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The snow is falling heavily, and the weather is even colder.

Three days later, the Tibetan envoys came to Jianmen Pass, and their negotiation team consisted of twelve people, and the leader was called Kusi.

Kusi had been an envoy to the Tang Dynasty before, and she also lost to Tang Zhou's two dancing girls.

Because there was a lot of communication between Kusi and the Tang Dynasty, Tubo sent him to praise him, hoping to fight for more benefits for Tubo.

After the withered ribbon people came to the Sword Gate Pass, Tang Zhou and the others were not in a hurry to meet them, but dried them for a day, and after a day, they finally met.

"Old friend, it's really nice to see you again." After seeing Tang Zhou, Kusi immediately set it off, but Tang Zhou seemed very calm, and said: "It turned out to be Lord Kusi, fortunately, fortunately, let's go directly to the topic." ”

Tang Zhou didn't want to get close to the withered silk, and the withered silk was a little disappointed, but he hurriedly responded.

After the negotiators on both sides sat down, they all looked at each other.

On the Tubo side, I felt that they all looked similar, and Tang Zhou didn't know much about them, so he didn't look at them again after seeing them.

On the Tang side, Tang Zhou and Li Ji are still somewhat like literati, and the rest are all military generals, Cheng Chumo, Wei Chi Baolin and others, they sat there, and the momentum was compelling, which also made the envoys of Tubo a little shocked in their hearts.

"First of all, I need to tell you what I mean by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, you Tubo launched a war, so that many people died in the Tang Dynasty, and a lot of financial resources were spent, and now you surrender, but you still want my Tang Dynasty to send you grain and grass to tide over the difficulties, it is almost impossible."

Li Ji, as the main representative of Datang in this negotiation, was the first to speak, but as soon as he finished speaking, Tang Zhou added: "It's impossible." ”

Tang Zhou is very tough, he wants Datang to send them food to let them survive this winter, it is simply impossible, why didn't they think of this when they were fighting, they once sent a lot of food to the rebels in Shuzhong, and now they surrender and want Datang to send them food, it is impossible.

As soon as the two said this, Kusi's face tightened slightly, and they were very embarrassed.

Because of the war, there is already a shortage of food in Tibet, if they can't be supplied, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive this winter, do they really want to kill those cattle and sheep?

It's not that they can't be killed, it's just that after they are killed, just like their population has plummeted, it will take a few years to recover.

"Tang Xiaohou, everything is easy to discuss, even if you don't give it to us, sell us it."

When Tang Zhou heard the words of withered silk, he didn't have any relaxed expression, and said: "Sell or not, this is the trade issue we will talk about later, and we won't talk about it for the time being." ”

There is no choice but to deal with it, and then discuss other issues.

"Before discussing whether to trade between the two countries, I also need to say what our Tang Emperor means, because of this war, my Tang Dynasty has suffered heavy losses, so you must compensate, according to the meaning of our Tang Emperor, you Tubo will lose money and women."

Li Ji said the opinions of Li Zhi and the ministers, and when Kusi heard that Datang wanted money and women, he was a little embarrassed, they Tubo was rich, but they really didn't want to pay Datang, besides, women, they Tubo is now in need of women, how can they give Datang women?

"This ...... British duke, I have also suffered heavy losses in Tibet, and I really can't give you these. ”

Li Ji frowned slightly: "I can't give it, then I'm afraid we won't be able to talk about the next thing, and we won't accept your Tubo surrender, it's a must, we have to fight again." ”

Fighting is not the result that Li Ji wants to see, but in such a negotiation, the momentum cannot be lost, and when he saw that there was a war, he was also a little scared and nervous in his heart, and said: "Everything is easy to discuss, so let's talk about it, let's discuss it after we look at it, and see if we can compensate according to this number, as for women, we can marry the princess to your Datang, and make peace with your Datang, and other singers and dancers can give some, but ordinary people can't." ”

Li Ji glanced at Tang Zhou, Tang Zhou smiled: "Okay, then we'll talk about it tomorrow." ”

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After the first negotiation with the Tibetan envoys, Tang Zhou and Li Ji sat down together to discuss how much money was appropriate to ask for from the Tibetans, and whether the matter of sending the dancing girl and the princess and relatives was acceptable.

"Tang family boy, how about you say that we want 100,000 taels of copper, 50,000 taels of gold, and 100,000 taels of silver?"

Li Ji said a number to Tang Zhou, this number is not very much for the Tang Dynasty, or for Tang Zhou, so after Li Ji finished speaking, Cheng Chumo immediately pouted: "British Gong, you are too little, that's Tubo, a country just let them pay such a little money, how can it be enough." ”

Yu Chi Baolin also echoed: "Yes, British Duke, I think it should be 500,000 taels of copper, 200,000 taels of gold and 200,000 taels of silver." ”

Qin Huaidao smiled, did not speak, but set his eyes on Tang Zhou, Tang Zhou touched his chin and nodded: "I can do it." ”

Cheng Chumo was a little proud: "You have to knock them so hard." ”

Tang Zhou shook his head: "I'm talking about the number of lines proposed by the British public." ”

Cheng Chumo, Yu Chi Baolin and the others were stunned, a little suspicious that there was something wrong with their ears, and Cheng Chumo even felt that Tang Zhou's brain was also wrong.

"Brother Tang, what do you say, just like that, what about them sending Huazi?"

To be honest, this amount of money is estimated to be able to come out of the Cheng family, let alone a Tubo.

Cheng Chumo couldn't understand why Tang Zhou did this.

He looked at Tang Zhou, Tang Zhou sighed lightly, and said, "It's too much, Tubo will definitely not accept it, if he doesn't accept it, what can we do?" ”

"What else can I do, keep fighting."

"How far can you go?"

"After destroying Tibet, there are many countries that my Tang Dynasty has destroyed since the founding of the country, and there is still one Tubo missing?"

Cheng Chumo said that the domineering side leaked, but Tang Zhou shook his head: "Tubo is a vast area, it is not easy to destroy them, and they are in the plateau area, our people can't adapt to it at all, there will be a lack of oxygen, to their territory, our people are dizzy, but they can't fight, we can win them, but we can't destroy them, so, why force too hard?" ”

Tubo is not easy to destroy, Li Ji and Qin Huaidao both know about this matter, as long as Tubo hides in the plateau area, the Tang army really has no way to deal with them, since this is the case, it is better to say a moderate number, which is good for everyone.

After Tang Zhou finished speaking, Cheng Chumo pursed his lips, although he didn't believe Tang Zhou's statement that the Tang army would lose its combat effectiveness when it reached the plateau area, he didn't continue.

In this matter, he just joined in the fun, and in the end it was Li Ji and Tang Zhou who made the decision.