The officials in Jinyang City were sent away, leaving the people of the Su family and the Li family, as well as Moto from the Turks.

Li Yuan praised Xia Yu and Su Lang, and after gossiping for a while, he said to them: "You can come with me to the study to talk about business." ”

Xia Yu and the three followed behind Li Yuan, he always felt that there was a pair of hateful eyes looking at him, and the owner of these eyes belonged to Li Yuanba.

After coming to the study, Li Yuan said to Moto: "Honored guest, I finally looked forward to you." ”

Moto also replied: "If I can see Lord Jinyang Palace, Shibi Khan asked me to greet you on his behalf." ”

Li Yuan laughed and let the three of them choose their seats and sit down: "The Great Sui and the Turks are friendly countries, and the peaceful coexistence of the two sides is something that the people of the two countries are happy to see. ”

Moto did not beat around the bush: "Shibi Khan said before I left that he did not value Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, but Lord Li. We support you very much in clearing the courtiers around the emperor, and we will never raise troops to harass Jinyang. ”

Li Yuan is such a shrewd person, Moto said it beautifully, but in terms of the greedy nature of the Turks, they must want to get benefits, and they can't afford to make a profit.

"If your country can not harass Jinyang City when we are in trouble, then we are willing to pay a tribute of 100,000 taels of gold every year." Li Yuan promised at the moment.

Moto was very satisfied with this, and continued: "There are about 30,000 guards in Jinyang City, and I think I need a lot of horses to raise troops. ”

Everyone here knows that from Jinyang to the east and as far as Guanzhong, there are many plains, and with the charge of cavalry, there will be a great advantage.

Li Yuan heard that the other party was so sincere, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know how many horses you can provide?" ”

"You can have as much as you want." Moto said confidently.

When Li Yuan was about to report the number of 10,000 horses, he secretly saw Xia Yu stretch out his hand and make a gesture, stretching out a finger of his hand.

After secretly calculating, he immediately understood: "Your envoy also understands that at the beginning of our move, although we need war horses, we also have unspeakable hardships, that is, we are shy in our pockets, and we really can't afford to spend so much money, otherwise, our actual purchasing power can only buy a thousand war horses." ”

This operation made Su Lang a little incomprehensible, and he couldn't help but say nothing.

But the three Li Shimin brothers, who were hiding outside the study, were not happy, and the three of them broke into the study and stood in a row.

"Father, we don't have any money, we can borrow some from the officials!" Li Jiancheng said with a bare face.

Li Shimin secretly pulled the placket of the second brother's clothes, and the other party was silent.

Li Yuanhu said with a grimace: "We're talking here, and the three of you won't let me out?" ”

The three of them went out with each other.

Li Yuan smiled apologetically at Moto: "The dog is ignorant, and he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and he hopes that the noble envoy Haihan." ”

Moto didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but before leaving, Shibi Khan told him how much the other party could buy, and he didn't want to sell and buy it. He didn't bother about it anymore.

After discussing with Shi Bi, Li Yuan said to the door: "Come on, take the distinguished guest to his residence!" ”

The servant opened the door and took Moto to rest.

Li Jiancheng had already wanted to secretly follow Moto to discuss with him about buying a horse, Li Yuan coughed, Li Jiancheng stopped, and called the three Li brothers to the study with a calm face.

As soon as the three of them entered, Su Lang helped close the door.

Li Yuan counted the three of them with a calm face: "Please follow Xia Yu to learn more, if it weren't for his guidance, I would have bought all the 10,000 horses." Are you all pig brains? ”

Li Jiancheng said unconvinced: "Then didn't you still promise to give the Turks 100,000 taels of gold every year?" ”

Li Yuanba's face became even more gloomy when he looked at Xia Yu, and he couldn't wait to eat Xia Yu.

Xia Yu smiled and said: "Let's give the Turks 100,000 taels of gold, and when the uprising is won, it will inevitably make the Turks spit it out, but the matter of horses is absolutely unacceptable." ”

Li Shimin looked at Xia Yu's calm smile, and immediately smiled heartily, glanced at Li Yuan, and the three of them understood at the same time.

"Xia Yu, you should talk about it, otherwise don't blame me Li Jiancheng for not getting along with you!"

Li Yuanba didn't care about buying a horse, since Su Yuexin rejected him, he regarded Xia Yu as his number one enemy, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of hatred.

Xia Yu explained: "The Turks are greedy and ruthless, if we buy all the horses in one go, then what will they do next? ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanba, who had not yet understood, glanced at each other, and felt that they were still in the clouds.

Xia Yu continued: "They will send more horses next, 10,000 and then 20,000, if we don't buy them." Shibi Khan will think that we are making fun of him, and will inevitably send troops again regardless of the agreement between the two sides, so that we will only find ourselves in the unfavorable situation of fighting on two fronts. ”

"At present, the strength of the Turks should not be underestimated, although the Great Sui is in turmoil, it is not that we will be able to succeed in a moment, what we are going to fight is a protracted war. In order to consolidate the rear, so we had to refuse the Turks' offer to provide horses for a long time! ”

Li Yuan's words made the people present completely understand, for Xia Yu, Li Yuan respected him even more, he had such insight at a young age, even he was ashamed of himself.

The reason why Xia Yu had such an idea came from the usury that was prevalent on the campus when he crossed over.

Loan sharks will say that they are good people when they borrow money, helping students who can't afford to buy Guoguo mobile phones or Pierka bags to realize their dreams, once they borrow usury, it is an endless nightmare, some girls jump off the building because they can't afford to pay the loan sharks, and some fall into the dust.

Su Lang looked at Xia Yu, the more pleasing he looked, and felt that his sister Su Yuexin had really found someone who could be entrusted for life.

Take Go as an example, one step can see that the next step is passable; The one who can see the next three moves is the master; A person who can master the next ten moves is a genius, and Xia Yu is such a genius!

Even if Li Yuanba didn't want to admit it, after listening to Xia Yu and Li Yuan's explanation, he subconsciously nodded, Xia Yu was too smart.

After sending the two of the Su family away, Li Yuan left Li Yuanba alone in the study, and solemnly explained to him: "Yuanba, you are the eldest son of the Li family, and you have listened to me since you were a child. ”