Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The Wala men sat around in the corner, Xilihulu ate the haozi noodles, knocked on the bowl to tell the boss if they wanted more, and there was a pile of empty noodle bowls on the corner of the table.

Su Yan, Jing Hongzhui and Al Tan sat at a table, chatting while eating.

Altan said: "Yesterday we drove the horses to the Qingshuihe pasture outside the east gate. After they settled down, it was already very late, so we didn't go into the city. We pitched a tent to sleep on the spot. It was almost noon today, and some A man who wears the official uniform of the Ming Kingdom and claims to be a horse conscripting officer..."

Those few officials heard the report from the city gate guards and knew that a group of Wala horse dealers had arrived, driving more than a hundred good Beimo horses. Such a scale is rare in recent years, so they couldn't wait to come. Buy these horses.

According to the market price, Altan offered one hundred catties of tea for one horse.

The horse recruiting officer is only willing to give fifty catties of tea to a horse.

Altan was unwilling to sell, and the other party offered [-] catties of tea, but the condition was that each horse would give them gold equivalent to [-] catties of tea as a kickback.

That is to say, on the books, each horse made [-] catties, but in fact Altan could only receive [-] catties, and the difference fell into the pockets of these officials.

Altan doesn't care what the other party does in the accounts, but he can't accept the actual price of sixty catties of tea anyway. This is the price of an inferior horse, and what he brought this time is fat and strong. of top horses.

After being repeatedly rejected by him, the horse recruiting officer suddenly changed his face and threatened to send out the garrison to arrest and execute them for spies.The Wala men were furious, and they took up weapons on the spot to kill these officials.

Al Tan was more sensible than them, and used a procrastination tactic, saying that he had to think about it, and then decide on the transaction when the horse market opened.

But this method can only be delayed for two days at most. If they still want to sell horses in Qingshuiying, they will not be able to get rid of the entanglement of the horse recruiting officer.Moreover, their group of horses had already been targeted by the other party, and they might not be easily allowed to leave the border of Lingzhou. You must know that there are still thousands of troops garrisoned in the city.

After hearing this, Su Yan slapped the table: "The imperial court allocates money to Shaanxi Division and Ningxia Wei every year to buy horses, but they openly take kickbacks, embezzle special funds, buy and sell by force. Even a petty official dares to be so arrogant, there must be someone above support."

It's easy to say that it's easy to support, but in fact, he had expected it: the entire Qingshui camp, from the generals of the military camp to the civil affairs officials, probably formed a network of relationships.As a community of interests, the top provides a protective umbrella to the bottom, while the bottom continuously transfers benefits upwards through embezzlement of the people, trading of bullies, and corruption of Mexican officials and silver.

Corruption, from ancient times to the present, every dynasty and every generation of rulers has tried their best to rectify it, but there has never been a real severance, even in the peaceful and prosperous era of Su Yan's previous life, it was not uncommon.He also couldn't think of a more effective radical cure, but if he had the ability and power to deal with corrupt officials who came across him, he would definitely not forgive them.

Altan nodded: "I guess so. I heard about the corruption at the border of Mingguo, but this time I saw it with my own eyes. No wonder—"

No wonder what, he saved face and didn't say any more.But Su Yan could also guess that he probably wanted to say, no wonder Daming has been repeatedly invaded by Tatars over the years.

Even if Jing Hongzhui is not interested in state affairs, and Su Yan still has the mentality of more than half of the modern people, he has not fully integrated into this era. Hearing these words, he still feels ashamed and indignant in his heart.

Isn't it the meaning of my trip to eliminate the turbid and raise the clear?Su Yan calmed down quickly, and asked Altan: "Two days go by in a blink of an eye, how do you plan to deal with it?"

Altan sighed: "I accepted the training task assigned by the elders of the clan to come to Mingguo to sell horses. I thought it would be easy, but it seems that I still underestimated the complicated situation here. I haven't figured out a way to break the situation yet. Let’s talk about it when we can, and see if we can raise the price as much as possible.”

Su Yan didn't think of a solution for the time being. The main reason is that the two most important magic weapons, the imperial decree and the Shangfang sword, are not in his hands, and at the same time, he lacks the shocking force around him—even if it is only a few dozen Jinyiwei, otherwise he will be smashed and crushed directly. , how cool it is.

The most urgent thing is to contact Chu Yuan and the others as soon as possible.

He suppressed the anxiety rising up in his heart, and said to Al Tan: "Although I hold the injustice for you, but my strength is meager, and I haven't thought of any good solution for the time being. You said earlier that you wanted to ask me for help, but I don't know if I can help. "

Altan took out a box from his bosom and handed it to him: "This is the sample tea left by those horse recruiters. It looks good, but I always feel that something is wrong. Can you taste it for me?"

Su Yan took it and opened it, and saw that it was a few taels of eyebrow tea. The tea leaves were tightly knotted and neat, and the gray-green frosted. It looked good, and sniffed it again, the fragrance was strong.

——But it's a little too rich, too much, as if it's covering up something.

He called Xiao Er to bring a pot of boiling water, picked up a handful of tea leaves, brewed them in an empty bowl, and took a sip.

The tea soup lingered on the tip of his tongue for less than two seconds, and he spat it out with a look of indescribable expression.Jing Hong looked at Su Yan's expression and thought it was extremely bad to drink. She took a sip from the place where his lips touched after taking the bowl, and said unexpectedly, "Is it okay? Although the aftertaste is a bit bitter, the aroma is very strong."

Altan stared at the rim of the bowl the two drank, feeling a little annoyed in his heart.

He has never paid such attention to details, and the Northern Desert tribe is not as particular about it as the Central Plains people, and it is normal for a dozen brothers to drink wine from the same water bag.But this time, for some reason, watching the overlapping water stains on the side of the bowl slowly slide down, it felt like a stick in his throat, and he could not vomit.

"Is he your bodyguard?" Altan asked Su Yan abruptly.

Su Yan was rinsing his mouth with water when he let out a "huh".

"I see he doesn't just want to be a bodyguard," Altan said, grinning at Jinghong like chasing a beast, and the scar on his brow bone flew wildly and wildly, "He wants to climb on top of you. "

Su Yan laughed: "That's right. For those who haven't had any ambitions, it's human nature to go to a higher place and want to strive for a higher position of power."

Jing Hongzhui's face was cold, and a cold blade was almost shot out of his eyes, wanting to pierce the male of the foreign race opposite him with malicious intentions.He said coldly: "I have been the bodyguard of the adults all my life, just like you have been a horse dealer who is not of my race all my life."

The barbarians are not my kind, their minds will be different, the strong will be bandits, weak and humble, disregarding kindness and righteousness, their nature is also.

Su Yan knew that Jing Hongzhui was using Wei Zheng's words to remind him that Altan was a barbarian with no kindness in nature, so he should not be trusted.

He was indeed wary of Altan, and would not be easy to be honest with each other, but so far he has not found anything wrong with the other party, so he just smiled at the bodyguard to show that he knew it well.

Regardless of Jing Hongchai's sneer, Altan took a sip from the teacup and said to Su Yan: "We seldom brew tea, but we always add milk and salt to make milk tea. Or mix it with milk tea Add ghee, milk tofu, cheese, fried rice and beef jerky and boil it into a pot of tea, which is very flavorful, and I would like to invite you to try it.”

Su Yan said with a smile: "If you have the chance, you must try it. But because of this, it's a good thing you can't drink tea soup. And Ah Zhui is used to drinking plain water, and he is not good at tea ceremony."

He pointed the side of the bowl with his finger, "This tea has been stored for a long time and has become moldy. Re-roasting with a slow fire to remove the mold, resulting in a somewhat bitter aftertaste. In order to cover up the musty smell, it was smoked with very strong spices, so The fragrance is particularly strong. This is because you have spotted your tea-drinking habits in Beimo, and I know you can't find anything strange about it."

Altan was furious, and took the case: "It's too much to deceive people! It's nothing more than lowering the price. There is no one who does not bargain in business under the sun, but such blatantly shoddy is obviously looking down on us and treating us as uncivilized Like livestock!"

As soon as he had such an attack, the Wala men, who were buried in eating noodles, also jumped up, holding their waist knives and yelling.The owner of the noodle shop was so frightened that he hid under the counter, and the diners also showed fear, as if they dropped their chopsticks and fled.

Su Yan comforted: "Sit down, hey, you sit down first, and speak slowly if you have something to say."

Ever since they met on the way and walked together, Altan has always given him the impression of enthusiasm and cheerfulness, and he speaks in a well-mannered manner, as if he was quite educated by the civilization of the Central Plains.This is the first time he has shown a savage state, coupled with his inhuman burly figure, he looks like a fierce beast in the prehistoric era, as if it will open its bloody mouth and sharp teeth in the next second, and bite the person in front of it into pieces.

Jing Hongzhui was already sensitive to unkind auras. Under this coercion, she couldn't help but feel like an enemy. She drew her sword out of its sheath, pointed it at Altan, and said in a stern voice: "If you want to get mad, even if you don't care about the instigator. Send it, Hugh will be arrogant in front of my son!"

Seeing that the conflict was about to be triggered, Su Yan hurriedly patted Jing Hongzhui's arm: "Calm down, put down the sword first."

As he spoke, he went around the corner of the table and walked to Altan. He wanted to pat him too, but he was a little timid, and worried that there was something untouchable on his robe, so he finally grabbed him while it was still tied. Ribbon on left wrist: "Altan you too, calm down, sit down and talk."

The ribbon was tightly wound, and only two ends were hanging down. The jade piece in the shape of a bamboo leaf was shaken by him, and it was mixed with his voice, like an ice spring flowing under the moon.

Altan looked down at Su Yan's face looking up, and then moved his gaze from his face to the ribbon on his wrist, the anger in his eyes gradually extinguished, he sat down slowly with his hands on the corner of the table, and said in a deep voice: "Sorry, I'm sorry. "

Su Yan saw that he had regained his senses, and that wild beast-like aura subsided, so he was relieved.He hooked a stool along his legs, sat down beside him, and persuaded him gently: "I know that those people are despicable and self-righteous, and it is a great insult to you. We also have a saying in the Central Plains, called 'Scholars can be killed but not humiliated', but if you explode because of this or even fight them desperately, you are equating your own value with theirs. It is said that it is a life for a life, it also depends on whether the other party is worth it, if not, Even if you exchange ten lives or a hundred lives, it’s still a loss-making business, and you’ve added value to them invisibly, right?”

If he said something like "people have to bow their heads under the eaves" and so on, Altan might not listen to it, and maybe he would feel disgusted in his heart. But "their lives are not worth one of yours" this kind of persuasion , he appeared to be extremely respectful and ironic, which made him calm down, and at the same time, he had a deeper affection for Su Yan.

Altan poured the bowl of tea on the ground with disdain, and said to Su Yan: "Thank you for helping me distinguish. I will take my brothers back to the Qingshuihe pasture to discuss countermeasures. This matter has nothing to do with you. What should you do? Go, don't pay attention to me anymore. Your guard has a good saying, anyway, if you meet by chance, you will forget it afterwards, so don't worry about it."

He was so enthusiastic before that he was a little familiar, but now his attitude suddenly turned cold. Su Yan knew that he didn't want to implicate himself, so he drew a clear line.He sighed slightly, then gently tugged at the ribbon on the wrist of the other party, and said sincerely: "It is true that we met by chance, but the impression is deep, I will never forget it, and I will try to help as much as I can. I will go back and think about it." There is a way, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. When this matter is resolved, you invite me to have a pot of tea."

Altan tilted his head, looked at him deeply, touched the ribbon with his right hand unconsciously, and accidentally touched Su Yan's retracted fingers, feeling numb and hot, and both sides trembled faintly.

Su Yan cursed inwardly: Fuck, return the phone... Although the original owner is gay, he wouldn't get mad when he met a macho man before, why did he seem to be paired with pheromones this time?Could there really be some so-called high-fit pheromones, natural sex appeal?It's so fucking bullshit, I don't believe in this evil!

Comrade Su Yan, who has a straight man's soul, thinks that he can suppress this unhealthy trend and evil spirit from the dead skin with his lofty core values, so he resisted the urge to move 800 meters away, keeping his face straight A righteous smile.

Altan seemed a little distracted, but he stood up quickly, beat his left chest with his right hand and bowed slightly, performed a tribal etiquette representing respect, and said something to his subordinates in Oarat.

Seeing one of them going to the counter, Su Yan seemed to be about to pay the bill, so he hurriedly got up and said, "I've made a treat, no one is allowed to grab it, let me do it!"

Altan looked at the piles of noodle bowls on the other table, a little embarrassed: "They are too tasty."

Su Yan smiled: "I can afford it. Whatever you agree on, do whatever you want. Are you looking down on me?"

Now even the Oirat men smiled at him, and the one who walked to the counter immediately turned and left, saying in blunt Chinese as he walked, "You mean what you say! We are friends!"

Altan smiled at Su Yan, said nothing more, and left the noodle shop with his head held high.

Jing Hong chased him until his back completely disappeared, then put the sword back into its sheath, and said: "This man is by no means an ordinary horse dealer. He deliberately concealed his identity, and he must have other motives. Listen to my advice, my lord, and you should not get too close to him." .”

Su Yan nodded and said, "You are right."

The second half of the sentence means yes, but I don't necessarily know how to listen.Jing Hongzhui looked at him helplessly, with a surge of evil fire in his chest: "Your Excellency is so willful, but you are sure that this subordinate will cover for your Excellency no matter what?"

Su Yan pretended to be surprised and looked at him: "Oh, you didn't give me the answer? Could it be that you still want to climb on top of me after being told by Altan?"

Jing Hongzhui felt hematemesis and agitation at the bottom of her heart, she gritted her teeth, gave Mr. Su a cold face for the first time, turned around and left.

Now Su Yan was startled, hurriedly took three steps and two steps to keep up, and began to coax his guard: "Oh, I was joking, and besides, I didn't let you climb. Didn't I say it, who hasn't ordered it yet?" Ambitious, even if you do climb on top of me, I won't blame you..."

Jing Hongzhui walked forward with a straight face, but her steps slowed down obviously, and she sighed sadly.

At the same time, Chu Yuan and Gao Shuo took the surviving Jin Yiwei and five hundred elite soldiers on their way day and night, and they were still two days away from Qingshui Camp in Lingzhou.