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Chapter 139 Turkic Tribes
Tang Zhao didn't like this forced visit and asked directly, "Can you win?"

Gu Ci nodded.

Tang Zhao thought for a moment and asked more directly, "Can you cripple him?"

Gu Ci looked over.

Tang Zhao explained, "It's always good to strike first." Since the Turks were forcing them to come to her door, it was perfectly reasonable for her to strike first and injure them.

Gu Ci warned, "Do not endanger lives."

Tang Zhao curled his lip, "They hit me and ran away, who would know it was me?"

"I'm afraid you don't have time to run," Gu Ci said, looking up into the distance.

Tang Zhao followed his gaze and saw two squads of armored soldiers running towards them, surrounding them completely.

A young soldier stepped forward and spoke seriously to the stall owner in Turkic.

Upon seeing the newcomers, the stall owner immediately became much more obedient, waving his hands repeatedly. The head of the guards hesitated for a moment before leading his men back behind the stall owner.

The young soldier turned around and said with a smile in the Da Yu dialect, "Brother Gu, it's been a long time." He then looked at Tang Zhao, who was being protected by Gu Ci, and said, "This must be your wife." He then bowed to Tang Zhao.

Gu Ci nodded and introduced, "Gulibar, the guardian of the Tea Horse Road and the eldest grandson of the chief of the Guli tribe."

Tang Zhao returned the greeting, "General Guli."

"Just call me Bal, my sister-in-law. I have a life-or-death bond with Brother Gu, so what matters to you and my sister-in-law is my matter."

The Turkic guard leader, who knew a few words of Da Yu language, changed his expression upon hearing this and whispered in the stall owner's ear.

Upon hearing this, the stall owner was startled and instinctively put the hand that was holding the mirror behind his back.

Tang Zhao:.
Tang Zhao silently complained to the stall owner.

Gulibal's expression was serious. "Lord Sharituri, please hand over what does not belong to you, otherwise I will exercise the rights of the Gulibal clan to imprison and try you."

The stall owner was shouting and yelling, and Gulibaly retorted with each and every word.

Gu Ciyan translated succinctly, “Sheli Tuli said he wanted to buy it, but he had no money and was afraid that you would sell the treasure to others, so he wanted to take you back to the tribe. Baal was explaining to him the trade rules and punishment system of the tea-horse trade.”

Tang Zhao watched the play with great interest, arms crossed.

After all his tantrums, cuteness, and shamelessness failed, the stall owner—or rather, Sheri Tuli—decided to try a gentler approach and give it another shot.

“Distinguished guests of Da Yu, is there really no way to negotiate further? Actually, castrated stallions are quite good except for not being able to breed,” Sheli Tuli said sincerely. “I can offer a 40% discount.”

Just as Tang Zhao was about to shake his head, he felt a poke in his waist, then another, and then yet another.

Okay, I understand! Tang Zhao swatted away the hand that was messing around her waist and pretended to be deep in thought.

Seeing that there was a chance, Sheri Tuli continued to promise, "I swear in the name of the Great God of the Grasslands that every horse traded is a top-quality horse."

Tang Zhao continued to feign difficulty and set conditions, "I only do big business. The amount of a single transaction cannot be less than a thousand horses and thirty chests of jewelry, otherwise I would rather not do it."

Gu Ci almost choked on his tongue while translating.

Sheri Tuli stared with his tiny black eyes. "I need to discuss this with Goli."

Tang Zhao readily agreed, providing his address and indicating that he was welcome to visit anytime that day. He also gifted him the Mirror of Light from the hands of Sharituli as a token of his sincerity. Sharituli was overjoyed and excitedly ran off with his entourage, waving his arms and legs.

Seeing that things had calmed down, Gulibar relaxed and told him everything he knew: "Shelitulimaide is the younger brother of the Shelituli tribe chief. He had been living in the Turkic capital. A few days ago, the Shelituli tribe chief fell from his horse and was urgently summoned back."

Gu Ci asked, "When?"

“Just last month, the Sherituri tribe kept it a secret. I only gradually heard about it after I met Maide at the Tea Horse Road,” Gulibal said. “The Sherituri tribe has never participated in border conflicts. Chief Or is usually low-key and rarely shows himself in public. Maide is already the most flamboyant person in the Sherituri tribe.”

The Guli and Shelituli clans have lived in Zhangye for decades, but the clan leaders of the two clans have never met.

Tang Zhao felt that both clans must be living in poverty.

Let's not even talk about Sharitulimaide. Although he was slovenly, the hairpin he always used for braiding his hair was made of thousand-year-old agarwood. In his previous life, Tang Zhao had auctioned a piece of agarwood worth a million dollars at Sotheby's, and then it was stolen on his way back to China!
Tang Zhao was so angry that she let out a groundhog-like scream at the airport, which even made her a trending topic with the headline "Shanghai's rising star in the business world, Tang Zhao, goes crazy at an overseas airport".

This caused Tang Zhao to spend a lot of money to remove the trending topic, it's almost heartbreaking.

The lessons learned from money and tears were the most intense and profound, which is why Tang Zhao can now distinguish agarwood at a glance.

If Relic Turi still had a sandalwood hairpin to maintain appearances, then this General Guli was very poor in a very specific way, with a huge patch on the corner of his coat under his iron armor.

If even the grandson of the Bone Force Clan Chief is like this, Tang Zhao doesn't need to think too much about how the other clan members are.

Sure enough, when Tang Zhao accompanied Gu Ci to visit Guliba's home after the midday shift change, the poverty of the Guliba clan was on full display.

The paint on the front door was peeling, the windows were drafty, the floor was uneven, and there was the newlywed wife who personally brewed tea for him.

"This is black tea that my family specially bought from a tea merchant in Chongqing when we got married. Brother Gu and sister-in-law, please have a taste."

Tang Zhao and Gu Ci took the tea that Dili had brewed, took a sip, and thought to themselves, what a waste of Dili's skillful tea-making technique.

“I have some Wuyi red robes that I brought from Luoyang. If Dili likes them, I will give you some.”

Dili didn't refuse, and said with a bright smile, "Thank you, sister-in-law! I've long heard of the fame of Wuyi Red Robe tea, but I've never tasted it. I'm truly grateful to you for making it possible for me."

When Dili saw her husband bringing up business again, she said, "I don't like listening to men talk. How about I take my sister-in-law for a walk around the yard?"

Tang Zhao couldn't refuse their hospitality, so he went out for a stroll and found the Bone Force Clan to be truly exceptional.

It's truly a wonder of the world that someone could live such a frugal life while living on such a treasure trove as the Tea Horse Road.

But Dilireba looked like she was overjoyed to have married into a wealthy family, and Tang Zhao couldn't even bring himself to say anything to comfort her.

Dili was a lively person. Knowing that her husband had a good relationship with Gu Ci, she automatically regarded Tang Zhao as one of her own and chattered on and on like a lark.

In less than half an hour, Tang Zhao had a general understanding of the Bone Force Clan.

Tang Zhao's mind raced as he looked at Dongmei, who understood and took out a portable mirror from her bosom.

"I didn't know you were newly married. It's really impolite of me to come to your door without even bringing a gift. This is a silver mirror that my shop has just developed, and it's quite popular in Da Yu."

Dili took the box and opened it, and inside the small, round wooden box in her hand was a beautiful face.

"Oh! Who is this beauty?" Dili blinked, and the person in the mirror blinked back. Dili laughed, "It's me!"

Tang Zhao thought she was so cute.

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