The two old foxes glanced at each other, looked away at the same time, and snorted heavily.

However, the two were just awkward, and soon reconciled again, because doing business with Fanbang still had to be discussed in advance, so as not to have something wrong when the time came.

The two went to the study together, locked up in it and discussed for a long time, listing the things they needed most at the moment, and when the time came, the negotiation would give priority to these three things.

"I'm sorry for the prince." Xie Yutang said sincerely. This is not a simple task, the ninth prince is eloquent, it is just right to let him go, otherwise he will have to bother to find a candidate.

After the Nine Princes took over the task, they selected a few people and formed a group of envoys to go to Fanbang.

These people are very eloquent, and before leaving, the Nine Princes also told them in detail to ensure that they could convey their meanings, so they set off.

The king of Fanbang received the envoy from afar, and after greetings, he went straight to the point.

"Swap?" King Fanbang asked with interest.

"That's right, I heard that the weather in your country is bad and the grain production has been reduced year after year, our prince and general are very sad and want to open trade with your country, I don't know what you think?"

Fanbang's eyes flashed, and he asked with a smile, "What do you want to exchange with us?" ”

"Grain."

"I heard that General Xie and the Nine Princes themselves are still being targeted by the Emperor of the Eastern Xuan Kingdom, can you really provide us with food?" The king of Fanbang is not a fool either, and asked directly.

"Naturally, we have recently planted a very high-yielding food crop that tastes great and you can try it." The messenger said, and brought dried sweet potatoes.

The attendant took it and checked that there was no problem, and then handed it over to the king of Fanbang.

The king of Fanbang took it in his hand and played with it for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt this thing, and he couldn't help but wonder, "What is this?"

"It's called sweet potatoes, because it's a long way to go, and it's easy to store sweet potatoes after they're dried, so that's all we have, and if you need them, we have fresh ones too."

When the king of Fanbang heard this, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, this thing still grew in their Fanbang, but they didn't pay much attention to it, but they didn't expect that the cunning Dongxuan people would take the lead.

He tasted the taste of dried sweet potatoes, and thought it was indeed good, and nodded his head, and the messengers knew that they were satisfied, and they were secretly happy, and they pretended to be impassive and asked, "What does the king think?" ”

"Not bad." The king of Fanbang said lightly, this dried sweet potato, since it tastes so good, and it can be dried and preserved, then it would be good for them to start planting, where do they need to exchange with Dongxuanguo.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "The people of your country are really smart, this thing has not been taken seriously by us, but I didn't expect it to spread to your Dongxuan Kingdom, but it was planted in large quantities." What do you want to trade this thing for us? ”

The messenger arched his hand unhurriedly, "Horses and money." ”

The smile on the face of the king of Fanbang froze for a moment, "Some sweet potatoes are still grown by my Fanbang itself, and you will use them in exchange for our horses, which is inevitably too big for a lion." ”

"King, you can't say that, sweet potatoes are food in the end, and the people take food as the sky, and in this respect, I think that sweet potatoes are more important than horses." In the face of the other party's questioning, the envoy was still neither humble nor arrogant.

The king of Fanbang couldn't help but look at the messenger who spoke, but he didn't expect this person to be so good at speaking, and he was a little moved.

After thinking for a while, he rubbed the dried sweet potato in his hand, "This matter, I have to think about it, and the adults should go down and rest first." ”

Hearing him say this, the envoy did not force it, but arched his hand and followed the attendant.

And here, the king of Fanbang was discussing this matter with his minister, and one of the ministers said, "Wang, Weichen thinks that it is better for us not to participate in this matter." ”

"Oh, how do you say?" The king looked at the man who spoke.

The man said, "Now that Dongxuan is in turmoil, the emperor of Dongxuan Kingdom and the Nine Princes are each other's enemies, if we trade with the Nine Princes and do business, won't we offend the Emperor of Dongxuanguo?" ”

The king of Fanbang nodded, he also had this worry, Dongxuanguo is now not comparable to the beginning, it is difficult to protect itself, there are a lot of internal and external troubles, Fanbang and Dongxuanguo are far apart, but it can't affect him, but if he participates in it at this time, it is difficult to say.

"Wang, no matter what, the emperor of the Eastern Xuanguo Kingdom is orthodox, if we have too close contacts with the Nine Princes, I am afraid that the emperor will condemn us." The man continued.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, someone snorted heavily, and the king looked at the person who made the snort, who was the prime minister of Zuo, who had a very high status.

"What did Prime Minister Zuo say?"

Prime Minister Zuo glanced at the person who had just said yes, "Wang, the minister doesn't dare to agree with Zhang Shizhong, although the affairs of Dongxuanguo have nothing to do with us, but if they really fight, it is difficult to guarantee that we will not be affected, at that time, we have no food and weapons, how can we protect ourselves?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded one after another, and said in their ears, "That's right, what Prime Minister Zuo said is very right, we have to protect ourselves, but we can't even protect ourselves, how can we resist the unreasonable demands that Dongxuanguo may make?" ”

"Yes, Wang, think again."

Zhang Shizhong saw that everyone was leaning towards Prime Minister Zuo, and immediately retorted angrily, "Prime Minister Zuo is inevitably thinking too much, Dongxuanguo is far away from us, if a war really breaks out, it will not implicate us." ”

"What Zhang Shizhong said is just speculation, the Central Plains has a saying, it is called prevention before it happens, what hasn't happened, how do you know it won't happen?" After saying a few words, Zhang Shizhong was speechless.

King Fanbang watched the two arguing, his expression dark.

Prime Minister Zuo said again, "Wang, please make a decision early, if you miss this village, I'm afraid there will be no more such shop, and the cooperation object of the Nine Princes does not necessarily have to be us." ”

"According to Prime Minister Zuo's meaning, how should Lone reply to them?" The king of Fanbang looked at the prime minister on the left.

"The king only needs to tell them that trade is possible, but in addition to exchanging food, we must add one more item, and this one is weapons."

The eyes of the king of Fanbang lit up, yes, they are okay with other Fanbangs, in terms of weapons, they are really very backward, once there is an invasion of foreign enemies, they can basically only fight hand-to-hand, not to mention, the opponent is still a cunning and insidious power.

"But will they agree?" He frowned hesitantly.

Weapons are extremely important to any country, and Dongxuanguo's technology is far ahead of other countries, so they will willingly give away their weapons?

Prime Minister Zuo said confidently, "Yes, because they lack money, food and horses, and they want to make a deal more than us." ”

The matter was thus settled, and the next day, when the envoy came to visit again, the king of Fanbang agreed with half a push, but he put forward the condition that he would exchange weapons for them.

The messenger was embarrassed, "This, king, you know, we ......."

Thinking that they were unwilling, the king of Fanbang raised his hand to interrupt him, "Lord Messenger, this is the condition of solitude, and horses are also the treasures of our Fanbang, and in the same way, you also need to exchange your treasures." ”

"Let's discuss." The envoy finally said.

The king of Fanbang was a little anxious, afraid that they would not agree, so Prime Minister Zuo gave him a look, so he suppressed the eagerness in his heart and nodded reservedly.

Several envoys got together, muttering that they didn't know what to say, and soon, they turned back and arched their hands, "King, our prince said that Dongxuanguo and Fanbang have been friends since ancient times, and if they are friends, they must help each other, so I believe that our prince will also be happy to make a deal with your country." ”

What this means is that I agreed.

The king of Fanbang was very happy, and on the same day he also held a banquet to entertain the travelers, and on the second day, the envoys set off to return to the Dongxuan Kingdom.

After they left, the king summoned his eldest son, His Royal Highness the Prince, and told him to take charge of the transaction. The prince was a little worried, "Father, do you really want to do business with Dongxuanguo?" They are very treacherous and cunning, and if there is any trap here, our state will lose a lot. ”

King Fanbang interrupted him categorically, "No, I think they are very sincere, and they should come to do business sincerely." ”

The prince stopped talking, but the king of Fanbang looked at him, he was a very enlightened king, and he could listen to all kinds of opinions, "What else does the king have to say?" ”

The prince didn't hide it, and said directly, "My son heard that after the king of Chu ascended the throne, he made the people miserable, and he still treated the people of his own country like this, and my son really didn't believe that they would be friendly to our country." ”

King Fanbang smiled, "Wang'er's worries are reasonable, but you must know that it is not the emperor of Dongxuan Kingdom who does business with us, but the Nine Princes and General Xie." ”

"What's the difference? They are all from Dongxuanguo. "The prince has been exposed to it since he was a child, and what he heard and saw was how cunning the people of Dongxuanguo were, and how cunning the rabbit was in the three holes, so his impression of Dongxuanguo has always been at the stage where it cannot intersect.

The king of Fanbang patiently persuaded, "The evaluation of the Nine Princes among the people of Dongxuan is very good, and it is precisely because of the good of others that the emperor of Dongxuan Kingdom can't tolerate him, so he and General Xie were driven out, otherwise why do you think he wants to do business with us?" ”

"Even then, it doesn't mean anything." The prince muttered.

The king of Fanbang sighed, "Wang'er, we are inferior to others in many places, if we want to be able to live in peace and protect the people who follow, we must make a decision at the right time." Don't look ahead, otherwise you will easily miss the opportunity and harm yourself. ”

The prince blushed a little at his father's words, and Nuo Nuo nodded, "My son knows, and he will definitely work hard next time." ”