Frankly speaking, the pottery merchant was not very confident about Ear and Nose. He did not take this little Hun prince under his command on a whim.
Letting Yu Erbi raise horses is only a small reason. After all, there are many people who are good at raising and buying horses, so it is not necessary to use these Huns.
The important reason why the pottery merchant took the risk to capture the father and son in the bowl was because of the special identity of Prince Yu Erbi.
Nowadays, the feudal lords in the Central Plains of Han Dynasty are divided, but the foreign races in the north are increasing in strength and development year by year, and their population and people are penetrating into the north of the Central Plains little by little, although they are still not enough to compete with the Han Dynasty.
It's not a big deal, but it's a fact that they are getting stronger little by little.
Among them, the Qiang, Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei, etc. are the most important.
Now that the pottery merchants have come to Hebei, dealing with Yuan Shao's expansion of territory and population is only one aspect, and the other aspect is to find ways to solve the potential threat to the northern grasslands.
Depending on the strength of the pottery merchants, it would be somewhat difficult to completely eat the Xianbei or Southern Xiongnu, so it is better to use a series of methods such as auxiliary planting, differentiation, and integration.
But after all these years, Yu Erbi has not been completely tamed, and there is still some unruliness and ambition in his heart. The potter feels somewhat uneasy about this person.
Therefore, although he gave Yu Erbi a chance to make a contribution last time, Yu Erbi lived up to expectations and truly surprised the pottery merchant, proving his ability.
But his determination to endure hardships was also indirectly exposed.
To avoid future troubles, the pottery merchant continued to hide him in the snow and did not send him to show up again, because he still had to carefully consider this matter.
But today, through the conversation with Liu Bao, Tao Shang discovered that he is a more suitable candidate than Yu Erbi.
That's the king's grandson.
This boy's ambition has been completely worn away. To a certain extent, instead of going back to Mobei to enjoy the wind and sun, it would be better to stay in the prosperous middle-land and comfortable city-state and feel more comfortable.
Carefree.
People have different requirements for the quality of life. Some people want to be able to vomit and dominate the world, and they don't care how much hardship they have to endure for this.
But some people just want to live happily.
"It's a tiger."
The potter sighed, then waved to Liu Hu, asked him to sit down and said, "Tao can understand your loyalty to Tao, but the royal court of the Southern Xiongnu and the Xianbei tribes have been
His behavior is somewhat...somewhat..."
How to describe some of them? The pottery merchant couldn't think of a suitable word to describe them.
Liu Hubi hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, my subordinates now completely regard themselves as Han people. The Han people are my home! I understand everything you want to say to me. Prime Minister, there is no need to avoid taboos."
The potter's mouth widened in surprise.
Is this kid so completely rebellious?
Lord Wangsun, where is your national dignity?
Liu Hu saw the Tao merchant looking at him blankly, thinking that Prime Minister Tao still had doubts in his heart, so he hurriedly stood up, patted his chest and assured: "The Huns and Xianbei are just nomadic peoples in the north, how can they be compared with me, a big man?"
?Our Han Dynasty has been passed down for more than four hundred years, and the civilization of China has been passed down for thousands of years. It is so prosperous and prosperous, and the Prime Minister is wise and decisive. It is naturally a piece of cake to clean up these small foreign tribes. If the Prime Minister can use it, it belongs to
I am willing to do my best to help the Prime Minister complete the great task of unifying China and driving out the foreign tribes from the north!"
The potter gave a thumbs up and praised: "Hubie, Tao, I really didn't expect that your consciousness is so high. What you said just now is really impassioned and thought-provoking! Especially the sentence of expelling foreigners, of course.
It makes people’s hearts swell and the blood rushes all over their bodies...it’s so professional.”
Liu Hu quickly said he didn’t dare.
Tao Shang sighed and said, "However, your father's side..."
Liu Hu hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, you don't have to worry about him. He is old, he can't understand some things, and he is not clear-headed. Prime Minister, there is no need to be as knowledgeable as him."
Tao Shang sighed and said: "Besides, I think he still hopes to go back to Mobei... After all, he will be a king after he goes back. Let me think about it."
Liu Hubi wanted to say something, but seeing that the pottery merchant didn't want to talk anymore, he immediately withdrew angrily.
After a while, A Fei and Xu Chu came in.
As soon as he saw the pottery merchant, A Fei immediately showed a smile. He came up to him and said to the pottery merchant: "Prime Minister, have you ever heard that the Huns will come here in a few days?"
Although A Fei had not been with the potter for a long time, the potter was very attached to him and liked the young man very much. When he saw him, he felt a particularly kind feeling, just like seeing his biological brother.
Ah Fei is also very lively. Compared with Tao Ying, he is more rare than Tao Ying.
The pottery merchant smiled and said to Ah Fei: "They will come, but it's hard to say whether they will be the Huns, so in addition to sending you here this time, I also asked Liu Hubi to come with him.
coming."
"Not the Huns?" A Feihe and Xu Chu were confused at the same time.
Xu Chu asked: "Didn't Miss Zhen say that the people who came to do business with him this time were Huns? Why did the Prime Minister say no?"
The pottery merchant smiled slightly and said: "I have said that the daughter of the Zhen family must have received Yuan Shao's order this time and came to plot against me. And this Xiongnu caravan must have thousands of connections with Yuan Shao.
Otherwise, they would not use the Zhen family's huge property as a temptation for no reason, and then perform such a circus... The problem must be with this caravan... But in fact, the real Southern Huns royal court
, the relationship with Yuan Shao is actually not harmonious."
Ah Fei suddenly said: "So the Prime Minister thinks they are all pretending?"
"I can't guarantee whether it's fake or not. I'll let Liu Bao take a look later to confirm."
Ah Fei nodded suddenly, then suddenly smiled and said to Tao Shang: "Prime Minister, when I came in just now, I saw the Miss Zhen family. She was so beautiful. I never thought there could be such a beautiful woman in the world!"
I really underestimated the heroes of the world."
The pottery merchant rolled his eyes and said: "You kid is speechless. She is beautiful because she is beautiful. What does it have to do with the heroes of the world?"
Ah Fei rubbed his head and laughed.
Xu Chu snorted from behind and said to Ah Fei: "You better not make mistakes, that little woman has been captured by the prime minister a long time ago."
Upon hearing this, A Fei turned to look at the pottery merchant in surprise, his clear eyes full of admiration.
"Prime Minister, that Lu Lingqi has just hooked up with you in the mansion, and you got another one so soon?"
Suddenly a black line appeared on the potter's head.
Little brat, what is hooking up and what is another?
…
A few days later, the Huns who were doing horse business with Zhen Mi arrived in Qihe County.
Judging from their clothing, appearance and conversation, they are exactly the same as the Huns in my impression. At least from the perspective of a pottery merchant, there are no flaws.
Liu Hubi, who had been following the potter, followed the potter's orders, looked at the Huns carefully, and carefully observed the way they spoke and acted.
When he was young, he saw Liu Hu taking the time to come to the pottery merchant and said to him: "Prime Minister, although these people dress up very similar, they are definitely not Huns."
"Oh?" The pottery merchant suddenly became interested when he heard this: "Then can you tell who they are?"