Horse on the World

Chapter 399
When the sky was bright, Zheng Zhiyuan got up, sent the woman beside him away, dressed neatly and walked out of the room, but saw the door in the middle left, the door of all his subordinates was still closed tightly, and a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, After coughing heavily, Zheng Zhiyuan returned to the room, sat in front of the tray full of gold, silver and jewels, reached out and grabbed a handful of pearls, playing with them.

About a quarter of an hour later, footsteps came from outside the door, several generals stepped in one after another, with satisfied expressions on their faces, Zheng Zhiyuan glanced at the crowd, and asked unhurriedly: "Have you had a good time last night?"

All the generals laughed: "Thank you, General!"

Zheng Zhiyuan laughed, "This is Mr. Zeng's kindness, thank you for what I did? The beauty has enjoyed it, but these things have to be handed over as military expenses. Do you have any objections?" Zheng Zhiyuan pointed to the gold and silver in front of him jewelry.

"No problem, no problem!" Everyone said in a hurry.

Nodding in satisfaction, Zheng Zhiyuan continued: "Okay, let's get down to business, Jiang Yu, your troops will be left behind to assist the Zeng family in combat."

Jiang Yu stood up abruptly, "I respect the order of your lord."

"Do you know how to do it?" Zheng Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes.

"I understand!" Jiang Yu nodded and said: "After entering the inland rivers in Zeng's territory, the first thing I do is to draw the waterway patterns of these inland rivers, find out the specific conditions of these places along the coast, and at the same time of fighting The region vigorously develops its own territory until it completely controls these inland waterways."

"That's right." Zheng Zhiyuan said, "You lead ten thousand warships to stay here first, and then we will send more and more ships and people to join your team. It is unlikely that there will be a large-scale water battle, and I am afraid that the main energy will be to land and harass the opponent, and you can be regarded as a veteran in doing this, you need to be brave, but careful, understand?"

"Thank you, my lord, for your guidance!" Jiang Yu cupped his hands.

"Well, what's more, I'm afraid the treatment won't be bad when you're here at Zeng's. I'm afraid you will encounter something like yesterday. Remember it for me. Wenrou Township is a tomb of heroes. I want to do something When the career comes, let me take care of it.”

Jiang Yu said solemnly: "Don't worry, General, I can hold on. From today onwards, Jiang Yu will be a monk again!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Zheng Zhiyuan's fleet was about to leave. At the farewell banquet, Zeng Qingfeng asked with a smile on his face, "General Zheng, what did I say yesterday?"

Zheng Zhiyuan nodded knowingly, "Master Zeng, this time we came to Shun'an Port, many ships were damaged along the way and needed repairs, so we had to stay in Shun'an Port, please take care of Master Zeng!"

Zeng Qingfeng smiled with satisfaction: "It's okay, it's okay, no matter how long you stay, it's fine!"

"Jiang Yu, you stay here to be responsible for the maintenance of these ships, and ask Mr. Zeng for advice. You must not make mistakes while obeying Mr. Zeng's orders. Do you understand?"

Jiang Yu stood up abruptly, and bowed to Zeng Qingfeng, "Jiang Yu has met Mr. Zeng!"

The Izumo pulled anchor and set sail. The fleet carried away Zeng's [-] men and sailed to the vast sea. However, more than a dozen warships with thousands of materials were lying quietly in the port, waiting for the weather to warm up. During the ice season, they began to sail into the inland river to fight.

After the Laba Festival, the flow of people in Dingzhou City has obviously increased several times compared to before. People on the street are rubbing shoulders, carrying burdens, or carrying baskets. People from all over the world have poured into Dingzhou City. Collect New Year's goods and prepare for the New Year.The shop owners in the city were busy and exhausted, but all of them were smiling. This year is a good year, everyone has spare money, and this move is much more generous than in previous years.

Compared with previous years, there are a lot more barbarian shops in Dingzhou this year, most of which sell some leather goods. Speaking of the craftsmanship of these barbarians selling animal skins, they are indeed superior, and the raw hides they make are soft and comfortable , you can tell at a glance that it is high-quality goods, and the supply exceeds demand in Dingzhou City.

Most of the shops of the barbarians are concentrated in the outer city. Almost all the outer cities are immigrants who have recently entered Dingzhou. They don’t have too many prejudices against the barbarians. After getting along with each other for a long time and getting acquainted with each other, they don’t feel like they are not my race. , but in the inner city, this feeling of getting along with each other is much worse. After all, most of the people living in the inner city are the aborigines of Dingzhou City. They have enmity with the barbarians for several generations, and they want to completely eliminate them in a short time. It is also unlikely.

The largest fur shop in the outer city was opened by the former barbarian aristocrat Jing Po. Although this guy is old-fashioned, he is really smart. His grandson Jing Dong is now an important general in the Shiwei area of ​​​​Dingzhou. On the opposite side of this store, Sushun opened a restaurant with a prairie flavor. The three-story facade is quite majestic. The entire restaurant covers an area of ​​several acres. It is one of the few high-end restaurants in the outer city. Because of its unique flavor, The business is very good, and most of the merchants coming to Dingzhou will come to this famous prairie-style restaurant to taste the flavor of the prairie.

Authentic kumiss, green naked rice, hand-caught mutton, roasted whole sheep and other grassland specialties. The restaurant also performs various grassland-style songs and dances every day. It didn’t take long for this restaurant to become famous and the business is booming. extreme.

Entering this restaurant, passing through the lobby, and walking into the backyard, you will see the big trees in the wide courtyard. Although covered by thick snow, these specially pruned pines and cypresses still stand proudly and white. Occasionally, a little emerald green protrudes from the area, which makes people's eyes bright. Several plum blossoms are spit out their pistils, and the faint fragrance lingers in the nose. On both sides of the winding path paved with colorful stones, tents of various styles appear one after another. Second, these tents are all prairie-style private rooms, and it costs ten taels of silver just to rent such a tent, including food and drink, singing and dancing, without tens of taels of silver, you can't afford it.

Compared with the major cities in the mainland of Dachu, which are still implementing the curfew policy, Dingzhou City canceled the curfew a few years ago. This policy has completely turned Dingzhou City into a city that never sleeps. However, the business in Feng Restaurant is still booming.

"Sushun, I don't see it, you really have the talent for doing business, this prairie wind is now making a lot of money!" Inside the tent, Boyan was playing with a wine glass, staring at the middle of the tent and dancing The dancer of the prairie dance said.

At this moment, in this tent, a group of former nobles on the grassland gathered, Boyan, Sushun, Jingpo, Qiyu and others were all there.Only Nuoqi Aishang was in the army and did not attend.

Sushun smiled, "Master Boyan, besides doing business, what else can we do now? We can't just stay in the mansion all day, drinking and having fun, just sit and eat. I'm thinking, I have to find a job for our children and grandchildren." , Mr. Jingpo, do you think I am right?"

Jing Po stroked his gray beard, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, you have to find something to do, otherwise you will be bored. Speaking of which, the profit of this business of skin sales is so huge. We used to eat from those profiteers. Fortunately, they actually doubled the price, hehe, now I do it myself, let these profiteers drink the northwest wind!"

Boyan sighed. It has been a year since he moved to Dingzhou City. He has to admit that Li Qing in Dingzhou is indeed brilliant in attracting people's hearts. The hundreds of thousands of barbarian people who moved inland are living a decent life now. Moisture, especially the barbarians at the lowest level in the past, compared to the past on the grassland, life is much better. They can't help but have their own houses and land, and they have learned the farming skills of the Central Plains people. People are good at farming, and they can live a prosperous life as long as they work hard in the city. Not only did Dingzhou not discriminate against these herdsmen who were defeated in the war, but they also favored them in various policies, such as paying taxes. Pay two-thirds of the share that Dingzhou people should pay. In Shanglin, where the barbarians live together, a large number of schools have been opened to let children go to school for free. The sound of reading is often heard in the homes of these former herdsmen. Under a series of measures, Today's barbarians can be regarded as reluctant to leave, and they have begun to manage their own small lives with peace of mind.

"Your Majesty, if things go on like this, the barbarians will no longer exist in a few decades!" Boyan lamented in his heart. Facing this situation, he was powerless and could only watch Li Qing orderly, step by step. They assimilated the tribes of the steppe.

Knocking on the table, Boyan asked the dancers to step back, looked at the people in the tent, and said: "Everyone, everyone, today I called you here to discuss a big matter."

Everyone fell silent and looked at Boyan together.

"Mulan Festival is coming soon!" Boyan reminded everyone.

Everyone's expressions changed. When they thought of the grand scene of the Mulan Festival in previous years, they couldn't help but feel sad. This kind of grand scene might never happen again.

"In previous years, there were 10 participants in the Mulan Festival. This year, I'm afraid we can only celebrate it at our own home!" Sushun said in a low voice.But I was thinking about how to use the Mulan Festival, a grassland-style festival, to carry out a series of activities in the Prairie Wind Restaurant to attract customers.

"I have already reported to Marshal Li Qing that I want to organize a Mulan Festival celebration for the clansmen in Shanglinli!" Boyan said indifferently.

"What?" Sushun was startled, "Master Boyan, I'm afraid it will violate Li Qing's taboo to organize such a large-scale gathering of ethnic groups, and he will definitely not agree."

Boyan smiled and said: "It is precisely because he wants to disagree. I have already spread the news. The tribesmen in Shanglin are all looking forward to this day. If Li Qing refuses, that's fine. Let the tribes take a look. How does he treat us, is he as trusting and unreserved as he appears on the surface?"

Sushun's heart trembled, he lowered his head, but did not make a sound.

But at this time, in the Zhenxi Hou Mansion, Li Qing was also a little bit troubled by Boyan's request. The barbarians had not been naturalized for a long time, and their wildness had not been eliminated. There are many people who miss their old masters. Gathering activities, once someone stirs up the flames, troubles will easily arise. If such a thing happens, it will not end well. There is really no other good way except to raise the butcher's knife. Once you raise the butcher's knife, you The hard work of the past year was in vain.

"Call Luo Daoming back to Dingzhou to discuss matters. Please Mr. Shang, Mr. Lu, and Director Qingfeng come over!" Li Qing ordered.

(End of this chapter)