Qitun.

Inside a carriage and horse shop.

This kind of special place for caravans to settle down covers a large area, there is a large courtyard to park the carriages and horses, the courtyard is on both sides of the room, one next to the other, the inner courtyard also has many rooms for people to rest, also provides hot water, hot food, etc., but also convenient.

Luo Zhang settled the team, made defensive arrangements, hurriedly washed his face out, and was about to go out to find out the bottom of the surroundings, when a familiar person came in, he was suddenly startled, and asked suspiciously: "Are you Xiao Qi?" ”

"Xiao Qi has seen Commander Luo!" The other party clasped his fists and saluted.

"Hahaha, it's really you, the eight swords of the broken blade are not good at sophistication, and they have been kicked by me a lot, Lao Tzu remembers you, why are you here?" Luo Zhang asked curiously.

The other party smiled embarrassedly, being kicked in the ass is not a good memory, and when he thought of the matter, he quickly explained: "Commander Luo, the young master has an order, let you kill the Qitun garrison if you have a plan, but you can't let one go, so as not to leak the news, and if you don't have a chance, you will wait for the evening to meet with the outside." ”

"Where's Uncle? Is he okay? Luo Zhang immediately reacted and asked.

"It's only thirty miles from here, and everything is fine with the young master."

"Great."

Luo Zhang's worried heart finally let go, and asked, "How many troops are there here?" ”

"Seven hundred, composed of seven tribes, one hundred people in each tribe, is responsible for the security of Qitun in peacetime, and the combat effectiveness is unknown." The other party said truthfully.

"Coalition forces?" Luo Zhang snorted disdainfully, he didn't take it to heart, the coalition forces often mean that they have their own thoughts, and they will deviate from morality at critical moments, signaling the other party to follow and come to the door of a room.

Li Dejian happened to come out of it, saw Luo Zhang and said, "Just looking for you, you stay and watch the house, I'll take a few people to go around outside, find out some news, and see where Brother Qin is." ”

"No, this is Xiao Qi, Qin Xiaoqi, the son of Qin Jiazhuang, I know, I can't be wrong, he brought Uncle's news and orders." Luo Zhang introduced, and immediately looked at Xiao Qi: "Say the order again." ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly repeated the order.

Li Dejian was also overjoyed, and said with a smile: "I finally found it, it's okay if the person is fine, tell me the specific location." ”

"Thirty miles to the north."

"Thirty miles is the Jinyan tribe, right?" Li Dejian is meticulous and good at strategy, and asks a question.

"That's right, but it's been taken by us." Xiao Qi hurriedly replied.

"Tell me about what happened along your way." Li Dejian was full of curiosity.

"This ...... Let's ask the young master. Xiao Qi declined.

"Stinky boy, your mouth is tight."

Li Dejian didn't expect the other party's tone to be so tight, so he didn't want to ask again, he looked at Luo Zhang and said: "Since Brother Qin has an order, let's implement it, seven hundred garrisons are not much, but it is difficult not to get away with one person, since Brother Qin can emphasize this point, it must be very important, you can't be careless, tell me your opinion." ”

"Simple, I'll lead people to rush and kill, and you lead people to block and intercept." Luo Zhang said nonchalantly.

"It's not good for the two of us to divide the troops, after all, it's 700 people, not 70 people, if you really want to escape, it's hard to stop." Li Dejian frowned and reminded, frowning and thinking.

"So what do you say?" Luo Zhang asked rhetorically.

Li Dejian thought about it for a while, and suddenly came up with a plan: "Let's go to the best restaurant here and set a table, invite the leaders of the seven teams to come over, and then catch them all, without the leader, others will not run around, and it will be much easier to intercept." ”

"Why did the leaders of the seven armies come?" Luo Zhang asked rhetorically.

"In the eyes of outsiders, we are a caravan, banquets in the name of procurement, for example, we can say that we want to purchase 50,000 war horses, too much is easy to arouse suspicion, less can not arouse their interest, don't forget that they come from different tribes, they will inevitably seek benefits for their own tribe, if you want to win this order, you will definitely come."

Luo Zhang's eyes lit up, he thought for a while, and said, "It makes sense, even if it's three or five, what should I do?" ”

"I came forward to meet and discuss procurement matters with them, they will definitely bring people over for safety reasons, it's hard to say how many they bring, but the total strength is only seven hundred, let's arrange for a hundred people to disperse to block the west to prevent escape, there are Qin brothers in the north, the east is going to Datang, the south is the Gobi where no one is around, and the possibility of going west back to their respective tribes is the largest, you bring the rest of the people to sneak up and kill the entourage." Li Dejian proposed.

"Okay, that's it." Luo Zhang felt credible and agreed.

"I'll go and ask someone personally, and I'll leave the rest to you." Li Dejian left in a hurry.

"Be careful, bring a few more followers." Luo Zhang reminded him uneasily.

Li Dejian knew his own force, did not hold the big one, took four entourages out of the carriage shop, inquired all the way, and came to the door of a simple earthen house, there was not even a plaque, but it was the garrison office, guarded, with a knife on his waist and hips, and his eyes were cold.

After talking to the caravan for a long time, the guards here can speak Tang language: "Something? ”

The garrison was responsible not only for collecting taxes, but also for maintaining order

To ensure the safety of the caravan and the normal completion of the transaction, this kind of border trade bazaar is very important to the Turkic tribes, you can buy daily necessities such as salt, if something happens every day, which caravan will dare to come in the future?

This also led to the garrison's friendly attitude towards the caravan, at least they did not dare to mess around and oppress at will.

"Look for your leader." Li Dejian said quietly, his eyes were cold, he was not angry and arrogant, he had been running for several months, and he had already practiced his business skills.

"What's the matter?" The guard asked.

"I need to purchase 50,000 war horses, hold a banquet in the best restaurant in Qitun, discuss the details of the purchase in person, and please let me know." Li Dejian said.

The garrison is also the largest supplier of Qitun Bazaar, and each of the seven families sent a hundred people to join forces, but also to check and balance, and the other party heard that the purchase of 50,000 war horses, this is a big customer, and he can't afford to offend, so he hurriedly ran in to report.

Li Dejian doesn't really want to purchase, it's just a pretext, the purpose is to put a hook, of course he won't stay stupidly, etc., in case someone comes out to meet and asks to stay to discuss, how to deal with it? Leave quickly with someone.

Leave, someone will bite the hook, rush to the restaurant, and plan to have a chance.

On the way, I asked someone to inquire, and came to the best restaurant in Qitun, and it is also the only restaurant, the area is not small, but there are no guests, since the opening of the northern line of the Silk Road, the caravan of the southern line is getting fewer and fewer, and there are fewer people coming to Qitun.

Li Dejian asked for the largest private room and ordered a table of dishes.

The next thing is to wait.

Not long after, there was a sound of going up the stairs.

Immediately afterward, several people came to the private room and looked at it.

The fish bit the hook, Li Dejian smiled, got up, hugged his fists, and said very well: "Everyone, in the Tang Lu family, Lu Jian, on the order of the patriarch, came to purchase a war horse, first 50,000 horses, and then increase, one hand of money, one hand of goods, I don't know which one can eat it?" ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, Li Dejian made up a fake name for himself, and he was full of momentum, like a big family purchase.

50,000 horses is not a small amount, Li Dejian deliberately weighed it, even medium-sized tribes can't win the list exclusively, and they must find more than two companies to join forces to pave the way for the plan.

One person looked at Li Dejian and asked in Tang Chinese, which was not very proficient, "Why do you believe you?" ”

Li Dejian said with a smile: "This adult is joking, you don't need to believe me, I just said, one hand of silver, one hand of goods, let's pay for the money and goods on the spot, each going his own way." ”

"It's kind of interesting, sit down and talk." The other smiled with satisfaction, and sat down, and the other three sat down as well, while the others stood behind and were silent.

Li Dejian knew that four had come and three had not yet arrived, and there was a fly in the ointment, but there was no way, so he deliberately tried to say: "Who are you talking to?" ”

According to the rules, whoever wants to take orders can talk to whomever they want.

"It's a bit much, how about the four of us join forces to take it?" A hook-nosed man asked rhetorically, Tang Yu was obviously much better than the previous person.

"Four?"

Li Dejian pretended to be puzzled.

"How many families do you manage, in short, you give silver, we give horses, the money and goods are finished, when will the transaction be?" The man said impatiently.

"The horse must be a mature horse, the price is good, you drive first."

"Adult horses are rare, and the four families may not have enough, so how about trading 10,000 horses tomorrow morning, and if it's okay, trading 20,000 horses at noon and another 20,000 in the afternoon?" Hooknose asked.

"It's really troublesome, isn't it good to finish it all at once?" Li Dejian pretended to be impatient and said.

"It's a hassle for the horses to come, what if they all come? A single transaction, rest assured. Hooknose explained, thinking of something, and added: "The silver is paid, ten pieces of silver per horse, and if it is paid with salt, grain, oil, tea, etc., it can be less than one hundred wen per horse." ”

A newly grown horse can be sold for dozens of runs, or even hundreds, when transported to Chang'an, nearly ten times the profit.

Li Dejian said with a smile: "This price is more expensive than the northern grassland, can it be less?" ”

Bargaining is more like a businessman, in order to stabilize the goal, Li Dejian went all out.

Seeing that Li Dejian did not agree immediately, but counteroffered, the other party showed a relaxed smile, and the hooked nose even added: "It's okay to have a few hundred wen less, we have to see if the silver is enough." ”

"No problem, meeting is fate, everyone eats first, and after eating, go to see the silver, how about it?" Li Dejian smiled, looking sincere.

"Great idea!"

The crowd smiled with satisfaction.