Chapter 0039 Khotan
I shouted loudly in my heart, but in reality I was silent.
Qu Yunmie looked back at the direction Dan Ran left, then turned his head back to look at the tea and fruit peels left on the table.
After finishing the preparations, he asked Xiao Rong calmly, "Have you met Huang Keji?"
Xiao Rong: “…”
He pretended not to hear.
Xiao Rong was in a good mood today, so he let him go and didn't argue with him. He lifted his skirt and sat down again, then took away the teapot and took a look at the charcoal fire burning underneath.
While using tongs to dig at the charcoal fire inside, he answered: "I have seen it. This child has suffered a lot. He has seen all of Huang Yanjiong's attitude towards him. He is unwilling to give up, so he doesn't want to leave Huang Yanjiong so easily."
Qu Yunmie didn't understand: "What else does he want to do?"
No matter what, Huang Yanjiong is his uncle, he can't just do anything to him.
This is the most abnormal thing nowadays. The father killed his son, the father was innocent, the son refused his father's request, and the son went to jail.
Even if the government did not throw the son into jail, as long as the news spread, "righteous people" would soon come to teach the son a lesson. A beating would be the lightest punishment. They were afraid that it would attract the assassins of the Qingfeng Sect, who would take the son's life without saying a word, and then publicize it, saying what a good thing they had done.
But the custom is like this, from the royal family to the common people, everyone thinks this is very normal. Although Huang Yanjiong is not Huang Keji's father, he is his uncle, and uncle also has the word father, so Huang Keji can't do anything to him in a big way.
After Qu Yunmie asked this question, the only sounds around him were the sound of the waterfall hitting the rocks and the crisp sound of charcoal blocks colliding with each other. Xiao Rong pretended not to hear the question. Suddenly, he put down the clip and turned the topic back to Danran: "I have made a proposal to Miss Danran. I wonder what the king thinks of it?"
Xiao Rong's proposal was to let the Butewu tribe provide free medical treatment. Qu Yunmie was stunned. He didn't object, but -
"Rowu and his friends don't like meeting strangers."
Xiao Rong asked: "Do you dislike meeting strangers, or do you dislike meeting people from the Central Plains?"
Qu Yunmie pursed his lips and said, "Both. The Butewu people are not good at dealing with outsiders, and the people of the Central Plains... are quite hostile to outsiders."
Xiao Rong smiled and said, "The Central Plains people are hostile to the Hu people. The Butewu people look a little different from the Central Plains people, so they are all classified as Hu people. Just make it clear. Let the Butewu people share their medical skills first, and use the relationship between doctors and patients to bring the two tribes closer, so that the people in the city have an impression of the Butewu people, and then show the concept that the Butewu people are not equal to Hu people to the people. The farther they hide, the more rigid the relationship between the two will be. The king does not want his mother tribe to always live outside the city. Isn't it uncomfortable for the king to watch them being misunderstood all the time?"
Qu Yunmie frowned. Although he was somewhat moved by what Xiao Rong said, he still felt something was wrong: "You are not from another race, so you don't know how difficult it is to get out."
Xiao Rong was silent for a moment, then he laughed, "Your Majesty is right, I really can't relate to you. Then Your Majesty, don't think about these difficult questions, just treat it as an order to be given to your subordinates. You will have to issue many similar orders in the future, and not everyone will be willing to listen to every order. If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. This is not wrong, but Your Majesty, as a ruler and the superior of everyone, you should not only consider one person or one clan, but all people and all clans."
Qu Yunmie looked at Xiao Rong with hesitation.
Xiao Rong met his gaze and lowered his voice: "The Butewu tribe is just the beginning. There are too many suffering nations in this world. The Hu people are evil. When they are not bullying the people of the Central Plains, they are bullying people of other nations. Even among the Hu people, not everyone accepts a life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. Some people are born in Hu families, but they yearn for the ceremonial country of the Central Plains. Your Majesty also had times when he was displaced. How does it feel to have no home? How does it feel to feel like an outsider wherever you go?"
Qu Yunmie did not answer his question, but looked at him warily: "Xiao Rong, what do you want to do?"
His tone became more serious: "Do you want to take in aliens into the capital? You are dreaming. Aliens must not be trusted!"
Xiao Rong: “…”
Xiao Rong was surprised to see such a big reaction. He realized that the time had not come yet. He rolled his eyes and changed his tone: "Don't be impatient, my king. I am not that naive."
Qu Yunmie's tense back relaxed a little, but he still looked at Xiao Rong with an unfriendly look: "Then what do you mean by saying this?"
Xiao Rong was afraid of provoking him again, so he thought for a while before answering him: "We can talk about the future later. Taking in foreigners is a very big move. I will never consider this before the king has established his position. What I am planning is to let the Butewu people appear in front of the world first, so that they can see that the Butewu people love peace and have brought medical skills that can cure diseases and save lives. If their reputation is good, the king's reputation will also be good. Moreover, this is also a friendly signal. The king knows that the Rouran, who are hostile to the Xianbei, and Shanshan, who have signed a non-enemy agreement with the king, are not having a good time. Many people have come out to become mercenaries, but what guarantees can mercenaries have? If they take a step forward, they are mercenaries, and if they take a step back, they are bandits who rob houses."
When Qu Yunmie heard Xiao Rong mention Rouran, his expression became puzzled.
Rouran and Xianbei were actually one ethnic group. Later, after internal strife and division, they became two countries. When Xianbei was at its most powerful, they did not allow others to call Rouran Rouran, but called them Rourou, meaning that they were not human beings at all, but a bunch of insects that were crickets pupating every day. …………
The Xianbei people were so wicked that the Rouran people could not defeat them and could only endure it silently. Later, when the Xianbei declined, the Rouran immediately changed their name back.
When the Hu people broke into Yanmen Pass, the Rouran were indeed not among them, because the Xianbei people still despised them and did not want to play with them at all. However, it is impossible to say that Qu Yunmie had any good feelings towards the Rouran people.
The most point is that they did not invade the Central Plains in large numbers. They did all the immoral things that other Hu people had done.
But Qu Yunmie roughly understood what Xiao Rong meant: "Because I have the blood of the Butewu people, and the people under my rule accept the existence of the Butewu people, it will give the world the impression that I am more friendly to foreigners, and these foreigners who escape will choose to come to me first to work for me."
Xiao Rong laughed, "Yes, this way, when you hire them, you can lower the price. The aliens who really do anything for money will still look for employers who pay more. This happens to be a screening process. Those who cherish their lives and want to live a good life will come to you, and those desperate people will go to other people's territories. There will be many big and small battles in the future. The Zhenbei Army is your greatest confidence. Don't move easily. These aliens who come here to fight can help you with some trivial matters."
Qu Yunmie looked at Xiao Rong and suddenly laughed with an ambiguous meaning.
Placing one hand on the stone table, playing with an intact fruit, Qu Yunmie whispered: "Perhaps the Zhenbei Army was my confidence in the past, but it is not the case now."
"Now this king's confidence is you."
Xiao Rong: “…”
Xiao Rong was a little uncomfortable with receiving such a sudden compliment, and such a high evaluation. He blinked a few times quickly, and then asked tentatively: "Thank you, my king?"
Hearing his uncertain ending tone, Qu Yunmie smiled again. He was a man whose emotions were very obvious only when he was angry, but he was relatively restrained at other times.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
