"Now that winter is coming, I lack ...... in Fengzhou"

Li Yan slowly stated his plan, which lasted nearly ten minutes.

Assassin Wang Yu's face gradually changed from indifference at the beginning to surprise, and finally an extremely unnatural expression appeared.

"You want to trade with the Turks?! Aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will blame you? ”

Wang Yu's voice trembled a little, he knew very well the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, so he felt that Li Yan's idea was quite dangerous.

"You're wrong, it's not called trade, it's called war, war based on money and goods."

Li Yan was very calm, the concept of trade war was not something that could be explained clearly for a while, and he did not expect Wang Yu, a person who had never been exposed to such a form of war, to immediately accept this concept.

"I will write a letter and submit it to Chang'an, Your Majesty will definitely allow me to do it, you just need to spread the news and let enough Hu merchants come to Fengzhou."

Li Yan continued, he was confident that he would persuade Li Shimin to agree, but considering that there was still a month to go before winter at most, the operation had to start as soon as possible.

"This ......"

Wang Yu was still very entangled, and he felt that the risk was too great.

If according to what Li Yan said, he must use his branch to spread the news with the relationship between him and the Taiyuan Wang family, and once there is a problem on Li Yan's side, then his branch will basically be over.

"It's up to you to fight or you can only do it in this life."

Li Yan's tone of voice to Wang Yu was very calm, but in fact, he didn't know the bottom of his heart, and the success of the matter still depended on whether Wang Yu had the courage to gamble.

"I agreed!"

Wang Yu struggled for a while, but made a decision within a few minutes.

He is now in his forties, and he seems to be a thorn in the fourth grade, but he has always been in charge of a lower state with less than 20,000 households like Toyosu.

Wang Yu is not able to enter the power center of the court, nor can he be a feudal official outside to make a name for himself, and even when he is an official in a place like Fengzhou, he has to be pressed by a military general who is not as good as himself, and the mix is extremely miserable.

It can be said that Wang Yu is almost the worst fourth-grade official in the Tang Dynasty, and there is no hope for promotion.

"Then it's decided, I'll repair a book and send it to Chang'an, and you will call on enough Hu caravans to enter Fengzhou within seven days."

After receiving Wang Yu's affirmative reply, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

It can be said that Wang Yu's side is almost the most critical part of his plan, and only if Wang Yu agrees, he can continue the next plan.

In Li Yan's vision, he would not only obtain enough beef and mutton products from the Turks in a short period of time, but also build Fengzhou from a border city into an economic city that would monopolize the future Beiting trade in the next few years!

Of course, such ambitions are still to be realized in the future, and now Li Yan wants to hurry back to the camp to give full play to his literary talents to persuade Li Shimin to agree to this plan.

In this way, Li Yan hurriedly left the Assassin's Mansion and returned to his camp.

……

In addition to Li Yan, Wang Yu also took action, and a secret letter was sent from Fengzhou to Taiyuan.

Li Yan didn't know that although Wang Yu himself was only a member of the Wang family, he had a relationship with the current head of the Wang family when he was young, and the current head of the Wang family, Wang Jin, still owed Wang Yu a favor.

If it weren't for Wang Yu's unwillingness to use this favor easily, he was afraid that with the power of the Taiyuan Wang family, he would have been able to transfer from Xiazhou with a population of less than 20,000 to Shangzhou, which has a population of more than 30,000.

Obviously, in Wang Yu's judgment now, the opportunity given by Li Yan is enough for him to maximize the value of this favor, and once the matter is completed, he may be able to directly transfer Chang'an to take office.

Therefore, Wang Yu wrote this letter very seriously, and wrote several pages, up to thousands of words.

A few days later, Wang Yu's long letter was sent to the palace of the Wang family in Taiyuan and came to the hands of the head of the family, Wang Jin.

"Fengzhou Wang Yu? Have you finally used that favor back then, it's been delayed long enough. ”

Wang Jin muttered to himself, he was only twenty years old when he and Wang Yu intersected, and this favor has dragged on for more than 20 years.

"Toyosu trade? Trade with the steppe people? It's a bold ......."

Wang Jin sneered, as the head of the Taiyuan Wang family, he saw the pattern of the current situation very clearly.

Li Shimin is definitely quite disgusted with the Turks, and last year, the Turks fought all the way to Weishui, which can be said to have humiliated Li Shimin.

According to Wang Jin's speculation, Li Shimin did not say that he agreed to trade, but he was afraid that he would raise troops for the Northern Expedition in a few years.

Wang Yu's idea of using favors to summon Hu Shang at this time was simply inexplicable.

Of course, Wang Jin will not refuse stupidly, the favor he owed when he was young is too valuable today, and he doesn't care if Wang Yu is stupid or what.

It's just to gather Hu Shang to spread some news, and it's not a trouble.

Moreover, even if there is a problem with the news at that time, it will be Hu Shang who will be trapped, and it will not affect the prestige of his Taiyuan Wang clan at all.

"Go and spread some news about the industry under the name of the Wang family, and say that according to the inaccurate news, Fengzhou is about to trade with the grasslands, and the tax on caravans going to Fengzhou this year is very low......"

Wang Jin quickly passed on the order, which was not a major matter worth thinking about at all in his eyes, and quickly put the matter behind him.

The influence of the Taiyuan Wang clan was soon manifested, not only some Hu merchants, but even many local merchants had their minds.

New trade routes mean new interests, even if it is very risky to go to the grassland as a Han Chinese, but the desire for profit is difficult to suppress, and there will still be people who choose to give it a try.

Soon, the news from the Taiyuan Wang clan began to ferment, and one caravan after another that was preparing to make the last trade before the winter temporarily changed direction and chose to go to Fengzhou.

At this point, the trade between Datang and the grassland is about to begin.

……

At the same time, Li Yan, who was located in Fengzhou, was also preparing for the caravan to arrive in Fengzhou.

In addition to delivering news in the city of Fengzhou, asking the people to prepare some handicrafts such as cloth and silk, and to carry out some scattered transactions with the caravan for the benefit of the time, Li Yan also made a medium-distance trek in "Minecraft".

This time, Li Yan found gravel, the main raw material for making glass.

He believed that glass was enough to drive the merchants who came to Toyosu into madness!

At that time, Li Yan only needs to say that glass products can only be bartered with cattle and sheep, so he may be able to get enough meat for training before the winter.

"I hope the Taiyuan Wang clan can give more strength and come to a few more caravans."

Li Yan thought silently.