Turhu tribe.
"You said you are here on behalf of that new King Yun?"
Maha, a Turhu tribe leader with a strong build and a big round head, chewed the roast mutton in his mouth and asked while looking at the middle-aged man below who claimed to be the representative of King Yun.
The middle-aged man nodded slightly: "I am here on behalf of the prince."
Maha stopped eating meat, straightened his body slightly, and asked solemnly: "What evidence is there?"
The middle-aged man took out a gold medal from his arms. Maha waved it over and looked through it carefully before nodding and saying: "It is indeed the badge of Prince Yun's Mansion. He is the commander of the Second Battalion of the Guards. I am not an official." Small.
Why did Prince Yun ask you to come here?
Do I remember that I have nothing to do with this Prince Yun? "
After saying that, he threw the gold medal back to the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man reached out to catch it and put it back into his arms before saying calmly:
"Your Majesty asked me to come here because I want to ask Chief Maha a question."
"what is the problem?"
Maha frowned, wondering what the hell this King Yun was up to.
"Is this Yunzhou County the Zhao family's Yunzhou County or the Li family's Yunzhou County?"
It was as if a thunderbolt hit Maha's brain, and Maha immediately asked with a solemn face: "Which Zhao family is the Zhao family that the prince is talking about?"
"It belongs to our Zhao family, the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty!"
The middle-aged man raised his head and said confidently.
Maha was silent.
Just listen to the middle-aged man continue: "
Asking the prince to come to Yunzhou County to become a vassal means an official family and a hundred officials, and your tribe in Yunzhou County originally took refuge with the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasties. They hope to be protected and no longer live the kind of life they used to have when winter comes. Miserable life.
Why did Chief Maha forget this?
Could it be that the Turhu tribe has felt that it can stand on its own and no longer needs the protection of the Song Dynasty?
If this is the case, then the prince has nothing to say, and the Turhu tribe can announce its withdrawal from the Song Dynasty and establish its own branch, but by then, the Song Dynasty and the Turhu tribe will probably only meet on the battlefield! "
Maha's face was gloomy and scary. He said to the middle-aged man with a stern face: "Is the prince threatening me?"
"You are the ones who first thought that you were strong enough to ignore the prince and the court!"
The middle-aged man said with a sonorous and powerful voice.
"I didn't! Isn't the prince afraid of forcing my Turhu tribe to rebel and being blamed by the court?" Maha said after defending.
"Why are you afraid? Since this Yunzhou County is already the fiefdom of the prince, there can only be one voice in this land. If someone wants to sing the opposite, the prince will not be afraid. If you want to fight, then fight. If you want to fight, then fight. , at most he would be reprimanded by the officials and return to Bianjing. What can you do to the prince?
But at that time, if you deliberately go against the vassal king sent by the imperial court, you don’t know how much of the imperial court’s trust you will have left in exchange for nearly fifty years? How much suspicion does the imperial court have about whether you have evil intentions?
Chief Maha can think about it for himself! "
Maha got angry and shouted: "The big deal is that my Turhu tribe will live like before, what's the big deal!"
However, the next three questions from the middle-aged man stunned Maha on the spot.
"Of course, Chief Maha, he doesn't care about living the old life, but you can have enough food and clothing no matter what kind of life you have, but!
Chief Maha, have you ever thought about whether the nobles in your tribe still want to go back to their previous lives?
Once the leader of Maha says that he wants to go out independently and lead his people back to the old days, will the herdsmen in the tribe still listen to you?
At that time, will you still be the leader of the Turhu tribe? "
Silence, long silence.
After a while, Maha sat back in his seat dejectedly.
The guard commander sent by King Yun was right. The Turhu tribe has become accustomed to today's life, with rich pastures, material subsidies from the Song Dynasty during the winter, and various things that were previously banned and unavailable. .
Just like a cast iron pot.
Fifty years ago, an iron pot could be passed down for three or five generations until it was finally broken and no longer useful. It was the most important property of the herdsmen in the tribe. If anyone had an iron pot passed down to their family, the women in the tribe would Everyone will rush to join that family.
But what now?
Every household has an iron pot, and salt and grain can be bought as long as you work hard. It can be said that in the fifty years since they integrated into the Song Dynasty, the tribal herdsmen have lived a good life that they could not even imagine before.
And those nobles were dazzled by the endless luxury goods in the Song Dynasty, and they couldn't stay away from them for a long time.
If you propose to be independent, you can expect that no one except your own bodyguards will be willing to respond to you.
Oh no! wrong! Even his personal guards may not support him, and then he will become...
Maha didn't dare to think about what was going to happen next, and cold sweat started to break out from his forehead at this moment.
When the middle-aged man saw Maha's look, he knew that his goal had been achieved, and a smile appeared on his lips.
Maha was silent for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "What orders does the prince have?"
The middle-aged man knew that he was bowing his head, so he did not say anything more to irritate him. Instead, he stated his purpose bluntly:
"The prince has said that Yunzhou County needs to have a fair business environment and does not want to see anyone interfering with normal business practices through outside means."
Maha was confused and didn't understand what this meant.
"What does the prince mean?"
"The competition between the Li family and Feiyun Trading Company needs to be treated fairly. Herders should be able to follow their own inner choices instead of being interfered with by humans."
The middle-aged man said the prince's exact words in a serious manner.
After hearing this, Maha was stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of surprise and disbelief.
He is not a fool, and a fool cannot be the leader of the Turhu Tribe. The meaning of King Yun's words is very clear, that is, let him not get involved in the competition between the Li family and Feiyun Trading Company, and let the herdsmen freely choose their products.
Then there is only one reason why Prince Yun, a dignified prince, would pay attention to the fight between two merchants in Yunzhou City and even know that they are using tricks behind the scenes.
The person standing behind Feiyun Trading Company is definitely King Yun himself!
It was not like he had never heard of the products sold by Feiyun Trading Company, which were already well-known among the herdsmen in Yunzhou County.
Once they let go of their methods, the herdsmen will vote with their feet, and the Li family will definitely lose!
It is self-evident why King Yun did this.
Suppress the local forces in Yunzhou County and seize the right to speak!
Become the real king of Yunzhou!
The Li family will only be the beginning.
But he had no choice. In other words, from the day he got used to being under the protection of the Song Dynasty, before the decline of the Song Dynasty, their tribe in Yunzhou County had no choice.
The reality forced them to stand behind the Cloud King.
"You can go back and reply to the prince. I understand the prince's request and I will comply with it."
What Maha said made the middle-aged man reveal a big smile.
His mission is completed, and I believe that the missions of other colleagues are almost the same.
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