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Chapter 187 A man with eight thousand slaves, nine thousand horses, and five hundred wives and concu

Li Yong of the Special Inspection Bureau brought eighteen good fighters, relying on the golden talismans of the third-rank monk officials before, he used the extremely developed post office system of the Great Yuan Dynasty to change horses all the way, and went straight to Jiangnan at a speed of 400 miles a day.

Let’s press the major event of Li Yong going to the south of the Yangtze River for now. Let’s talk about Li Luo. Early the next morning, he followed his "uncle" Li Zhao to visit the powerful minister Ahema on behalf of the Goryeo Kingdom.

In today's Great Yuan Dynasty, only in terms of power, no one among the court officials could surpass him.

"This person was originally a dowry slave of Empress Chabi. Because he was able to make money, he was trusted by the emperor and was actually in power. It was ridiculous."

Inside the carriage, Li Qiang said to his "nephew" Li Luo.

Li Luo laughed in his heart. When it comes to his understanding of Ahma, he is of course far better than Li Qiang, and there is no need for Li Qiang to do his homework at all.

"Uncle, I heard that Ahma is not only extremely fond of money, but also greedy for women. This person not only has more than fifty formal wives, but also more than four hundred concubines, and they are almost all gifts given by others."

Li Zhao didn't expect that Li Luo knew so much, and couldn't help but contempt, "What happened? Humph, these semen Huihui can have so many wives. It's really a beast's deeds, and they don't act as sons."

However, Li Luo thought of Ah Hema's money and said, "I heard that Ah Hema has eight thousand slaves."

Li Qiang smiled and said, "We have 20,000 Tianshus in the Li family in Renzhou."

Li Luo smiled and said, "Uncle, this is not like. Although I, Li, have more than 20,000 land slaves, they are all produced by farming. To put it bluntly, they are farmers of Li. The eight thousand slaves of Ahema are different, they are serving people."

Li Xuan couldn't help but stutter. Is the Li family's city big? Big! But there are less than a thousand slaves who specialize in serving people. This Ahma is just a slander. He can actually enjoy slaves of eight thousand people in his mansion. It's really amazing.

Li Luo continued, "He also occupied fertile land in the Central Plains as a ranch and raised nine thousand horses."

"I didn't expect that his horse alone would actually exceed half of my Goryeo military horses. It's really..." Li Xuan didn't know what to say.

Li Luo looked worried, "not to mention that he still has gold and silver mountains in his family. Although we brought 50,000 yuan worth of gold and silver treasures today, we were afraid that it would not really work. Let him talk for us because of this money, and my nephew felt it was unlucky."

Li Qiang smiled and said, "You only know one thing but not the other. The queen said that Ahma is most afraid of the real gold prince. The prince is the prince's brother-in-law. Ahma took the money. If he didn't speak for us, how could he have good fruit? Humph, Wulang, if we weren't the Koreans best at taking advantage of the conflicts between them, where would my Eastern Kingdom exist?"

"If you become an important official in the future and deal with the Mongol Tartars, you must remember that you must create a crack between them and use their arrogance. One gift, two hand-held, three coax, and four crying, and nothing will be ineffective. This is the way to survive in a small country."

Li Luo lowered his head and said, "Thank you for your teachings." He thought to himself, no wonder Goryeo and North Korea are like Xiaoqiang, and they have these four-character mantras.

Soon, the carriage finally arrived in front of a huge house. This house was not an oriental building with a double eaves, but a building that looked like a certain temple. There was also a flag embroidered with a crescent moon at the door.

Such a certain style of architecture appears particularly abrupt and eye-catching among the surrounding oriental buildings.

Even the warriors guarding the door had curly beards and high noses and concave eyes.

"I am going to the Goryeo envoy, and I am going to conquer Li Zaan, the left prime minister of the Eastern Province, and ask for a meeting with the Prime Minister. This is the Mingla, a gift list!" Li Zaan came to the door of Ahema's mansion and said to the official in charge.

Almost at the same time, his entourage took out a silver bottle and stuffed it into the hands of the Zhike Manager.

The decent deputy prime minister of Goryeo, the left prime minister of the province, and the head of the Li family, was an extraordinary figure in Goryeo. But at this time, facing a small door, he smiled and had a modest attitude.

Li Luo quickly translated it in Mongolian. Although the manager was a Semi-men, he could still understand Mongolian as "Mandarin".

After hearing Li Luo's translation, the Zhike Manager threw the words "Wait" with his nostrils facing the sky, and then took the Mingla and gift list in.

To Li Luo's surprise, not long after, the customer manager came out again, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister, please."

Prime Minister? Li Luo was speechless. How hateful is Ahma against Han culture! Even his official position is unwilling to be called the oriental element.

The group brought gifts in and transferred all the way through the hall. After walking for a while, they met many servants and finally arrived at a dome hall where big candles were lit in broad daylight.

Above the luxurious hall, there is a crystal lamp stand hanging with lamp oil lit inside.

With the dome windows, floor-to-ceiling curtains, Persian carpets... As soon as he first came in, Li Luo actually felt a bit back to the modern feeling.

The hall was very large, with a long table in the middle, and at the other end of the table, a guy with a high nose and deep eyes sat.

There was a large group of servants around him, some pouring wine, some peeling fruit, some massage, and some dancing...

In short, this is a happy man full of wealth and luxury. You can see his happiness at a glance.

"Ah, Mr. Zuo Cheng of the Eastern Province, welcome you to my home. Look, I have prepared singing and dancing and wine. Please believe your old friend, I will give you enthusiasm." Ahma stood up and walked over from the long table. He opened his arms and wanted to hug his guests.

Of course, Ahma is greedy, cunning and insidious. But there is no doubt that he is not an arrogant and rude man. If he could not wear a mask of hypocrisy at any time, then he would not have been able to reach this day.

Li Xuan had also been to Dadu before, and of course it was not the first time he met Ahma. After receiving Li Luo's translation, this Goryeo minister who adhered to Confucian etiquette had to reluctantly embrace the "His Excellency of the Great Prime Minister".

"This is a wine from Persia. I brewed it myself nine years ago. I will only open it if the distinguished guests come." Ahma said in Mongolian language like singing.

Li Luo was very surprised. Isn’t Mo’s religion not allowed to drink? Isn’t Ahma a believer in Mo? How could he drink?

But soon he understood that a person who could climb to Pingzhang, the political affairs of the Secretariat and was the prime minister was definitely not a person who could be bound by any doctrine.

"Look, they are all my wives." Ahma pointed at a group of dancing Central Plains women, "But I am not stingy not to let them come out to welcome you."

What? Ah Hema is actually... so polite?

This obviously subverted Li Luo's historical cognition. He translated Ah Hema's words to Li Zhao. Although Li Zhao pretended to be flattered, it was not surprising.

"The Prime Minister is so loving, and I am so ashamed of being a lie. I am really sorry! Prime Minister, this really makes Li Xuan embarrassed!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

He is a cunning person and a senior politician. He quickly guessed that Ahma also asked for him.

With Ahma so powerful, what else is worthy of his efforts? Of course it is because of the true gold prince.

Ahma must be looking for an opportunity to express kindness to the prince, but the prince ignored it at all. Then, it would be best to ease the relationship with the prince through Queen Goryeo.

By speculating on this, Li Qiang's smile became even more natural.
Chapter completed!
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