Li Jijun and Qi Bige left the county guard's mansion, both of them were preoccupied; Qi Bige wanted to arrange a fast horse to deliver the message, and went back to the post house directly, Li Jijun led the horse and took two clansmen to wander around Gaochang City. Li Jijun's tribe is famous for striking iron among the Tiele people, and one-third of the alliance's iron tools come from Li Jijun's small tribe of less than 2,000 people; The other two white tribes of the Bone also use weapons, but the production is lower.

Li Jijun knew that the Wuhu and Sugu clans had long-term contacts with merchants in Gaochang, but the relationship between the Sugu was in the hands of the little Khan Chizhi Luhan, and he couldn't intervene himself. Li Jijun was walking aimlessly, looking at the business of the shops along the street, and suddenly remembered the armor ordered by Chizhi Luhan, and hurriedly turned around and returned to the county guard's office, letting the two entourages wait outside, and finding Fang Xuanling alone to ask about it; Fang Xuanling asked clearly that it was just a matter of the Su Gu tribe, so he asked Li Jijun to take him to see Meng Xuan.

The time of the armor is actually not under the control of Meng, but Fang Xuanling thinks that it is an opportunity, and Chizhi Luhan and Li Jijun of the bones want to discuss with Gaochang County alone, which is an opportunity to be tempted. Meng Chuan listened to the official who led the way and Li Jijun, and secretly praised Fang Xuanling for becoming more and more tacit with himself, Meng Tuo asked the official to go back and return to Fang Xuanling, and asked Li Jijun to sit down with a smile on his face, and after making tea, he asked: "Does the Bone Tribe want to buy it, or do you want Gaochang County to allocate it?" ”

As soon as Li Jijun heard that there was a door, he hurriedly said politely: "We people in the border wilderness don't know the rules of the imperial court, and we hope that Lord Meng will give detailed instructions." ”

Meng Fu pretended to be casual and said: "The imperial court does not allow iron tools to flow into foreign countries, so iron tools and armor are within the scope of control, but in the first battle of Luo Manshan, Gaochang County got a batch of leather armor, which was the trophy of the victory over the nine surnamed Tiele." There are more than a thousand damaged pieces, thrown in the warehouse, it is estimated that there will be three or four hundred sets that can be used, and if the chief wishes, I can come forward and coordinate and sell these scrap to the chief. ”

Li Jijun was immediately embarrassed, he believed that what Meng Fu said was true, there were blacksmiths in his clan, and the furs were even more arbitrary, and it would not be a problem to repair hundreds of sets. Leather armor is the armor that sews together large pieces of armor with leather strips, in order to improve the protective ability, the surface is painted, and the performance is far inferior to the copper and iron armor, but the equipment of the nine surnamed Tiele is definitely a joke, the helmet is not pure iron, such armor can only be said to be better than nothing.

The key is that the number is too small, a few hundred sets for your own tribe is about the same, if you want to meet Chizhi Luhan, at least two thousand sets; And what Chizhi Luhan wants most is still iron armor, even if it is not the equipment of the Great Sui army, the kind of armor of the original Gaochang Kingdom is fine. Li Jijun was under the eaves of the people, so he had to bow his head and asked in a low voice: "Lord Meng said earlier that Gaochang County can be allocated, I don't know what conditions are required?" ”

Li Jijun is a person who understands, so Meng Fu no longer hides it, and Ming said: "The threshold is a bit high, if the people who control the strings are willing to join the ranks of the soldiers, the armor and weapons will naturally be allocated the same as the soldiers." ”

Li Jijun was silent, this is still the way Yang Chong said, if he joins Gaochang personally, he may be the same as the Huns, and if there are more people who join the Tibetan soldiers, he may be able to manage his original subordinates; If this were the case, the Tieler Alliance would be non-existent. Li Jijun thought about it for a long time and said: "Master Meng, Li can't be the master of this matter, so let's buy it, I don't know what the price of that batch of armor is?" ”

Meng Fu thought for a moment and said, "A hundred horses." ”

There are many wild horses in the Tianshan Mountains, and the Tiele people not only graze their own herding, but also capture thousands of wild horses and a hundred war horses every year, even for Li Jijun's small tribe, it is a piece of cake. Li Jijun didn't make a counteroffer, but just asked: "Master Meng, it's settled, Li still wants to inquire about one thing, can you introduce a few businessmen, and do business with my tribe in the future." ”

Meng chuckled, "No problem. If the chief can stay a few more days, I can introduce you to the people of the Turpan trading house, and as for how to do business, it is your own business. ”

Li Jijun has been paying attention to the situation in Gaochang, and naturally knows that the boss of the Turpan Commercial Bank is Yang Chong, the county guard, and hurriedly thanked: "If this transaction is successful, Li owes the adult a favor, I will give the adult five horses as a reward, and the other five horses will be handed over to the adult Yang County Shou." ”

Acquaintance, Meng Flip smiled and said, "No problem." ”

When Gao Gong returned to Gaochang City, he learned that Yang Chong had exchanged his tattered armor for a war horse, but he was very much in favor of it, the leather armor would rot sooner or later, and the soldiers of Gaochang County would never tidy it up, and it was better to use it as waste. In the face of Liu Weiming's threat to file a lawsuit, Gao Gong persuaded bitterly: "Even if the center wants to make some trouble in this matter, it can't make any waves, and Yang Chong has the power to deal with it temporarily." Yang Chong wrote very clearly in his official letter to the Protectorate that this was a spoil, in order to maneuver between the Western Turks and Baishan Tiele, not to mention a total of 400 horses, no matter how you look at it, they were all rowed. ”

Li Yu, who accompanied Gao Gong back, agreed: "Wei Ming, you haven't put Kesu Valley Iron Works on the right track until now, if you report this matter, it is likely that Yang Chong will say that you are taking revenge for personal gain, Yang Chong may be reprimanded from above, and you are afraid that something will happen." If you want to get angry, you still have to work the iron trade, unless Yang Chong breaks the alien race again, he has no loot to use, and sooner or later he will use iron or iron ore to trade war horses. ”

As soon as Liu Weiming heard about the iron factory, tears were about to come out. The Kesu Valley Iron Works is now a hot potato, and after Yang Chong withdrew, no scholar in Gaochang County dared to accept it; Liu Weiming finally contracted Shi Wanbao, who was introduced by Li Yuan, to transfer craftsmen from Yiwu Iron Works, but he didn't expect that the blast furnace erected by the Turpan Commercial House could not be used, so he had to use the original low furnace in the end. In this way, the output of the iron factory could not even meet the amount handed over to the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Tuntian Army, let alone transferred to Yiwu County.

Shi Wanbao contracted the iron works, and like the Turpan Commercial Bank, the government was not allowed to intervene; For this reason, even Wang Jun was stunned and didn't give Liu Weiming a good face, and directly reprimanded Liu Weiming for being blinded by lard, and his own people were under Yang Chong's hands, and it was not good to do things safely and steadily to make money, so he had to toss. Liu Weiming said his predicament, and Gao Gong sighed and said, "I shouldn't have agreed to you messing around, it's too late to say anything now." ”

Li Yu looked at Liu Weiming and said, "Gao Xiang, Wang Jun was stunned and sent news that Yang Chong had found someone who was connected with Rezhong Shakya. ”

Gao Gong asked calmly, "What did Jun Xuan say?" ”

Li Yu said truthfully: "Yang Chong's people in Hunicheng recognized it as Hu Shang He Panren, and they have reported to the Metropolitan Protectorate and Chang'an to ask for arrest. ”

He Panren may be very cautious in Gaochang, but when he arrives in Huni City, he inevitably thinks that it is safe to stay in public, He Panren is a businessman after all, and it is impossible to completely stop doing business in the future for the sake of one action. Gao Gong can only hope now that this matter does not involve the people he brought, or He Panren is simply killed.

(End of chapter)