Anle City Zuixian Building is not a two-story building, but only one floor, but it covers a large area. Xiao Rui personally designed it according to the customs and customs of the border. Each box has a different style, including grassland, Khitan, Shiwei Mohe, etc. Differently, each tribal style has different venues, large, medium and small.
Because of this, the people who welcomed the Zuixian Tower here were all foreign merchants or leaders, and not many merchants and common people from the Tang Dynasty came.
This was not because Xiao Rui deliberately criticized the people of the Tang Dynasty, but because he wanted to kill the rich and help the poor, and even kill wealthy foreigners. The aristocratic merchants of the Tang Dynasty were all driven away, leaving only ordinary traders. The expenses in Zuixian Tower were too high for them to squander.
In a medium-sized box in the Khitan style, the Khitan man Da Hemohui kept pouring himself cup after cup, with a sincere expression and a correct attitude, as if he was asking for forgiveness.
belch……
Hearing that the other party was drunk and burping, Xiao Rui couldn't help but asked: "Lao He, what are you doing? I have to remind you, this meal is your treat, not mine. You are like this Drinking a lot of good wine, as if you are taking the opportunity to kill me?"
Da Hemohui's dark face turned red. He quickly stopped drinking and coughed violently as if he was choking. Xiao Rui quickly stretched out his hand to pinch the opponent's Neiguan point: "Slow down, turn around and choke yourself to death. You Khitans will never do it again." Blackmail me."
"No, no, no. I know your rules. If you do something wrong, you will punish yourself at the wine table. You will punish me until you forgive me."
ah?
Xiao Rui:......
Pfft... Li Shengnan couldn't hold it back any longer and burst into laughter. How come this big leader of the Khitan tribe looks a bit naive? Brother Rui and I both thought you liked to drink and drank to entertain yourself. Are you apologizing for having been in trouble for a long time?
Xiao Rui really wanted to cover his eyes: "Lao He, from whom did you learn the half-baked customs of the Central Plains?"
"Ahem, I don't learn Chinese well. When I'm doing business with someone, I just learn a little bit." Dai Hemahui seemed to know that he had learned it wrong, and his expression was very embarrassing.
Xiao Rui explained patiently: "If you are willing, I will find someone to teach you later. If you have done something wrong and apologize, we have the custom of shouldering the thorns to apologize. To apologize, you take off your upper body and tie the thorns. You know Vitex, right? It’s just a bundle of wooden sticks as thick as your fingers, or your Khitan whip will do. Then kneel down in front of the person and apologize. If the other person forgives you, that’s fine. If you don’t forgive, you might just pick up the Vitex and give him a beating..."
"Hey, Lao He, what are you doing? I'm here with my wife, why are I taking off my clothes?"
A big man of 1.8 meters, wearing a slightly ill-fitting Tang Dynasty gown with a sheepskin waistcoat underneath, just stood up at the dinner table and began to take off his clothes? Showing muscles?
Wei Yanran directly covered her eyes. Li Shengnan had already stood up, drew out the soft sword from his waist, and glared angrily.
Xiao Rui grabbed Da Hemohui.
The other party asked in confusion: "Isn't that what you said? Take off your upper body and kneel down to be beaten? Come here, bring me a whip. I want the thickest one."
Pfft... Xiao Rui couldn't help laughing. Isn't this guy too cool? Li Shengnan withdrew his soft sword with a strange expression. Pulling Wei Yanran along, the head-to-head couldn't help but laugh until their stomachs ached.
"I'm not asking you to bear the blame, I'm teaching you the etiquette of the Central Plains. Another way is to offer wine to apologize. The person who made the mistake can just punish himself with three drinks. I'm not like you who keep drinking."
ah? ? ?
Da Hemohui made a big blush and hid aside, calling his subordinates to get dressed again in a hurry.
"Looking at your sincerity in admitting your mistake, I can let this transaction go. But you have to tell me what happened? Who put pressure on you to prevent you from selling the horse to me?" Joking aside, Xiao Rui became serious, but Very serious.
Da Hemohui glanced around carefully, then sat back at the wine table, leaned next to Xiao Rui and poured out the truth.
It turns out that the Khitan tribe is composed of the eight Dahe tribes in the territory, and the Dahemo society is the weakest among them, but the closest to the Tang Dynasty. The leader of the eight Khitan tribes is Great Heduluo, who has ruled Khitan for more than ten years and is extremely powerful.
But the problem is that this Khitan leader is completely pro-Turkic. The Eastern Turks came to power. Even after the army conquered Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty in the 9th year of Wude, Dahe Duluo was even more happy and submissive to the Turks. From.
Not long ago, Xiao Rui expelled the Anle Chamber of Commerce and leveled the purchase prices of various goods. People like Khitan and Mohe Shiwei were happy. But the Turks are not happy. The original privileges of the victorious country are gone. It doesn’t matter that they make less money. Are they still treated the same as those guys? Can this be tolerated?
The problem was that Xiao Rui didn't give him any face when he found the Anle City County Sheriff's Mansion. The Turks were looking for an opportunity to vent their anger.
As the younger brother of the Turks, the Khitan saw that his elder brother was dissatisfied, so how could he not praise him? However, the youngest member of the Eight Departments of Da He, Da He Mo Hui didn't even look at him, and he actually promised Xiao Rui hundreds of good horses just because he was greedy for a few meals? So the Khitan leader sent someone to warn the Great Hemo Society.
Da Hemohui has always admired the culture of the Central Plains and is willing to do business with the Tang Dynasty. Because he is close to the Tang Dynasty and does not have to worry about the pressure of the Turks, he has more contacts with the Tang Dynasty and has a comfortable life. It is because his subordinates have a small population and territory, and they dare not disobey the orders of the Khitan clan leader.
"Sigh... Mr. Xiao, it's not that I don't want to do business with you, I really don't dare. If it were before, just these hundred and ten horses, the Turks wouldn't care about it, it's a trivial matter that turns a blind eye. But you suppressed Because of their trade treatment, the Turks issued an order to give you some color, and our Khitan clan leader..."
"And you also know that war horses cannot be easily sold to other countries. Everyone knows that your Tang Dynasty bought war horses just to fight the Turks. So the ant you mentioned last time moved and bought a little bit of business at a time. I'm afraid It can’t be done.”
Xiao Rui's face turned dark, he slapped the table and said angrily: "Let me tell you, it turns out it's the damn Turks who are behind this. OK, I don't blame you for this, Lao He. You don't need to refund the money, I'll buy the hundred and ten rogue horses." If yours can’t be used as a war horse, I can send it back to plow the fields.”
Da Hemo would apologize: "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, I couldn't help you. What about our future business?"
He was very worried that Xiao Rui would not sell him food and other supplies because of this, so he was very humble.
Xiao Rui waved his hand, "I'm going to settle the accounts with the Turks. It's not your fault, our business has to continue. Didn't they prohibit you from selling war horses to me? Okay, then I don't want war horses. I heard that the Khitan People are good at raising cattle, how about I buy cattle from you? As for the quantity, it is still the ant moving method mentioned last time. The initial order is 10,000 cows."
What? ? ox?
Da Hemohui said in confusion: "Mr. Xiao, what do you want cows for? Cows can't go to the battlefield. The bison we raise in Khitan are different. Those that can't plow fields or pull carts can only be killed for meat. But I know, It was illegal to kill cattle and eat meat in the Tang Dynasty.”
Xiao Rui laughed loudly, patted the other party on the shoulder and said: "Lao He, you are right, I bought it to eat beef. You Khitans are good at raising cattle, but you don't know how to eat it. Good beef, you guys Apart from sprinkling some salt on it and roasting it, it’s just boiling water and boiling it, but the smell... even dogs won’t eat it!”
Ahem...
Wei Yanran coughed slightly to remind and pushed Xiao Rui.
"Ahem, Lao He, it's a slip of the tongue, I'm not talking about you. I mean it doesn't taste good when made that way. You came just in time today. I've asked people to study a few new dishes, all of which are beef. You can try mine. craft."
"Come here, arrange the whole cow banquet and change the room. This banquet is reserved for you to have dinner after get off work. By the way, this is Khitan Boss He's treat. Remember to thank Boss He."
As he said this, Xiao Rui put his arms around Da Hemo and changed places.
After listening to Xiao Rui's words, the two ladies really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. Isn't Brother Rui too profiteer? You invite the guys to dinner, and ask Da Hemo to pay for the treat? Shameless? We are in the Tang Dynasty, and the Khitans still live in tents and are so poor that they have no clothes to wear.
