"The great cannibal Abdullah Saeed Ali has met His Excellency the Great Khan of Mongolia. {(八{一Chinese )}>.) 8)1]Z〉}.>COM" Ali said as he clenched his right hand into a fist, placed it on his left chest, and bowed deeply to Temujin.

Ali is now also named a court doctor in the Great Song Dynasty, and he is the master of Honglu Temple. This time, I was entrusted by Yang Yan to inquire about the situation in Mongolia. Let's see if it is possible to unite with the Mongols and attack the Jin state from the north and south. Ali had been to the grasslands, had some knowledge of the situation, and was adventurous by nature, so he gladly accepted the task. He always found a few big cannibals, and came to Western Xia from the Great Song Dynasty together, found a caravan, and entered the grassland together.

The caravan was one of the most popular groups of people on the grassland, shuttling back and forth between the various tribes of the grassland, mainly bringing tea, salt, grain, cloth, iron, medicinal herbs, and some luxury goods and handicrafts that the nobility liked by the nobility, such as spirits, porcelain, silk, embroidery, gold, silver and jade, etc., in exchange for cattle, sheep, horses, furs and other goods. When resentment, sometimes there are people who are ** easy, mainly to buy strong captives as laborers or beautiful women.

Over the past few hundred years, although the various tribes of the steppe have been in constant disputes, each tribe has always been very friendly to the caravan and will not harm them. Because there are no other materials on the grassland, even if you fight a war, you can only plunder people and livestock, and if you want to get other things you need, you must exchange them with caravans. If that tribe has a reputation for plundering caravanserans, none of the caravans will go to their tribe to exchange goods with them and not find anything else. Therefore, it is not uncommon for two tribes to fight fiercely on the steppe, while caravans are able to pass between them without hindrance.

Moreover, when there is a fierce battle on the grassland, a large number of caravans are often gathered near the battlefield, because once there is a war, it means that the demand for food, iron, medicinal materials and other materials will greatly increase, and the victorious side will often grab a large number of livestock, capture a large number of people, and can be traded, which can be a great business opportunity.

Therefore, after a long time, the leaders of some caravans that often went in and out of the steppe were often very familiar with the chiefs of various tribes, and sometimes they could also act as intermediaries and mediators, communicating between the opposing sides, and they were very comfortable on the steppe.

Of course, not all tribes will be friendly to the caravan, for the caravan, the biggest threat is the horse thieves in the steppe, and there are some small tribes who lack material resources and have nothing to exchange. They had only managed so much, and when they saw the caravan, there was only one word "rob". When you meet such a person, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

However, in order to protect themselves, caravans often recruit more people and form their own armies, with a caravan as few as two or three hundred people and as many as nearly a thousand. Some small caravans are not large enough in number, and they will unite several caravans to form a large caravan together. Ali formed a small caravan of more than 30 people in Western Xia, joined a large caravan, and went out together.

At this time, Wang Han and Tie Shuzhen were standing side by side on the grassland, so it was relatively much safer, and the caravan in the Hetao area of the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division walked out of Western Xia, entered the grassland, and traveled north without incident, reaching the Mongolian tribe by the Tilulian River

While writing about the exchange of goods by the herders, Ali inquired in detail about the situation in the steppe, as well as the history of Mongolia, as well as Temujin's personal situation. At the same time, in order to test the attitude of the Mongolian tribes, he also let out the wind, saying that he was from the Southern Song Dynasty. In fact, the big food merchants have always traveled from south to north, and there are not a few people who have traveled all over the Western Xia, Dajin, and the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not an accident that they came from the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this time, Temujin came back from Huanzhou and wanted to inquire about the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty, and when he heard that there were big food merchants from the Southern Song Dynasty in the caravan, he immediately invited Ali to meet him. Ali did not expect to see the Mongolian Great Khan Tie Zhenzhen so soon, and he was also very happy.

After the two met and greeted each other, Temujin smiled and said, "Mr. Ali, I heard that you are from the Southern Song Dynasty, I don't know how long you have lived in the Southern Song Dynasty?" ”

Ali said very respectfully: "Reply to Your Excellency the Great Khan, I have lived in the Southern Song Dynasty for six or seven years, and I have been engaged in business activities. ”

Temujin must have known the Southern Song Dynasty very well when he heard that he had lived in the Southern Song Dynasty for so long, and he was secretly happy in his heart, so he picked up a porcelain cup and said, "I like the porcelain of the Southern Song Dynasty very much, so I am very curious and want to know what a country that can make such a beautiful cup will look like." Since you have lived in the Southern Song Dynasty for such a long time, you must know this country very well, can you tell me about it? ”

Ali smiled slightly and said, "Of course, respected Great Khan, only by understanding the situation of a country can we understand the needs of this country, and it is a necessary knowledge for us businessmen." So I think I can satisfy your curiosity, but the Southern Song Dynasty is a country with a vast geography and a long history, and if you talk about it, you can't say enough for ten days and ten nights, so what do you want to know the most? ”

Tie Yuzhen pondered for a while, and deliberately said casually: "This time I am in Huanzhou, I heard that there was a war between the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty not long ago, I am a person who is very interested in war, do you know anything about this war?" ”

Ali smiled and said, "Your Excellency, it should be said that you are asking the right person, I dare to say that there is no second person on the grassland who is more confused about this war than me." ”

Although Ali did not really participate in this war, he was familiar with Yang Yan and others after all, so he also knew the whole process of the war. Temujin listened very carefully, and he was also a battle-hardened man, so he knew that Ali was not lying. Moreover, where Ali talked about Guan Jian, Tie Yuzhen often asked for details, and when he talked about Yang Yan, Temujin from time to time made exclamations such as "It turned out to be like this", "It was really a good way", "It's really too clever" and so on.

In this way, the two talked and asked, and it took almost two hours for Ali to finish the Song-Jin war. Temujin couldn't help but sigh and said, "I can't imagine that there are such heroes in the world. It would be great if I could meet this Yang Yan. ”

Ali smiled and said, "Great Khan, I have met with His Excellency this colt a few times, and I still have some friendship. ”

Tie Yu was really stunned and said, "How did you know him?" ”

Ali had already thought of his words, and said: "We are merchants, and all those who may become our patrons will be worthy of our friendship, Your Excellency Yang Juma is such a person, and you are also such a person, Great Khan." ”

Temujin laughed when he heard this, he originally had a little doubt, Ali was just a businessman, how could he understand this war so clearly, now it seems that this big cannibal is not an ordinary businessman, he still has some contacts with the high-level of the Southern Song Dynasty, but this is not surprising, most of the businessmen are like this. Seeing that you are really asking the right person. And if he really plans to unite with the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jin State, Ali seems to be of great use.

In the days that followed, Temujin would ask Ali every day about the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he would try to inquire about Yang Yan's situation and the current attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty towards the Jin Kingdom. Ali also praised Yang Yan to the best of his knowledge, and told Temujin about Yang Yan's previous experience and the current emperor's resolute attitude towards the Jin Kingdom.

After learning about the process of the Southern Song Dynasty's feud with the Jin State, Temujin was very happy, and thought that the alliance with the Southern Song Dynasty was a little more certain. But this is only Ali's words after all, and Tie Yuzhen didn't dare to believe it completely, so he just pretended to be interested and never revealed his true thoughts.

And Ali also knew that now was not the time for a showdown, so although he really had to answer all questions about Tie Yan, he never revealed Yang Yan's consent. However, the Mongolian generals and herdsmen saw him meet with the Great Khan every day, although they didn't know what to talk about, but they also had a little more respect for Ali, and most of the grassland herdsmen were simple and hospitable, and Ali was also good at making friends, so after more than half a month, Ali was already familiar with the Mongolian department, and it was also very convenient to inquire about the news he needed.

At this time, the caravan was about to return home, and Ali also took his farewell to Temujin. Temujin gave Ali a large number of gifts, on the one hand, to thank him for telling him about the Southern Song Dynasty, and on the other hand, he might also use Ali's place in the future to establish a good relationship with him first.

After a few more days, the Zabal Fire Warriors returned to the Mongol tribes. He brought back an edict from the Jin State, ordering Temujin to lead the expedition against the Kereh tribe on behalf of the Jin State, and agreed to let the Wangu tribe help Temujin. When Temujin heard this, he was very pleased, and he rewarded the one who was burning with Zabal.

At the same time, the Zha Ba'er Fire Collector also reported to Temujin what he had heard about the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty. Tie Zhenzhen compared what he said with what Ali said, and immediately showed that in the history of the enmity with the Jin State in the Southern Song Dynasty, what the two said was almost identical. However, regarding the Song-Jin War two years ago, the news heard by the Zha Ba'er Fire Warrior was more biased towards the Jin State in terms of results, and at the same time, it also found a lot of reasons for the withdrawal of Jin troops from the Southern Song Dynasty. However, this point cannot be concealed from Tie Shuzhen, because he is also a person who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and Ali's description of the war process is more credible.

Therefore, after Tie Yuzhen told Ali's situation to the Zaba'er fireman, the Zaba'er firefighter was also greatly shocked. At the same time, from the perspective of the spectators, the Zha Ba'er Fire Man immediately thought about whether this Ali could be a spy sent by the Southern Song Dynasty to find an opportunity to form an alliance with Mongolia. This is not impossible, because the Zaba'er Fire Warrior had allied with the Jin State back then and destroyed the Liao State established by the Khitans.

This time it was a reminder of Tie Yuzhen, and in retrospect, it was indeed very possible. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, if he could make an alliance with the Southern Song Dynasty, he would be much more sure of destroying Jinyu. However, Ali left with the scriptures, and if Ali was really a secret envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty, then he would definitely come to Mongolia again.