Chapter 443: Tiger Feast
Under Changbai Mountain!
A grand hunt was taking place, and a large number of beasts of prey were deliberately driven into a valley under the drive of a troop of cavalry.
"Shoot!"
When Yelu Yanxi saw the prey coming, he shouted loudly and took the lead in shooting arrows with a bow, and soon, one by one, the prey fell under Yelu Yanxi's arrows.
"Your Majesty Kamui!"
Yelu Zhangnu on the side immediately boasted.
"Hahaha!"
Yelu Yanxi immediately laughed proudly, he thought that hunting was a good strategy to restore the Liao kingdom to bravery, so as to make the Liao kingdom stronger.
"The warrior who wins the first place, I have a great reward!"
Yelu Yanxi waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
In an instant, a group of Liao riders immediately cheered and rushed to their prey.
And in the distance of Yelu Yanxi, Wanyan Aguta looked at the chaotic Liao cavalry, and couldn't help but show a trace of disdain, now Wanyan Aguda is just an inconspicuous figure, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to stand next to Yelu Yanxi, but it doesn't prevent him from looking down on Emperor Liao's hunting.
True hunting is never based on numbers, but on wisdom, bravery, and even by winning more with less, and it is not a massacre in front of you at all.
However, although An Yan Aguta didn't look down on Yelu Yanxi, he looked down on Yelu Yanxi's heavy reward, and found an opportunity at the moment, and instantly pounced towards a fierce tiger in the herd.
"Ahh
Immediately caused many people to exclaim, you must know that the tigers are extremely fierce, especially the hungry tigers in winter, and they are extremely dangerous, especially when Yelu Yanxi is not allowed to hunt in order to cultivate the bravery of Liao cavalry, he wears armor, which adds a lot of risks.
However, Wanyan Aguda is extremely brave, with an extremely strong physique, coupled with the experience of killing tigers, with the help of a steel knife and shield in his hand, he killed the tiger hard.
"What tribe is this?" Wanyan Agu's bravery immediately aroused Yelu Yanxi's interest, and asked out loud.
Wan Yan Yingge on the side stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this is the nephew of Naichen, Wan Yan Ah Gu!" ”
Wanyan Yingge is Wanyan Aguta's uncle, and is now the patriarch of the Wanyan tribe, Wanyan Yingge knew that Yelu Yanxi wanted to promote the bravery of the Liao Kingdom, so he brought Wanyan Aguta, the most brave in the tribe, over.
"Finish Yan Aguta? Wanyan Tribe! Yelu Yanxi's heart moved, this time he came to the Northeast to hunt, and the revival of the Great Liao Yongwu was only one of them, and another reason was to suppress the Jurchen tribes, and the Wanyan tribe was the most powerful one.
"Come on, reward the warrior who slays the tiger!"
Yelu Yanxi waved his hand.
His purpose was to revive the courage of the Liao State, and although Wanyan Aguda was born in the Jurchen tribes and praised him, he was able to arouse the fighting spirit of the Liao warriors.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wanyan Aguda proudly accepted the reward, but his expression was unruly.
Sure enough, the unruly appearance of Yan Agu made a group of Liao warriors quite dissatisfied, and because of the majesty of Yelu Yanxi, they could only secretly remember it in their hearts.
Yelu Yanxi saw all this scene in his eyes, and smiled faintly in his heart, what he needed was this effect.
When the hunt is over, a bonfire feast is about to begin.
Before the feast began, many Liao nobles began to play the game of Shuanglu, whose rules were very similar to those of later generations, and the same was to roll dice to decide how many moves to take.
Wanyan Aguda couldn't help sneering when he saw this, such a double-land game that relied on luck was like child's play, how could it arouse the bravery of the Liao State, in his opinion, it was Wen Tian's martial arts!
"Can the Wanyan Warriors come to a game of double-lands."
Just as Wanyan Agu sighed in his heart, a voice sounded in his ears.
"It turned out to be Lord Jerod! Ah Guda is not proficient in double-land play, so I'm afraid I'll disappoint Lord Yelu. ”
The person who came was Yelu Zhangnu, and his person was a celebrity around Yelu Yanxi, and Wanyan Aguta naturally didn't want to conflict with him.
However, how could Yelu Zhangnu easily let go of Wanyan Aguta, who had just won the jackpot in the hunt, which caused the dissatisfaction of many Liao nobles, including Yelu Zhangnu.
Jeruzhangnu advised, "What's so hard about this? It's just a fixed number of dice rolling, it's very simple, Wanyan warriors can fight tigers, can't they play a double-land game. ”
At that moment, Yelu Zhangnu couldn't help but say, and pulled Yan Agu to play the Shuanglu play.
Wanyan Agu was helpless, now that the Jurchens are weak, they can only rely on the Liao State, and Yelu Zhangnu is the royal family of the Liao State, and he is also a celebrity around Yelu Yanxi, so he naturally can't offend, so he has to nod his head.
Yelu Zhangnu saw Wanyan Agu agreeing, and immediately showed a hint of cunning and said: "Presumably, Wanyan Warriors also know the rules of the Shuanglu Opera, which requires a certain amount of bets, and they are willing to make a thousand-year-old ginseng as a bet, while Wanyan Warriors only need to bet on the rewards of hunting." ”
"Millennial ginseng?"
Many people were in an uproar, no one could have imagined that the bet of the two would be so big, after several years of picking, the number of thousand-year-old ginseng is getting smaller and smaller, and now the price of a thousand-year-old ginseng can be said to be really worth a thousand gold, and the jackpot of the hunting tiger is also worth a lot of money.
Wanyan Aguda's eyes flashed, and he instantly understood that Yelu Zhangnu was dissatisfied with his hunting jackpot and wanted to give him a dismount.
"Although Aguda believes in strength, he has always been lucky." Wanyan Aguda was also aroused, and he said toughly.
At the moment, the two began the most expensive double-land play.
Wanyan Aguda is really not wrong, he is not only good in strength, but also good luck, although at the beginning Wanyan Aguda was more rusty and fell into the disadvantage, but as Wanyan Aguda became familiar with the rules, coupled with the explosion of his luck, he slowly came from behind.
Seeing that he was going to lose, Yelu Zhangnu suddenly became anxious, not only did he lose the thousand-year-old ginseng worth thousands of dollars, but he also couldn't suppress Wanyan Agu.
At that moment, Yelu Zhangnu had an evil thought in his heart and began to play tricks, but he directly disobeyed the rules and played chess pieces and played with bones.
In his opinion, he is the high-ranking prince of the Great Liao, and Wanyan Aguta is just the nephew of the low-status Jurchen tribal leader, even if he knows that he is cheating, he can only swallow this breath obediently.
However, Yelu Zhangnu miscalculated, if it was someone else, even Wanyan Yingge might swallow this breath, but what he encountered was Wanyan Aguta.
After a lifetime of fighting, you can replace it with straight or true, and you can never endure a little humiliation.
"It's too much of a deception." At that moment, Wanyan Agu was furious, and immediately drew his sword and stabbed Yelu Zhangnu.
Seeing this, Yelu Zhangnu was furious, he never thought that Wanyan Aguta would be so reckless, regardless of his identity and the situation of Wanyan Aguta's tribe, he would directly assassinate him.
This stabbing came, and he felt that he was going to die this time.
At this critical moment, Wanyan Yingge pushed Yelu Zhangnu away, but Wanyan Agu's knife stabbed Wanyan Yingge's shoulder, but fortunately, the guards next to Wanyan Aguda also stopped Aguda in time, which did not cause a catastrophe.
Rao is like this, Wanyan Yingge's right arm is still bloody, but Wanyan Yingge doesn't care, but looks directly at the frightened Yelu Zhangnu on the side and says: "Lord Yelu, this Shuanglu drama is a bone defeat, can the jackpot of the hunt be attributed to the adult." ”
"Second uncle, it's ............ him who is playing tricks." Wanyan Agu hurriedly argued, but was interrupted by Wanyan Yingge.
"Shut up, if you lose, you lose, don't make any excuses." Wanyan Yingge understands the situation of the Jurchens, facing the huge Liao State, the slightest carelessness will kill the clan and annihilate.
Wanyan Aguda immediately understood what the second uncle meant, and at that moment, he had no choice but to lower his head and offer the hunting jackpot.
Yelu Zhangnu took the jackpot and said meaningfully to Wanyan Aguta: "Wanyan Warrior, it seems that you are lucky to be in the future." ”
The other Liao nobles also laughed suddenly, in their eyes, the current Jurchen is just a small tribe, not worth mentioning at all, even if they are brave, they can only bow to them.
When the other Jurchen tribes saw this scene, they shook their heads helplessly, and no one was willing to fight for Wanyan Agu.
"Your Majesty, the Tiger Banquet has been prepared." At this moment, Xiao Feng, an important minister of the Liao State who presided over the hunt, started a round first.
In the fishing and hunting tradition of the Liao Kingdom, the first fish in spring is called the head fish feast, and now a tiger is hunted in autumn, which is naturally called the tiger feast.
The situation at the moment is extremely awkward, the Tiger Feast has just begun, and the warriors who hunt the Tiger have lost their jackpot for hunting the Tiger.
"Let's get started!"
Yelu Yanxi waved his hand.
The fishing and hunting tradition of the Liao State is not only for fun, but more importantly, it is for the tribes in the northeast to show their submission, especially Yelu Yanxi has just ascended the throne, and he attaches great importance to this fishing and hunting.
"The Hui Ministry is willing to offer five pairs of Haidongqing and ten buckets of Dongzhu to congratulate Your Majesty on his accession to the throne."
Sure enough, as soon as the Tiger Banquet began, the Hui Babu couldn't wait to offer a generous gift to Yelu Yanxi.
"Haidongqing five pairs, Dongzhu ten buckets!"
Wanyan Aguda suddenly raised his head and looked at the leader of the Hui Bao Department, you must know that whether it is Hai Dongqing or Dongzhu, they are extremely precious, and the Hui Ba Department has made a bloody investment this time.
"I also donated a pair of thousand-year-old ginseng and a few mink skins in the Changbai Mountains."
"The Ujak Department also donated ten horses, and a pair of Hai Dongqing."
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Soon, one tribe after another rushed to pay tribute to Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao, and anyone knew that Yelu Yanxi in front of him could determine the life and death of the Jurchen tribes with a word, and he could only try his best to curry favor.
"The Wanyan tribe presents three pairs of ginseng, and Dongzhu three buckets!"
Wanyan Yingge is still treating her wounds, and Wanyan Aguda will present it as a gift, and the gifts she gave are also worth a lot of money.
Yelu Yanxi nodded with satisfaction, but raised his glass and said loudly: "Drink to win!" ”
"Drink to win!"
A group of Jurchen tribal leaders raised their glasses and drank bitterly.
Yelu Yanxi drank all the wine in the wine glass, these wines were the fine wines of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were the liquor created by Fan Zheng, with a very high degree, and suddenly a spicy rush into his throat.
However, although Yelu Yanxi was satisfied with the treasures offered by the various ministries, he was definitely not satisfied, and the purpose of his trip was to suppress the development of the Jurchens, which alone was far from enough.
At that moment, Yelu Yanxi signaled slightly, and Yelu Zhangnu immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, I Da Liao wants to revive my bravery, and I urgently need Haidongqing for safaris, and Weichen thinks that the Haidongqing handed over by various ministries needs to be increased by fifty percent." ”
"Fifty percent?" The faces of the various departments changed, Hai Dongqing was extremely difficult to capture, and it was already the limit to donate so many Hai Dongqing every year, and it was difficult for many tribes to increase it by fifty percent.
"In addition, and ginseng is the treasure of the Liao Kingdom, but a large amount of it flows into the Great Song Dynasty, Weichen believes that all departments need to sell ginseng in a unified manner, and all tribes are not allowed to sell it to Song merchants privately!"
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With Yelu Zhangnu's suggestions one by one, the entire Jurchen tribe was embarrassed, if these conditions were implemented one by one, the Jurchen would be reduced to fish on the board and be slaughtered.
"Accurate!"
Yelu Yanxi waved his hand.
Now that the Great Song Dynasty is rising, the Liao State needs a lot of money to defend the Great Song Dynasty, because the Jurchens, who have become rich in ginseng, are the best targets.
The patriarchs of the Jurchen tribes remained silent one after another, in protest, Wanyan Aguda was even more uncertain, the Wanyan tribe finally improved a little, if they agreed to the conditions of the Liao State, I am afraid that it will not be long before all the Jurchen tribes will be even more embarrassed.
Seeing this, Xiao Feng said in a round field: "The tiger has been cooked, and the officials and leaders are invited to enjoy it." ”
Eating fragrant tiger meat, the Jurchen leaders were full of bitterness, even though Emperor Liao's conditions were extremely harsh, but in the face of Emperor Liao's monstrous power, no one dared to come forward to oppose it.
Not only that, but they also need to curry favor with Yelu Yanxi, and at the Tiger Banquet, they will cheer up the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi in turn.
Soon, one by one, the leaders of the Jurchen tribes went up to dance drunk, and Emperor Tianzuo and the accompanying ministers laughed when they looked at their drunken and stumbling appearance, which made Wanyan Aguda annoyed.
When it was the turn of the Wanyan tribe, because Wanyan Yingge was still healing, Wanyan Aguda had the highest status in the field, but Wanyan Aguda did not move at all.
Seeing this, Yelu Zhangnu sneered: "Why, the Wanyan warriors are unwilling to dance for Your Majesty. ”
Yelu Zhangnu's words are extremely sinister, once he completes the fight against Yelu Yanxi, he will definitely lose his life, and he can take revenge on the situation just now.
Although Wanyan Aguta was reckless, he didn't kill, although he didn't move, he said in his mouth: "All the chieftains present are dancing, and Aguta is not the chief of Wanyan, and he doesn't know how to dance." ”
"Can't dance?" Yelu Zhangnu sneered when he heard this, he didn't believe this reason at all.
At the moment, Yelu Zhangnu urged many times, but Wanyan Aguda still did not move.
Yelu Yanxi couldn't help but look cold when he saw this, Wanyan Aguta was so ignorant, he didn't mind letting him know the majesty of the Great Liao Emperor, as long as he moved his fingers, he could make Wanyan Aguta disappear from now on.
Seeing that Yelu Yanxi had made a killing move, Xiao Feng saw this and couldn't help sighing, he had received Yan Yingge's generous gift before, so he could only save him again.
"Hahaha, the Wanyan warrior has the courage of ten thousand people, and it is indeed a little difficult for him to let him dance, Your Majesty might as well wait for him to become the chief of the Wanyan tribe in the future, and after learning to dance, he will dance for His Majesty." Xiao Feng spoke first, giving Yelu Yanxi and Wanyan Agu a step.
Yelu Yanxi thought of Wanyan Aguda's bravery just now, and then the anger in his heart stopped for a while, plus the liquor content of the Great Song Dynasty was too high, he was already overwhelmed by alcohol, so he gave up, and Wanyan Aguda escaped by luck.
However, Yelu Yanxi didn't know that his soft-heartedness today would lay the root of the destruction of Da Liao. (End of chapter)
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