Chapter 9? Trading? (Part 1)
"You, why are you here?" Looking at Zhang Qian again, he was so happy that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. He stood up blankly, and asked more urgently and gentlely, "Are you not afraid of the cold? Such heavy snow, the city is not safe? If you have something to do, send someone to notify me, and I will naturally find a way to find you? And you are old, the snow on the ground is wet and slippery..."
"Oh, it's not easy. Finally, there's another saying that it's my turn?" Yang Qian's older and less accurate appearance. He grabbed Zhang Qian's order of questions and sent out his feelings, "I thought your eyes didn't see me at all? I had known that I was so unpopular..."
"Senior, how can that be!" Zhang Qian reluctantly retracted his eyes from Yang Qingqing, and saluted with a red face, "I don't know if I have arrived, I'm not welcomed you. I'm fine, please forgive me!"
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Old Yang Feng held his round belly and took Zhang Qian's bow in a big way, then waved his hand gently, "We two, don't need so many false gifts. Besides, I didn't send anyone to notify you before I came, so it's okay if you don't welcome you. However, there is something I have to talk to you. It's almost half a month since Chang'an has been in a flash, but I haven't even checked in my house. Isn't it...?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Two gentle coughs came from beside him, Yang Qing blushed and raised her eyebrows.
"Forget it, forget it!" Yang Feng waved his hand without hesitation, "I will not care about these things with you because you have been running thousands of miles. However, the three-year agreement is coming soon, so you have to give my granddaughter an explanation."
"Senior scolded him correctly, I am indeed neglected!" Zhang Qian did not have the courage to "fake the power of the tiger", so he hurriedly bowed again, "I have already asked Young Master He and Governor Zhang to visit the senior and General Yang for me to pay homage to the senior and General Yang for me. But I didn't expect that I suddenly encountered a national mourning..."
"I asked the young master He and Governor Zhang, were they He Zhizhang and Zhang Ruoxu?" Old Yang stroked his beard and nodded slightly, "Why did you ask them to go? Are you here to match you? Well, these two little guys, one has been in the literary world for many years, and the other is Qingfeng's uncle, and his identity is suitable!"
"Grandfather--" No matter how generous Yang Qingqing was, she was still an unmarried girl. When she heard that her grandfather actually discussed the matchmaker with her fiancé in front of her, she was immediately embarrassed. She blushed and paused slightly.
"Haha, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore!" Yang Feng immediately smiled, "Just know what you know. It's not advisable to marry during the national mourning period, but there is no rule that you can't say that the matchmaker should discuss the marriage. Don't be afraid, I can still make the decision in this family."
"Where is the hot water? I'll cook tea for you!" Yang Qingqing could no longer bear it, so she found an excuse to leave.
"Thank you for your accomplishment!" At this moment, Zhang Qian was too shy to take care of his shyness, so he bowed down for the third time, thanking the old man for making decisions for himself and Yang Qingqing.
"Sister-in-law, the copper pot is on the small boiler outside. I'll help you get cold water. Just wait here!"
"Senior brother, my sister-in-law brought you food, but it's still hot. I'll help you put it on the table!"
Ren Cong and Guo Nu also had their eyes wide open. One stepped forward to meet Yang Qingqing, who was so embarrassed that he could not look up, and the other took the food box from the maids behind Yang Qingqing, and began to work hard.
Soon, the dishes were arranged neatly, and Yang Qingqing and Zhang Qian felt a little shy. The two of them blushed and looked at each other, first supporting Yang Qing to sit in the main seat, and then accompanied each other on the side seat, one left and one right.
Ren Cong and Guo Nu thoughtfully brought a wine gourd. Then, they made an excuse and took their personal soldiers and the maids of the Yang family to retreat together. In a blink of an eye, there were only two generations of ancestors and grandchildren left in the huge military camp, which was quiet and warm.
"Yeah!" Old Yang Chou coughed gently, looked left and right, and the more he looked, the more he felt more and more relieved.
Two and a half years ago, when he learned that his granddaughter had fallen in love with an eighth-rank chief clerk. He took the idea of letting his granddaughter be happy for a few days before marrying from Tubo far away, he went to see the chief clerk. Then he found that this person was completely different from all the young people he had met in his life.
In order to avoid being a lover of the house, he inevitably paid more attention. Even when the other party was in trouble, he chose to ignore it. He only secretly reached out to pull it up at the most critical moment. As a result, the more he paid attention, the more he felt that this person was extraordinary.
From then on, he knew that his granddaughter had read it correctly. The military weapon supervisor Zhang Qian was definitely worthy of his granddaughter's lifelong entrustment.
And his granddaughter wants to escape from the doom of dowrying Tubo, and the other party is also the greatest hope. For the Tang Dynasty, a young official with a pillar of character who is destined to grow is far more important than that of the Tubo baby Zanpu. With Zhang Qian's ability to make contributions and growth speed, it may take less than three years to stand in front of Emperor Shenlong with him, requesting the abolition of the marriage with Tubo and let everyone in the marriage ranks go back to their own homes. No matter how badly, he can use his merits to exchange his granddaughter Qingqing from the marriage ranks.
Facts proved that his judgment was correct at all. Before Zhang Qian took the initiative to propose to Li Xian that in exchange for his granddaughter's return home with military achievements, Emperor Yingtian Shenlong Li Xian took the initiative to free his granddaughter from the marriage ranks. This winter, the Tubo envoy wrote several letters to the Supervisor's Saint, asking the princess to set off after the spring. The Tang Dynasty slowed down the matter again and again on the grounds that Tubo had condoned his subordinate tribes to harass Yutian in the spring.
If it weren't for the excessive joy of the Dragon Emperor of Yingtian, Li Xian, who suddenly passed away more than ten days ago, Yang Chen believed that with Li Xian's character, he might have to use this time to wipe out the power of the Turks and issue an order to punish Tubo. In this way, not only will his granddaughter no longer suffer from the pain of marrying far away from the plateau, but all the women in the marriage team, including Princess Jincheng, will completely get rid of the fate of staying away from their relatives and wielding their bodies to the tiger!
Thinking of the Yingtian Dragon Emperor Li Xian, who endured humiliation and endured the lord of Zhongxing for the rest of his life, he finally endured himself as the leader of the revival. Old Yang Feng couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart with the magic of fate. At the same time, he looked at Zhang Qian with a strong sense of appreciation.
From his perspective, the person who made the greatest contribution to the Tang army being able to wipe out the Turks again was Zhang Qian. Without the furnace invented by Zhang Qian, the Tang army would not be able to fight in the north of Mo after entering the winter. Without the fire dragon chariot and gunpowder bullets invented by Zhang Qian, the Tang army would have difficulty gaining an overwhelming advantage against the Turkic cavalry, let alone the latter would be defeated at once.
In addition, the strategy of digging peat to support the army that Zhang Renyuan taught Zhang Renyuan completely solved the problem of the Shuofang Army's combat expenditure. Since then, north of the Yellow River has been no longer a barren land. Zhang Renyuan led his troops to fight, and there is no need to worry that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War have repeatedly pulled him back on the grounds that military supplies and food are difficult to provide.
A pair of hands that were not too soft came over from the table and held his left hand, warm and firm. Zhang Qian's sourness in his heart was quickly dispersed by tenderness. He turned his head and explained in a very small voice: "It's okay, I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm sorry, I should have gone to see you as soon as possible after the captive ceremony was over. Who would have been busy until now."
"You don't have to be polite to me when you use Zhao." Yang Qingqing smiled and shook her head gently, "You have to be busy with your business, I don't care about waiting for a few more days. Anyway, I don't have to go to Tubo anymore. If you want to see me, you can come to my house at any time. I will always have time."
"Thank you!" Zhang Qian felt warm in his heart and nodded to the other party with a smile. Then, he felt that he had let down the other party's waiting. He organized some language and said in a very low voice: "I got a few real sweat-blooded horses in Dayuan. I was full of chestnut colors and ran fast and steadily. I knew you like riding horses, so I brought a pair back to you. Tomorrow afternoon, if it is convenient, I will send them to you when I deliver the wine."
"I don't need to ride a horse, what should I do if I need a sweat and blood? You'd better keep it for yourself!" Yang Qingqing felt sweet in her heart, and secretly looked at her grandfather, responding in a lower voice, "You know, I don't need a gift. It's the best gift you can give me when you can rescue me from the marriage team."
"One code is one code!" Zhang Qian was in another time and space, and his love experience was almost zero. He didn't know how to give gifts to his girlfriend. However, he refused to agree to take back the gifts he gave. "You have two good horses, and it will be more comfortable to ride out for a walk in the future. In addition, I also got some gems and had already found a craftsman to process them into jewelry. I wanted to find you first and give you a surprise..."
"How could you give such a precious gift if you didn't make a marriage?" Yang Qingqing's face was filled with happiness, but she stubbornly shook her head, "Yun Zhao, you..."
She looked at her grandfather who was lowering her head to eat vegetables again. She secretly pointed at Zhang Qian’s chest with her fingers, and pointed at her chest, "It’s enough to pretend here, there is no need for anything else."
"Yeah!" Zhang Qian also raised his finger, pointed to his chest first, and then pointed at the other party gently, "I understand. But, I've hit it. Otherwise, I'd better calculate the engagement gift? In this way, it doesn't matter if you accept it."
"I..." Yang Qingqing blushed and bleeding when asked, but she couldn't get angry because Zhang Qian gave him an overly expensive gift. In an instant, she didn't know how to respond.
"Hmm! Humm!" Old Yang seemed to have choked on drinking and coughed loudly on the side.
Immediately, Zhang Qian and Yang Qingqing could no longer push and let go. Both of them blushed and sat straight.
"Our Hongnong Yang family was famous for their good horses in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It's not that I brag, there are at least four horses in the six horses of Zhaoling. It was my Majesty Taizong who was presented to by my Hongnong Yang family back then." Old Yang Feng raised his hand and stroked his beard and said with a smile, "So, you can't just send two horses to your sweat-blooded horses. What's more, the two green veins will have to be brought back after marrying you, which is equivalent to not sending them!"
"Grandfather--" Yang Qingqing was ashamed of shame, and tugged her head on the table and stomped her feet hard.
"This time I brought back a total of ten blood horses in Dayuan. In addition to the two of the green veins, the remaining eight were originally planned to be given to the seniors." Zhang Qian bowed happily, "In addition, there is also a kind of horse that pulls a cart in the Western Regions. It is not fast, but it is very tall and strong, so the younger generation also brought fifty horses back. I originally wanted to see if I could raise a horse plow in the Central Plains, and it happened to be given to the old seniors."
"It's not for me, but for Hongnong Yang's family. When the Hongnong Yang's family produces a second generation of good horses, they will definitely repay you with favors." What I like is Zhang Qian's refreshing spirit, and Yang Qi nodded with a smile. "As for me, drinking is enough."
"Wine, white chrysanthemums, red sorghum. I will send someone to give me 1,000 kilograms to my senior tomorrow. I will keep it for me to drink slowly. If it is not enough, I can send someone to Xiao Zhangjiazhuang to pick it up at any time." Zhang Qian hoped that the old fox would not treat him as an outsider and agreed decisively.
"Well, then I'm so disrespectful!" Yang Feng continued to nod with a smile on his head, ignoring his granddaughter gently stepped on the tip of his boots under the table.
Then, he put away his smile and sat up straight, "I'm here, I don't have any gifts to you. Let's ask you a question? You have been in charge of Xuanwu Gate for more than ten days. How does it feel?"
Zhang Qian immediately heard the point of guidance from the other party's words, and sat upright and bowed, "I dare not hide it from my seniors. At first, it was just an impulse to try to have fun. But now, every moment is like being on pins and needles!"
"You actually feel like you are feeling uncomfortable? I thought you were alone in the Tang Dynasty. I felt very satisfied!" The old fox Yang Feng raised his eyebrows high, his voice low and anxious, "If you really have the intention to change the color of the world, it would be fine! I don't think you are an ambitious person, why don't you know how to advance or retreat?"
"Senior really knows me!" Zhang Qian was scolded and felt weak, and bowed his head to apologize. "At the beginning, entering the palace to maintain order was on the order of Xiao Pushe. Later, he couldn't bear to see that the priest's body was not cold, so someone wanted to fight with his room in front of his spirit. As for ambition, at that time, I didn't care about anything else, but just did it based on my nature, and I never thought about being misunderstood. But now, I didn't know how to advance and retreat, but I was unable to get off the tiger, so I could only grit my teeth and struggle to hold on."
"It's hard to get rid of a tiger?" Yang Qian was not here to teach Zhang Qian a lesson. When he heard that he was honest, he immediately put away his anger and asked seriously. "Then how do you want to end this matter? Could it be that you have been staying here and waiting for others to treat you as Dong Zhuo? Dong Zhuo had 200,000 Xiliang soldiers under his command back then, but you had only 3,000 people!"
"I don't know how to finish it, so I can only wait until the emperor is buried in peace and immediately lead his troops to Anxi to make his heart clear!" Zhang Qian sighed and told his thoughts the truth.
Chapter completed!