After pondering for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and then wrote a letter himself, asking a Han merchant who often ran between the Western Regions and the Eastern Turks to bring it to Li Wenyuan, who was far away in Dunhuang County. This merchant was no stranger, but the head of an intelligence network set up by the Night Stalkers in the interior of the Eastern Turks. Because the Turks have always paid great attention to things like espionage, the intelligence outlets in the Turkic territory are all dressed as various merchants with great fanfare, and on weekdays, the trading houses formed by these merchants are fighting with each other in order to fight for those petty profits. No one would have guessed that these trading houses would gather together through secret channels every night to exchange information about the Turks, and finally the owner of the smallest small trading house in the Turks would gather them together and report them to the Night Stalker's headquarters.

The reason why he chose the merchant of this trading house was also because the power of the chamber of commerce in the Eastern Turkic territory was too weak. It can be said that it is almost barely trying to survive in the gap between these big chambers of commerce, so Tong Lifushe, who is familiar with some Central Plains matters, also resorted to a money offensive, promising that after this matter is completed, he will vigorously support this chamber of commerce to become the largest Han chamber of commerce in the East Turkic territory, and he will personally help him completely defeat those Han chambers of commerce that usually press on his head. At the same time, in addition to this promise, he also gave the merchant a large sum of money, which he said was a deposit for the accomplishment of the matter. Because in ancient times, all businessmen were based on the word integrity, after all, at that time there was no credit system as developed as now, but no matter when the businessmen who did not pay attention to integrity were always unable to go far. Therefore, after the emergence of the concept of businessmen, and the development of the Sui Dynasty, the word integrity has become an unshakable unspoken rule in the merchant industry. Therefore, he didn't expect the merchant to abscond with the money, so he resorted to a trick of bribing the merchant with a lot of money.

But this businessman is an intelligence spy who works under the night owl, he has been working for a long time in the night supper, naturally he also knows some of the night owl's methods, and knows that once he escapes from the night owl without permission with this heavy money, then no matter whether he escapes to the ends of the earth, he will always sleep with one eye open. Otherwise, God knows when he will be beheaded by the killers of the night stalkers in his sleep. Everyone who can be an intelligence spy has a very bright mind, so naturally at this time, he will not do that kind of thing that has a life to make money and has no blessings. So he set out on the same day with this heavy money, and marched from the steppe to the Western Regions with his caravan, and after arriving in the Western Regions a few days later, he handed over the letter and the money given by Philfischer to the headquarters of the Night Stalker.

When Qiu Niang established the night owl, she deeply considered the human aspect of the problem. After all, nearly eighty percent of the night stalkers are all kinds of businessmen in other forces. Since you are a businessman, you will inevitably have to deal with money all year round. The money mentioned here naturally includes money on the surface, as well as dark money that is not visible behind the scenes. Human nature is greedy, and there is only one reason why people are not corrupt, that is, what he got after corruption is not enough to make up for the risks brought by his corruption. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of enriching the night owl from the root, Qiu Niang set a rule: after these people hand over the money to the headquarters, they can get a very considerable share. Anyway, this money is also a surprise for Qiu Niang, so it is not painful to spend such a large amount of money at this time. And this move can also achieve the effect of high salary and incorruptibility, why not do this kind of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha?

Li Wenyuan opened the letter and read it carefully twice from beginning to end, and then said to Qiu Niang with a smile: "What can I do to make this person do it for him because I killed his brother's enemy, it turns out that this old boy is targeting the tens of thousands of Turkic prisoners of war in our hands." In the letter, he said that he was willing to exchange thirty cattle and sheep for a Turkic prisoner of war. Of course, he certainly doesn't have so many cattle and sheep in his hands now, and he will pay us 200,000 heads first, and the rest of the amount of almost 50,000 heads a year will be returned to us. ”

After Qiu Niang listened to Li Wenyuan's words, she said to Li Wenyuan with a smile: "That Lifushi is also a human spirit, and his abacus this time is really crackling." Thirty cattle and sheep in exchange for one Turkic prisoner of war? In addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, we can still make up nearly 40,000 Turkic prisoners of war, and if he buys them back at once, he will need at least 1.2 million head of cattle and sheep. He paid us 200,000 head in advance, and the rest of the 50,000 head a year will be repaid, so it will be at least 20 years. These twenty years are enough time for him to raise enough vitality to turn his face against us, and when the time comes, he really gives us a turn of face and denies it, then we don't have a single note in our hands to fight. ”

After listening to Qiu Niang's words, Li Wenyuan also nodded, and then said with a sly smile: "These Turkic prisoners of war are left in our territory like this, and eating every day is also a lot of consumption. It is indeed time to find a way to dispose of them, and since Liversh is willing to take over, then we might as well do this favor and exchange these prisoners of war with him. But it can't be as easy as he says, and we can accept the price of thirty cattle and sheep for one Turkic prisoner of war. It is also acceptable for him to make a down payment of 200,000 cattle and sheep. But in addition, we must not just pay back 50,000 heads every year, at least we have to charge interest. Our interest rate is not high, let's set it at one-tenth, and we accept his early repayment, so that he can spend as little as possible. As the saying goes, the slower you pay, the more you pay. That's it, you can write a reply letter according to this meaning, and then give it to me, and I will seal it and let the merchant take it back. ”

After receiving Li Wenyuan's reply, he was also so angry that his face turned blue. wanted to have a seizure but was helpless, so after a long sigh, he made a note according to what Li Wenyuan said, and at the same time sent someone to let the merchant take the cattle and sheep and the note to Dunhuang County again to complete the transaction with Li Wenyuan.

(End of chapter)