It wasn't long before Koji returned to the mansion.

Kou Zhong happily arrived at Sijun Garden and said to Kou Ji: "Little master, Zhang Yuan and Yuyou have returned home." ”

Kou Ji was overjoyed, "Quickly call them to the side hall and wait." ”

When Zhang Yuan and Yuyou returned home, he could put the horse trade with the Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs on the agenda.

Previously, he and Kou Zhong had already figured out some details of the Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs from An Ziluo and his entourage.

However, the two did not take the initiative to come to the door and went to negotiate with the envoys of the Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs about the horse trade.

Kou Ji's identity was that he was an important minister of the court, and if he had consulted with the envoys of the Uighur tribes of Qingtang and Ganzhou to negotiate a horse trade, he would inevitably be regarded as an official horse trade by the two envoys.

At that time, if the Imperial Court's Youma Eunuch heard the news and intervened, it would ruin Kou Ji's plan.

That's why Kou Ji summoned Zhang Yuan to Beijing, planning to hand over the purchase of horses to Zhang Yuan and Kou Zhong.

Kou Zhong left Sijun Garden and took Zhang Yuan and Yuyou to the side hall.

Kou Ji also appeared in the side hall not long after they arrived at the side hall.

Zhang Yuan and Yu You hurriedly got up and saluted Kou Ji.

"Villain Zhang Yuan......"

"Fish ......"

"I've seen the little master......

Kou Ji glanced at Yuyou with a smile, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Are all the injuries healed?" ”

Yuyou bowed deeply to Kou Ji and said, "Thanks to the little young master's action, I was able to save my life." ”

Kou Ji smiled: "It's okay...... Sit it all down. ”

After sitting down, Kou Ji said frankly: "The two of you have been in Baozhou for a long time, you must know the situation in Baozhou, and you also know that Baozhou lacks horses."

I have summoned you both back in a hurry, also for the sake of the horses. ”

Zhang Yuan heard Kou Ji's words and just waited for Kou Ji's orders.

Instead, Yuyou asked with a lot of mouths, "I don't know what you plan to let the two of you do?" ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Of course, it's to buy horses...... Kou Zhong and I have already investigated, and the only ones who can buy us horses and will not be castrated are the Qingtang and Uighurs. ”

The reason why Kouji speaks of the Uighurs, rather than the Ganzhou Uighurs, is that among the lands of the Western Regions, there are not only the Uighurs of Ganzhou, but also the Uighurs of Shazhou, as well as some Uighurs scattered throughout the Western Regions.

As long as he is willing to buy a good horse for Koji, whether it is that part of the Uighurs, Koji is willing to touch it.

Yuyou was stunned when he heard this.

He also thought that Kou Ji was going to let the two of them steal horses and steal horses.

After all, he had helped the imperial court get a batch of horses before, and he didn't get them by serious means.

So he naturally thought that Kou Ji planned to send them to do some things like chickens and dogs, but he didn't expect that Kou Ji would let them go the right way and sell horses.

Zhang Yuan didn't think as much about Yuyou, and after hearing Kou Ji's words, he asked, "Little young master, how do you plan to let us buy horses from the people of Qingtang?" ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Before you come back, I have already inquired with Kou Zhong, and the Qingtang and Uighur tribes have many horses in their hands. They choose to lack cloth, salt, some small tribes, and will need some tea bricks.

I intend for Kou Zhong to provide these things for you, and for you to contact the Qingtang and Uighur tribes and buy back the horses from them. ”

Zhang Yuan said thoughtfully: "Little master, you don't plan to come forward?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "I can't come forward, if I do, the nature will change." At that time, the horses were repurchased, and they would inevitably be divided among the imperial court. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded.

Yuyou said with a bitter face: "There doesn't seem to be anything I need to do here......"

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "You're wrong...... Your task is precisely the most important. Not only do you have to ensure Zhang Yuan's safety when he buys horses in the Western Regions, but you also have to be responsible for sending the horses back to Baozhou safely. ”

Yuyou was stunned and said, "This ...... I'm afraid it's hard for me to do it alone. ”

Fish swimming is also self-aware.

With his martial arts, there won't be much of a problem protecting Zhang Yuan.

But the task of transporting horses is not something he can do alone.

Once he transported more than 100 horses from the Western Regions into the Great Song Dynasty, he would inevitably be targeted by many people.

The first to target him is likely to be the soldiers who are stuck on the border.

Even if his martial arts are strong, he has to die when facing thousands of soldiers.

Kou Ji smiled, "I'll send a patrol guard to help you." ”

Hearing this, Yuyou nodded slowly and agreed to take the errand.

With the help of the horse guards, he was somewhat sure about transporting the horses.

Others don't know about the Horse Guards, just when they are a group of old guys who ride around on horses all day long, but Yu Yu knows about the Horse Guards.

It was a group of elite soldiers selected from tens of thousands of soldiers.

Although he is older, his combat effectiveness is far stronger than that of ordinary soldiers.

Yu You has seen with his own eyes that a group of 100 horse thieves were beheaded by a patrol guard team of only 10 people.

Seeing that Yuyou agreed, Kou Ji smiled with satisfaction: "In recent days, the envoys of various ministries have arrived in Bianjing City one after another, and the two of you will set off quickly, contact those envoys, and reach a deal to buy horses as soon as possible."

You don't need to worry about cloth, salt, and tea.

As many horses as they can provide, we can give them as much cloth, salt, and tea as we can. ”

Zhang Yuan and Yuyou nodded heavily.

Kou Ji smiled and continued, "Besides, after making a deal with them for horses, you can also want them to buy wool, cotton, etc. ”

Zhang Yuan and Yuyou looked dazed.

Only Kou Zhong seemed to have thought of something, and a bright smile appeared on his face, "Little young master's hand, the old servant admires." ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently.

Zhang Yuan and Yuyou were still at a loss.

Kou Zhong reminded the two of them with a smile, "The little young master has just built a few textile workshops outside the city, and wool and cotton are all among the ones that can be spun. ”

Zhang Yuan and the others stared at each other in astonishment.

Zhang Yuan cried out in a lost voice: "Use their wool and cotton to spin cloth in exchange for horses in their hands? ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "If they provide enough wool and cotton...... I can still make a lot of profit by exchanging them for their horses. ”

"Hiss......"

Zhang Yuan and Yuyou both glanced at each other and gasped.

The two of them are not people who are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains and grains.

How big the difference between the value of wool and the value of cloth is, he still has points in his heart.

Kou Ji's move is not high.

The wool and cotton in the hands of the Qingtang and Uighurs were spun into cloth in exchange for horses in their hands.

There is only one more process in the middle.

But buying a horse in Koji is equivalent to spending no money.

Not only does it not cost money, but it will also make a lot of profit.

It is equivalent to the Qingtang people and Uighurs sending horses and money to Kou Ji.

Seeing that the two of them were in shock, Kou Ji smiled and said, "How? ”

Yuyou said with a complicated expression: "After the Qingtang people and the Uighurs know the truth, I am afraid that they will hate you to death." ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "By the time they know the truth, I have already changed to enough horses." ”

Zhang Yuan had a different idea from Yuyou, after listening to Kou Ji's words, he pondered for a long time, and said: "Little young master, if you allow the villain to stay in Qingtang and other places all the time, the villain will definitely find a way to let all the Qingtang people and Uighurs help us herd horses, herd sheep, and grow cotton. ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, stared at Zhang Yuan, and was silent.

He had to admit that Zhang Yuan's proposal made him a little moved.

If Zhang Yuan could let all the Qingtang and Uighurs get off their horses and help him herd horses, herd sheep, and grow cotton, then he would no longer have to worry about horses, and the Great Song Dynasty would not have to worry about the lack of horses in the future.

What's more, Jiao Guluo, the hero of Qingtang, will also be strangled in the cradle, and the Qingtang people will not rise again, nor will they become a threat to the Great Song Dynasty in the future.

Perhaps three generations later, Qingtang, Ganzhou and other places will be assimilated and included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

It can be said that Zhang Yuan's proposal has many benefits.

But because it was Zhang Yuan who made this proposal, Kou Ji had to think about it more.

How powerful Zhang Yuan's destructive power is, it is not difficult to know the war between Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty after the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty.

If such a destructive figure arrived in Qingtang and failed to affect the Qingtang people and Uighurs, but was influenced by them, he would inevitably become a disaster for the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji didn't want to cultivate an opponent with his own hands and go against him.

Kou Ji thought for a moment and said, "At the moment, our horse trade in Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs has not yet begun, so it is a bit too early to talk about this topic.

Besides, the horned guy is also a character, can he watch you instigate his people to herd horses, herd sheep, and grow cotton?

And you haven't been to Qingtang, Ganzhou and other places, and you don't know the local people.

Doing such a thing is likely to get you into unnecessary trouble. ”

When Zhang Yuan heard Kou Ji's words, his expression darkened, "The villain understands......"

Kou Ji nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Go down and rest." Rest for a day and start your work tomorrow. ”

Kou Zhong, Zhang Yuan, and Yuyou answered in unison and exited the side hall.

Following.

Zhang Yuan withdrew some money from the mansion, and selected two clever retinues from the mansion to go out to contact the envoys of various ministries.

Zhang Yuan wandered among the envoys of various ministries for three or five days.

He returned to the house and reported his results to Kou Ji.

Inside the Four Monarchs Garden.

In the study.

Kou Ji lay on his side on the chair, Liu Heng sat with his head drooping, and Zhang Yuan bowed down and stood in front of Kou Ji.

"Little master, the villain has been in contact with those envoys of Fanbang in recent days, and found that the horse business is not easy to do."

Zhang Yuan said respectfully.

Kou Ji asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Zhang Yuan said in a deep voice: "They seem to know that our Great Song Dynasty is short of horses, so the asking price of horses is particularly high. Cloth, salt, tea, it is easy to exchange some bad horses from them.

But it is difficult to exchange them for good horses. ”

Kou Ji frowned slightly and said, "Can't do anything?" ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said: "That's not it, the good horses in their hands can also be exchanged, but they only need iron." ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "As long as iron?!" ”

Zhang Yuan nodded heavily.

Kou Ji groaned, "Iron can't give them ...... But if they do not give them iron, they will not give us good horses...... It's just going to give us some bad horses...... But what's the use of us having bad horses? ”

Kou Ji pondered again and again, and asked Zhang Yuandao: "Didn't they say that other things can't be exchanged for good horses?" ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head.

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Isn't there a way to get their good horses?" ”

Zhang Yuan said in a low voice: "It's not that there is no way to ......"

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "What do you say?" ”

Zhang Yuandao: "After the villain learned that they only needed iron, he knew that it would not work to trade good horses directly from them, so the villain changed a trading method."

The villain buys wool and cotton from them, and buys wool and cotton at a high price

But the villain told them that they had to use good horses to help us get the wool back.

And they agreed. ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned, shook his head and smiled: "I thought they really didn't eat oil and salt, but I didn't expect them to be just clever." Cotton and other things are not worth much in the Western Regions, and wool is not worth a penny.

They probably thought that selling these worthless things to us at a high price would take the opportunity to raise the value of the good horses a lot, and make them a lot of money. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "The villain thinks that's what they think." ”

Kou Ji laughed, "They think we are stupid." ”

Liu Heng interjected coldly on the side and said, "It's good to be such a fool." ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "Yes, it's good for such a fool to do it." ”

After Kou Ji finished speaking with a smile, the smile on his face narrowed slightly, stared at Zhang Yuan, and said earnestly: "Zhang Yuan, talk to me in the future, don't gasp for breath, otherwise you will die." ”

The smile on Zhang Yuan's face froze, and he hurriedly said, "The villain knows that he is wrong......

Kou Ji snorted lightly, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go down and do things." Remember to make a deal with the envoys as soon as possible. It is better to send someone to their tribe as soon as possible and bring our horses back.

The sooner this is done, the better, and the later it will change. ”

"The villain understands ......"

Zhang Yuan agreed and exited the study.

After Zhang Yuan left, Liu Heng said without being salty: "Your subordinate is not bad. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "I can only use what Kou Mansion uses, naturally there are no mediocre people." ”

Liu Heng snorted and didn't speak again.

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and muttered: "In the past few days, you have been running to my house every day, and you haven't spoken, looking listless, and you don't say anything important when you ask you something." ”

Liu Heng was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "I don't know what to say......"

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng with a smile, "Then wait until you know what to say." ”

After a pause, Kou Ji pretended to remember something, and said with a smile: "That girl from Qingtang hasn't bothered you anymore in recent days, has she?" ”

Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, and whispered in his heart: "No ......"

Kou Ji nodded and said, "That's good...... But even if she comes to your door to bother you, you don't have to care. Two days ago, I bumped into An Ziluo, who said that his sister was making a lot of trouble in Bianjing City, and he planned to send someone to send his sister back to Qingtang in advance.

Heard...... I'll never bring her to Da Song again......"