Chapter 323 [Intention of the High Priestess]
At this time, another inn in Youzhou City was in.
An ordinary carriage slowly drove into the backyard, and after the curtain was lifted, a beautiful woman walked out.
It was the saint high priest of the Turks in the grassland.
"Master, you are back!"
The little saint of Cao'er trotted up to meet him, with a very worried face on his face, and said, "Master, you don't let us follow you, which makes the disciple very worried. Fortunately, you came back early, otherwise the disciple would have gone against your order to search."
The girl said and stopped, her eyes rolled, and she said curiously: "Master, where have you been there in the past half day?"
The saint high priest stretched out his hand and gently flicked his disciple's forehead. He seemed unhappy, but was actually doting, and joked: "Looking at your nervous look, are you still afraid that your master will be abducted from you?"
This was originally a joke between the master and the apprentice, but Cao'er's face suddenly became serious and said solemnly: "What I worry about is that you will be hurt."
The saint high priest was slightly stunned, and then said thoughtfully: "As the inheritor of the ancient temple, I can be called the guardian of the entire grassland nation. You girl know that I am ranked among the top military power in the world, but you are still worried that I will be hurt..."
The high priest stopped and asked with a smile: "So, are you worried that the little girl will attack me?"
"It's that Gu Chang'e!"
Cao'er blurted out without thinking: "This woman is Gu Tianya's sister, known as Linfan, the exiled immortal in heaven. Her force is simply inhuman, just like the legendary true immortal of land."
The high priest laughed out loud and shook his head slowly and said, "There is no real immortal on land in this world."
Cao'er immediately became anxious and said with a worried face: "Master, you must not have this idea. Gu Tianya's sister, she really can't treat it with common sense."
The girl paused, her face showed a bitter look, and she said in a low voice: "Two years ago, the two countries were negotiating. At that time, my disciple, as the Turkic negotiator, I wanted to use force to shock the Han people at the negotiating table. But Gu Tianya's sister floated out and gently swung her punch to break the pillar of the negotiation hall. Master, do you know how thick that pillar is? That giant pillar will have to at least two or three people to exchange for hugs..."
The saint high priest didn't seem shocked, but his eyes showed a hint of joy and said leisurely: "The thick giant pillar was smashed with one punch, which was quite powerful as a fist to conquer mountains and rivers. The little guy in the Gu family was protected by his sister, so there was no need to worry about being assassinated."
Cao'er was obviously stunned. He heard the master's tone abnormally. Curiosity flashed in her eyes, and she carefully tentatively said: "Master, you..."
The saint high priest looked at her with a smile and said Lei Ran: "Girl, are you confused? I feel like I have changed my personality today, Master?"
Cao'er immediately started to feel embarrassed and said with a slight dodge of his eyes: "It's not anymore, it's mainly because he's curious. After all, in my memory, Master, you have never had such a look."
The saint high priest smiled gently, stretched out his hand to caress his apprentice's hair, for some reason, his voice was like a murmuring, as if he murmured in a nightmare: "I'll walk on the old place of the Han family again, but things are different, and I feel something in my heart for a moment, and there will inevitably be a turbulence. This is human nature, girl, don't you say yes..."
Cao'er blinked and whispered: "I understand. Master recalls the past. You once told me that you have friends in the Central Plains. Master should have thought of his old friends, so he showed his expression just now."
The high priest smiled slightly and did not comment on this.
She raised her feet and walked slowly into a guest room in the inn. After sitting cross-legged, her eyes were ecstatic, sometimes smiling gently, sometimes sighing softly, just like a little girl with a lot of worries, not like a powerful Turkic high priest at all.
Suddenly she waved to Cao'er and signaled her disciple to sit beside her. She gently stroked her disciple's hair again, with a kind of inquiries in her tone, and said softly: "Cao'er, how do you feel about Gu Tianya?"
Cao'er was stunned at first, then his pretty face turned red. The girl vaguely felt something was wrong and carefully tentatively said: "Master, can you hear some of the instigation from Dieluzhi?"
The damn little prince Dieluozhi was full of thoughts about letting her marry Gu Tianya, yelling all day long that it was a big profit, and if a child had been given, the entire Turkic people would benefit.
Damn guy, his courage is getting stronger and stronger. It would be fine if he yelled at ordinary Turks, but he didn't expect to dare to instigate him to the front of his master. It seems that he was beaten lightly, so he would go out later and beat him up.
What a character like the Holy High Priest, how could he not see his disciple's thoughts? He said softly: "Don't beat Dielaozhi, it has nothing to do with him."
Cao'er immediately became suspicious and frowned and thought: "Is there any other Turkic people who have come up with this kind of thought? No wonder I always feel that everyone is strange recently. For example, the head of the Turkic Wolf tribe once muttered that even sacrificial priests can get married..."
The saint high priest laughed out loud, gently flicked her forehead, and said, "Don't think about it randomly, this is my own thought. Girl, I ask you, how do you feel about Gu Tianya?"
This is the second consultation.
Cao'er was obviously a little stunned. She already felt that this was indeed what Master thought.
Master, she was not encouraged by someone.
Master, she is really asking for her own opinions.
But it's very strange, why does it feel like Master cares about this matter very much.
Cao'er's eyes were full of curiosity, and she couldn't help but secretly peek at the Master's expression. However, after watching for a long time, she couldn't see anything. She just felt that there was deep expectation in the Master's eyes.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but she felt that the master’s eyes were like her mother-in-law choosing a daughter-in-law.
Mother-in-law chooses daughter-in-law?
How is this possible?
Master, she is not a Han Chinese, so she would not be like a Han Chinese mother-in-law.
Cao'er immediately shook his head and quickly drove this idea out of her mind. She secretly reflected on herself, feeling that she was a little stupid today.
What a person is Master, the dignified Turkic saint high priest, as the inheritor of the ancient temple, he is known as the spiritual leader of all Turkic people.
Everything the master did was for the entire Turkic people. How could she choose her daughter-in-law like the mother-in-law of a Han Chinese...
"So, why did Master ask me twice what Gu Tianya?"
Cao'er suddenly became serious and tried hard to start taking the self-study exam.
Soon, she realized everything.
Now that the Han people and the Turks have reached an alliance, the two major ethnic groups have been constantly communicating and communicating. Since the opening of the Youzhou market, the life of the entire grassland has gradually improved. The Han people no longer control food, the Han people no longer control tea bricks, and even salt and iron can be purchased as long as they pay.
This is just ordinary materials on the market.
More tradable goods appeared later.
For example, those vaccines that protect children's lives, such as various exquisite and miraculous instruments, can be bought as long as the Turks are willing to pay.
The life of the grassland nation is getting happier and happier.
I didn’t have this kind of happiness when I relied on looting before...
Although there was no need to pay for looting in the Central Plains at that time, the things I snatched were not enough to ensure people's livelihood. It was obvious that I had to pay now, but the Turks' lives were getting better and better.
In just two years, the population alone increased by 500,000 to 600,000. If we look at the past experience of the grassland, increasing population often means that life pressure will increase.
At this time, wars will occur between tribes, often killing blood and drifting, and a certain tribe disappears overnight.
It is not that the Turks are naturally fond of killing, but that they need to control the population and ensure their lives.
Tribal wars have been like this for thousands of years. Once the population grows too fast, our own people must first destroy themselves. This is the tradition of the grassland, full of helplessness.
However, this time the population grew, and there was no war between the tribes.
The leaders no longer have to worry about the scarcity of supplies and need to compete for them. They just need to lead the people to grazle well.
Every Turkic person is working hard.
They want to grazle more animals.
The Han people like cattle and sheep.
The Han people like it.
Even the fur on cattle and sheep can be sold to Han people for exchange.
In the past, who wanted this thing? Whenever summer comes, the most troublesome thing is the fur on the cattle and sheep. It must be pulled down and thrown away with effort to ensure that the animals will not lose in large quantities.
Now there is no need to pull it off and throw it away.
The Han people taught herders how to shear wool.
For example, this summer, countless Han merchants flocked into the grassland. They pulled trucks of grain, and they ran among the tribes with countless exquisite utensils, collecting the wool.
The Turkic herdsmen were delighted.
Many women actually get pregnant in summer.
If it were before, which Turkic woman would dare to do this?
Once you get pregnant in summer, your belly will become bigger in winter. It was the most harsh season on the grassland, and no Turkic woman wanted to survive the cold winter with her big belly.
Because that means huge risks.
There is often a situation where both mother and son die.
But now, it’s different. The Turkic people no longer worry about lack of supplies, and women still dare to conceive children in summer.
Life is getting happier and happier.
The grassland gradually cannot be separated from the Han people.
...
All of this is because of Gu Tianya’s appearance!
Everything in Youzhou without him will be over.
If the grassland people return to the past and live a life of lack of supplies again, then Cao'er really can't imagine how many Turkic people would not be able to bear it.
She looked up at her master, feeling that she had figured it out.
Why did Master ask himself twice about Gu Tianya? It was clearly a warning to himself to pay attention to Gu Tianya.
Gu Tianya is very important to the entire grassland now.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the master speak again, saying with a deep meaning: "This time the caravans from all over the country gathered in Youzhou, everyone's intentions are basically the same. The cold winter is coming, and they need to reserve a large amount of supplies. Like us, they all want to buy things from the Han people..."
Chapter completed!