In Gu Qing's eyes, the definition of an enemy is very clear, but the definition of a friend is very vague.

The enemy is the enemy, no matter how beautiful or ugly, no matter the personality and character, after all, it is hostile to oneself, what one wants to do is to destroy this enemy, and there is no need to think about what touching and thought-provoking sad stories and tragic lives are behind this enemy.

But friends are different, friends will be divided into many kinds in their hearts, there are pure wine and meat friends, there are blessings to share, and there are difficulties that cannot be shared. There is a nodding acquaintance, and the meeting is limited to nodding and then chatting a few words without being salty or light. There are also hardcore friends who know each other's lives, and they can stand by each other's side without hesitation on any occasion or in any situation.

For Kang Dingshuang, Gu Qing's current positioning is a gentleman's friend.

The so-called gentleman's friendship is that the intuition that this person can trust his character, but each other's personalities are not necessarily suitable, and it can only be guessed that he will most likely not stab himself in the back when he encounters danger, but he is not sure whether the two will fight when chatting.

The most serious question in front of us now is that if this gentleman's friend learns the specific details of Pingtubo from a certain channel, then whether Gu Qing wants to kill him or pull him over as an ally.

Kang Dingshuang's words made Gu Qing stunned and didn't speak for a long time.

Huangfu Sisi was originally playing a petty role, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but turn his eyes around, and pricked up his ears to listen to their chat curiously.

Gu Qing's face did not change: "How can you tell that I am laying out?" ”

Kangding Shuangdao: "Recently, there are a lot of Tibetan merchants who have entered Qiuzi City, and each caravan is full of local medicinal materials from Tibet, and every Tibetan merchant who enters the city is smiling, as if they have taken a big advantage, and the market in the city is buying their medicinal materials in the name of the government, and they have come up with any reason for Tianshan Snow Lotus to cure women's diseases......"

Gu Qing smiled: "Isn't this normal? Someone wants to take medicine, and naturally someone sells medicine. ”

Kang Dingshuang shook his head and said: "It's not normal, I also did the trading of medicinal materials in the next year, and the trading of medicinal materials is not like this, there must be some unknown reason for the government to get involved, and give such a huge profit to the Tibetan merchants, Master Hou, this is not a normal business." ”

Gu Qing's eyelids jumped, and his smile remained unchanged: "Then tell me, what kind of game am I arranging." ”

Kang Dingshuang hooked the corners of his mouth mysteriously, and said: "The government only buys the medicinal materials of the Tibetan merchants, and the reason given is that there is the support of the big pharmacists behind it, but I found that there is no so-called big pharmacist at all, and if the big pharmacists want to buy the Tibetan medicinal materials, they will definitely not buy it so stupidly, and such an aimless acquisition, I don't know how much it will add to the cost of the so-called big pharmacists......"

"There is also that, although Tubo is large, but if the medicinal materials are purchased in such a large amount, presumably the wild medicinal materials in the whole territory of Tubo will not be able to support for long.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "And then?" ”

"Then, as we all know, there is not much land suitable for cultivation in Tubo, their staple food is only barley, and the whole territory planted with barley can only barely maintain the food and clothing of the Tubo people, if one-third or even half of the land is converted to medicinal herbs, then they can only rely on the Tang Dynasty to supply grain, within three or five years, the grain of Tubo will be dangerous, then if the Tang Dynasty suddenly cuts off the food supply of Tubo, and then Xingwang Shi is cut down, it can almost effortlessly destroy Tubo and incorporate it into the ......territory of the Tang Dynasty."

Kang Ding finished speaking in one breath, looked at Gu Qing's expression, smiled rarely, and showed admiration: "If it is not bad as expected, this idea should be thought out by Hou Ye, and it has also been agreed by the monarchs and ministers of Chang'an. ”

Gu Qing's face became more and more ugly, but Huangfu Sisi looked at him with a stunned expression, and his eyes revealed deep shock.

The three of them remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, Gu Qing suddenly sighed: "Brother Kang, what should I do with you?" ”

When the words fell, there was an inexplicable aura in the surrounding air, Kang Dingshuang and Huangfu Sisi only felt a chill in their backs, and then looked at Gu Qing's eyes, there was already a thick murderous intent inside.

It is related to the fortunes of the country, the lives and future of Anxi Jun and Gu Qing, even if they cherish talents, they have to be silenced.

Kangding's eyelids jumped a few times, he knew that Gu Qing had already killed him at this moment, he was already at the threshold of his life, if a word was wrong, he might be able to add a knife and axe to the next moment.

"Hou Ye, there is no malice in the Xia, Zhaowu Jiu's heart has been towards the Tang Dynasty for generations, even if he sees through Hou Ye's strategy, he has no intention of leaking secrets to the enemy, please Hou Ye Mingjian."

Gu Qing stared at Kang Dingshuang's eyes, for a long time, the surrounding air seemed to ease a little, this is an indescribable feeling, obviously there is no change in the surroundings with the naked eye, but Kang Dingshuang still obviously noticed that the pressure in the air is much less, and he knows that Gu Qing has gradually faded away from his murderous intent.

Huangfu Sisi became more and more in awe of Gu Qing, the person who joked with her in the past and didn't pay off his debts with a dead face, but today he showed a completely strange appearance at this time, at this moment, he may be the one who holds the military power of Anxi and kills decisively and majesticly.

Kang Dingshuang quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a softer and softer tone: "Master Hou, please believe me, I will never leak secrets, Tubo and Zhaowu Jiu also have hatred, I have no motive to help them." ”

Gu Qing said slowly: "Everything you said just now was your own guess?" Didn't anyone reveal a word to you? ”

"No, it's all speculation, the Hou Ye handed over the affairs of the merchants of Qiuzi City to the Xia, and he interacted with the merchants all day long, and after a long time, he could naturally see that there was something wrong between the merchants of Tubo and the Anxi government, which is not difficult to guess."

Gu Qing sighed and said, "That's it, Brother Kang must remember not to leak it, otherwise, it will ...... The end of the Tang Dynasty also wants to hunt down and kill you and Zhaowu Jiu, and the situation of seeking the country cannot be abolished, if it is abolished, it will be repaid with a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. ”

Then Gu Qing glanced at Huangfu Sisi again, and said, "You too, it's about the foundation of the society, and the girl must not live with her own life." ”

Huangfu Sisi was frightened by Gu Qing today, and hurriedly saluted obediently: "The concubine body knows, and the concubine body swears never to confide in the outside." ”

Kang Dingshuang got up suddenly, bowed to Gu Qingchang, and sighed: "Today, I finally admire the Hou Ye so much, people's wisdom and strategy are also high and low, those who seek under the Hou Ye are also business, and those who are planned by the Hou Ye are also the country." Comparing the two sides, the superiority is immediate, the subtlety of Hou Ye's planning for the country, and the lofty strategy are far beyond the reach of the next. ”

Gu Qing sighed: "Okay, don't make a fool of yourself, I don't know if it's right or wrong to let you go today, I hope you won't let me down......"

Kang Dingshuang said: "Master Hou, there is a suggestion below, if the Tang Dynasty really uses this to plot against Tibet, the government's acquisition of medicinal materials is too conspicuous, and sooner or later the Tubo people will notice that something is wrong, it is better to change the method more naturally." ”

"What's the method?"

"Hou Ye can choose one person among the Tibetan merchants, grant him all the power to purchase medicinal materials, and then he will come forward to purchase the medicinal materials of other Tibetan merchants, and the money will be paid secretly by the government, but the official commission of the Tang Dynasty is really not suitable to appear in the open, and everything will be done by the Tibetan businessman, so that it will not arouse suspicion, and the upper and lower connections for the implementation of this policy can be sorted out properly......"

Gu Qing woke up like a dream, and slapped his forehead suddenly, this time it was very heavy, and Gu Qing's forehead suddenly turned red.

Careless! First-level agents and second-level agents to participate in the operation, than the factory direct delivery and sales of goods much easier, such a simple truth, I don't know how much I have experienced in my previous life, why did I not expect it in this life? Could it be that after crossing over, he lowered his intelligence?

Once his thoughts suddenly became clear, Gu Qing's mind suddenly cleared up a lot, so he drew inferences: "Not only that, but I also need someone to play the role of a big medicine merchant in Datang, and appear in Qiuzi City with a wealthy image, so that the Tubo merchants can see with their own eyes and believe that there are indeed pharmacists in Datang who are buying a large number of medicinal materials from Tubo, and there is solid evidence, there is indeed such a person, and try to avoid the appearance of the government in this matter......

Kang Dingshuang smiled and said, "It's still the Hou Ye who can see it through." ”

Gu Qing glanced at him deeply and said, "Brother Kang's mastery and sensitivity in business affairs also impressed me a lot, your advice today has helped me a lot, thank you." ”

Kang Dingshuang said with a smile: "It's just a matter of picking up the missing and filling the gaps, and the Hou Ye is the great wisdom." ”

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A few days later, when the Tibetan merchant Lazawang came to Qiuzi City for the third time full of medicinal herbs, Gu Qing summoned him alone.

After the two had a long conversation in the Jiedu Embassy's Mansion, Lazawang walked out ecstatically, and then ignored the strange eyes of the people on the street, and actually shook his long sleeves in front of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion in public, and danced a strange dance, dancing and singing at the same time, singing Gu Qing's scalp was numb, and he was embarrassed to let the messenger drive him away.

I really can't wait to teach Razawang to sing a pop song from his previous life, called "I Love Bathing", and sing it several times a day, especially when singing the sentence "I love bathing and my skin is good, ahh

On the day that Razawang left the Jiedu Embassy, a notice was posted in the city of Kuzi.

From now on, the government of Qiuci City will no longer be in charge of the purchase of Tibetan medicinal materials, and all the medicinal materials sold by merchants will be handed over to the Tibetan merchant Lazawang for unified purchase, and then Lazawang will buy and sell with the Datang medicine merchants, and the government will no longer participate in private business affairs.

The Tibetan merchants in the city were shocked by this notice, and after the discussion, they all jumped to their feet and scolded Lazawang, everyone said that he had paid a heavy bribe to the marquis of the Tang State, and the power of unified acquisition was actually grasped by this erector.

Cursing is cursing, life still has to go on, and money has to keep earning.

So the Tibetan merchants had no choice but to accept their fate and reluctantly trade with Razawang.

A few days later, the messenger hurried back from the Jiedu Embassy in Hexi, bringing unexpectedly bad news.

Hexi Jiedu made Ge Shuhan not admit to losing the war horse, let alone returning it, in a word, he did not admit it.