concentrates on eating and chatting with Hao Kang.

The two of them sat by the window on the second floor, and when they looked down from the window, they saw people coming and going on the street. Tokhtar sighed: "The city that wants to come to the Yuan Kingdom is better than Damascus. ”

Hao Kang shook his head, "Big brother, Kyiv has a larger population than Damascus, but the city is not as good as Damascus. ”

"Why? Yes, ......, after all, you have only been in Kyiv for ten years. "Tokhtaku answered.

Hao Kang admired the detachment even more in his heart. After all, the trade of the Yuan Kingdom is prosperous, and the volume of goods transported is very large, and those transportation hubs are already thriving. In time, the Yuan Kingdom will surely rise up many cities far larger than Damascus. But after all, Damascus is a thousand-year-old city, and the founding of the Yuan State has only been ten years, and it will take some years. Detachment can point to the key, and this vision is not comparable to ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Hao Kang picked up his wine glass, "Brother Toto, I would like to give you a glass." ”

After a glass of wine, I heard someone at the table next to me shout to the running hall: "Hey, what kind of wine is the wine at that table?" ”

"Back to the prince, they brought their own wine."

"Oh." After hearing this, the questioning prince turned his head to Hao Kang and shouted, "Brother over there, where did you buy your wine in the city?" ”

Hao Kang didn't want to take care of these rural buns. The cherry shochu he brought with him was an Athenian product, much better than the cherry shochu of Eastern Rome. Explaining these to those guys made Hao Kang feel like a pearl was cast into the dark. Just as he was thinking about how to answer, he replied proudly, "What do you mean to us?" ”

This attitude made Hao Kang feel in his heart. He couldn't do anything he could shout at people across the table, not even to his subordinates. But when encountering impolite treatment by others, Hao Kang really couldn't deal with it. Hao Kang felt that he was also a little worried about what would happen next. If others dare to do this to Hao Kang, Hao Kang will not treat him as if he didn't see it.

Unexpectedly, Totoh asked such a shout, and the prince at the table next to him stopped talking. This came as a surprise to Hao Kang. Totoku continued to drink with Hao Kang with a calm expression, Hao Kang knew that this guy's favorite was the rum produced in the Great Song Dynasty. However, the price of this kind of wine is relatively expensive, so he has retreated to the next best, and has already taken more than a dozen barrels of cherry soju from Hao Kang's side.

After eating for a while, Hao Kang felt full. Said to Totok, "Big brother, let's go." ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard a sound of footsteps, and saw four women in gauze costumes walking to the stage from the side. Toto's eyes lit up, "Take a look and then go." At the same time, a whistle was already sounding on the tables of the princes. Looking at the way he could blow a loud whistle by putting the crooked index finger into his mouth, Hao Kang felt very envious. In the Yuan Kingdom, anyone would do this kind of trick, Hao Kang did not grow up in the Yuan Kingdom, and it was unhygienic to put his fingers in his mouth in the education of the Great Song School. When he wants to learn, he can't learn anything.

The music sounded, and the veiled women twisted their waists and danced the dances of the True God region. The princes watched it vigorously, and the whistles, cheers, and strange screams sounded more and more intensively, and Hao Kang couldn't look down on these dancing girls. Then he said, "Let's go." The two got up and left.

I went down the stairs to the first floor to settle the bill, and when I was settling the accounts in the accounting room, someone said next to me: "The two brothers are well." ”

Hao Kang turned his head to look over, and he greeted a man in brocade. Hao Kang asked, "I don't know what happened to this brother?" ”

"I want to ask the two brothers where they got their wine." The big man asked kindly.

"Cherry shochu imported from Eastern Rome."

"How could there be such a good thing in Eastern Rome?" The brocade-clothed man was obviously a little surprised.

Hao Kang wondered in his heart, didn't the Eastern Rome sell cherry shochu to Mongolia? Carrying cherry shochu from Constantinople to Damascus was much closer by sea than from Constantinople to Kiev. Probably about the same as Constantinople arriving in Odessa, the southern port of the Yuan Kingdom.

Looking at Hao Kang's surprised expression, Dahan smiled: "I am the owner of this shop, and I also smell my brother's wine is not ordinary. I wonder if you can let me try it. ”

"It's not cheap." Detachment responded indifferently.

"It's better to give me a bottle than this, and I won't be charged for this meal."

"Hehe, we're still at a loss." Totoku smiled bluntly.

Hao Kang thought that the shopkeeper would be angry because of this, but he also smiled when he saw the shopkeeper, "Haha, the next time the two brothers come to my store for dinner, I will invite you." ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper was so self-contained, Hao Kang admired it very much. He ordered his guards to bring a bottle of cherry shochu to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took the bottle and looked at the glass bottle carefully. The brown bottle is filled with a reddish liquor, which is very pleasant just to look at. Uncork the bottle and the aroma is overflowing. The shopkeeper took a sip of the bottle, wiped his mouth and praised it: "Good wine!" Wine! ”

After speaking, he took another big sip, and praised it even more: "Two distinguished guests, I really earned it." ”

I didn't say much about Totok, just walked out. Hao Kang followed, but was blocked by the brocade-clothed man, "Brother, where is this wine sold?" ”

"Hmm. We are not natives, but from Baghdad. Hao Kang explained.

"Isn't there one?" Dahan was very disappointed.

"Gone." Tokhtar calls ahead. Hao Kang followed.

Walking out of the store, Totoku said: "This should be the local prince, and it is not ordinary to be able to open such a restaurant." Don't talk to him so much. ”

"Are the princes really that bad?" Hao Kang asked puzzled. As soon as the words fell, I saw an object flying down from the second floor, which landed right in front of the two of them and smashed into pieces on the ground. It turned out to be Hao Kang, and they drank the remaining wine bottles on the second floor. Originally, there was probably some left inside, but at this time, all that was broken on the ground was a glass wine bottle, and there was no wine. I think it was drunk or poured out by someone upstairs.

Tokhtar didn't speak, turned his head and walked back. At this time, the brocade-clothed man was talking to the account room, and saw the two of them go and return. Puzzled, he greeted him, took off and didn't care about the brocade man, and went straight to the second floor with the guards. Seeing that the posture was wrong, the big man hurriedly shouted: "Brother in front, give me a face, you go out and fight again." ”

Hao Kang was about to take it off, but the man in brocade hurriedly grabbed Hao Kang. The guard next to him immediately pulled away Dahan's hand, Dahan looked at the guard, and then at the tall Hao Kang, and said, "This brother, go out to fight if you fight." Fight in the store, and whoever does it will clean it up. ”

Without waiting for Hao Kang to speak, he heard Toto, who had already gone up to the second floor, scolding loudly: "Fang is the one who smashed the wine bottle of the lamb and stood up." ”

There was a sound of chairs moving upstairs, and someone above immediately cursed. A moment of scolding, footsteps, and the escort came down. He was followed by a few scolding Mongols. It was not the table that asked Hao Kang just now, but a table next to it.

When everyone left the restaurant, the Mongols on the opposite side were still scolding, and Tokhtar had already led the guards to rush up and start to move. Those who followed Tokhtar were all Praetorian Guards, and they were good. In the blink of an eye, several Mongols on the opposite side were knocked to the ground. These Mongols didn't expect Tokhtar to be so powerful, and immediately shouted to the other Mongols who followed him to the first floor to watch the excitement: "Bayan, come and help!" ”

Several Mongols immediately rushed out of the crowd, and they did not go to fight against the fierce Totoku and the others, but pounced on Hao Kang's side. Two of Hao Kang's guards stepped forward to meet the enemy, knocked down one with two or three punches, and let go of the four who rushed over in a moment.

Watching the lively crowd cheer thunderously, it is as if you are watching the best performance. Seeing that no one came out again, he took Hao Kang and left. Seeing them leave, the onlookers immediately moved out of the way. But someone followed Hao Kang and the others to continue walking, Hao Kang walked to a place where there were not many people, and said to Toto: "Big brother, let's go to live with Boyan." ”

"Scared?" Totoku laughed.

Hao Kang didn't want to admit that he was afraid, but he didn't want to be a hero. He was not familiar with the place in Damascus, and the so-called strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, and he was always at ease when he lived in this place.

"Let's go, get out of town." Totoku laughed. This answer made Hao Kang's heart fall to the ground.

When the two of them left Damascus with the guards, it was already dark, and there were guards in front of them with torches to lead the way, Hao Kang and they did not urge their mounts, but let the horses walk forward freely. Hao Kang didn't know what to say, so he could only be silent. After walking for a while, he heard Totoku say: "These princes are so short-sighted. Brother Hao Kang, do you know why I support the prime minister? ”

"Because the imperial envoy of Yuxi Timur supports the prime minister?" Hao Kang asked tentatively.

"No, although the prime minister and the Great Khan are very different, they can't bear these princes to be so domineering in the local area."

"Is this a bulge?" Hao Kang felt that this was just a brawl at most.

"My father said that when Genghis Khan was alive, those who dared to counterfeit the cowardly badge were destroyed. Dare to draw a sword against a person who wears a cowardly badge. I'm afraid that those princes who just started it don't know that the logo on our body is the badge of cowardice. "Tokhta's voice was full of hatred.

Hao Kang was taken aback, not to mention the prince of Damascus, even Hao Kang himself forgot that the ribbon-like symbol he wore was the cowardly badge. The Cowardly Badge refers to the emblem of Genghis Khan's most important troops, the Cowardly Xue Army, which comes from the Cowardly Xue system and refers to the Janissaries of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty, an army formed by Genghis Khan himself. It is the Mongolian word for "Fanzhi Suwei".

Timid Xue originated from the aristocratic soldiers of the steppe tribes, and later developed into the palace military bureaucracy. Cowardly Xue is mainly composed of nobles, generals and other meritorious children, every ordinary cowardly Xue army soldier has the salary and rank of ordinary generals, and their commanders are the "four masters" in the early Yuan Dynasty: Mu Huali, Chilaowen, Bolhu, Bolshu, and were also named "four cowardly Xue". The Xue army had strict discipline and extraordinary privileges, and the status of an ordinary Xue soldier was even higher than that of a thousand household officials, and this Xue army maintained the rule of Genghis Khan and was also a reserve for Mongol officials and officers.

Hao Kang touched the badge of the cowardly Xue, and sighed in his heart. He comforted Toto, "Brother Toto, when the Great Khan's banner army is established, the cowardly Xue system can also be restored." ”

"Huh." Totoku laughed helplessly a few times, and said sadly: "Cowardly Xue Jun is no longer there, and I am also thinking about it." He talked to the Great Khan about it several times, but the Great Khan didn't care at all. ”

Hao Kang was also quite helpless. He has been in Mongolia for so many years, and he has only heard a few people talk about the cowardly Xue army. Including the current detachment, the total number of people has not reached double digits. His knowledge about Cowardly Xue turned out to be from the Great Song Dynasty. In the records of the Great Song Dynasty on the history of Mongolia, the cowardly Xue army in the era of Genghis Khan was indeed as majestic as Tokh said.

With the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire began to split, and Mongolia, which was originally under the leadership of a Great Khan, became the four khanates. The Mongol princes in various places attacked and killed each other for their khans, and the cowards themselves went into a civil war. In order to effectively distinguish the titles, the Xue army began to have its own new names in the various khanates. For example, during the time of Kublai Khan, the cowardly Xue army became the Great Khan's pro-army. Cowardice became a title of nobility, and no longer really had such an army.

Before Kublai Khan was forced to move west, he had fought a bitter war with the Song state. The remnants of the cowardly Xue fought a fierce battle against the Song army, and then turned into corpses in front of the mighty Song army. After the disappearance of the body of the Cowardly Xue Army, even the old Cowardly Xue who inherited his name also died. The current Mongolian prince doesn't know that the cowardly Xue badge is also a smooth thing.

"Big brother Tokh wants to be retro and ambitious. Brother, I admire it very much. Hao Kang tried his best to pick up good words.

Just listen to the sigh, "Alas! Brother, now form a banner army, Timur Khan does not want to use the name of the Great Khan's pro-army, let me think of a new name. I thought about it, but I could only find out the name of Cowardly Xue Jun and use it. I asked a lot of learned people to know the story of the cowardly Xue Jun. I didn't expect Brother Hao Kang to know about the cowardly Xue Jun at such a young age, you are really amazing. ”

Hao Kang was speechless for a moment. He didn't expect that he was a native of the Yuan Kingdom who had studied in the Great Song Dynasty since he was a child, and when he was studying, he looked through some Mongolian history books compiled by the Great Song Dynasty, and only after arriving in Mongolia did he find that he knew more about Mongolian history than Mongolians. What kind of world is this!

With a lot of thoughts in his heart, Hao Kang saw that there was a place in the distance that was brightly lit. Not long ago, the guards who went to explore the way galloped back with torches, "The front light is Lord Boyan's Zhuangzi." ”

Hearing this, Hao Kang only felt a great peace of mind in his heart. But something suddenly occurred to him. As long as it is not a place directly under Mongolia, Hao Kang can feel safe and civilized. That's all too realistic......