Chapter 661: The opening of Da Kuli Terrace is imminent
After Yang Jing returned from the palace, he consulted with the Great Shaman, and now that he had brought the message to the Cree, the Great Shaman did not seem to urge Yang Jing to solve the handle in Naima Zhen's hands.
Although it is not clear what kind of agreement Yelu Chucai and Naima Zhen reached, on the second day, Yelu Chucai, with the proposal and support of most officials, returned to the court, reinstated as the Zhongshu Order, Tongping Zhangshi, returned to the old business, and did the work of Zaifu again.
Yelu Duo was then led back by Yelu Chucai, and claimed to be the assassination of the Southern Song Dynasty with the intention of assassinating Lu Lige Beji, and mobilized a lot of Praetorian Guards to search for Pang Zhengyuan and others in Helin City.
Fortunately, Yang Jing asked them to go back to the south to report the news, and did not let the Praetorian Guards succeed, but these Praetorian Guards took the opportunity to make oil and water and arrested many innocent people, which is also indignant.
Lu Lige was placed under house arrest in the palace on the grounds of recuperating from her injuries, and she was not allowed to take half a step out of the palace, but she was afraid that Naima Zhen also knew her temperament, so she couldn't swallow this breath, and she was afraid that Lu Lige would make a big deal, so she was not allowed to go out to cause trouble.
Dahulitai is about to open, and 66 outside Lincheng continues to set up a lot of big tents, like a piece of white clouds, falling on the green ocean, the atmosphere of the festival is getting stronger and stronger, and Lincheng is even more lively.
Many tribes began to warm up for Naadam, sending young men from their headquarters to make friends with people from other tribes, and naturally it was indispensable to compete with each other and explore the details of others, and horses were often whistling outside the city.
There are also many princes and nobles, leading a team of hundreds of people, fresh clothes and angry horses, out of the city to hunt, young men and women also take the opportunity to contact feelings, a pair of wild mandarin ducks gallop on the grassland, chasing each other, there are also tribes to sing to convey love, resulting in a lot of happy marriage.
Every day or two, there are royal families and soldiers who go out to fight, and even vassal kings and lords from all over the country, leading a large number of personal guards to show off their power in the city.
The monks of the Qingmiao, the lamas of the Yellow Sect, the *** wearing melon skin hats, and even the priests in holy robes, the Taoists with goatees, the shamans in colorful feather coats, etc., these clergy, taking advantage of the large number of people at this time, are a good opportunity to show believers, and they use their means in the city every day to show their magical powers.
Yang Jing is not staying at home, in order to listen to the news as much as possible, he is not idle, although he knows that both Naima Zhen and Yelu Chucai have sent secret sentinels to follow him all day long, but Yang Jing still takes Ji Jin and Countess Ashley, under the guidance of Nimo, the guide, to play around.
Countess Ashley has not been short in the red quicksand, and she is very familiar with Lin Cheng, the red quicksand is the most famous kiln, although she is rarely branded, but all day long, she sees the red quicksand people coming and going, all of them are dignitaries, so whenever she sees these people on the street, she will point them out and introduce the details of these people to Yang Jing, which has also helped Yang Jing a lot.
I don't know if it was after Krees got the signal of the great shaman and quietly launched an action, or if Yale Taryn was too badly injured by Ji Jin, but he didn't come out to find Yang Jing.
But one day on the street, Yang Jing actually met with the ram migrating wild, and the other party also recognized Yang Jing, but he didn't fight, but nodded slightly at Yang Jing, which made Yang Jing a little uneasy.
Ji Jin is an indifferent character, but because of the development of his relationship with Yang Jing, he also knows that Yang Jing does not have much lust for Ashley and Nimo, and several people get along well.
Of course, this gets along well, and it is also relative, if you want Ji Jin to be commensurate with their sisters and get along with each other, it is impossible, the so-called good relationship means that Ji Jin finally no longer wants to chop off their hands and feet at every turn, that's all.
After staying for a few more days, the day of Da Kulitai was getting closer, and the Danas from all over the country returned with men and horses, and a large number of barracks were stationed outside the city, which almost directly expanded the lively area of Hal and Lin several times, and even outside the city was crowded with people.
These warriors in the army are all fierce and ruthless people, drinking and having fun all day long, plundering women everywhere in the Huihui and Han areas, and fighting with weapons has never stopped, and the manpower of the imperial court guards is a little stretched, and the more they can't control this chaos.
According to the usual practice, in fact, every time the Great Kuli Terrace is held, there are similar situations, and many people are used to seeing it, and they only feel that it is lively in this way, which is in line with the fierce and heroic style of the Mongolian tribes.
But this time it is different, due to the death of Emperor Hehan, this time the Great Kuritai is related to the question of the candidate of the Great Khan, and it is inevitable that someone will obstruct it and deliberately create chaos.
The last thing Naima Zhen wanted to see was this kind of situation, so he sent more people and pulled out a lot of cowardly Xue troops to maintain order in the imperial city, but unfortunately it still failed to achieve the desired effect.
In desperation, Naima Zhen could only order that the military camps on the periphery must be far away from the imperial city, and the specific layout needs to be planned and agreed by the imperial court, and no one may set up camp without authorization, so as not to take the opportunity to besiege the imperial city and carry out a coup d'état.
But even so, there are still people who don't listen to the schedule, and before the opening of the Dakuli Terrace, the tone of opposition to Naimajin has already been set.
After consulting with the people of the imperial family, Naimajin decided to move all the military camps out twenty miles, and any military camp that approached the imperial city would be regarded as a rebellion and immediately killed, and the imperial city would impose a curfew, and no one from the outer city would be allowed to enter the city after nightfall, and no one in the city would be allowed to move around at will.
Due to the curfew, the day became more lively, but even so, the four city gates still strengthened the customs clearance review, and the Han and Semu people entered and exited strictly, even the people of the Mongolian tribe must have a document or warrant to enter and exit the imperial city.
After the situation became tense, Yang Jing was worried that Pang Zhengyuan and others would not be able to enter the city, so he went out hunting with Ji Jin and Ashley every day.
Outside the forest is originally a plain, to the west is a desert, and the further south or east, the milder the climate, the forest for hunting will appear.
Originally, the hunting area was very secluded, and it was just a pastime on weekdays, but after the return of so many troops, the sergeants had nowhere to vent their energy, and they were not allowed to enter the city at will, so they cleaned all the hunting areas around them.
At night, they barbecued their prey in the camp and held bonfires, which made the area around the imperial city a miasma, but anyone who passed by, whether it was a Semu or a Han Chinese, or even a Mongolian woman, would be captured and plundered back by these over-energetic soldiers.
Once the Semu and Han women were taken captive, they could only be slaves and servants, and life was worse than death, while the women of the Mongolian tribes would become the wives of the Mongols, and whoever grabbed it was the one who had the ability.
Of course, there are also many tribesmen who have been robbed and brought troops to beg for help, and the two sides are fighting again, in short, they can't stop.
Yang Jing took Ji Jin and Countess Ashley, as well as the little girl Nimo, and from time to time they would also be robbed by Mongolian barbarians, but with Ji Jin, Yang Jing didn't need to make a move at all, during this time, he made a name for himself, and no one dared to mess with them.
Yang Jing naturally wouldn't be too far away, and his purpose was not to hunt at all, so he just walked around outside the city gate to facilitate the brothers in the south to take the initiative to connect with him.
Seeing that the city gate was about to be closed today, and he was going to return in vain, Yang Jing couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said that if the days are counted, Pang Zhengyuan and Elder Lu should also send the news back, it should be someone who came north to connect with him, but I don't know why, I haven't been able to see it for a long time.
I was about to return to the city, but I saw a cavalry rumbling over, these knights' armor was completely different from the Mongols, they were all thick fur winter clothes, and they also carried arquebuses five or six feet long, the knights' physique was strong and tall, with red hair, even the beard was red, but the skin was as pale as a demon!
"It's a rakshasa!"
Nimo's face couldn't help but change, but Countess Ashley was not used to seeing it, and said to Yang Jing: "These are Kievan Rus', what are they doing here?"
"Kievan Rus'?" Yang Jing heard the name, and already had a guess in his heart, these people should be the Russians of later generations, because of their white skin and red hair, like the legendary Shura ghosts, so foreigners call them Rakshasas.
Further up is Lake Baikal, and beyond the extreme cold are the principalities of Kievan Rus'.
Although gunpowder is bright in the Central Plains, it has been promoted by foreigners, and the Mongols' Huihui cannon and flying musket are examples, and firearms such as assault muskets are also highly valued by the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom, but unfortunately the Southern Song Dynasty court did not take it as a warning.
After the gunpowder was spread, the countries of the Western Regions and the Arabs who traded at sea gradually spread the black powder farther and farther, but it was made into powerful guns by foreigners.
After the Kievan Rus' learned gunpowder technology from the Mongols, they also made a lot of muskets, and their musket teams were also very powerful.
Yang Jing was also a little secretly happy when he saw these people entering the city, because of course he hoped that Mongolia would be as chaotic as possible!
However, Yang Jing also felt a little sad, after the gunpowder was passed out, it directly caused those foreigners to set off a revolution in the military industry, as if they suddenly leaped from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons, but on the side of the Southern Song Dynasty, the strength was not great, and it had to make people feel regret and grief.
Fortunately, Yang Jing was one step ahead of them, and he didn't make those low-end bird guns or arquebuses and the like, as soon as they came up, they were high-end old sleeves, as long as Mongolia was chaotic for a while, so that the Southern Song Dynasty court could establish a greater advantage.
However, there must be a premise for this, that is, the Mongol Empire must be chaotic enough, otherwise if it is developed at the same time, the Southern Song Dynasty will still be one step behind, after all, the Mongol Empire is too powerful, and there are too many resources that can be mobilized.
I don't know where this army is stationed outside the city, but the cavalry army that entered the city is large-scale, the army is neat and tidy, and the murderous spirit is vigorous, it should be a division of a hundred battles, and even the cowardly Xue army is a little inferior.
Yang Jing looked at it for a while, then asked Ashley, "How much do you know about the Rakshasas?"
Countess Ashley's eyes showed a hint of fear and fear, and she whispered to Yang Jing, "I know enough..."
Yang Jing looked at her eyes, quietly squeezed her hand to show comfort, and said softly.
"Tell me everything you know, I want to know what these people are trying to do when they come to Helin. ”
Countess Ashley hesitated for a moment, exhaled softly, and then said to Yang Jing.
"These people should be Sain Khan's people..."
"Sain Khan?" Yang Jing also knew a lot about the situation of the Mongols these days, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but feel nervous, this Sain Khan, isn't it Batu!
Didn't he refuse to take part in this great Khuritai, and how did he send the Kievan Rus'?