Chapter 119: White Wolf with Empty Gloves
Inappropriate?
Li Yuanji glanced at Cheng Zhijie angrily, it would be inappropriate for this king to stop him outside!
International friends, what is wrong with traveling thousands of miles across the desert Gobi and running so far to send money to this king? Don't you know how poor this king is?
Cheng Zhijie glared: "What do you mean?" Co-authored with me, Lao Cheng can't be fair, right? I'm biased! You are the dignified King of Tang Qi, and your identity is so noble, how can you see it if those foreign countries in the Western Regions want to see it? Just let Chunhua go and take the money, let him get out of here......"
If this is not reality, Li Yuanji would like to give Cheng Zhijie a thumbs up, and he is so comfortable receiving money from people, he really deserves to be a door god.
"What this king wants is long-term, not one time, and your old routines should be changed." Li Yuanji still replied angrily, and almost blurted out 10,000 words in his heart.
"Change?" Cheng Zhijie was stunned for a moment, and then instantly swelled and said: "The Tang Dynasty is rich in resources, the country is prosperous and the army is strong, and it should be changed to those alien races." ”
Li Yuanji suddenly realized that he had overlooked one point, Tang Cong Sui's system was not just as simple as words.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it not only became the legal system of the Sui Dynasty, but even the ideas of the Sui Dynasty were inherited.
What dynasty was the Sui Dynasty? The economy of the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty has reached the peak of history, and the degree of prosperity makes foreign countries dare not have any thoughts when they see it, and it took hundreds of years for the Tang Dynasty to recover to the economic situation of the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
At that time, the Sui Dynasty was strong and strong, and the country was rich, so the people naturally disdained to communicate with those foreign countries, and even looked at people and felt superior.
But after decades of war, the economy is basically the same, if not completely destroyed, can the current treasury still find a penny that is superfluous?
Although Li Shimin left a good reputation in history, he also existed in slander, and Li Shimin only did one thing in his life, sorting out the problems caused by the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty and clearing the obstacles to development for future emperors.
Gently brushing the tips of his drooping hair, he picked up the bowl of spirits, raised his head, took a sip gently, and said righteously: "Pride and complacency invite losses, modesty and prudence gain benefits!" Threesome, there must be my teacher, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones! ”
Cheng Zhijie scratched his head in confusion, looking at Li Yuanji's pretending appearance and wanted to go up and kick it.
"What do you mean?" Wei Chi Jingde was also a little confused, martial artists don't like to read, and those who like to read have become Li Jing's kind of guy with a full stomach, and he always feels that Li Yuanji is very majestic and aura when he says this, although he doesn't know what he means?
"Slowly realize, realize, the two of you will definitely take another step forward here, yes, let's go home and have a hot kang head with your wife and children, while you are still young, hurry up and do what you want to do!" Li Yuanji smiled, and he didn't point it through, such a simple truth, as a high-level military officer of the Tang Dynasty, he didn't even understand it, can he be a high-level if he is illiterate?
Li Yuanji's performance was very poor, so he didn't say anything, but the thief smile on his face seemed to be laughing at the two of them.
The angry Cheng Zhijie wanted to repeatedly raise his sleeves and compare with Li Yuanji, but as soon as he made an appearance, the Persian merchant went to the backyard under the leadership of Chunhua.
Cheng Zhijie slowly put back his cuffs and glared at Li Yuanji, as if to say, you are lucky.
Li Yuanji smiled even more, lazy to take care of this goods.
"Little Nima visits the King of Tang Qi!" The Persian merchant lowered his posture very low, came to the backyard, glanced slightly, and bent over towards Li Yuanji's position, his whole body couldn't bend at ninety degrees.
"Poof...... Nima ...... "I couldn't hold back for a while, and I almost sprayed a sip of liquor on the table, but fortunately, Li Yuanji was good and twisted his head to the side in time, how uneducated should his father be to give him such a strange name?"
"Yes, the little one is called Nima, Claudi, Diru, Nima! The ancestor once subdued a horse king who was unsubdued by hundreds of horse trainers, so he was given the name Ma by His Majesty the King of Persia, so he was called Nima! Nima explained with a blank face, what a glorious name, why does King Qi seem to be very interested in this name?
Holding back a smile, Li Yuanji stretched out a thumbs up to Nima and said, "What's that, Nima!" I heard that you are here to send money to this king? ”
"That's right! Right! Right! The little one is here to send money to the prince. Speaking of business, Nima's face was instantly full of joy, and he continued to bend over, nodding again and again: "Didn't the city say that Your Highness, your Taiping Fang is going to sell your house?" The small one plans to buy two shops to sell specialties from various countries in the Western Regions. ”
"Oh! This thing! Li Yuanji nodded slightly.
Buying a house has nothing to do with sending money, it depends on how you think about it.
Cheng Zhijie's attitude and Nima's attitude after seeing him have proved that the status of foreign countries in Datang is indeed inferior, and since Nima dared to be the first to come to him to buy a store, it was naturally impossible to come unprepared.
As long as the price is within the price in his heart, he can be said to ask for a price casually, and he will not bargain.
If you don't want to cheat people like this, then trade fairly and impartially according to the original market price.
I have to say that this Nima is still very smart, and the officials of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to accept bribes, but Nima found such an open and honest bribery for himself, and people could not find a reason to find a handle.
"Chunhua, bring the floor plan of this king!" There is no reason not to accept someone who comes to the door to send money, but Li Yuanji is interested in the long-term, so the money cannot be collected.
Soon, Chunhua took a numbered floor plan, and ordered someone to bring an empty table and spread the floor plan on it.
"There are shops on the street, and the price is marked on it, which one you like, and you can pay according to the price." Li Yuanji said lightly, and continued to greet Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chi Jingde to eat hot pot.
Nima was lying on the floor plan and studying it carefully, and in general, the price of the shops in Taipingfang was much more expensive than other shops, and it was more expensive than the two cities that were specially used for business.
But along the way, all of them are new houses, and there is a heating supply, plus this is the territory of King Qi, so it is reasonable to be more expensive.
Ordinary shops cost between fifty and one hundred, but those places were too remote, some distance from the main road, and Nima was an ambitious businessman who didn't look down on them at all.
"Honorable His Royal Highness King Qi, the little one wants these two!" Nima pointed to the two shops on the west side of the central intersection of Taiping Square, where the price was not marked.
"Those two!" Li Yuanji turned his head and glanced at it, and secretly said that this kid really has a vision, and he chose the store with the best geographical location at a glance: "Stores without a price will be sold uniformly in the future, and the one with the highest price will get it." ”
Nima rolled his eyes, and instantly understood what Li Yuanji meant, since it was the one with the highest price, he would definitely give away the money, it didn't matter if it was earlier or later, as long as King Qi knew.
"That's okay, the little one will come to quote later, and you must win those two stores!" Nima nodded her head firmly, with a posture that no one should fight with me.
"This king heard that you have connections in all the countries of the Western Regions?" Li Yuanji ignored Nima's words, but asked directly.
Originally, I didn't want to ask, but there were two generals around me who had been in a state of confusion, so I could only take the stage in person to demonstrate and give them some advice.
As for how many connections Nima has, the ghost knows.
Anyway, in this era, you can go to Chang'an to do business in a foreign country, you can't get through it without extensive contacts, you can be killed halfway, the benefits are huge, the risks are also huge, those who want to be lonely and throw to Chang'an to pan for gold, either die halfway, or become called Huazi.
"Hehe, a little connection! A little connection! Nima smiled and nodded modestly in acknowledgement.
"Is that there? This king asks you, among the countries of the Western Regions, is there any spicier and purer ingredient than dogwood? Li Yuanji wanted to ask directly about chili peppers, but he didn't think it was appropriate, so he changed his words.
Nima frowned, thinking quickly, spicier and purer ingredients?
"Yes! Some! The next moment, Nima nodded violently, and finally found some clues in his mind: "In a small tribe of the Persian Empire, the small one met once more than ten years ago, but I forgot what it was called, but the small one knows where that tribe is." I can't forget that kind of spiciness, and I don't want to try it. ”
"Can you get the technology of iron smelting in the Western Regions?" It's good to have chili peppers, but Li Yuanji is more concerned about the technology of iron smelting.
Although the Tang Dynasty was strong, but the iron-smelting technology was a hundred years behind the whole world, which made Li Yuanji very depressed, the ancients could have four major inventions, and there were many other different inventions, but they were not very enthusiastic in terms of improvement and improvement, and a technology would only be used until others took more advanced technology than themselves to hit the door, only to find that they had fallen behind, but at that time there was nothing to make up.
I am not a steelworker, I don't know how to make iron, the most efficient, the most advanced technology, can only find a way to get technology from the Western Regions, and then let people study, little by little progress, little by little to widen the gap.
"This ......" Nima's face was full of sadness, and the rest was better to say, but iron smelting was a top-secret technology of various countries, how could he easily obtain it as a businessman? Although there is a way, the price of ...... is too great, and the small one is just an ordinary businessman, and he can't afford to pay that price at all." Why didn't Your Highness send an envoy to the countries of the Western Regions, it should be easier to obtain these technologies! ”
It is indeed easier for the state to send envoys to obtain these technical materials than businessmen, but this is related to interests, and Li Shimin has no intention of sending envoys to engage in technology now, and there is a matter of eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian, it is estimated that everyone will feel that there is a rebellion.
It is not feasible for the state to send this road, but Li Yuanji has his own way, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "As long as you can get that kind of spicy ingredients and iron-smelting technology, this king will allow you to ......."