But this time they came, next time, if there was no order from Li De, would they still take the initiative to travel thousands of miles to do business.

The answer is no.

Li De's method is not clever, that is, to throw a bait, just say fine salt.

Next time, these businessmen don't need Li De to say anything more, if they want to make money, they will definitely come to Ningzhou to buy fine salt, and when they come, they will inevitably carry a full cart of goods to sell locally.

When they go back, they buy local goods and buy some salt so that they can maximize their profits.

I believe that no businessman will refuse such a business.

Li De said that each person is limited to the amount of one car, in fact, they can buy one stone with all they have, just like in Youzhou, the difference is that in Ningzhou, the amount of fine salt they can buy will be more.

At the same time, they need to pay more money.

Solve the matter of selling salt, and after the snow melts, the merchants will set foot in Ningzhou again to bring a new wind of trade.

"The Grand Duke, the envoy of the Tiele tribe, the official Yida, asks to see you." The guards came in to report.

"Invite the messenger in." Li De responded.

Yida entered the war room, the furnishings in the room have completely changed, where is there still the style of the barracks commander's tent, at first glance it is a large study.

Li De's desk still has all kinds of accounts that have been counted out and waiting to be checked, and he is too busy to look up, and the guards around him are quietly guarding the left and right.

When Yida came in, he was affected by the atmosphere in the room, and the feeling of being a scholar made people not want to speak loudly.

"Governor, I have come to discuss trade at the behest of the Great Commander of Tiele." Yida didn't wait to explain his intentions.

As an emissary, you can't even spoil the atmosphere anymore.

Li De was not idle in addition to being busy, he also followed to learn Tieler's language, and he understood a lot of what Yida said just now.

"Please sit down and serve tea." Li De said.

The guards immediately took the tea set placed on the side and began to steam and make tea in front of everyone.

Yida watched from the sidelines, he had long known that the people of the Sui State had the habit of making tea, and those who could afford to eat tea were either rich or expensive, and even he had been interested in trying the tea brewing of the Sui State by the side of the Dadu Governor.

The taste is very unique, it smells weird and it is very refreshing to drink, but he doesn't like it.

Seeing that the guards were boiling water, Yida didn't say anything but didn't want to drink it in his heart, but the person who came was a guest, and if he refused, he would lose his manners, which might affect the trade between the two sides.

He was torn in his heart, and he had decided that he would drink it no matter how weird it was.

Li De didn't know that Yida was struggling with drinking tea, and he couldn't blame Yida for disliking Sui Guo for boiling tea, if he boiled the green onion and ginger ingredients with the tea leaves, it would be like drinking the soup of tea eggs, and that kind of richness would make people melancholy.

It's just that this tea is not a boiled tea egg.

Li De put down the account book in his hand, got up and sat down in the seat opposite Yida.

"Tea, please." Li De now does not need a translator for daily communication.

Yida was a little surprised, listening to the fact that the governor of the Sui State was able to speak the Tiele language, this kind of thing would be surprising to anyone.

"When the tea is cold, it doesn't taste good." Li De reminded again.

As he spoke, he took a sip, which was sweet and bitter, with an endless aftertaste.

Yida looked at Li De's calm expression, and thought about how to drink such a bad thing and enjoy it so much, the taste of the Sui people is heavy enough.

Li De looked at Yida and seemed to see that the other party had something, and he didn't know if he came here today to talk about things.

Yida still took a sip of the teacup, and it was not important to drink anything compared to talking about business.

After waiting for a while, there was no weird and rich taste, and some were dry and sweet, and it made people taste aftertaste after taking a sip.

"Governor, what kind of tea is this, why is it so delicious?" Yida asked.

They also drink tea, but the difference is that the people of the Sui State put various spices in the tea, they just brew and drink it directly, but compared to the tea they usually drink, the taste they just tasted is too wonderful.

"Haha, it's good to like it, this is a new type of processed tea, which can be called kung fu tea." Li Dedao.

He didn't say fried tea, if he said that someone would definitely try it in the future, and then the secret would not be able to keep how to make money, so he directly said the name, in fact, the real meaning is "kung fu tea", "laborious", from the beginning of brewing to drinking to the mouth to go through a series of brewing methods.

The wait is not very long, if you count it from the beginning, such as boiling water, rinsing the tea set, it will take a lot longer, waiting, in Li De's understanding, is laborious.

Yida didn't know what Li De thought, he now knew that there was a tea called Kung Fu Tea in the Sui Kingdom, which was very delicious.

"Grand Duke, our Tiele tribe wants to buy food." Yida was relieved to think that things would immediately get to the point.

"I don't know how much it takes?" Li De asked.

Yida already knew it in his heart, so he said, "500,000 stones." ”

Li De calculated in his heart, on average, according to the fact that one person can eat one stone for a month, he can let Tiele 50,000 soldiers and horses eat for a year.

It doesn't matter what Li De thinks about how to use this batch of grain, if 500,000 stone can be satisfied according to Ningzhou's reserves.

Now Ningzhou's grain reserves are enough for more than 100,000 vanguard soldiers to eat for three years, but it is no problem to divide some.

"A thousand horses, plus five hundred sheep." Li Dedao.

Yida thought about it, a thousand war horses, in exchange for a year's grain is not a loss, five hundred sheep is nothing to them, so the deal between the two was directly reached.

Sending Yida away, Li De asked people to start preparing food.

In fact, the price can be more expensive, but everything is relative, and no one is a fool, if the price of food is high, the price of Tieler's horses will inevitably rise.

He Bida got the notice and rushed over and said: "Governor, this Mao trade used so much grain to exchange for a thousand war horses, it is better to directly defeat them and grab the benefits." ”

Li De thought about it, what He Bida said was true, but there were many times when war could not solve the problem, and there was no problem with the Tiele tribe having food.

Don't look at the theory that it can support 50,000 soldiers and horses for a year, but don't forget that the railway tribe does not only have soldiers and horses, they also have a huge tribal population.

If it is evenly spread, it will be enough for the Tiele tribe to survive this winter.

Li De is not worried that they have enough food to stockpile, it is very simple, the Tiele tribe does not do farming, even if they have a lot of food, at most there will be no food for two winters.

Ningzhou only needs to wait for the winter to pass, and then they will start farming in the spring of the next year, and a large amount of land will have enough food in the autumn harvest season.

As long as the development of Ningzhou is well grasped in the affairs of farming, the local people will not lack food and clothing.