Datang first village

Who is Xiao Yu?

None of the officials in the Tang Dynasty knew Xiao Yu's background. What's more glorious is that among the 24 different types of silver coins in Qin Wang's coin, there is Xiao Yu's head portrait. What an honor it is.

The foreign envoys didn't know this, they just knew that this was a prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the officials of the six departments of the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty were great leaders in their eyes, and the three provinces were the core of the power of the Tang Dynasty.Such a core figure, because of an inappropriate statement written in a newspaper, was demoted from a high position of the second rank to a junior official of the ninth rank.

Definitely a relegation to the end.

Xiao Yu, who was standing above the court hall, bit her lips tightly, strode into the main hall, saluted, thanked her, and then raised her head high: "My lord, my words come from my heart, and my heart is as high as the sky. It can be learned!"

"Xiao Yu, you are limited to three days to go to the post, go!" Li Er waved his hand, and it was impossible for him to say anything to Xiao Yu at this time.

Xiao Yu trembled angrily, didn't say anything, after handing over his official seal, he strode out of the hall.

Those who could understand this scene did not look at Xiao Yu, and those who did not understand the key point watched Xiao Yu leave the main hall.

"The envoys of all states present gifts!" The officials of the Ministry of Rites shouted in front of the main hall. Naturally, there were officials from the Ministry of Rites to lead the way outside. There was an order for who advanced and who came behind. It was impossible for so many people to rush in.

The first one to come in was the Khitan king, not the Khitan envoy.

In other words, because the person who came to envoy was of high rank, he was ranked first.Of course, some people think that the Khitan clan has done a lot for the Tang Dynasty in the past year, so they ranked first.

"Congratulations to the Great Tang Dynasty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty..." The Khitan King read a thousand words of nonsense, and then came to the main topic. Ten thousand horses, five hundred dans of ginseng, one thousand fine mink furs, ten bear skins, and one pure white tiger skin."

What a precious gift.Could it be that the Khitan people have emptied their homes?

It's a pity that this is just Li Yuanxing's own idea. Ginseng is calculated in terms of loads. Five hundred loads of ginseng is [-] catties. In the modern age, [-] catties of pure wild ginseng is definitely not cheaper than gold.

But in the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic families didn't take it seriously. Since they occupied Liaodong, there are tens of thousands of catties of wild ginseng on any mountain. It is convenient to check the price.So five hundred loads of ginseng, if all of them are top-quality products, such as thousand-year-old ginseng.

So, that is a few baskets.

Li Er thanked him, and then said to Li Yuanxing, "How do Wu Lang think in return?"

"[-] catties of second-class fine steel, [-] catties of horse iron, [-] catties of white hemp, and [-] catties of brocade. What do you think, brother?" Li Yuanxing and Li Er had discussed it beforehand, and had an approximate figure.I just thought that the other party's five hundred dan ginseng was beyond imagination, so I doubled the horse iron.

Horseshoes are horseshoes.

In fact, this is no longer a secret. Datang lost a horse on the battlefield, and later cooperated with the Khitan people, etc., and it has also been spread.

But this biography turned a bad thing into a good thing.

The surrounding states demanded more iron.

Especially the northern ethnic groups, how many horses do they have, and how many catties of iron do they need.

At this time, Li Er, in order to show the majesty of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, will naturally increase the number: "I thought we would add another ten pieces of rainbow brocade and one piece of cloud brocade. The Royal Academy of the Tang Dynasty gave the Khitan clan [-] students the admission qualification , [-]% of the fee is free.”

"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" The Khitan King thanked him with joy.

The data was quickly disseminated.

First, the calculation is not based on the Chang'an market price of silver, but only based on the preciousness of the item, and converted to the country of origin in each country.What Tang gave to the Khitan people was ten times, at least ten times, what the Khitan offered.How much is a horse worth? It's only a few guan in Khitan. In Chang'an, ten guan is the ordinary market price, twenty guan is a good horse, and BMW is naturally calculated separately.

That [-] jin of fine steel is far more than the value of [-] horses.

Because the king of Qin's second-class fine steel, one catty is made of iron and steel mixed casting method, ranging from two steel knives to as many as five steel knives.Moreover, this is a high-quality knife, and it would cost two guan in Chang'an, but it would be more than a ten guan good knife in Khitan.

The Khitan king withdrew happily, he knew in his heart that he had fought for the Great Tang for half a year, and he fought well, so he had these gifts in return.

The next second is the envoy of Huihe.

The Huihe envoys were chosen as the second place, firstly because they are currently the largest force in the northern grasslands, and secondly because they are also the branch that has the closest relationship with the Tang Dynasty in the northern grasslands.

"Congratulations to the Great Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty the Great Tang Emperor..." The Huihe envoy's praise was not long, but the gift list was more ordinary, nothing more than how many sheep, how many horses and so on.There are no particularly precious gifts on the grasslands, and most of the gems are traded from the Western Regions.

Li Er once again signaled for Li Yuanxing to give a gift.

Li Yuanxing took a step forward: "The gift for you Huihe is the same. From next year, your purchase of goat milk and wool will double, and the purchase price will increase by [-]%!"

"Thank you, Your Highness King Qin. No, thank you His Majesty the Great Tang Emperor."

The Huihe envoys were so excited that they were speechless.

As the emperor, Li Er naturally still wants to add gifts: "I will give you Huihe again, 300 catties of horse iron, and [-] catties of snow salt, and a license to trade [-] catties of snow salt every year. [-] students will enroll in the Royal Academy of the Tang Dynasty. Free [-]% !"

"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and thank you, His Royal Highness, the King of Qin, the Great Tang!"

It sounds like the Uighurs seem to be worth less than the Khitans, but the Uighurs are a long-term business, and the increase this year will increase next year.

What's more, the Khitan people only have war horses, and the Huihe people only have a thousand horses, most of which are worthless sheep.

The third one is about the Western Turks. No matter how you say it, the Western Turks are currently the biggest force around the Tang Dynasty.

At least before Tupan and Tuyuhun sent people, Western Turkic was the biggest.

The next fourth is Goguryeo.

Seeing the Western Turkic envoys enter the hall with a look of excitement.

This also made the Goguryeo envoy feel uneasy at this meeting.

Datang has already had a heavyweight courtier yelling that he would not form an alliance with Goguryeo. Although the emperor of Tang Dynasty demoted this courtier, it doesn't mean that other courtiers don't have the same thoughts.

Right now, looking at the gifts from the first two families, although their own gifts are not light, they are far from enough if they want to return to Liaocheng and Jian'an.Originally, the Goguryeo royal family believed that their gifts were at least ten times that of other states, or even more, but now it seems that they are only barely higher than the Huihe people, and lower than the Khitan people.

"Honorable one..." West Turkic came here this time with the intention of making a marriage, and the gift is quite heavy.

After reading [-] words of praise, the Western Turks began to show the list of gifts.

"Twenty thousand fine horses, twenty thousand catties of gold, 10 slaves, and ten chests of gems."

It's simple, but packs a huge punch.The Naxi Turkic envoy directly asked people to lift up the gemstones. The smallest piece of gemstones was the size of a thumb. Li Yuanxing didn't dare to forget that this box was placed in the modern age of later generations.

Fortunately, the Western Turks have not discovered Hetian jade, otherwise...

Li Yuanxing was shocked. Originally, in history, in order to make peace with the Western Turks, they gave 10 good people and [-] gold.Now the number has doubled, and there are [-] slaves and ten boxes of gems.

These things cannot be faked. Li Yuanxing already knew that with [-] slaves, although they had not been fully transported to Chang'an, these horses and slaves would enter Chang'an City in at most ten and a half months.Things that have entered the border of the Tang Dynasty must never go out again.

Li Er was also taken aback, how would he return this gift.

If the other party is here to make a kiss, how to refuse this.

Li Yuanxing took a deep breath. Fortunately, he had received a letter from Li Xiaogong in advance, knowing that Western Turks had transported a large number of horses and slaves, otherwise such a heavy thing would have cost Datang to his grandma's house just by returning gifts.

"My king has seen the sincerity of the Western Turks. Come here, and bring up the three gifts No. 13, No. 21, and No. [-] prepared by the king." Li Yuanxing piled up a lot of things in the palace, just to deal with them. Such a situation.Some states can give some very affordable ones, such as Khitan and Huihe.

But for Western Turks, Li Yuanxing will not, at least not all of these benefits.

There are three boxes for gifts of three numbers.One of the boxes was ten meters long and was carried into the hall by a hundred imperial guards.

"These are just a part of them, just like the precious envoy gave these beautiful gems."

"Thank you, His Royal Highness King Qin!" The Western Turkic people understood that it is absolutely impossible to propose marriage here, and it can only increase the goodwill between the two countries.Most of the Western Turkic nobles believe that the purpose of the marriage is only to increase the friendship between the two countries, only the current Great Khan of the Western Turks is purely for women.

The first box is opened, and there are nine layers of a box, with a wooden box on each layer.

A little eunuch opened all the wooden boxes in front of everyone.

"Ah..." All the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty and the envoys of the Western Turks in the entire hall couldn't help but exclaimed.

what's in the box

Nine trays, eighty pearls in each pot, all with a diameter of one centimeter. For the people of Datang, such a size is already a treasure.What's more, the 81 pieces on each plate are exactly the same size.What's even more astonishing is that there are nine plates and nine colors. This box is placed in Chang'an City. Based on the weight of pearls, it is worth twenty times the value of gold, and there is no market for it.

Just ask, who would trade something like this.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor Qin of the Tang Dynasty, please allow the minister to display the return gift of the Tang Dynasty outside the palace."

"Approved!" Li Er secretly praised, this envoy is very winking, it is natural to show face to both parties at such a time. (To be continued.)