"Your Excellency, isn't it too domineering?" Hearing this, Budugen frowned. Okay or not, this arrangement is indeed a bit too bullying them.

"We don't know each other that well, and given the previous relationship between the two sides, I have to be responsible for the people of Yunzhong County. Perhaps, after a few years, it can be appropriately relaxed, and the overall depends on the performance of the leader of the step root. Liu Tao replied.

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, several tribes can elect a number of representatives to help with unified procurement. This way the number of people does not need to be too large. Arrange for your people to meet you fifty miles away, which can be reached in a day or two, what are you afraid of? ”

Budugen was stunned when he heard this, thought about it carefully, and felt that it seemed to be the case. However, he was not worried about Liu Tao, or he did not believe in the Han people.

So, he added: "If there are casualties among our people, it will be regarded as your own initiative to go to war!" ”

"I don't guarantee this, what if you deliberately hurt someone, and then blame us for hurting them, and then maliciously go to war? Or, the people who came over burned and plundered in Beiyu, or they violated the Han law and were arrested, and you also used the excuse to start a war? Liu Tao asked rhetorically.

"Even if you commit a crime, since it is our clansman, it should be handed over to us for punishment." Budugen had no intention of backing down.

"Then I will send a hundred people to kill people when they see them in the grassland, and you are not allowed to punish them, and ask you to escort them back to us for punishment, how about it?" Liu Tao immediately retorted, he still plans to enjoy extraterritoriality, and he really thinks he is a great power?

"So how do you solve this? There's no way I'm going to let you deal with my people for no reason! Budugen asked.

"Simple, at the Beiyu trading point, I will set aside an area and set up an embassy for you. For each transaction, you send messengers to be stationed here to assist us in maintaining law and order. The number of people, no more than ten people! Again, don't leave the trading range casually! Liu Tao gave a solution, "Let your clansmen take care of your clansmen, that's no problem, right?" ”

"That's it......" Budugen didn't think there was a problem at first glance, and it was fair. But because of fairness, I feel that there is no fraud in it, after all, the Han people are cunning, which is the inherent impression of all Xianbei people.

"If you agree, you will open border trade, and if you don't agree, you will ...... Anyway, it's not our side that suffers. Liu Tao saw that he was still hesitating, so he directly issued an ultimatum.

"I can't promise you so quickly, I need a night to think about it. If the general agrees, then everything is easy to say, and if he does not agree, then he will give up. Budugen shook his head, and his attitude was very firm.

"I can't figure it out, why do you need to think about the proposal that is already on your side...... Maybe I'll give you one night. Liu Tao said disgustedly, and then hit the horse back.

His attitude, Budugen was a little uncertain. Could it be that there is really no trap, he really wants to open border trade?

"Brother, why are you so polite to that brute?" On the way back, Zhang Fei had to ask in a low voice.

"First, it is beneficial for us to open border trade; Second, the concept of whether to take the initiative to declare war does not require any rules at all...... I felt unhappy with him that day, or he felt unhappy one day, and he could just tear up the covenant. Remember that there is no friendship between nations, only interests! Liu Tao reminded.

"Oh......" Zhang Fei felt that he seemed to understand, but he didn't.

The next day, after a night of consideration, Budugen really couldn't see the clues, so he formally agreed to the conditions.

"Since you want to open a border trade, please take this step root leader." Liu Tao immediately took out a book and handed it to the other party, "This is the precautions for trading, with this, if something happens during the transaction, don't blame us for being unpredictable." ”

The latter took it, and judging from the paper and pen and ink, it should have been last night to hurry up and write. Budugen is a Xianbei nobleman, and he naturally knows Chinese and Chinese characters, so he simply flipped through it and looked at it, and he actually felt that there was no problem.

If the border trade is opened in his place, he basically estimates that it will be formulated like this, and at first glance, he can't see any clues. Could it be that the other party really doesn't have any plans?

Thinking about it, it's still wrong, and I have to take it back and show it to the elders of the clan, as well as the few Han scholars who took refuge.

Thinking of this, Budugen said, "I need to confirm it for a while, and I'll get back to you later." ”

"The leader of Budugen should be mistaken......" Liu Tao shook his head, "This is the rule on my side, whether you agree with it or not, it is like this, and it will not be changed!" On this, there are really no regulations that explicitly target you Xianbei, do you still think that I will harm you? ”

Who knows if it will be harmful, you Han people are very bad...... Budugen complained in his heart.

I flipped through it again, but I really couldn't see any clues, so I thought about it, and finally agreed. If you hesitate about anything, you will be looked down upon. As an adult of Xianbei, he naturally has to take responsibility!

"This is decent, I originally thought that the leader of Budugen was a hero, and he must do things neatly, but it turned out that he was not as simple as me." Liu Tao laughed, "Since we have decided to open border trade, then we are also friends, I will hold a banquet tonight, and invite the leader to appreciate his face?" ”

"Well said, well said!" The words didn't quite listen, but Bu Dugen was also surprised by Liu Tao's enthusiasm, so he agreed.

At the dinner, it was necessary to negotiate some details on the content of border trade. For example, Liu Tao hopes that every border trade can have 500 to 1,000 war horses, and at the same time, the number of cattle and sheep is also fixed.

It's just that Budugen can't of course agree, and in the end the two sides negotiated, and the horses were determined to be between three hundred and one thousand. But the number of cattle and sheep, especially cattle, needs to be improved.

To the surprise of Du Gen, Liu Tao also has to buy wool, the more the better. The sheep on the grassland will change their moults, and the problem of wool every summer makes the clan a headache, but I didn't expect the Han people to be stupid to buy a few? Yes, must be promised, why not say yes to such a good thing?!

"Come on, come on, try the good wine we have brewed recently, this thing is called Drunken Immortal Brew, Naigong Wine. Every year, a batch is sent to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to enjoy, and it was once sold in Luoyang for a thousand guan a bottle, which is very rare. Liu Tao immediately took out a bottle of wine, handed it over, and motioned for Bu Dugen to taste it.

"Leader ......" Someone next to him came forward, but Bu Dugen shook his head, and directly raised his head and poured a mouthful.

For a while, his face naturally turned red and he looked uncomfortable. When the surrounding Xianbei people saw it, they immediately drew their swords, and at the banquet scene, they were tense for a while.

"Good wine!" Budugen finally swallowed this sip of wine, and after a long sigh of relief, he signaled everyone not to be so excited, and then shouted. He even smashed his mouth and mouth, as if he was reminiscing about that taste.

"If it's not good enough, how can you be worthy of the identity of the leader of the step roots?" Liu Tao said with a smile, this is stable, looking at his intoxicated appearance, the wine should be able to sell at a good price in the future.

Direct colonization is not possible at this stage, but it is good to have economic colonization......