Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 9 Reasons Against
"Speak slowly, I can't remember."

"If you can't remember it, remember it slowly." Han Pingan waved away a not to mention annoying mosquito flying around, and pulled out a weed stalk whose name he didn't know.

Yinniang blinked, and asked: "What does Qingtian mean, is he praising our father?"

There is really no such thing as "Master Qingtian" in this Tang Dynasty now.

Even if there were, there wouldn't be any master Qingtian in the Western Regions where fists speak.And she was born in the Western Regions and grew up in the Western Regions, so it's normal not to know.

Han Pingan chewed the stalks and said with a smile: "Of course it's a compliment, to praise our father for being an upright and good official."

"What else did Dad say in the letter?" Yinniang picked up the knife and hugged it to her chest, feeling uneasy without the knife in her hand.

Since she is now a member of the Han family, there are some things that cannot be kept from her.

Han Pingan spat out the straw and said with a wry smile: "He said that in case something happened to him, let us not go back to Yele City and find a way to go to Guishu by ourselves, as long as we see Lord Jiedushi, Lord Jiedushi Naturally, someone will send us back to our hometown in Luozhou."

Father Supervising Army is explaining the funeral, no wonder he looked serious and hesitated to speak when we parted...

Not to mention the unpleasantness in Yinniang's heart, she asked with tears in her eyes, "Didn't you say that with Mr. Chen around, our father will be fine?"

"I don't say that, do you want to wait for something to happen to our father?"

Han Pingan asked a question back, and said helplessly: "Yichang Chen is very powerful, but now he has no clue at all. He relies on guesswork and speculation to deal with it. That's the only way to deal with it."

"What if something happens to Dad?"

"Of course I want to avenge him, so I won't go to Luozhou. That's his hometown, not mine."

Just as he was talking, Su Dasushi ran over, handed the grilled fish, and asked in surprise, "Crazy, your father is dead!"

"Crow's mouth, your father just died." Han Ping'an took the grilled fish, turned to Yinniang and nuzzled: "This is my sister, and it will be your sister from now on."

"How did she become your sister, lunatic, are you drunk again?"

"No, I'm talking about business."

Han Ping'an spoke very seriously.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Su Da Sushi looked back at Yinniang, hesitated for a moment, and handed over a skewer of grilled fish: "Sister, eat fish."

Yinniang happened to be a little hungry, so she took it with a blank expression.

Han Ping'an was as particular about eating as ever, took out a knife to shave the blackened part, tore off a small piece, pulled out the fishbone and said, "God bless, my father must not have any accidents, otherwise not only will no one make money for me, even I can’t go back and get the money I hid in the yard.”

No matter what time, he was thinking about money...

Yinniang really doubted whether he was born to the superintendent's father, but her adopted daughter couldn't doubt it, so she just ate grilled fish in silence.

Su Dasushi was as heartless as he was, and asked curiously, "Madman, tell me the truth, how much money have you saved?"

"There should be two or three thousand. They are all silver coins, not copper coins."

Han Ping'an said something perfunctory, then looked back at Yinniang: "Sister, you know my father, he doesn't have much money, he can't get tough, so he can only repay you with an adopted daughter.

I am different from him, even if I have no money now, I can make money in the future.When you find Mr. Ruyi, I will make money at that time, and I will buy a generous dowry to marry you off in style. "

Fame and background are more valuable than money, and they can't even be bought with a lot of money.

Yinniang is not a person who doesn't know good and bad, let alone a heartless person, but thinking that he has always been out of tune, and what he said is out of good intentions, she can't help showing a bitter smile.

"There is a dowry... Crazy, how much dowry are you going to give her?" Su Dasushi suddenly became interested and grinned.

"I, Han Ping'an, want to save face, and there is only such a big sister. No matter how old a sister gets married, she has to buy a hundred carts of dowry, which cannot be less than five thousand in silver."

"So many, old lady, I'll marry you, you marry me!"

Before Yinniang could react, Han Pingan gave him a kick: "Get out, my sister can't marry you, a barbarian."

Su Dasu was furious, jumped up and asked, "How dare you discriminate against me!"

Han Ping raised his head: "What's wrong with discriminating against you, I still despise you."

"Why do you despise me, why do you despise me, you coward who dare not even go home?"

"I despise your style of life. Just tell me how old you are this year, and you have slept with so many women. I guess half of the dozens of cubs that your poor little tribe has added in the past six months are yours."

"Manly man, who doesn't have many women." Su Dasushi didn't think it was embarrassing, and said it with confidence.

"That can't be like a stallion." Han Pingan snorted coldly, his eyes full of disgust.

"What kind of stallion, I am the descendant of the wolf. Have you seen the wolf king, which wolf king has few female wolves!"

"You want Sun Wolf to go as long as you want, and don't try to trick my elder sister. By the way, my elder sister will get married in the future, and you have to contribute, and you also have to prepare a dowry!"

"Why?"

"Since we are half brothers, my elder sister is your half elder sister."

"Damn it, that's fine too!"

……

When they got together they drank until they were drunk, and they bickered endlessly.

Yinniang was getting irritable and didn't want to hear them bickering, so she asked out of words: "Sanlang, King Yele is staying well in Baisha City, why are he and his subordinates rebelling against each other?"

"They may not necessarily rebel, but if they really rebel, there will naturally be reasons for rebelling."

"What's the point?"

"He is a king in the first place, no matter how small his territory is, and no matter how few people he has, he is still a king. If you turn him into a great governor, do you think he will be happy?"

"That's true." Yinniang nodded half-understanding.

Han Pingan pulled Su Dasushi to sit down, and then said: "But the main reason is not this, but their original real interests are almost lost. So even if they don't rebel this time, sooner or later they will opposite."

"What benefit?" Su Dasushi asked curiously.

"They have territory, soldiers, and slaves. The imperial court really doesn't care about their internal affairs, they don't even need their household registration, and they don't collect taxes from them. But the frontier troops stationed here have to eat and farm."

"I know about farming, but your frontier army didn't plant their fields."

"We didn't plant their fields, but many of those who are farming are slaves who came from them."

"So what?"

"They don't treat people as human beings, but we treat them as human beings! Farmers will be taught to farm if they don't know how to farm. They even distribute farm tools, seeds, and even cattle, and help build canals and divert water for irrigation."

Han Pingan smiled, and continued: "Although those people have to pay half of the harvest as land rent, and although they have to serve corvee and pay various miscellaneous taxes on weekdays, as long as they are not lazy or stupid, they can always feed their wives and children. It’s not like being a slave for nothing or even precarity.”

Su Dasushi understood, and murmured: "All the slaves want to run away, so naturally they won't agree."

"So what if you don't agree? Do they dare to rebel? If they dare to rebel, we will destroy them!"

"You Tang people are really bad."

"Why are we broken, who told them not to treat people as human beings."

"You buy slaves the same way."

"But after all, there are very few people who buy slaves, and not everyone can afford them."

"I know why my father Khan would rather change his faith and join Dashi than to be the governor of your Great Tang. It turns out that he already knew that you wanted to poach our corners. In your words, it is... just Boiling water or something..."

"Boil frogs in warm water."

"Yes, it's boiled frogs in warm water!"

"You have learned a lot, kid." Han Pingan laughed dumbly, but shook his head after thinking about it: "Actually, the reason why your father khan bowed his head to the black-clothed food and even willing to convert to their Allah is not because of this. .”

Su Dasushi asked puzzledly, "What's the reason for that?"

"It's because your Snow Department is too far away from our Great Tang, and too close to Dashi, and Dashi is much more ruthless than our Datang. As long as you don't provoke us, we won't conquer you, and let you pay tribute to take advantage of it and trade with you Doing business.

But Dashi, if you don't provoke them, they will still come to conquer you.If your father Khan dares not to bow down to them, then what awaits you is brutal killing. "

"You want to talk to nature and the boss with the hardest fist. You said that. Is my father wrong?"

"That's right, but Dashi in Black's fist is not hard enough."

"Then whose fist is hard?"

"Tuban's fist is the hardest." Han Pingan finished eating the grilled fish, threw away the willow branch, and pointed to the southeast.

Su Dasushi laughed and said: "Madman, you've drunk too much, can those local beetles compare with Dashi?"

Han Pingan smiled slightly and reminded: "Just now I said that you are too far away from Datang and too close to Dashi. If Tubo is included, then you are too far away from Dashi and too close to ambitious Tubo."

Tubo warriors are ruthless characters, and they are not afraid of death when fighting.

Tubo Zanpu conquered all the tribes on the plateau more than ten years ago, and has been eyeing the neighbors to the left and right all these years, and has been ready to move.

Su Dasushi knew that Madman Han was not alarmist, so he said very unconfidently: "If they really come to attack us, Baghdad will not leave us alone."

"It's a good idea. You can be regarded as someone who has seen the world. Don't you really know what our area is in the eyes of the caliph of Dashi and the emperor of Datang?"

"What is it?"

"Brother, how many times have I told you that you can't take yourself too seriously. Don't look at the bloody fights between our two families inside and outside Congling, but in the eyes of the big men in Chang'an and Baghdad, we are really just small things." Small border skirmishes."

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