At that time, when Bufan proposed to let the major tribes trade this tea with the Tang Dynasty alone, Jieli and Tuli also suddenly realized that they had been tricked. fell for Shi Bufan's scheme, Shi Bufan deliberately provoked the conflict between Tuli and Jieli, and then let Tuli and Jieli fight within themselves for this monopoly trading right. And this monopoly trading power, anyone knows that this is a huge power. If you have the power to monopolize the transaction with Datang, it means that you can buy materials from Datang at a relatively lower price, and then sell them to other tribes at a higher price again.

In this way, they make a difference, that is, they have the opportunity to exploit their tribes. However, other tribes have to take the initiative to let them exploit, and even many herdsmen will take the initiative to join their tribes, because whoever has the materials is the uncle, and whoever is the boss. If there are not enough supplies, the herders will be scattered. This monopoly trading power is enough to become an important bargaining chip for Tuli and Jieli to compete for the position of Khan. So when he knew that Shi Bufan was sowing discord, Tuli had to be tempted and took the initiative to give Shi Bufan a gunman.

But later, they really fought, and finally fell into the extraordinary situation. However, at this time, Shi Bufan actually proposed that the tribes trade freely by themselves, so that they knew that they had fallen into a trap.

"In the future, the Turkic tribes will simply trade with our Datang on their own, so that everyone can participate together, and then get more benefits and benefit more Turkic herdsmen!" Shi Bufan said.

"Whew!" Jieli and Tuli scolded at the same time in their hearts.

But when the other tribal leaders heard this, their eyes immediately turned red. Originally, they thought that this monopoly trading power was only produced between Jieli and Tuli, but now Datang is willing to trade with them openly and freely, so wouldn't it make themselves qualified to trade, so maybe they can trade with Datang to get more materials, annex more tribes, and then strengthen their own power?

It's not impossible, it's very possible. In the steppe, although the khan has prestige, he is not as good as the Central Plains, and some powerful tribes are still qualified to take it seriously. The emperor of China is the master of the country, but this khan is at most a "UN Secretary-General", the only one who is better than the "UN Secretary-General", that is, he himself has his own lineage and can teach those who are disobedient.

However, this qualification comes from the strength of their own tribe, not their own national body. Therefore, when the other tribes heard that they could also obtain the right to trade, they were also very hot-eyed, which was a good way to increase their strength.

"You-" Tuli pointed at Shi Bufan, as if he was very angry, and had a sense of being calculated.

Shi Bufan made a rogue grimace, anyway, it seems that you can help me?

"You-" Tuli almost took out his saber and cut Shi Bufan directly, but looking at the other Turkic nobles who were eyeing Tuli, Tuli didn't dare, because if he wanted to kill this Shi Bufan, it would mean that the deal with Datang was completely blown.

At that time, the nobles of other tribes were going to hate Tuli to death, and maybe they would be forced to fall to Jieli. And Jieli also has this worry, and he doesn't dare to make a move against Shi Bufan. However, the ambitions of those other tribes have risen one by one, and those other nobles are also inflated in ambition, thinking that they can trade goods with the Tang Dynasty, get more resources, and feed more people, so as to annex more tribes and become the overlord of the grassland.

Jieli looked at this Turk, and then said: "I agree, in the future, our Turkic will be open to trade freely with the Tang Dynasty's own tribes, and our Turkic royal court will not interfere!" ”

Although Jieli knew that he had been calculated by Shi Bufan, there was nothing he could do, because it was better to let these tribes trade on their own than to hand over this monopoly power to Tuli. If each of them is free to trade on his own, he will not be able to form a joint force in a short time, so that no one can threaten his position in a short time. But handing it over to Tuli is different, giving it to Tuli means that Tuli can threaten his position. In line with the idea that he can't get it, and he won't let his enemies get it, Jieli had to agree.

And Tuli soon made the same decision as Jieli, although he couldn't get it, but don't let Jieli get it. As for those other Turkic nobles, their eyes are even hotter, hoping to use this trading power to obtain more materials, and then develop to obtain population, further annex other Turkic tribes, strengthen their own armies, and finally compete for domination of the steppe.

"Turkic, it's over!" Tang Jian thought to himself.

As for Shi Bufan, he was also thinking in his heart: "The Turks will completely disintegrate in the future." ”

This method, in fact, by taking advantage of the Turkic internal state system on the verge of splitting, Shi Bufan used this trade method to smash a hammer on their already on the verge of splitting, so that once they obtained the power of this transaction, the tribes would definitely trade desperately to exchange more materials with the Tang Dynasty to feed more people. and even attract other tribes to join and annex other tribes. In this way, the Turks are completely finished, and the Turks will definitely fall into internal strife and will not be able to extricate themselves.

Shi Bufan knew that when looking at the Turks, they could not be regarded as a "whole", because the Turks were actually composed of "states", at most a "confederation". This kind of confederation is very unstable, and once there is any wind or grass or some unequal distribution of interests, disintegration becomes inevitable. It really doesn't have to be too simple to clean up this kind of confederation. Under this kind of confederation system, Shi Bufan can use some means to clean them up, and under this kind of confederation system, Shi Bufan can use some means that have been played rotten by later politicians to make their own internal spoils unevenly fight. This kind of "confederation" is far worse than the "federation", so almost no countries in later generations adopt the form of confederation, only a small number of international organizations will be like this, but the authority of these organizations is almost zero, for example, the United Nations and some CIS, the influence is almost zero, and in the end it is still "kung fu outside the play", it all depends on the game of major powers.

It really doesn't have to be too simple to play this Turk to death. Therefore, to deal with the Turks, Shi Bufan has always believed that it should be based on politics and supplemented by military. Originally, the same was true of the Tang Dynasty in history, on the surface, Li Jing led the troops to perish, but few people noticed how much preparation the officials of the Tang Dynasty had done before Li Jing sent the troops. In terms of political preparations, the Turks became like paper paste and were pushed down by Li Jing. Li Jing is just a person who overthrows a paper-paste Turk, but what really turns the Turks into paper-paste is Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and even many high-ranking politicians of the Tang Dynasty who support them.

Shi Bufan does not deny Li Jing's ability to command the army, but any war is a continuation of politics, and sometimes political means are more useful than military means, and military means are the last resort, perhaps just as a straw that crushes the camel to the last straw.

Shi Bufan was confident that he would do better than the original historical Fangdu and them, because he knew better about the weaknesses of the Turks and how to deal with this loose "confederation". So Shi Bufan used a small trade power, so that they began to split themselves.

"But what do we Turks use to trade your tea?" A Turkic nobleman asked.

Shi Bufan said: "You can trade war horses, and we are willing to exchange tea for your war horses, what do you think?" ”

"War horses?"

Hearing the word "war horse", these Turks had to frown. Because this war horse is the lifeblood of the Turks, and it is also the greatest advantage of the Turks in the face of the agricultural civilization of the Central Plains. Once the agrarian civilization of the Central Plains had enough war horses, the Turks would have to face the loss of their greatest cavalry advantage. So the Turks are not stupid, they naturally know this, and they are all very hesitant. Whether to exchange this war horse for tea, whether this is worth it, this is worth thinking.

"I agree, but we can't exchange too many war horses for tea, we want to exchange something else for tea!" There are Turkic nobles who say.

Shi Bufan didn't feel strange, if these Turks didn't know the importance of war horses, they wouldn't have sat in this position. Although the Turks were willing to give some of their horses in exchange for tea, they did not rely absolutely entirely on them. If there are more war horses in Datang, it means that it is an enemy!

"But, what do you have that we need in Datang?" Shi Bufan asked rhetorically.

"This ......"

In the Turkic steppe, it seems that there is really nothing that the Tang Dynasty needs. Since ancient times, the nomads of the Northern Expedition in the Central Plains have always outweighed the losses. Because they occupied the land, but there were not enough benefits to the grasslands above, the farming people in the Central Plains were actually unusable and unreclaimable, but the heavy logistical pressure made the domestic people's livelihood wither. Even during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to invade the Xiongnu in the north, he actually caused the tragedy of halving the household registration in the world. This is also the reason why few people in the Central Plains Dynasty are willing to take the initiative to attack, there is really no benefit!

Therefore, there are no materials needed by the Central Plains on the grassland, but there are too many things that the Central Plains need on the grassland. Grain, steel, cloth, etc., now another tea has been added, so the Turks are definitely very dependent on the Tang Dynasty. However, the Tang Dynasty's dependence on the Turks is actually just a war horse. As for beef and mutton, there is actually no shortage of this, because the preservation ability of ancient times is not enough to make the meat sent from the grassland still edible. If it weren't for the war horse, which has a high military value, then the Central Plains would not have anything dependent on the grassland at all.

This made the nobles of the steppe very embarrassed, they had a single cargo, and it was a matter of strategic security, and they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of trade between the two sides. But if you don't sell war horses, then how can you get more tea?

"I think, you should sell more war ......," Tang Jian hurriedly wanted to say.

However, Shi Bufan pulled his sleeves, obviously not letting Tang Jian continue. Tang Jian was very anxious, why didn't Shi Bufan say it directly, you must know that there are not many opportunities to directly exchange tea for war horses! Although the value of this tea in the Central Plains is relatively high, it is only a luxury and is not beneficial to people's livelihood. But if you can exchange this luxury goods for war horses, then of course this deal is worth it!

War horses are too precious for farming peoples, although many of these Tang nobles have some Hu blood, but the way of life has long been sinicized, so they are actually a Han people in terms of lifestyle. From the later period of the Guanlong Group of that year, in fact, the main people in power were mainly Han people, even if the Hu Emperor of the year had already been sinicized. Since the Northern Zhou Dynasty was usurped by Yang Jian, it was the revival of the Han nationality.

So in fact, for them, the preciousness of war horses is incomparable. If it can be exchanged for war horses, those high-level Datang officials can not drink tea. The tea is gone, it doesn't matter. But if the war horse is gone, it is dangerous. As a veteran politician, Tang Jian understands this very well. He wanted to take the opportunity to extort more war horses, which would be good for Datang. But he was stopped by Shi Bufan, which made Tang Jian very depressed.

"Tang Shangshu, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it!" Shi Bufan said.

Tang Jian realized that he was too anxious. War horses were very important to the Central Plains Dynasty, not only did they understand it, but the Turks also understood it. If you rashly make more excessive demands, then people may be stimulated and dare not do business with you.

Shi Bufan thought sinisterly: "I won't stimulate you first, but once you really start trading, you will know what a national trade war is." When the time comes, if you want to sell war horses, you won't be able to. Did I study macroeconomics for nothing? I am also proficient in business administration, and I have long been very familiar with the trade war methods of various countries. If I can't ******** you economics idiots, I'll have to go back to college and retake it. ”

Shi Bufan once again made a look of thinking about them, and took the initiative to say: "Actually, everyone, you don't have to be so nervous!" In fact, there are many things on the grassland, and we can see them. We in Datang are also very enthusiastic about things in the Turkic steppe. We in Datang also need some important things on the grassland very much, and you have such things everywhere, but they are often wasted! But for us, it's a baby! ”

"What's that?" Tuli hurriedly asked.

Other Turkic nobles were also very surprised, what would they have in the Turks, which the Tang Dynasty wanted to treat as a treasure? If there were, their predecessors, the Huns, the Wuhuan people, the Xianbei people, the Rouran people, etc., may have been doing business with the Central Plains for a long time, and they still have to wait until today?