The Tang Dynasty traded silk horses, and the main object was the Uighurs. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info fifty silk a horse. This trade lasted for more than 80 years. Until the Uighurs perished.

In fact, this trade is a bit more than both sides can afford. The Tang Dynasty could not afford to buy so many horses, and the Uighurs did not have that many horses to sell.

However, even in this case, the two sides continue to trade with each other. The reason is, both sides are beneficial. The Uighurs, who made money from this mutual market, could not produce so many horses, but they could accept other people's horses.

What about Datang. First, there is a real need for horses to strengthen strength, and the other is the need to bind the frontier. So, it's good for both sides. Datang didn't suffer a loss, and he gritted his teeth to hold on. The Uighurs, too, made another profit by receiving the silk they had received, and when they had used it up, they traded it with others.

However, the Uighurs also suffered from the fact that the Tang Dynasty was often in arrears. The Uighurs had to come to collect debts frequently. In history, there are many records of the imperial court taking out large sums of silk or gold and silver to pay off debts.

Seriously, Li Chen didn't understand what Wujie Khan was thinking. The Tang Dynasty had a close relationship with the Uighurs, who relied on the trade in silk horses alone to make a lot of money from the bottom of their trousers. As a result, he was so stupid that he destroyed the Great Wall, and was beaten like a lost dog by others, and he relied on Datang's relief to survive, and he wanted to do something to Datang.

As long as the tribe does not perish, backed by the Tang Dynasty, and has the silk horse trade, there will always be another day. But he was so stupid that he wanted to forcibly occupy the cities of Datang, and as a result, Datang couldn't bear it anymore and destroyed him. How stupid this person must be to get to this point.

Before ascending the throne, Li Chen would use this example as a negative teaching material and give it to them. So Li Chengyu also thinks so, Wujie Khan is too stupid.

Today, though, he thinks he's met a stupid guy too. Don't let us go? Who do you think you are? Don't look at us as just ordinary caravanserais, if you think so, you're definitely dead. Li Chengyu sneered.

He just showed a lot of good things, such as this silk cloth, which is made of very good material. This is Shude's masterpiece. Silkworm cocoons must be boiled in hot water before wisps of silk can be extracted. Among them, you need good hands to smoke evenly. Pumping is uniform and the speed is consistent, so that the silk will not be uneven in thickness and fineness.

However, Uncle is really powerful. He used a watermill to draw threads. The speed of the waterwheel is fixed, and it can also be adjusted and controlled through gears, so that the speed will not be affected by the occasional unstable water flow. In this way, the silk is drawn out, the thickness is uniform, and the cloth is naturally very good.

In addition to silk, he also brought cotton cloth. It has never been touched softly and warmly, which naturally makes these Tibetan people full of praise.

'Old thing, don't bully my boss. The goods were of good quality, and the guide Xing Laoliu intervened at the right time, and in the end, the result of the bargaining between the two sides was that they could exchange 20 pieces of silk or cotton cloth for a horse.

'Tea, good things', and then Li Chengyu showed tea, salt and other things. Because well salt is produced in Shuzhong, and there are also salt lakes here in Tibet, so although it is inland, the price of salt is not expensive.

This tea is a good thing. It seems that China has this thing in the whole world. Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, this tea began to rise and gradually penetrated into the people. It also affects the tastes of these nomads. It will take 1,000 years from now for this small leaf to affect people and the world. The Chinese relied on this moderation to control the barbarians, including the British. It should be said that fortunately, India can also grow this thing, otherwise, I am afraid that the Qing and Britain will fight even harder.

You can't imagine the extent of the British obsession with tea. It has affected the national security of the United Kingdom. If there was no secondary tea producing area, the British would probably start an all-out war with China for this. Because, if this is not done, something will happen in the future, China will restrict tea exports at every turn, the cabinet will fall, and the people will riot. Britain was forced to tie it to China's chariot.

Li Chengyu showed the tea, and the Tubo people became more enthusiastic. Tea is a thing that can only be enjoyed by some upper-class people at present. Li Chengyu said that as long as it is stable and he can supply it for a long time, the price is easy to negotiate, and both sides have shown sincerity.

It's just that when he heard that Li Chengyu and they were going to stay for a few days and go inland, Zang Re said, 'Young man, since you are here, don't go any further.' ’。

'Why?' Li Chengyu sneered, don't look at their caravan doesn't seem to have any force, once the fight starts, he can destroy this tribe in half a day, they have prepared a lot of things. For example, Lian Nu, this is a crossbow arrow designed by the heart, is it the kind of Lian Nu invented by Zhuge Wuhou, Li Chengyu doesn't know, it's easy to use anyway.

This kind of crossbow arrow was designed by Gundam under Li Chen's instruction and with the knowledge he learned from Li Chen. It's about the same size as a traditional crossbow bolt.

The rate of fire is extremely fast, and a crossbow bolt can be fired in one breath. After shooting, you can complete it immediately with one pull, winding and filling the crossbow arrows, these two actions, you can shoot again immediately. This crossbow is designed with a crossbow clip, which can hold six short crossbows, and can be changed after shooting, which is also very fast. When it comes to accuracy, it's not bad, within thirty steps, the accuracy is very high.

If you want to talk about the shortcomings, the first thing is that the power is relatively weak. But it's also very good, within thirty steps, you can run through, without armor, you can't stop it.

With armor, it can also penetrate the armor within ten steps. This kind of armor is still the kind of Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty, and the leather armor of the Tubo people is not counted. The special armor-piercing arrow design, the leather armor used by the Tubo people, there is nothing or not.

In addition to power, the biggest drawback is that it is too expensive. There is no way to mass produce it at all, crossbow arrows are expensive and many spare parts are very troublesome. There is also the fact that this weapon is only suitable for small-scale conflicts, like battlefields, and is not suitable at all. The distance is too short, and people endure the damage and rush to you at once.

In addition to crossbow arrows, there are also some carefully beaten armor and cold-forged armor, with these Tibetan weapons, it is just a little mark when cut down, and don't think about breaking the armor. These Tibetan people want to swallow them in one handful, and when the time comes, they will come to see who swallows whom.

It's just that Li Chengyu was a little dumbfounded and a little ashamed of his answer, and he didn't let them go, meaning that there was danger ahead.

'War? What's going on? It turns out that the advice to them not to go further means that the first one, the weather is slowly getting colder, and I'm afraid it's going to snow these days, and it's more dangerous to go any further.

Secondly, the most important reason is that Tubo may be about to go to war, and if you go any further, it will be a big fate to be robbed. People definitely don't mind making some money.

Hearing that Tibet might call out for war, Li Chengyu asked the old man in detail. It turned out that a few years ago, Tubo Zampu, the king of Tubo, was killed. This led to the division of Tibet.

This is too vague, Li Chengyu had to keep asking questions to get the whole truth behind it. There has always been a dispute between Buddhism and Bon in Tibet. Bon is the native religion of Tibet, and Buddhism was introduced from India.

A few years ago, the anti-Buddhism Tubo king Lang Dama was assassinated by monks, and the princess lied that she gave birth to a toothy son for Lang Dama, begging Hu, she let the young beggar Hu take the throne and regent herself, which caused many people to be dissatisfied. The Tibetan Civil War broke out.

Originally, it was not involved here, and the battlefield has been in the Longxi area. First of all, he raised troops in Luomenchuan and defeated the prime minister Shang Siluo in Weizhou. Shang Siluo once again gathered 80,000 troops from Subi, Tuyuhun, and Yangtong to counterattack, and was defeated again, killed, and proclaimed himself the prime minister of the country.

After that, he attacked Shanzhou Jiedu with 200,000 troops, and was defeated by Shang Wanwan's ambush. Two years later, he sent troops to attack Shang Wanwen again, but this time he was not so lucky, and Shang Wanwan was defeated. Ask the Tang people for help.

This incident happened during the Huichang period. At that time, there was a plan to send troops to Tibet, four towns and eighteen prefectures in Hehuang. Liu Meng was sent as a border patrol envoy and ordered him to reserve food and ordnance, and to inquire about the reality of the Tubo army.

Now the situation is that the war situation has expanded even further. Qi Lihu, or the Nang clan of the princess, occupied the Luo Xiao Zhao Monastery (Lhasa. The opponents supported Langdarma's second concubine to give birth to Deosong and occupy Yunru (present-day Nyingchi area), and the two sides began to confront, and the war clouds were on the verge of breaking out.

Although the war is still far from here, and both sides are probably confronting each other from the upper and lower reaches of the Tibetan River (Brahmaputra River), but now Tibet is in chaos.

Hearing such news, Li Chengyu's eyes flashed, and finally accepted the kindness of Jiebao (the leader), and instead of advancing, he found a place to camp in this generation. Then Zang Re sent fast horses, like tribes from all directions to spread the news, a caravan brought goods, the quality is not bad, let the big guy come here to trade.

Within a few days, more tribes flocked to the place to trade, bringing more news. Many tribes were overjoyed, and the goods they brought were of good quality and not expensive. Each tribe has changed a little.

The only thing that is strange is that they are going to collect wool, and they have collected a lot, and they said that they will come to collect it in the future. This wool is of little use here in Tibet, a lot, but in addition to being used to enrich the leather jacket to keep warm, it is not much use, many people have made it into a ball, flattened it, and spread it on the ground to step on. Now that suddenly there is a caravan to collect this, they are all regretful, because they are not prepared, and all of them are cheaper than the Zang Rede tribe.

After a few more days, it was even colder, and Li Chengyu and their things were also changed, cleaned up, bulldozed the camp, and said goodbye. On Zang Re sent them away with a smile, and asked them to come often, this caravan came here, so that they benefited a lot, although these people occasionally have some strange movements, they will compare over there, compare the past, it seems that it is not a custom of the Han people, it's just that there is money to be made, who cares?

After returning to Datang Middle School, Li Chengyu sent the news back to Chang'an and sent it to Li Chen. (To be continued.) )