Just like a woman who consoles her aunt to drink more hot water, a straight man's consolation is always sincere but cannot find the point.

The same is true for what Gu Qing said to comfort his brother Shu Han.

Ge Shuhan was heartbroken, and he felt more and more like a farmer, a pig farmer.

"Gu Jieshuai, I'm here to see someone off today, please don't talk about money, okay?" Ge Shuhan said with difficulty: "Send someone away... help the friendly forces set up the Modao Camp. We, the Hexi Army, have a duty..."

Gu Qing smiled half-heartedly and said: "Of course, of course, talking about money is vulgar. Ge Shujieshuai gave away a thousand swordsmen for free. This is so heroic and righteous. I, the entire Anxi Army, are grateful."

As he said this, Gu Qing extended his hand to invite his brother Shu Han to enter the commander's tent. Unexpectedly, his brother Shu Han suddenly grabbed his arm and said with an ugly face: "We won't talk about money, but... we won't give it away for nothing."

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

It's really both upright and upright. The so-called not talking about money is actually just talking about not talking about money. You still have to give what should be given. It's the face of a victorious general. It's a bit ugly to sell people. It's not embarrassing to help the friendly troops to speak out.

"Yes, it's not for nothing. I heard that the Hexi Army has been short-handed in terms of money and food recently. The Anxi Army will repay Qiong Yao. Of course, there will be some small gifts in return. I don't want to refuse, Ge Shujieshuai." Gu Qing said with a smile.

After saying this, Ge Shuhan finally stopped being embarrassed and nodded happily: "I would like to thank Gu Jieshuai for the generous gift."

Gu Qing turned his head with a smile and curled his lips secretly.

This is probably the legendary saying that the poorer you are, the more hypocritical you are.

An objective fact that exists whether you admit it or not is that the poorer a person is, the stronger his self-esteem will be. People with low self-esteem will probably never be poor. Precisely because there is no self-esteem, people have no lower limit, so they have a high probability of getting rich.

Judging from various characteristics, Ge Shuhan has all the essence of a poor man, including his behavior of robbing the Anxi Army's 5,000 war horses. He also belongs to the type of "poor mountains and bad waters breed unruly people".

Invite Brother Shuhan to enter the handsome tent. As soon as he walked in, Brother Shuhan was shocked. He stood in the door of the handsome tent without moving for a long time.

The decoration in the handsome tent is too luxurious for Ge Shuhan? A tiger skin is spread at the foot of the main seat? There are several small hollow gilt copper balls hanging upside down in the tent, and the sandalwood inside is emitting the slightest smoke. The guests and hosts

The low-leg tables on the seats were all made of marble. A fire pit was dug next to it. A grill was placed on top of the fire pit, and a whole lamb was tumbling and roasting on the grill.

Are there dishes and wine cups on the table? The dishes are silverware from the Western Regions? The wine cups are expensive glass cups? The wine pots are gold pots from the Western Regions? Is there a corner of the handsome tent where Gu Qing lives? There is a huge table

A pearwood bed? The bedside posts are inlaid with gold and jade.

Ge Shuhan looked around and was extremely shocked. The decoration in the handsome tent can only be described in two words, that is "expensive". It is basically a luxury piled up with money? It makes people... jealous.

"Bah! Nouveau riche!" Ge Shuhan cursed secretly in his heart.

Seeing him standing still, Gu Qing followed his gaze and couldn't help but smile and explain: "Brother Shu Jieshuai is making you laugh? Gu is used to living in the commander's tent in Daying, and the Jie Mansion in the city doesn't live very well."

Haha, the layout of the place where you usually live is a bit exaggerated."

Ge Shuhan forced a smile: "It's magnificent and noble."

Gu Qing twitched the corner of his mouth.

We are all educated people, do you think I don’t understand? This comment is nothing more than a roundabout way of calling me a nouveau riche.

Bah! Poor man!

The guests and hosts were seated and Gu Qing ordered the food and wine to be served. Ge Shuhan hesitated for a moment and asked Gu Qing in a low voice whether drinking in the camp was not appropriate.

Gu Qing said nonchalantly: "It's okay. Brother Shu Jieshuai is the honored guest today, so we can make an exception."

Before Ge Shuhan could say anything, the guards had already brought in the food and wine. The whole lamb next to him was also roasted. Gu Qing held a dagger in his hand and cut off a piece of right hind leg meat from the whole lamb and handed it to Ge Shuhan.

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Having been in Anxi for a long time, it is inevitable that he has picked up some of the bad habits of the barbarians, and Gu Qing has also learned a lot about the etiquette of cutting meat and dividing guests.

Then Gu Qing held a cup in both hands and toasted to Ge Shuhan, and Ge Shuhan politely raised a cup in return. The atmosphere between the guests and the host was very harmonious for a while.

"Ge Shujieshuai, our jurisdictions are adjacent, so we need to have more exchanges in the future. Our Anxi Jiefu has to face Tubo and Dashi, and your Hexi Jiefu has to face Tibet and the remnants of the northern Turks. You and I both owe it to the Tang Dynasty.

The defense of the west is an important one, so not only do we need to coordinate with each other in terms of intelligence, but we also need to share our knowledge in other aspects. This is a win-win situation."

The corner of Ge Shuhan's mouth curled up. He understood what Gu Qing said, which meant that he asked Ge Shu Jieshuai to continue selling his brothers next time. Send all the fattened brothers from your family and I will give you money.

I'm so angry, but my brother Shu Jieshuai, who is short of money, feels inexplicably desolate like a hero short of breath.

In fact, all military towns in various places have taxes. The taxes in the military towns of the Tang Dynasty are basically determined by the Jiedu envoys. For example, the Hexi Festival government uses taxes from Liangzhou City and affiliated towns and counties. The imperial court also allocates money and grain every year, but Hexi Province

There are more than 50,000 troops in the army, but it is still not enough to rely on local taxes and transfers from the court.

All the income added up is enough to fill the stomachs of the soldiers, but it is more difficult to eat a few pieces of meat. The Jiefu cannot come up with the money at all. Once the court delays the allocation of money and food, the Jiefu's accounts will fall directly.

Below the red line, it is very dangerous.

The Anxi Jiedushi Mansion also relied on taxes from the four towns and allocations from the court. In comparison, Anxi was actually poorer because Anxi was located in a desert and there was basically no land suitable for farming. The annual grain output was almost non-existent. It can be said that Anxi was poorer than Hexi.

, however, I didn’t expect that Gu Qing actually managed Anxi very well. Looking at the furnishings in the commander’s tent and the nouveau riche behavior of frequently using money and food to buy the soldiers under Brother Shu Han’s command, you can tell that Anxi is not short of money.

The reason is that Hexi Jiefu does not have a single person who can manage the city. The annual taxes are only the grain handed over by farmers, and the commercial aspect is in a mess. However, Anxi seems to have been completely transformed in the past two years, and its reputation has gradually spread beyond the Western Regions.

After all, it was Gu Qing who managed the country well. It took this young man just over a year to manage Anxi to such a prosperous level.

Today's Anxi probably doesn't even care about the money and food allocated by the court every year.

After three rounds of drinking, Ge Shuhan couldn't hold himself any longer.

This time he personally sent people to Anxi, of course not out of politeness. In fact, Ge Shuhan had his own plans. According to the words of his previous life, he came to inspect the advanced experience of his brother units and bring Gu Qing's experience in governing Anxi back to Hexi.

Following the example of the gourd, the economy of Liangzhou City was also developed, and the financial freedom of the Hexi Festival Mansion was gradually realized. From then on, it no longer waited eagerly for the imperial court's meager money to be allocated.

At this time, the atmosphere was harmonious, so Ge ​​Shuhan put down his wine cup, wiped the wine stains from his beard, and said with a smile: "Before I came to Qiuci Camp, I passed by Yanqi Town and found that the caravan that settled in Yanqi Town also

Many of them, mostly Hu merchants, were all beaming with joy. They all said they were going to Kucha City to buy and sell goods. They also said that Kucha City is now a well-known place for merchants in the Western Regions. There are countless opportunities and wealth in the city.

After hearing this, Shuai deeply admired Gu Jieshuai's management ability and hoped that Gu Jieshuai would not hesitate to teach him."

Gu Qing snorted and said casually: "There is nothing to say. When Gu first took office in Anxi, he found that the city was poor and the Jiefu's allocation of Anxi army officers was very little. I was also a person who was used to spending money in Chang'an. Why?

Can I endure such a poor life? So I want to make some changes to satisfy my extravagant and lustful life. I can't let myself live a wronged life in this world."

Ge Shuhan nodded with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Gu Jieshuai was also a famous person in the world when he was in Chang'an City. He was a poet with unparalleled talent and a charming personality. He was admired by the scholars in Chang'an. Today I have seen how much of a famous person you are.

So elegant."

Gu Qing blinked. Could it be that the so-called "celebrity" in his eyes was the image of a nouveau riche like himself?

Do you have any misunderstandings about "celebrities"?

Ge Shuhan sighed, looked around the handsome tent, and said quietly: "Gu Jieshuai must be very comfortable living in such a luxurious handsome tent every day, right? In the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, it is enviable to be able to live in such a splendid place.

ah."

Gu Qing said slowly: "There is nothing to envy, it's just that I have too much money and no place to spend it."

"Every day I wake up on this bed inlaid with gold and jade. When I open my eyes, I see the exquisite gilt copper incense balls hanging high beside the bed. I get up and get dressed, stepping on the Persian wool carpet.

He brought me a glass cup to rinse my mouth with, and handed me exquisite delicacies packed with goldware from the Western Regions. Oh, by the way, the climate in the desert is dry, and I often have itching on my back. I usually scratch it with Yu Ruyi, which is cool and comfortable.

, it is said that it can also beautify the skin. Ruyi jade is produced in the local Hotan Town. It is quite rare to carve a whole piece of jade into Ruyi..."

The smile on Ge Shuhan's face seemed to be frozen, and the more he listened, the more uncomfortable he became.

Gu Qing sighed quietly and said: "Brother Shu Jieshuai, you see, although my life seems so extravagant and luxurious, do you think I am very happy? Every night late at night, I hold a glass cup carved by craftsmen from the Western Regions and drink.

When I was making wine from the purest grapes in the Western Regions, I actually didn’t feel happy at all. The life of the rich was too dull and dull, and my spirit was extremely empty and empty..."

Ge Shuhan's cheeks twitched uncontrollably, like a sign of a stroke.

So angry, really angry...

What should I do if I really want to beat him to death? Wait online, it’s quite urgent.

No matter how angry he is, he can only endure it. Ever since they met once at Yumen Pass, Ge Shuhan has gotten to know Gu Qing quite well. This person has a hotter temper than himself. He is a ruthless character who dares to start a fight if he disagrees with him. He never cares about his enemies.

It's still a friendly force. Besides, here and now, he is in the Anxi camp. In theory, tens of thousands of Anxi soldiers are staring at him around the commander's tent. How dare he take advantage of the bastard showing off his wealth in front of him?

Taking a deep breath, Ge Shuhan suppressed his jealousy, raised his hand and asked humbly: "Then I would like to ask Gu Jieshuai, how can I be as rich as you? I also want to feel empty..."
Chapter completed!