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Chapter 162 Big Pot Rice (12)

With the noise of the princes, the girl who performed finally came out. Hao Kang looked at it carefully and was a Hu woman of average appearance. The girl saluted everyone and sang a Mongolian song first. Hao Kang's Mongolian words were very ordinary, and the girl's accent was in a foreign accent, and she couldn't understand it. Hao Kang buried his head and focused on eating. Compared with the girl's acting level, the food level seemed much higher. It can be seen that Tuotuo also had a low evaluation of this girl. He didn't even look at the girl and talked to Hao Kang while eating.

The two sat on the second floor by the window. When they looked down from the window, they saw people coming and going on the street. Tuotuo sighed, "I think the city in Yuan is better than Damascus."

Hao Kang shook his head, "Brother, Kiev has more population than Damascus, but the city is not as good as Damascus."

"Why? That's right... After all, you only have ten years to be in Kiev." Tuotu responded.

Hao Kang admired Tuotuo even more. After all, the Yuan Dynasty's trade and goods transported very large, and those transportation hubs were already growing increasingly prosperous. In time, the Yuan Dynasty would definitely have many cities far ahead of Damascus. But Damascus was a thousand-year-old city after all, and it took only ten years to establish the Yuan Dynasty. Tuotuo could point directly to the key point, and this vision was beyond the ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Hao Kang picked up the wine glass and said, "Brother Tuotuo, I'll give you a glass."

After drinking a glass of wine, someone shouted to the hall at the table next to him: "Hey, what kind of wine is that table?"

"Report to the prince, they brought the wine there themselves."

"Oh." After hearing this, the prince turned his head and shouted to Hao Kang and the others: "Brother over there, which shop did you buy your wine in the city?"

Hao Kang didn't want to pay attention to these country buns. The cherry soybean he brought was made of Athens, which was much better than the cherry soybean in Eastern Rome. Explaining these to those guys made Hao Kang feel like he was going to be dark. When he was thinking about how to answer, Tutuo responded proudly: "What do you mean to us?"

This attitude made Hao Kang feel in his heart. He couldn't do anything to yell at people across the table, and even to his subordinates. However, when others treated impolitely, Hao Kang really couldn't respond to Tutuo. While Hao Kang was feeling, he was also a little worried about what would happen next. If others dared to treat Hao Kang like this, Hao Kang would not treat him as if he hadn't seen it.

Unexpectedly, Tuotuo asked this, and the prince at the table next to him stopped talking. This surprised Hao Kang. Tuotuo continued to drink with Hao Kang with a calm expression. Hao Kang knew that this guy liked the most was the rum produced in the Song Dynasty. However, this wine was relatively expensive, Tuotuo settled for the second best, and had already left more than a dozen barrels of cherry soju from Hao Kang.

After eating the dishes for a while, Hao Kang felt full. He said to Tuotuo: "Brother, let's go."

Before he finished speaking, he heard footsteps and saw four women in gauze dress walking to the stage from the side. His eyes lit up, "Look, let's go." At the same time, whistles were already sounding on the princes' table. Looking at the technique of bending their index fingers into their mouths and whistling loudly, Hao Kang felt very envious. In the Yuan Dynasty, anyone could do this trick. Hao Kang did not grow up in the Yuan Dynasty, and putting his fingers into his mouth in the education of the Song Dynasty School was an unhygienic sign. When he wanted to learn, he would not be able to learn it.

The music sounded, and the women with veils twisted their waists and danced dances in the True God Cult. The princes were so excited that they shouted loudly, and the whistles and cheers were getting louder and denser. Hao Kang looked down on these dancers. So he heard Tuotuo say, "Let's go." The two got up and left.

I went down the stairs to the first floor to check the bill. When the accountant settled the accounts, someone said from the side: "Good brothers, please."

Hao Kang turned his head and looked over, and greeted a man in a big dress. Hao Kang asked, "I wonder what's wrong with this brother?"

"I want to ask where the two brothers bought their wine from." The big man asked in a friendly manner.

“Cherry soju imported from Eastern Rome.”

"There is such a good thing in Eastern Rome?" The man in brocade was obviously a little surprised.

Hao Kang was surprised in his heart. Didn’t Eastern Rome sell cherry soybean to Mongolia? The sea voyage from Constantinople to Damascus is much closer than Constantinople to Kiev. It is probably similar to Constantinople’s arrival in Odessa, the southern port of the Yuan Dynasty.

Looking at Hao Kang's surprised expression, the big man smiled and said, "I am the owner of this store, and I also smell my brother's wine. I wonder if I can let me taste it."

"This wine is not cheap." Tuotuo responded calmly.

"It's better to do this. I'll give me a bottle, so I won't charge two people for this meal."

"Haha, we're losing money." Tuotuo smiled straightforwardly.

Hao Kang thought the owner would be angry because of this, but when he saw that the owner laughed, "Haha, I'll treat you to me next time I'll come to my store for dinner."

Seeing that the owner was so well-mannered, Hao Kang was very impressed. He ordered his guard to take a bottle of cherry soybean wine to the owner. The owner took the bottle and looked at the glass bottle carefully. The brown bottle was filled with red wine, which made me feel very comfortable just by looking at it. When I opened the bottle plug, the fragrance was everywhere. The owner took a sip of the bottle, and after drinking it, he wiped his mouth and praised: "Good wine! Good wine!"

After saying that, he gave another big mouthful and praised him: "I did make a profit for two distinguished guests."

Tuotuo didn't say much and walked out. Hao Kang followed, but was blocked by the man in brocade clothes. "Brother, where is this wine sold?"

"Well. We are not locals, but from Baghdad." Hao Kang explained.

"Isn't there actually a local area?" The big man was very disappointed.

"Let's go." Tuotuo called in front. Hao Kang followed.

After walking out of the shop, Tuotuo said, "This should be a local prince. It's not ordinary to open such a restaurant. Don't talk to him so much."

"You guys are really that bad?" Hao Kang asked in confusion. As soon as he finished speaking, something flew down from the second floor and landed in front of the two of them, and crashed into pieces on the ground. It turned out that Hao Kang and his friends drank the bottles left and did not take away on the second floor. There were probably some left inside, but at this time the only thing that broke on the ground was glass bottles, no wine. I guess they were drunk or poured out by the people upstairs.

Tuotuo didn't say anything, turned his head and walked back. At this time, the man in brocade was talking to the accountant. Seeing that the two of them were coming back, he came up in confusion. Tuotuo didn't pay attention to the man in brocade and took the guards straight to the second floor. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the man hurriedly shouted: "Brothers in front, give me some face, you can go out and fight again."

Hao Kang was about to take it off, but the big man in a brocade clothes quickly grabbed Hao Kang. The guard next to him immediately pushed away the big man's hand. The big man looked at the guard, then looked at the tall Hao Kang, and said seriously: "This brother, fight and fight. Fight in the store. I will deal with anyone who takes action."

Before Hao Kang could speak, Tuotuo, who had already reached the second floor, cursed loudly: "Which lamb just smashed the wine bottle, stand up."

There was a sound of chairs moving upstairs, and someone would immediately scold him. After a moment of scolding, footsteps sounded, Tuotuo led his guard down. There were a few cursing Mongolians following him. Not the table that Hao Kang had just asked about, but a table next to him.

Everyone left the restaurant, and the Mongolians opposite were still shouting and scolding. Tuotuo had already rushed up with the guards and started to attack. The ones who followed Tuotuo were the imperial guards, and they were good at it. In a blink of an eye, they knocked several Mongolians opposite to the ground. These Mongolians did not expect Tuotuo to be so powerful, and immediately shouted to the other Mongolians who followed the first floor to watch the fun: "Bayan, come and help!"

Several Mongolians rushed out from the crowd immediately. They did not go against the vicious Tuotuo and others, but rushed to Hao Kang. Among Hao Kang's guards, two people stepped forward to meet the enemy, knocked down one of them in two or three punches, and in a moment, the four people rushed over.

The people watching the fun were thunderous, as if they were watching the best performance. When Tutuo saw no one coming out again, he took Hao Kang away. Seeing that they and the group left, the onlookers immediately made way out. However, someone followed Hao Kang and others to continue walking. Hao Kang walked to a place with few people and said to Tutuo: "Brother, let's live with Boyan."

"Are you scared?" Tuotuo smiled.

Hao Kang didn't want to admit that he was afraid, but he was unwilling to be a hero. He was not familiar with Damascus. As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress local snakes, so he is always uneasy to live in this place.

"Go out of the city." Tuotuo smiled. This answer made Hao Kang's heart fall into the ground.

It was already dark when the two left Damascus with the guards. There were guards in front of them holding torches to guide the way far away. Hao Kang and the others did not urge the mount, but let the horses walk forward freely. Hao Kang didn't know what to say, so they could only remain silent. After walking for a while, Tuotuo said, "These princes are so ugly. Brother Hao Kang, do you know why I support the Prime Minister?"

"Because Yuxi Timuer's envoy supports the Prime Minister?" Hao Kang asked tentatively.

"No, although the Prime Minister and the Khan are very different, they cannot tolerate these princes being so domineering in the local area."

"Is this considered domineering?" Hao Kang felt that this was at most a fight.

"My father said that when Genghis Khan was alive, those who dared to imitate the badge of Qie Xue were destroyed. Those who dared to draw their swords on those who wore Qie Xue's badge. Those princes who had just started to do it wouldn't know that the logo on our body was Qie Xue's badge." Tuotuo's voice was full of hatred.

Hao Kang was shocked. Not to mention the princes of Damascus, even Hao Kang himself forgot that the sign similar to the ribbon on his body was the Chixue badge. The Chixue badge refers to the logo of the Chixue army, the most important unit of Genghis Khan. The Chixue army came from the Chixue system, referring to the imperial guards of the Mongolian Empire and the Yuan Dynasty. It was an army formed by Genghis Khan himself. It means "Fanzhi Suwei" in Mongolian.

Qiexue originated from the personal soldiers of the aristocratic nobles in the grassland tribes and later developed into a court military bureaucratic group. Qiexue is mainly composed of nobles, generals and other meritorious children. Each ordinary Qiexue soldier has the salary and rank of ordinary generals. Their commander was the "Four Heroes" in the early Yuan Dynasty: Mu Huali, Chi Laowen, Boerhu, and Boershu, and was also named "Four Qiexue". Qiexue army has strict discipline and enjoys extraordinary privileges. The status of an ordinary Qiexue soldier is even higher than that of a thousand household officials. This Qiexue army maintains the rule of Genghis Khan and is also a reserve team for Mongolian officials and officers.

Hao Kang touched Qiexue's badge and sighed in his heart. He comforted Tuotuo, "Brother Tuotuo, when the Khan's flag army is established, the Qiexue system can be restored."

"Haha." Tuotuo laughed helplessly and said sadly: "Qi Xuejun is no longer here, I am also thinking about it. I talked about this with Dahan several times, but Dahan didn't care at all."

Hao Kang was also helpless. He has been in Mongolia for so many years and has only heard a few people talk about the Qiexue Army. Including the current Tuotuo, the total number of people did not reach double digits. His knowledge about Qiexue actually came from the Song Dynasty. The Qiexue Army in the records of Mongolian history in the Song Dynasty was indeed as powerful as Tuotuo said in the era of Genghis Khan.

With the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire began to split, and Mongolia, which was originally led by a great Khan, became the four Khanate countries. Mongolian princes from all over the country attacked and killed each other for their Khan King, and the Qyxue people themselves fought civil war. In order to effectively distinguish the title, the Qyxue army began to have their own new names in each Khanate. For example, when Kublai Khan was in the Khanate, the Qyxue army became the Khan’s personal army. Qyxue became a title of noble status and no longer truly owned such an army.

Before Kublai Khan was forced to move westward, he had fought a tragic war with the Song State. The remaining Qixue fought bravely against the Song army, and then turned into corpses in front of the powerful Song army. After the entity of Qixue army disappeared, even the old Qixue who inherited his name died. The current Mongolian prince did not know that Qixue's badge was going smoothly.

"Brother Tuotuo wants to be retro and has great ambitions. I admire him very much." Hao Kang tried to pick up something nice.

Tuotuo sighed, "Oh! Brother, now we have formed a flag army, Tiemur Khan doesn't want to use the name of the Khan's personal army, so I want to think of a new name. After thinking about it, I can only find out the name of the Kyuxue Army. I asked many knowledgeable people to know the story of the Kyuxue Army. I didn't expect that Brother Hao Kang, you know the affairs of the Kyuxue Army at such a young age. You are really amazing."

Hao Kang was speechless for a moment. He didn't expect that he, a Yuan native who had been studying in the Song Dynasty, read some Mongolian history books compiled by the Song Dynasty when he was studying. After arriving in Mongolia, he found that he knew Mongolia's history even more than the Mongolians. What kind of world is this!

There was a lot of thought in my heart. Hao Kang saw a place in the distance that was brightly lit. Not long after, the guard who went to explore the way rushed back with a torch, "The light in front is Lord Boyan's village."
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