Chapter 164 Big Pot Rice (14)
"Are you sure about the Mongolian princes?" Hao Ren frowned deeply. What Hao Kang said really made Hao Ren unable to believe that the princes in the territory of the Khan during the Kublai Khan era did do anything wrong, but no one dared to easily attack the court ministers who were holding the Khan banner. Kublai Khan never ruthlessly treated such people.
"Dad, Tuotuo has confirmed that those people are princes." Hao Kang said resentful.
Hao Ren did not trust Tuotuo, so he sent someone to invite Tuotuo after he asked his son to go down. The envoy arrived at Tuotuo's mansion and learned that Tuotuo was not there, so he had to come back to report. However, he found that Hao Ren had also gone out and asked the guards in the mansion that Hao Ren was invited by Tiemur Khan.
At this time, Hao Ren was standing opposite Tuotuo, listening to Tiemur's knight complaining. Tiemur's tone was very unhappy, "Prime Minister, if the food is not shipped, the establishment schedule will be delayed. Tuotuo holds my banner, and the princes dare to take action, do the Prime Minister still think they will repent?"
Hao Ren was already sure that his son was not lying, and he was a little dissatisfied with Timur's way of dealing with the matter. But Timur himself said that the princes came to sue Hao Kang for looting the countryside. Although Kublai was impatient, he also told the ministers below that he should not execute all his orders about murder immediately, and then ask after Kublai Khan was relieved. Timur was as excited as a cockfight. Unexpectedly, when Tuotuo came back, Timur immediately changed his attitude.
Seeing that Hao Ren did not say anything, Timur slowed down and asked, "I wonder if the Prime Minister is in any way difficult?"
Tuotuo also looked at Hao Ren. He only expected Hao Ren to make some demands immediately. This time traveling with Hao Kang gave Tuotuo a deeper understanding of Hao Kang. This brother is extremely capable and has made great friends. What made Tuotuo most satisfied with when traveling was that Hao Kang no longer had the stupid idea of expecting to establish a new system, but said to Tuotuo fiercely: "Brother Tuotuo, when the flag army is built, please ask the brother to destroy these bastards no matter what."
That's right! Tuotuo found that Hao Kang, like Hao Ren, was a guy who didn't like to make demands on others. He didn't understand this rare existence in Mongolia before, but now he understands it a little. Hao Kang and Hao Ren both hope to establish the system they expected, and this kind of vain and eyebrow thing is too difficult. For example, now, when Tiemur Khan made a request to Hao Ren, Hao Ren should immediately propose the same exchange conditions.
Seeing that Hao Ren still had a thoughtful look on his face, Tuotuo was afraid that Hao Ren would "persuade" Timur Khan again, so he interrupted, "Khan, those princes are simply possessed by evil spirits when they attacked Brother Hao Kang. Why not let Brother Hao Kang lead his troops to teach the princes in Damascus a lesson."
Tiemur's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he turned to Hao Ren and asked, "I wonder what the Prime Minister thinks?"
Tuotuo prayed secretly in his heart. Although he didn't know which god to pray to, he only hoped that no matter which god in heaven was, he would go to let Hao Ren not be as blind as before. It would be best to let Hao Ren flash a flash of light and understand the intentions of Tiemur Khan. If Hao Ren could accept the good intentions of the Khan and let Hao Kang serve as the general manager of the Damascus region, Tiemur Khan would not be as suspicious as before.
Hao Ren did not pay attention to Tuotuo's almost scorching eyes. He pondered for a moment before answering: "Shanks, food can be transported as soon as possible. I only hope that Shanks can clarify the system and must not let the princes be so presumptuous."
Tuotuo lowered his gaze and couldn't help biting his lip. After finally finishing the conversation, Hao Ren left, Tiemur couldn't help but say angrily: "Hao Renjing can say some useless nonsense. Is he going to teach me how to be a big sweat!?"
"Khan, Hao Ren is indeed too self-righteous!" Tuotuo said with his consent. This was from the heart. Hao Ren knew all day long about the various things in the era of Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan had been returning to heaven for many years. The vast cemetery was full of green grass, and there was no way to see that Kublai Khan, who was buried under the grass, who was obsessed with by Hao Ren. As a political ally of Hao Ren, Tuotuo could understand Hao Ren's thoughts, but he was already on the verge of unacceptable. If he closed his eyes and listened to Hao Ren's words, he would think that Kublai Khan was still sitting in the Golden Horde, not Tiemur Khan. Tuotuo even suspected that when Hao Ren looked at the Golden Horde, he might not have seen Tiemur at all. What Hao Ren saw was Kublai Khan's spirit in heaven.
The king and his minister scolded Hao Ren with all their might, and finally calmed down. Tuotuo took advantage of Tiemur's breathing and said, "Khan, the Prime Minister has never bullied people. Since he said he would deliver the food in two months, we will do our business according to this time."
Tuotuo's words made Tiemur feel relaxed. Even Hao Ren, who was extremely annoying, had something that was not annoying. At least he would do whatever he said. When the food was transported, the flag army could basically complete it, and then enter the equipment and training stage. Tiemur said hatefully: "Hmph, those people in Damascus are so bold. When the flag army is finished training, they will use them to sacrifice the flag."
"Khan, I think Khan can give Hao Ren some rewards. Although Hao Ren is stubborn in his work, he must not do so. Otherwise, the empress dowager will blame Dahan for not sympathizing with Hao Ren." Tuotuo continued to speak.
"Oh! I have already given Hao Ren something, how could he take those rewards in his eyes? He dared to refuse the reward to the beauty of Hao Kang." Timur became annoyed again.
"I asked Hao Kang on the way to Damascus with Hao Kang. Hao Kang said that it is rare to be a beauty. He was worried that if he wanted it, it would cause some losses to the Khan."
"Bastard!" Tiemur was excited. The beautiful woman, good gold, silver and wealth were commonly used by the Mongolian Khan to buy loyalty from his subordinates. There were indeed guys who wanted these things so that they made the Khan embarrassed, but they had never prepared gifts, but were worried that Khan would suffer losses because of giving them.
"Khan, Hao Kang has been following Prime Minister Hao Ren, and he is inevitably controlled by Prime Minister Hao Ren. It is not uncommon not to understand these things." Tuotuo smiled.
Timur is the grandson of Kublai Khan and the son of Kuokuo. He can understand the feeling of being strictly disciplined by his elders. He sighed, "Tutuo, how about Hao Kang?"
"Many places are as capable as the prime minister."
"Oh? What about somewhere else?"
"This time the attack, Hao Kang was very annoyed and told me that when the flag army was completed, he must first use Damascus to test the knife."
"Haha. Not bad." Tiemur immediately felt that Hao Kang had something to get close to.
"Since you can't reward the Prime Minister, please reward Hao Kang."
"Khan, I thought it would be better to let Hao Kang wipe out the local princes of Damascus. This time, I went to Damascus with Hao Kang. What I was thinking about along the way was that I could make the saline-alkali land grow into crops..."
"Nonsense!" Timur immediately interrupted Tuotuo's words, "I have also invited the national master and the shaman to cast spells, and they said that this cannot be done!"
"I thought I could not do it. But Hao Kang was sincere. It was also blamed for being attacked this time. He and I ran to the saline-alkali land in the prince's farm to check. I advised him at that time, how could the prince not take action when he ran there in such a well-dressed manner!"
Tiemur couldn't help laughing again. Hao Kang's kid was indeed ridiculous. He had dozens of people running to the prince's territory, and of course someone would covetously. Even if he was not greedy for money, the princes would of course be afraid when they saw those people running there. If that's the case, Hao Kang was attacked, he asked him to do so.
After chatting for a while, Timur said, "Tutuo, this water minister is useless anyway. What do you think is that Hao Kang is the general manager of Damascus?"
"Great Khan, I think Hao Kang is a person who knows what he is."
"Well. By the way, you went to Damascus, what about the prostitutes there?"
"Khan, there are singing girls over there. I can only say that it is really good. Very good!"
After talking here, Timur went to greet my mother Kuokuozhen. Seeing that her mother looked good, Timur asked if Kuokuozhen had reduced the amount of ammunition used by Hao Ren. Kuokuozhen sighed: "Temur, I also know that it is three parts poisonous. You said, and the Prime Minister also said it himself. So I only take it every three days, and only take one four pill at a time. But this medicine cannot be stopped. I have tried not to take it. It is okay for one or two days, but if I don't take it for three or four days, I can't sleep."
Tiemur no longer mentioned this. This medicine is not only taken by the Empress Dowager Kuokuozhen, but also by the elderly ministers and nobles in the Mongolian court. Tiemur himself has even taken it several times. He used to help sleep by drinking, but Kublai Khan made Tiemur quit drinking. It was so uncomfortable to not be able to sleep. No one could help using this medicine that can take one pill to sleep comfortably all night. Putting this topic aside, Tiemur said: "Mom, I want Hao Kang to serve as the general manager of Damascus. First, I will give Hao Kang a reward, and second, I will see if there is any way to increase taxes."
"Yes!" Kuokuo nodded with satisfaction, "You finally figured it out."
Tiemur felt that my mother looked down on him and quickly explained: "I have understood for a long time, but I don't have a flag army in my hand, how can I make the prince obedient? Anyway, none of the Yuan army can come to the territory of the Khan."
"Okay. If you don't reward Hao Kang, those people will see it, how can you serve you?" Kuo Kuozhen agreed.
The next day, Hao Kang received Tiemur's order from the court. Although there was no word mentioned in it to help Hao Kang vent his anger, the ministers who knew what had happened understood that Khan gave Hao Kang a chance to take revenge. Hao Kang was full of joy after hearing this and immediately agreed.
But Hao Ren wanted to say something, and Timur immediately stopped Hao Ren from speaking, "Prime Minister, this is my order. Does the Prime Minister still want to make the decision for me?"
Hao Ren was a little unhappy after hearing this. He felt that Timur was too rude. If Kublai Khan were alive, he would not have dealt with this way. But Timur Khan even said this, and Hao Ren could only shut up and look at his son with a happy face to take the order arrow.
The next day, Hao Kang set out. Tuotuo also traveled with him. Tuotuo claimed to be walking with Hao Kang, which could also reassure Khan of Hao Kang. However, after the team left the Baghdad gate, Tuotuo revealed his true colors. "Brother Hao Kang, I informed Khan of what I saw in Damascus, and Khan also wanted to see it."
Hao Kang was anxious when he heard this, "Brother Tuotuo, let me tell you clearly. Those singing girls are not from Yuan. If you detain people, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Europa Province will definitely come to ask for people. At that time, many ministers would firmly oppose the return of the population. I would not dare to say whether my brothers would fight."
"I know, you said it." Tuotuo replied a little dissatisfiedly: "Brother, I also told Da Khan about this. Da Khan knew very well that even if Da Khan didn't force himself to keep people, the princes who watched the performance together would definitely do whatever they wanted. At that time, they would cause trouble. So after we conquer Da Mascus, we can invite the singing group to Da Mascus, and Da Khan would also come out to hunt. Wouldn't it be beautiful?"
Hao Kang was very surprised when there was also this technique. However, in this way, he could avoid a lot of trouble, and Hao Kang could cooperate with Tutuo's plan.
If a large number of teams go out, it is not a small team of people. The marching speed is not fast, and Hao Kang has many subordinates who can manage the team, so he took time to read the information. But Tuotuo felt bored and pulled Hao Kang to speak. Tuotuo knew that it was useless to force Hao Kang, so he changed his method and asked how to manage the saline-alkali land. "Brother, the Khan said that it was useless to invite the national teacher and the Great Shaman. What magic did you use?"
"Brother Tuotuo, can you pull out the salt from the ground?"
"Of course not. How could that be possible! Brother, can you?"
"I can't do it either." Hao Kang smiled. This was what he saw when reading the newspaper. After the Zhao official in the Song Dynasty asked the Yellow River to divert the Yellow River, the old Yellow River route was gone, and the original water evaporated. The saline-alkali ingredients deposited before the Yellow River route were no longer diluted with a large amount of water flowing. They began to become thicker, and the land became saline-alkali land.
However, he didn't expect that the Zhao Guan family took a different approach. A large number of teams went to war and the marching speed was not fast. Moreover, Hao Kang had many subordinates who could manage the team, so he took time to read the information. Tuotuo felt bored and pulled Hao Kang to speak. Tuotuo knew that it was useless to force Hao Kang, so he changed his method and asked how to manage the saline-alkali land. "Brother, the Khan said that it was useless to invite the national teacher and the Great Shaman. What magic did you use?"
"Brother Tuotuo, can you pull out the salt from the ground?"
"Of course not. How could that be possible! Brother, can you?"
Chapter completed!