Mixed in Datang to be a son-in-law

Zhou Jinyan made a payment, it was already midnight, and he had walked such a long distance, so he had no idea to continue chatting with others.

Just want to go to bed early.

Qi Gu nodded, and led Zhou Jinyan and others up, the surroundings were dark, and Zhou Jinyan didn't bother to look at anything.

After a while, Qigu led them to a courtyard.

"Your Majesty, you will stay here tonight for the time being."

Zhou Jinyan walked in and found that although the conditions were mediocre, the environment was not bad.

Walking inside and sitting down, he casually said, "Qi Gu, where do you sleep at night?"

Qi Gu said: "I sleep here too, I won't leave."

Zhou Jinyan stopped talking after hearing the words, and waved his hands.

Xue Ji brought a basin of hot water from somewhere, Zhou Jinyan scalded her feet, and said, "You two are also scalded, are you tired from walking all night?"

"Tired but not tired, I just feel that the conditions here are really bad."

Xue Ji put the sword in her hand aside, sat on a chair and took off her shoes and socks.

"With such poor conditions, they still treat themselves as treasures, and they don't know what to think."

"Everyone has his own aspirations."

Zhou Jinyan lifted the quilt, the quilt was cold, "Hurry up and wash, come in and help me cover the quilt."

After washing their feet, the two girls hurriedly washed their feet, instead of pouring water, they moved the water basin away from each other, and then went to bed together, resting in Zhou Jinyan's arms on one side and one on the right.

Although winter is long gone, it is still very cold at night, and the three of us are huddled together.

Zhou Jinyan hugged Ruan. Yu. Wen. Xiang, without any thoughts in his mind, and soon fell asleep.

Early the next day, Zhou Jinyan was called out.

After tidying up, he followed Qi Gu to the residence of the chief of the Zhuoyan tribe.

Both Xue Ji and Mei Ji had a bad expression on their faces, thinking that the patriarch took himself too seriously, he should be the one who came to see Zhou Jinyan.

It's just that Zhou Jinyan didn't say anything, and they couldn't say much.

"My lord, the patriarch is inside."

Qi Gu turned around and said, just as he was about to go in, he saw a pale-haired old man walking out of it. The old man looked unhealthy and walked tremblingly.

"I can't meet the king far away, but I hope the king will forgive me."

As Ai Guli said, he was about to put the wooden stick in his hand aside, and wanted to salute.

"no."

Zhou Jinyan stepped forward quickly, and supported him: "The old patriarch is spared."

Ai Guli sighed and said: "Last time, my Zhuoyan tribe offended me a lot, and I hope the king will forgive our mistakes."

"Those who don't know are innocent, I didn't take it to heart."

Zhou Jinyan said with a smile.

Qi Gu smiled and said: "Patriarch, are you relieved now? I just said that the king has a big heart and doesn't care about what happened before us."

Ai Guli nodded with a smile, and let everyone into the room.

After entering the room, Zhou Jinyan realized that there were still many people in the room.

However, these people were all kneeling on the bedding. Seeing Zhou Jinyan come in, they put their arms around their chests together, bent down and bowed, and spoke words that he didn't understand.

Zhou Jinyan frowned.

Qi Gu explained: "Your Majesty, this is the etiquette for our Zhuoyan Department to welcome distinguished guests, and it also means that we are willing to follow Your Majesty."

He pointed at the crowd and said: "These are the big and small leaders of my Zhuoyan Department."

He also didn't understand Zhuo Yan's etiquette, he would do whatever Qi Gu arranged.

In the end, he sat at the head of the crowd, and below them was their patriarch Aiguli.

After another understanding that Zhou Jinyan couldn't understand, Zhou Jinyan read it patiently, and then gave Qigu a wink.

Qigu immediately walked up to the patriarch and muttered a few words.

Not knowing what Qi Gu said to him, Ai Guli just nodded.

Qi Gu walked back, Ai Guli looked at Zhou Jin and said, "Respected King Xihai, may I ask you a few questions."

"Old patriarch, please ask. I can answer any questions that need to be solved for you."

Chapter 1177 Hobbies

Ai Guli smiled, and seemed to be in better spirits, and said, "My lord, are you really willing to let our Zhuoyan Department be the spokesperson of Kunzhou?"

Zhou Jinyan's heart was slightly cold, but he said in his mouth: "Of course I am willing, I asked Qi Gu to tell you before."

Ai Guli continued: "Is it still the same management method as Datang?"

Zhou Jinyan shook his head and said, "It's a little different."

"Oh, please ask your majesty to clarify."

Before Zhou Jinyan could speak, Ai Guli said again: "My lord, our Zhuoyan Department has its own rules. We hope that our own people can always lead the Zhuoyan Department. Of course, you can send someone to supervise."

Zhou Jinyan smiled and said: "Of course there is no problem with this, it's just a matter of soldiers and horses. I hope you can understand that your Zhuoyan Department can only have a certain number of people, and you cannot exceed this number."

Ai Guli frowned and asked, "How much?"

Zhou Jinyan asked without answering, "How many do you have now?"

Ai Guli proudly said: "My Zhuoyan tribe, regardless of men and women, are all capable of recruiting and fighting."

"100 people!"

Hearing his bragging, Zhou Jinyan gave him a number.

Aiguli frowned, and the expressions of everyone below changed drastically.

He even looked at Zhou Jinyan angrily.

Zhou Jinyan smiled and said: "You Zhuoyan tribe are all capable of recruiting and fighting, so you don't need so many real regular troops. I think 100 people are enough to maintain a normal order."

Without waiting for Ai Guli to speak, Zhou Jinyan continued: "Old patriarch, to tell you the truth, you have 100 people, but the troops I deployed in the whole Kunzhou are only one or two thousand. The local selection is still from your Zhuoyan Department, do you understand what I mean?"

Ai Guli frowned and said: "You said you formed an army and gave us the command of the Zhuoyan Department?"

"It's not like this."

Zhou Jinyan said seriously: "The people I am referring to are from the people within your jurisdiction. After defeating the Tashan tribe, your Zhuoyan tribe's power has expanded. They are all loyal fighters. If I use your people, what will you do?" Are you afraid that I will be disadvantageous to you?"

Qi Gu whispered: "My lord, when our tribe expands, will this small group of people not be able to maintain the basic order?"

Zhou Jinyan said with a smile: "Qi Gu, although your Zhuoyan Department has expanded, but I am the top leader here. I should have thought of a solution to these problems. Does your Zhuoyan Department want to be self-reliant?"

Ai Guli hurriedly said: "We are willing to obey the leadership of the king, there is absolutely no other meaning."

"Since that's the case, let's stop here today. You can discuss the rest by yourself. If you are not satisfied, give me the result today."

After Zhou Jinyan finished speaking, he got up and left.

Seeing Zhou Jinyan leave, Ai Guli's face darkened.

"Qi Gu!"

Qi Gu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Patriarch."

"The King of Xihai doesn't seem to be sincerely cooperating with us."

Qi Gu was puzzled and said: "How to say, I don't think there is any problem?"

Ai Guli snorted: "Our Zhuoyan tribe has less than 2000 people now, but we have 100 brave fighters. When our power expands, we can only have [-] fighters. Tell me, what is the reason for this?"

Qi Gu hesitated for a moment, and said, "It should be something wrong with what you said just now."

"What?"

"You said that all of our Zhuoyan tribe are capable of conquering and fighting. If so, the King of Xihai may think that..."

Aiguli frowned slightly, "If that's the case, wouldn't we just have to look at his face in the future?"

Qigu sighed, "Then what does the patriarch mean? Let him cooperate with the Tashan tribe? Our Zhuoyan tribe will be gone."

Ai Guli said: "But I always feel that things are not that simple. What will you do when the king of Xihai unloads the mill and kills the donkey?"

Qi Gu was speechless for a while, don't use allusions if you don't know allusions, you are a donkey yourself?

He complained in his heart, but said solemnly: "Probably not. Besides, with the ability of the King of the West Sea, he can directly destroy us. Why bother with us like this?"

Ai Guli hadn't spoken yet, someone behind him said: "I can't see it, the King of the West Sea is powerful, and I admit it, but this time he didn't bring a few people over, and he was in our hands again, they arrested him, I think Even if he has three heads and six arms, how powerful can he be?"

Qi Gu turned pale, forced a smile and said, "Prado, don't be joking."

"I'm not joking. There is really no other way but to do so."

Qi Gu said coldly: "The king of Xihai dared to come here, I think he naturally has his own means of saving his life. Besides, we backtracked on our promises, what do the world think of our Zhuoyan Department?"

"How to treat?"

Prado said: "He wants to harm our interests. We have protected everyone's interests. Maybe everyone will think highly of us. Our prestige will be even stronger."

Qi Gu shook his head, "You are so naive, let me ask you, even if the King of Xihai is captured, what should we do if his subordinates retaliate? Do you really think that we can resist their attack?"

Prado sneered and said, "We have King Xihai in hand, what are we afraid of? Could it be that they don't care about King Xihai's life?"

"I don't agree with this matter!"

He tried his best to facilitate this matter, but he didn't expect someone to think so, which made Qi Gu very angry.

Aiguli is very old, except for frowning occasionally, he rarely shows other expressions.

At this time, his expression was calm, and he knelt and sat there with his eyes closed.

"Patriarch, what do you think?"

Qi Gu said softly: "Although the king's conditions are a bit harsh, our Zhuoyan tribe ruled Kunzhou. At that time, there was no Tashan tribe. Isn't this what you have always wanted to see?"

Ai Guli sighed, and said: "It's what I want to see, but I'm more afraid that he will take the opportunity to destroy our Zhuoyan Department."

Qi Gu didn't take it seriously, thinking that Ai Guli was too careful.

"Then what do you say?"

"500 people!"

Ai Guli slowly opened his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Qigu, you go and tell him that we request that we still have the original organizational system and allow us to have an army of 500 people, otherwise our Zhuoyan Department really doesn't feel safe. "

Qigu opened her mouth.

"What do you want to say?"

Aiguli asked.

Qi Gu said: "We will be like this for a while, and we will be like that for a while. The King of Xihai came here happily. What if he gets angry?"

Ai Guli shook his head and said: "This is related to the future development of our Zhuoyan Department, and there must be no compromise, but we can also compensate him."

Qigu asked strangely: "Compensation?"

"Aren't there a few town treasures in our clan? Choose one and give it to King Xihai to show him our determination. At the same time, that's just self-protection."

Qi Gu nodded.

Suddenly said: "I heard that Xihai King is very lustful, maybe we can start from this aspect."

Chapter 1178 Bargaining

"Lustful?"