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Chapter 93
On the enemy building, beside Li Chongjiu, stood a barbarian wearing a pointed hat and white clothes.

This barbarian can be trusted, and his status is obviously not low in the enemy building, not to mention that there are two other burly and tall Kunlun slaves standing beside him.

Tan Zong pointed to the grassland and said to Li Chongjiu: "What's the matter with those Xi people? The door is open, once the Turks come in, don't they all have to be slaughtered?"

The barbarian beside him smiled and stroked the mustache on his lips, but said nothing.

Li Chongjiu saw it, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shi, what's your opinion?"

The Hu man bowed slightly to salute, and said: "The general is polite, and I dare not mention the high opinion, but as far as I know, the reason why the leaders of the five tribes of the Xi tribe are named Qijin, which is called Irkin in Turkic, is the name of the Turkic people. The official position conferred. It is an expression of submission to the Turks."

This Hu man spoke Chinese fluently, but his actual name was Shi Kang, and he was from Sogdia.The Sogdians are good at doing business and have been active on the Silk Road in the Western Regions for generations.

As the saying goes, where there are interests, there are Sogdians. Now Shi Kang came to Huaihuang Town to make a deal with Li Chongjiu.Because Shi Kang's business is to trade slaves inside and outside the customs.

This business looks like a goddamn business in modern times, but at that time, there were hundreds of thousands of slaves and maidservants under the gates, so this matter couldn't be more normal.

This time there was a riot in Shanggu County, and the people either became refugees, or they followed the rebels of Mantian King Wang Xuba.

As for the remaining people, they had to sell themselves as slaves, because Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty visited the border north, traveled through Zhuo County, Shanggu County, and visited Fenyang Palace.What a big event it is for the emperor to go on tour. The local county guards don't care about the current situation, and there are countless slaves.

After the people went through a banditry, their families were ruined, and they sold themselves as slaves one after another for a living.So people traffickers like Shi Kang began to flourish.

Li Chongjiu was noncommittal about Shi Kang's behavior. If the common people were not slaves, they would starve to death and sell themselves as slaves. For them, it was a way to survive.Li Chongjiu wants to build Huaihuang Town, and there is a lack of a large population right now, so Shi Kang came to Huaihuang Town to communicate with Li Chongjiu.

Hearing what Shi Kang said, Li Chongjiu suddenly realized that the Turks had such a powerful influence on the grassland.

Not only the five tribes of the Xi tribe, but also the Baijiao tribe in the grasslands in the east, and the Khitan Dahe tribe all accepted the No. [-] Jin to express their submission to the Turks.It is equivalent to China's long-term detainment policy, requiring the princes of the four directions to accept their official positions to express their submission to the dynasty.

Looking at the Turkic envoy, he immediately asked Qi Jin, the daughter of Xibu, and several other people, but because the distance was too far, they could not see any movement.

It was only after a while that the Turkic cavalry pouted their asses and left one after another, while everyone in the Xi tribe was still buried on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

After seeing the Turkic people leave, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately lifted the guard on the city.

Li Chongjiu said: "Tan Zong will follow me to the camp of Xibu."

After finishing speaking, Li Chongjiu rode horses with Tan Zong, took a dozen of them, and went to Xibu's camp, and stayed outside the gate of Cheying.

The daughters of the Xi tribe, Teng Jin, and Shi Deyun, both looked unsightly, and several patriarchs were also sighing.

When Li Chongjiu saw him, he got off his horse and asked, "Dare to ask Qi Jin, did the Turkic people make things difficult for you when they came suddenly?"

Seeing this, Nv Qijin shook her head, took a golden arrowhead, sighed and said, "Sibi Khan sent troops to Daihai, and asked us to send two centurions to go. Now we Shi Dexi's department, how can there be spare energy to send troops." "Turkic Khan ordered troops?" Li Chongjiu was startled suddenly.The elder on the side said: "Da Qijin, I think it is very beneficial for the Turkic people to ask us to send troops. Didn't the special agent just say that as long as we send troops, we will ask the little Khan to come forward to resolve our disputes with the Khitan people?" , Maybe they will get back the Wuhou Qinshui Ranch for us."

The elder had just finished speaking, when a big man with braids on his head said in a loud voice, "Don't say that, when did the Turkic people get well-intentioned? They are the leading sheep in the flock. To deal with the wolf's idea."

"What do you mean?" the elder asked back.

The braided man said: "The Turkic people are willing to help us because we are weak. Little Khan doesn't want to see that Wuhou Qinshui has a powerful Khitan tribe. This principle is the same as when Qijin was alive. , when our Shide Xi tribe is strong, the Turks help the Khitan tribe deal with us for the same reason.”

"Ashina's family is like wolves, how can they really think about it for us?"

Li Chongjiu had been thinking about why the Turkic Khan would deploy troops in Daihai. When he heard the big man's voice, he could hear it clearly.

Judging from what he said just now, this burly man is obviously very insightful, and he clearly analyzed the Turkic people's intentions.

Whoever said that grassland people are straightforward and do not know how to plan and balance.

The Turkic people have always used the means of supporting the weak and restraining the strong, not only for the various tribes on the grassland, but also for the Han dynasty in the Han area.

Li Chongjiu immediately asked: "What is the name of this big brother?"

Shi Deyun at the side immediately said: "This is brother Yinghefu." In Turkic, Yinghefu means brave man.In the past two months, Li Chongjiu has studied Turkic diligently, and he can roughly understand some Turkic meanings.

Seeing the majestic appearance of the other party, Li Chongjiu obviously didn't just speak bravely, but also had good resourcefulness.

The other party looked at Li Chongjiu with awe, and said in a Turkic voice: "Upa, your riding and shooting are very good, even ten men from Xibu can't compare to you."

Grassland people value heroes the most. Although the elders are very wary of themselves when they are female, they are all grateful for Li Chongjiu's performance of repelling the Khitan white cavalry with one man and one cavalry that day, so they regard Li Chongjiu as a hero. .

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Don't dare, Brother Yinghefu, I wonder if I can tell you why the Turks suddenly mobilized troops on the grassland."

Hearing this, Yinghofer showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said: "Upa, I don't know about this matter, but I think it may be unfavorable to you Han people."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Yinghefu, for your reminder."

At that moment, Li Chongjiu and Tan Zong rode back to Huaihuang Town.

As soon as Li Chongjiu got off his horse as soon as he entered the city, the human trafficker Shi Kang stepped forward and said, "General, the Turkic people have retreated, so our business can continue."

Li Chongjiu pondered for a while, and said: "Mr. Shi, your asking price is too high, we can't afford it."

"A young and strong slave for [-] yuan is really not expensive at all. According to the past in Xijing, I would never have bought it for [-] yuan." Shi Kang smiled and said: "But since the general said so decisively, I'm afraid we won't be able to do business, it doesn't matter, don't you Central Plains people often say that business is not human?"

"I think I'm going to go further north. It's worth changing a cow and sheep with the Hu people."

Shi Kang smiled.

Li Chongjiu squinted his eyes, this Sogdian only cares about business, he doesn't care about people's lives, if they sell all Han people to Mobei, it will be worse than being slaves or handmaids.

However, the other party has a powerful background behind him, so he is not afraid of Li Chongjiu, and there is still a way to evade the government's inspection and smuggle people out of the Great Wall, which is not easy.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "I'm not convinced about transporting to Mobei. Halfway, long-distance travel, and crossing the grasslands and deserts, it is less than five or six times to reach the barbarian. You might as well think about it yourself, as long as you do it With this deal, we will have a long-term business in the future.”

Seeing what Li Chongjiu said, Shi Kang considered it again and again, and said in relief: "Okay, I will follow the general's opinion." The Son of Heaven is stationed in Fenyang Palace and the border of Bingzhou. I'm afraid he won't be able to get out. We will send a thousand young men here from Shanggu County tomorrow. With these people, Huaihuang Town, General, should be built soon. .”

Li Chongjiu nodded, but at this moment he suddenly thought, Fenyang Palace!
This time, the Turkic people are attacking Yang Guang, who is patrolling the border county.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help being shocked when he thought of this, thinking how I forgot about this incident.

(End of this chapter)