Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 422
"Don't drink, don't drink."

Li Shan snatched the wine cup from the association rate and put it upside down on the case, and said angrily: "Now let's talk about business, and you will take the rest of the wine back."

"It's really not possible, Daizhou will send Mayi grain and grass, and someone will bring more wine."

The association rate hiccupped, "It's a deal!"

Yu Sheshe at the side said with a smile: "I really didn't expect to meet Huairen in Mayi this time..."

Yu Sheshe couldn't find any suitable words to describe it for a while. Over the years, he has seen a lot of Li Tang's envoys to Turks, or captured generals, and most of them are obedient. Today's Taichangqing Zheng Yuanxuan, Zuo Xiao This is the case with Sun Shunde, the chief of the Great General of Wei. The former tried to persuade Liu Shirang to surrender, but was scolded bloody.

And this young man in front of him, with a meticulous mind, an extraordinary background, and great means, encountered sudden changes, but he was calm and unyielding... and he was so familiar with himself.

Li Shan smiled and said: "As the saying goes, the overturned cover is as old as before, and the white head is like new."

Yu Sheshe forced a smile, thinking that this guy still has a strong point... so thick-skinned.

Afterwards, the three began to discuss the alliance, because Tuli Khan and Li Yuan behind them did not make a clear statement, Yu Sheshe and Li Shan could only discuss a general intention and agree on the contact method in the future.

But then, the debate gradually became fierce. Li Shan set up Mayi for Dai Zhou and Yu She set up Mayi, hoping to get some benefits from the other party...We can't decide big things, but such small things are still in our own hands of.

"That's unreasonable!" Although Li Shan was still amiable, he didn't back down anymore, "Your side has formed an alliance with the saint, and you have to rely on this trade route for all kinds of news and communication."

"Brother Momo should know how much effort my younger brother has put into revitalizing the trade road...then Liu Shirang turned against my younger brother because of this!"

"Brother Momo actually wants to cut a piece of meat?"

"I'm not Yuan Junzhang!" The association said with a sneer: "If there is no benefit, the Khan will investigate in detail in the future. How can Khan Tuli maintain the trade route?"

Yu Sheshe persuaded: "The business route has benefited a lot, but it's just a little cheaper."

Li Shan hesitated, "What about the other tribes?"

"Naturally the original price, it doesn't hurt to increase the price."

Li Shan murmured in his heart that Yu She set up this guy with some tricks, and didn't ask him to sell ironware, but he hoped to become the end point of most caravans on this trade road, and the main distributor in Yunzhou.

I only asked a few sentences, and I couldn't hear anything else, but Yu She set up to divide the goods into two pieces, and sold one piece at a price lower than the market price to the tribe that was dependent on himself, the rate of association, and Tuli Khan , and the other piece is sold at the original price to other people, and even sold at a high price to tribes attached to Jieli Khan.

After thinking for a long time in his heart, Li Shan said with a wry smile: "Brother Momo, this trade route has a lot of profit from the prominent families in the east of the river. I'm afraid I will have to bear it alone."

Li Shan gave me a look that you understand... obviously saying, you have to compensate me something.

"Li Tang is not short of horses, but he is short of good horses." Yu Sheshe smiled and said, "Huairen has sold at least [-] good horses from Yunzhou, Shuozhou and even grasslands to enter the customs in the past few months. Isn't the benefit not enough? ?”

"Five thousand horses?" Li Shan patted the table lightly, "Brother Mo Mo knows how much five thousand horses are worth?"

"If there were really five thousand war horses, my younger brother would have returned to Beijing for a promotion. Why are you still in the frontier?!"

The association rate suddenly interjected: "Didn't you say that you left Beijing because the crown prince and the king of Qin seized the throne?"

"Uh..." Li Shan's chest was blocked by these words, and he stared back, "Then can't you change to a rich place?"

"At most, there are only a thousand good horses, and most of them were brought back by the caravans of the prominent families in the east of the river. I still need to spend money to buy them... If they hadn't guarded Yanmen Pass, they would have left me alone!"

Yu Sheshe also knew the influence of the prominent families in Hedong, so he thought for a while and said, "Well, let's ask Tuli Khan to come forward and try our best to protect the trade routes."

"Huiren can send his cronies to lead the caravan out of the customs. Next year, he will be stationed in Yunzhou for a long time, and Xu Liangju will trade."

Li Shan's eyeballs rolled around, and he put on a show for a while before nodding his head... If Liangju can't trade with the Haodong family, the cost will be greatly reduced. It is impossible for his personal guards to go to Yunzhou, but those who have been The Daixian clan that I tamed just came in handy.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Yu Sheshe restrained the smile on his face, "Please also ask Huairen to raise his hand and stop relocating the population."

Seeing Li Shan's expression of hesitation, Yu Sheshe said decisively: "If you don't allow it, all the previous discussions will be abandoned."

Yu Sheshe is not a fool. He has experienced Gao Manzheng's defection from beginning to end, two battles in Mayi, and then stationed in Yunzhou. He knows the current situation in Shuozhou and Yunzhou by heart... Li Shan used various methods to force him to vote for Tang.

If this situation does not change, maybe one day Yuan Junzhang will be forced to vote for the Tang Dynasty... To put it more simply, if Li Shan continues to move the population, Yuan Junzhang will not be able to support it.

"Could it be that Tuli Khan also intends to take control of the Central Plains?" Li Shan said with a half-smile, "Shuozhou and Yunzhou were originally Han territories..."

Yu Sheshe shook his head and said: "I have garrisoned Liu Wuzhou and Yuan Junzhang several times. If Yuan Junzhang votes for Tang in the future, he will be reprimanded by Khan."

The association rate on the side explained: "The Khan has been trying to seize the tribe for a long time, if it wasn't for the Tuli Khan this time..."

As the youngest son of Chuluo Khan, he controls a large number of tribes and is attached to Tuli Khan... This makes Yu Sheshe a thorn in Jieli Khan's eyes.

After thinking for a moment, Li Shan nodded and said: "The caravan will stop attracting people, but my brother has something to say first."

"Shuo and Yun prefectures, now the people are withered and it is difficult to survive the winter. Next year there will be no acceptance. If refugees come to vote, I will not refuse them."

Yu She thought about it and nodded in response, as long as there would be no continuous stream of people on the business road, he wouldn't bother to care so much... Yuan Junzhang would be able to survive with a smaller population.

Thinking about it gives me a headache. I didn't go to Hedong this year to grab one. After a few battles, Yuan Junzhang has nothing in his hand. I really don't know what to do in the next half a year...

The banquet started before noon and didn't end until almost dusk. The three of them talked about the big things in general, but they talked clearly about the small things.

Yu Sheshe and the association rate were in a good mood, because Li Shan finally agreed to mobilize grain and grass from Daizhou to be transported to Mayi. In this way, the pressure on Yuan Junzhang was much less.

Yu Sheshe thought in his heart, if he deploys from Yunzhou and other places, Yuan Junzhang should be able to barely maintain the nearly ten thousand army under his command... He understands very well that Ma Yi cannot be lost, once he loses it, it will be profitable Even if Khan came forward, he could not escape the punishment of Jieli Khan, and the tribe in his hands would inevitably be eroded and annexed.

The conditions were similar to those discussed with Yuan Junzhang before, except that Yuan Junzhang switched from voting to Tang to forming an alliance with Tuli Khan. This result is not too bad. Li Shanxin thought that at least he could get away with it, but Pei Shiju should take the opportunity Make waves.

After thinking about it in his heart, he still felt aggrieved, Li Shan suddenly slapped the table, "I heard that Brother Momo attacked Daizhou several times!"

Yu She set blinked and waited for the next sentence without saying a word.

Li Shan stared and said: "My little brother went to serve as the magistrate of the county, and the county government was burned, and a certain one is still living in the post!"

"Brother Mo Mo don't you know?"

The association rate was speechless, "Then what are you going to do?"

"pay!"

"How to pay?"

"Send a few good horses... Forget it, good horses won't be kept in someone's hands, let's give some cattle." Li Shan looked at Yu Sheshe's face from the side, and said in a long tone: "No need to farm cattle... "

It's been a long time since I've eaten beef. Although the breed of cattle in this era has not been systematically bred, and the taste is far from that of later generations... But Li Shan is still salivating.

This time, you can eat to your heart's content!

(End of this chapter)