Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1027 Fishing in troubled waters
Chapter 1035: Fishing in Troubled Waters

Of course Ran Ming's Peiyu was saved, but Ran Ming is not stupid, can't he see that these ministers are trying to curry favor with him?
"Haha, the ministers lost this time, and everyone was fined three glasses of wine!" Ran Ming pretended to be happy, but at this moment, Li Ye, the royal guard, appeared.Li Ye was so unattractive that he was not welcomed by the ministers at first, but now he became the head of the secret service, and he was even more despised by the ministers.

However, at last, Ran Ming turned the Royal Guard into a specialized intelligence organization. The function of this intelligence organization was to spy on the outside world and prevent the enemy's spies from infiltrating the inside. Therefore, Li Ye's hostile eyes were much less.

Li Ye came to Ran Ming and whispered softly for a while, and Ran Ming's expression suddenly changed.Then he followed Li Ye out of the picnic ground and came to a remote place.

"Tell me what's going on?" Ran Ming said, "Is this information true?"

"The source of the intelligence is Bintosara Gupta, a prince of the Gupta Empire. It should be able to guarantee its credibility. It seems that he is still the Gupta royal family and the governor of Andhra Pradesh, because Andhra Pradesh lost three points in his hands. In the second territory, two Akshoshini's troops were lost, so at this time he was not taken seriously by Samadhara Gupta, so he felt resentful and deliberately sent someone to convey the news to us." Li Ye said respectfully Said.

"It's really a good plan. It's a good trick to kill people with a knife. That month's love was not only the prince of Samadhara Gupta, but also his favorite son. If we killed him or captured him, it would be difficult to protect Samadhara. Dhara Gupta is not crazy!" Ran Ming said: "Once Samadhara Gupta loses his mind and fights with us in the Great Wei Dynasty, he will definitely lose. Competitors, maybe they can become the puppet emperor of the Gupta Empire!"

Li Ye said: "Your Majesty, how should we answer?"

"Promise him, as long as he becomes a vassal state of Wei like Puli Kingdom and Pandya Kingdom, I will support him as the emperor of the Gupta Empire!" Ran Ming said coldly: "The Gupta Empire must be more than Bintousha Luo Gupta is an ambitious man. There must be many princes like him. The royal guards should send more people to contact them. As long as they are ambitious, they will cause internal turmoil in the Gupta Empire. As long as the Gupta Empire is in chaos, the water will be muddied. Only we Da Wei can fish in troubled waters."

"Wei country is so big, I'm afraid it's not easy to find someone?" Ran Ming asked suddenly.In fact, he was very curious. Although he knew that the next emperor of the Gupta Empire would be Chandhara Gupta II, the Chaori King, one of the greatest monarchs in the Gupta Dynasty and even the entire history of ancient India. During his reign, the Gupta Empire reached its peak. And the territory has reached an unprecedented vastness.The territorial area expanded by one-third compared to the period of Samadhara Gupta, reaching the Nabada River in the north.

You must know that ancient India was invaded more than 300 times, and except for the Maurya Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty, they won once and tied once, and all others ended in failure.As far as race is concerned, the older the ruling class in ancient India, the whiter their skin.The darker the skin, the lower the status.In later generations, Bollywood in India once filmed a movie dedicated to World War II (I can’t remember the name), and the mustache Hitler in it looked like a black ghost.It's not that Indians don't understand Hitler's skin color, but according to their traditional culture, only black Hitler will look inferior, which can be regarded as a kind of obscenity of Indians.

Ran Ming knows that there is a big difference in skin color between the royal family of the Gupta Empire and the common people of the Gupta Empire, especially after seeing Devadatta. If Devadatta has been slightly disguised, it will not be seen that he is a foreigner in Wei. people.Of course, Yue Ai will definitely enter Wei State in disguise, looking for a foreigner who doesn't even know his appearance. One can imagine how difficult it is to know that there are as many as 600 million foreigners living abroad in Wei Guoguang.

Hearing this, Li Ye said disapprovingly: "Your Majesty, it may not be easy to find Prince Yue'ai if we just rely on our search, but Bintou Shaluo has already bought the guards brought by Yue'ai. With him here, we have to think It's not difficult to find Yue'ai. Now Yue'ai is in Ye City, and the royal guards have already spotted him. If Your Majesty wants to see him, I can bring him at night!"

"No need for now!" Ran Ming thought for a while, "If Bintou Shaluo Gupta succeeds in killing people with a knife, it would be too cheap for him. A living prince of the Gupta Empire is far more useful than a dead prince of the Gupta Empire. "

All the courtiers had a great time in this spring hunt, and the banquet ended very late.When all the officials left, Ran Ming did not return to the palace immediately. For Ran Ming, the Yecheng Imperial Palace was like a prison, and he felt a sense of restraint that could not be expressed in words.

At this time, Ran Ming brought Li Ye, the head of Wei State's secret service, Fengche Duwei, and Lin Heishan, the general of the Yulin Army, into Yecheng.A little different from the previous dynasties, the gates of Yecheng, the capital of the Wei State, would not be closed late at night, and there would be no curfew if there were no accidents.When Ran Ming entered Yecheng, he happened to welcome the busiest night market in Yecheng.

The nights in March are somewhat cold, but this coldness cannot stop people's enthusiasm for the night market.The nightlife in ancient times was extremely scarce. As the people of Yecheng, they had to work during the day, so naturally they didn’t have much time for consumption. For ordinary people, the night market is not only a place to take their families out for a walk to digest food, but also to enrich their nightlife.

In addition to snacks and delicacies, the night market in Yecheng also has "Jianjun Opera" (the originator of Xiangyan), "Bianwen" (the prototype of storytelling and storytelling), and of course there are many stage plays.There are also folk five-element tricks (both stage magic), and there are also sales of handicrafts or other sundries.

What Ran Ming likes to watch most is this kind of bustling street scene, and the people's satisfied smiles, which will make Ran Ming feel particularly fulfilled.Today he is particularly interested, because not only can he visit the night market, but he can also see what the legendary Chaori King of the Gupta Empire looks like.Although Ran Ming ate a lot during the banquet at Hanling Mountain, as time went by, coupled with the attraction of the smell of delicious food on the street, Ran Ming felt hungry unknowingly.

"Roasted lamb, authentic grassland roasted lamb! Delicious and cheap roasted lamb."

"Come here and have a look, it's authentic river donkey meat."

"Daiji big meat buns, thin skin and delicious meat, you will regret it if you don't eat it!" Ran Ming heard all kinds of shouting voices from the street, and all kinds of smells kept drilling into his nostrils. This happens to be a gourmet street, with delicious snacks from all over the world Almost everything can be seen here, and occasionally some Hu people from the Western Regions can be seen selling roast lamb here. Although their cooking method is different from that of the Central Plains, food has no national boundaries, so their business is not bad.

The State of Wei has an open policy to business. No matter which ethnicity they are in, as long as they don't break the law and pay taxes according to the system, they can operate business in Yecheng and even the entire State of Wei.

Ran Ming was walking and watching with great interest. Occasionally, when he saw a delicacy he liked, he would stop to ask someone to buy some and taste it. He even bought a few pieces of roast mutton made by the barbarians in the Western Regions. After tasting it, he found that the taste was not How about it, because there is no chili, the smell of roasted mutton always makes Ran Ming feel a bit off.Ran Ming walked for half a street, and tasted no less than a dozen kinds of delicacies. Finally, he couldn't eat any more, so he was reluctant to go to see the legendary Chaori King of the Gupta Empire.

At this time, Yue Ai has been in Wei State for more than half a year, and the money she brought with her has already been spent, but what makes Yue Ai very angry is that the situation of monks in Wei State does not seem to be very good.The monks here also have to pay taxes, especially when making alms, they must pay [-]% of their income tax to the government. If they do not pay, they will be fined ten times when they are discovered.

It is a very shameful thing to get something for nothing in Wei State. Even the disabled people in Wei State who were disabled due to the war still do what they can.Even wounded soldiers with broken feet would, after training, sit on a four-wheeled cart to maintain law and order or collect taxes on the streets.In the State of Wei, disabled soldiers were treated very highly. If pedestrians consciously gave way to them, no matter who they were, as long as they rode their horses into them, they would be severely punished.

"Pay the tax, pay the tax immediately." When Ran Ming arrived at the destination, Yue Ai and the two guards had already spent more than 1000 yuan.A one-armed tax collector yelled at the three of Yue Ai.

"Why?" Yue Ai was very dissatisfied. The Wei Kingdom and the Gupta Empire were different. In the Gupta Empire, Buddhism was the state religion. Whether it was traveling or doing business, the status of monks was very high.It is almost the same treatment as the gentry in Wei State.Today, I finally met a kind person who donated ten silver coins, which made Yue Ai very happy, and finally got the money to pay back the house rent that was in arrears for half a month.It might even improve your life a bit.But he was naturally a little unhappy to let the taxpayer take one-third of the tax.When he was in the Gupta Empire, Yue Ai didn't know the role of money. In Wei State, he finally realized that it is difficult to move without money.

"Why? It's based on the king's law of the Great Wei!" The one-armed tax guard shouted loudly: "It is the duty and responsibility of every subject to pay taxes according to the regulations. The taxes of the Great Wei are collected from the people and used by the people. Life, if you don’t pay taxes, how will the streets be cleaned and the city maintained? Don’t the city management and sanitation need to eat?”

Yue Ai is speechless, indeed everything in Wei State is cleaner than the Gupta Empire, especially when it comes to horses, horses, cattle and sheep, they must carry a dung bag behind their buttocks to avoid pulling the dung on the street and polluting the environment .And there is a trash can in each quarantine, which is cleaned every day.Moreover, Yecheng is too clean. Every morning, noon and night, there are people who clean it up.

Seeing the three of them refusing to pay the tax, the tax guard said dissatisfiedly, "Why do you want to resist the tax?"

Yue Ai was still not convinced, but Kanjun Sharma beside her hurriedly said: "Hand it up, let's do it!"

He knew that the tax collectors of the Wei State were basically veterans of the Wei State. Regardless of whether they were missing arms or legs, they were unambiguous when they really did it.In line with the principle of good governance and not immediate losses, Kanjun Sharma decided to settle the matter.

Yue Ai has never been wronged like this, but he also knows the reason why people have to bow their heads under the eaves.After the three of them paid their taxes, they came to a noodle stall and shouted, "The boss has three big bowls of soup cakes!"

At this time, Yue Ai had no choice but to turn her anger into appetite, and ate her head down.The three of them buried their heads in eating, and all the customers around the noodle stall left in fright.

Lin Heishan said: "My lord, these two guards are not simple. They are sitting in the downtown area but no one dares to approach them. It is obvious that they have killed too many people. They have a murderous look on them, and they look like they are eating. , the person on the left is holding four chopsticks backwards in his hand, obviously he is in danger and will attack at any time, judging from his appearance, he should be a master of hidden weapons. The other butt just stuck to the edge of the stool, obviously he is on full alert, like this Guard, it might be really tricky."

Although Li Ye is a royal special guard, he is a civil servant. His kung fu might not even have a chance to protect himself.Hearing what Lin Heishan said, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Although he arranged for four people to spy on the three of them, once their feelings flared up, the four eyeliners probably wouldn't even have a chance to resist. "Master, or, before they find out, let's go back today and I'll make some arrangements before coming over?"

"It doesn't matter. With General Lin here, what are you afraid of?" Ran Ming was about to go forward.

Lin Heishan said: "Master, I'm afraid I can't deal with the two of them. I don't have any weapons at hand today, so I can barely deal with one of them. It's hard to protect Master Wanquan!"

Ran Ming said with a smile: "This is the country of Wei, we know them, but they don't know me, so even if we attack, do you really think I don't have the ability to fight back?"

Hearing this, Lin Heishan stopped talking, and secretly made a few gestures. At this moment, the casually dressed soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army who had followed Ran Ming from afar began to gather here.At this moment, Ran Ming walked straight in front of Yue Ai and said, "Can I sit down?"

Yue Ai said without raising her head: "Whatever!"

Ran Ming didn't care either, and said with a smile, "Boss, come for a bowl of noodles!"

Ran Ming is different from others, he never calls soup cakes soup cakes, but directly calls them noodles or noodles.Ran Ming was actually very full. He lost his appetite just after moving his chopsticks, then put down his chopsticks and said, "Where are you from, little brother? When did you come to Yecheng?"

Yue Ai said coldly: "How do you know I'm not from Yecheng?"

"Hehe, this is very simple. First little brother, although you can speak official Chinese well, your pronunciation is not quite standard. The second is your appearance. Although there are many foreigners in Ye City of Wei State, most of them are white people. You You can tell at a glance that you are from the Western Regions, and you look a lot like a Guishuang person. Again, although you are wearing a Hanfu, you have a left lapel. Han people or Yecheng will definitely not be Zuoshe.” Ran Ming didn’t care about the other party’s attitude , but still analyzed with a smile, but he was also wise after the fact. In fact, he discovered the identity of the other party first, and then deduced these.

The right lapel (yòurèn) is a characteristic that Hanfu has always retained, but it is not unique to Hanfu.Therefore, the right lapel has become one of the symbols of the Han nationality.On the contrary, in the clothing of some ethnic minorities in ancient China, the front lapel was covered to the left, which was different from the right lapel in the Central Plains, which was called the left lapel.Therefore, the left lapel is used to refer to being ruled by foreign races.That's why Confucius said: "Guan Zhong is the prime minister of Duke Huan, who dominates the princes and governs the world. The people have received his gifts until now, but if Guan Zhong is underestimated, I will be sent to the left." It means that if there is no Guan Zhong, we will have to become slaves of a foreign race. , wearing clothes on the left lapel, with loose hair.In addition, the left lapel is also used to refer to the deceased. In the murals buried with the funeral and the portraits of the ancestors, the left lapel is used to show the difference between yin and yang.

In the eyes of the Han people, no matter the scholar or common people, clothing is a very formal and sacred thing. Clothes can be old, torn, or cheap, but the style and way of wearing must not be ambiguous.

When Yue Ai heard what Ran Ming said, she was stunned and said: "I didn't expect that the master observed so carefully. I wonder if the master can tell where I am from?"

Ran Ming smiled and said, "Your complexion is slightly dark. This is because you have lived in a place with strong ultraviolet rays for a long time. Therefore, I guess you should come from a tropical southern region!"

Although Yue Ai didn't know what the so-called ultraviolet light meant, but when she heard Ran Ming say that he was from the south, she was still surprised and didn't care about eating, but his two guards stood up suddenly and glared at her.

Ran Ming still said disapprovingly: "Don't be nervous, I have no malicious intentions. If I have malicious intentions, you will not survive ten breaths!"

It was only then that Kanjun Sharma realized that there were more than a dozen young and strong people around, obviously not kind, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.Ordinarily, a monk should not be so vigilant, but since Kanjun Sharma entered Wei, he found that the Wei people were far from being as strong as they encountered in the Gupta Empire, but generally weak.Especially after seeing too many ordinary people, Kanjun Sharma is confident that in the face of ten Wei people, he can kill them all with bare hands, and even a hundred Wei people can retreat unscathed.But now these dozen or so people made him feel great pressure.

Ran Ming got up and said: "You may be very confused, there are too many people here, I don't want to say more, if you want to clear up your doubts, then come with me."

Naturally, Yue Ai would not go with a stranger, and there were many skilled guards around this stranger.It's just that Yue Ai doesn't know, Ran Ming just said this politely, even if Yue Ai refuses, he has to go.The emperor was so angry that he laid down millions of dead bodies, not to mention that Yue Ai only had two guards around him?
Yue Ai's bodyguards were reluctant, but in front of so many good fighters, the two of them were not enough to look at as ascetics.

(End of this chapter)