Not long after Zhang Zhiyuan left, Zhang Lingyang called Xiao Fuzi in and ordered: "Immediately send a dispatch to Xiao Wuzi and Sun Dingwu in the capital for eight hundred miles, and let the two of them rush to Tumu Fort as soon as possible. ”

"Slaves obey!" Xiao Fuzi replied, and hurriedly went down to order someone to summon him.

The arrival of Xiao Wuzi and Sun Dingwu was already three days later.

In the past three days, Zhang Lingyang also held 'cordial' and 'friendly' talks with the leaders of the Warat tribes.

Moreover, under the bitter pleading of the leaders of the Warat tribes, Zhang Lingyang even 'reluctantly' agreed to Warat, and every year the Guozijian recruited twenty more children of the Warat nobles.

Naturally, this made the people up and down of Warat very happy.

In order to thank Zhang Lingyang for his reward, the Warat tribes not only donated some cattle, sheep and horses to Da Zhoujin.

Even, these Warat leaders decided that each tribe would sacrifice a grassland beauty to Zhang Lingyang.

Of course, with so many beauties, Zhang Lingyang himself is naturally unblessed.

In addition to choosing a satisfactory woman, Zhang Lingyang rewarded all the remaining beauties to the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Of course, at present, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are all in the capital, so naturally they don't know Zhang Lingyang's reward for them.

But Zhang Zhiyuan couldn't cry or laugh in the face of the grassland beauties sent by Xiaofuzi personally.

Think about it, Zhang Zhiyuan is already seventy or eighty, even if he has the heart and the strength, he doesn't have the strength.

But I don't know what to think, Zhang Lingyang actually rewarded him with a grassland beauty.

After listening to Xiao Fuzi's explanation, Zhang Zhiyuan smiled bitterly: "Father-in-law Fu, can this girl and old man refuse?" ”

"Naturally not!" Xiao Fuzi smiled and said, "Lord Zhang, this is not only the grace of Your Majesty, but also represents the friendship between Wara and Da Zhou.

If you let Warat know that Lord Zhang is not satisfied with the beauty they sent, what should Warat think?

Will they think that you look down on them, Lord Zhang? ”

Seeing Xiaofuzi say this, Zhang Zhiyuan had to bitterly accept this beauty from the grassland.

Eighteen steppe tribes, one tribe dedicated a beautiful woman.

Zhang Lingyang except for leaving one who was quite satisfied and giving one to Zhang Zhiyuan.

For the remaining sixteen grassland beauties, Zhang Lingyang has also made careful arrangements.

Awarded one each to Cheng Yongji, the first assistant to the Cabinet, and one to each of the six ministries and nine secretaries.

In this way, it is just right.

……

After seeing Xiao Wuzi and Sun Dingwu, Zhang Lingyang instructed him about the negotiation with Wara, and then said: "This business negotiation with Warat must not let Warat suffer."

Of course, I also want to get enough benefits from it. ”

"Minions/Wechen understand!"

Zhang Lingyang said again: "As for the merchants who trade with Warat? Under the same conditions, the Imperial Merchants have priority, followed by the customers of the Great Zhou Royal Bank, can you two understand? ”

"Long live the lord, rest assured, the slave will definitely handle this matter properly!" Xiao Wuzi replied.

Sun Dingwu also nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Zhang Lingyang was relieved.

……

The next day, Xiao Wuzi and Sun Dingwu officially represented Da Zhou in business negotiations with Warat.

After several discussions, the two sides finally reached a trade agreement before dark.

As soon as the agreement was signed, Xiao Wuzi and Sun Dingwu took the agreement and came to Zhang Lingyang's account to ask for instructions.

Looking at the content of the agreement, Zhang Lingyang nodded with satisfaction.

Because from the point of view of the agreement, the pricing power of the future trade with Warat is completely attributable to the Da Zhou side.

As for Warat?

Even if they find out about this fact, they can only obediently accept this reality.

After all, Da Zhou did not dig a hole for them in the price of goods, so that the Warat side suffered.

Another point is that through later trade, the Great Zhou could obtain a large number of cattle, sheep and horses from Warat.

Sheep and horses are okay.

Although horses belong to strategic materials in Da Zhou, to be honest, Da Zhou is really not very short of war horses.

What Da Zhou really lacks is not war horses, but ploughing cattle.

Therefore, after reading the agreement, Zhang Lingyang instructed Xiao Wuzi and Sun Dingwu: "In the future, when trading with Warat, we should purchase more of their cattle, and as for horses, we should purchase less." ”

The purchase of more cattle is naturally due to the scarcity of cultivated cattle in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Buying fewer horses is to avoid causing the sensitive nerves of Warat.

Although Zhang Lingyang has taken a series of measures to dispel the doubts of Warat.

But deep down, it is impossible for Wara not to take precautions against Da Zhou.

Just as Da Zhou has always been on guard against Warat.

Everything has been taken care of.

After a few days of playing on the grassland near Tumubao, Zhang Lingyang decided to return to Beijing.

After all, it has been more than half a month since I left the capital, although there are correspondence with the capital every day.

But Zhang Lingyang was still not very relieved.

Under the farewell of Warat Khan and the leaders of the tribes, Zhang Lingyang set foot on the imperial luan and embarked on the road back to Beijing.

Of course, in the procession, the little prince of Warat also followed.

This was requested by the Warat Khan himself.

On the one hand, Wara Khan considered that it would be a good thing for the little prince to enter the Great Zhou State Prison as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Warat Khan used the little prince as a proton and sent it to the capital of the Great Zhou in exchange for the Great Zhou's trust in Warat.

And when Zhang Lingyang's Yuluan had just passed the Great Wall, there was already a commotion in the capital.

The reason for this is naturally caused by Zhang Lingyang's desire to reward the grassland beauties offered by Wara Jin to the ministers of the DPRK and China, such as Zheng Yongji, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the nine ministers of the six ministries.

In Zheng Yongji's mansion, Mrs. Zhang glanced at Zheng Yongji, who was low-eyed and pleasing to the eyes, and said, "Isn't the master happy now?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Yongji couldn't help but be stunned and said, "What are you happy about?" ”

Glancing at Mrs. Zhang's indignant face, Zheng Yongji said depressedly: "What's wrong with Mrs. today?" Unhappy? ”

"Why is the concubine unhappy, isn't the master still unclear in his heart?" Zhang sneered and said: "The concubine has already inquired clearly, Your Majesty has obtained the beautiful woman offered by Warajin, and intends to reward it to the ministers of the court, and there is the name of the lord among them." ”

"Where did Madame find out about this? How did the old man not know? Zheng Yongji said in surprise.

"How dare the master say that he doesn't know about this?" Zhang's face was full of disbelief, "Now that the streets have spread, even the concubine has heard that the old man, as the head of the cabinet, actually said that he didn't know, do you say that the concubine will believe it?" ”

"The old man really doesn't know!" Zheng Yongji smiled bitterly: "Since Your Majesty left the capital, which of the big and small things in the court and the central government is not worried about by the old man?"

These days, the old man goes out early and returns late, and he is too busy to find the north, isn't this lady unaware? Zheng Yongji 'complained'.