Suhrab was very satisfied, and received compliments from his guests, indicating that he had indeed served them comfortably. Now that the wine and meat have passed the three rounds, Li Siye's drunken state has also appeared, and this degree is just to talk about things, which can avoid cunning officials from cheating.

He put his hands into his sleeves and asked carefully, "Li Yuanjun, I don't know if you have any business to introduce to me." ”

Li Siye was obviously drunk and dizzy, but he didn't forget the day's arrangement, and gave Fujimu next to him a look, and asked him to act as a lobbyist to persuade Suhrab.

Fujimu did not live up to expectations, and took the initiative to speak: "Suhrab, our family envoy Jun organized people to reclaim the barren fields in the Green Ridge to prepare for planting cotton, and went to the market to buy seeds during the day today, because of this. We urgently needed someone who was familiar with the cotton fields to come over and teach us the ins and outs of growing cotton, so we came to Suhrab when it was dark. ”

Suhrab's heart moved, and suddenly he asked: "How much wasteland are you going to reclaim for cotton?" ”

Fuji Mu said without hesitation: "More than 500 acres have been reclaimed temporarily, let's see how the yield is, and if the yield is good, the planting area will be increased next year." ”

Suhrab pinched his chin and groaned secretly, this green ridge guard actually wants to reclaim and plant cotton, the Han people have always been proud of silk, and they don't look down on cotton and other exotic species, but he actually has more than 500 acres.

The cotton fields planted by the Persians near Qiuzi add up to just over 1,000 acres, so the price of cotton has been stable. But once Li Siye organizes people to join in, cotton production will gradually be saturated, and prices will plummet.

As a cotton buyer, of course, he hoped that the price of cotton would be lower, which was in his interest, but for the Persian cotton farmers living in Qiuzi, it was tantamount to robbing them of their cake and damaging their interests.

Everyone lives in a foreign country, and he doesn't want the interests of his compatriots to be harmed, even if he may offend the Tang Army officer in front of him, he has to find a way to prevent the other party from planting cotton.

Suhrab's eyes rolled and he thought about it, he pretended to be sorry and frowned and said, "You want to grow cotton in the Green Ridge and reclaim the land?" No, it's too cold to grow cotton. I suggest you plant barley or wheat. ”

Fuji Mu didn't understand this thing, and quickly turned his head to look at Li Siye.

Li Siye was also a little surprised, I had never heard that cotton could not be grown in the green mountains, although the altitude of the Pamir Plateau is high, but there are three or four months of a year with a humid and mild climate, and the growth cycle of cotton is five months, so it is just in line with the growth cycle of cotton. Moreover, according to the climate theory, the western Xinjiang region was the warmest in the 7th century AD, and even the Tibetan Plateau in Tibet was the mildest in the climate, so the Persian Suhrab's argument is untenable.

Li Siye already had a plan in his heart, so he shook his head coldly: "You don't care if you can plant it or not, you just have to teach it in the past, and whether the cotton can grow up will be talked about later." “

Seeing that Li Siye did not believe in this evil, Suhrab continued to persuade him with all his strength: "Li Yuanjun, you must listen to me, this place is really not suitable for growing cotton, you should plant something else!" ”

Li Siye committed a real fire, stood up from the ground with a bang, and pulled out half of the horizontal knife at his waist, which frightened Su He to retreat in a hurry.

"What the fuck, don't you want to go! Lao Tzu is now the guardian of Green Ridge, and he may be able to be the leader of Qiuzi Town in the future! What are the consequences of offending the governor, do you know? In the future, I can make your shop unopen, and I can drive all of you Persian cats back to Persia. ”

This was too much, Fujimaki sat on the side and was stunned, didn't he say that it was too late to rely on persuasion, his three-inch tongue was too late......

Li Siye stepped on the Hu table with one foot, and said to Fujimu in a cold voice: "It's your turn, three inches of incorruptible tongue, persuade." ”

Fujimaki Khan, the situation has reached this point, what does this make him say.

He had no choice but to pour out the words that had been brewing in his stomach intact: "Su Hejun, our meaning is very clear, that is, please go to the Green Ridge to teach the military households to grow cotton, please think about it again." ”

Su He looked up at Li Siye, who was holding a steel knife with a fierce face, and nodded helplessly: "Okay, I'll go." ”

Li Siye put away the steel knife, regained his smile and sat down peacefully, patted Suhrab on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I will not treat you badly, I will give you a hiring fee of fifty yuan a day, and you will personally go to the fields of the green mountains to teach, teach them how to grow cotton, how to care for it, and how to pick it." ”

Su He nodded with a bitter face: "Please rest assured, I will definitely teach with my heart." ”

Li Siye said with satisfaction: "It's not early today, I'll rest at your house for a night in the evening, and wait for tomorrow morning, we'll leave together." ”

Sukh's face wrinkled more and more like orange peel, which gave him no time to think about it, and he could only hope that things would turn out for the better. For example, this Tang officer Li Siye is short-tempered and irritable, how can this kind of person be the material for doing business, the big deal is that the cotton he grows at that time, he will try his best to make it a defective product, and not give him the opportunity to disrupt the market.

He sent two maids to greet the guests to the guest room, and then sat down in the main room and breathed a long sigh of relief. Su He calmed down and thought about it, and suddenly realized his fatal mistake, and forgot to ask Li Yuanjun what was the use of planting so much cotton? Officers and soldiers do not necessarily farm for money, but perhaps for self-sufficiency.

His own imagination seems to be narrow, how can Tang Jun disrupt the market? The house itself is a big market, and the 20,000 Tang soldiers stationed in Anxi are filled with large quilts for sleeping, as well as felt made of cotton, he smacked it his head, what a stupidity!

Li Siye yawned and Fujimu came to the guest room, and the two Persian maids were about to step forward to serve them and undress, but Li Siye pushed them out, and silently recited in their mouths the refusal to be mixed, starting with me.

Drunken, he lay on the sheep felt and said to Fujimaki beside him: "You have done a good job today, and you have succeeded in convincing the Persians. ”

Fujimu felt that Li Shou's words were turning around and scolding him for not being helpful, were the Persian merchants persuaded? He was intimidated by your obscenity.

Now that Li Siye is drunk, he Fujimu needs to be more careful, in case this Persian merchant is obedient on the surface, but secretly has evil intentions, and sends someone to assassinate them in the middle of the night, then it will be unlucky.

In the darkness of the night, Fujimaki widened his eyes, not daring to feel the slightest sleepiness, and sat up from the ground after a slight nap, listening to the direction of the door, beware of the slight footsteps coming from all directions.

He was so vigilant and vigilant, but Li Siye next to him slept like a dead pig and snorted like thunder.

Early the next morning, Li Siye was refreshed and dressed and tied. Fujimaki stared at two pairs of red eyes, and yawned as soon as he spoke. Suhrab personally brought the maid to bring goat milk tea, and asked with a spring breeze on his face, "Did the two guests sleep well last night?" ”