Besides, if he wants to go to the outside of the country to negotiate secretly instead of taking the risk of spying on the military situation, the happiest are his three wives, not to mention the wife Pomegranate and the teacher Chen Musa in Nanjing.

Besides, I have been wondering if there is a shadow of a teacher behind this incident. He knew that the teacher was unremittingly with the emperor's dignitaries, so that the emperor often complained to Zhang Juzheng, hoping that Zhang Juzheng would persuade the old master in the name of his classmates.

It is estimated that the teacher could not have expected that there were secrets behind this negotiation, and even this plenipotentiary envoy now knows one thing and does not know the other.

The three ladies in Beijing all wanted to follow him to go around Saiwai, because the summer in the capital was too hot, or the prairie was cool, which was true, but they were still worried that there would be no one to serve them, and their lives would be inconvenient.

Besides, they had to tell them that the court had rules that no one was allowed to bring their families, which was actually the case. If everyone involved in the negotiation takes a family and makes it look like a tour group, where is it like a negotiation, it will directly become a carnival.

However, Zuo Ling still didn't give up, and was determined to follow him, saying that he was going to shop outside the Saiwai.

Besides, she is really speechless, now she occupies a commercial street, where else to shop, the capital is so big, what can't be bought?

Later, he realized that Zuo Ling was going to purchase goods and purchase them in large quantities.

The first major item is naturally medicinal materials, and now Zuoling's Shengji Hall has opened branches in several northern provinces, some of which are operated by themselves, and more are franchise stores. However, all the medicines in the pharmacy of the Shengjitang brand are wholesaled to her, and the head office has the right to the most sought-after drugs, and the branch must pay a profit to the head office every year. This is also an idea that he came up with, but Zuo Ling gave full play to this idea.

Now the main problem faced by Zuo Ling is that there are not enough medicinal materials, even if a lot of fertile land has been bought to plant medicinal materials, but the supply is not available for a while. Moreover, there are no sloppy prescriptions, and there are clear requirements for what medicinal materials need for several years, what region, what soil, and even the picking season. Moreover, the requirements for the efficacy of the drug are almost harsh.

Although there are many medicinal materials in the mainland, after all, there are still some rare medicinal materials that are not produced in the mainland, but come from outside the country, and these medicinal materials can only be purchased from middlemen, not to mention the high prices, and they are often out of stock.

"You don't know how dark those people's hearts are, they all use ordinary silk and porcelain and even clay pots and bowls to exchange those medicinal materials in their hands, and then sell them to us at a sky-high price, and it depends on their faces. I've had enough of this anger. ”

It was the first time for Zuo Ling to complain to the situation, and she would not tell her about ordinary things, lest he take someone to arrest those merchants in a fit of anger.

"It's easy to talk about medicinal materials, but how can you have everything on this list, as well as animal skins, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, beef and mutton, we don't have these businesses, right?" Besides, looking at the long list that Zuo Ling listed for him, he wondered.

"Why not, you don't know what business your family does, but we have a street where we sell everything except people don't sell." Zuo Ling said proudly.

After being reminded by her, she remembered that the business on that street was his, and it was really a big and small business.

He forcibly occupied it at that time, and the subsequent affairs were handed over to Zuo Ling to manage, and he never asked at all, and he really didn't know what business his family was.

"These things don't need to be exchanged for silver, as long as you bring dozens of truckloads of cloth, porcelain, salt and other daily necessities, you can exchange them for a lot of valuables we need, where can we do this business." The left antelope is in shape.

"Dozens of cars?" Besides, I'm a little hesitant, which is too showy.

"You will also like things when you exchange them, those princes of Tatar have a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings of the Song Dynasty in their hands, and of course those have to be bought with silver. By the way, they also collect cash tickets, and they accept silver tickets from several big money houses in the capital. ”

"Antique calligraphy and painting of the Song Dynasty? It's true? "Besides, I'm tempted.

He doesn't care much about antiques, even if he gets them, he wants to sell them, and he won't put them at home to show off, but Song calligraphy and painting are his first hobby, and he has to find a way to get his hands on anything.

At the beginning, Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, was captured by Dajin, and the entire palace was packed and robbed by Dajin. Hangzhou, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, was occupied by the Mongols, and antiques, calligraphy, paintings, gold, silver, jewelry, etc., were naturally packaged and robbed. Mongolia destroyed Dajin, and the treasures of the Song Dynasty in Dajin's hands also changed owners.

Subsequently, Genghis Khan's descendants destroyed all the kingdoms, and accumulated countless treasures, and it can be said that most of the world's gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and even other priceless treasures fell into the hands of the Mongols.

There are not many works of Su Dongpo, because Song Gaozong loved Dongpo calligraphy and painting, and did not hesitate to buy them in various places, and the folk Dongpo calligraphy and paintings were basically bought by Gaozong in the court, and most of them naturally fell into the hands of Kublai Khan.

"If you can buy Dongpo's calligraphy and paintings, Song edition books, and a few sets of Song porcelain, it would be really good." He was really tempted.

Zuo Ling looked at him proudly, knowing that nothing else could impress him, as long as he mentioned the calligraphy and painting of the ancients, he would also be greedy like ordinary people.

"Then just bring more things that outsiders like, and then exchange them for more goods we need, and bring some silver tickets. There are too few other dozens of cars, either you don't do it, or if you want to do it, you can make a big ticket, and get two hundred taels of cars. There should be a shortage of medicines outside the plug, and our medicines that are not in short supply and have a large inventory should be exchanged for medicinal materials with them. "Besides, I thought about it and made up my mind.

Zuo Ling smiled and nodded, she also admired in her heart, she hadn't thought about medicines, in fact, there was really a shortage of doctors and medicines, and the production of medicinal materials did not mean that there were good doctors, let alone that good drugs could be produced, even in the mainland, there were not many companies that produced drugs in large quantities, and they all followed the routines they learned from Shengjitang.

"Two hundred cars, will it be too much?"

Zuo Ling was still startled when she heard the number of two hundred cars, she didn't dare to think that it would be so big, but dozens of cars were all lions with big mouths, ready to bargain with the situation.

"It's okay, two hundred cars are just a foundation, if you don't think it's enough, you can add more."

"I heard that there are bandits outside the Saiwai, will it be too conspicuous if there are more vehicles, or safety first." Zuo Ling said worriedly.

"It's okay, I'll let the elite soldiers of the two provinces go with you, pretend to be a buddy, and then select three thousand men and horses to escort you." Besides.

"With the army, can the Tatars agree there?" Even if Zuo Ling no longer knew about national affairs, he also knew that as long as the official army arrived outside the Saiwai, it would be equivalent to the enemy's army.

"They'll agree, I'll take care of that."

Zuo Ling was quite sure of what he said, and he could only nod his head, but he felt a little unrealistic in his heart.

He also figured out that those powerful families manipulated the negotiations with the Tatars behind the scenes, isn't it just to make more money, why can't they do it themselves, didn't Zhang Juzheng tell him, he is also a member of the powerful now.

If these reasons alone, he would not have made up his mind, but thought of other aspects, he wanted to use this transaction to cover up people's eyes and ears, and secretly create a way out for himself.

As for bringing troops into the fortress, it is said that the Tatars will never agree to it, but since the negotiators of the two sides have exchanged views outside the Xuanfu Pass, the two armies should have entered a state of truce temporarily, and the Tatars can only pinch their noses and admit it in their position as the ambassador of plenipotentiary negotiations.

Besides, 3,000 men and horses were really nothing in the eyes of the Tatars, and in the event of a war, the same number of cavalry would be enough to destroy the other side. The Tatars have always looked down on the ability of the officers and troops to fight in the field, and in fact, the officers and troops are indeed not good at attacking the enemy in the field. The fierce generals like Chang Yuchun were like a flash in the pan at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and there were no descendants.

Therefore, even if he let the army follow in the name of protecting the merchants, as long as there is restraint, it will not cause too much dispute, let alone do business, and the Tatars are not shouting and shouting every day for mutual markets, and now he is doing business while negotiating, which is equivalent to opening the mutual market, and the Tatars will naturally not object.

Considering these, he dared to say to Zuo Ling that there was no problem.

As for the imperial court, it won't interfere too much with him. If the emperor asked, he would say that let these people go in for training and be familiar with the terrain and combat environment outside the fortress, this reason is enough to be high-sounding.

As for whether it is ugly or not, he doesn't care, those powerful families have already made enough profits, and they still think about betraying the country every day, he is at least loyal.

He originally had no intention of being an official, but wanted to do business, especially overseas trade, and be the largest maritime merchant.

However, the situation along the coast and at sea is too chaotic, and it is basically in the hands of some wealthy families, and if he wants to cut this cake from these people, it is equivalent to snatching food from the tiger's mouth, and he must have enough confidence and his own power.

Now the sixth guard of Jinyi is his banner, and the 20,000 elite soldiers under his command are his swords and guns, and he wants to hold a sword in one hand and a merchant in the other, which is his most ideal life.

But how are these 3,000 people deployed? How to act outside the Seychelles? This requires a thorough consideration and anticipation of possible unexpected changes.

He was to use these men to escort the caravan, and some of them gradually blended into the various places along the way, lurking, preparing to take the entire mission back to the pass safely.

Is it what the emperor wants to think and do like this?

Ever since he figured out that this was a special operation of the Jinyi Guard, he had been thinking about what to do, what he could do, but he was at a loss, and of course he would not put his life and the entire mission on those three who didn't know what was inside.

Ambassador Plenipotentiary?

This carte blanche must have a special meaning, not as simple as the superficial meaning. The emperor wanted him to operate this operation independently and with full authority, and he didn't give any hints or help at all, just to let him complete this mission by relying on the soldiers he had trained.

Whether the emperor really thinks so, he doesn't know, but since he is an ambassador plenipotentiary, he should also have full powers for this mission, and there should be no doubt about it.