On that day, Yang Xianmao lived in Ye Duo's house. Early the next morning, Ye Duo prepared ten horses to drag the belongings, and brought hundreds of family members to escort Yang Xianmao to go, the things consigned by these ten horses were all for Yang Xianmao to be used for dots and as a meeting gift, so he couldn't go to the king with empty hands.

The reason why the Ye family was able to develop such a huge family business was that the source of the money was Venerable Ling Xiao, so they took out this money and gave it to Yang Xianmao as a dot, which is also the wool from the sheep.

The first thing they went to was a kingdom called Ma'erkang, which was next to the border of the Great Song Dynasty. On the way to Ma Er Kang, they encountered several waves of robbers, and each time they didn't wait for Yang Xianmao to make a move, and the accompanying caretakers had already beaten the robbers all over the ground looking for teeth and fled in embarrassment.

After Yang Xianmao inquired, he learned that Ye Duo had spent a lot of money for many years to hire several martial artists with strong martial arts to escort the goods in and out. Coupled with the new force composed of more than 100 family members, ordinary robbers can't get benefits under them at all, Yang Xianmao has a little appreciation for this Ye Duo.

On this day, they finally arrived at the capital of Ma'erkang. The capital of this horse dare is similar to the small town of the Great Song Dynasty, and the population is not large. And it was tattered inside, and it looked really shabby, but the Tubo soldiers patrolling the streets were all big-shouldered and round-waisted, well-trained and brave at a glance.

After all, the soldiers of Tubo even fought outside Chang'an, and when the Tang Dynasty was in the Tang Dynasty, it was extremely brave. It wasn't until the whole of Tibet was torn apart that the power was greatly dispersed.

These brave and warlike Tubo soldiers could not form a fist, and they could no longer compete with the Great Song Dynasty. Yang Xianmao walked on the street, and when he saw these Tubo soldiers walking by, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

When they came to the palace compound, Yang Xianmao wanted to laugh a little, because this compound was even similar to Ye Duo's courtyard, and its luxury was quite inferior, but it was easy to understand.

Because when he arrived here, he basically couldn't even see the trees, there were few trees and they were very low, most of them were shrubs, the altitude here was already very high, if it weren't for Yang Xianmao's martial arts, he would have been out of breath after strenuous exercise.

Ye Duo handed the greeting post in, and the guards at the gate of the palace were very affectionate to Ye Duo, greeting him in the Tubo dialect that Yang Xianmao didn't understand at all, Ye Duo also used their words to talk to each other very skillfully, and turned around to introduce Yang Xianmao who was following him.

The man also frequently said something to Yang Xianmao, although Yang Xianmao couldn't understand it, but judging from the flattering smile and respectful appearance on his face, it seemed that Ye Duo was quite courteous in this palace, and he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.

Because if Ye Duo's relationship with the king is very iron, and he can't get more horses with such a relationship, then this golden passage will be greatly reduced, and the profits he can make will not be what he can imagine.

However, the arrow has to be sent on the string, and when it comes to this point, no matter what the result is, it is necessary to go in and break through.

The worship post was quickly sent in, and soon someone came out to greet them, inviting them to come in and meet each other, so under the escort of the guards, Yang Xianmao and Ye Duo stepped into the palace of Ma Er Kang, and went straight to the main hall.

This hall is simply not the same as the palace of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, it is a reception hall, and there is no such thing as the carved beams and paintings of the Great Song Dynasty, and the dragon and phoenix represent the strict authority of the emperor.

The king he saw was not like the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty who wore a bright yellow dragon robe and sat majestically on the Jinluan Palace, but sat cross-legged on a soft couch with white tiger skin, and the tables in front of him were full of all kinds of food, and there were several close ministers and servants standing on both sides.

When the king saw them enter, he beckoned them and whispered something that Yang Xianmao did not understand. After sitting down, Ye Duo introduced that Yang Xianmao was his real master, and he wanted to discuss something with the king of Ma Erkang.

After hearing Ye Duo's explanation, the king rolled his eyes and looked at Yang Xianmao, holding a piece of beef in his hand, chewing and asking: "If you have anything to say, we have been in business with Shopkeeper Ye for many years, as long as we can do it, there is nothing unsatisfied, say it." ”

Yang Xianmao first took out the gift list in his arms, handed it over, and said, "This is a little greeting gift, and I hope the king will accept it with a smile." ”

King Ma Er Dare was very happy, and nodded frequently, feeling that this young Taoist still knew etiquette very well, and presented a lot of gifts as soon as they met.

He looked through it briefly, basically it was a gift that he was very satisfied with, nodded frequently, put down the gift list, the smile on his face deepened, and said: "Great, since the Taoist chief values it so much, then I might as well be respectful and accept it." If the Taoist chief has any instructions, just say that I will definitely meet your needs. ”

Yang Xianmao heard him say so sure, and suddenly felt a little more hope in his heart, so he said: "I want to buy more horses from you, I heard Ye Duo say, a total of 1,000 horses can be imported from you every year, so ......"

"What? A thousand horses? Who said that?"

The king's eyes widened, and he looked at Ye Duo, who was very embarrassed, and hurriedly explained to Yang Xianmao: "No, it's not like this, in addition to the horses from him, I also enter from other places, adding up to a thousand horses, and about three hundred horses can be imported from the country of Ma Er Dare alone." ”

Yang Xianmao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile a little bitterly, spending so much money for two or three hundred horses, it was not worth it. Even if two or three hundred horses can be imported from here every year, this number is too small, but judging from what Ye Duo told him, if a batch of horses from Tubo are sold in the Great Song Dynasty, the price can be increased by two or three times, and the profit is still considerable. However, because the quantity is too small, such a quantity cannot make a lot of money. Yang Xianmao didn't want to run back and forth for this little eagle-headed profit. He glanced at Ye Duo very dissatisfied.

Ye Duo was very anxious, kept rubbing his hands, and said to the king: "This is the disciple of Venerable Ling Xiao, respected king, for the sake of Venerable Ling Xiao's face, it is better to sell him more horses, you did sell me less before this." ”

The king snorted, patted his bulging belly and said: "To tell you the truth, I haven't seen what you said about Venerable Ling Xiao, I just heard it from my father and grandfather, even if it was my grandfather, I saw him a few times when he was young, although the emperor had such a request handed down, and our descendants should obey it, but for the words of a venerable one hundred years ago, to pay the most valuable wealth of our horses, it is really unpleasant, even if it is to give more money." You know, horses are the most important thing to ensure that our horses dare to defend the country, we have given it to you, what do we use to defend the country?"

Ye Duo was a little embarrassed and looked at Yang Xianmao.

Yang Xianmao nodded and said: "I fully understand your need to consider the safety of the horse daring itself, but hundreds of horses are a drop in the bucket for the huge horse daring, along the way, I saw the grassland all over the mountains and fields full of horses, not to mention more, I saw more than 10,000 horses along the way, not to mention the places I couldn't see." So, even if you sell me a few thousand horses a year, it doesn't matter to you, and you only give a few hundred, which is too little. ”

The king's face immediately fell, and he said in a cold voice: "What you said is not right, how can we have so many horses, you are obviously dazzled?—— okay, since you came to ask for a horse in person, it is not good for me not to let you lose face, otherwise, let's double it and give you six hundred horses a year, no more, this is already the limit." ”

Ye Duo couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and rubbed his hands again and again, but turned his head to look at Yang Xianmao, only to see that his face was still gloomy, and he was not happy at all, so he leaned over and whispered, "This should be no problem." ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Yang Xianmao's mouth, six hundred horses was too little for him, and his hope was to import at least ten thousand horses from Tubo every year. This number barely had a little effect on the supply and demand of war horses in the Great Song Dynasty, and six hundred horses was a drop in the bucket at all, so he shook his head and said: "This number is too small, if the king feels that the price is not satisfied, we can negotiate again, but I hope to be able to get more than 10,000 horses every year through your country." ”

"10,000 horses? You're crazy! I'll give you 10,000 horses to the Great Song Dynasty, and your Great Song Dynasty will come to beat me, so won't I become the king of the dead country? ”

Yang Xianmao raised his eyebrows and said: "If the king has this kind of concern, I can completely promise that I will make a proposal to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and sign a brotherly alliance with your country, not only will both sides not attack each other, but as long as either side is attacked by a third party, the other side has the obligation to send troops to rescue him." This is a true alliance of brothers, and it can guarantee the absolute safety of your horses. ”

Before Yang Xianmao finished speaking, the king had already waved his hand and said categorically: "Okay, you don't need to say it, I have seen a lot of things about your Great Song King's rebellion, so I don't believe in any of your promises, I only believe in real things." 10,000 horses, only 600 a year, if you want it, if you don't want it, pull it down, that's all. ”

The king said these words angrily, and then saw Yang Xianmao's cold gaze, and felt that his words were a little too heavy, so he quickly changed his smiling face and said, "Dao Chief, please also understand my situation, I really don't have so many horses, it's not that I don't sell them to you, but I really have more than enough heart and not enough strength." Okay, okay, let's talk about this, I'm a little uncomfortable, and I want to go back and lie down for a while. When you first arrived, I sent someone to accompany you to enjoy the scenery of our place, after all, we are still a little different from your Great Song Dynasty, and we will set up a banquet for you to catch the wind and wash the dust at night. What do you think?"

When Yang Xianmao heard the king say this, he knew that there was nothing to talk about in this matter. The king of Ma Er dared to deeply believe that if he handed over 10,000 war horses to the Great Song Dynasty every year, it would really endanger his own safety, which was understandable, but there was no way to change it, so he could only stand up and clench his fists and say goodbye: "Thank you so much to the king, I will leave here." ”

"Drop-off. ”

Yang Xianmao and Ye Duo walked towards the outside of the palace.