The first leader Yang worshiped was still the Khan of Qimin, and no matter which tribe he wanted to contact with such as Xi and Xi, it would be easy to cause misunderstandings without the permission of the Eastern Turks. Yang Chong is a little younger because of the crossing, it looks like he is in his early twenties, a twenty-year-old from the seventh grade, still in charge of the military department, to say that there is no background, and he doesn't believe it when he killed Qimin Khan, but the intelligence of Princess Yicheng and the tooth tent has confirmed that Yang Chong is from a poor family.

Yang Chong's etiquette was thoughtful, his demeanor was well-educated, and his tone of voice was very peaceful: "In order to thank the Khan for launching a mission to build roads, the Son of Heaven decided to carry out targeted trade in the north to help the Khan improve the living standards of the people of all ethnic groups. ”

Tong Lifu was very unaccustomed to Yang Chong's youth, and said disdainfully: "As long as the Great Sui allocates more money, our Turkic life will naturally be better." ”

Yang Chong smiled slightly: "The difference between the secret service and whether a nation can live a good life depends on the nation itself. Just like the Turks, originally attached to Rouran, is the iron-smelting slave of the Rouran clan, there are only hundreds of Ashina tribes, it is the self-improvement of the Ashina tribe that has today's glory, and the days of the Turkic tribes are thriving. The Son of Heaven has this plan in mind and hopes that the people of all ethnic groups can live a good life. ”

The leaders and officials of the Xi, Xi, and Murowei tribes sat aside, and even if they were as reckless as Lifu, they did not dare to openly argue with Yang Chong about how the Turks started and whether those dependent tribes should live a good life. Qimin Khan cautiously asked, "I wonder how the imperial court is going to implement targeted trade?" ”

Yang Chong straightened his clothes and replied: "Saibei Liaodong is vast, and the products of various places are also different, the meaning of the Son of Heaven is that our Great Sui will make a long-term agreement according to the special products and quantities of the locations of each ethnic group, and then provide the equivalent materials needed by each ethnic group, and complement each other's needs. At the beginning, it was tentatively scheduled to be traded every six months, and if the number of transactions was huge as the two sides advanced, it could be once a month, or even half a month. ”

Du Jishi asked softly: "Why is it not like in the past, our Turkic unified collection and exchange with the Central Plains?" ”

Yang Chong politely explained: "The special service doesn't know, directional trade and tribute are two different things, if targeted trade is to last for a long time, both sides of the trade must have profits to earn. We trade directly with all ethnic groups in order to save the cost and time of intermediate links, so in the Great Sui, it is only the military department that takes the lead, and the merchant groups that actually participate in the trade are composed of merchants from all over the country, and if the profit is not enough, it is difficult to gather merchants. ”

Du Jishi didn't know how to ask for a while, and Qimin Khan smiled and said: "Master Yang, we Turks are also the object of trade, otherwise we will start with us first and make an example for the other tribes." ”

Qimin Khan can sit in this position, by no means as incompetent as many books say, but fortunately, Yang Chong did his homework in advance, handed over a piece of paper and said: "What the Khan said is extremely true. We need a large number of cattle, sheep, horses and camels, willing to exchange for equivalent gold and silver treasures, we will have six suppliers in the original place, and the one that has been identified is Yuhai Zhai in Chang'an City. The khan could first send someone to Chang'an to select the jewelry, approve the price, and then raise cattle, sheep, horses, and camels according to the order. ”

Qimin Khan was really shocked when he saw that there were 50,000 sheep, 20,000 cattle, 6,000 horses, and 2,000 camels written on the paper; Princess Yicheng, who had been sitting on the side without saying a word, stretched out her hand to ask for the piece of paper, and after reading it, she asked, "What are you going to exchange with the Xi clan?" ”

Yang Chong said unhurriedly: "Timber, a special kind of wood, we will arrange for people to go to the mountains to search for it with the Xi people, and only start trading after it is confirmed." ”

Princess Yicheng nodded and asked, "If our Turks can't provide these tens of thousands of livestock, who will you buy them from?" ”

Yang Chong said without hesitation: "We will divide the quantity, divide it into several batches, and ask the Murwei and other clans separately, if the Saibei cannot be completed, we will look for it in the Western Regions." ”

Look for it in the Western Regions, that is, the Eastern Turks' opponents, the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo. Qimin Khan's face was a little ugly, and Princess Yicheng said lightly: "Can I think that your military department doesn't care about the relationship between the Great Sui and our tooth tent. ”

Yang Chong understood that half of the normal trade between the Turks and the Central Plains was in the hands of Princess Yicheng, and it was Princess Yicheng who spoke in the tooth tent, and it was Gao Gong, Pei Ju and other families who traded with Princess Yicheng, and that mysterious intelligence network was established in the long-term transaction. Yang Chong said calmly: "The princess is serious, we have considered the affordability of each ethnic group when designing the order, if we do not accept the order that we are obviously able to complete, it is equivalent to rejecting the directional trade." The Son of Heaven hopes to make the people's lives better through trade, so why don't the princess and the khan think about it from a different angle. ”

"From a different angle." Du Jishi came to the rescue in time and asked, "How to change the angle?" ”

Yang Chong said calmly: "The function of the government is to serve, not to pursue endless profits, and if the tribes benefit from the targeted trade, it will reduce the economic pressure on the Khan and promote the development of the Turks as a whole." If the Khan still adopts the original administrative means and forcibly collects livestock from various tribes to complete the trade, it is like killing chickens and eggs, breaking the long-term nature of the trade, and soon there will be a situation where the next order cannot be done, so it is better not to do it. ”

Yang Chong's reminder was so sharp that it sealed the careful thinking of the Qimin Khan, and Princess Yicheng said coldly: "Master Yang is threatening us? ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said, "The princess wants to be crooked." The most critical reason why every teenager on the grassland falls into a crisis of national survival is much higher than that of the Central Plains, and the most critical reason is the shortage of materials. The reason why the Son of Heaven came up with this method was that he hoped to let the surplus materials of the Central Plains people flow to the steppe through trade, so as to help the Turkic tribes tide over the difficulties and survive and develop together; The Turks were thousands of miles wide, and the tribes were very different, and it was very difficult to concentrate trade, and it was likely to backfire. ”

Du Jishi became interested and asked, "Yang Chong, according to your ideas, what can we do?" ”

Yang Chong said impatiently: "Break down the order, hand over the order to each tooth banner to complete, and the trade materials are also owned by each tooth banner, but the transaction can be negotiated to pay taxes." In the Great Sui, the reason why the Ministry of War came forward was that the taxes for targeted trade were handed over to the army for special purposes, and the accounts were held separately in the Ministry of Households. ”

Everyone understood, the problem was that the Turks only had apportionment and collection, no taxes, and no such setting as household and military departments, and each tribe was in charge of its own money; The Khan of Qimin seems to have a territory of thousands of miles, but in fact there are not many tribes who give him money, unless he asks for it. Seeing this, he said excitedly, "Father, this is an opportunity. ”

Yang Chong said in a timely manner: "The ancients once said, 'It is better to retreat and close the net than to envy the fish in the abyss', when the opportunity comes, not everyone can see it, he only gives it to those who are ready." The good intentions of the Great Sui are here, and whether to accept it or not depends entirely on the wishes of the Khan and everyone here. ”