A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 183
August 29.

Jieli led his troops back for thirty li, and then personally drove a white camel and eight white horses to pay a tribute of nine whites to Li Shimin.

His attached wolf guards drove [-] good horses and [-] sheep to the side of the Wei Bridge and handed them over to Zheng Yuanxuan, the minister of Honglu Temple in the Tang Dynasty.

And Zheng Yuanxuan also rewarded the Turks with the cartloads of gold, silver and silk that had been transported to the north bank early.

Jieli crossed the bridge and met Li Shimin outside the west gate of Chang'an.

On the [-]th, Jieli Turkic dignitaries and nobles crossed the bridge again and came to the west gate.

Jieli brought a white horse, and in front of everyone, he took a hammer and knocked the white horse's head unconscious. Xiongjun's white horse fell to the ground, and Jieli drew out a dagger and stabbed the horse's neck.

As the horse's blood was released, the white horse never opened its eyes again.

Xieli was like a skilled butcher, he used a skinning knife to cut open the horse's belly, took away the intestines, etc., and then cut out the still hot horse's heart.

Jieli came to Li Shimin with the heart in his hands, and dedicated the horse heart to His Majesty the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin took Ma Xin with a natural expression, and then chewed and ate it raw in front of everyone. He took a few big mouthfuls, and then handed it to Xieli, who also took a big mouthful and ate it raw.

Huaiyu is still fully armed today, the Mingguang armor is covered with an embroidered Rui Niu battle robe, a horizontal knife is around his waist, a bow and arrow are carried on his back, and a human-high sword is in his hand.

Seeing these two eating horse heart raw there, he admired them a lot.

This can also be eaten.

Then look at the white horse that fell on the ground. This is a very handsome horse. From Huaiyu's point of view, he thinks this horse should be worth one or two hundred strings. It is far better than ordinary horses. There were many, but they were killed and dissected.

After Li Shimin and Jieli finished eating the horse heart, Tuli came up.

He dug out the horse liver, and then took the warm horse liver and ate it raw. After eating, he sent it to Prime Minister Xiao Yu, Pei Jifang Xuanling and the others.

The son of the emperor of the Liang Dynasty, the younger brother of the empress of the Sui Dynasty, the left servant of the Tang Dynasty, who shot Xiao Yu, the father-in-law, took it without hesitation and took a few big bites.

But it's not easy to watch him swallow it like that.

Are these people not afraid of parasites?
He felt that it was necessary to give Li Shimin and Xiao Yu some pills to kill bugs, just in case.

The ceremony of the Weiqiao White Horse Alliance went smoothly, and Huaiyu even felt a little hasty.

A white horse was slaughtered, and then everyone ate their hearts and livers, and then the prime minister Chen Shuda read out a covenant, and then Jieli led Tuli and other nobles to worship Li Shimin.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin issued another edict, reiterating the friendship between the two abrupt and sudden alliances, and asked the soldiers and civilians along the way to let the Turkic army return to the north without stopping it.

And Xieli also swore to Li Shimin that he would restrain his subordinates on the way back, and would never harass the local people, nor trample and destroy crops.

Finally, Li Shimin also gave Jieli Tuli and other royal wine.

Under the alliance altar, in a big tent, Li Shimin and Jieli chatted privately, except for two people in the tent, there were only Huaiyu and Tuli.

The last private chat was to discuss the exchange of prisoners. Xieli asked Li Shimin to release the captured and detained nobles such as Ashinasmo, Jiesheer, Zhisili, and Kangsumi, and at the same time return the captured Turkic soldiers.

Li Shimin demanded that Jieli release Wen Yanbo, the Minister of Zhongshu who was captured last year, as well as the missions sent to Khan court to assassinate Jieli this year.

The Tang army captured by the Turks in recent years must be released.

There was no one around, and Jieli didn't give Li Shimin as much face as he did when he was outside. He asked for one exchange, Turkic noble officials and Tang officials exchanged one, and soldiers exchanged one.

As for the Han Chinese who had been taken captive to Turkic over the years, he refused to give them back for free, and had to redeem them with money from the Tang Dynasty.

[-] renminbi or [-] pieces of cloth for the old and weak, [-] renminbi or [-] pieces of cloth for the young and strong, and [-] renminbi or folded cloth for young women.

Datang can also turn the ransom into silk, porcelain, salt, tea, gold and silver, etc. Anyway, he doesn't dislike it.

Jieli promised not to invade Datang again, no longer to fight for Lingzhou and Shuozhou, but he also asked Datang not to mention Feng, Sheng, and Yun, the states outside the Great Wall, and he even asked Li Shimin not to attack Liang Shi.

Li Shimin also only promised not to invade each other, but he did not give in on the issue of Liang Shidu.

The last conversation was even a little unpleasant. After the private chat ended, when they walked out of the big tent, they had smiles on their faces again.

Xieli paid his respects to Li Shimin, and got on his horse and left without looking back.

On the same day, Jieli Tuli and others led the army back to the north, leaving only a small team to take care of the prisoner exchange and other matters.

Martial law finally ended in Chang'an City.

All the major temples in the city rang their bells for a long time, declaring that Chang'an City had finally ushered in peace.

The [-] horses and [-] sheep that Xieli paid tribute were fenced outside the west gate of Chang'an City. Li Shimin rewarded all these sheep and horses to the ministers and soldiers.

Of course, these horses and sheep were said to be Turkic tribute on the surface, but they were actually bought by Li Tang, and the price was much higher than the market price.

The private chat between Li Shimin and Xieli was not very pleasant, and he almost didn't want to, because Xieli actually increased the price in the end and asked for some more rewards. Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with this behavior.

But in the end I endured it.

Huaiyu and An Yuanshou went to receive the reward. As a member of the Weishui League with the emperor's six cavalry, they each got two horses and ten sheep. He only brought him, so he was rewarded with a horse and ten sheep.

With [-] horses and [-] sheep, the outside of the west gate of Chang'an is like a large livestock market, very lively.

According to the emperor's special decree, the officials of the Taipu Temple who were in charge of these sheep and horses were very polite to the two thousand cattle.

An Yuanshou was very good at recognizing horses, so he picked two bay horses, and he also picked three for Huaiyu.

As for the sheep, there is nothing to choose, just pick the fat ones, and Huaiyu specially picked a few milk sheep, the official deliberately flattered Huaiyu and An Yuanshou, the two emperor's favorites.Originally, the milk goats brought their lambs, and because there are lambs, there is milk, so the official gave the lambs as gifts, picking one and giving one away.

So Huaiyu finally took away three horses and 26 sheep.

Outside the city, the attendants of the princes and officials were all lining up to lead the horses and sheep. Huaiyu and the others enjoyed special treatment and went in to pick them up.

Driving a few horses, Huaiyu was a little worried.

He has too many horses at home now, and he can't bear the many.

Originally, Lao Wu and Huaiyi each had a horse, Huaiyu brought two mules from Zhongnanshan, and then Xu Luoren and Li Sanniang gave him another horse, and they got two more horses in Longyou, and one in Shenjifang. In the second battle in Xianyang, two horses were rewarded, and today three horses were rewarded.

Eleven horses and two mules, not counting the two that Huaiyi added later, Runniang also brought a cow and a mule.

Horses are very edible. Even herdsmen, in fact, have relatively few horses. They mainly raise cattle and sheep. Horses are too edible.

War horses are even more expensive, and one horse is worth five strong men.

"You want to sell the horse?" An Yuanshou was very surprised, thinking that Huaiyu had some financial difficulties.

"The family now has thirteen horses and three mules and two donkeys. They don't need so many. It costs a lot to keep them." Huaiyu laughed.

An Yuanshou never thought about this issue, because An's richest man in Hexi would not think about it at all.

This is like later generations. It is no problem for ordinary families to buy a car, but the cost of maintaining a car is not low. If the income is not high, then maintaining a car is more expensive than raising a child.

For An's family, horses are indispensable, and they even have many famous horses worth hundreds of thousands, which are still a status symbol. A pair of saddles for them may be worth a few cows in ordinary people's homes.

"Erlang's family has so many horses, they can set up a polo team. They can go hunting in the countryside, play polo at home, and make appointments to compete with other teams."

Huaiyu chuckled.

It takes a lot of money to raise horses, but to have a polo team?That would be more costly.

It's not a wealthy family, who can raise a polo team, raise horses, raise players, and even build a polo field, a hobby that really burns money.

He shook his head, not interested in it.

And now it is the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin has already ascended the throne, and now a lot of waste is waiting to be done, and he has just experienced the humiliation of the Weishui Alliance. At this time, what the emperor wants is to work hard, not to engage in these things.

Even if you spend your own money, it is easy to be impeached.

"Dalang has a relationship, can you introduce me, I plan to sell five or six horses, and there are twelve Turkic slaves in my family. I am a bit disgusted, and I want to sell ten of them, and then replace them with wild slaves and Qiang slaves. .”

The An family was the leader of the Sogdian business group in Hexi, and there were many industries in Chang'an City, so this is not worth mentioning.

"Erlang really wants to sell it, so there's no need to worry about it. I'll call a steward to the house tomorrow, and I'll take it all."

Huaiyu simply asked An Yuanshou to take the three horses he had just brought away. As for the price, he would naturally not treat Huaiyu badly.

Drive 26 sheep back to Yongxingfang with a few battles.

There are many people leading horses and sheep like him on the road.

The house in Yongxingfang is big enough, and the flock of sheep will come here without worrying about resettlement.

"So many sheep?"

"Your Majesty also rewarded three horses. I sold them to An Yuanshou. I plan to sell a few more of these horses at home. Grandpa and brother and I will keep two horses. There is no need to raise them." Those, food is expensive now."

Wu Liu said, "Sell it, let's sell your two mules as well. You don't want to pull them to plow the land, and you don't pull the cart to load them. They are idle every day. The delicious food is pure waste."

"Don't sell those two mules, they were left to me by my master, just think about them."

When Wu Liushi heard this, he no longer mentioned the matter of selling mules.

"These sheep are also rushed to sell."

"Keep the sheep to eat."

"Sheep are so expensive nowadays. It's not worthwhile to eat them by yourself. Sell them." Although Wu Liu's family now lives in a big mansion in Chang'an, they still stay in the past. To weave.

"Keep one of the six milk sheep, and keep the lamb."

Half of the milk of the goats is fed to the lambs, and the other half can be used to squeeze the family to eat, to supplement nutrition, or to make some cheese, buttermilk and the like.

The Wu Liu family bluntly said that they raised too many sheep. In the past, the Wu family raised sheep, but they were reluctant to eat them by themselves. They raised them and sold them to subsidize the family.

"Mother, I asked An Dalang to sell the Turkic slaves at home for me. Then I will replace them with more obedient slaves, half male and half female. The females go to the backyard to wash clothes, cook, serve tea and water, and let Auntie take care of me." Save some."

"Why do you want to buy maids and maids who wash hands, cook, and clean? Your three concubines add up to eight, and they are enough for washing, cooking, and cleaning. You don't need to buy them." Liu's eldest lady is very good deal.

"Mother, just listen to my arrangement." Huaiyu said with a smile: "If you buy a male slave, and then buy a female slave, you can still get married at that time. Aren't you giving birth to a family? Son, the servants are more obedient and more manageable."

"That's true, you can buy it if you buy it, but if you buy it, you can arrange it to work outside. Don't you have a lot of fields now, and they are all sent to Zhuangzi to farm. We don't need those idlers at home."

(End of this chapter)