Reincarnation of the powerful minister

At the fourth watch, Qingshuiying was still shrouded in an indigo night.Today is the first day of the opening of the horse market. Before dawn, all the defenders at the east and south gates have been dispatched to check the people entering the city one by one. They are very busy.

The northern city wall is the Great Wall, and there are no door openings. It is only necessary to strengthen the patrol of the beacon tower.The East City Gate is the usual entry and exit portal for foreigners. There are urns and secret doors. In order to prevent foreign enemies from infiltrating, the entry and exit inspections are extremely strict.

Qingshuihe Grassland is just outside the east gate.

The horseshoes galloped, and the dew fell like rain on the grass blades.Su Yan was dressed in a group of blue with cloud shoulders and sleeves, the tone was elegant, and the brocade face made of flowers and gold showed a bit of luxury. He rode a horse and came across the meadow in the early morning.

Thirteen horsemen and horses stopped in front of a big tent decorated with wolf tails and green stone beads.

Su Yan got off his horse and told Chu Yuan to wait for Jin Yiwei: "You wait outside the tent, Ah Zhui can just follow me."

Then he turned his head and said to Yan Chengxue and Huo Dun, "Follow me. Don't forget, you are not Taipu Siqing and Lingzhou joining the army, but two people who made mistakes. Take the attitude you should have. come out."

Yan Chengxue and Huo Dun didn't wear patch and armor, they only wore casual clothes.

Su Yan ordered them to take off their official uniforms and hats, and go to sincerely apologize to the sufferer.When Yan Chengxue heard this, his face suddenly changed: "Ask me to apologize to a northern barbarian tartar? Is Su Yushi crazy? Before you eat cattle and sheep, don't you have to apologize to the meat on the plate!"

Su Yan didn't care about the disrespect of his words, and said indifferently: "But they are not cattle and sheep. As long as there is no national enmity and blood debt with me, they should be treated as human beings. Besides, the emperor sent special envoys to cooperate with Wala and other ministries. As for the matter of negotiating a joint anti-Tartar alliance, does Lord Yan think that the emperor is asking for letters from cattle and sheep?"

Yan Chengxue was so choked by him that he couldn't speak, so he had to bow his hands in the direction of the capital, saying "I dare not die".

"Since Mr. Yan has expressed his position in public, I am the only one who follows the lead, so I should practice it."

"After all, this official is the official of the Ming Dynasty... Personal humiliation is a small matter, but the national humiliation is a big one. I hope Su Yushi thinks twice!"

Su Yan smirked: "People who humiliate others will always humiliate them. Or is it that Mr. Yan means that he wants to ask for dismissal from his post and lose his status, and become a white body. If he makes amends, it will not insult the country's system?"

Before Yan Chengxue had time to speak, Huo Dun was afraid that he would anger Su Yan and be dismissed, so he tugged on his sleeve to signal Su Yan, and said to Su Yan: "Yan Siqing didn't mean that, and he didn't dare to treat Master Su like that." Disrespectful, he has a withdrawn personality, and his words are not pleasant, please take care of Master Su."

Su Yan said in his heart: Shit, Ah Zhui is so withdrawn, your old Yan is so perverted, narrow-minded and mean-spirited.

For Huo Dun's sake, Yan Chengxue reluctantly shut up, as a tacit consent.

Standing in front of the tent right now, his face was as dark as if he was attending a funeral for a relative or friend.

On the contrary, Holden still seemed calm.He had no intention of killing Altan before, and he followed Yan Chengxue's order to send out troops for the purpose of arresting him. He even had the pleasure of competing with a master when fighting.He came to apologize this time, and he also knew Yiyan Chengxue's temperament, it was absolutely impossible to persuade a barbarian to soften him, even if he could make a bow, he still had to rely on him to deal with it.

Su Yan led the three of them towards the tent gate, and before they could ask any questions, the curtain was lifted.

Altan still has curly hair and shawls, with gold beads in his hair. He wears a brand new gray-blue robe with a pattern of sausages on the collar and cuffs. He wears a palm-width golden animal head leather belt around his waist. Huosi, wearing fragrant cowhide boots, dressed very neatly.

His burly figure stood like a god at the door of the tent, with his broad chest facing Su Yan's face.

Su Yan looked up at him, hit by envy and oppression at the same time, and wanted to blurt out: Big brother, the way of heaven has more damage than service, can you give me ten centimeters?

Altan also looked at Su Yan who was wearing Yisha in front of him, and couldn't help but smile, "You are very suitable to wear our grandson's robe, it looks good."

Yesa was originally a clothing standard invented by the northern desert tribes. It is called "Zhengsun" in both Tatar and Wala. Since it was introduced to the Central Plains in the Yuan Dynasty, it became very popular in the Ming Dynasty because of its convenience in riding and shooting. The combination of styles and patterns has formed the gorgeous and colorful pleated skirt and robe with pipa sleeves.

Compared with bulky Taoist robes and straight gowns, Su Yan prefers to wear free-flowing clothes, so he also smiled and said, "It's good to show your size."

Altan laughed and grabbed Su Yan's shoulder, trying to bring him into the tent.

Jing Hong followed with a cold look, reached out and grabbed Al Tan's wrist, forcing him to let go.Altan turned his head to look at Jing Hongchai, and raised his eyebrows provocatively.

One of the two insisted on fighting, and the other insisted on withdrawing the other. The two streams of true energy were undercurrents in the fingers, wrists, and arms, and they were afraid that they would burst out and hurt Su Yan, so they secretly competed and saw each other back and forth.

Su Yan heard the joints of the two hands on his shoulders rattling, and looked at the two people on the left and right inexplicably, and suddenly recalled in his heart the scene of the roommates hooking up and going to the cafeteria after playing football in the previous life, so he also stretched out his arms to embrace Jing Hong's pursuit. shoulder, said: "Wow, let's go together."

So the three of them entered the tent side by side with shoulders crossed.Yan Chengxue and Huo Dun followed behind with astonishment on their faces.

...To actually flirt with a barbarian, it's so gentle!Yan Chengxue slandered, could it be that this kid surnamed Su really colluded with Yidi, so he suppressed and humiliated us and vented his anger on the barbarians?

He was so angry that he turned around and left, but Huo Dun grabbed him and comforted him in a low voice: "People are under the eaves, just keep your head down and pass by, at worst, you can read him a book later. Isn't it too late for a gentleman to take revenge in three years."

Only then did Yan Chengxue hold back, and was dragged into the tent by Huo Dun.

A large pot of food was being cooked in the corner of the tent, and the milk was fragrant.Altan called Su Yan to sit down on the low couch, Su Yan pulled Jing Hong after him, and asked him to sit cross-legged on the soft cushion beside her.

Yan Chengxue hated the smell of milk so much, she was so smoked that she was almost breathless, she just wanted to pinch her nose and stop breathing.He had originally made up his mind that he would never apologize, but now he felt that if he could stop smelling it, he would rather apologize.

Huo Dun opened his mouth first, cupped his fists at Al Tan and said, "Last night, indiscriminately, I ordered people to arrest Your Excellency, and turned swords and guns on Your Excellency. It was my fault. I am here to apologize today, and hope that Your Excellency will forgive me." He tugged at his friend's sleeve.

Yan Chengxue forced himself to hold his breath, his pale face flushed red, he cupped his hands indiscriminately, and quickly said: "I'm sorry." Immediately, he couldn't bear it and flung his sleeves out of the tent.

Huo Dun smiled helplessly at Su Yan.

Su Yan sighed to Altan: "I know that their apology is out of desperation and they are unwilling, but I can only go so far. As for whether to forgive, it's up to you."

"Forget it." Altan didn't look at Yan Chengxue and Huo Dun the whole time. After saying these two words, he emphasized, "It's not forgiveness, it's forget it."

Su Yan nodded: "I understand."

Huo Dun was worried about Yan Chengxue's safety, so he waved his fists to Su Yan and bid farewell.

Altan patted the tabletop of the kang table, stood up and said, "Don't worry about those spoilers, I'll treat you to a pot of tea." He walked to the corner and lifted the lid of the pot.Air-dried meat, cheese, and milk skin are tossed in the brewed milk tea, which is fragrant and fragrant.

In his previous life, Su Yan even loved cheese ribs hot pot, so he naturally had no objection to the taste. He clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's just right, we didn't have time to eat breakfast, so we came hungry."

Altan made three big bowls and brought them to the Kang table.

The fried rice and milk tofu become softer and more delicious as they are soaked. The three of them sat around the table and ate them with spoons.

Su Yan eats well, but doesn't abide by the Confucian saying that "eating does not speak". While eating, he asked, "What is the unit price for the horses you brought?"

"As I said before, a hundred catties of tea." Altan said.

"I want everything, wholesale price, how about a discount?"

"... Net price, no discount."

Su Yan bit the milk tofu with a smile, "Don't do this, give some discount, otherwise the buyer will feel that he can't take advantage of it, and he will feel unhappy. Besides, when selling to retail investors, you still have to shout and bargain one by one. What a waste of effort, what a delay. Time is gold, my friend."

Altan: "My friend...that's right. But there is also a saying in the Central Plains that tells brothers to settle accounts clearly."

Su Yan: "There is another saying, small profits but quick turnover, winning by quantity. You see, it is packaged and sold to the Daming government, and there is no need for after-sales, and the payment is simply not a hassle. I will check the quality of the tea for you, and you can make a discount here. Cost-effective."

Altan put down the bowl helplessly, and stared at him: "95 catties, there can be no less. No matter how little it affects my assessment of experience tasks."

Su Yan asked curiously: "Experience mission? Who arranged it?"

"My father—father, and the elders of the clan."

"There is a question, I have always wanted to ask... How old are you? Why do you need to arrange training in the tribe?"

Altan: "Nineteen."

Su Yan looked at him in amazement, thinking he really couldn't tell!Young is young, but 19 looks like 29.

However, he had also heard that the living conditions of the northern desert tribes were harsh. Boys in their early ten years began to hunt wolves and fight tigers. Because they had experienced hardships, they matured early and aged slowly.Maybe in another 20 years, at the age of 39, Altan will still look like this.

Altan smiled: "Didn't you see it? I saw it. You are only fifteen or sixteen, younger than my brother."

"Seventeen!" Su Yan pouted, thinking that I will be 40 years old in two lifetimes, and you still have to call me uncle.

Altan stretched out his finger and tapped his forehead lightly: "It's still younger than me."

Jing Hong coughed and reminded the two: "Isn't it bargaining? Talk about business, don't digress." What ten 79, meet by chance, business affairs, personal privacy so clear what to do, don't ask for help!

Su Yan immediately returned to the subject: "Eighty catties?"

"No, 95."

"Take a step back, 85?"

"It's been discounted, it's 95."

Su Yan was a little annoyed. He slapped the table, and the empty bowl slammed, "Ninety-five percent off, how dare you call it a discount? Show some sincerity to the boss, at least give me a ten percent off! Are you still a man, huh? Hurry up, ten percent off is enough." [-]% off, don't whine!"

Altan looked at him with a wry smile, there seemed to be helplessness between his brows, and he didn't speak.

"Ninety catties of tea for each horse, and I will subsidize you with a thousand salt in the end. That's the deal." Su Yan said viciously, "If you don't want to, then we will break up. You and I have no chance at all. I spend money. If this deal fails, don't say you won't be a repeat customer in the future, just be a passer-by when you meet."

Jing Hongzhui thought it was good to have a couple of shots - she was just a passerby, so she got up immediately and was about to pull Su Yan away.

Altan involuntarily stroked the green bamboo headband wrapped around his left wrist, and sighed resignedly: "Deal."

Su Yan let out a sigh of relief.

The batch of horses Altan brought were all top-quality stallions, and each one hundred catties of tea was really not expensive, and it was sold at a low price with a [-]% discount.As for the one thousand salt he subsidized, the market value is only ten good horses, which is just a nice addition in terms of quantity.Moreover, Lingzhou itself is the place where pond salt is produced. Although salt is scarce in Beimo, it is not worth much here.

Looking at Altan's face, he felt a little embarrassed again, and said with a dry smile: "How about this, sell me all your horses, and don't keep the cargo, I will prepare the goods for you free of charge." Ma, send a special escort to be responsible for sending the tea and salt to Wala."

Altan thought to himself: This Su Yan really has a good plan!Our horses, even if some defective ones are picked out to transport goods, are much better than those skinny official horses of your Ming country.Give it to me for free and don't want it, it will damage our horse breed.

But when the words came out, it turned into: "Then there is work. Why don't you go with the cargo? Our tribe is at the foot of the Altai Mountains, beside the Selenga River. There are lush water plants and vast forests. It is worth seeing."

Su Yan is still very interested in traveling abroad, but unfortunately he has heavy responsibilities on his shoulders, so how can he spare time to go to the grasslands, so he declined: "Let's talk about it when we have time in the future."

Altan showed regret, but he didn't force it. He only restrained his smile and said seriously, "Now can you tell me your real identity?"

Su Yan was a little embarrassed, stood up and put on his clothes, cupped his hands and said: "Su Yan, whose name is Qinghe, is a second-class Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty. He is currently the supervisory censor and Shaanxi governor censor."

Altan stared at him blankly, "Sure enough, he is an official."

"You once said in the Xicheng Fort that you can't trust any official from Ming Kingdom. Now, can you trust me?"

"...It depends on what it is. If the interests of the two countries are not involved, I will regard you as a trustworthy friend."

Su Yan laughed: "To each other."

"There is one more thing, I would like to trouble you for your help." He asked Altan before leaving, "Have you heard of the name 'Wuhalang'?"

Among the surviving Jinyiwei, there is a man named "Huang Liji", who has extensive knowledge and strong memorization, and is proficient in the languages ​​of the tribes in the northern desert.Su Yan asked him last night, what was the groaning in those people who encountered Tatar cavalry in Hengliangzi Town that day?

Huang Liji couldn't directly say that they regarded Master Su as a fair-skinned and beautiful woman, and only said that those Tartars mentioned "Wu Ha Lang" and wanted to dedicate the stolen money and food to him.

Su Yan asked Huo Dun, and Huo Dun said that he had never heard of this name during the battle with the Tartars, so it should not be a Tatar general.

He had no choice but to pin his hopes on Altan, hoping that this young Oirat aristocrat could tell him the answer because of his familiarity with the tribes of the Northern Desert, especially the tribes of feuds.

Sure enough, Altan frowned when he heard the name, with a look of contempt on his face: "How do you know this man? He is the youngest son of the Tatar grand master Tuohuotai, and he is a worthless waste. Fishing and hunting, especially love the women of the Central Plains, because of their tyrannical nature, they often tortured the plundered women to death, even among the tribes, they have a bad reputation."

Su Yan asked again: "Where has this Wuhalang been haunted recently?"

Altan replied: "I don't know much about this. I left the tribe two months ago, bypassed the Tatar territory, and entered the Ming country last month. I didn't inquire about his whereabouts."

Su Yan thanked him and got up to leave.

Altan sent Su Yan out of the tent, and couldn't help but ask, "How long will you stay in Qingshui Camp?"

Su Yan smiled and said, "It's been longer than you. After completing the transaction procedures with the government, and after the money and goods are settled, it's time for you to go back, right?"

Altan nodded and added: "I will stay for a few more days to visit the grand occasion of the horse market, and leave after the horse market is over."

"I hope to go back to Beijing at the end of the year." Su Yan looked in the direction of the capital, feeling a little sad.

He knows that cleaning up the horse administration is a big project, and it will take only a few years to establish a normal operation and healthy development of the official pastoral system, and it is difficult to achieve it all.

Even if he puts up the airs first, establishes the system, and then selects suitable officials to take over the job later, judging from the current chaotic momentum, it will take at least a year and a half.

He wants to go back to Beijing.

Once upon a time, the capital city became his second "home" after he came to this era, a place where he would think and dream.Of course, it wasn't because of a Sanjin courtyard that had been smashed by someone, but because of those people in the capital that he cared about.

"The capital of Ming Kingdom..." Altan squinted his eyes at the distant mountains, imagining the bustling and misty capital of the emperor, with a distant expression, "'The fate of heaven is enshrined, and the rivers and mountains are magnificent. The universe encompasses all nations, and the sun and the moon shine on all life' , I don’t know what kind of capital it is.”

"It is said that Wan Yanliang, the gold master in the past, heard Liu Yong's "Looking at the Tide of the Sea" by "Three Autumn Osmanthus, Ten Miles of Lotus". There is no other frontier, raise millions of troops to the West Lake, and immediately hit the first peak of Wushan!' Vow to enter the Central Plains and take this rich and magnificent mountain and river as our own."

Su Yan half-jokingly, half-warningly said, "Nowadays, even a young horse dealer in Wala can recite poems describing the capital of our country. Does your department have the intention of knocking on the gate?"

Altan turned around and said, "Brother Su is joking, I just admire the culture of the Central Plains and have no other intentions. Besides, how can I, a horse dealer, be so concerned about the important matters of my family and country?"

Su Yan thought in his heart that he would be a ghost if he believed in you. With your attire and imposing manner, let alone a nobleman, you might even be able to occupy a seat in the decision-making hierarchy of Oala.

With a calm expression on his face: "It's just a joke, don't take it seriously. I'm leaving, and there is no need to send me off."

Su Yan got on his horse and rode away surrounded by the guards.Altan looked at his receding back, stroked the ribbon on his arm, and sighed in his heart: Why are you an official of Ming Kingdom.

Huo Dun was afraid that after Yan Chengxue walked out of the tent, he would encounter the Wala people whom he had tormented and would be retaliated by the other party, so he hurriedly followed and looked around.

He soon found Yan Chengxue, standing on the grassy slope near the tent, staring at something with folded hands.

"What's the matter?" Holden walked over and asked.

Yan Chengxue said: "Just now, I saw a strange person."

"wack?"

"Yes, wearing a black robe full of streamers, his eyebrows are hidden under the hood, and there is an evil spirit." Yan Chengxue pursed his lips and said, "He probably noticed my gaze, and he looked back at me. One glance. That one somehow gave me chills."

Horton thought for a while and said, "Probably a shaman."

"Shaman?"

"A shaman in the grassland. It is said that he can communicate with spirits, and he has some magical spells. Most tribes in the northern desert believe in shamanism. When the nobles travel, they are often protected by the shaman of the tribe. It seems that I guessed right. This Al Tan is by no means an ordinary horse dealer, he came to my Qingshui camp, and I don't know what his intentions are."

Yan Chengxue was silent for a moment, then suddenly reached into Huo Dun's arms and groped.

Horton was slightly startled: "What are you doing?"

Yan Chengxue touched a hidden weapon bag, "You really hid the black iron flying needle on your body, are you the one who quenched the poison?"

Huo Dun said: "After all, I came here alone without armor, how can I rest assured. Even if I am not afraid of fighting with Altan again, I must always consider your safety."

Yan Chengxue said softly: "Look, Altan sent Su Yan out. There is no one in the tent at this moment. If you stir the flying needle in his tea pot, can you eliminate the hidden danger?"

"I'm afraid Su Yushi disagrees." Huo Dun said.

Yan Chengxue withdrew his hand, and a sneer flickered across the corner of his mouth: "So what? When I find a chance and get it, if he has the ability, he will help that barbarian live and die."

While speaking, a Jin Yiwei galloped over and greeted them: "My lords, please get on your horse, Master Su ordered you to return to the city."