A month later, at the entrance of the West Market of Chang'an City, a group of Hu merchants kept coming and going, no different from usual, the difference was that there were many people pouring into the West Market today, and the Hu merchants even had to queue up.

"Hey, don't squeeze, don't squeeze, who of you can afford to break the cargo of my carriage?" A Persian merchant shouted loudly in a broken Chinese, and before he could shout a second time, he was dragged out of the carriage by the Tang shopkeeper who was traveling with him.

"Silence! I heard that the surrounding countries have come to make the Tang Dynasty many recently, and the congestion in the West Market is caused by the influx of these foreign envoys, this group of people are all big money owners, all of them are wealthy, and you have a few truckloads of goods, in the eyes of others, it is really nothing. The problem is that everyone is a high-powered official, do you dare to ask others for money? ”

The Persian merchant's neck shrunk, evidently worried, but his shrewd eyes kept rolling, as if he were thinking of something.

At this time, a masked man dressed in grassland next to him accosted and said, "Hey, you guy's speech is so unreasonable, don't you know how to be polite when you bully us outsiders?" It is said that Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty has the best public security, who dares to bully people and not give money? We prairie men will only challenge the strong. ”

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm gaffe, I'm gaffe!" The shopkeeper of the Tang Dynasty hurriedly apologized, and then turned his head and whispered to the Persian merchant: "Let's go quickly, more things are better than less things......

After listening to the masked man's words, the Persian businessman's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have an idea, the corners of his mouth bent, and he stretched out his hand to pull the Tang shopkeeper behind him, and at the same time muttered a few words to his coachman, but the others didn't understand, but the Tang shopkeeper hurriedly persuaded: "No, think twice, don't make trouble......

The Persian merchant ignored him, and came up to talk to the masked man, "This warrior, is your Excellency from the steppe?" You must be well-informed, can you tell me which country's envoys are around? ”

The masked man obviously didn't expect this product to be a self-cooked, and there was a way to reach out and not hit the smiling person, took the mint leaves handed over by the other party, and enthusiastically pointed to the people around him and introduced it, "You're welcome, I'm from Turkic." In fact, I don't recognize too much, but I can roughly see that the people here are from Khitan. With them, I heard that the Khitan and the Yak are good friends, and I think it's the Lord's ......."

The two were introducing, only to see a few Persian merchants under the coachman driving a carriage and a group of Khitans crowded together, the Khitans advocating powerlessness, at this time most of them were still unclothed tribal ethnic group era, a personality like a fire, feeling bumped by the carriage, immediately dissatisfied counterattack, three times and two times, several carriages around him were all overturned to the ground, goods scattered everywhere.

Yes, this time, the door that was not spacious was even more congested, and a team of Wuhou of the Tang Dynasty quickly intervened in mediation, but the Chinese language of the Khitan people was not very good, and it was difficult to communicate. The Persian merchant had long since ceased to gossip, and sat on the ground and began to weep so loudly that he could tell without an interpreter that he was crying out for his goods.

The shopkeeper of the Datang side stood aside and smacked his tongue, "What did I say, you can't make trouble, you can't make trouble, now it's okay, you ran away in vain this time, and I can't make any money." ”

Captain Wuhou said to the Khitans, "Hey, where are you from?" If you damage someone's goods, you have to pay compensation according to the price. ”

Finally figured out the meaning of this sentence, the Khitan people stopped doing it, and even wanted to beat the Persian merchant with their hands, but the Tang Wuhou quickly drew his sword, blocked the front, and scolded sharply: "How? Do you still want to make trouble in Tang West Market? I don't care what your identity is in the Khitan, when you arrive in Datang, you have to abide by the rules of Datang. ”

When the saber was rattling, the masked man stood up and mediated with a smile, "Everyone, all officials, they should be Khitan to participate in the ball game, the language is not reckless, it is better for me to persuade them." ”

After a moment of silence, the Wuhou put away his sword and stood aside, pulling up the bitter lord Persian merchant to protect him.

And the masked man even knew a little Khitan dialect, and really talked to those people, "Hey, brothers, I am the general of the Turkic Jieli Khan, and I came to participate in the Keju Competition, are you also here to play football?" ”

Hearing that it was Jieli's command, all the Khitan people were in awe, because the Turkic Jieli was a big country that could wrestle with the Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan small country could not afford to provoke it, and the Khitan leader nodded and said: "No, I haven't been to the Tang Dynasty, this is not to come to Chang'an in advance, and meet the driver who squeezes with us, hum, the Khitan warriors are not let by anyone." ”

Burst...... The masked man almost didn't laugh out loud, and said in his heart that he was a bully who was afraid of the soft, and it turned out to be a blonde and blue-eyed Persian.

"No, I heard that the Khitan side is poorly clothed and hungry, can't eat enough, and is busy hunting all day long, and you also play football?" The masked man asked suspiciously.

"Hey! Who's to say it's not, are you willing to participate in any competition? No, it's all lobbying by Gaogu Liren, saying that they want us to participate in the competition together, and when the time comes, we will have some benefits to share with our Khitan. He also said that our Khitan tribe hunts all year round, and no one can run as well, so you can win by practicing and playing football for a few days. There was no way, but in the end the big boss agreed, and we were sent. The chief grumbled.

"I see, have you learned to play football?" The masked man asked.

Hearing this, a group of Khitan men couldn't help but smack their tongues, and the leader seemed to be very embarrassed, and whispered: "It's considered to have learned, that is, we can run with the ball, the ball won't run with us, we can kick back and forth, and when no one is around, we can kick into the door." ”

Burst...... What's that? What does it mean that the ball doesn't follow people? Oh, you're saying that you don't know how to dribble well, right? The masked man laughed so hard that his stomach hurt.

At this time, the surrounding Wuhou urged: "Hey, how are the talks?" Don't talk nonsense, there's still a road jam over here. ”

Oh, I forgot to forget, and with a confession, the masked man hurriedly and patiently explained the rules, scaring the Khitan people and saying, you have overturned other people's goods, if you don't compensate for the loss, you will be arrested and imprisoned by Datang, let alone participating in the ball game, you can't go back even if you go home. This kind of thing, not to mention the Khitan, even if our Turkic Zuoxian King comes, he still has to lose money.

Where have the group seen this, they didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, and simply took out a bag of fine mink furs as compensation, and the Persian merchant took the apology, smiled from ear to ear, and ordered his subordinates to clean up the remnants and dredge the streets, while he himself pulled the stunned Tang shopkeeper into the West Market.

It wasn't until this time that the Tang shopkeeper understood that this Persian merchant deliberately made it bad for the Khitan barbarians! According to the normal situation, the Persian merchants had to put these truckloads of goods on consignment in a few grocery stores in the western market, and they were sold out and settled, even if they were very fast, they would take ten days and half a month, and the profit could be two or three times more than that in Persia.

But today's trouble, a few truckloads of goods are equivalent to being directly packaged and sold to the Khitans, saving time, not to mention, the Khitans don't know the market, and the compensation for a bag of mink is precious, far more than the Persian merchants' money for the goods.

Outsiders don't know how to do it, only the shopkeeper of Datang understands, he didn't break it, because the things in the hands of Persian merchants made money, and they had to be scraped off by him to share the skin.

"Hey, don't go, you paid compensation, even if these truckloads of goods are yours, they are not all damaged, you can take them back to see what can be used, and then transport them back to the Khitan hometown, so it's a gift." The masked man reminded.

When the Khitan and his party heard it, there was still this good thing? Then this is not a loss, a bag of leather can be exchanged for such a few large truckloads, hey, Datang things are really cheap.

After the episode, it can be said that everyone was happy, and no one noticed that the masked man had already withdrawn from the queue and walked towards the outside of the West Market, and after a short time got into a four-wheeled carriage and drove slowly towards the palace.

In the Tai Chi Palace, the emperor and several big think tanks were drinking tea and chatting, everyone was not discussing the victory or defeat, but guessing the conspiracy behind the scenes of this ball game, someone must have planned it, otherwise there would not be so many countries who could not challenge themselves.

"I know who's behind it!" A clear voice sounded at the door of the hall, and Li Yuanying, the king of Qin, stepped into the hall, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all looked at the person who came, but then they didn't know who took the lead, and everyone laughed in unison.

Why, why are you laughing at something? Don't believe what I say? Li Yuanying wondered.

Emperor Li Er waved his hand and asked, "Fifth brother, did you just come back from burning charcoal?" How disgraced, my brother almost didn't recognize you. ”

Unrecognizable? Li Yuanying was stunned for a moment, looked down, and couldn't help laughing, cough cough, I was so involved in acting just now that I forgot to remove my makeup.

Isn't this dress the masked man at the gate of the West Market just now!