Because of the opening of the Silk Road, not only the Tang people went to the countries of the Western Regions to do business, but even the countries of Tubo were no exception, so many merchants from the Western Regions could be seen in the Tang Dynasty, and they could also be seen in Tubo. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, Tang Zhou can entrust the purchase of cottonseeds to Ye Lian'er, of course, Ye Lian'er doesn't have to buy it himself, he only needs to take out some commissions and let other merchants in the Western Regions help with the purchase.

Tang Zhou told Ye Lian'er about this matter the next day, Ye Lian'er didn't know why Tang Zhou suddenly wanted so many cottonseeds, but after going all the way with Tang Zhou, she also knew Tang Zhou's ability to a certain extent, so she didn't shirk it, and immediately agreed.

Ye Lian'er used to buy herbs everywhere, and he was quite clear about the purchase of this business, he took the money to the place where some merchants gathered, and asked them to buy cottonseed on their behalf, and then they could sell the cottonseed to her, and the price she gave to those merchants must be higher than the price that those merchants bought.

Businessmen seek profits, and as long as there is money to be made, there is no reason why those businessmen should not do it.

So in just a few days, Ye Lian'er purchased the cottonseed that Tang Zhou needed.

Of course, the sudden shortage of cottonseed also attracted the attention of some people in Tibet, and they also made some inquiries about these merchants, and found that only some merchants from the Western Regions were doing these things, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

In the eyes of the Tubo people, their real enemy is only the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty did not take the countries of the Western Regions in their eyes, and they did not take Tubo in their eyes.

And just when Ye Lian'er helped Tang Zhou buy these cottonseeds, the wedding of Tubo and Princess Tang was also going on closely.

It's just that Tubo Song has not been in a good mood recently, or it is a bad mood caused by a bad appetite.

Since he had eaten the finger meat made by Tang Zhou that day, he felt tasteless when he went to eat other things, he was the king of Tubo, his tongue was very tricky, after eating delicious, he went to eat other things, where can he still eat?

The Tibetan Song had a bad appetite, and some of the other ministers did not have a good appetite, so when they met every day, they looked like they had not eaten for several days.

If it is only some ministers like this, it is better to say something, but the key is that some tribal leaders in Tubo are also like this, so the praise of Tubo cannot but be considered.

Although he unified the Tibetan tribes, the Tibetan tribes still went their own way, but he was only elected to become Zampu, and he had the right to command the tribes, but the premise was that he had to bring benefits to the tribes, otherwise the leaders of the tribes had their own soldiers, and it didn't seem particularly difficult for them to oppose him.

If the ministers have something to say, the tribal leader has something to say.

"Zampu, what I have eaten in the past few days has no taste, I looked at the refined salt, we just bought it, don't we just spend more money, ordinary people can't eat it, we can't eat it?"

"Yes, after the refined salt is sold into our Tubo, what do we have to control what to do, what are you afraid of?"

"Yes, if you're worried about the impact, then start with my tribe......"

A tribal leader suddenly said this, Tubo Songzan's brows suddenly condensed slightly, it seems that these words seem to be nothing, but they have a deep meaning, the whole Tubo is not enough to buy refined salt, but his tribe wants to buy it, so doesn't he want to break away from the whole Tubo?

This is faintly persecution.

If it was before, maybe he would soon find a way to solve this tribal leader, but now so many tribal leaders have this meaning, if he solves this tribal leader, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other tribes.

Moreover, Tubo has frequently waged wars in recent years, and was defeated in the hands of the Tang Dynasty some time ago, and its strength is much weaker.

Thinking like this, Tubo Songzan suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, leaders, I haven't eaten lately, and I'm thinking about whether to cooperate with Datang, and now I have decided to cooperate with them, but don't worry about this matter, if we can fight for some benefits, we will fight for it." ”

At the age of twenty years old, it is impossible to have today's achievements, without a little means, Tubo praise said this, other tribal leaders were immediately satisfied, as long as they can eat refined salt, other interests or something, let Tubo praise go to talk to the Tang Dynasty, they don't care about these things.

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Just the day before Tubo Songzan married the Tang princess, Tubo Songzan invited Tang Zhou into Heyuan City again.

After the two met, Tubo praised and smiled: "Tang Xiaohou, I thought about what you said that day, yes, everyone is mutually beneficial, I agree that your refined salt from the Tang Dynasty will be sold into my Tubo, but there are some things that must be said in advance." ”

Tang Zhou had already heard about the persecution of Tubo praise by the leaders of various tribes, and when he saw Tubo praise say this, he somewhat understood what was going on, so he said: "Oh, I don't know what you want to say? ”

Tubo praised: "We can buy your refined salt from the Tang Dynasty, but the price can't be too high." ”

"It's easy to say, in addition to all kinds of costs, let my Datang people make money."

The cost is not easy to define, so even if the price of refined salt is slightly higher than the Tibetan people expected, they will not be able to say anything.

Tubo nodded and said, "In addition, I also want another thing from your Datang." ”

"Oh, what do you want?"

"I want you Datang to sell iron to us in Tubo."

Weapons are needed to fight a war, Datang's weapons are very powerful, Songzhou Tubo has seen the strength of Datang Modao, Datang wants to sell refined salt to drag down their economy, so that their Tubo people can't do without refined salt, but he Tubo praise is not a stupid person, if there is no benefit to them Tubo at all, how can he agree?

When Tang Zhou heard that Tubo wanted to buy their Tang Dynasty's iron, his heart sank slightly, salt and iron were all controlled by the imperial court, in order to avoid the people having weapons in their hands, so as to avoid some unnecessary peasant riots.

Before the state, they also rarely sold iron, sold weapons to other countries, and then waited for them to take weapons to kill them?

Datang is not stupid, how can such a thing be done?

"Tubo Zampu is really joking, it seems that you don't mean to sell my Datang refined salt, in this case, we don't do this business, in fact, like tea, porcelain or something, we had better do as little as possible, so that there is no mutual contact, there will be no contradictions, no contradictions, and everyone will be able to live in peace, don't you say?"

Tang Zhou's words came out, Tubo praised his brows for a moment, and then hurriedly smiled: "Tang Xiaohou is joking, if the iron is not sold, it will not be sold, but the rest will not affect the relationship between our two countries. ”