Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Wutuo was a little slow, and his embarrassment was evident.

He had almost completely forgotten the contents of the letter from the Western Regions that he had handed to Atana a month ago!

"My Lord, my little envoy..."

Wutuo didn't know what Su Chen's specific title was, so he could only follow the title relayed by Atana.

Su Chen saw Wutuo's embarrassment, smiled faintly and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, your Majesty has that parchment book!"

Just as Su Chen turned around and prepared to ask Li Shimin for the letter from the Western Regions, Li Shimin had already handed the letter to Li Chengqian and sent it to Su Chen.

"Messenger, please take a look at what is written on it. Is it the same as before?"

Su Chen handed the parchment book to Wutuo.

Wutuo was very grateful that Su Chen didn't make him too embarrassed in the court of his country.

He put his right hand close to his left chest and bowed sincerely to Su Chen.

After taking the sheepskin letter and checking it carefully, he returned the sheepskin letter to Su Chen with both hands.

"My Lord, I have confirmed the letter, and what is written on it is completely correct."

Su Chen nodded and thought for a while, "There is no big problem with the transaction conditions above, but some details need to be clarified."

"My Lord, please tell me. When I came here, the king has entrusted me to discuss trade with the Tang Dynasty to the greatest extent." Wu Tuo implied that he could take charge of all matters related to this trade.

"The first one: All materials traded between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty, including but not limited to fine salt and tea. Your country can only supply it to its own people and cannot resell it to other countries."

"In other words, it is easier to understand. Items such as fine salt and tea can only be used in the Western Regions."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he waited for Wu Tuo to think about it and make a statement.

Wutuo carefully understood what Su Chen said, and after a few breaths, he immediately expressed his position, "Please rest assured, Lord Marquis and His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, fine salt and tea will never flow from the Western Regions to other countries."

There is no need for the Tang Dynasty to deliberately request this, the monarchs of the Western Regions will do the same.

Fine salt and tea, in their eyes, are much more valuable than gold!

Su Chen smiled and nodded, "That's good, then I will say the next request."

"Your Majesty hopes that your country will exchange white folds and yellow stones with the Tang Dynasty for fine salt and tea."

"These two things are useful to the Tang Dynasty, and our two countries just need what they need. As for cattle, sheep and gold, the two countries can build a commodity exchange center on the border to allow the people of the two countries to trade in an orderly manner."

"Messenger, what do you think?"

Wutuo thought quietly. His Chinese level is far inferior to Zhao Yun and Zhao Yu. Wutuo needs to comprehend and understand it repeatedly.

After a minute, Wutuo was so anxious that he raised his hand to touch his forehead. How could there be sweat on his forehead in this weather?

"Princess..." Wu Tuo turned to Zhao Yu for help in desperation.

He couldn't understand what Su Chen said about the commodity exchange center.

Not only Wu Tuo, but most of the officials present in the court also didn't understand it very well.

Zhao Yu nodded gently, stood up and saluted Su Chen, "May I ask, Lord Marquis, what do you mean by the commodity exchange center?"

"Princess, you are too polite!" Su Chen smiled politely and bowed in return.

"The commodity exchange center can be understood as: a designated area is set aside on the border between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty to provide a trading place for the people of the two countries. In this area, the people of the two countries can freely trade the goods of the two countries permitted by the government."

Zhao Yu listened carefully, and after completely understanding it, he admired Su Chen very much.

"Lord Marquis, if the commodity exchange center is established, will it no longer be necessary to travel thousands of miles to deliver materials to the capitals of various countries when trading with the Tang Dynasty in the future?"

The first thing Zhao Yu thought of was the "freight" that Su Chen had mentioned before.

"I admire you, the princess, for thinking of this." Su Chen smiled and bowed, "It is indeed as the princess said. In the future, the trade between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty will only be responsible for the transportation within the country!"

Zhao Yu was stunned. Su Chen and Zhao Yun seemed very casual when they talked before. Even the emperor was nearby, and he didn't care at all.

Coming back to his senses, Zhao Yu bowed and returned the greeting, saying, "My Lord, thank you for the compliment!"

Su Chen nodded slightly and continued, "For example, my Tang Dynasty's ceramics, silk fabrics, glass... top-grade glassware. You should have very scarce in the Western Regions, and these can be exchanged for gold and cattle and sheep."

Zhao Yu nodded to indicate Wu Tuo that she could agree to Su Chen's request just now. Although she is a princess of the Western Regions, Wu Tuo is the main envoy to the Tang Dynasty this time.

"My Lord, the second request can be agreed on behalf of the monarch." Wu Tuo expressed his position again after receiving the princess's signal.

Su Chen nodded, thinking about what else to say.

"Okay, then I'll say the third request... I can't say it's a request, I should say it's a suggestion." He paused and organized his words, "Before, according to Atana, the white flounder in the Western Regions is all wild, right?"

Wutuo nodded.

Su Chen saw Wutuo nodded in agreement,He continued, "Since it is wild, I think the yield must be difficult to control. What if the Western Regions are short of salt, and the wild white schizonepeta is completely destroyed because no one is watching over it? Wouldn't that affect the livelihood of the Western Regions?"

"Therefore, I suggest that your country collect the seeds of white schizonepeta and plant a certain area artificially. Your country can rest assured that no matter how much white schizonepeta is produced in the Western Regions, our Tang Dynasty will accept it all."

"Emissary, what do you think?"

After Su Chen finished speaking, he gave Wu Tuo time to think.

"My Lord, most of my Western Regions herdsmen are not good at farming, and they don't have advanced farming tools like the Tang Dynasty." It was Zhao Yu who answered Su Chen.

"Princess, this is not a big problem. Atana brought back some seeds of white calamus from the Western Regions. After we have gained some experience in planting in the Tang Dynasty, we can communicate with your country. We can even send farmers with experience in planting white calamus to the Western Regions to teach you."

"Farm tools are simpler. We can sell them in the Tang Dynasty!"

Zhao Yun, who was not far away, seemed to have no interest in these things. He sat cross-legged and looked around.

Li Shimin was thinking seriously about what Su Chen said from beginning to end. From time to time, he exchanged glances with Fang Xuanling and others, or asked with his eyes.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling frequently gave Li Shimin a thumbs up.

"My Lord, I'm afraid I need to ask for the approval of my father and king after returning to the Western Regions before I can reply to you!" Zhao Yu believed that neither Wutuo nor she could make the decision on this matter. After all, the herdsmen in the Western Regions had no experience in planting.

"Okay, there's no need to rush this matter. We'll try to grow white sedge after the New Year." Su Chen smiled and bowed, then continued, "If there aren't enough white sedges to exchange, you can use peeled wool to replace some of them."

"But yellow stone blocks can't be less, at least half of each transaction." Su Chen specifically mentioned the proportion of sulfur in the transaction.

Zhao Yu nodded. They had a lot of yellow stone blocks in the Western Region.

If they spent some manpower and material resources, there were also many places in their neighboring countries that had yellow stone blocks. That thing was useless.

She was very confused. Why did the Tang Dynasty want these items that were usually inconspicuous in the Western Region? Gold didn't seem to have much appeal to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Yu knew that these were not things the Western Region should consider, so she nodded slightly to Wu Tuo.

Wutuo immediately expressed his position to Su Chen, "Except for the planting of white sedge, I have agreed to the other conditions proposed by the Marquis on behalf of the king."

"Planting white sedge is just a suggestion, you can consider it yourself!" Su Chen responded with a bow.

"Your Majesty, the matter is over. Do you have anything to add?" Su Chen turned and bowed to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head.

"Okay! We will draft an agreement later, and the representatives of both parties will sign and seal it!" Su Chen made another strange gesture that others could not understand.

"Okay!" Li Shimin nodded, looked at Wutuo and Zhao Yu, and said in a gentle tone: "The envoys from the Western Regions have come from afar. After the court is dismissed, Ganlu Hall will hold a banquet to welcome you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Except for Zhao Yun who did not respond in time, Wutuo and the other two thanked him in unison!

Li Shimin nodded and looked at Wang Defa.

Lao Wang shouted loudly:

"Dismiss the court!"

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