PFC Chapter 337: Reverse Marriage.
Chapter 337: Reverse Marriage.
Ye Kun blushed: "Bullshit, I just wanted them to give me a massage..."
"Godfather has been working hard in the war, so it's only right that he finds two beautiful Hun girls to give him a massage." Tan Bamao ran away with a wicked smile.
In fact, Ye Kun did keep two beautiful Xiongnu girls in his tent.
Mainly doing laundry and some chores going in and out.
Sometimes, when Ye Kun was interested, he would teach them some things, some simple Chinese.
The war has been arduous during this period, with swords, spears, blood and corpses. Ye Kun is inevitably tired. Looking at the beautiful girl can relax his eyes and relax his mind.
Ye Kun stayed in Zhangye County for a month to recuperate and supervise local work.
In early June, when Ye Kun was about to return to Chengdu, the Western Xiongnu sent envoys to ask for peace and pay tribute to Ye Kun.
It’s the same messenger from last time.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Last time you came here, you said you only knew Xiahou Chang, but not the King of Hanzhong. Now you know me, the King of Hanzhong, right?"
"The might of the King of Hanzhong is known to all of us on the prairie."
The messenger knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "We are the Chanyu Maoquan, who ordered me to come to the King of Hanzhong to apologize for my crime. I am offering three thousand catties of gold sand and five thousand cattle and sheep. I beg the King of Hanzhong to order the young virtuous king to withdraw his troops and stop attacking us."
During this period, Ye Kun's army withdrew from the grassland.
But the young wise king was still attacking Chanyu Maoquan, and with the help of Ye Kun's two thousand elite troops, he won victory after victory.
Chanyu Maoquan was unable to withstand the muskets, artillery, chariots and crossbows, and seeing the danger of his clan being exterminated, he had no choice but to surrender to Ye Kun.
Ye Kun sneered: "The Western Xiongnu has a population of one million, occupies one-third of the grassland, is connected to the Western Regions, and is extremely wealthy. You gave me three thousand kilograms of gold sand and five thousand cattle and sheep. Are you sending away beggars?"
In some places of the prairie, gold sand is produced in great abundance.
As for cattle, sheep and horses, the Western Xiongnu had more than tens of millions.
The messenger replied: "I also brought a hundred beautiful Xiongnu women, as well as the two daughters of Chanyu Maoquan, one fifteen years old and the other sixteen years old, who are willing to marry the King of Hanzhong. As for the gold sand, cattle, sheep and horses, we can pay tribute every year..."
"Beautiful lady, I'll take her."
Ye Kun chuckled and asked, "How much tribute do you plan to pay every year?"
The more beauties the better. Ye Kun can marry them to Han people, so that they can have children and increase the population in his jurisdiction.
But Ye Kun needed gold sand, cattle, sheep and horses more.
The envoy gritted his teeth and said, "Five thousand catties of gold sand, ten thousand cattle and sheep, and five thousand horses, as tribute every year."
Ye Kun was still not satisfied and said, "Listen, the gold sand will be 5,000 gold. The cattle and horses will be 10,000 each. Sheep are not worth much, so I need 30,000 heads every year."
The envoy thought about it, nodded and agreed: "Okay, but please ask the King of Hanzhong to immediately send a message to the Little Wise King to stop attacking us."
"Don't worry, I have another condition." Ye Kun said calmly:
"We Han people still have at least tens of thousands of people in your Western Xiongnu. Send all of them back to me. Otherwise, I will wipe out your Western Xiongnu tribe completely."
In fact, Ye Kun does not have the ability to completely wipe out the Western Xiongnu now.
Because the prairie is too big.
Emperor Wu of Han fought against the Xiongnu because he inherited the legacy of the reigns of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing. The country had a population of 60 million and rice was piled up like a mountain. In the end, the Xiongnu was defeated, but in the later years of Emperor Wu, the country's population was only 20 million, the people were in mourning, starving people were everywhere, and civil unrest broke out.
Although Ye Kun now has guns, gunpowder and advanced iron smelting technology to support the war, the population in his jurisdiction is small and he cannot control the entire prairie.
Developing production, developing production is still Ye Kun’s main task.
The envoy was afraid of Ye Kun, so he nodded and said, "We can agree to the request of the King of Hanzhong. But it will take time. Please ask the King of Hanzhong to ask the Little Wise King to stop using troops against us first."
Ye Kun was also straightforward and immediately called Tan Bamao: "Send a message to the young virtuous king to stop attacking the Western Xiongnu and focus on developing production."
The Western Xiongnu envoy breathed a sigh of relief and called in the two daughters of Chanyu Maoquan.
Ye Kun looked at the two girls. They were not ugly, but fair-skinned.
It's a smell of sheep on the body.
"Can you two sisters speak Chinese?" Ye Kun asked.
"I will say a few words and report to the King of Hanzhong." The two little girls trembled with fear.
"What are your names?"
"Father gave us Han names. My name is Tingting and my sister is Fangfang."
"Very good." Ye Kun smiled: "You two, stay with me from now on."
In Chinese history, the Han Dynasty had a very humiliating history of marriage with the Xiongnu. Even after the death of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, the then Xiongnu Chanyu wanted Liu Bang's wife, Empress Lü, to marry the Xiongnu, which made Empress Lü very angry!
Now, Chanyu Maoquan gave his two daughters to Ye Kun, which was considered a reverse marriage.
So Ye Kun kept the two daughters of Maoquan Chanyu. This was a kind of pride and also one of the achievements of this expedition against the Western Xiongnu.
Tingting and Fangfang were taken away.
Ye Kun went to check the tribute materials from the Western Xiongnu.
Tan Bamao was delighted and said with a smile: "Godfather, now all directions are paying tribute to us. Our future life will be better and better!"
"Only four directions pay tribute, okay?" Ye Kun rolled his eyes.
Those who now pay tribute to Ye Kun include Sima Yu in the south, Kangbuza of the Western Qiang, the Little Wise King of the Xiongnu in the north, and Maoquan Chanyu.
Tan Bamao laughed and said, "That's incredible. We have to collect a lot of tribute every year. The tribute from Maoquan Chanyu alone is enough to feed our army!"
"Do you know how many troops we have now?"
Ye Kun shook his head: "We have 200,000 regular troops. There are also 150,000 farming troops and 100,000 militiamen. The tributes from these guys combined are still not enough to cover the expenses of our troops."
The farming army and the militia are almost self-sufficient in food and fodder.
However, every year we need to train, update swords, guns, bows and arrows, and receive some incentive subsidies, which all cost money.
The expenditure on 200,000 regular troops is even more staggering.
Tan Bamao said with a smile: "Godfather, our army of hundreds of thousands cannot sit idle. I think we can go find Xiahou Chang and capture Chang'an City!"
Ye Kun sighed: "The army cannot be idle, but I haven't decided who to attack yet. I need to go to Chengdu to listen to everyone's opinions."
Tan Bamao nodded: "Godfather, don't worry too much, just accompany those two little Xiongnu princesses first."
"Fuck you uncle!"
Ye Kun kicked his godson and turned away.
In fact, what the godson said was right. The princess of the Huns should not be neglected.
Comfort is needed!
The two Xiongnu princesses were both very well-behaved. They were obedient and gentle to Ye Kun.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Tingting, Fangfang, are all you Xiongnu women so gentle? Why do those men seem so fierce and unreasonable?"
Tingting smiled shyly: "My father said that when we serve the King of Hanzhong, we must be careful not to make you angry."