Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 130
After drinking for three rounds, more dishes were brought into the hall by the attendants.

"This dish is called 'Tiejiayang'." Tuo Huan continued to say loudly: "It is said that Uncle Timur fought against Mili Huxin and was defeated. When fleeing, when everyone was hungry, they met A villager. Uncle Timur asked him if he had anything to eat, and the villagers drove out the best sheep in the village to entertain them."

"The village here has been favored by the emperor's uncle, and its life is very good. Even the sheep are very fat. They also have big ears, which are different from ordinary sheep. The old emperor's uncle was afraid that the pursuers would come, so he asked his men to do it quickly. They brought a large iron pot imported from the Ming Dynasty, so they hurriedly put the meat slices in the water, put them in the pot, and stir-fried them over high heat."

"Who knows, this mutton is unexpectedly delicious. So, the old emperor brought this dish to the palace, and we call it 'stir-fried Tiejia sheep'."

This introduction is a bit long, and the Mamluks couldn't sit still, and they all urged: "Taiji talks too much, don't introduce the background story. Quickly serve the main course!"

"All right!" Tuo Huan couldn't stand the gang of hungry ghosts, so he had to greet: "Serve the food, serve the guests!"

The servants, holding big shovels, were busy dividing the dishes on the spot and handing them to the guests.Everyone couldn't wait to eat again.

"Why are these Mamluks in such a hurry?" Guo Kang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"You didn't come a few days ago." Li Xuanying said: "These Mamluks have been very sad recently. They said that when Faraj ruled before, there were famines and plagues. Entering the Bedouin tribe in Upper Egypt, They are also making trouble, cutting off tax revenue."

"And that Farage has a very strange idea." He pointed to his head: "Taxes have been reduced, and the population and land that can be taxed have also been severely reduced, but his idea is not to take the lead in saving money, but to give to all the remaining people. Increase taxes. Even the Mamluks’ property has to be squeezed again. The old man left by his father thought it was not good, so Faraji launched a civil war and killed the old man. His father’s men A large number of veteran officers who have served also died.”

"In the end, even his own guards, the Mamluks, were so poor that they had no meat to eat. But their training standards were very high, and they were exhausted every day. You can imagine the result."

"I see." Guo Kang nodded: "I thought these people were just used to domineering. Looking at it this way, it's no wonder they don't like this Sudan."

"What can a 13-year-old child do?" Li Xuanying shook her head: "And this kind of person has been spoiled since he was a child. It is normal for him to have a violent temper and not listen to persuasion. It is already very good that he can win an internal fight. "

"There are such people in various regimes of the Tianfang Sect, but not everyone has the level of Sanjar. He can pull up a large army at the age of 11."

"Besides, I think their side is a bit outrageous." He drank a glass of wine and commented: "Look, Jahangir, the son of Emperor Timur's son, also went out on his own at the age of 14. These people don't know why , Children can go to the battlefield. Even Huo Qubing and Tang Taizong, who are once-in-a-hundred-year-old geniuses, must be at least seventeen or eighteen years old for their first battle, right?"

When Guo Kang thought about it, it seemed to be the same.But he couldn't figure out why.

Fortunately, Li Xuanying just mentioned this casually, and soon turned around to drink.

The atmosphere in the banquet hall was very good, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.In the end, Tuo Huan himself drank to the top, and he and the emir tried their best to persuade each other to drink.

Several Mamluks left their seats, drove away the Greek musicians who were playing in the hall, and sang and danced there by themselves.Others followed them, singing out of tune.

On the other side, Zhu Wenkui blushed and was standing up straight, dancing and giving a loud speech to little Rangna.Little Jeanne could not bear him, and got under the table.Zhu Wenkui looked for her suspiciously for a while, then turned to give a speech to Princess Rangna, but was pushed back to her seat.

Even the monk Daoyan next to him took a few sips with a smile on his glass, looking happy.Afterwards, he didn't make a scene with the crowd, but looked at the wine vessel and plates while thinking, not knowing what he was thinking.

The previous Persian maids filed in again, and began to seduce the most noisy guests one-on-one, skillfully lure them back, and serve them for dinner.

Guo Kang actually couldn't tell if this was part of the maid's work, or it was just to prevent them from causing damage - if these people continue to make trouble, they will blow up the banquet sooner or later, so it's better to let them lie in the maid's arms obediently , drink until falling asleep.Sure enough, the Mamluks were much quieter, and they only cared about taking advantage of it and drinking.

On Guo Kang's side, someone jumped over just now and almost kicked him at the dining table.Seeing this, he also breathed a sigh of relief.Up to now, although he didn't take the initiative to drink heavily, he was a little dizzy because of the back and forth persuasion, and he didn't want to get involved in other things.

At this time, a maid who was also wearing a veil but was smaller and obviously younger entered the banquet hall and walked towards him.

"I don't need it here. You can go there." Guo Kang pointed to Zhu Wenkui who was still switching speech targets, but was knocked back by Monk Daoyan: "The one who looks like Nikita—— Oh, I mean, the one who always has to give a speech."

Unexpectedly, the maid did not listen to him at all, walked quickly to the side, sat down on her own, and hugged Guo Kang tightly and did not let go.

"???"

Guo Kang didn't realize it for a while, but after a closer look, isn't this Meltem?
Before he could figure out how Meltham got in, he felt an unfriendly gaze coming from the chief seat.Looking back, Theodora was staring at herself, looking visibly unhappy.

However, Meltham completely ignored it, and even stopped pretending.She picked up the snacks on the table: "brother, let me feed you."

"I'm full and I don't want to eat." Guo Kang said quickly.

"No!" Meltem flatly refused: "The Greek cow is watching us, brother must eat for her!"

As she spoke, she began to try to force-feed Guo Kang.

Theodora obviously couldn't sit still anymore, and started to tug at the woman next to her, pointing at Meltem, as if she wanted him to drive this "handmaid" away.However, the drunken man couldn't stand up straight, just smirked there and didn't answer anything.

Theodora had no choice but to throw him back on the table, got up and walked over in person.However, when passing by Li Xuanying's seat, he stopped him.

"Sister Niu, look, look." Li Xuanying pointed at Tuo Huan cheerfully: "That Tu Huan is so inferior, just a few glasses of wine can't last..."

He himself was so drunk that he was dizzy, and he didn't forget to despise the pleasure once.Theodora had no choice but to push him back to his seat and go to Guo Kang alone.

(End of this chapter)