After walking back and forth on the streets of Chengdu several times, Li Mao still couldn't come up with a perfect countermeasure, so he had no choice but to return to the temporary foothold and keep writing to inform Xiao Tiancheng from Taiyuan to raise materials to transport to Jiannan.

At the same time, he repeatedly paid out of his own pocket to order the craftsmen he recruited to continuously build bows, crossbows, arrows and other military equipment. Later, even the cement bricks were willing to let go and gathered.

It wasn't until five days later that Yang Guozhong hurried to Chengdu with a Tibetan merchant to discuss the business of the traditional Chinese medicine Rhodiola Rosea that Li Mao seemed to find a sense of seeing a sunny day through the clouds and mist.

"Your Highness, this is the way things are, my subordinates turned from Taiyuan to Qinghai Road, and then from Qinghai Road to the south of the sword, and even later entered the territory of the Tubo Kingdom, and finally let the subordinates find Dikka, he is the largest medicinal herb dealer in the Tubo Country! I heard that His Royal Highness King Shou is going to buy a large number of snowy saffrons, and Dikka has come with his subordinates to meet Your ......Highness with great sincerity."

"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, Yang Zhao, you don't need to be so impatient to show your merits in front of this king, if the thing doesn't work out, the two of you will talk about it, this ...... What's the matter with this Dick, does he know Tang dialect? ”

"Dear His Royal Highness King Shou, the villain's name is Dikka! The villain has heard of your name for a long time! Tashi Delek! "Hey! It's quite authentic, Tashi Delek, you are also Tashi Delek, the king of this book asked you how much you have in stock of this snowy safflower! In addition, what is the selling price? ”

"Your Royal Highness the King of Huishou, the snowy safflower grows on the high mountains that are extremely difficult to find, and it is not easy to pick her, so it is priceless for us Tubo people!" "What priceless! Then what are you doing to see this king, drinking tea and chatting? Or do you old boy think that this king is wronged and deliberately raises the price! Tell you no way, if it's higher than the market price, you like to sell whoever you like! ”

"Oh! Dear His Royal Highness Shouwang, you have misunderstood the meaning of the villain, safflower is a treasure in our Tubo, but tea, silk, and salt from white flowers are also treasures in your Tang Dynasty, and the villain does not sell it means that we exchange treasures for babies with each other! ”

"Barter, right? Yes! How about exchanging one pound of snowy safflower for two Shu brocade? Or ten catties of jasmine tea, of course, it can also be fifty catties of coarse salt......"

Li Mao quoted such a string of prices almost without much thought, but Dickka stared at Yang Guozhong's face with wide eyes after listening to it.

"Brother Yang! That's not what you and I said before we came! You said that His Royal Highness King Shou is very generous, and he will definitely be a good business partner, and he can't accept the price he is talking about now...... I can't accept the ......"

"This ...... Dikka, don't worry, don't worry, everything is negotiable, His Royal Highness King Shou doesn't know that your caravan has other precious Tibetan medicinal materials in addition to snowy safflower, let someone Yang tell you about peace, talk about peace! ”

After Yang Guozhong took Dirk Cara aside and whispered a few words, he was very embarrassed and ran to Li Mao and continued to whisper, "Your Highness, the price you just gave is really a bit low, although your subordinates are not very familiar with the medicinal herb business, but they also know that the snowy safflower is very valuable, and Dirka is a famous medicinal herb merchant in Tubo, how can he not know the doorway, Your Highness, don't you really want to do this business?" ”

"Do it! If the price is right, do it! You also said just now that he Dicka is a big herb dealer, so this time he must have transported all the things at the bottom of the box, but Yang Zhao, do you know why he was able to follow him so happily to Jiannan Road? ”

"This? Could it be that Your Highness, what you want to say is that the Tang and Tu wars are just around the corner, and Dikka is in a hurry to dispose of the inventory in his hand, otherwise as the relationship between the two countries deteriorates, the border trade will inevitably be closed indefinitely, and what he does is some precious medicinal materials that cannot be sold in the Tubo country for profit at all! ”

"Smart man, it's a little bit thorough, you kid should know how to communicate with him next! This matter is left to you to handle, the king's bottom line is to increase the price by up to 20%, and you can talk about the rest at will, as long as the king does not refuse to come to the king, and several accompanying medical officers from the Imperial Medical Department will also be invited to inspect the goods, the medicinal herb business is too deep, it is better to find some professionals to control it......"

"Whoa! His Royal Highness's words have benefited Yang Zhao a lot! Your Highness, don't worry, this old thing Dirkka seems to be cunning and tight, but now that we have caught the key to him! This deal can be negotiated anyway......"

When Yang Guozhong finished speaking, he turned around and discussed the price with Dickka's eyebrows, Li Mao swayed on the recliner again like an old monk, but at this moment, he drooped his eyelids and looked at the Tibetan medicinal herb merchant in front of him from time to time, and he didn't know if it was because of the psychological effect, or if he was nervous when the war was coming, anyway, Li Mao felt that something was wrong when he looked at Dickka's back.

It's just that they couldn't say why for a while, but when Wangcai and Zhang Xiaojing suddenly broke into the room and reported in a panic that Wang Sishen was drunk and making trouble, Li Mao finally found out that something was wrong with Dickka.

Because how can a businessman who is discussing hundreds of millions or even billions of big business be disturbed by some accident and then attracted by some inconsequential conversation?

"Dikka, this is the price that our Highness can give you, and it is really the maximum concession...... Dick Card ...... What do you think? Dirka ...... "Oh...... Your Royal Highness King Shou seems to have something important to discuss, so let's take a break for a while......"

"No, if it's a confidential matter, His Highness will say it, and if you don't agree with what Yang said just now!"

Yang Zhao looked at Dickka's soulless old Wang, Li Mao's back room, so he couldn't help but raise his voice slightly, but he was afraid that it would affect Wangcai, so they directly pulled Dickka with his hand, and when he reacted, the two continued to discuss in a whisper.

However, Dickka's abnormal performance just now was fully seen by Li Mao, who pretended to close his eyes and rest.

"Your Royal Highness, it's not good that General Wang has been drunk at every turn these days, and today he has started beating people, if General Wang Zhongsi hadn't stopped him, I'm afraid he would have to carry a horse lance to kill you......"

"Your Highness, are you asleep?" "Oh...... I just talked about it for a while, and I just said something! "Wang Shen has gone him crazy! Keep saying that you want to kill Your Highness, you will avenge your father! "It's against him! The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, not to mention that his father committed the crime first, if this king hadn't seen Luo Luo's face, he would have been killed a long time ago, go, you and Zhang Xiaojing will go and take him now, and turn around and escort Chang'an City to the sage to ask for guilt......"

"Whoa!" Wangcai and Zhang Xiaojing hurriedly carried their legs out of the house with their hands in fists, and at this time, Li Mao also seemed to remember that there were outsiders, and scolded Yang Guozhong very loudly, "Yang Zhao, why are you still here!" Go and stop to discuss, I don't know if this king will have to meet with a few generals in the future? ”

"Ah...... The subordinates should be damned, the subordinates will take Dicka to the side hall, Brother Di, please! "Oooh...... His Royal Highness King Shou, the foreign businessman said goodbye first, and I look forward to our cooperation for a long time......"

Seeing Li Mao's brows tightly locked and shaking his hand, the two walked out in a panic. "Brother Yang, Brother Yang, why are your Royal Highness King Shou so angry! Did we just hear something we shouldn't have heard...... Your Highness, will he ......?" said Dikka, and made a gesture to wipe his neck.

And his worrying performance made Yang Guozhong laugh out loud. "Brother Di, do you all imagine our Tang Dynasty prince as a demon who kills people without blinking! Don't worry, His Royal Highness King Shou is not so stingy, and what we heard just now is not a big deal, it is just a general who is drunk and making trouble......"

"Ah...... No way! As soon as the little general was drunk, he dared to threaten to kill his Royal Highness! You Tang Jun are too terrible! ”

"Eh, how should Yang tell you, a foreigner, about this? Anyway, things are not what you imagined, and the reasons are too complicated for you to understand! Let's finish the discussion of the medicinal herb business in advance, and it's not too late to talk about these after-dinner jokes in the future......"

"What? Is it a joke, is it a story? Di likes to listen to you Tang people tell stories the most, so let's do it! The matter of medicinal materials will be handled according to the price you said earlier, Brother Yang, so that Brother Yang will make you easy to deal with in front of His Royal Highness King Shou, right? But Brother Yang, you have to tell the story of that general to Di...... Di can do the east and invite you to eat and drink! ”

"Haha...... I can't imagine that Brother Di is such an interesting person as you! Good! That's great, but we still have to finish the delivery of the medicinal materials first, so let's listen to the story, okay? Otherwise, Yang can't let go of the heart in his stomach! ”

Dicka also nodded and laughed when he heard Yang Guozhong's playful ridicule, and then the two of them quickly completed the delivery of the medicinal materials. And such a refreshing result was also something that Yang Guozhong never expected.

In the dead of night, Yang Guozhong reported to Li Mao one by one the beginning and end of the medicinal material business with a little drunkenness, and Li Mao was also very satisfied with his performance, and asked someone to help him into the bedroom to rest after saying a few words of encouragement.

"Chasing life, is the news you just investigated true?" "Yes, Your Highness, Dikka repeatedly asked about Wang Sishen's counselor at the wine table, and after the banquet was over, he immediately sent his entourage to rush back to Tubo with a letter...... The subordinates originally wanted to intercept ...... Can ......"

"You did the right thing, don't startle the snake, by the way, let the ruthless them pay more attention, and they would rather lose it than be discovered......" "Whoa! My subordinates are going to talk to them! ”