Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 99 Black Eat Black

Tuyuhun is a nomadic regime. Its territory is about west of Qiangcheng (Huangyuan County, Qinghai), east of Qiemo (now Xinjiang County), south of Qilian Mountains, north of Kunlun Mountains, Bayan Har Mountains, and Animaqing Mountains. Four thousand miles, two thousand miles north and south, the territory is not small.

The current leader is Fu Yun, who calls himself Busabo Khan, or Murong Shiyun.

Yes, Tuyuhun is a nomadic regime established by the Murong family of Xianbei, and the first generation leader is called Murong Tuyuhun.

Xianbei Murong's hometown is in the west of Liaoning, that is to say, they are actually from the Northeast.

Around the Western Jin Dynasty, Murong Tuyuhun, the leader of the first generation, led the tribes to migrate from western Liaoning to the Qilian Mountains, where they gradually took root and established a political power.

Their popular languages ​​are Xianbei and Chinese, so there is no barrier to communication with the Sui side, and their clothing is no different from that of the Han people in the Central Plains.

If it weren't for the registration of these people staying in the hotel, it would be impossible to tell whether they were Han or Hu.

For registration, we have to talk about the name token. The name token is a small wooden nameplate with your native name engraved on it, which can be regarded as the ID card of Tai Sui.

Moreover, there is also a talisman bag specially used to place name talismans. The law of the Sui Dynasty stipulates: people should not leave the talisman, and the talisman should never leave the bag.

This thing should be carried with you, otherwise it will be inconvenient for you to go out.

Yang Ming's ID card is a fish talisman, which can only be obtained by a lord or an official. The bag in which the fish talisman is placed is called a fish bag. It is decorated with gold, silver and copper foil according to the status level, which is a status symbol of the aristocratic class.

Yang Ming's fish amulet is divided into left and right pieces. The left piece is kept in Zongzheng Temple as the base, that is, archived, and the right piece is kept by himself. The fish bag is decorated with gold foil.

The Sui Dynasty was a relatively open dynasty. Turkic people and Hu people from the Western Regions often came to the Sui Dynasty to do business. If these people wanted to apply for ID cards, they had to go to Honglu Temple.

Honglu Temple is in charge of ethnic affairs and foreign affairs reception activities.

The name symbols of these Hu people are also different from those of the people of the Sui Dynasty. They are oval, while the name symbols of the Sui Dynasty are rectangular.

A rectangle represents orthodoxy, and an oval has no corners, so of course it is unorthodox.

The last time I did business with Qu Lai, a Korean Hu merchant, I bought a total of 240 five horses, which is too shabby.

In the Sui Dynasty, there was no explicit regulation that ordinary people could not raise horses, but in fact, almost no ordinary people raised horses.

Why?Because I can't afford it.

Therefore, horses are only raised by the state and nobles.

The national department in charge of raising horses is called Taipusi, and the largest ranch is in Longxi, bordering Tuyuhun.

The nobles also had to pay taxes for raising horses. Yang Ming was not very clear about this. Anyway, it was similar to giving birth to a pony and had to pay the court. After a certain amount was paid, there was no need to pay.

So it was even more difficult for Yang Ming to buy horses in the Sui Dynasty.

So Yang Ming didn't have the heart to listen to any more piano skills. Gao's daughter should not be as good as Sakamoto Ryuichi, right?Although this piano is not the other, they are all appreciated with ears.

With Yu Wenlan leading the way, Yang Ming personally rushed to Yulan Pond, intending to meet those barbarians.

This group of people is quite good at choosing a place. Yulan Pond is considered a relatively high-end guest room in Jinyang Tower, and the maids in charge of entertaining here are all under 20 years old.

As soon as he entered the yard, Yang Ming heard rude wine orders. They were speaking Xianbei, and Yang Ming could understand half of it, because Dugu Jialuo sometimes spoke Xianbei.

After Yang Ming came in, the group of people in the yard fell silent instantly, looking at Yu Wenlan strangely.

One of them said in fluent Chinese: "We have reserved this place, outsiders are not allowed to enter."

Yu Wenlan smiled politely: "I'm bothering the guests, I have a friend here, maybe I can talk to you about some business."

"We have no business to discuss with the Han people," said the Hu.

Yu Wenlan said neither humble nor overbearing: "Everyone is in my Tai Sui, if you are not here for business, then I really have to ask carefully, otherwise I will not be able to explain when Wuhou inspects the streets."

The man didn't seem to want to be targeted by Marquis Wu, after weighing it up, he nodded and said:
"We have a few things for sale, but I'm afraid you don't know what they have."

Yu Wenlan smiled and said: "If you know the goods but don't know the goods, you have to tell me the truth. After all, you are not my race, and they are the objects of Wuhou's special attention. I know the purpose of you coming to my Tai Sui this time, so I can do it for you." You all circle around in front of Marquis Wu."

In fact, Marquis Wu, who was patrolling the streets, rarely came to Jinyang Tower for inspections, and it was a process to pass by occasionally.

After a few people got together and discussed in Xianbei dialect, they seemed to have compromised.

It was the same person just now, who took out a fist-sized jade stone from his arms and held it in his palm with a rather smug expression.

Yang Ming saw all this in his eyes, and suddenly felt that he didn't need to meet these people at all. Seeing that idiot's stern look, it was as if he was holding the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom in his hand.

Isn't it Hetian jade?In ancient times, it was called Kunshan jade, and it was the best jade material. In the Sui Dynasty, jade wares were mainly used for decoration and appreciation, and basically only the aristocratic class had this kind of thing.

Who is Yang Ming?He has no shortage of jade wares made of Hetian materials, and he is not interested in such impractical things.

"I see,"

After Yu Wenlan noticed Yang Ming's expression, he raised his hand at the gang of barbarians, signaling to everyone to take care of themselves, and then he winked at Yang Ming.

Yang Ming saw it, turned and left the yard.

Outside a quiet bamboo forest, Yu Wenlan whispered:

"When these people came, they unloaded several large parcels. At that time, there were servants in the stables who planned to help unload the carts, but these people would not let them touch them. The servants once told me that their wheels had deep indentations, and they wanted to be included in the parcels. It is very heavy, if it is a big Kunshan jade, it should be very valuable."

After pondering for a while, Yang Ming asked, "Is there any maid here who can understand Xianbei?"

"Yes!" Yu Wenlan nodded.

Yang Ming said: "Find an excuse, pick a few smarter girls to switch to Magnolia Pond, and listen to what they are talking about every day."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the villain will definitely handle it well," Yu Wenlan nodded.

Because of the backward mining technology, aniseed Hetian jade is indeed a rare treasure.

During the Sui Dynasty, there were often commercial exchanges with the countries of the Western Regions, and a lot of Hetian jade was naturally imported. Among them, the most precious one was the suet jade. It was something worth showing off for ordinary gentry children to own a piece of suet jade jewelry the size of an egg. up.

In fact, this thing is often used to symbolize status, which is the so-called pretense.

Aristocrats have the habit of wearing jade, especially women. When you see this person wearing suet jade, you know that the other party is not ordinary, and they will give you a high look.

There is one of the best jade in Kunshan, which is called Khotan Jade, also known as Suet Jade. As you can imagine from the name, it is as fine as creamy fat, crystal clear and white, warm and flawless.

Yang Ming had a few pieces of jade carved from Khotan jade, some were rewarded by Dugu Jialuo, and some were rewarded by his mother and concubine. It is a base made of red sandalwood.

Useless except for viewing.

When Yang Ming left the bamboo forest, he heard the sound of a piano coming from the direction of the high pavilion in the distance.

As soon as the sound of the zither sounded, the surrounding noisy sounds dropped instantly, leaving only the croaking of insects and frogs in the pond and the rustling of the bamboo forest blown by the wind.

In the quiet garden, Yang Ming listened intently to the sound of the piano.

He is a common man, he can't describe the reason other than he thinks it sounds good, he probably just thinks the sound of the piano is a bit sad.

After the show ended, Yang Ming found Yang Zhao and left the city.

On the way home, Yang Zhao didn't say a word, as if he was still immersed in the sound of the piano just now.

Yu Wenlan was still able to do things well, about three days later, Yang Ming received the news from Yu Wenlan.

This group of barbarians from Tuyuhun are thieves, and the leader is Shibuya. The things in their parcels should be aniseed Kunshan jade, which was snatched from a camel team in the Western Regions, and it was broken during the fight. There are a lot of people, and there are only about thirty of them left.

And because these people robbed the Turkic caravan, they are wanted bandits in the Western Regions right now, so they came all the way to Daxing, intending to sell these things, and then find a way to clear the government, planning to settle in the Sui Dynasty.

What Yu Wenlan meant was that since these big ingredients were illegal, they might as well hack them. As for these barbarians, they would naturally destroy their corpses and wipe out their traces.

The relationship between the Sui Dynasty and Tuyuhun is actually not good or bad. In the early days of the Emperor, Tuyuhun often invaded the border of the Sui Dynasty. What he did was burning, killing and looting. After being punished several times, he was quite honest. tribute.

But the Han people in the Sui Dynasty, especially those in Longxi, hated Tuyuhun deeply, so killing some Hu people from Tuyuhun was not considered a crime in the Sui Dynasty.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Ming directly dispatched 50 guards of the palace, and under Yu Wenlan's arrangement, they entered the Jinyang Building. Then, on a dark and windy night, a black hole came.

The body was thrown into a cargo ship on the Yong'an Canal, and Xu Jing sailed away from Daxing the next day with an access token, and after entering Weishui, the body was thrown directly.

When Yang Ming came to the Magnolia Pond again and looked at the huge pieces of jade, the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.

There is a large piece of material inside, which is actually Khotan jade, the size of a lamb, crystal clear and smooth, without any blemishes.

This is the best product. Finding a famous craftsman to carve it is definitely worth a lot.

With a big wave of Yang Ming's hand, everyone rewarded me with one ingot, and shut their mouths tightly.

Among them, a maid who knew Xianbei even sacrificed her appearance in order to inquire about the news, and was tortured severely. Yang Ming immediately rewarded another fifty pieces of silk.

Then he asked people to wrap the jade material and bring it back to the palace.

In the dormitory, when Chen Shuyi saw the piece of Khotan jade, her eyes lit up, and she walked around the jade for a long time, and couldn't help stroking it with her hands.

Women, all like gold, silver and jade, as if they were born this way.

"What do you want to do with such good ingredients?" Chen Shuyi asked.

Yang Ming has calmed down from his earlier excitement,
As the saying goes, if a man is innocent and he is guilty, it seems that Yang Jian and his wife don't have such a big material.

Then I shouldn't have it.

Yang Ming was thinking, what would he do if he gave this piece of jade to his father Yang Guang?

He will definitely dedicate it to Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo as soon as possible.

If some things are too valuable, you can’t have them casually. There are many treasures in the Forbidden City. Can you own them?
After thinking about it, although he was reluctant, Yang Ming still planned to give this piece of Khotan Jade to Yang Guang, because he could not pass Yang Guang over and directly dedicate it to Yang Jian and his wife.

Besides, isn't the Thousand Autumn Festival coming soon?

(End of this chapter)