Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"One day, I will open our Datong Bank throughout the entire city of Chang'an!!!"

Chapter 466 What a Ma Yuanju!

In the Haitian Feast Restaurant, Guo Ye stood at the corner of the stairs and stared at the strange pair of master and servant for a long time, the expression on his face changing from time to time.

Seeing that Guo Ye did not leave after watching the excitement, the eldest grandson Yumo couldn't help but arching his back and asked, "Brother Guo, do you know that rich young man?"

Guo Ye shook his head first, then nodded, and said with a strange smile: "I didn't know each other before, but now I do."

Well?

Changsun Yumo and Wei Shuyu looked at each other, listening to Guo Ye's contradictory and confused.Confused in their hearts, standing at the stairs and looking at them from a distance means they know each other?

Wei Shuyu urged: "Well, second brother, I think the master and servant are weird and not a good bird. Let's go!"

Guo Ye raised his hand to stop him and said, "No rush!"

Then he turned his head and asked the eldest grandson behind him, Yumo, and said: "Eldest grandson, the date of the dog fighting competition is set to be the day after tomorrow, right?"

Guo Ye remembered that when he gave Ma Yuanju the content of the remaining two games out of three games, he heard Ma Yuanju say something.

Now ask the elder Sun Yumo again, more or less want to make a final decision.

The eldest grandson Yu nodded silently, and replied: "Exactly, I heard from my father that it will be the day after tomorrow. On that day, I heard that today's sage will come to watch the game, hehe~"

Chang Sun Yu smiled silently, his face suddenly brightened.

Guo Ye could tell that this kid was quite excited.As the saying goes, learning literary and martial arts is the same as the emperor's family.

When the time comes, His Majesty Li Er will come to watch the competition. If the calligraphy class wins the competition and feel proud, and earn face for the emperor and Datang, it will be difficult for the brothers to think about it.

Even Changsun Yumo, a relative of the emperor, is not exempt. The more nepotism he has, the more he wants to prove his worth.

Guo Ye nodded slightly, and told Wei Shuyu beside him, "Shuyu, you will follow this rich young man for the past two days, until the day when the dog fighting competition officially starts. During this period, don't let him find out that you are following him , and, if he dares to play tricks in the past two days, he must report to me as soon as possible."

"what?"

Wei Shuyu pursed his lips and cried bitterly: "Second brother, following people is a tiring job! This kid looks like a bumpkin, why follow him?"

Guo Ye rolled his eyes at him, and snorted, "Idiot, it's worth following me if I let you follow. Don't tell me you still can't guess the identity of that kid?"

Wei Shuyu shook his head, expressing that he really couldn't figure it out.

It was the eldest grandson Yumo who came to his senses first, and exclaimed, "Brother Guo, are you saying that this kid is that, Tubo..."

"Shh!"

Guo Ye raised his index finger to his lips, and said silently: "It's boring to say it. Let's go, eldest grandson, let's go back!"

Changsun Yumo turned his head subconsciously, took a deep look at the strange pair of master and servant, and followed Guo Ye down the stairs with an oh.

Only Wei Shuyu, who hadn't reacted yet, was left alone at the stairway, dazed in a daze.

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Hongbin Building, in the room of the Tubo envoy Dardanelle.

Li Gang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, left first because he was still busy with official duties.Ma Yuanju from Zhongshushe and Xiao Shen from Tongshishe were left to accompany Dardanelle.

Dardanelle habitually took off the sheepskin wine bag from his waist, drank two sips of highland barley wine rich in Tubo, slammed his mouth, and sighed: "Ah... the wine in the Central Plains is still too weak and not strong enough. It is not as good as ours. The highland barley wine from Tubo is quite strong. Would you like to have a couple of sips, my lords?"

After speaking, he handed the sheepskin wine pouch to Ma Yuanju.

Ma Yuan waved his hand and refused, saying that he was impolite, thank you for not being sensitive.

Dardanelle handed the sheepskin wine pouch to Xiao Shen again, and shouted enthusiastically: "Haha, people in Mashe don't know what to buy, come on, people in Xiaoshe, come and taste it, I guarantee you will have an endless aftertaste!"

After hearing this, Xiao Shen waved his hands and smiled again and again: "Master Envoy is too polite, Xiao can't stand such a strong highland barley wine, Mr. Envoy should enjoy it slowly by himself!"

Listening to Xiao Shen's refusal, Dardanelle laughed triumphantly, and no longer looked like he was gentle on the road before, he took the sheepskin wine bag with both hands and poured down the wine.

Seeing this, Xiao Shen took advantage of Dardanelle's ecstasy to drink, a little sarcasm appeared on his face, and he secretly said with contempt in his heart, a small foreign country is a small foreign country, so what if he tried his best to imitate the culture of the Han family?Still a bunch of uncivilized savages.

Dardanelle took several sips of highland barley wine, wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, wiped it on his clothes, and praised: "You don't know, since the two countries' market in Xichuan has gradually risen , We in Tubo Kingdom also have a lot of good things from your Han people. What about silk tea, porcelain calligraphy and paintings, hehe, now the Tubo nobles like your Han people’s things.”

As he said, he took out a jade pendant hanging around his neck from his breast, and smugly said: "Look, this is the jade pendant I bought at a high price. It is said that it is made of suet jade. You Look at this sword skill, look at the texture, tsk tsk, good stuff!"

Xiao Shen ignored Dardanelle's stinky show off, but became interested in the two-country bazaar that Dardanelle said, and hurriedly asked: "My lord envoy, what's the matter with the two-country bazaar? Excuse me." A certain one has lived in Chang'an for a long time, and is ignorant and ignorant of recent affairs in the frontier, so I would like to ask the envoy to clear up his doubts."

Dardanelle snorted, and said, "The big markets of these two countries are located in Alitu City in your Xichuan Small Protectorate, tsk tsk, that's really big, really prosperous. I heard..."

"Just interrupt." Ma Yuanju said suddenly, "My lord envoy, let's talk about the business first. As for other trivial matters, how about we talk about them later?"

Ma Yuanju was deliberately interrupting Dardanelle's explanation, because he knew in his heart that the two big bazaars were set up by Guo Ye, and they were small gold mines that continuously earned Guo Ye money.

If Dardanelle continues to talk, Xiao Shen will most likely start thinking about it again. Letting Xiao Shen think about it will undoubtedly make the entire Xiao family think about it, and let the entire interest group that is allied with the Xiao family think about it.

For Guo Ye, whose foothold is not stable now, this is not a good thing.

Interrupted by Ma Yuanju, Dardanelle really shut his mouth, nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, let's talk about the business first. Hehe, I tend to forget things when I drink a little wine. Forgive me, two adults!"

And Xiao Shen, who had just been whetted by Dardanelle, suddenly saw that Dardanelle remained silent, and suddenly became angry in his heart, and secretly glared at Ma Yuanju, this guy is really a disgrace!

Now that the Tubo envoys have said so, can he not let the other party talk about business?

Then he sat quietly by the side without making any noise.

Dardanelle continued: "When we came to Datang this time, apart from being ordered by our Zanpu Songtsen Gampo to meet His Majesty the Tang Dynasty to present the letter of credence and conclude the friendship between the two countries, there is another important thing. The thing is to have a dog fighting contest with the noble children of Datang, haha..."

Ma Yuan nodded his head slightly, and thought to himself, there really wasn't anything good to hold back.

Then he asked: "I heard that the one who led the team to represent Tubo this time is Tubo Zanpu's younger brother, Lord Duochiluo, is that right?"

Dardanelle nodded and said: "Masheren is right, it is our Tubo genius, Lord Duochiluo!"

Ma Yuanju asked curiously: "But so far, we haven't seen your lord, so we don't know where he is now?"

"He? Hahaha..."

Dardanelle laughed wildly again, and praised, "Our little prince often does things unexpectedly, and this time is the same. In fact, he has already entered Chang'an City before our mission. As for him now Where he is, I don't know. He will definitely come to the dog fighting competition the day after tomorrow, there is no doubt about it!"

Ma Yuanju also smiled, as expected, and then said: "Hehe, the whereabouts of this little prince Duochiluo like to surprise. Oh, by the way, you said before that we will designate a three-game two-win competition system." The content of the other two rounds, right?"

Hearing Ma Yuanju's question, Dardanelle's brows showed full confidence, and he said with a smile: "Exactly, this is what our little prince personally ordered. It can be regarded as our respect and courtesy to the heavenly kingdom!"

In Dardanelle's heart, the snow mountain lion of Tubo is the overlord among dogs, no matter what the Tang side stipulates for the competition, the snow mountain lion will always be invincible.