I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 529 Grassland, sky, cattle and sheep, tents and Turkic girls
a month later.

Xu Fenglei took Li Chengqian to run from Wenshui, Bingzhou, all the way north, and finally left Shuofang and arrived on the northern grassland.

It has been more than two months since the two of them left Chang'an, eating and sleeping all the way, not paying attention to maintenance at all.

At this moment, it was as black as charcoal, and its face was covered with vicissitudes.

It was the kiss of wind and sand to them.

Li Chengqian was riding on the horse, with firm eyes, he had already got rid of the nobility and immaturity of being a prince, and his appearance and temperament, on the contrary, looked like a swordsman from the Western Regions.

In the past two months, he has transformed too much.

"Chengqian, this is the grassland you yearn for the most."

Xu Fenglei waved his horsewhip, pointed to the front and said,
"Did you see those tents? The prairie people live in tents. They still live here today, and they may change places tomorrow."

"Do you want to experience the feeling of living in a tent?"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help smiling wryly.

"This is different from the grassland that my child imagined."

He said helplessly,

"When I think about it, the grassland is endless green, and when I look up, there is a clear sky."

"Surrounded by herds of cattle and sheep, there are also beautiful Turkic girls... Well, the clothes are very revealing, the skin is very elastic, probably like this..."

Xu Fenglei stared.

"You think about the details! The Turkic girls are all visualized in your head."

He spat,
"Little rascal! Who taught you?"

Li Chengqian chuckled and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"My child's own thinking...fantasy, it's always beautiful."

He spread his hands and said,
"But who knows."

"The grass here is withered and yellow, and the grass is also bare, with one piece missing."

"There's still so much sand and dust, if you send it out casually, even if you block out the sky and the sun, you have to hide behind the horse, and you can't even breathe."

"It's no wonder that the Turkic people want to go south to invade our Central Plains. Their life... is indeed a bit difficult."

Xu Fenglei nodded slightly.

"Our farming civilization says it depends on the sky, but in fact it has its own resilience, but this nomadic civilization really depends on the sky. When God gets angry, if there is a snowstorm or something, a lot of them will die."

he said,

"In the past two years, the reason why we chose to send troops to destroy the Turks was because of natural disasters! Not only did it snow on the grasslands, but also hailstorms! A large number of people and animals died, and the national strength was reduced to the lowest level!"

"We took advantage of his illness to kill him, and successfully conquered this vast land."

"Now, this Turkic people has also become a part of our Tang Dynasty - look, those Turkic people walking around in strange clothes, they are all your people now."

Li Chengqian looked along Xu Fenglei's fingers.

Ahead, there is a small market.

Many Turks and Tang people set up stalls there, and there seemed to be some faces from the Western Regions.

Those who came to buy things at the stalls included Turkic people who ran out of tents, and some Tang people who came out of Shuofang City.

The two parties got along harmoniously, the transaction was pleasant, and there was no dispute.

"Master, are they... doing business?"

Li Chengqian raised his head and asked.

"Correct."

Xu Fenglei nodded,
"There is a natural basis for mutual trading between Turks and Datang."

"The Tang people needed Turkic cattle, sheep, horses, milk, and various ores and iron, while the Turkic people needed the Tang's salt, sugar, silk, tea, etc."

"The transaction between the two parties can actually promote exchanges and promote the economic development of Datang."

"In the past, when the relationship between the two countries was tense, mutual trading was banned, but now they are a family. Although they do business without paying taxes, the court just turned a blind eye and let them trade."

"After all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away."

Li Chengqian nodded thoughtfully.

"If I become an emperor, I must open a big trading market here and bring good things from the Tang Dynasty here. In this way, the Turkic people will gradually become real people from the Tang Dynasty relying on the things from the Tang Dynasty."

he said,

"After a few generations, the Turkic people will be Tang people, so naturally there is no need to be wary of them."

Xu Fenglei's eyes lit up.

This kid can do it!

"You finally put yourself into the role of the emperor and think about the problem. It is worthy of recognition."

He gave a thumbs up and praised,

"However, although what you said is a good way, it is not so easy to naturalize the Turks."

"At least a few generations of people must be Mingjun, and there will be no internal disturbances. Hundreds of years of subtle influence will do it. Once there is civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, the restorationists in the Turks will inevitably rise up."

"...Let's not talk about that, let's go, let's go to the market and buy a tent for you."

Li Chengqian was taken aback.

"Huh? Can you buy this too?"

he said in surprise.

Xu Fenglei laughed, took out a piece of silver from his arms, and said:
"Money can turn ghosts around. There is nothing in this world that money can't handle. If there is, then add money!"

"go!"

After all, he was already driving a horse, and rushed to the market ahead.

Li Chengqian also followed quickly.

"Come on! You only need 300 big bucks for a good calf!"

"Brown sugar maltose, brown sugar maltose, take a look, child, come and taste it?"

"Ten catties of broken tea. I don't want anything else. I will exchange it with two sheep. If you don't want to buy it, take a look!"

"..."

On the market, vendors shouted.

The Turkic people who can come here to do business can speak Tang, but it is a bit lame, with a strong Turkic flavor, and they can barely understand it.

Li Chengqian came to such a market for the first time, looked around curiously, and was almost grabbed by the enthusiastic vendors.

This kid, although he is dark now, is still handsome after all, and he is leading a horse, so he is naturally popular.

Xu Fenglei took him to the booth of a Turkic woman.

"Guest, this is freshly made cheese, using the freshest mare's milk."

The Turkic woman said enthusiastically,

"It's very cheap. It only costs 50 yuan a catty. Let me weigh it for you?"

Beside her, there was a little girl with dark skin, but her eyes were really big, and she looked at Xu Fenglei flickeringly.

"Dear guest, buy some."

The girl held up the cheese and offered it softly.

"What a pretty little girl."

Xu Fenglei smiled, and said to Li Chengqian beside him,
"Look, is this the Turkic girl you're looking for?"

Swish.

Li Chengqian's eyes fell on the girl, looked at her a few times, and couldn't help laughing.

"It seems that there are still some things in Turkic that can meet my beautiful imagination."

He scratched his head and said to the little girl,

"Girl, what's your name?"

The little girl grabbed the sleeve of her mother beside her and said:
"Back to the guest, my name is Tuduo."

Li Chengqian nodded, stretched out his hand and said:
"My name is Li Gaoming, nice to meet you."

Gao Ming is Li Chengqian's small character, so it's just right to use it as a pseudonym at this moment.

The girl hesitated a little, but shook hands with him anyway.

"Hmm... this cheese is delicious."

Xu Fenglei sniffed lightly and exclaimed,

"Let me buy some, it's not easy to break, right?"

The Turkic woman smiled when she saw that Xu Fenglei was about to pay.

"No, no, this can be stored for a long time, and you can still eat it next year!"

She continued,
"You can take it home and eat slowly, it tastes really good, I won't lie to you!"

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"Then give me two catties."

He casually untied a money bag from the horse, and dropped a string of copper coins.

In Chang'an, he can be a boy who spreads money.

But when you are away from home, you can't be a big money. You are too rich and powerful, and you are easy to be targeted by people with malicious intentions.

"Thank you, guest, thank you!"

The Turkic woman smiled happily and was busy cutting cheese for Xu Fenglei.

"You speak Tang dialect very well."

Seeing her busy appearance, Xu Fenglei smiled lightly and said,

"Not like a Turk."

The woman was slightly taken aback, and wiped her hands.

"To do business, you must know the Tang language. Every household in my Turkic cheese can make it, and only the people in the Tang Dynasty can buy it to try it out. So I listened hard and learned it hard, and I will be good at it."

She said with a silly smile,

"No, I also taught my daughter. In these days, Tang Yu is a must."

"I was also thinking that Tuduo could marry a Tang man, so that she could move into Shuofang City and not have to endure hardships on the grassland."

Xu Fenglei laughed.

"Your plan is good."

he said,

"The girl is very beautiful, and she will definitely be able to marry into the city."

"By the way, I want to ask you something. Can you rent out the tents you live in on the grassland? We want to sleep on the grassland for one night."

The Turkic woman was taken aback.

"rent?"

she wondered,

"Is there anyone who doesn't live in a house in the city and wants to live in a tent on the grassland?"

Xu Fenglei: "..."

Yes, there are.

The two of us were taken advantage of like this, leaving our house in the city and running out to eat and drink.

"We are from Chang'an, and we want to experience grassland life."

Xu Fenglei coughed dryly and said,
"Not much, just one day."

"So, I want to borrow a tent for a while... Look, is there anyone on the grassland willing to rent it out?"

The Turkic woman hesitated a little.

Tuduo beside him said:

"Grandma, don't we have two blankets vacant at home? My elder brother and my father are both out to graze."

Snapped!
The woman hurriedly covered her mouth and spat in a low voice:
"Don't talk nonsense!"

It is very dangerous for people to know that their man is not at home when they are away from home!

"Grandma, don't worry, we are not bad people."

Li Chengqian continued,
"We are here to travel, just want to have fun in Turkic."

"Look... it's quite a struggle for you to sell cheese, how about this, let me live with my master in your tent for one night, I bought all the cheese here, as well as the pile of odds and ends ,OK?"

Xu Fenglei glanced at him.

This kid, can't he just be interested in sex?
Otherwise...why are you so keen?Cover up this small stall?

At a rough glance, it would cost at least a thousand dollars!
"This……"

The Turkic woman couldn't help being moved when she heard this.

If she sells these cheeses by herself, she may not be able to sell them out in ten days, but now there are people who are rich and powerful and are willing to book the place.

This is easy money, of course she wants to earn it!

But there was no man in the house, so she and her daughter were at home, and two men were invited in... Could it be that they lured wolves into the house?

She fell into hesitation, raised her eyes slightly, looked carefully at Li Chengqian, and then at Xu Fenglei, as if she wanted to see something from their faces.

These two people are actually kind...

"Are you really from Chang'an?"

she finally asked.

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"Yes, we are all from Chang'an. We went to Bingzhou once and Shuofang again."

He pointed to Li Chengqian and said with a smile,

"It's all this kid. If I have to run out to play, I can only take him."

"It's okay if you are inconvenient. Help me contact a Turkic family who is willing to rent it out, and we will buy you a few more catties of cheese as a reward."

When the Turkic woman heard this, she immediately became unhappy.

If you buy a few more catties and the whole package, that's a huge difference!
"It can be seen that both of them are nobles."

She struggled for a few times, and finally made up her mind and said,

"Okay! Come with me, please."

"Tuduo, pack up the things for the two distinguished guests. Grandma wants to invite them to the house."

Tuduo nodded, packed all the cheese in a hurry, and then gave it to Li Chengqian.

She had a bright smile, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and Li Chengqian was stunned, his heart skipped a few beats.

"What a daze!"

Xu Fenglei patted Li Chengqian and spat,

"Get on the horse!"

"Oh! Oh..." Li Chengqian came back to his senses, took the package from Tuduosong, and put it on the horse.

At the same time, he also untied a money bag and handed it to Tudor.

"You count, refund more and make up less..."

Whoa!
The copper coins poured out of the purse, and Tuduo counted them carefully, with a brighter smile.

"Mom, how much is the total!"

she turned her head.

"It's not much, you can just charge nine hundred dollars,"

The Turkic woman smiled when she saw Huang Chengcheng's big money, and said,

"Come on, pretend to be here. When the time comes, your father and elder brother will be happy."

Tuduo counted the copper coins, poured them into an urn, sealed it tightly, and held it in her arms!
This, but her wealth and life!

The rest was all returned to Li Chengqian, and he said with a smile:

"You are really rich!"

"Hey, it's okay..." Li Chengqian scratched his head.

To him, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, this amount of money was nothing but water, not worth mentioning.

"Two distinguished guests, wait a moment."

Turkic women are humane,
"You may not be used to our Turkic food. I will go to the market to buy some fresh vegetables and water, and make a stew later."

Xu Fenglei stopped her when he heard this.

"How can I bother you to spend money?"

He handed over Li Chengqian's money bag, and said softly,

"Just use the money here to buy it, and return it to us if there is more."

"Thank you for your hospitality."

Seeing this, the Turkic woman relaxed a bit.

"A distinguished guest is really particular about people...Okay, okay."

"Hold on."

With such a small move, her wariness towards Xu Fenglei and Li Chengqian dropped several levels again.

After all, what could such two well-mannered, polite and handsome masters plot against them?

This time, I probably met a real nobleman!

"Thank you, you don't need to buy too much, we will leave tomorrow."

Xu Fenglei greeted with a smile.

Looking back at Li Chengqian again——

Good guy, this kid has already chatted with a Turkic girl!
(End of this chapter)