Who is Xiao Yu?

None of the officials of the Tang Dynasty know Xiao Yu's net worth background, and what is even more glorious is that among the twenty-four different one-dollar silver coins of King Qin, it is Xiao Yu's head, what a glory.

The foreign envoys didn't know this, they just knew that this was a state minister, the six ministries of the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty, and the officials of the six ministries were extremely high-ranking officials in their eyes, and the three provinces were the core of the power of the Tang Dynasty. Such a core figure, because he wrote an inappropriate remark in the newspaper, was demoted from a high position under the second rank to a petty official from the ninth grade.

It's definitely a debasement to the end.

Xiao Yu, who was standing on top of the court, bit her lip tightly, strode into the main hall, gave a salute, thanked her, and then raised her head high: "Holy Lord, the words of the ministers come from the bottom of their hearts, and the hearts of the ministers can be seen from the sky!" ”

"Xiao Yu, you are limited to three days to go to work, go ahead!" Li Er waved his hand, there was no way he could say anything to Xiao Yu at this time.

Xiao Yu trembled angrily, didn't say anything, and after handing over his official seal, he strode out of the hall.

Those who could understand this scene didn't go to see Xiao Yu, and those who didn't understand the key to it all watched Xiao Yu leave the main hall.

"Gifts from the envoys of the states!" The officials of the Ministry of Rites shouted in front of the door of the main hall, and there were naturally officials from the Ministry of Rites outside who were responsible for guiding the way, and there was an order for who was first and who was behind, and it was impossible for so many people to rush in.

The first to come in was the Khitan king, not the Khitan envoys.

In other words, because the person who came to make it was high-level, it was ranked first. Of course, there are also people who think. It is the Khitan clan that has done a lot of things for Datang in the past year, so it ranks first.

"Congratulations to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Emperor ......" The Khitan King read thousands of words of nonsense, and then came to the point, he did not let his subordinates read it, but read it himself: "I Khitan offered 10,000 good horses, 500 quintals of ginseng, 1,000 high-quality mink skins, 10 bear skins, and a pure white tiger skin." ”

What a valuable gift. Could it be that the Khitans have emptied their families?

It's a pity that this is just Li Yuanxing's idea alone, ginseng is calculated in dan, five hundred quintals of ginseng is 50,000 catties. Put it in the modern age of the afterlife. This pure wild ginseng is 50,000 catties, which is definitely not cheaper than gold.

But in the Tang Dynasty, the families are still not in their eyes, since they occupied Liaodong. There are tens of thousands of catties of wild ginseng in any mountain. And at the time of the calculation. Ten strains of 100-year-old ginseng are counted as a load, which is for the convenience of nuclear prices. So 500 quintals of ginseng, if all of them are top-notch goods. For example, the case of thousand-year-old ginseng.

Well, that's a few baskets.

Li Er opened his mouth to thank him, and then said to Li Yuanxing: "How do you think Gorou will return the gift?" ”

"10,000 catties of second-class stainless steel, 100,000 catties of horse iron, 10,000 catties of white linen, and 1,000 brocade. What does the royal brother think? "Li Yuanxing and Li Er have discussed in advance, and they also have approximate figures. I just thought that the other party's five hundred loads of ginseng were really beyond imagination, so I doubled Ma Tie.

Horse iron is horseshoes.

In fact, this is no longer a secret, there are horses lost in the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield, and later cooperation with the Khitans, etc., has also been spread.

But this rumor is a bad thing turned into a good thing.

The demand for iron in the surrounding states was even greater.

Especially the northern ethnic groups, how many horses they have and how many catties of iron they need.

At this time, in order to show the majesty of the Tang Emperor, Li Er will naturally increase: "I thought that ten more rainbow brocades and one cloud brocade would be added." The Tang Royal Academy gives the Khitan family 300 students admission qualifications, of which 10% are free of charge. ”

"Xie Datang Emperor Bixia!" The Khitan king was full of joy and thanks.

The data was quickly disseminated.

First of all, it is not calculated according to the silver of Chang'an market price, but only according to the preciousness of the item, which is converted to the origin of each state. What the Tang Dynasty gave to the Khitans was ten times the Khitan gift, at least ten times. How much is a horse worth, it is only a few dollars in the Khitan, and in Chang'an, ten is the ordinary market price, twenty is a good horse, and BMW is naturally calculated separately.

The 10,000 catties of steel far exceed the value of the 10,000 horses.

Because of the second-class refined steel of the King of Qin, one catty is made of iron-steel mixed casting method, with as little as two steel knives and as many as five steel knives. And this is still a first-class knife, and it should be put in Chang'an to run two times, and it is placed in the Khitan, not to mention a good knife for ten times.

The Khitan King retreated with joy, he knew in his heart that this was the battle for the Tang Dynasty in the past six months, and he fought well, so he had these gifts in return.

The second was the envoy of the Hui Hui.

The Hui envoys were selected in second place, firstly because they are currently the largest shili in the northern grasslands, and secondly, because they are also the most intimate ones with the Tang Dynasty in the northern grasslands.

"Congratulations to the Tang Dynasty for ten thousand years, respected Tang Emperor Bixia......" The praise of the Hui envoy is not long, but the gift list is more ordinary, nothing more than how many sheep, how many horses and so on. There are no particularly precious gifts on the grassland, and most of the precious stones and the like are traded from the Western Regions.

Li Er once again motioned for Li Yuanxing to come to the gift.

Li Yuanxing took a step forward: "The gift for your return, it's the same." From next year, your goat milk and wool purchase volume will be doubled, and the purchase price will be increased by one and a half! ”

"Thank you, His Royal Highness King Xie Qin. No, Xie Venerable Emperor Bixia of the Tang Dynasty. ”

The Hui envoy was already a little speechless in excitement.

As the emperor, Li Er naturally still has to be courteous: "I will give you 10,000 catties of horse iron and 1,000 catties of snow salt, and I will be granted permission to trade 10,000 catties of snow salt every year." There are 300 students enrolled in the Datang Royal Academy. It's free of charge! ”

"Xie Datang Emperor Bixia, Xie Datang His Royal Highness King Qin!"

It sounds like the Hui people are less Khitan in value, but the Hui is a long-term deal, which will increase this year and will increase next year, which is far from profit, and the Khitan people just get more at one time.

What's more, the Khitans are war horses, and the Hui people only have 1,000 horses, mostly worthless sheep.

The third, when it comes to the Western Turks, no matter what, the Western Turks are also the biggest shili around the Tang Dynasty at the moment.

At least before Tufan and Tuyuhun sent people, the Western Turks were the largest.

The next fourth is Goguryeo.

Seeing the Western Turk envoy enter the main hall with a look of excitement.

This also made the Goguryeo envoys feel uneasy.

The Tang Dynasty already had heavyweight courtiers shouting that they would not ally with Goguryeo, although the Tang Emperor belittled this courtier, it did not mean that other courtiers did not have the same mind.

At the moment, looking at the gifts of the first two families, although their own gifts are not light, it is far from enough to return to Liaocheng and Jian'an. Originally, the Goguryeo royal family thought that their gifts were at least ten times that of other states, or even more, but at present, they were only barely higher than the Hui and lower than the Khitans.

"Honorable ......" Western Turks came this time, with the mind of harmony, and the gift was quite heavy.

After reciting a full 3,000-word word of praise, the Western Turks began to light up the list.

"20,000 good horses, 20,000 catties of gold, 100,000 slaves, and 10 boxes of precious stones."

It's simple, but it's huge. The Western Turkic envoy directly asked someone to bring up the gems, on all kinds of gems, the smallest one is also the size of a thumb, this box is placed in the modern era of later generations, Li Yuanxing does not dare to count, this value is so big that it scares people to death.

Fortunately, the Western Turks have not yet discovered Hetian jade, otherwise......

Li Yuanxing was shocked in his heart, originally in history, the Western Turks were 10,000 good citizens and 10,000 gold in order to make peace. Now the number has doubled, and there are 100,000 slaves and 100 chests of gems.

These things cannot be faked, and Li Yuanxing, a slave of 100,000, already knows that although it has not been completely transported to Chang'an, it will take another ten and a half months at most, and these horses and slaves will enter Chang'an City. What has already entered the border of the Tang Dynasty must not go out again.

Li Er was also taken aback, how to return this gift.

If the other party is coming to kiss, how to refuse this.

Li Yuanxing took a deep breath, fortunately, he got Li Xiaogong's letter in advance, and knew that the Western Turks had transported a large number of horses and slaves over, otherwise such a heavy thing, just returning the gift would make Datang suffer a loss to his grandmother's house.

"The sincerity of the Western Turks was seen by the king, and someone came to bring up the seventh, thirteenth, twenty-one, and three gifts prepared by the king." Li Yuanxing piled up a lot of things in the palace just to deal with such a situation. Some states can give some very affordable, such as Khitan and Hui.

But the Western Turks, Li Yuanxing will not, at least not give all these affordable things.

The three-number gift is a total of three boxes. One of the chests was ten meters long and was carried into the main hall by a hundred forbidden soldiers.

"These are only part of the story, just as your envoy will bring these beautiful gems."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the King of Qin!" The Western Turks understood that it was absolutely impossible to propose peace here, and could only increase goodwill between the two countries. Most of the Western Turkic nobles believed that the purpose of peace was only to increase the friendship between the two countries, and only the current Western Turkic Great Khan was purely for women.

The first box is opened, and there are nine layers in one box, one wooden box in each layer.

A little eunuch opened all the wooden boxes in front of everyone.

"Ah......" The entire hall, whether it was the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty or the envoys of the Western Turks, couldn't help but exclaim.

What's in the box?

Nine plates, each pot of eighty pearls, all one color one centimeter in diameter, for the people of the Tang Dynasty, such a size is already a treasure. What's more, eighty-one pieces are exactly the same size per plate. What's even more amazing is that nine plates and nine colors, this box is placed in Chang'an City, and in terms of the weight of pearls, it is worth twenty times the value of gold, and it is priceless.

Just ask, who would trade such a thing.

"Honorable Emperor Bixia of the Tang Dynasty, His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, please allow the ministers to display the return gift of the Tang Dynasty outside the palace."

"Permission!" Li Er secretly praised, this envoy is very discerning, and at this time, it is natural to have face to both sides. (To be continued......)