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Chapter 171 The First Round of Exploration

"This is the trade order?" Saihan took the token and looked at it over and over.

The trade order is made of gold as a whole, with a simple and elegant shape, vigorous and powerful fonts, and exquisite workmanship. It is expensive at first glance.

"Big Xia will select ten families in the territory, and they will transport the goods to Youzhou City on the border, and then the people in Youzhou City will send them to the Erut tribe in batches."

"Then bring back the cattle and sheep fur and other goods, so that the two parties have completed a transaction."

"Only families with trade orders will be protected by the government along the way. Correspondingly, if they come to the grassland, they will also be protected by the Erut tribe."

"Once there is a problem with the transaction, it will be resolved by Youzhou City, the defenders of Black Rock City, and the Erut tribe. If it cannot be resolved, then the imperial court will send imperial envoys to ensure fairness and justice for both parties."

"The most important thing is the price of the goods. The pricing of each kind of goods must be approved by the court. Merchants are not allowed to increase the price without authorization. This can greatly ensure that the tribes on the grassland can buy cheap goods."

Zhu Jingyan explained all the problems that may arise in trade and commerce in advance, and the corresponding solutions, all the while talking dryly.

I saw Zhu Jingyan took another big sip of kumiss from the silver bowl, "Brother Saihan, Brother Suhe, I know you guys are worried that there may be fraud in this, so just keep your heart in your stomach, I can assure you absolutely No!"

"Because I was the one who proposed this plan, I didn't think about it that much at all." Zhu Jingyan spoke intermittently, as if he could fall asleep at any time.

"Brother Jing Yan, you are a good prince who is not staying in the capital, why did you go to the grassland to do these things?" Su He also pretended to be drunk, and asked the question in his heart.

"I'm uncomfortable, brother Suhe, I'm uncomfortable!" Zhu Jingyan put his arm around Saihan's shoulder and said loudly, pretending to admit the wrong person.

"I once visited Changshengtian, but the high priest didn't see me. Then I got lost when I returned. I passed a small tribe in the grassland. Guess what you saw?"

"What?" Saihan asked hastily, not caring about the smell of alcohol coming out of Zhu Jingyan's mouth.

"It was winter at that time, and the food reserves for the winter in the whole tribe were not enough to eat, so they abandoned the old man first, then the woman, and finally..." Zhu Jingyan didn't finish his sentence, but Saihan understood what he said the meaning of.

As the leader of the Erut tribe, Saihan certainly knew what kind of predicament a small tribe would face if they did not store enough food for the winter on the grassland.

Su He sighed, and said leisurely: "Brother Jing Yan, I didn't expect you to care so much about us Qiang people."

"Qiang people are human too!" Zhu Jingyan suddenly became excited, "Ordinary people just want to live well, have enough food and clothing, and they have such a simple request, why can't they meet it!"

"Brother Jing Yan, don't get excited." Saihan hastily patted his shoulder and comforted him softly.

"Brother Saihan, I admit that I also have selfish intentions." This time Zhu Jingyan recognized that the person in front of him was Saihan, and also put his arms around his shoulders.

"I thought that once Daxia started to do business with the tribes of the grassland, then both parties would benefit; the Qiang people would have food for the winter, and the frontier residents would no longer have to worry about their lives. The most important thing is that if I make this happen, then it will be Show off your abilities in front of your father." Zhu Jingyan seemed a little embarrassed when he said this.

"Understood, understood." Saihan nodded, then glanced at Su He quietly.

But Su He didn't speak, just raised his brows lightly, and then continued to speak to Zhu Jingyan with the silver bowl.

"Brother Jing Yan, I offer you a toast."

"Okay." Zhu Jingyan picked up the silver bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

"Brother Jingyan, I also offer you a toast." Zhu Jingyan had just finished drinking when Saihan raised the silver bowl again.

The two drank with Zhu Jingyan alternately in this way, and quickly drank him down.

"Come here, send Prince Jing Yan back to the tent so that he can serve you!" Saihan shook his head and shouted out of the tent.

The guard hurriedly came over from outside the tent, carefully helped Zhu Jingyan up, and then led him away from the tent.

After Saihan and Suhe were left in the tent, Saihan changed his drunken appearance just now, as if he hadn't drunk.

Correspondingly, Su He also looked like this, gently put down the silver bowl in his hand, and wiped his greasy hands on his robe.

"Do you think what Zhu Jingyan said is true or not?" Saihan asked Su He.

"I don't care if it's true or not, but I'm very interested in his arrangement for issuing the trade order." Su He took the trade order that was put aside and kept playing with it.

"Indeed, as Zhu Jingyan said, his method is indeed beneficial to both parties. As long as it is carried out according to the plan, the number of people starving to death in the various tribes on the grassland will be greatly reduced in the winter."

"Then let's agree to come down." Saihan was overjoyed when he heard what Su Hedu said.

"Don't worry, I think Zhu Jingyan is also pretending to be drunk, we'll talk later." Su He said lightly.

Indeed, as Su He said, when Zhu Jingyan was sent back to the tent, Baiyin and the others rushed to pick him up.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" Baiyin called softly.

"I'm fine." Zhu Jingyan slowly opened his eyes and rubbed his face hard with his hands.

"Your Highness, you are pretending to be drunk." Baiyin suddenly realized.

After seeing Zhu Jingyan being helped in by the guards, he thought Saihan and Su He sent him back drunk, but he didn't expect Zhu Jingyan to pretend to be drunk.

"This little wine is nothing to me." Zhu Jingyan took a deep breath, and then sat up.

"Your Highness, what did Saihan say?" Baiyin was very concerned about whether the trade could be facilitated, and Zhu Jingyan didn't take his strange reaction to heart.

"Don't worry, they will definitely agree. Now I just want to procrastinate so as to gain greater benefits." Zhu Jingyan smiled confidently, signaling Baiyin to rest assured.

Seeing that Zhu Jingyan was so confident, Baiyin felt relieved, as long as the business was successful, he would be given a chance to take revenge!
In the next few days, Saihan entertained Zhu Jingyan with good wine and meat, and even his attendants treated him with heart, but he kept silent on the matter of trade.

Zhu Jingyan already understood the opponent's trick, and was happy to pretend to be confused.

But after staying for half a month, both sides were tense, and no one spoke first, which made the court officials far away in the capital anxious.

Especially some officials who are optimistic about Zhu Jingyan are afraid that he will have accidents in the Qiang tribe.

So Yuan Maozhi, then Minister of the Ministry of Industry, sent his confidants to the Erut tribe to inquire about news.

(End of this chapter)