Desert Swordsman
Ch 193 Bone Differences in the Kingdom of Silla
Mo kwi's entourage then walked towards Silla you must be careful, indeed they used to be allies when the Tang dynasty was victorious, but after standing alone they even turned hostile to us.
Huo in said, "in a country there are no true friends, there are only eternal enemies," Mo kwi nodded at the words of Physician Huo, in the kingdom now a friend and tomorrow an enemy, it happens often.
The long journey of Mo kwi and his entourage, very tiring, mountain and forest they passed, but they were lucky because nothing interfered in the journey, no one disturbed them, maybe also because this time Mo kwi brought a lot of men so that their journey became safe.
After a long time they traveled, finally arrived Mo kwi in one of the cities in Silla, they were very careful, because a little bit of wrong, then they will hunt us.
A large entourage, and several horse carriages, and dozens of bodyguards made Mo kwi the center of attention.
Mo kwi stayed at a fairly large inn, almost half the inn was paid to stay Mo kwi and his men.
Mo kwi heard that the Silla people were very fond of money and expensive silk silk from the Tionggoan merchants who tried their luck here, but they were rarely willing to buy, but wanted barter, he said, because the money is quite difficult to get, especially the state of Silla territory that often war with its own neighbor, Baekje to fight over the area Gaya.
Go cheyong town where Mo kwi stayed was quite a bustling city and many traders from various regions peddled his merchandise in this Go cheyong city.
Mo kwi then brought a little by, for the ruler of Go cheyong city, because indeed all the great merchants had to report and give gifts to the city lord, and it was commonplace.
Mo kwi saw a fairly large building, and in the front yard was in the sun of ginseng material that is very expensive in the Tionggoan area, because the quality of ginseng from this area is famous for its excellent quality, because the quality of ginseng, and people bar people, and tionggoans are very fond of ginseng and often invite barter with money or goods.
Mo kwi then reported to the guard, then after reporting, Mo kwi got permission.
go in.
A nice house, with a large yard, and,
Mo kwi was received by a man who was not too tall, the man kindly told Mo kwi to sit down.
And before long came out a beautiful girl with a typical face of the country of Silla, and somewhat similar to Soo bin, the girl glanced at Mo kwi while serving fresh drinks.
"Please master, try rice wine made by my daughter Hwa rang."
Mo kwi then took the filled cup, then drank the rice wine, his red face grew red, as well as his eyes.
Suddenly, the girl whispered whispered with her father as she continued to stare at Mo kwi.
Sir, my daughter is very anxious to see the hair of the master who is somewhat reddish, if you bring medicine to redden hair like yours, my daughter will buy it.
Ling ji snorted at the words of the ruler whose name was, Mu ryeong, a bangasawan who came from pure bones.
Karna in Silla believed strongly in the bone system
There are 2 groups of bones in the country of silla
Sacred bone (Seong - goal )
Pure bones (Jin - goal )
And who can hold an important position in the central government is only a person who comes from the holy bones.
After all, only the rest of the insignificant positions or the rulers of the city that is not so important, are given to the owners of pure bones.
The king and queen of Silla must also be of the descendants of the two masters who came from the sacred bones.
Master Mo cian, what do you bring for trade ? master Mu said
"We brought sutras and some of Mr. Mu's jewels," the ruler of the city of Go nodded at Mo kwi's words, then fell silent as if he were thinking.
"We do need the silk cloth that Mr. Mo can bring, but to buy it with money, it seems to be a hassle for us."
"Master, don't worry, money is not the only way for us to transact, If you have an item to exchange with us, and we need that item, why not..!!" Mo kwi said with a smile, meanwhile Hwa rang always paid attention to Mo kwi, and Ling ji always looked at Hwa rang with a somewhat annoyed look.
Mu ryeong smiled at Mo kwi's words and nodded then said, "lord is right, we want to exchange silk cloth with fur leather, the result of the hunt of the residents of Go.
"Sorry Mr. Mu, maybe if it's winter we'll need it with this furry skin, but winter's a long mash, and if we hoard it, then, then the skin of this natinya moldy skin and will be damaged, the quality goes down, the price will fall."
Master Mu frowned hearing Mo kwi's words, then took a deep breath.
"What master Mo cian said is true, indeed" Finally your master said.
"Master Mu can barter with the ginseng plant that master dried in the front yard, we can give a high price to the ginseng master, even if the ginseng master is of the best quality," Mo kwi said.
"Master Mo cian, indeed the ginseng in front of it belongs to us, and it grows in the area around the city of Go, but the ginseng, the ginseng, we don't dare sell it if we don't get permission from Lee's magnate,"
"Our master, but you can't sell it ?" Mo kwi said.
"Yes sir..!!" there was a magnate here who was also a merchant, he had a brother in the king's city, Major Lee had mixed bones between holy and pure bones, and we had pure bones, and we had pure bones, not daring to go against the command of one who has a holy bone, for it will be considered a betrayal of the kingdom." Mr. Mu said, his countenance looked sad, he continued, "even if I am the ruler of the city, but the policy in this city, is the making of the ruler Lee hyun, he said, and the policy was very profitable for him, but it cost a lot of people"
Hmm..!!
"All who are close to the ruler why is it flat like that." Mo kwi snorted and said.
When he was busy talking, soon a soldier came to report.
"Master Mu, Commander Lee wants to meet..!!" The soldier said.
"Why are you still asking ?" Didn't you usually tell me to come in, otherwise, Lee's superior will come in here without being told..!!" master Mu said to the soldier.
"Right sir, but this time he didn't want to, his face looked irritated and he came up with some people who seemed like they were warriors from Tionggoan."
Hmm...!!
Your master glanced at Mo kwi when he heard the soldier's words, saying that Lee's superior brought the warrior from Tionggoan.
"Do you know the swordsman Lee brought ?" master Mu said.
While Hwa Rang looked sad to hear, Lee's magnifier came, the old bandot always teased him whenever there was a chance.
Master Mu then came out, and Mo kwi and his men also came out and wanted to see what kind of people named Lee hyun and warriors from Tionggoan were with him.
A short fat man, along with about 5 people were standing while looking at the ginseng ginseng harvest that was sunbathing in the front yard.
Master Mu saluted the magnate Lee and said, "why doesn't the magnifying master just enter."
"Mu ryeong, I'm here because I heard that a merchant from Tionggoan entered the city, and came to your house, is he a merchant from Tionggoan ?" Lee hyun said.
Hearing those words, let alone the magnate Lee pointing at him, Mo kwi directly came forward and saluted, Then said.
"Hamba named Mo cian, a silk merchant from Guizhou, saluted Lee's magnate."
As if Lee did not care about the words of Mo kwi, his eyes were staring at Ling ji and Hwa rang in turn.
"Is she your wife ?" magnate Lee said to Mo kwi.
"Right of Lee, this is the servant's wife," Mo kwi said.
Major Lee did not reply, then his gaze turned to Master Mu.
"Mu ryeong, this ginseng ginseng I will bring and sell to this master," while pointing towards the 3 men dressed in swordsmen, an old geezer, and 2 middle-aged men.
"If the price is suitable, Lee's magnifier may bring ginseng." Mu ryeong said.
"Mu ryeong, you've dared to talk to me about the price do you want to defy to the holy bones family ?" magnifier Lee said as his eyes stared intently at Mu ryeong.
"Holy bones, holy bones, so want to see the holy bones"
The mad sword said, while holding the hilt of the blue centipede sword, then turned towards Mo kwi and said.
"Teacher..!! ask permission to see the bones"