Lao Nie spread his hands,

"There is definitely no written contract, so don't dream.

I guess you're going to have to make an alliance with Shan Yu on the day of the oath or blood.

Then the covenant between you will be passed down from mouth to mouth among the Huns, and to the ears of every household, every person in the headquarters, on the right and left. ”

"Huh?" Liu Jing was completely dumbfounded, dumbfounded,

"So what do you usually do in business? Do you have a book of accounts between you and the Great Clan?

Isn't it all about memory? ”

"There is no account book, and even if there is, the Huns can't remember it, they can't count it from '10,000' or more.

That's why I never give them credit, it's always cash.

But once you take credit, you forget it within two months. ”

Old Nie smiled, his little eyes flashing with a shrewd and cunning light.

"That'...... So what if one day the prince does not recognize the contract between the two countries? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, Mao Dun is energetic, no matter how big or small the matter, he will do everything himself, and he will work all night every day to deal with affairs, and his health is good.

On the contrary, the prince is a gentleman, cowardly, taciturn, and his personality is more like his mother's Da Yan clan. ”

Okay, it's a big deal, I'll come a few more times in the future, and make the Huns familiar with the top and bottom of the Huns, so as not to respond to all changes, Liu Jing thought secretly.

Even if the two countries go to war in the future, there will always be a truce, and since he went deep into the grassland, he has realized how unrealistic the idea of the faction in the court wants to exterminate the Xiongnu.

The vast and boundless grassland, which is almost as vast as the Han land, is full of the same green from the moment it hits the Yanmen Pass.

If the living people rush in, in this vast blue and green, they can't distinguish between east and west, north and south, and they can't find a way out.

If it was really as Fan Xu thought, let him lead 100,000 troops who had never set foot in the north to kill, but I was afraid that in the wilderness, he would not be able to survive for two days and the whole army would be wiped out.

***

Liu Jing hurried to see Shan Yu, stuffed a few mouthfuls of milk tofu and mutton jerky, and hurriedly took out a carefully selected thank you gift and said goodbye to the big boss.

Rao is a big family couple from the Lan clan of the three surnames, and one of the twenty-four leaders, but after all, they have never set foot in the real Middle Earth belt, and they were immediately deeply shocked by the Qin Palace treasures he offered.

Mrs. Danghu held two goose-footed short lamps, one left and one right, and dangdang was placed squarely on both sides of the wolf skin mat carpet where the big danghu often sits, and she couldn't put it down.

"Okay, it seems that the items in the palace I brought this time, even if I give it to Shan Yu, it is enough."

Liu Jing smiled and looked at her reaction, and finally let go of the heart that had always been hanging.

Ai Nen flicked the blade of the wrong golden dagger with his middle finger, only to hear the rattling, and then swung it a few times out of thin air, and the aftermath of the metal shock was mixed into the sound of breaking the sky.

"Good! Sure enough, it's a rare dagger!

Unexpectedly, the Han people can also make good weapons. ”

He praised in the Hun language, and then asked the lady of the household to find a small piece of sheepskin, and with great cherishment, he wrapped the dagger tightly and tied it firmly between his belt.

"The Han people not only know how to make good weapons, but the men of the Central Plains can also make people frightened when they play with swords."

Liu Jing added with a stitch, Ai Nen raised his eyebrows while tying his belt, and glanced at him.

"Then let's see you in the royal court alone."

After the group turned over and got on the horse, Lao Nie stroked his chest and bowed down, and said to Ainen.

Wai Nen grinned, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and muttered a few words back, then jumped on his horse, led a group of equally sturdy young attendants, and disappeared into the distant sky.

"What did he say?"

Ai Nen said, our goods are better than any previous ones.

When I see the Da Yan family, let us ask for a higher price, his mother has money, and she can afford it, hahaha. ”

Liu Jing couldn't help but laugh, he once again deeply agreed with the queen's words, the Huns also have flesh and blood, love and hate, they are not beasts, they are also people with weaknesses.

"The lion doesn't have to open his mouth, if he can change some horses and go back, that's a great thing."

Liu Jing said to Lao Nie, grabbed the horse's belly, and jumped out.

***

He urged Lao Nie, against the sudden cold after the strong wind, and continued to rush north day and night, walking for another two or three days, but saw that there were more and more felt tents along the way, and the decoration outside the felt tents became more and more luxurious.

Probably about to arrive at the court of the Huns, Liu Jing turned his face and asked Lao Nie half-jokingly,

"Isn't it time to blindfold our heads? What if we remember the road? ”

Old Nie Hehe Zhile,

"I asked you to draw a map immediately, but you couldn't draw it.

There is no need to engage in those false and real things, the Da Yan clan is also an understanding person. ”

Yes, this is another kind of unbridled arrogance, to put it bluntly, they believe that they are the invincible masters in this prairie.

Lao Nie pointed forward with his horsewhip,

"See the mountain in front of you, don't you? That is the Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Shan Yu Wang Ting and all the Yan clans are now at the foot of Wolf Juxu Mountain, which is the summer pasture of the Xiongnu headquarters.

***

It was the height of summer, but Handan was still much cooler than Luoyang City, and there was a cool breeze in the evening, which was refreshing.

Lu Shizhi, who was married to Zhao State, had nothing to do, and concentrated on recuperation, except for visiting Lu Yuan, who lived in the palace, and then going to the Prime Minister's Mansion to see Zhang Cang, who was overwhelmed by the plan, he wandered around the city all day.

Handan is a large and densely populated city, with palaces, government offices and aristocratic quarters in the north, and commercial districts, residential areas and handicraft workshops in the southern half.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the resident merchants who operated stalls in the commercial districts, i.e., the official markets, were often referred to as "jia" and were required to register as "city registration", while other itinerant hawkers and speculators were called "shang".

In addition, talented border merchants like Nie San generally call themselves businessmen.

The city registration is the household registration of Jia, and the special identity and mobility of the Jia people doomed them to be different from other households.

During the Warring States Period and the Qin Dynasty, various anti-business systems based on the city registration system were introduced, which completely separated the city registration of the Jia people from the ordinary household registration, and the status of those with city registration continued to decline, and they were even included in the lowly registration.

However, there are policies and countermeasures.

Although all those who engage in business activities in the city must be registered as city registration, it is clear that there are very few wealthy businessmen in Zhao who are registered in the city.

Moreover, Lu Shizhi also noticed that although the imperial court stipulated that "Jia people are not allowed to ride in clothes", the big traders walking in the Handan market were no less dressed than the princes and nobles, and they were covered in silk and satin.

"Is your current market rent still two out of 100?"

Lu Shizhi asked casually.

Citizenship, taxes also. Having a city registration means that merchants need to pay a city rent to the government.

It is rare that the queen's brother Jiancheng Hou likes to wander around the market, and the pavilion chief of Handan Pavilion and the mayor of the management market are all following him to go shopping with him every inch.

Seeing him ask, he nodded his head hurriedly and said yes,

"Yes, yes, the city rent is still one hundred and two."

The traditional culture of Zhaodi pursues profit and values business, coupled with the official's consistent policy attitude of leniencing business and not suppressing business, and the flow of people in the market is like weaving, side by side.

Lu Shizhi looked at the stable scene of busy traffic, as if the ten years of war and turmoil at the end of Qin had not affected this place, and secretly calculated in his heart,

"In two days, you need to find Zhang Cang to calculate, if it is within the whole country, the city rent will be reduced to 101, which will benefit the people."