Chapter 26 The true nature of profiteers
Yang Yuanqing and his men were taken to the camp area to the east. Shi Shuhu and Hu Xi had already assigned them a large piece of open space, allowing them to set up camp by themselves, and ordered people to send a lot of daily necessities.
In the camp, Yang Yuanqing was busy leading everyone to build a tent. Everyone had heard about what happened in the main tent and came to inquire.
"General, must he be a Western Turkic noble?" Yuchi Wan asked in a low voice.
"It should be! Judging from their attitude, it feels like the King of Heaven."
Yang Yuanqing smiled and inserted a wooden wedge into the soil, turning around and shouting: "Fat Fish!"
"Here you come!" Fat fish took a sledgehammer, spitted a few spits in the palm of his hand, swung his arms and smashed the wooden wedge into the soil a few times.
"General, why don't I go and see what they are doing?"
The fat fish smiled sly, "I have a way to prevent them from discovering me."
Yang Yuanqing glanced at the deep blue lake water not far away, and nodded, "Be careful."
"Don't worry! I know it in my heart."
The fat fish whistled and left as if nothing had happened. Yuchi Wan looked at his fat back with some concern, "Bai Chang, he is so fat, can he be alone?"
Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Don't worry! Although this kid is fat, he is actually more jinger than a monkey."
Yuchi Wan was really worried that Fat Fish was too busy. Everyone had lived together for five years and had deep friendships with each other. Although they usually made a lot of sarcasm, they had been together for five years. Why did Fat Fish go alone? She has not turned around yet.
"General, why don't I bring a few more brothers with him?"
Yang Yuanqing glanced at her, but ignored her. He picked up the rope from the tent, tied it firmly on the wooden wedge, and stood up and walked towards the other side of the tent.
His voice came from the other side of the tent, "You will kill him if you go with him."
Yuchi Wan suddenly reacted, and she patted her forehead and smiled self-deprecatingly, "You! What a fool. Everyone understands that you are the slowest to react."
"I said Yuchi."
Yang Yuanqing remembered something again and walked up to her and said, "What did you think about what I told you last time?"
"Did you say you're going to let me off the army?"
Yuchi Wan's face immediately calmed down, "I have told you so many times that I will not be discharged from the army. Don't persuade me anymore. If you persuade me again, I will deliberately die in the battlefield."
Yang Yuanqing sat down beside her and smiled and said, "But you are twenty years old. You should consider your lifelong affairs. Besides, your father is old, do you have the heart to come to you again?"
Yuchi Wan's father came to Dali City to find his daughter home two years ago. Yuchi Wan gave her military pay and rewards earned by her army for several years, but she refused to go back. As a result, her father burst into tears and went back alone. At that time, Yang Yuanqing saw it, and he was also quite sad.
He advised Yuchi Wan again, "You know your father's health, how many years can he last?"
Thinking of his father's aging body, Yuchi Wan finally lowered her head. After a while, she whispered: "I will definitely not do it after retirement. I can go to visit my father and come back."
After we have been together for five years, Yang Yuanqing knew that Yuchi Wan's temper was more stubborn than that of a cow, and it was difficult for her to turn back on what she decided, and Yang Yuanqing also had no choice but to do anything to her.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and suddenly found that Combas came out of the tent, holding a blue cloth package in his hand, which was a little sneaky. He remembered that Combas ran back to get the blue cloth package before leaving. What was he going to do?
Yang Yuanqing felt a little strange, so he stood up and called him, "Old Kang!"
As soon as Combas turned around, his face turned red. He hurriedly hid the blue cloth bag behind him. Yang Yuanqing walked forward with a smile, "Stop hiding, I've seen it all, what's in your bag?"
Kangbas had no choice but to pull Yang Yuanqing, "General, come here."
"What is it? It's so sneaky!" Yang Yuanqing said angrily after leaving the tent with him.
"Shh!" Combass shrewd, and he looked at both sides. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he opened the blue cloth bag, which was a wooden box. Then he opened the wooden box. The box was filled with wool. In the middle of the wool, there was a pair of beautiful Yuezhou celadon bottles.
Combas reluctantly stroked the porcelain bottle, "General, do you still remember this?"
Yang Yuanqing remembered that this was bought by Combas last year from a pair of Yanzhou husbands who fled to escape with 400 yuan. Yang Yuanqing also knew that this was a top-quality celadon. If it weren't for the disaster, the couple would not be able to sell it. This one would have to be sold to the capital city at least twice.
"Didn't you say that this pair of porcelain bottles will be given to your wife?"
Combas shook his head, "I'm going back to her the best gift. I'm going to use it to buy and sell this pair of porcelain bottles, and I want to sell it."
"Lao Kang, who are you going to sell to?" Yuchi Wan asked from the side, she had been eavesdropping.
Combas was startled and saw that it was Yuchi. He felt relieved and smiled, "I just met a Sogdian woman, a native of Shi Guo, the wife of Shi Shu Huxi. She told me that the chief of the Kusu tribe liked Sui Dynasty celadon the most and was willing to pay a large price. I plan to sell this porcelain bottle to him and make several times the profit first."
"Lao Kang, I'll accompany you and help you be a bodyguard!" Yuchi Wan said with great enthusiasm.
Yang Yuanqing patted his shoulder, "Go! Let Yuchi be your bodyguard and bargain for you."
Combas agreed and took Yuchi Wan away, and he could hear them talking from afar.
"Lao Kang, how much are you going to sell?"
"I don't want money, I want gold. I won't sell gold below fifty taels."
"Ah! Lao Kang, you're so stupid!"
"Hehe! This is how you do business. How can you make money if you don't want to be ruthless? I came to Da Sui from home and it will be at least ten times the profit."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head and smiled. This Combas is usually honest and serious, and he is also very stingy. He is unwilling to spend any money indiscriminately. But once he starts a business, his Sogdian businessman's essence will be completely free and cute.
At this time, Ma Shao was heard shouting from afar: "General Changsun is here!"
Yang Yuanqing walked out of the camp and saw Changsun Sheng riding over with a smile, "Yuanqing, come with me!"
"The general is talking about going to the princess?"
"The princess meets you, and I have something to say to you."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, turned over his horse, and followed Changsun Sheng toward the Turkic camp in the south.
"Yuan Qing, the situation is a little bad!" Changsun Sheng sighed slightly.
"A general is talking about Khan Qimin?"
"It's him. I just heard from the princess that the conditions offered by the Western Turks were very generous. Not only did they return the captured Dulan tribe to him, but they also allowed him to build a den in Dahe District."
The Dahe District refers to a vast river valley grassland between Yudujin Mountain and Kent Mountain. The Soling River Basin is full of rain and lush vegetation. The historical Xiongnu royal courts, Rouran and Turkic tents are all here. You can reach the North Sea along the Soling River north. It is the Jinghua area of the entire grassland. At present, the area is controlled by the Tiel people.
Yang Yuanqing already understood what Changsun Sheng meant. This was the Sui Dynasty and the Western Turks fighting for the Qimin Khan at the same time. He frowned, "I don't understand why the Western Turks did this. What are the benefits for them to support Rangan to sit on the ground?"
"It's not good for them, but it's even more good for the Sui Dynasty!"
Changsun Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "This is called returning the person to the other person's body. This is how we dealt with the Turks, provoking their relationship, and forcibly split the Turks. Now, seeing that we want to support Rangan, he took advantage of you, pulled Rangan over and broke with the Great Sui Dynasty. From Rangan's attitude today, we can see that this person is already moved."
"Don't Rangan know that Datou is instigating him to rebel against Sui? Once Rangan rebels Sui, Datou will attack him with a large force, will he still expect the Sui Dynasty to help him again?"
"He knew, but he wanted to take the chestnut from the fire, grab both hands and not let go of one."
Changsun Sheng sighed, "More importantly, Rangan himself doesn't want to be controlled by my Dasui."
The two of them came to the main Turkic area and said nothing more. Among the hundreds of large tents, there was a wool dome tent that was as clean as white clouds in the sky, which was two larger than other tents. This was Princess Yicheng's tent. Now she has been established as Ke Dun by the Khan of Qimin, and has a high status. In addition to the tents, there are more than a dozen tents, and even a team of Turkic warriors as guards.
Not far from the tent, Changsun Sheng patted Yang Yuanqing on the shoulder and smiled, "Go! The princess is waiting for you. I'll go and see if he's awake?"
Yuan Qing was stunned, "Is General Changsun not going?"
"I have seen the princess. When she heard that Yang Taipu's grandson was here, she wanted to see you, it had nothing to do with me." Changsun Sheng's voice was already more than twenty steps away.
Yang Yuanqing looked at Changsun Sheng running away, and more than a dozen Turkic teenagers were chasing him, wanting to learn how to arrows from him. Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but scratch the back of his head and smiled bitterly.
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