Abnay could not resist this secret decree, but Li Junwei and Wu Yifeng guessed the wrong motivation for him not to go.

In fact, Abnay was not as scheming as the two imagined. He did not want to represent foreign vassals to go to Shinjing to pay homage. A large part of the reason was stingy.

Unlike many foreign nobles in the empire, Abunai experienced the Qing Dynasty. At that time, in order to maintain the Manchu and Mongolian family, the Manchus were very generous to him throughout the years, and his mother was even taken into the palace by Huang Taiji and became a concubine. Although the Qing Dynasty did not allow Abunai to touch military power, she was not stingy in terms of titles, gold and silver.

But the empire is completely different. In recent years, Chahar's eight Zasaks were like Abnay's small kingdom. He had real power, but he gained little in actual interests.

The Lifan Courtyard has a tribute system. Chahar takes out a lot of livestock, horses and furs to pay tribute to the emperor every year, and the emperor will also give back. On the surface, the royal family followed the convention of the previous dynasty's thin and thick exchanges, and often gave more than twice the tribute to the foreign vassals, but in fact it was not the same thing at all.

For example, the royal family's favorite gifts are porcelain, tea, silk and other goods that are very popular on the grassland, but the problem is that all gifts are produced by the royal industry. As long as those things are labeled and printed with an imperial label, they will immediately set a price that exceeds the market price several times. If these things are not eaten or drunk, the royal family does not prohibit foreign vassals from selling these imperial gifts. But the key is that these things cannot be sold at all at the caliber price.

In the early years, the royal family also had special imperial kilns and royal tea factories, which specialized in producing these things, but in recent years, with the losses of these industries, most of them have been sold. Therefore, the imperial gifts given to foreign vassals are actually private label goods.

Not only that, when you arrive in Shenjing, it will be a big expense.

The foreign vassals went to Shenjing to pay homage, which was a kind of etiquette. The so-called etiquette invited fame, and fame was never blown by the strong wind. Except for the royal family, they bought it themselves. Not to mention anything else, when they arrived in Shenjing, social welfare institutions such as Yangjianyuan and orphanages would reach out.

Abunai still remembers that he went to Shinjing to pay homage in the 21st year of the empire. Shinjing held a welcome ceremony and made thousands of deaf and mute children perform sign language. This reward would be 20,000 taels of silver. If he didn't give it, his reputation as the first foreign vassal in the empire would definitely be damaged. Abunai really didn't want to be an old boy with money.

However, no matter what, Abnay is still no match for the secret decree. He may not give others face and find various reasons to excuse him, but the Supreme Emperor must not give face.

And for Bagher and his organization, going to Shin Kyung to file a lawsuit is a huge test.

This test almost caused Bagher's organization to fall apart. Over the years, many people from all walks of life have been involved in his organization. They follow Bagher to do good deeds, invite fame, and corruption of the organization's funds. Many people have no courage to complain to Shenjing. Therefore, after Bagher announced this decision, many people withdrew from the organization, but what these people don't know is that they have been targeted by the Lifan Yuan. After leaving, many people were arrested for illegal activities such as embezzlement, illegal gatherings, etc.

After leaving Beijing, Baghel did not go to the Yunzhong Appeasement Zone where the outer vassal Chahar was located, but went to Liaoning Province.

In recent years, most of the slaves who were rescued by Bagel and resettled were arranged to the Liaoning Province because there were more job opportunities and a more relaxed institutional environment there.

Although the Liaoning Province was established at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, for a long time, the land outside the pass was controlled by the Lifanyuan. After all, the original people there were either coated slaves from the Eight Banners outside the Manchu Pass or migrated official slaves. In order to raise the northern expedition to the northern desert, the Liaoning Province was developed and has developed into a large province with a population of 3.7 million.

In the past decade, Liaoning's rapid economic development has been largely due to the construction of railways. The railway from Beijing to Chenyang has been built for ten years. The earliest purpose was to develop land in the western Liaoning Plain, transport soybeans, corn and other commodities, supply them from land to Beijing and Tianjin, go to sea from ports, and sell them to the densely populated Yangtze River Delta region.

This goal was quickly achieved. The grain and feed produced in Liaoning not only supplemented the coastal areas where the empire was the fastest-growing coastal areas, but were even sold to Japan.

However, with the development, a large number of coal and iron ore were found in Liaoning Province, and many coal and iron ore were leaning together, so Liaoning has become an industrial center in the imperial strategic planning.

In the process of the development of Liaoning Province, Dalian is the latest city to rise. This port is located at the end of the Liaodong Peninsula and is surrounded by mountains. Without such transportation as railways, it is destined to not rise. Now, railways from Chenyang and Jinzhou have arrived. The ports in the Bohai Bay are not so good due to the deposition of the Liaohe River system, and cannot adapt to the empire's ships with increasingly large tonnage, which gives Dalian more development momentum.

It was already very cold in Dalian in October. Bagher arrived by train. After getting off the train, he wrapped himself in a windbreaker and walked out of the train station with a simple salute.

Dalian is a new city, but the railway station is destined to be the most prosperous place, and the transportation hub is always the most chaotic area of ​​the city.

Bagel endured all kinds of gazes along the way, some looked at him arrogantly, some were wary in their eyes, and more were malicious. The development of Liaoning brought about two major immigration waves of immigration to Guandong and not returning to slaves, and the Koreans from the Korean Peninsula came over, making the public security situation here very complicated.

Finally, Bagher walked into a dark alley, and at the end, there was a dilapidated tavern. This type of tavern is everywhere outside the pass, stewing a whole pot of wine, warming a pot of wine, and several men can chat all day long.

When he pushed the door open, there were many people sitting on the eight tables inside. Behind the counter, there was a middle-aged man of medium size standing with gray temples. His temples were gray, and he looked at Bagle with a warning, with a little helplessness in his eyes. Obviously, the two of them knew each other and seemed to be having some holidays.

"Who are you looking for?" the man behind the counter pretended not to know him and asked.

Bagher said: "Look for you."

"Who am I?" the man asked again, putting the wine bowl in his hand on the counter, making a sound. Two men playing cards in the corner put down the cards in their hands, walked over, looked at Bagle with a vigilant look, and stuffed one hand into his arms.

Bagel just glanced at the two people and said to the man behind the counter casually: "You are Naya."

"You've found the wrong person." One of the people who came over said, "He is not Naya, but our friend Li Ya."

"Naya is my former friend. He has an enemy, and now I have found a way to take revenge." Bagel's tone was still plain.

After hearing this, Naya could no longer control himself and his breathing became heavy. He opened a small door behind the counter and walked in with Bagel.

Naya is a friend of Baghel. The two met since childhood. Although they were both in Zasakri, they did not belong to the same Zasak, or even to the same appeasement zone. Zasak where Naya is located is from Abuna, King Chahar, while Zasak where Baghel is located belongs to a foreign aristocrat in the Yanbei Appeasement Zone, but the two Zasaks lean on the edge of the appeasement zone.

The acquaintance between the two people originated from a hunting, and the two boys shared food by the lake. At that time, Naya had only one hand. The reason for this was that he was the shepherd slave of King Chahar. When he was herding sheep, he accidentally stoned a pregnant ewe.

The two had four years of childhood, and then Bagher went to the school of Zasak in the Nei Fan, while Naya was still grazing sheep. In the next four years, the two had less contact, but they still had a lot of contact with each other, and they went to Yanbei to go to school.

It was ten years after we met again. At that time, Baghel had already embarked on the road to saving the slaves without returning, and Naya became the slaves without returning.

The two met in Zhangjiakou City. The difference was that Bagher was an idealist student, while Naya had become a fugitive.

If it were just a revenge of breaking his arms, Naya might not have been like this. During the ten years when the two of them met, Naya's father was beaten to death by Abnay's men because he secretly ran to Zasak where Bagher was to buy salt. Without his father, there was no strong labor in the family. When Naya went out to herd sheep, his sister and mother were sold by King Chahar.

Naya could not accept all this. In order to find his relatives, he killed two human traffickers and one of Abnay's subordinates. Later, he was wanted by the Chahar tribe and Yunzhong Appeasement Zone and fled from Yunzhong.

Naya helped Baghel a lot, and of course he also hoped Baghel would help find his relatives. What he got was bad news in the end was sold to a tribe in Khalkha and died on the way to move westward to the Kazakh grasslands, while his sister was beaten to death for escaping. Since then, Naya's only goal is to revenge.

There are many people who have a desire for revenge like Naya, and they are also under Bagher, who advocates using peaceful means to solve problems with the law as a weapon.

Naya and a group of people under his command carried out armed revenge. They had done all the jobs such as assassins and horse thieves, but they all failed. And their actions were only regarded as several criminal cases.

After too many people died, Naya defected to Bagel again. Bagel changed his mind because of his resignation, but unexpectedly, Naya just cheated him of money and disappeared from now on.

In fact, Baghl always knew where Naya was. It was just because Naya settled the surviving brother with the money that he did not pursue the matter.

"Can you take revenge by complaining to the emperor?" Naya said disdainfully after hearing Bagel's words.

Bagher said: "This is not your and my personal revenge, but the guidance of a master of the Empire. The senior officials of the Empire have had enough of King Chahar. They want to find a reason to deal with him, and the best reason is actually public opinion."

"So, you eventually became a lackey of the court?" Naya asked angrily. During his armed revenge, most of his brothers died not by Abnay, but by various forces under the command of the Rifan Academy.

Bagel was not angry: "You should know me, I am just doing the right thing, not opposing the court, nor the empire. This country is much better than when we were from our fathers and ancestors, but it is just imperfect. All I do is to make it better. However, in this world, it is not just you and I hope this country is more free and fair. There are also many knowledgeable people in the court, and I am working with him now."

"Who is that person?" Naya asked. He knew Bagel so well. He knew that this guy was very noble and that someone who could make him willing to cooperate with him was definitely not simple.

Bagel shook his head: "I can't tell you his name. I can say everything I can. I've said it just now. You can go with me, do it together, and then succeed together, and finally die together."

"You will die too? Then what is this, party struggle or something else? How can you be a victim willingly?" Naya asked.

"I am not following someone, but faith." Bagel did not explain. When he said this, he stood up, took off his windbreaker, and said, "I will stay in Dalian for a few days, and find a few people who are not afraid of death. Think about it carefully. If you join, come to me, and forget it if you don't join. Although you look like a street gangster now, you have freedom. I think even if you are arrested and put in the prison of the Public Security Bureau one day, it will be better than when you were in the Chahar tribe.

You can continue to live like this and choose to sue me for the emperor, and you will most likely die.”

Naya pressed the door and did not let Bagel go out. He said, "Bagel, you know, I am not afraid of death, because I am worse than death. But I need you to make me believe that our complaint will succeed and will make Abnay pay the price."

"I can't promise, but you can follow me. You are very good, and you know I'm not good at fighting, so you can kill me at any time. If you fail, I will die." Bagel said sincerely.

"Then can't we make this damn empire better in a better way?" Naya shouted.

Bagher shook his head: "Naya, the empire should not die. Look at yourself, you once raised a gun to the descendants of Borgijit and Genghis Khan. If this empire is so hateful, you would not have such courage, such thinking."

Say it, Bagel opened the door again, but Naya asked again: "Bagel, can that be done? I will go to Shenjing to complain on your behalf and die for you. In the end, Abnay will die, I will take revenge, and you will survive..." Speaking of this, Naya wiped the corners of his eyes: "I think you are a good guy. Among us Mongolians, you are also a special one. I think you should survive."

Bagher said calmly: "I am a Mongol, but I am even more Chinese. Everything I do is for all the oppressed people of the empire, not a certain ethnic group. I once imagined what I would do if the empire's foreign vassals were gone and there were no more slaves on the grasslands.
Chapter completed!