Futian Restaurant, inside the top floor of Cui Ya Ge.

In front of Li Kong sat two middle-aged men who were awkward, one was called Ashina Zheqi and the other was Xu Tianmai.

One of these two people was from the Western Turkic royal court, and the chief was responsible for purchasing the items needed by the royal court, and the other was the chief of the internal affairs office from Tuyuhun.

Li Kong was still very surprised by the arrival of the two, but then it was not strange to think about it.

Tuyuhun is located in the southeast of Guanzhong, and the distance between it and the Guanzhong region is only less than 300 miles, and the Western Turks are closer, and the Western Turks are the Western Turks across the Hetao, and these two countries are ...... Well, it's still two countries, and it's nothing to get news from the Guanzhong region.

What's more, Li Kong absolutely did not believe that Tubo and Gaochang and other surrounding countries with wolf ambitions did not have spies in the land of Guanzhong, and perhaps after the New Year, the things in his workshop would become a bestseller in the entire Central and East Asian region.

"Mr. Li, I believe you know what I am waiting for, you see ......" After a while, Ashina Zheqi, who was really uncomfortable sitting, simply sat down, crossed his legs in front of him, and looked at Li Kong a little embarrassed, after all, his behavior was simply no image in the eyes of the Tang people, and it was the biggest insult.

Xu Tiansan on the other side saw Ashina Zhe sitting like this, and simply did the same, and even directly supported his head with one hand and lay on the table like this, which was simply unforgivable.

"That's right, Mr. Li, we came all the way to Datang, you can't let us go home empty-handed, right?"

It's so rude, you want to beat people, you have wood?

The faces of the two guards standing behind Li Kong turned blue, and even though they were ready to stand up and kill these two bastards, although Li Kong did not have an official title, he was Li Shimin's son-in-law, and the actions of these two bastards in front of him were simply despising His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Kong stopped the two directly, and said with a smile: "What the two of you said is, but the two heroes are a bit drunk, and we need half a month to prepare, as for the glass cup, there is still some inventory, and the two of them can buy it first, but I want to ask, do you have any understanding of the price?" ”

"I know, the glass cup is fifty wen a piece, and the hero is drunk and always has a pound of money, we specially learned about it when we came." Xu Tianfeng raised his eyebrows and said, with a clear expression: We have understood all the prices, you must not fool us, people want to beat him when they look at it!

Li Kong sneered: "The price you understand is the price inside the lobby, the two of them are Bangguo, although they are friends with Datang, but there should still be tariffs, and my Datang tariffs are very high, so I'm sorry, the price that the two of you know is not the price we sell to the outside world, if the two of you are not satisfied, then this business will not have to be done." ”

Tariff? What's that?

Ashina Zheqi and Xu Tianfeng looked at each other, after all, they had never heard such a new word as tariff.

In the current era, the trade between the two countries is only a place specially made on the border as a place for Hutong trade, although there are also some taxes, but they are pitiful, so not to mention them, even the people of the Tang Dynasty do not know what the tariff is.

The appearance of this thing was a term that only appeared after Britain opened the door of the Qing government during the Qing Dynasty, before which China did not know how many things were bought and resold by people abroad, making unbelievable profits.

It's just a pity that Li Kong himself is a BUG, and he decided to advance the appearance of tariffs by 1,200 years, and from then on, Datang's things will never be sold cheaply.

Seeing that the two of them didn't understand, Li Kong didn't care, but explained with a smile: "What about this so-called tariff? It is the tax negotiated by the state when the goods of the two countries are traded with each other, and the tax of my Datang is two taxes and one tax, so if the two want to buy the hero drunk and the glass cup, the price needs to rise by fifty percent. ”

"Why don't you grab it?" Even if Xu Tianshou jumped up and rose fifty percent? This is a robbery, no, the robbery is not so ruthless.

Ashina Zheqi frowned and said, "Is what Mr. Li said exaggerated?" As far as I know, there are no tariffs in Datang. ”

"That was before, now there is, I just handed the strip to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has already agreed, just wait for the jade seal to take effect, and the shortest time for our transaction will be seven days later, at that time the tariff has been passed, I am just giving the two of you a reminder now."

Li Kong talked eloquently, and the two guards behind him were dumbfounded, as Xuanjia guards, they naturally knew that what Li Kong said was all bullshit, and there was no shadow yet.

But the two of them are not fools, this kind of thing that is beneficial to Datang but seriously harms the interests of the enemy country, they are happy Li Kong continues to fool.

Xu Tianmai just wanted to get up and leave, but suddenly heard Ashina Zheqi say there: "In that case, can Mr. Li give priority to supplying my Western Turks?" We purchased a total of 30,000 catties of hero drunk and 50,000 sets of glass cups this time. ”

The corners of Li Kong's mouth were frivolous, and he nodded and smiled: "Of course you can!" ”

"No, Mr. Li, you should supply us Tuyuhun first, we will purchase more, we will ask for 50,000 catties for the hero drunk, and 100,000 sets of glass cups." Xu Tianshi's face was slightly pale, his eyes glared at Ashina Zhe fiercely, and he hurriedly spoke.

This time they came with a death order, Tuyuhun's purpose is very simple, to take this opportunity to intersect with Datang, and now they are sandwiched between Datang, Gaochang and Tubo, Datang is okay to say, this time has been recuperating, but Gaochang because of the occupation of the Silk Road, repeatedly provoked Tuyuhun.

The last Tubo is a repeated violation of the border, listen to the news from the west, the current Tubo has changed the lord, what is called Songtsan Gampo, ambitious, ready to annex Gaochang and Tuyuhun, the south to occupy the border south of Songzhou, and from then on with the Tang Dynasty to divide the world, or completely swallow the Tang Dynasty.

So this time he can only succeed, not fail, otherwise who to buy is not to buy? Why did you come all the way to Chang'an to find Li Kong?

As for Ashina Zhe's thoughts, it is relatively simple, this year's winter in the north is a bit too cold, but this hero is drunk but a high spirit, after drinking it, it can make people feel warm all over the body, and it is definitely the best existence for winter.

And those glasses are just incidental, and at the same time, they also send a signal to Datang: Our Western Turks have no intention of being enemies of Datang.

Li Kong watched the two of them perform there, the expression on his face was neither sad nor joyful, and it was not until the two finished speaking that he spoke: "I should place your order, and you can send someone to the border to pick up the goods in half a month, but for our future cooperation, I also hope that you can pay the deposit first, fifty percent!" ”