Li Xuan didn't speak, but looked at him with an indifferent expression, I have to say that Li Xuan's demeanor at this moment still gave people a lot of pressure.

The old man Sun didn't hold on for a few minutes, and then he took the initiative to speak: "Sun Mou came here this time to do a business with your department, not only cloth, if possible, other things can also be used!" ”

Trade? What business can the Tang Dynasty do with him? Li Xuan muttered in his heart, but he still didn't speak.

Old man Sun also continued: "As long as it is something that your ministry needs, and Sun can also provide it, then you can send it to your ministry!" ”

After hearing this, Li Xuan said, "What about the iron? ”

Sun said in a rather confident tone: "Yes, as long as the amount required by your ministry is not too much, Sun can provide it, in fact, now Sun can provide at least 1,000 catties of iron for your ministry at any time!" ”

After hearing this, Li Xuan's face straightened, and then said, "Where is copper?" ”

Old man Sun still said with a confident look: "There is also copper, Sun has hundreds of catties of copper ready to make copperware, if your ministry needs it, it can be transported at any time, if you need more in the later stage, as long as you inform it in advance, I dare not say much, but a few hundred catties of copper is casual!" ”

At this time, Li Xuan was already staring at him, and took a step forward: "What about sulfur saltpeter?" ”

Hearing this, Old Man Sun frowned slightly, and asked tentatively, "I don't know what amount your ministry needs?" ”

Li Xuan said: "The more the merrier!" ”

Old man Sun said: "If the amount required by your ministry is too large, this sulfur and saltpeter is a little troublesome, but it is not impossible!" ”

Hearing this old man Sun's answer, Li Xuan was already very sure that this old man Sun was not here to give him silver and give women, on the contrary, he also wanted to make money from his Tang Dynasty.

In just a few moments, Li Xuan gave a comment to this person, this is a bold man, and at the same time, he is also a profiteer who does not hesitate to betray the country in order to make money!

said that he was bold because he dared to sell strategic materials such as iron, sulfur, and saltpeter to himself, the rebel leader, and said that he betrayed the country because this old man Sun was a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and he was rebelling, and he secretly sold strategic materials to himself, which is not a traitor.

If this person was known by the officials of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely wipe out the family as soon as possible.

"Good!" Li Xuan opened his mouth and said, "As long as Mr. Sun has these things, I will have as many as I want!" ”

At this time, the old man Sun said with a smile on his face: "Things can naturally be transported at any time, but this price!" ”

Li Xuan didn't answer immediately, but beckoned, and then said, "Let Master Qian and General Bai come over!" ”

Qian Mengjiu is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and has something to do with logistics supply, and Bai Yunqi is also a battalion officer of the baggage battalion, and he also has a relationship with logistics supply, so it is more appropriate for them to negotiate, otherwise he is an emperor, is it difficult to bargain with a businessman in person?

Of course, Li Xuan would never say that he didn't know anything about the prices of this era!

He Li Xuan is a later generation, so naturally he doesn't know this, and the original body is a scholar who doesn't listen to things outside the window and only reads sage books, not to mention the price of these things, he doesn't even know how food grows.

The souls of the two scum merge into everything, don't expect him to understand much of the things of the villagers.

After Qian Mengjiu and Bai Yunqi arrived, they started a formal negotiation with Old Man Sun, not the kind of time when Li Xuan and Old Man Sun talked before, the kind of simple question if there was a few words, whether it could be, but a very detailed discussion, such as how much the price is, how to pay the bill, cash on delivery or to give a deposit, how much to give, how to transport, how much to buy, etc.

Li Xuan sat on it and didn't listen carefully, but thought about a wider range of things.

It seems to be a good thing that this old man Sun came to the door today, because if this is a good talk, then the Tang Dynasty will be able to have one more channel to purchase strategic materials.

The various strategic materials needed by the Tang Dynasty have always been relatively scarce, the grain is easy to say, and it can also be 'eaten by the enemy', and although Zhengtai County is barren, it is also a relatively traditional agricultural area, although the grain output is not high, but as long as it is hard enough to 'collect grain', there is no problem for the Tang New Army to eat thousands of people.

However, iron, copper, lead, sulfur, saltpeter, these strategic materials for military purposes are not easy to collect, Zhengtai County itself does not produce these things, whether it is private consumption or the Ming army or the Tang New Army itself, can only rely on external purchases.

How did the Tang Dynasty solve these problems before, the iron tools were mainly robbed, and a small number of them were secretly bought by some small traders.

Copper is also robbed, and the hundreds of catties of copper that are being tested in Huangzhu Mountain to make cannons are bronze tools such as bells that have robbed several temples.

Some of the ammunition materials such as lead, sulfur, and saltpeter were purchased secretly, and a lot of them were also seized from the Ming army.

But in general, the Tang Dynasty has not yet been able to solve the stable supply of these materials, and it is living a life of as much as it wants.

If this old man Sun can provide a stable supply channel of strategic materials, it will definitely be a good thing for the Tang Dynasty.

And since there is an old man Sun who has come over, maybe there will be an old man Wang in the future, and the old man Qian or something will also come over.

No matter what era it is, there has never been a shortage of businessmen who trample on the law or even betray the country in order to make money!

However, in this case, Li Xuan also thought of a possibility, that is, since this old man Sun and other businessmen can hear the rumors, and even find this place to do business and make money, does it also mean that his Tang Dynasty is already famous?

This is not a good thing, if this limelight is too big, doesn't it mean that it will attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty?

This is something that Li Xuan has been trying to avoid, but now it seems that it is not very successful!

Businessmen like Old Man Sun know about it, so those Ming Dynasty officials don't know?

When Li Xuan thought about all this, the discussion between Old Man Sun and Qian Mengjiu was also over.

The two sides agreed that Old Man Sun would supply a series of materials to the Tang Dynasty, and Old Man Sun himself would be responsible for transporting them to Zhengtai County, while the Tang Dynasty would need to pay real money and deliver the goods with one hand.

Old man Sun's words are that he never takes credit when doing business!

And this price is still very expensive, judging from their negotiations, Li Xuan knows that Old Man Sun has cheated himself ruthlessly, the cloth is fine, only a few percent higher than the price on the market, but the price of iron and saltpeter is doubled, especially the most difficult sulfur, which is three times as much as the market.

But Li Xuan doesn't care about this, silver can't be eaten as food, nor can it be used to fight, and the Tang Dynasty doesn't have the habit of using silver to make money, and now the Tang Dynasty still maintains a good tradition of not taking money as an official or soldier!

So much so that the nearly 10,000 taels of silver that I have robbed for more than a year have not been able to spend it.

It doesn't matter if you buy strategic materials with silver, even if the price is more expensive, not to mention that since Old Man Sun took the risk of fornicating with the thief army to make a deal with the Tang Dynasty, it must be for high profits, why should people take this risk if they don't double the profits?

However, Li Xuan also put forward a request, that is, the first batch of materials must be delivered within half a month!