Chastity Layman

Although Anon didn't know how powerful the imperial court was thousands of miles away, she knew that since Feng An, Ning Ju, Tan Dian, and Fu San, the barbarian kings, dared not claim to be great in front of Qin Lang, then it was sufficient. It shows that the visitor is really not kind this time.

If you can spend some money to solve this problem, then Anon thinks it is worth it. Her father-in-law has warned her many times that the things that money can solve are small things, and if you spend some money to solve it, just spend it. Although money is important, it is not the most important thing.

Three hundred taels of gold, plus a batch of local products, can be worth at least four to five thousand guan. Even if it is placed in the Central Plains, this should be a lot of money.

I hope that the Duke of Wei can be satisfied.

It's just that she has a faint feeling in her heart that maybe this time, money can't solve the problem.

She didn't feel relieved to let her hot-tempered brother-in-law Nong Zhong go down the mountain, so she chose to send the money down the mountain in person.

In front of the gate of the village.

Anon asked people to open the prepared gold and put it in front of the armored man.

The leader of the armored knights was Dugu Yanyun, a military general whom Qin Lang trusted very much. He glanced at these things and knew they were very valuable.

It's just that this person has seen the big world, not to mention that he is from the Dugu family of Guanlong's wealthy family. Although he is only a concubine from a side branch of the Xiaozong, he has a very high vision.

Something worth 5,000 guan is probably enough to bribe a general governor or something, but these barbarians want to bribe the Duke of Wei, which is ridiculous.

Is Wei Guogong the one who lacks the five thousand guan?

This time Duke Wei came with tens of thousands of people.

He looked across at the tall woman with a green scarf wrapped around her head and a phoenix tattooed on her face. She looked very young and had a good figure. After the tattoos on her face, it made her face look more evil and seductive. people.

"Could it be that you are the head of Jinjidong?" Dugu once heard that the head of Jinjidong is a young widow who is very beautiful and has a phoenix tattoo on her face, but it is said that she also has a huge green snake tattooed on her body. , but few people have seen it.

Unexpectedly, Dugu Yanyun heard the other party answer him directly in Chinese without an interpreter, "I am the mother of the Lord Jinjidong. Since my son is still young, I will manage Xidong on his behalf."

"Such a young lady can command tens of thousands of horses and horses. She is quite capable. It's just that Wei Guogong said that there is no room for bargaining. First return the person who was sold by the Huang family, and then you will wait." Follow me out of the pass to welcome Duke Wei!"

Anon bowed and bowed again.

"We didn't know that those people turned out to be court officials. The Huang family didn't tell us in advance. We didn't intend to offend the court. These people have been sent to Jiaozhou. I am willing to send people to Jiaozhou to recover them immediately. If they are sold, we are also willing to spend A large sum of money will be used to redeem these people and return them to the Duke of Wei."

"As for the claim that Jinjidong will belong to Duke Wei's Wu'an Prefecture in the future, we are naturally willing, but we have lived here in Jinjidong for generations. I hope Duke Wei will allow us to continue the tradition."

Well one continues the tradition.

How could Dugu Yanyun not understand the meaning of these words.

"Save these words for Wei Guogong to explain."

Anong suppressed the anger in his heart, "Okay, please lead the way, General."

Jinjidong is built on Jinji Mountain.

Jinji Mountain is on the west side of the gate, and on the right side of the gate is Daqing Mountain, which also has a creek above it. Between the two mountains is a long pass, which is guarded by the gate.

And beyond this gate and the mountain to the north, there is a long pass valley about ten miles wide and two or three miles wide. Before the pass outside the pass, there is also a gate.

And on the south side of the gate, there is actually a pass in front of the pass a few miles away.

It is precisely the layout of the pass between these two mountains and the three villages that allowed the Nong family to occupy this dangerous place for generations, and no one succeeded in capturing it.

Previously, this team was let in at Nanguan Pass of Nongjia, and only this team was allowed in.

A group of people came to the Nanguanqian Pass ten miles away.

In front of the thick pine fence, a tent was erected by the side of the road, and Qin Lang was sitting on a small horse, making tea and drinking.

The dental soldiers and the pro-army are all fully armed and armored.

Before the pass, the gate of the village was opened, Anong came out with a group of people carrying gifts, and the gate of the village was closed behind her.

Qin Lang just sat there until Anon came in front of him.

"The tea has just been brewed, would you like a cup?" Qin Lang asked.

Anon also looked curiously at this Duke of Wei, who was much younger than himself. He was so young, far beyond his expectations. A rude and domineering man.

Who knew that the other party was so handsome, with a kind voice and a polite manner, which immediately made her feel good and relieved a lot of tension.

Ah Huang brought her a Mazha.

Seeing the wretched smile of this man with a horse face, Anon couldn't help frowning.

Qin Lang boiled the water and put the West Lake Dragon Well into the cup. In order to pretend to be aggressive, Qin Lang deliberately used a set of glass tea sets. This glass tea set is extremely precious. The permeability is too poor.

Although Qin Lang also understood the principles of glass firing, he had invested money in craftsmen to conduct directional research, but it was not easy to make good glass. It had to be transparent and free of air bubbles, which was very difficult. Just one bubble problem has troubled the craftsmen for countless hours.

After repeated research and improvement, the technology has gradually matured, and some finished products have been obtained, but most of them have defects. Among the countless defective products, only one or two are good.

Clear, transparent and flawless, although it is different from jade and colored glaze, it is undoubtedly quite shocking in the eyes of people who have never seen this kind of glass.

Qin Lang's movements of making tea are skillful and graceful, with those clean and long fingers, those skillful and gentle movements.

Boiling water is poured into the glass teapot, and the green tea is rolled up and down in it, slowly relaxing.

Qin Lang took the first time tea that had turned light yellow to wash a few clear teacups, and then poured it for the second time. After a while, when the tea became very nice, he poured it into the teacups again.

A cup of light yellow tea was delivered to Anon.

Only then did Anon recover from the pleasing movement.

I said thank you and took the tea to drink.

"Be careful of burning your mouth!" Qin Lang reminded.

"Xie Weigong reminded." Anon smelled the tea, then put down the cup, "It smells so good."

"This is the best West Lake Longjing green tea. This cup of tea is hard to find in Chang'an. There is no market for it. Some people ask for a cup of ten taels of gold, and one tael of tea can be sold for a hundred taels of gold." Qin Lang said lightly.

Anon froze for a moment.

It's hard to imagine that this tea can be sold so expensively, one tael of tea is a hundred taels of gold, so isn't this tea a hundred times more valuable than gold?

This tea is worth more than gold.

The horse face next to him is still very wretched, "there are only three of the best West Lake Longjing tea trees, but the entire West Lake Longjing tea trees are actually owned by my family Saburo. In fact, except for West Lake Longjing, half of the green tea and black tea sold in the world now All of the above are produced by our Qin family tea garden tea farm."

Now Anong was even more amazed at the Duke of Wei, it seemed that the other party was not short of money, and his gift worth 5,000 guan was prepared for nothing.

Anon looked at the soldier behind Qin Lang again.

Iron armored cavalry is rare in Lingnan. Rows and rows of armored cavalry cannot be produced by any Xidong. There are also knights in Jinjidong, but their horses are all pony horses and they don’t have vests. . Even if they are knights, they mostly just ride on horseback.

It really is the Central Plains cavalry!

Qin Lang followed her gaze to see his own knights, and said with a smile, "There are five hundred armored cavalry here, two hundred of which are my Qin Lang's pro-army cavalry, and three hundred are my Qin Lang's tooth soldiers. Some of them come from the grassland Turks, who used to be the wolf guards attached to the Turkic Khan, and some come from the Mohe or Khitan, Kumoxi, Tiele and other horseback ethnic groups in the northern part of the Saibei. Growing up on his back, he is skilled at bowing and riding a horse, and can even sit on a horse for half a month without eating or drinking."

Anon was startled.

"Wei Gong's subordinates are really mighty!"

Qin Lang picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"I plan to change this gate to Zhennan Pass. There is a gate county near this gate. How about appointing you as the county magistrate?"

"I'm just a woman."

"What about women? Your Majesty just made Feng An's grandmother, Mrs. Feng, a marquis not long ago, and the post of governor. Although you are a woman, I heard that you have actually presided over Jinjidong for several years, and the management of Xidong is well organized. , very prestigious."

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't like to show your face. I can appoint your son as the county magistrate, or I can send a magistrate or county magistrate to help manage the county. You can continue to listen to the government behind the curtain, or preside over it on your behalf."

Anong was not confused by the young man's few words, "Duke Wei wants Jinjidong to be changed to Men County, and I would like to appoint my son as the magistrate of Men County, but after the change of Men County, what else can Duke Wei ask for? For example, do we need to register and register as a naturalized citizen, and do we need to measure land, register, pay taxes and serve in the military?"

"Furthermore, who will manage this gate in the future?"

Qin Lang looked at this woman, a very shrewd woman.

The tattoos on the face are also very beautiful. The barbarians in the south of the Five Ridges have the custom that women get tattoos on their faces after they get married, and men get tattoos on their bodies.

"According to His Majesty's will, from this gate to the Taiping River in Jiaozhou, more than a hundred miles from east to west, and more than three hundred miles from north to south, will be the land of my Qin Lang from now on, and all belong to Wu'an Prefecture. Han and barbarians, regardless of burlesque, will belong to me in the future and will be my fiefs. You have the obligation to pay taxes and serve me, and I also have the obligation to protect your property and life safety. At the same time, I need to uphold justice for you. "

"I will implement the imperial court's laws and tax laws in the fief, and will implement the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, the two tax laws, etc. I will not levy taxes indiscriminately, let alone extortionate taxes, please rest assured."

"As for this gate, I have changed its name to Zhennanguan. The terrain is dangerous and the main roads are blocked. Therefore, I am going to send my soldiers to take over Zhennanguan, send troops to garrison here, and set up a market and post station here. wait."

Anong was very disappointed when he heard that, the so-called conferring his son as the county magistrate did not change Qin Lang's intention to annex Jinjidong in the slightest.

"It's not in our tradition!" she refused.

"Time changes and things change. We also need to keep pace with the times. Holding on to the tradition and refusing to change is just sticking to the old and stubborn." Qin Lang said.

Ah Huang said with a smile, "Little lady, I think you are quite young. It is not easy to be a widow at such a young age. Otherwise, you might as well just follow us Sanlang and be Sanlang's concubine. Sanlang will never Treat you badly, let alone your pair of children, right?"

Anon glared and saluted.

"Ah Huang, I'm telling the truth. It's not easy for you to be a widow at such a young age. With us Saburo, not only will you have support for the rest of your life, but your son will also be able to continue to be in charge of Jinjidong in the future. Why not? Why not?"

Anong spit out a few words coldly, "Fart your mother!"

Instant chill.