The low sound of trumpets sounded in the autumn wind, and groups of fierce Khitan knights came from all directions to the Khan Court on the banks of the Tuhuzhen River. Although the Khitan Khan did not command the army and did not have high authority, he had a respected status and was the co-leader of the Twenty Alliance. In the event of a dispute between the tribes, the Khan must convene all the tribes to negotiate and resolve it.

Half a month ago, the Khitan Khan issued a silver wolf order arrow, sent a herald to the twenty departments with the silver wolf flag, and summoned all the departments to come to Yili Jin.

The Khitan Khan was so excited, of course, not because of the arrival of the Central Plains caravan.

The tribes were summoned to come for the sake of Jerod's killing of Jeruyunde. Although this was originally a family affair of the Diera Tribe, the Great Dielie Mansion of the Diera Tribe, Yi Li Sumire, was also the Yi Li Jin of the entire Khitan Alliance, so the summoning of all the tribes was to elect a new Yi Li Sumire. However, now that Yelu Sumire killed Yun Deshi, he has reached an agreement with Diera's internal and other ministries, so the new Yili Jin has actually been confirmed as Yelu Sumire a long time ago, but according to the rules of the Khitan, each ministry still has to hold an election together, and then publicly hold a firewood ceremony, so Yelu Lide is the new Yili Sumire.

All the tribes complied with the order, and the caravan of the Central Plains also arrived at this time, it was still such a huge caravan, and Bara Khan was in a very good mood now.

The caravan camped not far from the Khan's Court was also invited to the banquet that the various departments came to today.

After the shopkeeper Cui took a bath, he put on a gorgeous and warm fur coat, and rushed to the Khan Court with a team of carefully selected brave escorts.

The low horn sounded again, and a mighty cavalry appeared, embroidered with a banner of a giant silver wolf flying in the wind. Barat Khan came.

The leaders of the twenty divisions, their officers and escorts, stopped their horses and lined up on either side. Shopkeeper Cui led the people of the caravan to rush forward. Got to the end of the queue.

Wearing a silver wolf's skin robe, Barat Khan wore a silver wolf-headed sword pinned to his waist and a shining clairvoyant mirror on the other. He stepped forward and laughed with the leaders of the tribes who came to join the alliance one by one, and after seeing the leaders of the tribes, Lao Yuan smiled and said, "Distinguished grassland guest, how was your rest here last night?" ”

Shopkeeper Cui turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and bowed, "The silver wolf on the grassland." We were treated to a wonderful reception last night and are very much appreciated. This time, he was also entrusted by the envoys of the four towns of the Tang Dynasty Andong Daduhu, Zhenguo Army, Datong Army, Lu Long Army, and Pinglu Army, Situ, Zhongshu Ling, Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Shangzhu State, General Auxiliary State, General Zuo Xiaowei, and Marshal Li Jing, Duke of Qi, with the gift of Li Dashuai, to express sincere respect and greetings to the Khan on his behalf. ”

As he spoke, he beckoned, and the four guards carefully carried up a large box of red sandalwood.

Those Khitan leaders were already shocked when they heard Li Jing's long list of official names. Now I see that the gift boxes given by Li Jing are all filled with such precious red sandalwood, which is even more staggering.

Everyone was eager to know the way. What kind of gift will Li Jing, whose prestige is spread to the Khitan, give to the Khitan Khan.

The box was lifted to the Khan, and the shopkeeper opened it. The rosewood box also has a movable mechanism, press the mechanism, the four sides of the box will spread out, and the gifts in the box will be directly presented.

Seeing the gifts in the box, everyone took a long breath, and even the eyes of Barat Khan were hot.

It was a 'wolf' that was bigger than an ordinary wolf, and it was so dazzling and eye-catching. That posture seemed to be standing on the top of the mountain, roaring to the moon.

"This is a glazed howling wolf, which is completely made according to the silver wolf Xiaoyue raised by Li Dashuai." Cui shopkeeper said.

This glass howling wolf is seven feet long, four feet tall at the shoulders, and weighs at least two or three hundred catties. Such a huge wolf, almost the size of a mare. Originally, I was already shocked when I saw this glazed wolf, but I heard that Li Jing also had a silver wolf of this size, which really shocked the Khitans.

Yelugent, the son of Barat Khan, looked at the wolf and was completely stunned. After a long time, he was still stunned and pointed at the wolf, and shouted excitedly: "This is a glass wolf, so subtle, it is simply a god." How much does it cost to have such a large glass treasure? A person-high glass treasure mirror in Dengzhou was sold for one million. ”

Shopkeeper Cui interjected at the right time: "There were once Gregorians and Tatars who wanted to buy this glazed howling wolf, and the envoy of King Dangas Khan was willing to give 10,000 horses and 100,000 cattle in exchange. The Tatars were also willing to exchange all the treasures and a large number of cattle and horses for such treasures. However, the marshal did not agree, saying that it was a priceless treasure. ”

"This is indeed a priceless treasure, a treasure from the gods. No matter how many sheep can be exchanged for such a treasure, this wolf is the totem of our Khitan! ”

Seeing that the Khitan people were so distracted, Shopkeeper Cui smiled secretly in his heart. Sure enough, as the big marshal said, the Khitan people will behave so crazy after seeing this wolf. This wolf is indeed precious, but no matter how precious it is, it is only a glass wolf. No one would be willing to give 10,000 horses and 100,000 cattle in exchange, what he just said was just casual talk. However, if this wolf really wants to sell, it is not impossible to sell it for millions of guan, or even two or three million guan. After all, the world is so big, and there are still many people who are extremely rich, especially for all ethnic groups such as the grassland, almost all of whom worship wolves. Such a wolf has greater significance.

"This glazed wolf is a gift from Li Dashuai to the Great Khan, and I hope that the Great Khan can cherish this thing in the future, and promote the relationship between Li Dashuai and the Khan."

Bara Khan nodded, and then knelt in front of the glazed wolf with a solemn expression, "From now on, this glazed howling wolf is my Khitan totem, and the Khitan Khan has been passed down from generation to generation!" The warriors of the Khitan should love him more than life! ”

The leaders of the Khitan tribes and the warriors knelt down towards the glazed wolf together, and the sun shone on the glazed wolf, emitting a dazzling luster, dazzling. Countless Khitan people cheered and sighed that this was a gift from God to the Khitan.

After the Pala Khan got up, he asked him to carefully send the glazed wolf to the Khan's palace, where he wanted to build a special palace to house the treasures of the town. After sending away the treasure, he took the hand of the shopkeeper Cui and said with a smile: "I accepted Li Dashuai's gift, this gift is really valuable." I immediately sent for 10,000 cattle and horses, and 200,000 sheep. As a return gift to Li Dashuai. I know that these are not as good as the treasures given by Li Dashuai. But the courtesy is light. Please also accept it, and go back to the descendants of Ben Khan to convey his gratitude to Li Dashuai. ”

This gift is also very heavy, although the cattle, horses and sheep on the grassland are cheap, not as valuable as the Central Plains, but such a large number, even if the horse will not be a war horse, but together it can be worth millions.

"Definitely, definitely!" Shopkeeper Cui was also very happy to receive such a large return gift, even if it was just a gift received on behalf of Li Dashuai.

The chiefs of the tribes came to join the alliance. As soon as he received a rare treasure, he was extremely happy and excited, so he ordered a banquet to be held in the palace to entertain the leaders of the various tribes and the merchants of the Tang Kingdom.

At the Khan's banquet, the merchants of the Central Plains and the leaders of the 20 Khitan tribes went to the banquet together, which showed that in the heart of the Pala Khan, these Tang Dynasty merchants had a very important position in his heart.

The palace of the Khan in Barat was lavishly furnished, with carpets from Persia, silk and porcelain from the Tang Dynasty, tableware and gold and silver utensils from faraway countries. Make the palace resplendent with gold. Today, however, these gold and silver objects are somewhat tarnished. For Barat Khan used a complete set of precious glassware. Glass wine bottles, glass goblets, glass trays, glass teapots, jugs, teacups

Looking at these glassware, the leaders of the tribes were blinded. Who doesn't know that this glassware is now more valuable than gold.

In the lavish hall, the family of Bara Khan, the leaders of various tribes and the merchants of the Tang Dynasty gathered, and the table was filled with all kinds of fine wine brought from Dengzhou, as well as the most delicious barbecue meat on the grassland.

The banquet was a great success.

When he had eaten enough wine and meat, the Pala Khan sent his attendants to remove the feast and serve tea and fruit to the people.

Shopkeeper Cui was very surprised to find that the tea on Bara Khan was neither milk tea nor the sencha commonly drunk by the Tang people, but the tea that had just emerged in the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty. And this tea brewing is very level, and even the tea leaves are newly fried this year's famous tea monttop stone flower.

Yelu Lide, who was about to take up the post of Yili Jin of the Diera Department and the Khitan Yili Jin, took a sip of tea, and the bitter taste made him frown secretly, but when he saw that everyone else was drinking, he forced himself to go down, and asked the shopkeeper Cui with a smile: "This year, the merchants of the Central Plains have not seen a few coming. The tribes are now full of cattle and sheep, and the warehouses are full of skins, but they are in urgent need of salt, tea, silk, and porcelain from the Central Plains. The caravan that came this time was so large, which I had never seen in the past, that is, I don't know how many good things I had brought, so I said first, you must give me some glass. This thing is much more shiny and dazzling than porcelain. ”

The tribes on the steppe have to slaughter cattle and sheep every winter to survive the winter. Because in winter, if the forage is insufficient, the cattle and sheep will fall off, and when the snow is too large, if the forage is not enough, the cattle and sheep will be difficult to survive the winter, and they will freeze to death. Therefore, the custom of the steppe people is to start slaughtering a large number of cattle after winter, preserving dry meat, and the remaining cattle and sheep can also have enough forage for the winter.

However, such a tradition is a great loss for the grassland people. After slaughtering cattle and sheep, all you get is a few pieces of dried meat and a piece of skin, which is not cost-effective to sell alive.

"This time, more than thirty caravans were united. We brought a lot of goods, including more than 800 stone tea, a total of 100,000 catties. Most of them are Fuliang tea cakes and coarse tea, and the high-grade Mengding stone flower tea is a new method of stir-fried tea, only more than 4,000 catties. I don't know what to do, do you like it? ”

Datang's tea has always been the most important commodity traded with foreign countries, and at present, the annual tea production of the entire Datang can reach 800,000 stones, reaching 96 million catties. There are eight major tea-producing areas in the entire Datang, with a total of 65 states producing tea. There are three types of tea in general, coarse tea, cake tea, and loose tea. Coarse tea is coarse tea, which may be a kind of tea that is simply made by picking coarse old scriptures, and is the cheapest. Loose tea refers to roasted green tea. The amount of coarse tea and loose tea is small, and the most is still tea cakes, which are crushed and boiled when used.

People on the grassland need tea more than in the Central Plains, and the Khitan people eat more meat, and drinking tea can not only remove greasy, but also prevent several common diseases of the grassland people and supplement the missing elements. But the grassland people do not produce tea, so the grassland people have always used horses and the Central Plains to exchange tea.

100,000 catties of tea is only more than 800 stones, which is completely unable to meet the needs of the Khitan people.

"Tea for me!" Yelu Jinde, the son of Bara Khan, immediately stood up, "I don't want all of these teas, but I want all the four thousand catties of montastone flower tea, and I will exchange it for war horses." ”

"Trace, you're too greedy, so many of us are here, you can't leave alone with a little good tea." Jinde's brother-in-law Ruthless immediately quit, although he has not officially become Yi Li Sumire, but he gestures, and when he speaks, he has already regarded himself as Yi Li Sumire under one person and above ten thousand people.

Tea is not porcelain or silk, this is completely a consumable, a herdsman gets at least a dozen catties of tea a year, and the Khitan is now twenty, adding up, more than two million people, as well as many slaves and prisoners of war. 100,000 catties of tea, even a tribe can't be satisfied.

And among these teas, the famous tea of Shanghao Lu is only about 4,000 catties, and these leaders who are used to drinking good tea, which one is willing to drink those coarse teas.

The leaders of the Khitan tribes and the chiefs of the large and small tribes, who had just returned a group of harmony, immediately slapped each other's tables and shouted for the 100,000 catties of tea. In particular, the sons of the brother Jeruthira, the elder brother of Jeruthiondesh, of the tribe of Diera, immediately quarreled with the sons of Jeruthade. The two clans had just experienced a mutual vendetta and seized power, and now the conflict was directly triggered by the tea, scolding each other, and even rolling up their sleeves to start fighting.

However, the two brothers Yelutira and Yeluchara seemed to turn a blind eye, just leisurely tasting the tea, and Yeluthere was the same, happily watching his sons fight with the children of the two Jelutherat brothers.

Seeing that the more noisy he saw, the more unspeakable, all kinds of evil words came out, but no one from the other departments in the palace came out to persuade peace, Yelu Bara felt that the old face was a little unbearable, especially in front of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty.

"Shut up! If you make any more noise, you will all get out of the way! Although Barat had no real power, his prestige was still very high, and when he shouted out this voice, the others immediately stopped talking. Several of the young men threw their robes and sat back, but the hatred between them was known to all, and there was no doubt about it.

In particular, Yelu Pugu, the eldest son of Yelu Tira, pressed the hilt of the knife with his hand, and looked at Yelu Cruel who was sitting opposite him with cold eyes.

The young shopkeeper Li next to Shopkeeper Cui took in all this, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. (To be continued......)