Chapter Seventy-One: The Impoverished Prairie

In the past two years, there have been fights and fights, and there have been troubles, and it is no longer strange to have a confrontation like that just now.

One allowed merchants to cross the border for huge profits, and the other set up a private market for the common people, and the two sides guaranteed their respective interests under this strange micro-balance.

Huang Que even felt that the brother and sister were too weak, and once instructed Agoura's fist and foot kung fu.

This made Agula, a grassland boy who admired strength, admire him very much.

Agoura also followed the great Sui merchant to learn the etiquette culture of the Great Sui, in order to find a way to change the weak state of Beidi, so he had the etiquette of the court when he first met.

It's not too early, Meng He lent his white horse to Jin Ya'er and Sijiu, and told Jin Ya'er to get to the place, just let go of the white horse, and the white horse will return by itself.

I was not in a hurry along the way, I believed in the reins, occasionally adjusted the direction, and walked slowly, and Sijiu's hands that had nowhere to put had to fall on his thighs.

"The Beidi grassland is vast and the horses are strong, how can you be so poor and destitute?" Sijiu looked up into the distance, as if talking to himself, in fact, Sijiu also knew that the consumption of salt alone was enough to hollow out Beidi.

It is said that the former King of Beidi still had some ability, and Beidi's life at that time was still passable.

Six years ago, King Beidi died, and Agoura was only eleven years old, not enough to succeed him, so the younger brother of King Beidi took over the power and became the new King of Beidi.

This man is very mysterious, he does not go out of the palace, and he does not care about state affairs, and it is said that Xijon gave him a lot of benefits, but in fact, those benefits are less than one-tenth of what Xijon got from Beidi.

These are all rumors from the Dasui border, and I don't know whether they are true or not. Jin Yaer said.

Jin Ya'er and Sijiu returned to the bazaar and told Jin Maru to prepare three hundred taels, and the jujube red horse he had just bought was also lost, and Jin Maru slapped his thigh in pain, and he was helpless, so he only urged the guy who sold the goods to shout loudly and hurry up to cash in the goods.

Jin Yaer always dragged Sijiu to mess around, and Sijiu got rid of the job of a seller.

The next morning, Meng He came to Jin Ya'er to play again, and asked to bring Sijiu, thanking Sijiu for his help, and also wanted to ask Sijiu for help.

Sijiu didn't know what he could do to help, so since he had called, he went to take a look.

When I walked out of the market, I saw that Agoura was also there, riding a tall horse, and two other horses, which I thought were for Jin Ya'er and Sijiu.

But Sijiu won't, and he will inevitably be ridiculed by the other three.

Meng He led his white horse to Sijiu, "Xiaobai is the most dear and the most humane horse, you can try it." ”

Meng He explained and demonstrated, Agoura helped to supplement, and Jin Yaer watched the excitement on the side.

Soon, Sijiu knew the riding posture, what a pedal was, and what situations would be more dangerous.

Xiaobai is steady, and Sijiu can ride up and down with the pace of the horse when he rides on the horse.

Agoura clapped his hands and praised, "Awesome! Terrible! Learned so quickly! ”

Jin Ya'er said: "It's Xiaobaitong's human nature, and it's not possible to change a horse!" ”

Gradually, the market disappeared behind the four people, and Sijiu had a sore buttocks and legs when he rode a horse for the first time, so everyone got off the horse and rested.

On the meadow, the four of them lay and sat down, and Agoura looked at this fertile grassland with great ambition, like a young eagle overlooking its territory, "Sijiu, I heard Sister Ya'er say that you are from Fancheng?" ”

"yes."

"Would you like to accompany our brother and sister on a trip to the city?" Agoura Road.

"Don't listen to Huang Que's nonsense, are the envoys and relatives joking?" Forty-nine knew that Agoura was taking Yellow Sparrow's nonsense seriously.

"I have discussed with Meng He, instead of being so desperate, it is better to take the initiative to find a solution, maybe there will be a turnaround." Agoura said, and Meng He nodded firmly in agreement beside him.

"Meng He is still young, in case you meet someone like Huang Que, don't you push Meng He into the fire pit?" Forty-nine ways.

"Da Sui is not all people like Huang Que, and the people in the market are very kind."

"That's because they're going to make money from you, and of course they have a good attitude. Is there no other way? You go to the envoy yourself, you don't have to bring Meng He. ”

"Meng He stays on the grassland, sooner or later he will be sold to Xirong by the king...... "Agoura was a little excited, hating himself for being powerless, he felt that he was about to be unable to protect his sister, if it weren't for his sister's pungency, I'm afraid it would have been ...... long ago

"What? And such a king? Sijiu was also angry.

Meng He said: "Sijiu, don't say it, the children of the grassland, if you can contribute to the people of the grassland, Meng He will not let it!" ”

Sijiu didn't know how Agoura took his sister, and taught his family and country the world.

In Sijiu's opinion, girls should be innocent, and it is enough to be able to understand the general situation when they grow up, and leave the rest to the man who will take care of it, uh...... It's just a pity that he's not a man anymore.

"Meng He, you are the moon on this grassland, you belong to this grassland, and you shouldn't be trapped in the deep mansion compound of the bustling city." On the grassland, it is customary to describe a beautiful woman as the moon, and she follows the customs of the countryside.

"Take you to see my people, maybe you can understand my choice." Agoura got up and led the horse.

……

In the distance, a patch of tents of different sizes came into view.

Walk through herds of sheep and horses and into a human settlement.

The eyes are full of dilapidation, the tents with patches, the unclothed children, and only half of the pot remains.

It was already warm, and many men were shirtless and wore sheepskin shoulders because there was no cloth.

It takes two strong adult men to lift half of the lamb for a newly killed sheep, because without salt, there is no strength.

When the people saw the Agula brothers and sisters, they stopped and saluted, and they were very respectful.

This is another kind of etiquette that is different from the Great Sui Dynasty.

Put one hand on the opposite shoulder, bend down slightly, and speak Beidi language that Sijiu did not understand.

Agoura and Meng He also returned the salute with their hands on their shoulders on the opposite side.

Sijiu saw that Jin Ya'er did the same, so he did the same, but he couldn't speak the gurgling Beidi language.

Agula turned his head and introduced to Sijiu: "There is no wheat on the grassland, only cattle, sheep and horses, no salt, no iron, and Dasui and Xirong strictly restrict iron tools.

The half of the iron pot was left by the old father to the brothers, and they could only be half of each person after they got married.

Not to mention being equipped with weapons, even the knife for cutting meat is passed down from the previous generation to the next, and having an extra son has no knife use, so he can only borrow and borrow it.

Ordinary people don't see silver all year round, and a few copper plates are also saved for salt.

The money continues to flow out, and in a few years, I am afraid that the grassland will never see a penny again, and I don't know what the people can exchange for salt at that time. ”

Although dilapidated, cow dung is neatly stacked outside the tent, which is the best material for cooking and heating on the grassland, it can be seen that the grassland people are still very diligent, but they can't stand the attack of Dasui and Xirong, and life has become more and more difficult in the past two years.