Chapter 55 Give me a face
Chang Yi rubbed his arms that were painful, with incredible and shocked eyes. He could see that Luo Shixin's previous words were not fooling him, but really decided to do that, and he felt helpless. People like him who liked to think too much and were good at setting up condoms, the one who couldn't deal with the most was those who didn't play according to common sense.
Before coming, he closed his eyes all the way, thinking about how to complete the task better. Like Geluoga, he was not martial, and the only one who was outstanding was his mind, but was jealous of Geluoga and had no place to use his skills. Until today, Geluoga disappeared inexplicably, and he had a place to use his skills. The opportunity was rare, Chang Yi vowed to seize this opportunity, and he had repeated consideration and consideration for every detail and every link. According to his ideas, he took the lead in deciphering the purpose of the Tang Dynasty and increasing his bargaining chips, rather than falling into a passive state and allowing the lion of the Tang Dynasty to speak out. Then, after repeated debates and discussions based on the needs of the Tang Dynasty, he was confident that he could convince Luo Shixin and the literati under his command with his words.
This calculation was good, but when it came to Luo Shixin, all his thoughts became useless.
Luo Shixin didn't talk to him at all and drove him out directly.
Chang Yi was forced to compromise. Similarly, he knew that this compromise would have no advantage.
Chang Yi also breathed a sigh of relief when Luo Shixin's ridicule: "I don't know what the general has, so we can sit down and talk slowly."
"Talk about your uncle!" Luo Shixin burst out and said, "I am a rough man, and I have nothing to say to a half-tone literati like you. Go back and tell you Khan, a prisoner will replace a cow and a horse, and ask him to prepare four thousand cows and four thousand horses for me. Ten days later, I will reply to me. If there is no news, let him let the tribe wait, and I will give him three thousand heads. That's it, come and throw out the messenger from the illustration."
Chang Yi was stunned again, and finally realized that Luo Shixin had no intention of talking to him at all. When the guard came in to capture him, he panickedly said: "A prisoner replaced a cow and a horse, and there were three thousand horses and three thousand cows. How could it be four thousand cows and four thousand horses?"
Luo Shixin grabbed the inkstone and threw it over and said, "You Turks don't need to eat? Here, I supply them with beef and horse meat every day, and they can eat them like pigs. In just a few days, I ate nearly a thousand cows and horses. I haven't calculated the interest for you, so I already respect you very much."
The inkstone hit Chang Yi's head. He deliberately controlled the strength, which was not enough to be fatal, but directly suppressed what Chang Yi wanted to say.
There was still ink left on the inkstone, and the ink sprinkled Chang Yi's face, looking extremely funny.
Before Chang Yi could react, his body had already risen in the air.
Listening to Chang Yi's voice getting farther and farther away, Luo Shixin's eyes showed a sharp look: For the sake of the people of Shuofang, he chose to trade with the Turks, otherwise the three thousand Turks would be exposed directly in the wilderness and become food in the belly of vultures and wild dogs. Now, relying on some talent, he saw through his intentions and wanted to trade with him?
When is the turn of the little Turkic in this world? If you don’t give me love, just kill me if you don’t give me it!
It’s not that it can’t develop without cattle. It really doesn’t work. He paid for the cow and transferred the general’s horse to cultivate the land. He forced the fields to be built up, and did not give the Turks the qualification to bargain.
In Luo Shixin's opinion, the little Turk could only stick out his butt as a suffocator. Seeing that he wanted to attack him in reverse, he was so kind that he didn't even say anything to Chang Yi, and he just let someone throw him out.
The guards outside the tent also faithfully carried out Luo Shixin's orders, holding Chang Yi high his hands and feet all the way, regardless of his yelling, walked directly outside the camp gate and threw it on the ground.
Chang Yi turned his butt backwards, throwing the pose of the flat sand and falling geese outside the camp gate.
The dark ink face drew a straight line on the ground, accompanied by bright red blood.
The escorts who accompanied the Turks were waiting outside the camp. Seeing Chang Yi was so miserable, they all rushed forward, and some even pulled out the scimitar in anger. But at the moment they drew their swords, the soldiers around them raised their crossbows, and hundreds of dark arrows were aimed at their group. As long as one of them had the courage to move, the more than fifty people in the group could not hide at such a distance, and they would definitely become hedgehogs.
"Let's go!" The ink on Chang Yi's face shaved half of the grass, but the remaining ink, grass juice and soil on the ground trauma, the blood from his nose and mouth were bumped. The black, green, yellow and red were colorful, and it was even more funny and embarrassing.
Fortunately, he did not lose his mind, but calmly stopped the Turkic soldiers and led them to the tribe.
On the way, I washed away my embarrassment and told Geluosili all the experiences of this trip, and also explained the requirements of the Tang Dynasty in detail: "Luo Shixin said that a prisoner would replace a cow and a horse and asked him to prepare four thousand cows and four thousand horses for me..."
"It's outrageous!" Gelusili heard Luo Shixin's lion speak loudly, and her face turned green. Then he realized that the quantity was wrong... Even if he had no culture, the basic addition and subtraction data could still be calculated clearly.
Chang Yi copied Luo Shixin's explanation intact.
Geluosili's original green face turned pale again, so he went to investigate the situation of his tribe. All three thousand tribes arranged to go to the riverside to dig canals, and lead the river water into Shuofang for food and irrigation for the people of Shuofang to dig canals. Digging canals is the most painful and tiring thing. The tribesmen were obviously treated inhumanely, but in Luo Shixin's mouth, they actually ate beef and horse meat every day, and three thousand people ate nearly a thousand heads, so they didn't say anything.
"Khan, what do you think we should do?" Chang Yi looked ashamed.
Gelusili opened his mouth and couldn't say a word. Luo Shixin was cutting his flesh. But he knew that he could not agree.
If there was no circulating the transactions between him and the Tang army, he would suppress everything. But now the matter is well-known, and everyone regards him as a good clan leader who is willing to suffer humiliation for the lives of his clan members. If he sits on the bride's death because he is reluctant to bleed, his situation will be even more dangerous. If Luo Shixin is insatiable and his mouth is too wide, he has a reason to refuse. But he just wants not much or less. It just happens that he has a heavy knife in his heart, which can be within the tolerance of their clan tribe."
After pondering for a long time, Geluosi said: "There is still some time in ten days. You can discuss with Luo Shixin again to see if he can eliminate the cows and sheep and horses. I can give him several times more."
"It's useless!" Chang Yi shook his head and said, "I have thought about it all the way. Luo Shixin's main purpose this time is to be bulls. They dig rivers and dig canals, and proposed a number of political means to govern Shuofang, and they are determined to do a big fight. They need to plow oxes and will not agree with what we ask. If they go there, they will just humiliate themselves."
"Then we don't need it?" Geluo Sili waited for Chang Yi with both eyes.
Chang Yi was also speechless.
Many people think that the Turks eat meat and call them carnivores, but in fact, this is not the case. There was no such brilliant reproduction technology in ancient times, and even nomadic peoples could not eat meat. Otherwise, at most two children in three years, one child could not satisfy their consumption at all. They would only kill and eat meat before cattle, sheep, horses died or when distinguished guests came. Their usual staple food is milk and barley, and milk is a food with extremely high nutritional value, and it is the purest milk food without any pollution. It strengthens bones and nourishes the body. The key is to strengthen cow, goat, milk, horse milk on the grassland.
Among these three types of milk, cows are the animals that produce the least milk but eat the most, and they do not have any additional functions like horses and sheep. The former can be ridden, while the latter can produce wool.
Therefore, the Turks would not raise poultry that is rarely used for captivity, but they must not raise them. Nomadic peoples do not mean not farming, just like farming people cannot have pigs, sheep, cattle and horses. They also need barley to fill their stomachs and must raise some ox to cultivate the land and plant some barley on land suitable for farming.
Geluo is a large tribe, but their plowing ox is only about 6,000, and if they give Luo Shixin four,000.
In the spring of the coming year, they lacked enough oxen to cultivate barley. The harsh grassland environment and lack of food will make them sad for a whole year. With four thousand oxen missing, according to their farming techniques, food will inevitably be short of next year, falling into a crisis of life, and hurting their vitality.
"Khan!" Just as the two were silent, news came from outside the house that Tuli asked for a meeting.
Geluo Sili was overjoyed and rushed out to greet him.
"The food information has been wrong, and it's so bitter!" Tuli looked heavy.
Gelu Sili was not in the mood to recall who is right and who is wrong, and how to solve the current situation is the top priority for him, and he directly told Kuli.
Tuli was furious when he heard this. He grew up in the Turkic period, so he naturally knew the importance of plowing oxen and said angrily: "This Luo Shixin is so domineering and arrogant. Do you not even talk about the basic morality? I asked me to come forward. I am sworn brothers with their Tang Dynasty prince. He should give me some slight face. As he said, a prisoner exchanged a cow and a horse. Khan exchanged it with Luo Shixin first to prevent his tribe from suffering. Take him back to the tribe and order people to send a thousand cows to you."
Tuli comforted his most powerful right arm and endured the pain and cut a thousand cows to the Geluo tribe.
Thinking of losing two thousand plowing oxen, Gelu Sili felt a little calm in his heart. He hurriedly thanked Tuli for help, and repeatedly expressed that he would not forget his great kindness. When he fought with Jie Li next year, he would definitely lead the way.
Chapter completed!