The Turks are indeed extremely difficult, when Emperor Yang of Sui toured north, he was besieged in Yanmen Pass by hundreds of thousands of cavalry of Shibi Khan, fortunately the Sui army held on, and the surrounding Sui army struggled to rescue, so that Emperor Yang of Sui picked up his life.

And when it comes to Datang, the situation is even more dangerous. Taking advantage of the fact that Li Yuan's rebellion against the regime was unstable, the Turkic Shibi Khan marched south, conquered the Lingzhou area, plundered for several days, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to continue to advance south and completely eliminate Li Yuan's regime. Perhaps it was God blessed the Tang Dynasty, and at this critical moment, Shibi Khan suddenly died of illness, and the Turks fell into civil strife.

That is, while Jieli and Tuli were competing for the khan, Li Yuan used hundreds of thousands of dollars as a price to "redeem" the Hetao region from the Turks, and a major war was dissolved.

And when it comes to Li Er, because of the weakening of the national strength, he can only be a vassal to the Turks. In this extremely humiliating state, Datang's backbone has become extremely fragile.

Just like the current Sun Yufu, when he heard Qin Ze say that he wanted to capture the entire eighteen grasslands, his first reaction was not to applaud, but to think that he was acting rashly.

Qin Ze listened to Sun Yufu's words, and he also knew what he meant, but as a person standing outside history, the demise of the Turks was already a sure thing.

"The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty drained the treasury took sixty years to drive the Xiongnu out. That's because the Xiongnu at that time was still a whole, Da Danyu's order was above all else, and the cohesion of the people caused the Han Dynasty to have to fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu.

But now the situation faced by the Tang Dynasty is completely different, the Turks and the former dynasties have been fighting for more than 20 years, and their strength has been seriously depleted. Moreover, since the Turkic split into the Eastern and Western Turks, His Majesty has been adopting a strategy of winning over the Western Turks and encircling the Eastern Turks. ”

Sun Yufu didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he heard that Qin Ze could analyze it so thoroughly, he gradually became serious.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly felt that he couldn't see through the young man in front of him. Frowning, Sun Yufu continued: "Your Majesty has indeed made great achievements over the years, and now Xue Yan Tuo Yinan has rebelled against Jieli from the Western Turks, and the internal Turks are also raising troops. But what's the use of relying on them, as long as the 100,000 iron cavalry of Jieli wave down, it is not easy to suppress them. ”

"Naturally, it is impossible for Tuli and Yinan to cause much damage to Jieli, but you must know that there is a fatal drawback in the Turks, that is, there are multiple khan tribes within the sect. You only saw that Jieli was able to approach Chang'an at the beginning, and you didn't think that it was his Jieli tribe that was at the forefront at the beginning.

This is the problem of their regime, all the tribes do not want to become victims of the consumption of the Tang army, and they are all retreating backwards, so in the end Jieli will be at the forefront. The Turks are not monolithic inside, and a Turkic man really can't do much harm to Jieli. But as soon as someone starts to resist, it means that Jieli's prestige has begun to decline. ”

In the end, Qin Ze suddenly smiled, picked up the teacup and drank it all, and then said happily: "Wait, there will be two years at most, and in two years, the eighteenth part of the grassland will be my territory of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Qin Ze said extremely freely, and as soon as the words fell, he got up and brushed his sleeves away. Sun Yufu behind him was already immersed in what Qin Ze described, and he didn't even notice that Qin Ze had left.

It took a long time before he suddenly came to his senses, but by the time he looked up again, Qin Ze had already disappeared into the training ground, leaving only Sun Yufu standing in place stunned.

Qin Zecai didn't care how many critical hits he had inflicted on Sun Yufu, he was taking Erhu to find the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce stationed outside at this moment.

I heard that Wang Fu would come over today, so Qin Ze planned to go to him to ask about the recent situation of the Chamber of Commerce, and by the way, ask him how the soybean oil in Lingtai County was doing.

Lingzhou said that it was not big, and Wang Fu and they were stationed outside the west gate of Lingzhou. The status of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty is extremely low, so Cui Shi can have a reason not to let them enter the city, which is naturally understandable, no one will feel that this is wrong, even the people of the Chamber of Commerce take it for granted.

Qin Ze walked out of Lingzhou City and spat hard in the direction of the other driving mansion on the side as usual. Those soldiers guarding the gate of the city were obviously not surprised, in fact, even if Qin Ze ran to the gate of the Bejiafu in the middle of the night to defecate in the open, they would not feel anything.

Everyone can see that Cui Shi of the dog day is bullying Qin Ze, he thinks that he can be lawless when he gets here, but he doesn't know that Qin Ze is a commodity who dares to stab even the sky.

So in the end, it's really impossible to say who is unlucky.

After walking out of the city gate, Qin Ze walked not far and saw a sturdy young man with a black and black standing in front of the tent of the Chamber of Commerce on the side. But it's not who else Wang Fu will be.

It is said that marching is the most tempering person, but this sentence is the most appropriate for Wang Fu. The original personable boy is now covered with frost, and his skin has become dark due to the heat of the summer. If you return to Chang'an like this, I'm afraid you will have to deal with the guys on the dock.

It was noon, and the dry wind was blowing dust on people's faces. Qin Ze spit out two mouthfuls of saliva before he spit out the dust in his mouth, and then he met Wang Fu.

"Why haven't you seen you for so many days, you kid looks a lot older?" After the greetings, Qin Ze took Wang Fu's arm and walked under the shade of the tree under the city wall.

Because of his relationship with Wang Yuxi, Qin Ze treated Wang Fu much kinder, so he still spoke so casually.

Wang Fu laughed, took out a bronze mirror from his arms, and then handed it to Qin Ze, motioning him to look at it for himself.

Qin Ze didn't know it, so he took it and looked at it, and he was immediately happy. I saw myself in the bronze mirror, isn't he also dark-skinned and frosty, where is he qualified to laugh at Wang Fu.

"This ghost weather just doesn't want people to live, I also said that your kid is getting old, I didn't expect me to be worse than you."

Qin Ze smiled and reached out to touch his chin. But I was a little happy in my heart. Because he had finally grown a beard, he had a bit of a manly face.

Qin Ze pulled Wang Fu to the shade of the tree, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said to him again: "Now that the trade route in Longzhou has been opened?" ”

"It's almost there, the latest batch of goods has departed from Chang'an. This time, half of the businessmen in Taiyuan have put their net worth on your ship, if something goes wrong, it is estimated that I will not be able to get along in Taiyuan. ”

Although Wang Fu was in a joking tone, Qin Ze couldn't hear the meaning of his words. From Chang'an to Lingzhou nearly 1,000 kilometers, Jingzhou and Longzhou need to leave a large number of people.

The merchants of Chang'an have not gone so far for a long time, and Wang Fu has dispatched all his connections, and he has only brought half of the merchants of Taiyuan. Once the business is broken this time, it will really be as he said, his Wang family will not be able to stay in Taiyuan.

"The business in Chang'an has been completely divided by the noble families, although your Wang family is also half a family in Taiyuan, but if you want to compete with the merchants of Chang'an, I am afraid that there is no chance of winning. It's called a trade monopoly, and if you stay there, you're going to lose nothing.

If you want to break this monopoly, there are only two options, either go south or go north. Let me tell you the truth, as long as you can firmly grasp the business in this Weibei area, then even the businessmen of Chang'an will grovel to you in less than two years. ”

Qin Ze leaned lazily against the tree behind him, reached out and tore off a leaf and put it in his mouth, looking very leisurely.

If you want to live well in Datang, business is something that Qin Ze must grasp. Qin Ze doesn't plan to get involved in this part of his career, and if he is an official, he may not be able to make a living. It's better to do business and live freely.

Wang Fu followed Qin Ze's example and also leaned against the tree. Reached out and pulled a leaf and stuffed it into his mouth, but as soon as he took a bite, he spit it out.

Qin Ze was also a little amused when he saw him like this.

"This thing is bitter and astringent, how did you swallow it?" Wang Fu spat a few mouthfuls of foam before he felt a little better in his mouth.

Hearing this, Qin Ze shook his head, and continued to bite the leaf slowly and methodically: "This thing is called the locust tree, and it is planted outside the entire Lingzhou City. But don't you notice that except for the locust tree near the city wall and the leaves, everything else is already bare? ”

As soon as he said this, Wang Fu reacted, and it was true that the locust trees he saw along the way had no leaves.

"But isn't it normal for a tree to have no leaves?" Wang Fu was a little puzzled, and didn't understand what Qin Ze meant.

"It's normal to have fallen leaves in spring, summer and autumn. But it's only June, and you can see that the other willow trees have no leaves except for the locust tree? When Qin Ze said this, he grabbed another leaf and put it in his mouth, and then continued: "The locust tree has no leaves, not because of insect pests, nor because of the season. But because I was eaten, the locust tree behind me, if it wasn't under the city wall, would have been eaten up a long time ago. The bitterness of your disgust is in the eyes of those people the delicacy of a full meal. ”

Qin Ze casually pointed to Lingzhou City, looking extremely helpless. These people would dig holes desperately during the day, and at night they would follow their holes out of Lingzhou City to pick these locust leaves.

What kind of world is this, the common people even have to eat a leaf secretly.

Wang Fu is not a stupid person, and he reacted quickly.

"It's all about living." Wang Fu said with a sigh.

Qin Ze also laughed when he saw him like this, for him, a rich second generation, he knew how to live a fart.

"You remember that you can't sell anything until you fill their bellies." Qin Ze was afraid that Wang Fu and the other businessmen would not know what the people needed, and when the time came, they would bring a large push of silk porcelain from Chang'an, and it would be completely finished.

How do you sell that thing here, do you let the common people eat porcelain and gnaw silk?

Thinking of this, Qin Ze asked again: "Then what did you bring from Chang'an?" ”

"Tea, porcelain and silk."