For many ordinary businessmen in the Tang Dynasty, Xenobud is definitely a big customer worth settling with.

Although he is a Tibetan.

The Tang Dynasty is extremely tolerant of foreigners, even if the Tang Dynasty has fought with the Tubo people for many years, but under the leadership of Li Ze, the Tang army beat each other in Suizhou, Ganzhou and other places, completely drove the Tubo people out, and recovered the Western Regions, some people who originally hated the Tubo were relieved.

After Delhi Chinan reached an agreement with Li Ze, Xenobud became Delhi Chinan's plenipotentiary representative in the Tang Dynasty. He led troops to fight or was just a second-rate general, but his ability to do business has been vividly demonstrated in Datang in recent years.

While purchasing all kinds of military supplies needed by the other party for Delhi Chinan, he also seized every opportunity and invested the remaining funds in his hand into the vigorous round of business in Datang.

Datang's gradually perfected business laws provided him with sufficient protection, and he did not have to worry about being deceived by local businessmen or suppressed by the government because he was in a foreign land. Even when the capital turnover is not good, people like Wuwei Qian Zhuang and Tongda Qian Zhuang will provide him with commercial loans.

For a big client like him, the interest rate on the loan is extremely low.

The commercial success of Datang made him need less and less funds from Delhi Chinan, and the income from his business in Datang alone could already cover half of the expenses needed to buy and sell these materials. While tasting the great sweetness, Xenobud also boldly invested his family's assets, and he also reaped a great harvest.

A series of successful operations made Serobud a helper that Delhi China could not leave. His family's position under the command of Delhi China South is also becoming more and more important, although he is not in Tibet, but his status has steadily become the number two person in Delhi Chinan forces.

He has become accustomed to living in Datang, learned to be fluent in Tang Chinese, can familiarly use chopsticks to eat any kind of Datang food, and swaggers through the market in Tang costumes.

He even felt that if he returned to Tibet now, he was afraid that he would not be able to adapt to his original life in a short time.

In Datang, everything is too convenient.

After Li Ze entered Chang'an, Xenobud immediately packed his bags and followed Li Ze into Chang'an City. As the representative of Delhi Chinan, he knew that he had to follow Li Ze's footsteps in order to get what he wanted. As a successful businessman, he is also keenly aware of the huge business opportunities in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places.

Think about it, Chang'an is the largest city he has ever seen, with a population of millions and a population of almost the same as the population of the entire Tubo now, not counting the population of Luoyang, which is hundreds of thousands.

The process of Xenobud exploring his business in Chang'an was very smooth. The current Chang'an is extremely dilapidated, the people are extremely poor, and any large amount of money entering is welcomed by the imperial court led by Li Ze.

He was amazed at the low price of buying shops and estates, and the money he had originally prepared was completed in less than a third of the original business plan. This also made him see how deeply Chang'an was injured in this war, far beyond his imagination.

As a businessman, it is naturally a joy to complete a predetermined plan with a minimum amount of money.

But as a politician, he knows that his behavior now is almost equivalent to taking advantage of the fire to rob, if it is a businessman in the north, Li Ze may not say anything, but he is not quite the same. In case Li Ze wrote it down with a small notebook, when he seized the opportunity to yin himself, he really couldn't cry.

As a great nobleman and a person in power in Tibet, he is no stranger to such things and routines.

So he generously donated the rest of the money to the government.

Anyway, none of this money is his, anyway, this money was originally intended to be used, and now with the same money, he has earned a great reputation and friendship with the government, which is naturally worth a lot.

Feng Ying, the county commander of Chang'an Prefecture, who received this donation, personally led people to beat gongs and drums to send a large plaque to Xenobud, which made Xenobud beautiful for a while.

But today, Xenobud's face was extremely gloomy.

Because of an ordnance procurement plan that had already been agreed with the Datang Department of Commerce, the delivery time was delayed. He went to negotiate in person, and the other party was very enthusiastic, and Wang Mingyi, the highest official in charge of this aspect of the Tang Dynasty, received him personally.

But as a result, he was extremely angry.

The other party not only delayed the delivery time, but also raised the price. As a result, he would have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars more for this batch of ordnance and supplies.

Paying a little more, Xenobud didn't care, what he cared about was what was hidden behind this thing.

Although the answer given by Wang Mingyi seems reasonable.

The south is launching a large-scale attack on them, and the main force of the Tang army needs to rest and respite after defeating the pseudo-Liang, so the war in the south is not optimistic for a while, they need to replenish a large number of ordnance, and now the imperial court is mainly based on domestic supply, and foreign sales will have to be reduced in scale.

But these are inevitably pretexts.

You must know that when the Tang Dynasty was fighting on both sides, and when it dealt with Zhang Zhongwu in the northeast and Zhu Youzhen in Chang'an at the same time, it didn't see them in any hurry.

No way.

He has been in Wuyi for many years, and his footprints have almost traveled to the entire north, and even some places in the south have been to Xenobud, and Xenobud has a clear understanding of the comparison of the strength of the two sides and the strong strength of the area under Li Ze's rule, and he does not think that the southern forces will be Li Ze's opponent. Li Ze unified the Tang Dynasty and defeated those who opposed the judgment was inevitable.

They must have smelled the current situation in Tibet.

Tocharo's body has completely collapsed, and now it is only a little bit of a life, and Delhi Chanan must guard against Tocharo's dying madness, so he needs a lot of armament to prepare for the powerful blow that Tocharian may come.

In the past few years, Delhi Chinan said that he was fighting against Tocharo, but in fact, he has always been at a disadvantage, and if it were not for Li Ze's full support from Datang, it would have collapsed long ago.

Not to mention that the serf uprisings of the past two years have made Delhi China a mess.

The only thing that is fortunate is that Tocharian is also trapped here.

But time is on the side of Delhi Chinan after all, Tocharo is dying, Delhi China is in its prime, to put it simply, Delhi China has always been ready to survive Tochar.

Now he's on the verge of success. As long as Tocharo dies, Tubo will inevitably become the bag of Delhi Chinan. Even some important figures on the Tocharian side are aware of this, and many of them are secretly looking for a way back for themselves. As the number two person in Delhi Chinan, Xenobud naturally knew these top-secret inside information.

But the Tang Dynasty had another moth.

Of course, they would like to see another round of civil strife in Tibet, where their strength is greatly reduced. The reason why the goods cannot be supplied is all excuses, and while Xenobud promised the other party to increase the price, he was also willing to increase the price and pick up the goods immediately, but Wang Mingyi refused without hesitation.

Wang Mingyi's ability to reject such a temptation of money so decisively can only show one thing, this time it has nothing to do with business, only politics.

At this moment, Xenobud shed the disguise of a businessman and returned to the true nature of a politician or diplomat.

"In this matter, do you want to see Li Xiang and work hard." His deputy, who was also a confidant sent by Delhi Chinan, suggested.

Xenobud shook his head and said: "It has no effect, I'm afraid that this matter is Li Ze's decision." Li Ze has always been very jealous of our Tubo, you know, once our Tubo becomes strong, we will have a huge geographical advantage against the Tang Dynasty, so a chaotic Tubo is what he wants to see, and he will never want our big theory to unify Tubo. So even if we kneel down and beg him, Li Ze won't look at us more, in his eyes, money is not the same thing in the first place. ”

"What do we do now? This batch of ordnance is very much needed now! Sijak said.

"There's no way!" Xenobud shook his head and said, "Write a letter to tell Da Lun that this time, we can only rely on ourselves. Fortunately, Tocharian is no longer good, and if we attack them from within, we may be able to disintegrate some of the other party's forces, and even use them for us. ”

"That's all there is to it. Li Ze is not a reliable friend. ”

Xenobud sneered: "We have never been friends, just an exchange of interests, Li Ze is afraid of a unified Tibet, so whether it is Tocharian or our great theory to unify Tibet, our deal with them is almost over." ”

Xi was taken aback, "If Tocharo dies and the great theory unifies Tibet, if the two sides become enemies, then won't our investment in Datang be wasted?" ”

"It's going to take time." Selobud said: "If the opportunity is not right, I will withdraw, and I will realize as much as I can at that time." And there is also a part of the funds, which we hold on behalf of others, and we can handle it slowly. ”

"I miss the pastures of my hometown, the cattle and sheep, the blue sky, the white clouds, and the bells and drums of the temple." Sija sighed, "I wonder when I can go home?" ”

Xenobud shook his head slowly: "Xija, you have been paying it back for two years, I believe you have also seen the strength of the Tang Dynasty under Li Ze's rule, if it is possible, I really hope to coexist peacefully with them all the time, and I can live here forever." Once the two sides turn their faces, it will actually be bad for us. A unified Datang, once we are enemies, our days will be sad. ”

Sija nodded silently.

Only in the middle of it, can you feel the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and that sense of powerlessness is something that people in Tubo cannot experience.

Surabi hurriedly ran in and bowed to the two: "I see Abdullah! ”