Chapter 1,698 I can’t swallow it

Magusu quickly said: "This time I have brought three thousand Wei prisoners of war to my brother. How much food can be given to me? Brother, please let your accountant watch over it."

Master Qu said: "The Shiwei people are not bad, but the price of slaves is very cheap this year. In today's grassland, as long as they are given food, there are many tribes who volunteer to be slaves..."

Menggentulak whipped his whip, pretending to be beaten: "Why are there so many nonsense! Magusu, this is my Anda! The Anda of our Tatars, Master, do you know what it means?"

Master Qu's expression immediately changed: "It's clear, the Three Kingdoms Liu, Guan, and Zhang are sworn brothers!"

"Yes!" Menggentulak recently listened to Master Qu telling the story of the Three Kingdoms. "An Da and I are just like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei among your Han people!"

Master Qu was too lazy to argue with Meng Tulak: "Since he is the sworn brother of the minister, how about we count five dan per person and 3,000 people as 15,000 shi of food? Let's agree first, at this price, this person

An Da must keep it a secret, others won’t be able to get the price..."

Menggentulak then asked Magusu: "Are you satisfied, brother?"

Magusu nodded repeatedly: "Quite a few, the Liao people are the ones..."

Menggentulak didn't wait for Magusu to finish speaking, and took his arm: "Then the business is over! Come! Set up a banquet, roast the camel, and drink!"

The Tatars are bold and good at wine. Nowadays, there is more than just kumiss in Mengantulak.

There are also Yongchun dew, sweet potato roasted koji, roasted knives, and grape wine from the Western Regions.

They also changed the types of drinks, and soon Magusu became very drunk. Then Menggentulak drove Master Qu out of the tent, and he and his sworn brother were messing around in the big tent.

When they woke up the next day, the two of them got out of the beauties' arms and thighs and began to talk about the internal affairs of the Tatar tribe.

The current Zubu tribe occupies the Juyanze trade channel in the north of Suzhou, and the Baitar tribe occupies the Daxiangu trade channel outside Jiuyuan. The two tribes rely on the Song Dynasty, and their lives are much better than those of the grassland tribes.

Magusu was concerned that the two units seemed not to be affected by this year's drought, so Menggentulak took Magusu to inspect a circle of pastures.

Only then did Magusu discover that the Bai Ta tribe had allotted pastures to their own tribe. The tribesmen recruited slaves to work on their own pastures. Horses, cattle and sheep were kept on half of the pastures. The remaining half of the land would be planted after spring.

Tall grass.

According to Menggentulak, this kind of grass was stolen by the eldest son of Gereltu from the fairyland ten thousand miles away. It was mixed with a special thing brought by the Song people. In early autumn, it was chopped and mixed with

, buried in a large pit plastered with a kind of mortar, taken out in winter, and fed to the livestock with some feed from the Song Dynasty. The livestock became fat and strong. Even in winter, the cows could give milk and the lambs did not lose weight.

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The fruits of that grass can also be made into cakes. The cakes are golden and taste good.

Magusu was more concerned about the water source. As a result, Menggentulak pointed his whip at the gurgling iron-leaf windmill in the distance and said that there was no need to worry about the water. The iron windmill was made by Griletu.

The instrument is so powerful that the spirit can lift water up from the ground by itself.

The wooden house at the bottom of the big windmill was painted red by the herdsmen, and scriptures were written on it. Each pillar was tied with silk strips. It was the windmill well that the herdsmen used to create a clear spring.

Worship as a god.

Of course, when the water plants are in good condition, these windmills do not need to carry water. Most of the time, they are used for rolling felt, pressing wool, grinding flour, and cutting grass.

After all, Magusu was extremely envious, but it was a pity that he couldn't learn it because he was too close to the core area of ​​Khitan, and Yelu Hongji would only drive him around to fight against his fellow tribesmen, and would not give him a chance to develop in peace.

Carrying the title of Tatar Military Envoy on his back, it seems now that he has done more harm than good.

The two brothers galloped for a day, and Magusu had a general understanding of the two "cooked Tatar" lifestyles of Zubu and Bai Tatar.

In the past, such a tribe would only be coveted and annexed, but now that they have the sword breastplates and bows and arrows, the strength of the two tribes has skyrocketed, and it is good that they do not annex others.

On the way back, Magusu was thinking about it.

At that time, my father was ordered by the Lord of Liao to conquer the west and came to the bend of the Lqu River. Erdemutu, a famous wise man among the Tatars and the leader of the White Tartar tribe, once rode a five-flowered horse and rode alone.

Come to meet your father.

No one knows what the two discussed in the tent, but after that, my father admired Erdemutu's wisdom very much. Not only did he let go of the Bai Ta tribe, which was still very weak at the time, but he also ordered himself to worship Erdemutu.

The picture shows the adoptive father, who married Anda with Menggentulak.

When the White Disaster broke out that year, Magusu followed his father's order and went to the west to greet the two tribes. However, when he came to the bend of the Lqu River again, he heard that the two tribes had already sent his adoptive father Erde

Mutu was buried by the river, and then according to his instructions before his death, he headed south to the border of Xia Kingdom.

The water of the Lqu River changes constantly, just like the ebb and flow of various tribes in Tatar.

Thirty years on this side of the grassland, thirty years on that side of the grassland.

Looking at this prosperous grassland that never had to worry about drought or flood, Magusu admired his adoptive father's great wisdom.

A horse galloped from the east, and immediately behind it was an old man with white hair, shouting from a distance: "Where are you, Magusumengantulak?"

Menggentulak stood up from the stirrups and couldn't help but say "ouch": "Ouch, Geji is here, no, I have to hide..."

Magusu grabbed Menggentula and said, "It's a beautiful idea. If you want to hide together, you can hide together, and if you want to see each other, we can meet together."

Menggentulak shook Magusu's hand several times but did not shake it off, and old Geji had already rushed closer and could only say: "Geji, it's a rare visit to the tribe. I'm really happy to see him.

The past two days have inevitably been a bit ridiculous..."

Geji is an old shepherd, and he should be regarded as Magusu's in-laws.

Magusu brought her nine-year-old Haritaugao to her adoptive brother's Baitar tribe to "select a bride." Haritaugao, who was only nine years old, noticed at a glance that Geji's daughter had bigger feet, bigger butt, and a rounder face than other girls of the same age.

Make a marriage arrangement, say you like it, and when you grow up, you will drive the herd to marry you.

So the marriage was settled, the Tatars kept their promise, and from then on Lao Geji regarded Haritaugao as his son-in-law.

Then he saw Lao Geji holding the reins of Magusu's horse, not bothering to pay attention to Menggentulak's self-criticism, and said anxiously: "Oh, why are you two brothers still chatting here! Magusu, your tribe is here, say

The Liao people have detained Haritao Gao and want to kill him!"

"What?!" Magusu couldn't help being shocked: "Let's go! Go and ask what's going on!"

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In the big tent, Magusu asked about the situation and couldn't help but look gloomy.

The thing is very simple. Alusagu, who was newly promoted to Zuopushe in the Liao Dynasty for his contribution to pacifying the black chariot Wei Zhi, was not satisfied with the 500 prisoners brought by Haritao Gao. He thought that the number was too small to be with Yelu Hongji.

Showing his reported military exploits, he detained Haritaugao and asked Magusu to bring more prisoners of war in exchange.

The atmosphere in the tent was dull. Finally, Master Qu coughed and asked cautiously: "How much food did the Liao people promise to give Jiedu?"

Magusu let out a breath: "The prisoners of war were only given two hundred coins per person, silk banknotes! They said they were afraid that I would trade with you Song people!"

"And the millet that I should be distributed this year has not been given to me yet!"

Master Qu was stunned: "Are those who owe debts so arrogant now?"

Menggentulak whipped his horsewhip to the desk, leaving an ugly scar on the exquisite lacquered desk: "Master Qu is right! It's obviously the Liao Kingdom that owes An Da money and food, why should they pay it back?"

So arrogant?!"

Magusu smiled bitterly: "Now your godson is still in his hands. Brother, I'll thank you for your hospitality. I still have to go back."

Menggentulak said anxiously: "Brother, if you go like this, isn't it like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?"

Magusu said: "How about... I take the Shiwei people back? But the food along the way..."

Menggentulak said: "Don't worry about food, I can borrow it from my brother, but this tone..."

After saying that, he jumped up, raised his whip and whipped it in the air: "I'm so angry! I, Meng Tulak, can't swallow it! I can't swallow it!"

Master Qu quickly advised Menggentulak: "The prosperity of our tribe and Zubu in recent years is actually thanks to Jiedu's cover from the Liao people and isolating them to the east. We must do this."

Pay it back."
Chapter completed!