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The few people kneeling and kowtowing were none other than the foreign women I had seen in Yaxing the day before yesterday.

Ma Yaozong was really efficient in doing things. He paid the money that day and placed these women in the racecourse. The women were trafficked thousands of miles away and have been numbly waiting for their tragic fate. What I never expected was a horse farm, without men with grinning faces, without whips and beatings, and with clean clothes to wear in the house.

More importantly, they actually met people of the same tribe and finally spoke the same language. They knew that the place they were in was called Nanyang County, and the person who bought them was the owner of Nanyang County.

Today, the princess came to inspect the racecourse. They had no chance to come forward, so they knelt down from a distance and kowtowed to the princess to thank her.

Jiang Shaohua relaxed his brows and stepped forward.

All the personal guards stayed close to each other and followed the princess forward.

"Everyone get up."

The women could not understand what the princess said. However, the gentleness in his tone was clearly visible.

The women did not stand up and continued to kowtow.

Jiang Shaohua turned to look at Ma Yaozong and saw the man from the horse house came forward and murmured a string of words. The women kneeling on the ground were moved to tears and kowtowed three times before standing up.

Jiang Shaohua asked with interest: "What did the man from Mashe just say?"

Ma Yaozong smiled and replied: "Back to the princess, what I just spoke was Khitan. These women are Khitan people."

Without waiting for Jiang Shaohua to ask further questions, he explained: "The horse slaves in the racecourse are all foreigners, so the stewards in the racecourse can speak some. I can speak Khitan and Rouran dialect."

There are many nomadic tribes outside the pass, and Rouran is the largest tribe among them. It is said that there are 100,000 cavalry. Khitan is smaller than Rouran and has fifty or sixty thousand cavalry. The remaining tribes vary in size, with about a dozen in number. It is simply impossible to learn to speak all foreign languages. Those who can speak Rouran dialect and Khitan dialect are basically enough.

Jiang Shaohua smiled and praised: "I didn't expect you to be so capable."

Ma Yaozong was very humble: "It's a little trivial, not worth mentioning. Thank you for the compliment, Princess."

Chen Sheren couldn't help but glance at Ma Sheren.

I didn't expect that the Mashu people had such abilities. This made her, who was also a sacrificer, suddenly alert and feel a little bit of a crisis.

The five or six-year-old girl next to the Khitan woman raised her delicate face and uttered a sentence from her rosy mouth.

Ma Yaozong conscientiously translated: "She said that the princess is her sun."

Jiang Shaohua's eyebrows curved: "Tell her to stay at the racecourse with peace of mind. They are the people of this princess, and no one dares to bully them."

Ma Yaozong nodded and translated these two sentences into Khitan dialect.

The girl smiled happily, grinning and revealing one front tooth, and another front tooth was leaking out.

The other women were also full of joy and excitement.

When they lived in the grasslands, it was common for them to go hungry from meal to meal. If their husband (father) died in a hunt, their life would be even more difficult. The cattle and sheep were robbed and sold to human traffickers. After being moved around several places, they ended up in Biyangyahang.

Now that we have arrived at the racecourse, it is a wonderful day that we never imagined.

After the princess and her party left, the Khitan woman in her thirties bowed devoutly in the direction of the princess with red eyes.

Lord Buddha, please bless our princess with health and safety and a smooth life.

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That night, Jiang Shaohua rested in the racecourse.

Chen Jinyu whispered: "Princess, there are hundreds of foreign horse slaves in the racecourse. Isn't it unsafe?" Jiang Shaohua said lightly: "Uncle Meng brought 600 people, and I have 200 soldiers beside me. They Anyone who dares to act in vain is seeking death."

Chen Jinyu was still a little uneasy and kept her voice low: "The princess said today that she would expand the horse farm and exempt the people of Biyang from taxes and subsidize food. I can see that the faces of the horse owners have changed. This is after Isn't the Princess afraid of chaos in the Ma family if she attacks the Ma family?"

Jiang Shaohua suddenly laughed: "Sister Jinyu is so afraid of the Mashe people?"

Chen Jinyu smiled and touched her nose: "Is it so obvious?"

Jiang Shaohua laughed and held Chen Jinyu's hand: "Mashe is smart and capable, and can speak Rouran and Khitan. However, I use him to appease the Ma family. Even ten Mashe people are not as good as sister Jinyu in my heart. weight."

Chen Jinyu's pretty face turned red, and she felt a little shy: "Sister Shaohua, am I too narrow-minded? I know your intention of re-employing Ma Sheren, but when you see him being in the limelight and being praised by everyone, I feel a little uncomfortable."

Jiang Shaohua was amused: "This is true human nature. If it were me, I would also have to show off. If the people in the horse house are disrespectful to you, or pass you over to steal the limelight, don't be polite, just do it directly He opened his mouth to scold and scolded him."

Chen Jinyu also laughed.

Chat for a while and then take a break.

Early the next morning, Chen Jinyu got up early and went to wait outside the princess's bedroom.

The Mashu people came earlier.

Chen Jinyu curled her lips inwardly and secretly made up her mind to get up half an hour earlier in the future.

"Good morning, Chen Sheren." In the morning light, Ma Sheren's face was a little red. I don't know if it was because of nervousness or other reasons, but he couldn't speak fluently.

Chen Jinyu responded reservedly: "It's not as early as the people from the horse house."

Chen Sheren was very friendly yesterday when he gave him a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. Why is his gaze so guarded today?

Ma Yaozong was puzzled, and the smile on his face became more and more attentive: "There are also some cattle and sheep in the racecourse. I specifically asked the cook to kill two sheep last night. They cooked them in the kitchen all night, and the mutton soup was hot. , the aroma is fragrant. The cook also made crispy shortbread, which is even more delicious when paired with mutton soup. Chen She and the princess will try it together later."

Such carefulness and thoughtfulness seemed to make her even more careless.

Chen Sheren said expressionlessly: "Masheren is interested."

Ma Yaozong secretly scratched his head.

What did he do wrong? Why does Chen Sheren keep such a sullen face?

Yin Zhu came out with a smile: "The princess invites Chen Sheren to go in and have breakfast together."

As for the Mashe people, of course they don't have this honor, so they just continue to wait.

The mutton soup is very delicious, and the freshly baked shortbread is crispy and fragrant when you bite into it. Jiang Shaohua was very satisfied: "Today's breakfast was good."

Chen Jinyu couldn't ignore her conscience: "The people from Mashu asked the kitchen to kill sheep and make soup last night. It was really thoughtful."

Jiang Shaohua laughed: "Why didn't I realize you were so petty before?"

Chen Jinyu herself was happy, clenched her fists and said, "I also have my own strengths, and I can't be compared with others from the horse house."

Jiang Shaohua was so amused that he chuckled.

Teenage boys and girls are the age when they are competitive. Thinking about the past when she was this age, she was like this, she had to compete in everything.

Jiang Shaohua stepped out of the house, and the horseman immediately came forward to greet him and asked respectfully: "What does the princess want to see today?" (End of Chapter)