A poor peasant girl: Farming with a baby and abusing her husband

As a representative of the royal family, Liu Zhuo is the named ambassador. As the first ambassador appointed by the current emperor, it is enough to show that the court attaches great importance to the Tatar Kingdom.

Liu Zhuo led a team and escorted many pieces of cloth, fine horses, and famous tea.

Liu Zhuo himself is also a powerful martial artist, and there are many great masters in his team. This mission is mainly about peace talks, but the more important thing is to protect the safety of Liu Zhuo as the ambassador.

Starting from Kyoto, Liu Zhuo and his party passed through Wuliang Mountain again. The dense and evergreen area here is no longer rampant with bandits.

He could always think of his past with Yan Shu here. I just sigh that time flies by so fast, I really want everything to go smoothly and come back soon.

The team crossed Wuliang Mountain, passed through the fertile Hexi Corridor, and passed through grassland and desert. After more than half a month, they finally arrived at the border town of Tabur.

Xu Wei, the general who guarded Tabur, received Liu Zhuo. The environment here is very harsh. The wind and sand are raging at night. Even if Liu Zhuo stays in the adobe house within the city wall, he still feels the brutality of the wind and sand.

"Ambassador, by coming to the peace talks this time, the court has given the Tatars a great deal of face. To deal with those inhuman things, the court should send a powerful army to give them some color."

The beard on Xu Wei's rough face is particularly eye-catching, as if it is an unyielding weed under the wind and sand that has been raging for many years.

Liu Zhuo picked up the sheepskin kettle and poured it into his dry mouth, saying helplessly:

"Sending me here for peace talks is just a helpless move at the moment. The imperial court is now strong on the outside and on the inside, and the country is poor and the people are weak. Tabur is also a border town. A war is just a temporary blow and will not solve the long-term problem. It's just a thank you for the hard work of your guarding soldiers. .”

Xu Wei may have known the court's policy for a long time, but he was just complaining. He tilted his head and listened to the whistling wind beside the city wall with empty eyes, and murmured:

"It's just a hardship for the people here. The environment is so bad that it's difficult to survive, and they have to suffer humiliation from foreigners. Our small army has limited manpower. It can defend here, but we can't worry about there."

Liu Zhuo was speechless at this time.

Who could understand that it took him three or five times to get a response from the newspaper he wrote to the court. As a guard general, he didn't know what he was insisting on, and felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

It was already bright when Liu Zhuo woke up. He turned over and got dressed.

At this time, a soldier came in from the door, holding an iron plate in his hand. There were three cakes inside, a plate of dried meat, and a bowl of milk.

"Ambassador, please have a meal."

Liu Zhuo took one look and said, put it on the table, and then said:

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier, where is Mr. Xu?"

"It's quarter past nine, it's still early, but the sunrise is earlier here. The general has already gone out for inspection. He said that after you finish your meal, he asked me to take you to him."

Liu Zhuo nodded, then simply washed and tidied up and started eating.

In the past, all he ate in the Central Plains was delicate food, and this kind of rough food had a different taste for Liu Zhuo.

The seemingly dry naan bread turns out to be soft and crumbly when you bite it. After taking a sip of the rich goat milk, you will be immersed in the desert style.

When Liu Zhuo found Xu Wei, he was helping an old man dry cattle, sheepskins and other wool products by the border wall.

"Ambassador, you are here."

After Xu Wei finished sorting the sheepskin, he came over to say hello to Liu Zhuo.

Liu Zhuo: "You came out for inspection so early. I didn't expect the sun to come out so early here."

Xu Wei laughed twice:

"Yes, the sunshine here is long enough, and the people work long hours. You see, today is the market. Many people have come early to take up positions to sell some daily necessities. We also have to come early to inspect. On days like this, the city walls People and herdsmen on both sides will trade with each other, so conflicts and frictions will inevitably occur."

Liu Zhuo looked up and saw that the so-called border city wall was just a ruined wall, which had been eroded by the wind and sand like an old man approaching old age.

"Today is the day for mutual trading? It must be lively."

Liu Zhuo seemed to be looking forward to it.

"Ambassador, I have sent someone to send a message to the Tatars. I will arrange a meeting with you in the next two days for peace talks."

Xu Wei said.

Liu Zhuo: "There's no rush, there's still plenty of time anyway. Just ask your subordinates to arrange the supplies I'll deliver and assemble the team. I'll arrange the rest myself."

After saying that, he walked deeper into the crowd with his gauze-covered bamboo hat.

Xu Wei asked worriedly: "Ambassador, do you want to send an additional entourage to be with you?"

Liu Zhuo waved his hand.

Tabul is a small town. April and May are the months when temperatures rise.

As the number of people on the mutual market increases, it becomes more and more lively.

In addition to the Han people, I also began to see a few Tartars wearing fur hats and long braids.

In addition to many merchants buying leather goods, there are also many sellers of mutton skewers, steamed buns, mountain medicinal materials, cloth and clothing materials, and jewelry.

Liu Zhuo walked to a young man's stall and looked at the sizzling beef and mutton he was grilling. He decided to order a few skewers first.

"Hmm, the meat is fat but not greasy, full of caramel flavor, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, good ingredients."

Liu Zhuo had eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but he couldn't help but marvel at such rough and primitive delicacies.

"Sir, you are really knowledgeable. My red willow mutton skewers are authentic delicacies. It took a long time for many people in Tarra to learn the essence."

The meat skewers boss said casually.

Liu Zhuo: "Don't the Tartars often come here to burn, kill, and plunder? Are you not afraid?"

Meat Kebab Boss: "I'm afraid, but this is the only place where we have communication with Tartar. Businessmen from the north and south gather here. Everyone wants to make a fortune here. The more dangerous the place, the more opportunities there are."

Liu Zhuo found some copper coins and handed them to him, smiled and nodded yes.

Of course, he also saw the Tartars exchanging their gemstone beads for coarse salt from the salt sellers. The two sides felt that they were at a disadvantage because they did not have a unified currency and had a big quarrel.

Of course, there are also lively scenes of other vendors arguing with each other. As long as no serious conflicts break out, this kind of market is a good way to completely stimulate development.

He was walking and shopping until he saw several Taran men surrounding a blacksmith stall.

The blacksmith's head was wrapped in a gray cloth kerchief, and his square face was burned red by the fire. The iron piece in his hand burned red in the fire, and then he took it to the iron plate and struck it hard with a hammer, and it slowly took shape.

Several Tatar men had their hair braided. He also wears slightly curly short hair, and his face is covered with dark red skin. Compared with ordinary Han people, his foreign characteristics are still very obvious.

Several people whispered, and then a sturdy Tartar man took out two gold ingots from his waist and slapped them on the chopping board and said:

"I want this iron sword in your hand, but I need you to sharpen it for me!"

The blacksmith continued to hammer his piece of iron, ignoring the people in front of him.