On the official road outside the border city, a horse team was marching towards the royal court of King Yi. The cavalry was led by two mounted guards, followed by an ordinary and spacious carriage. However, if you look closely, you can find that the entire carriage of this carriage is made of ebony.
Following closely behind the carriage were dozens of large wooden boxes escorted by dozens of guards. From the steady steps and steady breathing of these servants and guards, it can be seen that this group of people are all trained practitioners.
The breeze blew through the curtains of the carriage, vaguely revealing the figures of the two people inside.
It turned out to be an old man and a young man. The older one is about 40 or 50 years old and has already grown a beard, while the younger one is wearing a dark blue robe with purple edges. His temples are like knife cuts, his eyebrows are like ink paintings, a pair of fox eyes are raised high into the eyebrows, and his face is like a peach petal. Although he is angry, he sometimes smiles, and even when he is angry, he is affectionate, giving people a cynical sense of style. People can't help but admire him, what a handsome man.
At this time, the man was leaning in the carriage as if he were boneless, chatting with the old man.
"Senior, we are quite well prepared this time. There should be no problems with the Yi people!" the young man asked the old man.
"Second Master, we have already contacted Yi Wang Surel and Ke's men. This time we brought 30,000 kilograms of grain seeds and hundreds of thousands taels of silver notes. I don't know how many horses we can exchange for!" The elderly man reported the current situation to the man in front of him.
"It is said that the Yi people are generous and have no fuss, but this is not the case. Every year we use grain and money to exchange stallions with these Yi people. It can be said that we have given them enough sweetness. But what they gave us But the horses are all sick. In previous years, most of them would die before they were brought back to the city. Even if the rest were not dead, they would not be able to achieve the expected effect. These barbarians are really good at calculating." The second master's young man's mouth was slightly raised, revealing a sarcastic smile.
"Hiss!" The elder took a breath of cold air. The second master stopped laughing. My heart couldn't bear it anymore. Normally, I would be stunned when I saw this perfectly handsome face. But now that the second master smiled, my heart stopped for a moment. The second master's lethality was really getting bigger and bigger.
"How about next year, let's try changing it to uncooked grain seeds?" The elder calmed down and spoke again.
But he secretly slandered in his heart: The behavior of the barbarians is naturally disgusting, but the man in front of him is not an honest person.
The Yi people are good at raising horses, while the Han people are good at farming and handicrafts.
Both sides have what the other wants, so trade and exchange have become a matter of course, but in fact neither side wants to make the other party stronger.
In the first year since the two parties established trading relations, the second master ordered people to scald all the grains used for trading in boiling water.
And he planned to wait until King Yi sent someone to question why the rice didn't sprout before telling him that the way they were growing food was wrong.
The result coincided with what King Yi did. King Yi exchanged all the problematic horses of his tribe to them.
Therefore, a large number of horses died directly before being sent to the border town. And the remaining horses cannot be used as breeding foals due to various unspeakable reasons.
When the second master sent people to the royal court to question him, King Yi even said that the Jin people's way of raising horses was wrong.
So with the tacit understanding of both parties, this deal actually lasted for nearly five years.
In the past five years, both sides have been counting on the other party to find out.
Even if you can't all use high-quality trading products, but have a mix of good and bad, or even a little bit of fish slipping through the net, it will be a good start.
But it turns out that this idea is just a good wish.
In fact, under the premise that neither party wants to suffer losses, this calculated transaction has been in a lose-lose situation.
"Give them uncooked grain? Then let them learn to grow grain, expand their race after having enough food and clothing, and finally invade the Jin Dynasty?" Er Ye snorted coldly.
"But the transaction we are doing now is of no value and meaning!" The old man was a little depressed. He took risks to trade every year, but came back disappointed every year.
Every year I bring a large army to change horses, and occasionally encounter robbers in the process. Although there are no casualties, it still seems to be a waste of people and money. I really don’t know what the second master is obsessed with.
The second master is not unaware of the current situation, but he actually has his own considerations in exchanging horses with the foreigners every year.
The Yi people were good at animal husbandry, and no matter how they were bred, the horses of the Jin Dynasty were not as strong as the Yi people's horses. He also sent people to snatch horses. But the Yi people are cunning, and most of the ones that can be placed near border towns have been processed and have no ability to reproduce at all.
I go deep into the opponent's royal court every year, and I also bring people who are good at raising horses with me. During this period, I have always wanted to observe how they herd cattle, but I haven't found a clue so far.
"There will be a harvest one day. I heard that Dai Qin's place has been very quiet recently!" The second master closed his fox eyes in disinterest.
"I've also heard about it. It seems that a group of elite soldiers under Dai Qin were defeated when they invaded the village. There has been no movement since then!" The elder got the information from four days ago.
"Oh, isn't it said that Dai Qin's soldiers and horses are the most elite among the Yi people? They were found in a village. Which village is so capable? This is interesting!" The second master opened his eyes again, and there was nothing. Conceal your curiosity.
"I heard it was done by a passing hero." The elder told the second master according to the most reliable version he had heard.
"Oh! Please follow up. If you are from your own country, you can consider taking it for your own use." The second master thought for a while and said to the elder leisurely.
After seeing the elder nodding, he closed his eyes again to rest, leaving the elder to continue to stare at the second master's face in a daze.
There was no words spoken all the way, and the carriage continued to move forward.
And Jin Qing, who didn't know that he was already being taken care of, was completely heartbroken at this moment.
Jin Qing's pot is gone.
After the last time the stir-fried vegetables were contaminated, Jin Qing didn't rush to clean them up, and as a result, the burnt vegetable leaves stuck to the bottom of the pot.
Jin Qing tried to pull off the vegetable leaves with his hands, but he used too much force and the pot was broken.
In anger, Jin Qing rolled the iron pot into iron balls. Now she had no food to eat and could live a life of barbecue every day again.
Sighing, Jin Qing took the nearly one-meter-long huge horse leg that was already cooked on the grill in his hand. Eat it, otherwise the feeling of hunger will be too painful!
The roasted horse legs are hard and woody, and the meat is sour and unpalatable, but now this is the only thing I can eat here.
Not knowing how to taste it, he picked up the horse meat and took a bite. Jin Qing stretched his neck and swallowed it. Suddenly I heard a roar: "Damn it, do you know what you are eating?"
