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Kublai Khan sighed in his heart, turned his gaze to the Eight Princesses again, his eyes shone with excitement, and asked, "Are you the Eight Princesses?" ”

Lu Qi led the eight concubines to step forward and salute again: "Yes, the eight concubines meet the Great Khan, and may the Great Khan live forever." ”

Kublai Khan rejoiced: "I have been famous for you for a long time, and I can only see you today." At night, I would like to invite you to sing and dance at the thick gate, and I want to wear it. ”

Lu Qi smiled: "The concubine can't wait for the posture of Bo Liu, how fortunate is it to be able to perform in front of the Great Khan?" ”

Kublai Khan laughed and said, "We Mongolians are different from Han Chinese, and we value people who are good at singing and dancing, both men and women. As long as you perform well, I will be rewarded! ”

Lu Qi smiled: "Yes, the concubine must go all out." With that, he stepped aside.

Kublai Khan saw that Lu Qi was a kabuki, but he responded calmly, advanced and retreated appropriately, and liked it very much, and praised Cheng Yue: "You eight beautiful women, you are really amazing, no wonder you can be famous all over the world!" ”

Cheng Yue smiled and said: "They follow me to the east and west, from the south to the north, from the Great Khan, the Great Queen, the kings and nobles, down to the peddlers and pawns, scoundrels in the market, all kinds of people have seen it, and their knowledge is naturally different, to be honest, there are many ministers who are inferior." ”

Kublai Khan nodded again and again when he heard this, and said, "Well said! If you can't travel thousands of miles, how can you know the suffering of the world? Cheng Yue, this is a great goodness! ”

Cheng Yue said in a deep voice: "Great Khan, when it comes to traveling thousands of miles, there is one thing I want to ask the Great Khan to accept. ”

Kublai Khan was busy looking at the beauties, but he didn't expect Cheng Yue to mention business at this time, he was slightly stunned, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Great Khan, the minister wants to ask the Great Khan to open Sichuan and Huguang provinces and their northern borders, and the minister wants to transport grain, grass and weapons for the western expedition, send people to survey the roads in advance, dig wells, and contact the four khanates. ”

Kublai Khan was taken aback and said, "Do you want to do transportation now?" I thought it would be a year or two later. ”

Cheng Yue shook his head and said: "The minister's tactics are different from those of Mongolia, and the most important logistics must be raised in advance. Moreover, when a minister leads a large army on the road, he cannot rely on others alone, but must know the way well. The minister has ordered the Great Song Dynasty to step up the preparation of grain, after the southern expedition, the minister can expand the land for thousands of miles, the southern countries have fertile land, just suitable for growing grain, as long as the reserve for two years, the grain and grass required by the minister can be solved, and the sea route of the western expedition can also be opened, and then the two-pronged approach can ensure success. ”

Hearing Cheng Yue mention the Western Expedition, Kublai Khan also became serious and said, "So...... What do you need me to do? ”

Cheng Yue said: "For the time being, there is no need, the first things are done by the ministers, and when they start to transport grain and grass in large quantities, the ministers will urge the Great Khan to send troops." ”

Kublai Khan muttered: "Okay, I will follow your words, but every time you transport to the north, you must report to the military headquarters in advance, and explain the number of people, horses, and things to be transported and the quantity. ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "That's natural, Great Khan, please rest assured." ”

Kublai Khan nodded and said, "That's good, since you are sure, I will leave these things to you." ”

Cheng Yue said solemnly: "Yes, the minister will live up to the trust of the Great Khan." ”

In just a few words, the two of them had already decided on the major event of the start of the Western Expedition, and Cheng Yue's long-planned Western Expedition finally took the first step!

When the event arrived, Kublai Khan was in a better mood, and smiled at Cheng Yue: "Cheng Yue, you privately gave Kuo Kuolun and Babahan a pair of ivory mahjong, and I heard them say that they often played in the Southern Song Dynasty, and when they returned to the palace, they also taught Nanbi to play, and they often played happily." Now that you have time, how about you play a few laps with me? ”

Cheng Yue was stunned and said with a smile: "Does the Great Khan also play mahjong?" ”

Kublai Khan smiled and said: "It was Kuo Kuolun who taught me, and I wanted me to play with them, but how could I only play mahjong with women?" It's not good to win, it's not good to lose, so I've been hoping that someone can accompany me to play a few rounds, real gold won't fight, and the ministers don't dare to win me, think about it, it's only you. ”

Cheng Yue laughed and said, "Okay, the minister is honored, let's accompany the Great Khan for a few rounds, and the Great Khan needs to prepare more money." ”

Kublai Khan said happily: "Kuo Kuolun, go and get Madang, Chabi, Nanbi, you accompany me and the king of Zhennan to fight together." ”

Kublai Khan has been taught to play mahjong by Kukuolun, and he likes this game very much, but as a great khan, he can't always mix in a group of women to fight to win or lose, so he has not played much with the concubines.

Seeing that Kublai Khan was very interested, Kuo Kuolun got up and said with a smile: "Yes, the concubine will go and get it." "Go back to the palace and get it yourself.

The inner transmission next to him heard the order and hurriedly brought a small table for playing mahjong and four comfortable soft chairs. Cheng Yue and Kublai Khan sat opposite each other, and Chabi and Nanbi sat on the left and right, happily preparing to play mahjong.

Kuo Kulun quickly took the mahjong over, and the four of them happily played mahjong with one or two pieces of silver.

All the concubines saw it freshly, and they all gathered around to watch the game, after all, there would never be too many opportunities to see Kublai Khan and Cheng Yue playing mahjong at the same time.

Cheng Yue actually deliberately gave Kuo Kuolun a pair of mahjong, in order to free the concubines in the palace from boredom, so that they would only waste time burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, in his opinion, as long as you don't gamble too much, there will be no harm, and indulging in religion is the real scourge of the country!

Cheng Yue's intentions really paid off, after Kuo Kuolun and Babahan returned to Dadu, they naturally taught many concubines to play mahjong, and successfully pulled many concubines out of the Buddhist hall, at least so that they no longer worship the Buddha every day as before, but Cheng Yue never expected that Kublai Khan would learn it, I can't help but say, this is really an unexpected joy.

Cheng Yue did not deliberately let Kublai Khan fight as he wanted, Kublai Khan was even happier because of this, and there was laughter and laughter in the dormitory, a harmonious atmosphere for the New Year.

Unconsciously it hit the evening, Kublai Khan lost a mess at the beginning, fortunately Cheng Yue deliberately released the water, and pulled back more than half, Cheng Yue's tricks were subtle, Kublai Khan did not notice, the interest was higher and higher, and he frequently shouted and screamed, where is there a big sweat?

The concubines in the palace are more and more, almost all of them gather in the dormitory to watch the mahjong, see that Cheng Yue, the king of Zhennan, and Kublai Khan do not give in, a table of mahjong is in full swing, admiring Cheng Yue's status, the concubines who were not interested in mahjong in the past can not help but move the idea of learning, and they are full of interest and cheers on the side.