Chapter 32: Tuoba Eagle Asks for Help
Tuoba Eagle was a little unaccustomed, even a little humiliated, he felt that he was being neglected, he hardly understood what they were talking about, sometimes he sang generously, sometimes he cried like a madman.
Several times, he wanted to stand up and walk away, but every time he wanted to make a move, Liu Han's gaze came just right, as if to remind him that it was not an accident that he came to visit Liu Han today, but for an important reason.
In order to survive, the tribes can only beggar-thy-neighbor and rob each other's remaining cattle and sheep, so the war is endless, this time he entered Beijing as a hostage, and his father specially told him that he must win the assistance of the imperial court. If you can't get the help of the imperial court, you must enlist the help of the Great General's Mansion, which survived the snowstorm last year and the year before last year with the help of the General's Mansion.
This year, the grassland encountered drought again, but I don't know for what reason, Qiuyun has not moved, the situation on the desert is becoming more and more severe, yesterday, because of the assassination incident, Qiuyun summoned him for the first time, he told Qiuyun about the difficulties on the grassland, hoping that the imperial court can quickly provide relief, or allow some tribes to attach.
Attached, is the best hope of each grassland tribe, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou have grassland tribes attached, the Huns, Qiang, Xianbei people, and even the Tubo tribe have attached, the Tuoba tribe also wants to attach, but the Tuoba tribe is too big, all the hope of attachment is slim, so I hope that the imperial court agrees to part of the tribe attached.
The Tuoba tribe is not a tribe, but a large tribe formed by hundreds of tribes of different sizes, and the tribal leader, that is, his father Khan, is surnamed Tuoba, so it is called the Tuoba tribe.
Qiuyun told him that he had written to the court several times in a row, but some time ago, the emperor was seriously ill, and many important things were too late to deal with, and Liangzhou had limited grain stocks, so he could not afford to undertake such a large-scale disaster relief alone, as for the annex, he could report to the court, however, he estimated that even if the court agreed, it would not exceed 50,000 people.
These 50,000 people do not refer to the 50,000 people of the Tuoba tribe, but the sum of the tribes outside the Cypriots. The Saiwai tribe must know that there are internal indicators, of course, they will never give up the opportunity, and they will definitely ask the imperial court for 50,000 people, which is only enough for a small tribe.
Tuoba Ying was very disappointed, but Qiuyun gave him an idea, and asked him to find a few merchants, who came forward to buy grain and send it to the grassland, and they exchanged cattle, sheep and horses, anyway, there was no food, and those cattle and sheep had to starve to death.
Tuoba Ying couldn't do it, so he came to Liu Han today, and he planned to marry Liu Han as a brother.
Suddenly, Tuoba Ying seemed to understand what Liu Han meant, so his interest rose sharply, and he began to try to fight with Wuming and Qiu Ge, so the living room was even more lively, and the next person roasted another sheep over, and Liu Han took advantage of the wine to personally cut the mutton for everyone.
"Willow... , Brother Liu, you. This roast sheep is... Be... How to bake it, I.. I... Never.. Didn't see it. Pass.. Such a fragrant roast lamb. Qiu Ge stammered: "Put you... Your cook... Give... Send me.. Won't it?"
Liu Han smiled: "The second son said that he laughed, if this is in the Western Regions, I will send it to you, but this time when I go back to Dajin, I will bring such a cook, and if I leave him, my brother will not be able to eat well and sleep well, and please forgive the second son." ”
"This... What is this?,No.... It's not just one... A cook, Willow. Brother Liu, no. Not enough friends. Qiu Ge waved his hand.
"None. No deaf, Jun... Gentleman.. No, you don't take the good of others, you are not a gentleman enough. Ignorance was also drunk, muttering.
"Of course I'm not a gentleman, why should I be a gentleman," Qiu Ge stood up angrily: "A gentleman is frank, and a villain is a relative." Go to ******, the universe is reversed, the villain is frank, the gentleman is often a relative, and the saint is wrong!"
"What do you say," Liu Han shook his head and smiled: "The words of the saint will not be wrong, the gentleman is open-minded, fearless, and naturally open-minded,.。 ”
"Wrong!" Qiu Ge staggered over and lay on Liu Han's shoulder: "Today, the people are hungry and the gentleman is always worried, but the villain has no scruples, looking for fun, look at those gate lords, deep mansions, mansions and courtyards, the treasury is filled with silk and silk, there are countless beauties and delicacies, the people are displaced, I really want to share the worries for the country, but I have to hide." ”
Liu Han chuckled in his heart, and the movements in his hands slowed down, where did Qiu Ge's emotion come from? It can only be Qiuyun, what did Qiuyun do?
The half-drunk Tuoba Eagle's eyes narrowed into slits, he somewhat understood where Qiu Ge's indignation came from, Qiu Yun instructed him to come to Liu Han and ask Liu Han to send food to the tribe, which may have violated the laws of the imperial court,.。 Could it be that Qiuyun didn't tell the truth, and the imperial court didn't want to give relief to the grassland at all? Could it be that the imperial court just wanted to starve the tribes on the grassland?
Tuoba Ying felt a chill in his heart.
"Complaining too much to prevent breaking the bowels," Liu Han glanced at Tuoba Ying intentionally or unintentionally, Tuoba Ying hurriedly restrained his mind, pulled Wuming to drink, and the two of them drank bowl after bowl.
Qiu Ge sneered twice, but he didn't continue, but drank two bowls in a row, and often chanted: "Liangzhou fishing drums spread in all directions, and the imperial capital is still busy singing and dancing; ”
Liu Han looked at Qiu Ge with a smile, Qiu Ge was drunk, drew his sword and danced, without a sword in his hand, but he was waving, stumbling and stumbling between his demeanor. Liu Han didn't stop him and put the cut mutton in front of Tuoba Ying and Wuming. Tuoba Ying stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and even applauded, and Ignorance followed to catch it, ate two pieces, slid to the ground, and after a while he snored loudly, and still had half a piece of mutton in his mouth.
"There is wine today, drunk today, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon; Qiu Ge was drunk and dancing and chanting, but it was intermittent: "**************, the daughter is scattered and comes back; ”
Poof, sitting on the table, still shouting, "Bring the wine!"
Liu Tong stretched out his head to look at it, and asked Liu Han with his eyes, and Liu Han ordered the two of them to be sent to the guest room to rest, and let the kitchen make some decanting soup. Liu Tong called four people, and the two of them waited for one, and sent Wuming and Qiu Ge to the guest room, and Qiu Ge was asking for wine while walking.
Liu Han watched the two of them being sent to the guest room, and repeatedly instructed the subordinates to be careful, and when he returned to the living room, Tuoba Ying sat at the table with clear eyes, that was a little drunk, Liu Han was not surprised at all, a seven- or eight-grade martial artist was knocked down by two ordinary people on the wine table, and it would make people laugh out of their big teeth when it was passed out.
Liu Han didn't pour any more wine, let someone bring tea, and the two of them drank tea on the wine table, and after two laps, Tuoba Ying couldn't help but speak: "Big brother, I want to ask you something." ”
"Don't beg, just say anything. Liu Han said: "If I can do it, I will do my best." ”
So Tuoba Ying told Liu Han about the difficulties faced by the tribe one by one, and finally sighed heavily: "The tribe can last for half a month at most, and after half a month, if the court doesn't give relief, people will starve to death, big brother, can you help me." ”
Liu Han was condensed, he didn't seem to smell the curling fragrance rising from the teacup, Tuoba Ying was extremely nervous, Hanhai Trading Company was the largest and richest trading company in Liangzhou, he never dreamed that the person who helped him in the market was actually the owner of Hanhai Trading Company, when Qiuyun told him, he was shocked, and then there was a surprise.
"Big brother, why are you so embarrassed?" Tuoba Ying asked with some disappointment, but he didn't give up.
Liu Han still didn't answer, Tuoba Ying was extremely disappointed, and in frustration, he wanted to get up and say goodbye, but Liu Han spoke at this time.
"Why doesn't the imperial court give relief to the grasslands?"
Tuoba Ying was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, and he replied angrily: "You Jin people wish that all of us Xianbei people would starve to death. ”
Liu Han shook his head: "Brother, you are thinking too simply. ”
Tuoba Ying was stunned for a moment, and asked unconvinced, "Why is that?"
"In the past, what would you do when you encountered such a thing?" Liu Han did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"Mount, step on the sword, and go to the Jin realm to hunt. Tuoba Ying replied subconsciously.
This hunting is well said, and it is more appropriate to call robbery.
"Yes, if you don't get relief on the grassland, you will have to enter the country to plunder, how can Qiu Yun and the court officials not know?
Tuoba Ying was stunned again, and then fell into deep thought, he was not a stupid person, and soon understood that Liu Han was right, Qiuyun knew very well what would happen if the grassland did not get relief, so he instructed himself to ask Liu Han for help, but did the senior members of the court also understand?
Liu Han seemed to know his thoughts, he just smiled faintly: "The ministers of the DPRK and China are all human spirits, and they don't understand." ”
Speaking of this, he sighed softly: "According to reason, they should give charity, but why don't they give charity? Is it because the DPRK has no money and no food, or is there some other reason." ”
Liu Han instinctively felt that this matter was not simple, Tuoba Ying was confused, and did not understand what he was asking, no money and no food?
Liu Han stopped, the room fell silent, Tuoba Ying looked at Liu Han eagerly in anticipation, Liu Han's brows were deeply furrowed, as if there was some problem.
After a long while, Liu Han sighed: "Brother, I can help with this." ”
Tuoba Ying was overjoyed and was about to get up to thank him, when Liu Han rushed in front of him and said: "Don't be busy, I can transport grain to the grassland, but what do you use to trade? There are more than 100,000 people in your Tuoba Department, how much grain do you need? Brother, these must be clearly calculated." ”
Tuoba Eagle was a little depressed, last year's snow disaster, this year's drought, cattle and sheep starved to death, and there are not many cattle and sheep that can be traded.
"Then what should I do? Can't I just let my people starve to death?" Tuoba Ying was very sad, and bowed down, his head buried deeply.
Liu Han was stunned, from the time he witnessed the assassination in the market, he knew that this was a cold-blooded guy who would not care about the life or death of his subordinates, but now he showed a compassionate appearance in front of him, which not only made him re-examine him.
Liu Han was about to open his mouth to persuade him, but suddenly a thought came to his mind, why did Qiu Yun let Tuoba Ying come to him? He remembered what he said to Duanmu Zheng that day, so he asked tentatively: "The imperial court has clear regulations on grain leaving the customs, and the general asked you to come to me, what else did he say?"
Tuoba Ying was very frustrated, he felt that he had fallen for Qiuyun, even if the Hanhai Trading Company was rich, it could not support hundreds of thousands of people in the Tuoba Department, how could he be so deceived at that time, no wonder Father Khan let himself be careful, these Jin people are the most deceitful.