Chapter 390: Only Buying and Selling
Led by Li Yifu, Li Chengqian and the Turkic envoys re-came to the horse circle.
Li Zheng had already boiled the tea.
"Please be seated."
The Turkic envoy bowed and saluted, "I've seen the Chang'an Order." ”
Li Chengqian also sat down.
The Turkic envoy sat down and said: "Chang'an Order, now that the Western Turks have passed the Yudu Mountain Heavenly Danger, they are now directly pointing to our Eastern Turkic royal court. ”
Li Chengqian also said anxiously: "Li Zheng, Lone came here this time for food and grass. ”
"Yes!" The Western Turk envoy said: "We, the Western Turks, are willing to buy the grain and grass in Chang'anling's hands at the price of fifty yuan and a bucket of rice. ”
Da Hu and Li Yifu stood aside without saying a word.
Li Zheng shook the fan in his hand and said, "Worth so much money? ”
The Turkic envoy said: "Now the grain on the steppe is unsustainable, since the cold wave two years ago, the livestock on the steppe is not as good as before, plus the annual tribute to the Tang Dynasty, we have no extra food." ”
Li Zheng said with a look of sudden awakening: "So the situation is very critical. ”
The Turkic envoy nodded, "If Chang'an Ling can give us food, we are willing to pay this price." ”
Li Zheng said with a smile: "The DPRK and China are about to rush to the aid of the Turks, maybe the war in the Turks will stop, where are these old grains worth so much money, to be polite." ”
The Turkic envoy said again: "Sixty dollars a bucket!" ”
Li Zheng let out a long sigh, "I remember that back then, before I worshipped our Majesty as the Heavenly Khan, I seemed to promise to give me how much silver every year?" ”
The Turkic envoy immediately said: "Twenty thousand! ”
Li Zheng nodded, "The contract is still there, but you haven't paid this money, it seems that you Turks are not very trustworthy." ”
"This ......"
The Turkic envoy was also suffocated for a while.
Li Zheng continued: "We Central Plains people pay attention to credibility in doing business. ”
"Reputation?"
"That's right, it's reputation, we pay attention to credibility in doing business, if the reputation is not good, we won't do business with you."
The Turkic envoy hurriedly said: "As long as Chang'an Ling can sell us grain, we are willing to pay back all the money owed to Chang'an Ling in previous years." ”
"Still?"
"Yes, put it on!"
Li Zhengchang sighed, "So you Turks have a bad reputation and poor character. ”
The Turkic envoy bowed down and said, "Chang'an ordered how to say this." ”
"Forget it, Ashina from Xue Yantuo has been coming to me a lot recently, and I think he is also interested in buying my grain."
The Turkic envoy immediately said nervously: "Please also ask Chang'an to order not to sell grain to Xue Yantuo, we are willing to pay a higher price than Xue Yantuo." ”
"Money? Do you think I, Li Zheng, am a person who loves money? ”
"This ......"
"Money is just something outside my body for me, I really don't care so much about money, I have a very good relationship with Xue Yantuo's Ashina, I can even give it to him for free."
The Turkic envoy was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, "I also ask Chang'an to order not to give food to Xue Yantuo." ”
Li Yifu looked at the situation, this Turkic envoy was already in a hurry.
No matter what Li Zheng asked next, the Turkic envoy might have agreed to it.
Li Chengqian also thought in his heart that the current Eastern Turks had reached the front line of life and death.
I didn't expect that today's Western Turks would be so powerful and fight back and forth with the Tibetans.
It can also fight the Eastern Turks without the power to parry.
Li Chengqian stood up and said, "Li Zheng, take a step to speak." ”
Li Zheng followed Li Chengqian to a short distance.
Glancing at the Turkic envoy who was now in a hurry, Li Chengqian whispered: "Li Zheng, the Western Turks are now menacing, and once the Eastern Turks die, it is not a good thing for the Tang Dynasty for the Western Turks to take advantage of this to grow. ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold?"
Li Chengqian nodded solemnly, "Now that the Western Turkic enemy is at present, he can fight back and forth with the Tibetans, and he can still fight the Eastern Turks without the power to parry, if the Western Turkic soldiers come to the city in the future, I am afraid it will not be a good thing for our Tang Dynasty." ”
Li Zheng smiled: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too worried. ”
Li Chengqian reminded again: "This is not a joke. ”
The Western Turks are now a deadly thug, and they no longer regard the Western Turks as human beings.
Wanton militarism is nothing more than a business.
Li Zheng looked at the prince, this kid was still taking it seriously.
Li Chengqian asked, "Why are you looking at Gu with such a gaze?" ”
"What's wrong with the gaze below?"
Li Chengqian said: "Why do you look at a lonely person like you're looking at a fool. ”
Li Zheng cleared his throat and said: "Let's get down to business, dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, whether we are at odds with the Turks." ”
Li Chengqian said: "Of course! Back then, the Turks plundered the Central Plains, and Lone hated them to the core. ”
"That's terrible, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't understand it very well? Since the Turks are not a good thing, why should we help them. ”
Saying this, Li Chengqian calmed down, but after thinking about it carefully, he said: "But my father asked Gu to handle this matter, and my father is the Heavenly Khan, if we don't help at this time, it will inevitably make the border countries have opinions, which will damage the name of the Heavenly Khan of the father." ”
Li Zheng let out a long sigh, "This is the trouble of being a gentleman." ”
Li Chengqian nodded in agreement.
"Why has Your Majesty repeatedly failed to see the Turkic envoys, has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgotten the Weishui Alliance back then?"
"I can't forget it!"
"That's okay, all in all, the Turks are better than we are not happy, and now although they worship His Majesty is the Khan of the Heavens, but the Turks are capricious, don't be careless."
"And what do you mean?"
"Of course, I thought it was okay to help, if the Eastern Turks wanted to fight the Western Turks back, let's let them fight hard, and as for the Turks to pacify the steppe, we just need to support them spiritually."
"What is moral support?"
"This is responsible, as for how to help the Turks, just send two or three officials to the Turks to help the Turks fight, this can be regarded as helping, right?"
"But it's ...... to be unavoidable."
"There is no unavoidable, there is no surplus grain in the landlord's family, the ghost knows how long this battle will last, it is estimated that it will be possible in a short period of three or ten years, and besides, the soldiers of the Central Plains help the Turks to fight, is there such a reason?"
Li Chengqian pondered and said, "Lone seems to understand your reasoning a little. ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was proud of helping the poor in Jingyang back then, and he was just a little favor in the fifth part of the Ming Sense, and he helped His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to do this well, but I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not have any objections to all the decisions made by the Turks."
"Do you need to do anything with Lone?"
Li Zheng whispered: "Will you shut up?" ”
“……”
Li Chengqian nodded stiffly.
Returning to the horse circle, Li Zheng said to the Turkic envoy: "This way, you can ask for food, but this is not the support of the court, but I sell it to you myself." ”
The Turkic envoy scratched the back of his head, "This ......"
"The meaning is very simple, I said that I will sell you as much as I want, not that if you want to buy 100,000 stones, I will sell you 100,000 stones."