He remembered that the history books said that Liu Zhiyuan forcibly annexed the tribes of Yunzhou and Shanhou in the north, so that he became stronger, and finally replaced the Later Jin and established the Later Han. Li Qi naturally learns from Liu Zhiyuan, but the methods he wants to use are very different.

The Turkic tribes have long been subjugated to the king of Jin, so the name of this guy is Zhang Mujin, which is also very straightforward. The Yunzhou Turkic Department is regarded as the two generations of Jin kings Li Keyong and Li Cunqiao designated horse breeding officials, the tribe is nominally subordinated to the Jin army, the leader holds the position of Huanzhou Assassin History, and every year to the Jin King "dedication" of thousands of military horses, cattle and sheep. It is equivalent to paying a protection fee, so that his tribe can live in Yunzhou and avoid being attacked and robbed by the Jin army.

After hearing this, Li Qi stood up, arched his hand and said with a smile: "It turned out that Zhang Tingshi came over, and he lost his admiration!" Come on, bring in the gifts first! ”

What he said in his mouth was polite, but the look in his eyes made Zhang Mujin feel a little straight in his heart.

This year has just suffered a snowstorm, and if the emperor asks too much, he will not be able to mix up this day.

In the past two years, the Khitans have also sent people over to start wooing them, but the brutal Khitans are obviously not a good object to take refuge into. The Jin army still mainly asks for livestock, and when the Khitans come, I am afraid that even the pastures will be occupied by them.

After hearing the order, several guards came in with a large wooden box for a while.

A statue of an eagle with wings fired out of glass is heavy, and when the box is opened, a statue is placed on the table. Zhang Mujin's eyes immediately widened when he saw the statue, and his face was full of intoxication. Such a pure crystal statue is simply priceless, and it is difficult to make such a large piece of crystal.

It took him a long time before he came to his senses from the shock and let out a long sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, this is for me?!" ”

"This is nature, just a small courtesy, not a tribute!" Li Qi said with a smile.

After Zhang Mujin heard this, he immediately said loudly: "Weichen knows His Majesty's intention, and I am willing to provide an extra thousand military horses this year!" It's just that because of the snow disaster, the cattle and sheep are really powerless. ”

Li Qi's eyes immediately widened after hearing this: What is this?

Zhang Mujin saw that his face was full of doubts, so he asked, "Didn't Your Majesty come to urge the war horse?" ”

Li Qi shook his head: "No, I just came here to do business this time, and by the way, I took a look at the scenery of Saibei." He glanced at Zhang Mujin's somewhat frustrated expression, so he continued: "Even if Zhang Tingshi is so generous, I won't let you suffer, and I will give you another 500 pieces of fine woolen cloth, just as we have made a return business." ”

Several guards placed sumptuous dishes on a long table in Li Qi's tent, a large wooden plate filled with boiled air-dried meat, fresh lamb meat, and horse intestines, etc., and the four plates of side dishes were the Han family's practice, which was very exquisite.

Li Qi asked Yuan Ren, Wu Luan and Kang Tai to sit with them, saying that in the future, the four of them would often deal with each other in the Northland Grassland, and they would get acquainted with each other first.

Shi Dang brought over a wine bag sewn from cowhide, the pot stopper was opened, and before the soju was poured into the bowl, Zhang Mujin was already a little salivating, and the others were also swallowing saliva, and the Adam's apple was squirming up and down. Li Qi is very strange that fine wine has such a great attraction to the martial artists of this era.

Li Qi picked up the bowl and took the lead in taking a sip, but those people directly drank half a bowl of white wine in one gulp, Yuan Ren and the others were fine, but Zhang Mujin was so spicy that he couldn't stop exhaling in his mouth, and he was addicted to it.

After drinking for a while, when the wine was half-drunk, Li Qi suddenly said to Zhang Mujin: "I am going to build some markets on the grassland, you must know that it is too expensive to use camel caravans to trade in the grassland, and it is also very unsafe......

Zhang Mujin, who was drunk in a daze, said with his eyes half-open: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the horse bandits on this grassland have never dared to rob the caravan of the Shatuo Li family!" ”

"Huh?" Li Qi glanced at the guy, then walked to the large map hanging in the tent, and continued his topic: "I am going to build a trade route along this line!" His hand drew a circle along the top of the Yellow River, and did not stop until the location of Liangzhou in the Hexi Corridor.

Zhang Mujin looked at Li Qi inexplicably: "What does this kind of thing have to do with his subordinates?" ”

Li Qi continued: "Well, here, here, there are also Dongshengzhou and Tiandejun (Wuyuan), I plan to build a market like Yunzhou City every hundred miles. I mean to unite the tribes around this trade route and build and develop this trade route together. ”

Zhang Mujin was a little dumbfounded, what does Your Majesty mean by this? Do you want me to help him build a market?

"Your Majesty, this northland grassland tribe is like a plate of scattered sand, some have taken refuge in the name of the Khitans, this requisition of their tribe Ding Zhuang to build a city, I'm afraid some guys will not be willing." He said hesitantly, not knowing if the emperor would be angry.

Li Qi looked at this guy and smiled: "You don't need them to contribute labor, but you just need to work together to protect the safety of this trade route." This is the first business alliance on the grassland, and I am ready to share half of the profits on this trade route to the grassland tribes involved in this matter! ”

Zhang Mujin thought about it, and quickly figured out how much half of the annual profit would be if this trade road was completed. Although he may even use his toes when he is trying to count, this does not affect the shrewdness and judgment of this guy. If you can sit in the position of leader on the grassland, there is no fuel-efficient lamp.

"Wechen is willing to serve the dogs and horses!" Zhang Mujin said quickly.

This guy wanted to eat alone, Li Qi then told him that it was impossible, and like a direct selling or micro-business instructor, he patiently and meticulously explained the development of the downline...... Oh, and the importance of partners.

Zhang Mujin nodded as if he didn't understand, and agreed to Li Qi's request to let him come forward to contact the tribes on the grassland, and agreed that after the autumn, everyone would gather in Jinyang for the Hajj to discuss the future fortune!

Li Qi was ready to use common interests to bind these steppe tribes together, and everyone joined forces to deal with the Khitans' westward expansion and annexation plans. Loyalty is always unreliable, especially for the prairie people, this kind of thing is thrown and thrown away, and it is faster to turn the face than to turn the book. Unlike those scholars in the Central Plains, they still need to hesitate to find a good excuse before betraying.

Because Zhang Mujin donated 1,000 military horses, plus the proceeds of the transaction in Fengzhen, Li Qi got a lot of military horses in the north this time, more than 2,500 horses. Yangqu is certainly not suitable for large-scale horse breeding, and the horse farm can only be built in Yunzhou and Yunnei, Fengzhou and Shengzhou to the west. Li Qi planned to build a manor on both sides of the royal river in the lower fort city of Baleng Mountain in the north of Yunzhou City, which was used to reclaim land and build a new horse farm.

From the foot of Baleng Mountain, along both sides of the Yuhe River Valley, more than a dozen sheds have been built in the racecourse, extending to the vicinity of the North Valley Dam that Yunzhou City is expected to build. The two places are separated by more than 70 miles, and there is no way. The range of movement of the horses was already large, and due to the lack of pasture preparation, the problem could only be solved by expanding the range of pastures.