Chapter 242 Uzi Sword, Dawan Horse
"Yaha! Yawn!" Liang Xiao sneezed twice in a row, and he avoided it in time, otherwise he would have to spray Luo Xuli's nose. Please search (Pin & Shu¥) to read the most complete novel! He took out a handkerchief and wiped his nose, muttering: "Who is you really not picking the time."
"What did you say?" Luo Xuli blinked, wondering.
"Oh, there is a saying in our hometown that when someone misses you, you will sneeze."
"Really?"
"Who knows, let's believe it." Liang Xiao smiled. "Some people say that people who truly love each other will have a heart-to-heart relationship and may have a sense of emotion."
Luo Xuli tried a lot and asked Liang Xiao to explain it several times, and finally understood the meaning. She thought about it and felt a little lonely. "Will the person who missed you just now be the princess you mentioned?"
Liang Xiao was speechless and didn't know how to explain to Luo Xuli.
Seeing Liang Xiao speechless, Luo Xuli stood up and stamped her feet. "Can you really protect Dayuan and protect me?"
"Of course." Liang Xiao quickly said: "I am an envoy sent by the Emperor of Han and want to form an alliance with Dayuan. Since I am an ally, of course I have to help each other."
"Okay, you can't break your promise." Luo Xuli looked at Liang Xiao and bit her lip. "You must remember what you said. If I have any danger, you must appear by my side in time."
"this……"
Before Liang Xiao could speak, Luo Xuli roared her lips and let out a long roar. The white horse eating grass in the distance rushed over and heard the sound. Luo Xuli rolled over the horse, turned her head, smiled at Liang Xiao, said something in Greek, and giggled and drove away.
Liang Xiao didn't understand. Seeing that Paris was standing aside stupidly, he quickly called him over. Paris smiled embarrassedly. "The princess said she would never give up and would fight like an Amazon female warrior. Sir, who would she fight with? Will she be with us?"
"Go to practice your arrows." Liang Xiao glared and drove Paris aside. Paris refused to leave. "Sir, just tell me. If the princess participates in the battle with us, we will all work hard..."
"Are you looking for a beating?" Liang Xiao was angry and clenched his fists. When Paris saw that it was not good, he ran away. While running, he shouted: "Sir, let the princess teach you Greek. She can speak and write, and is knowledgeable, but she is the most suitable gentleman."
Liang Xiao's heart moved. After thinking about it, he shook his head with a wry smile. He couldn't get rid of it. If he had been together day and night, how could he not have any trouble? It would be better to stay away from him. If you can't afford to mess with him, you can afford to hide.
But why am I still looking forward to it?
Guishan City is the capital of Dayuan, and the nearby population is much denser than Suye City. It took only two days for Old Andrew to recruit nearly 300 people. Among them are middle-aged and elderly people and young people, as well as many young and strong people in their prime.
Liang Xiao was very surprised. Although he was determined to form a loyal team, he did not want to arouse suspicion of the monarchs and ministers of Dayuan before his wings were full. So he told Old Andrew in advance that he should not recruit young and middle-aged people for the time being.
Old Andrew told Liang Xiao that these people were Greek poor people. The population was large near Guishan City, and good land and pastures were occupied by the powerful. Most of the poor had no place to live and could only help others and even be slaves. I heard that they had the opportunity to join the army to fight. They all wanted it. I heard Old Andrew say that the Greek homeland was destroyed, and they had no thoughts, and they hoped to be with people with the same bloodline.
Liang Xiao felt a little sad when he heard this. Alexander was so glorious, but the Greek remnants are so down and out. Thinking about the fact that hundreds of years later, the Han people were also bullied by nomadic peoples and were in peace with the south of the Yangtze River. He softened his heart and decided to accept these people.
Liang Xiao counted the number of people and tested their respective abilities. Those who were good at slept and fought were handed over to Lao Ande. They would stay in Guishan City, and then they would go to the mountain pass to build a fortress to stop the Wusun people's attack. Those who were good at riding and shooting stayed. They acted as attendants and knights and followed him to the Yuezhi.
In the end, Liang Xiao obtained 173 knights, mainly young people aged 17 or 18. After several ideological work, several open-minded middle-aged and elderly people were willing to change to cavalrymen. Liang Xiao chose them another important reason. These people had fought in Bactrice and were familiar with the terrain there. Some even fought with the Yuezhi people. With their followers, there was no need to worry about getting lost.
Liang Xiao asked them all to wear Han-style battle robe and cloak, and promised to equip them with Greek dresses in the future to retain a memory of their homeland.
Because the number of people exceeded the crowd, Liang Xiao personally entered the city and communicated with Meicai.
Seeing Liang Xiao visiting, Meicai was very happy and went to the gate to greet him in person. He said with a smile: "Mr. Liang, I was just about to go find you, but I didn't expect you to come."
Liang Xiao had also come to the Meicai family before, but this time he came, it seemed that there was a change. The guards at the door were nearly twice as many, and countless horses and carriages were parked in the square in front of the door. The people waiting to meet him were lined up more than a hundred steps away. Seeing Meicai go out to meet Liang Xiao personally, they all showed surprise eyes. Soon someone recognized Liang Xiao and exclaimed him for a moment. Although there were many criticisms, no one dared to mention it in front of Meicai.
"The deputy king has been doing a lot of money recently." Liang Xiao smiled and said, "I'm here to visit you at this time, and have you not disturbed your official duties?"
"What can happen is nothing more than those parents' affairs, who has occupied whose business, and who has used improper means to seize the market. Especially recently, Silk is in a tense situation, and many people have come to ask for ways to buy more goods and resell them to Parthia."
Meicai shook his head and sighed, but his eyes were filled with uncontrollable pride. After Liang Xiao came to Guishan City and slaughtered the Wusun envoy, Han merchants in Dayuan came to visit the Han envoy. When they wanted to meet the envoy, they naturally had to give some gifts to meet. When they learned that Liang Xiao needed a lot of silk as gifts, the Han merchants took out their best goods, either gifts or borrowed them, and even if they were sold, they would make as little money as possible.
As the number of silk brocades accumulates, Liang Xiao’s hands is more silk brocades, and the supply in the market is less. Silk brocades have been shipped from the Han Dynasty, and the quantity is limited, and now it is hard to find a fortune. Among the many goods transported to the West, silk is the most popular because it is easy to transport and has a lot of profits. Suddenly, the supply decreases suddenly and the price naturally rises sharply.
At this time, Cai Jinshui, a good relationship with Liang Xiao, became the first to get the moon, and immediately became important. He used his good relationship with Liang Xiao to give priority to purchasing silk from Han merchants, controlling almost half of the market and making a big profit.
Seeing Liang Xiao and Meicai naturally welcomed him from the bottom of his heart.
Mei Cai welcomed Liang Xiao to the inner courtyard and ordered people to take out more than a dozen knives and put them in front of Liang Xiao. When Liang Xiao saw that it was the spoils seized from the Wusun people that day, he immediately understood in his heart. He turned around and said to Mei Cai: "The deputy king is so smart that he can't hide any conspiracy from the deputy king's eyes."
Mei Cai picked up a knife, pulled out half of the blade, and sighed: "I'm not hiding it from Liang Jun. These swords appear in the hands of the Wusun people, which is really a shame for me, Dayuan."
Liang Xiao was puzzled.
"Some of these swords are collected by the deputy king Chanfeng. They are from the southern kingdom of Son-Du, and are made of iron from Hyderabad. They are extremely sharp and are not common in Dayuan. Chanfeng is a royal family and was loved by Lao Wang back then, so they have so many collections. I hoped that he would use these swords to defend his country, but unexpectedly, they were used as weapons by the Wusun people, intending to harm the envoy."
Liang Xiao suddenly realized and felt aroused. He didn't know what Hyderabad was, but he knew that there was a kind of umzi iron in India, which was very sharp and called Damascus sword. Later it was introduced to the Central Plains and was named Indian iron, also known as umzi iron, which is synonymous with high-quality weapons. Could it be that these marches were made of umzi iron?
Liang Xiao quickly took out the short knife. "Deputy King, this knife was taken from Gulu Fox. Could it be that it was made of this kind of iron?"
Mei Cai took it, pulled out the short knife and looked at it, then smiled. "That's right. Look at the pattern on it, it's the characteristic of this weapon."
Liang Xiao slapped his head and smiled lost his heart. He should have thought of this long ago. This snowflake-like pattern is the characteristic of Uzite, and he has never paid attention to it. If it weren't for Mei Cai's careful explanation, he would have been kept in the dark. So, this time I went to Bactricia in the south, I would have to collect some of these raw materials.
Iron is an important strategic material. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, let alone fight. If Xie Guanglong hadn't fired an iron spear, but asked him to use a wooden spear, maybe this guy would have been killed by someone.
Liang Xiao was overjoyed. "So, I have gained a lot this time."
"Of course." Mei Cai smiled and said, "These are all Liang Jun's spoils. Please keep them. I will send someone to Liang Jun later. In addition, there are also the wealth and horses rewarded by the king, and the horses."
Meicai took Liang Xiao's hand and said meaningfully: "Mr. Liang, that horse is my king's beloved thing, you have to cherish it."
Liang Xiao thanked again. He glanced at the knives placed on the table, picked up two of the most gorgeously decorated ones, and handed them to Mei Cai. One of them was right next to Mei Cai. Mei Cai had been playing with her for a long time just now, especially she couldn't put down the gems on the hilt. Mei Cai hurriedly refused: "This is Liang Jun's spoils, how can I collect them?"
"This is my spoil, I have accepted it. Now it is the gift I gave to the deputy king. The deputy king is about to command the army. Without a sword, how can I take advantage of the heroic posture of the deputy king? Please do not refuse."
Mei Cai laughed with satisfaction. He really fell in love with these two knives, but he was embarrassed to speak. Liang Xiao knew the tactfulness and took the initiative to give it to him. He hit his mind and pretended to refuse. Then he gave it half-heartedly and accepted it even though he wanted to refuse.
Liang Xiao smiled in his heart. The Dayuan people were really too peaceful. As the deputy king, they were about to take on the important task of fighting Wusun. Meicai did not first value the practicality of weapons, but the gems decorated on it. How could such a nobleman do not be weak in Dayuan?
However, the weaker the Meicai and the stronger his dependence on him, he certainly enjoyed seeing it happen and was even willing to fuel the fire.
The two of them were polite, and Liang Xiao immediately mentioned the excess soldiers. Meicai didn't care at all and waved his hand lightly. "It's okay, if the military salary is not enough, you say to me and I will allocate you another way. These Greek poor people have always been a trouble. Liang Jun is willing to control them, so we can't ask for it."
Liang Xiao expressed his gratitude again—
Chapter completed!