Chapter 69
The night was as cool as water, and Jade Si Duoxin sat alone under the moonlit night, beside a bonfire, drinking a muffled wine. The wine was sold in the newly opened Sansi Shop in Fuqiang Village. It was like a piece of fire at the mouth and rolled into the stomach. There were also good wines sold there, Jade Si Duoxin bought them, and felt that the taste was too soft and not as refreshing as the cheapest spirit.
To the west of Fuqiang Village, the merger of the tent has been completed as a village. No matter how slow the reaction is, it can be seen that this action will soon advance west along the Wei River. Maybe the Shang Ding tribe will also merge the tent next year.
Fanluo responded differently to this. Some saw that the leader who was behind the village received a large reward, and did nothing in Qinzhou every day, eating and drinking, and was full of envy, hoping that his clan would also be merged with the account as soon as possible. Some believed that after the account was merged, the Fanluo people would not be married, which was no different from ordinary Han people, and fiercely opposed it. However, the Fanluo people at the bottom were eager to come to their place together as soon as possible. They could see clearly the days of the year near Qinzhou to the east. The tax paid to the court was much less than the ones in the Fanluo people, and their lives were getting better all of a sudden. Who wouldn't want to live a good life?
The old leader opposed the consolidation of his own sect, but he was very rational and knew that the general trend was coming, so he could not stop it. He had to intimidate the people of his own sect, saying that the court's tax collection was less and it was just a temporary sweetness. Who could stop the tax increase in the future? While he was in the clan, he could win more benefits when he was in the clan and consolidation of the village.
At this time, no one asked what the blind Si Duoxin thought, he had been forgotten. Even his own small family had moved out of the valley where the Shang Ding tribe lived and came to a small valley more than ten miles away to survive the difficult winter.
The blind Si Duoxin suddenly took a big sip of wine, pressed the bottle heavily on the ground, stood up, looked up at the moon in the sky, and suddenly let out a loud roar. My father was also a famous warrior nearby when he was young, but he didn't expect that he was so cowardly when he was old. Is it useful to intimidate the people of his tribe? Even if the tax reduction is temporary, it will be sweet to eat it. No matter how tax increases are, it will not be more than the leaders of the tribe. Not to mention that the leaders already occupied the best pastures and raised the most cattle and sheep. Once the tax was merged into the village, they would not be unique to them.
Those former leaders in Qinzhou City who lived a very prosperous life after receiving the reward were people from another world for the blind Siduoxin. People are always full of fear of the unknown world. Those are all empty, and life is real now.
While Si Duoxin was drinking alone outside, his seven-year-old eldest son came over and said, "Dad, a Han man came to the tent, saying that he had something to do to discuss with you."
The blind Siduo sat on the ground again, grabbed the wine bottle on the ground, and said angrily: "What Han people dare to come to my tent! Let him leave quickly, which made me sexually, and slashed his head with one knife!"
The child didn't leave, and he was just around the blind Si Duoxin, muttering and asking him to go back.
The blind Siduo was impatient and kicked his son aside, shouting angrily: "Get out! Don't be upset here!"
The child has always been lazy and doesn't know what medicine he took today. After taking this kick, he still didn't leave. He just kept wandering around, saying a few times from time to time, covering his butt.
The blind Si Duo was furious and wanted to fight again. When he saw his son, he couldn't make any move. With a loud shout, he jumped up from the ground, pulled out his waist knife, and said, "What kind of bird man is coming, chopped his head with one knife!"
While shouting, he rushed back to his tent like a wind.
As soon as I saw the tent, I saw the person Qiao, who had been selling private salt nearby, sitting in the guest seat, with his companions beside him.
Seeing that the blind Si Duoxin who rushed in was not kind-hearted, Qiao Guanren smiled and raised up, picked up a piece of colorful silk in front of him and said, "Why is the little army leader back now? We can't wait! Some gifts are not respectful!"
Looking at the colorful silk handed over, the anger of the blind Siduo quickly dissipated, and the knife in his hand was inserted back without knowing it.
After taking the gift, the blind Siduo said in his heart: "It is rare for an official to come to me once, why do you still bring such a heavy gift? It's too unsightly! Sit down and let's have tea!"
As he said, he took the tea silk and gift boxes handed over by Guanren Qiao one by one and handed them to his busy wife.
Official Qiao sat down and thought to himself that he had brought a gift, otherwise, judging from what he looked like just now, this stuffed goods might be like to him. Fan Qiang loves wealth and goods, and this is indeed good. When walking in Fan land, as long as there is tea and silk, everything will be easy to say.
The guest and host took a seat, and the eldest son of Daniel Siduoxin walked in from outside the tent with admiration. When the official Qiao saw it, he waved to him and asked him to come to his side and took out a few delicate thoughts for him to eat. The child was obsessed with Daniel Siduoxin just now, and it turned out that he was greedy for this food.
After receiving the gift, the blind Si Duoxin's unhappiness just now had already flown outside the Jiuxiaoyun and asked his wife to prepare wine and meat.
As a herder who grazed cattle and sheep, the meat at the house of Xia Si Duoxin was ready-made. There was no need to slaughter. The cattle and sheep that died accidentally were made into various jerky meat jerky when they couldn't finish eating. The woman got Zai Duoxin's order and hurriedly took a few jerky pieces from outside the tent. While tearing them, she directed her son to make tea.
When the blind Si Duoxin saw it, he picked up a piece of cheese in front of him and threw it over, cursing: "This woman is so eye-catching. Qiao Guanren is my closest relative. He has brought so many gifts to eat. Why do you only eat jerky meat? Go and slaughter a live sheep, let's drink!"
The woman was hit by cheese and didn't dare to talk back. She took her son out and found a sheep to kill her.
Seeing the woman go out, the blind Duoxin said to Qiao Guanren: "Don't blame me, this woman has never seen the world, so she is negligent!"
"Where, where, we come to your tent to see you, and we will receive her." As he said, Mr. Qiao asked his entourage to pick up a few bottles of wine, "We passed by Fuqiang Village and saw a new shop there, selling good wine, so we bought a few bottles of bottles. We haven't seen each other for many days. We will talk about our farewell tonight and we will stop drunk!"
While speaking, he took the wine handed over by Guanren Qiao. After taking a photo and smelling it, he knew it was the best wine sold in the shop.
It’s strange that when I can’t afford this wine, I can only drink the cheapest spirit, Xiao Si Duoxin felt that it must be because the wine is too soft and does not match his temperament, so I don’t drink it. Now when I smell it, I think it’s a top-notch product. Can the one I just drank just now be called wine?
As the saying goes, a family is rich, but not a person with fur. Even the leader's son, the money in his hand is not abundant. He has a lot of cattle and sheep, a lot of fur, and even a lot of gold and silver. He usually has young and strong people for his help, but there are not many things that can really get money. Cattle, sheep, horses, one sip after one bite, and gold and silver are even more unbearable. However, wine is drunk every day, and tea is drunk every day. I often buy it, and the money is constantly out of my hand like running water.
People outside the commodity economy system have a lot of difficulties to get a penny. When your family sees the wealth of money, it will be over if you want to exchange it for money. The more you want to sell the goods, the less valuable you are. There are very few things you can exchange for money, but there are endless places to spend money. In terms of the purchasing power of money, the blind Si Duoxin may not be as good as a small business in Qinzhou City.
Entering the era of commodity economy, rural areas will become extremely fragile compared to cities. Not to mention small farmers, even landlords will be at an absolute disadvantage when engaged in industry and commerce. If you are not careful, the land will be swallowed up by merchants, let alone the small leader like Si Duoxin who is still in a half-tribe slave state.
Several people drank the cooked tea, but couldn't wait long, so they cooked the meat outside and brought it in.
He put several plates of fine salt on it, and asked Qiao Guanren to eat meat, so he took a big mouthful of wine into his stomach.
Qiao Guanren brought a few companions, drinking and eating meat, and chatting with Zai Si Duoxin for a few gossips.
Halfway through the wine, Mr. Qiao saw the woman sleeping with the child while she was sleeping, and she winked at her companion. When a companion stood up, her stomach was a little bad, so she left the tent and looked at it.
The blind Si Duoxin drank so late that he was slippery. He didn't pay any attention and just stuffed his mouth into his mouth.
Qiao Guanren coughed and said to the blind Siduo: "Little Army Master, are you doing so proud recently?"
The blind Si Duoxin swallowed the flesh in his mouth hard and muttered, "What a proud thing! Qinzhou is doing a village to combine the tents into a village, so that we, the people who grazed cattle and sheep, have no way to live, and then we will come to us. It's a pity that my father was scared and dared not say a word. He just wanted to recruit my brother who was a hostage in Qinzhou City to earn some benefits for the tribe. Where can I still have a way to live!"
Official Qiao came forward and whispered: "That little army leader is just watching like this? Don't you think of a way?"
"What are you going to think about? My father is the one who takes charge of the matter in the clan. Now there are large troops stationed around our clan. If there is any abnormal movement, they will be barred from the clan! How can the army not bow down? Alas?"
"The army?" Qiao Guanren smiled mysteriously, "What if the army of the court is gone?"
"Just! That's a huge army of thousands, who can do it!"
"Of course, Fanluo around this cannot deal with the army, but what if it is a person from the north?"
Qiao Guanren came to the side of the blind Si Duoxin, lowered his voice, raised his hand and pointed to the north.
"North? Who are the people in the north?" The blind Si Duoxin muttered casually, and saw that Qiao Guanren staring at him, he suddenly woke up. "The official is talking about the Dangxiang people in the north? They are far away in Huizhou, how could they come to Qinzhou?"
Qiao Guanren smiled and said, "This time I am going to give the little army leader a great wealth!"
As he said that, he took out the treasure brought by the recipient from his arms and put it in front of the blind Siduoxin.
The blind Si Duoxin looked at the treasure belt in front of her, made of pure gold, and there were many gems inlaid on it. It was full of brilliance under the light, which looked very beautiful. Such a treasure belt can be sold at least for dozens of cents of coins, how much wine can you buy?
Chapter completed!