The first snow of the year has fallen, and the temperature is getting colder.

The Khitan Barat Khan was also worried about the colder weather, but he was not worried about his son-in-law Yelu Lide having just killed Yelu Yundeshi. Although that incident was also a big deal for the Khitan, it was not a big deal for him, the khan. Anyway, the Khitan Yili Sumire is elected every three years, and everyone takes turns to do it. Although ruthless virtue does something that is not completely in order, as long as the strength is enough, this is something that no one can stop.

Besides, in my heart, he actually doesn't like Yunde Shi very much. The three Yelu were divided into seven divisions, and the Diera tribe composed of the various divisions of the world expanded too rapidly, and had surpassed the Oga clan and the Sharan clan.

Let's fight, anyway, Yun Deshi and Ruthless are both from the Diera Department, and their fight can be regarded as an intra-tribal struggle, and he doesn't have to care about it.

Barat Khan is now worried about his business.

As a Khitan Khan, you don't have to worry about being elected every three years, and you don't have to worry about someone competing for this position. And Yi Li Jin controls the power of the Khitan tribes, and he, the khan, really doesn't have much power, and the right to mobilize soldiers and horses to fight is on the Khitan Yi Li Jin and the tribes Yi Li Jin. And he has no right to control the affairs within the tribes. The one who can manage it is his own tribe, but as a khan, life is still relatively comfortable, and every year each tribe will hand over a large number of materials and money to him.

Bara Khan has always been the richest leader of the Khitan, and over the years since he succeeded to the throne, he has spent almost all of his power in business to make money. Every year, he collected a large number of cattle and sheep skins from the hands of Khitan herdsmen, as well as various animal skins. There is also excavated iron ore and other gold and silver ores, jade ores, and so on. Originally, he only bought all kinds of leather goods. There are also cows and horses, etc. It was used to exchange salt, tea, ironware and other items with the merchants of the Central Plains.

Last year many businessmen came. Acquire all kinds of ores at high prices, gold, silver, copper, iron, jade, etc., these ores are also mined by the Khitan itself, but the smelting technology is too poor, the cost of smelting is too high, and it is impossible to refine good things. But sell to merchants in the Central Plains, and then buy salt, tea, ironware, silk, porcelain, and jade. But it's a lot more cost-effective.

Therefore, this year, Barat Khan had already made a large price, not only arranging for many tribesmen and slaves to mine many mines, but also allowing other tribes to also mine a lot, and booked the transaction in advance.

All kinds of ore that were mined at the moment had been roughened and piled up like mountains in his camp.

But now, seeing that the first snow has fallen, the weather is getting colder and colder, and he is about to see through the autumn water, but those Central Plains merchants have not yet come.

Barat Khan let out a long sigh. He was now worried, anxious. He put all his capital into this year's business. Even the tribes still owe a lot of money, and the ores and all kinds of leather goods that have been booked by the tribes have been transported to his tent, but the Tang people have not yet arrived.

If this business is smashed in your hands, it will be troublesome.

Just when the flowers that Bara Khan was waiting for were about to be gone, the people he sent to the Central Plains finally returned, bringing back a piece of news that made him desperate. This year, there have been wars in southern Liaoning, Youzhou, Daibei and Henan, and all kinds of turmoil.

There are three ways for the Central Plains to enter the Khitan, one is from Youzhou to the army from Datong to the fortress, one is from Youzhou to the east out of Lulongyu Pass through Yanshan into the western Liaoning corridor into the Khitan, and the other is from Dengzhou to the sea to southern Liaoning, and then through the northeast of Liaoning to the Khitan.

But last year, Youzhou, southern Liaoning, and Daibei all fought wars, so that countless businessmen did not dare to go out of the fortress.

There is also news that although the war in various places is over, the merchants of the Central Plains and even many merchants of the Fan Kingdom have recently gathered in Dengzhou. I heard that there are many rare goods for sale in Dengzhou, which attracts everyone to run there.

"What's so hot? Barat Khan asked, no matter how popular the goods are, it is impossible to attract all the merchants.

However, when the clairvoyant mirror, glass mirror, wine bottles, wine glasses, horse lanterns, and more than a dozen goods were displayed in front of him, he was still full of surprise. There are such treasures in the world, although when he heard Yelu Jinde, the son of the Central Plains, say that these dozen things actually cost 100,000 yuan, his heart hurt a little, but he still took a few things and was reluctant to let go.

"Is there really no Central Plains merchant willing to come?" Barat Khan sighed.

"Now those businessmen are queuing up in Dengzhou to buy glass, the weather is getting colder, how can anyone want to come." Tracer said helplessly. "However, don't worry, they don't want to come, we can take the goods to Liaonan. Let's exchange leather cattle and sheep ore for their tea, silk, porcelain and glass, and then be a Khitan glass dealer, we will definitely make more money. ”

Although many people opposed it at first, the leaders of the various tribes have benefited a lot, and now a large number of nobles have appeared in the Khitan. In addition to the subordinate warriors, cattle, sheep and horses, there were also land slaves, luxurious tents and all kinds of luxury goods from the Central Plains. Wear gold and silver, wear silk robes, drink the wine of the Central Plains, drink the tea leaves of the Central Plains, use the porcelain of the Central Plains, and even the women of the Natang people.

"It's just that the Diira Department still occupies the road to southern Liaoning." Although the son-in-law Lide and the Yundeshi family are internal disputes, Barat is not too worried about them. Besides, there are Goguryeo people on the road. Moreover, it is really a bit troublesome to send so many goods to the Central Plains.

Inside the Khitan, Barat Khan was worried about his business. After assassinating Yun Deshi, Yelu Ruthless was happily preparing to carry out the firewood ceremony for Yi Lijin to take office. The Lianra tribe in Liaozhong retreated from under the city of Jili, and the envoys sent by Yelu Yanmu were already hurrying to Beijing on the Bohai Sea

Just as the second snow was brewing, suddenly a large Central Plains caravan crossed eastern and western Liaodong and arrived at the camp of the Shake clan Barat tribe on the banks of the Tuhuzhen River in Khitan. This caravan numbered more than 3,000 people, and it was better to call it a caravan than a small army. There are as many as 1,000 guards in the caravan, and they are all ruthless characters at first glance. Along the way, they did not trade with the various tribes they met at all, but went straight to the tribal camp of the Khitan Bala Khan.

Along the way, the Khitan cavalry had already reported to the Khan of the Balla Khan, and the Balla led the tribal warriors to wait twenty miles outside the camp early. Seeing a line of black surging in the sky, Bara hurriedly set up a clairvoyant mirror worth three hundred war horses in his hand and looked into the distance.

With the help of the clairvoyant mirror, Bara clearly saw the caravan that was still a thousand steps away in the mirror. He searched for familiar faces in the mirror, and sure enough, in a short time, he had found out the leaders of a dozen caravans that had been trading all these years. Although there were many more merchants in leather robes he didn't know, and this year's caravan was too big, and the caravan guards were a little more sturdy than in previous years.

But the most embarrassed Ba Ra still showed a smiling face, this is not Liaoxi and Liaodong, this is the place where the Khitan has lived for generations, surrounded by countless tribes. He didn't believe that any Han Chinese would dare to have other thoughts, he was concerned about the supplies of the countless chariots and horses that the caravan had carefully guarded.

"These profiteers from the Tang Dynasty really came in the end, they finally came." At this moment, Bara Khan even had some excited urge to cry, if they didn't come, they would not be able to eat well and not sleep enough.

When the Tang caravan approached, it stopped a mile away, and more than a dozen caravans rode to the front of Bara's team, calmly took off their hats, put them on their chests, saluted, and shouted in Khitan language, "Respected Khitan Khan, we have come as promised." ”

Bala Khan stepped forward and looked at everyone with a big smile, "Damn it, I thought you wouldn't be here this year. ”

"Although we and other businessmen are highly profitable, a promise is worth a thousand gold, and we made an appointment last year to come back this year, so naturally we have to abide by the agreement. However, this year, there were constant wars in various places, and during this time, I was busy going to Dengzhou to negotiate a few deals, and the time was a little late. The Khitan warriors and the Goguryeo people fought in Liaodong, but they took a lot of risks on this trip, and finally had to gather hundreds of caravans and hire the bravest guards before they dared to come. Led by a brocade-robed Tang merchant with white beard, Da Lu said with a smile.

"Where are you from? Cui shopkeeper? ”

The shopkeeper Cui has been doing business with Hu people for many years, he is the big shopkeeper of Cui's special business, and he has been doing business with Barak for more than ten years, and the relationship between the two is the most familiar.

Shopkeeper Cui tightened his leather robe, "From Dengzhou to the sea, to southern Liaoning." Then I took a boat from the Liao River all the way north, and then went ashore to change horses, and the team walked all the way for many days before I arrived. I don't know how many things the Khan of Ludao has prepared, this time we are in a hurry, although we brought a lot of goods, but we didn't dare to trade with other tribes on the road first, just waiting to trade with the Great Khan. It's getting colder and colder, and I hope the deal goes smoothly and I can return to the Central Plains before the Liao River freezes. ”

The Khan court of the Pala Khan occupies the most fertile grassland in the Khitan territory, and now the Khitan began to settle and cultivate, and the camp of the Pala also began to build many stone houses and earthen houses, although it is not as gorgeous as the Central Plains, but it is also much more comfortable than the tent, and it is the residence of the nobles of distant clans. The Khan's palace of Barat Khan had many houses and courtyards, and a wall was built around the khan's palace.

Shopkeeper Cui looked at these and sighed in his heart, he came to Saiwai almost every year, sometimes even two or three times a year. But in the past few years, the changes in the Khitan have been too huge. They have gone from living in pursuit of water and grass to sedentary farming. Even in the past, when they invaded the south, they only plundered the money and food population and then retreated, but now, they began to move south step by step, and when they laid down a land, they divided tribes to cultivate and herdify in the same place.

The expansion of the Khitan was really amazing, and he couldn't help but think of what Li Dashuai had said to him when he was summoned before departure, the Khitan would be the trouble of the Central Plains.

Suddenly, he felt that the task given to him by Li Dashuai was extremely heavy, as heavy as Mount Tai! (To be continued......)