After the two of them took their seats, Chu Kun spoke first: "Leader Fumeng, listen to Wang Xiaowei's words, you plan to conduct an exchange of markets with our Dayong Kingdom, I want to know, has your decision been agreed by the Khan of the Bearded Beard?" ”

Chu Kun deliberately pointed out the Qiangqi Khan, which was actually a temptation, of course he knew that the current Qiangmao Khan Court was in chaos, and when the Qiangbeard Khan was in a coma, the Qiangqi Shan Yu and the Qiangbeard Kedun took the opportunity to seize a lot of power and installed their own people in many positions.

But even if the Bearded Khan is sick, he is also the head wolf of the steppe, and when he wakes up, he immediately launched a counterattack. Nowadays, the atmosphere inside the court is becoming more and more tense, and the trend of civil war is becoming more and more obvious, and there is a feeling that it is about to break out.

Fu Mengdu listened to Chu Kun's words, shook his head, and said: "Now the Badger is not at peace, since the defeat of the Southern Invasion, in order to make up for the losses of his own tribe, the entire grassland has been chaotic. The big tribes annexed the small tribes, the tribal alliances attacked each other, our dozen tribes, that is, the losing side in the war, are not afraid of Mr. suspicion, if we don't flee to the border of Dayong and Xionghu, it is estimated that they will be swallowed by other tribes long ago. Now the only thing that can save us is to ask Dayong to open up the market and conduct mutual trading. ”

Chu Kun listened to Fu Mengdu's words, and he didn't feel too much, he knew very well the situation in the grassland, there were no long-lasting tribes, and there were no eternal races.

Chu Kun pondered for a while and asked, "What does Patriarch Fumeng plan to trade with?" ”

Fu Mengdu listened to Chu Kun's question, his eyes lit up, he felt that there was a door, and hurriedly said: "Our more than a dozen tribes, combined, have 100,000 livestock, and the good horses and cattle among them can be traded. ”

Chu Kun then asked, "Then what do you want to get from Dayong?" ”

Fu Mengdu blurted out: "Tea, salt and grain, this is the most needed material for our people." ”

Chu Kun listened to Fu Mengdu's answer, nodded, and said, "I already know the appeal of the leader of Fu Meng. As for whether the field can be opened, it still needs to be decided by the old man in the court. Please go back and be patient. ”

When Fu Mengdu heard Chu Kun's words, he got up a little anxiously and said: "Sir, I know that it is very inappropriate for me as a foreign chief to make this request, but for the sake of my tribe's people, I still have to say, can Sir provide us with a batch of food, my people have begun to run out of food, and if they drag on, they will starve to death." ”

Some readers may think, since they are nomads, how can they still lack food? Isn't there a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and mules, which can be killed and eaten for meat?

On the grasslands, nomads live in pursuit of water and grass, and have no fixed residence, and have been living a life of riding horses and grazing for thousands of years. For them, grazing is the same as farming in the Central Plains, and it is their main production activity.

But their daily diet is not as big as one usually thinks about eating meat and drinking a lot of alcohol. On the contrary, the fact that nomads cannot afford to eat meat, or have little access to it, is the truth of the nomadic diet.

The main daily food of nomadic herders is actually dairy products for horses, cattle and sheep. The steppe wolves in the north usually eat more dairy products. It is difficult for them to feed on horses, cattle and mutton, because the frequent slaughter of livestock for food can disrupt nomadic production.

The essence of nomadic grazing is to use the dietary structure and movement characteristics of herbivores to convert plants that cannot be used by humans in the vast grassland into substances needed by humans, so it is doomed that nomadism is an inefficient mode of production compared with farming.

For example, a family of five can feed only ten acres of farmland. But this is not the case on the grassland, taking sheep as an example, a sheep's herbivorous area needs at least 20 acres, to feed a tent of five people, at least 90 sheep are needed, converted into grassland area, if you want to feed a tent of five people, at least 1,000 acres of grassland is needed. As a result, nomadic herders have to avoid eating livestock meat as much as possible, and more often eat dairy products, use animal hair, etc.

At the same time, there are various disasters on the grassland, the most typical are the white plague and the black plague, which makes the production environment of the nomads more harsh, and the livestock are more cherished, and it is almost impossible to kill and eat meat.

Judging from these circumstances, it is normal for Fumengdu to beg for food. But Chu Kun hesitated, he was afraid that giving the Fumeng Ministry food would make the Fumeng Department strong, and then threaten the chickens.

Fu Mengdu looked nervous, his palms were sweaty, he came to the chicken this time to prevaricate, because he had great hopes, not only to promote the opening of the market, to carry out mutual markets, but also to ask for a batch of grain.

The silence of the two made the atmosphere in the lobby gradually condense. It was at this moment that a voice remembered: "Give them food!" ”

Wang Rong and Wang Bo walked in from outside the hall, and the two of them were actually in the side room all the time, listening to the conversation between the two in the hall.

Fu Meng saw Wang Rong and didn't know him, but he could see that Wang Rong and Wang Bo were five or six points alike, and they should be Wang Bo's brothers.

Chu Kun introduced to Fumengdu: "Leader of Fumeng, this is the governor of the western part of my Dayongshuo Fang County, Wang Rong and Wang Duwei. ”

After listening to Chu Kun's introduction, Fu Mengdu's heart was about to stop beating, is this the famous killing god, Wang Rong, the western governor of Dayong? The youth was beyond his expectations. After being stunned for a while, Fu Meng hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I have seen Wang Duwei, and Fu Meng has offered the blessing of Immortal Heaven. ”

Wang Rong looked at the respectful Fu Mengdu, and said with a smile: "Leader Fu Meng, God has the virtue of a good life, this time I promise to provide you with food, and at the same time I hope you will not live up to my trust, you know, we are not only the two people Du Wei and Changshi who came this time, but the five thousand soldiers and horses of the Western Governor's Mansion are here, you know what I mean, right?" ”

Fu Mengdu's head lowered deeper, his voice was full of fear, and he said respectfully: "Understand, understand, that little man is waiting for food in the city, and will return to the tribe with the grain team." ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "No need, you can take your people back to the tribe first, and tell the tribesmen the good news." The matter of transporting grain is the sole responsibility of our Western Governor's Office. ”

Fu Meng didn't dare not agree, he left the mansion in a hurry, and left Ji Kui with his four men, as if there was a demon god behind him.

Seeing that Fu Meng had left, Wang Rong, Wang Bo and Chu Kun re-seated, Chu Kun just wanted to ask Wang Rong why he wanted to provide food, but he saw Wang Bo say impatiently: "Zhong Ming, why did you agree to provide them with food?" You must know that the Bearded Man, oh no, the Prairie People are all white-eyed wolves who eat people and don't spit out bones, so you believe that he will not use this batch of grain to strengthen himself and then attack the Chicken Horse? ”