Chapter 141 Altan
Chapter 141 Altan
Altan, please bring your cavalry with you.
Let's play fair, I only trade with the best horses.
If you can take first place in the race, it proves that your horses are good enough, and we can still make the exchange as you said.
If you come in second, we have worked together so many times, I will still give you a chance, but I will reduce your conditions by two horses and two sheep. If you only come in third, then..."
Alatan was so excited about Weidong's words that he said, "My horse must be the best. If I can't even rank third, I don't deserve to do business with you."
The men on the grassland are unwilling to admit that their horses are not as good as others'. This is more infuriating than their wives being not as good as others'.
So, without much thought, he readily agreed to participate in the competition.
The corners of Weidong's eyes curved slightly, as if he was smiling.
Altan left angrily. He went back to select the participating horses and jockeys. He was determined to win first place so that this Han Chinese could see that he was the strongest on the grassland.
He also wanted to exchange one horse for ten horses and ten sheep. He would never give such a lucrative business to others.
This time he hid all the good horses and didn't let the Han people see them. Do they think he really has no good horses?
You underestimated Altan. He had many good horses, but he didn't want to give them all to the Han caravans at once.
He wanted to use good horses to keep them company, but he didn't expect that people from the Red Sun Tribe would come to steal his business. How could that work?
He will make everyone in the Red Sun Tribe lose, and so will people in other tribes. On the grassland, he, Altan, is the only one who can do business with Weidong.
Weidong was the noble man bestowed upon him by the Eternal Heaven. He had to protect his own fortune and would never share it with others.
King Dongshan looked at the Hu man walking away with a frown on his face. He could tell at a glance that this man was not honest. Could Weidong have been deceived by him?
In his opinion, Weidong is very easy to be fooled and too naive!
Because he successfully deceived Wei Dong with just a jade pendant. What should he do if he is so easily deceived?
He can lie, but no one else can lie to Weidong because he won't allow it!
He is right next to Weidong, he has to keep an eye on him.
Turning back, he saw Weidong instructing Huba:
“Go tell the Red Sun Tribe that Alatan will also participate in the horse race in a few days. If the Red Sun Tribe can win, we will trade with them this time.
If we lose... we can only look for another chance next time."
Huba: "Boss, can this Altan win? The horses in his stable are not as strong as those of the Red Sun Tribe.
If he loses, will we really stop doing business with him?"
Weidong smiled and said:
"It depends on the horse racing results. If Altan wins, it must be that he has hidden his good horses and didn't show them to us. Then when he wins the race, we will exchange his horses on the spot. We can't wait for him to take the horses away.
If he loses, he will have to exchange according to the conditions we offer, and we must trade openly with the winning team, and he can only watch.
Then, he must do something good next month to take back the trading rights, otherwise he will not be willing to give in.
So, whether he wins or loses, we will not suffer any loss.
We can achieve our goals and gain a few more partners, so why not do it? "
Huba understood that the caravan's passive situation had been broken by the shopkeeper without any expression.
Altan will have to be more obedient in the future.
Huba withdrew respectfully and went to the Red Sun Tribe to arrange the rules for horse racing.
King Dongshan looked at Weidong with great admiration. Why did he like this person more and more the more he looked at him?
His mind was filled with so many things he didn't know. Just now, Wei Dong spoke nonsense and talked business directly with that rude grassland savage.
King Dongshan felt that the Hu language spoken by Weidong was more pleasant to hear than that spoken by the local man from Altan.
Wei Dong looked at Xie Jiu, who was looking at him again with that kind of eyes, and muttered uncomfortably:
"What's that look in your eyes? Why are you staring at me like that?"
Seeing that Xie Jiu still couldn't speak, he also sighed:
"I have never stopped taking the medicine that Master Xuanqing prescribed for you. Why can't you speak now?"
Wei Dong was afraid that it would delay Xie Jiu's treatment, so he consulted Xuan Qing Zhenren before leaving. At that time, Xuan Qing Zhenren said nonchalantly:
"It's okay! He can go out with you, no problem at all, it's medicine! You can bring some more, maybe he will be able to speak someday.
Once you can speak, you won’t need to take this medicine anymore.”
Along the way, no matter how difficult the conditions were, Xie Jiu never stopped taking the medicine. Why hasn't he recovered yet?
If it was according to Master Xuanqing's intention, Xie Jiu would have been able to speak a long time ago. Perhaps the hard work along the way delayed his recovery.
Wei Dong was planning to nourish Xie Jiu's body again, so when he traded with the tribe again, he also exchanged a lot of nourishing herbs.
The medicinal diet was then arranged, two meals a day, only breakfast was omitted and no medicine was added to his meal.
King Dongshan was bleeding from his nose as he was beaten, and he stared at Weidong with resentment on his face.
Not only does he not let you touch me, but he keeps repairing me. You are trying to kill me!
Ever since King Dongshan and Weidong embarked on the caravan journey, he has been behaving himself to the letter and has not dared to overstep the line.
Because all the people in this caravan are from Weidong, if he offends Weidong, he will become angry and wave his hand, and he will lose his life here!
After passing the boundary gate, he became more obedient. He was afraid that Wei Dong would abandon him here if he was unhappy.
He is unfamiliar with the place and he has no chance of returning home alive.
Besides, he couldn't speak the same language as the people here and couldn't find any help.
In his hometown, he is the lofty King of Dongshan to the common people. But on this vast grassland, he is just an ordinary Han Chinese in the eyes of others.
Their status might even be lower than that of the guards of Weidong Caravan!
Only by being with Weidong can he be safer.
This feeling was not very good, and he didn't dare to provoke Wei Dong at all.
Wei Dong didn't notice anything wrong. In his mind, Xie Jiu had always been like this, except that he couldn't speak.
At night, Weidong was checking the accounts again, and King Dongshan stayed by his side. Even though he could not help in any way, he still stayed by Weidong's side.
Weidong had no objection to this. They hadn't seen each other for so many years and finally met each other. Xie Jiu was still suffering from this disaster.
So she depends on him a little, and he is also willing to be relied on by Xie Jiu.
When Wei Dong finished his work, he saw Xie Jiu flipping through a travel book out of boredom.
He chuckled and said, "It's rare to see you flipping through a book. Since you stopped coming to my house to study, I thought you would never touch a book again.
You were a person who couldn't sit still when you were studying, so it's really rare that you can sit with me for such a long time now.
It can be seen that the more things you experience, the more you grow up and become more sensible! "
Weidong deliberately teased Xie Jiu.
in2ebook