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Chapter 457 Songtsan Gampo Gritting His Teeth
Duan Lun said lazily: "What's the hurry? Why don't you let Zhishenli come to see us in person."

"Here."

Duan Lun got off his horse and sat on the grass enjoying the sunshine.

His Majesty has not said that he will send troops into Turkic until now.

Duan Lun could more or less guess what His Majesty was thinking.

Duan Lun said to the orderly at the side: "Send down the order to catch a hundred sheep, and we will eat mutton tonight."

"But now that the Turkic war is urgent, there is a shortage of cattle and sheep, and we also have our own dry food."

Duan Lun said with a sneer: "Nowadays the Turks are short of food, don't let them worry, how can you let Zhishenli come to your door, eat their food and drink their food now."

"Here."

Tubo, Yixin asked a few Tubo people to send their words to the Tubo camp.

Songtsan Gampo, who was planning how to capture the Gobi Desert, heard the words of the visitor, "Is that what Xin Xin really said?"

"That's right, the price of grain in Guanzhong is soaring now. It is said that the price is set by Li Zheng, the commander of Chang'an, at sixty yuan a bucket."

"Sixty bucks a bucket! Li Zheng is stealing money!" Lu Dongzan said angrily.

"In the words of Guanzhong people, this is taking advantage of the fire."

"That's right!" Lu Dongzan nodded and said, "Zanpu, we must not let Li Zheng succeed."

Although the fighting these days has eased, those guys from the West Turks are not so easy to deal with.

The Tubo man who sent the words said: "If you like it, there are words to send."

Lu Dongzan shouted with a dark face: "Say!"

"Xingxin said that most of the grain in Guanzhong is now in the hands of Li Zheng, and many people want to buy the grain in Li Zheng's hands, including Turks and Xue Yantuo. Now the West Turks, East Turks, and Xue Yantuo all want to pay Li Zheng Buying food."

Songtsan Gampo frowned and thought.

Lu Dongzan knelt down on one knee and said to Songtsan Gampo, "Zanpu, Li Zheng is using this to extort prices. We must not be fooled by him!"

Songtsan Gampo said in a low voice: "Now the Western Turks are fighting, and the Eastern Turks are also fighting. Xue Yantuo seems eager to try. Xue Yantuo and the Eastern Turks have long had grievances. This time, even if Li Zheng is asking for the sky, what can we do with him?" Method?!"

Lu Dongzan said anxiously: "It's a big deal, we usually eat less."

Songtsan Gampo said in a deep voice: "Lu Dongzan, if we don't buy it, we will be bought by Western Turks. If we buy more, it will also weaken the strength of Western Turks."

Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and said, "But this will fulfill Li Zheng's conspiracy."

Songtsan Gampo said wearily: "What kind of conspiracy is this? Recruitment, the painstakingly managed situation may fall apart, and those old nobles in our Tubo are still stubborn."

"Report!"

A Tubo warrior came with a letter, "Letter from the Western Turk State Teacher!"

Songtsan Gampo took the letter and cursed angrily: "This is the Western Turkic State Teacher!"

"What did he say?"

Songtsan Gampo handed the letter to Lu Dongzan, "The Turkic national teacher said that after the war against the Eastern Turks is the end of our Tubo, as long as we call him foster father, he can consider leaving us a whole body."

Lu Dongzan threw the parchment on the ground and stepped on it vigorously, "One day I will also tear this Western Turkic state teacher into pieces."

"Zanpu, Prime Minister! Our spies have found out that the West Turks seem to have transported a lot of things from Longyou to the West Turks recently."

Songtsan Gampo asked with a dignified expression, "What is it?"

"I'm not very clear, but it looks like it's grain. There are a lot of it, and it looks like hundreds of thousands of stones."

Hearing this, Songtsan Gampo gritted his teeth and ordered to the Tibetans who had passed the message to Xinxin: "Send the word to Xinxin that we bought it from Tubo! Sixty bucks a bucket! Tubo doesn't want 20 shi, but 40 shi!"

Lu Dongzan grabbed Songtsan Gampo's sleeve and said nervously, "What if Li Zheng raises the price?"

"Too much deceit! If he dares to increase the price, we will go to Tang Dynasty! The Western Turks are not living well, and we are also living in Tubo. We will die!"

After speaking, Songtsan Gampo sat down again discouraged, and this time he had to spend tens of thousands of money. The money saved over the years was spent like running water.

After calming down, Songtsan Gampo said to Lu Dongzan: "This time we will reward the land for the lottery business."

"land?"

"Didn't the old aristocrats always want land? Then let them come up with money."

Songtsan Gampo was impatient, and began to search for money with Caipiao's selling and buying.

Half a month later, Li was feeding the horses in Jingyang and listening to Xu Jingzong's report.

After sorting out the fodder, Li Zheng said: "So, Songtsan Gampo not only didn't refuse the price increase this time, but asked for more?"

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Perhaps this is a rare commodity to live in. Nowadays, all parties outside the customs are scrambling to buy the grain from Chang'an Order."

Li Zheng worried about the mountains of food in the distance and said, "Songtsan Gampo needs quite a lot."

Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "Food is limited. If it is bought by both Western Turkic and Eastern Turkic, there will be less Tubo. Now that all parties are at war and understand this truth, presumably Tubo also understands."

Li Zheng wrote another letter, saying that the East Turks will be beaten severely, and the Tubo can be relieved.

After finishing writing, Li Zheng handed the letter to Xu Jingzong and said, "Give this letter to Mo Wu, he knows what to do."

Xu Jingzong solemnly accepted the letter.

Li Zheng went on to say: "Tell Yixin to take a Tubo army to fight the Western Turks, Mou will cooperate after reading my letter, let him go and retreat, and let Yixin help Tubo win the battle."

Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "The meaning of the Chang'an order is to make Xinxin perform meritorious service and gain the trust of Songtsan Gampo?"

"Songtsan Gampo is a smart man, he won't trust Xinxin easily, even if Xinxin helps Tubo win a battle, Songtsen Gampo may not believe in Xinxin."

"Isn't that for nothing?"

Li Zheng sipped his tea and said, "Songtsan Gampo is smart, what do you think of Lu Dongzan?"

Xu Jingzong thought for a while and said: "Lu Dongzan is a villain who holds grudges, but this person has a simple mind and has no calculations."

"That's it. Songtsan Gampo is surrounded by Lu Dongzan. Sometimes it is not necessary to gain Songtsan Gampo's trust. It will actually be better to get the most trusted people around Songtsan Gampo."

After trying to understand Li Zheng's approach, Xu Jingzong took a breath, "At that time, Lu Dongzan believed in Xin, and the Songtsan cadres were suspicious of Xin. Maybe this would create a barrier within Tubo and make Lu Dongzan Do you have other views on Songtsan cadres?"

"It is also."

Xu Jingzong cupped his hands and said, "Chang'an Ling is brilliant!"

Li Zheng said with a smile: "Today we have negotiated such a big deal, Tubo is generous! We will buy 40 shi at once, and we will eat pork tonight."

Xu Jingzong quickly said: "Is there any braised pork?"

"Have!"

(End of this chapter)