Timur asked this question in order to find out the truth of the Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, if he was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely not be willing to lose a large amount of silver coins with such a delicate and high silver content.

"Back to Your Majesty, Da Ming did not impose more restrictions, but he had to buy more than five times the goods in Da Ming to take away a certain amount of silver coins."

"However, under normal circumstances, we will choose to spend the last silver coin, and resolutely leave Daming without taking the silver coin!"

Timur was amazed when he heard this.

"Why is that?"

"Back to Your Majesty, we are businessmen, and businessmen want to make money."

"If you come back with silver coins, you can make a profit of three or two percent at most. You can come back with the goods, and you can make at least three or five times the profit. ”

"Oooh......"

Timur had a sudden expression when he heard this, but soon this abruptness turned into bitterness.

Because he found a huge problem from it, that is, the gold and silver from all over the world will pour into Daming!

Although Timur was not in business, he was well aware that his empire did not have any high-quality products to trade with the Ming Dynasty. If you want to buy Daming goods, you can only buy them with your own gold and silver.

In the long run, the gold and silver of his empire will pour into the Ming Dynasty, and the empire will face a situation where there is no gold and silver available!

"Do you want to limit the loss of gold and silver?"

"Your Majesty, what did you say?"

When Timur heard this, he hurriedly sloppied his eyes.

"Oooh......"

"I didn't say anything, I just thought that Daming's silver coins were too beautifully made."

Hearing this, Shang Jia unanimously admired.

"yes!"

"We have never seen a country where a silver coin has been made so beautifully and with such a high silver content."

"Now some merchants who take the sea route specially use ships to transport gold and silver coins of different fineness from various countries to Daming, and exchange them from Daming into exquisite silver coins and gold coins to bring back ......."

Originally, Timur was troubled enough, but when he heard the businessmen around him say this, he couldn't wait to immediately close the port and arrest the profiteers one by one and cut them down!

Timur didn't wait for the merchants to finish speaking, then turned around and left angrily, leaving only the merchants standing in place.

"Did we say something wrong?"

"Who, shut up, you have to kill us all!"

Just as the merchants were nervous and fell into silence, a court eunuch came out and said to a few people.

"Your Majesty is tired, so he specially ordered me to send you out of the palace!"

"Today's affairs in the palace, don't talk nonsense when you go out, if you leak any secrets, the laws of the empire will not be spared!"

"Please rest assured, we will never talk nonsense!"

The next day, Timur met with a number of scholars who specialized in the history of the Orient and discussed with them the history of Lower China.

On the third day, Timur finally found time to meet with the Northern Yuan envoy Hao Hai Da Xu.

Hao Haida wanted to enter the main hall under the welcome of a group of guards, and saluted Timur respectfully.

"On behalf of the Great Yuan Elbok Khan, I would like to extend my sincere blessings to Timur Khan!"

"May Timur Khan always be blessed by the immortal heaven, forever loved by his people, always enjoy the wind and rain, and the country and the people will be safe and ......"

When Timur was about to finish speaking, he immediately ordered someone to sit for him.

Hao Haida was not polite, and sat in his seat and looked up at Timur.

"I heard that Dayuan is interested in forming an alliance with me?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is not that Da Yuan intends to ally with you, it is the will of the Immortal Heaven that guides us to unite and fight against the tyrannical Da Ming together!"

"Immortality?"

Timur smiled slightly when he heard this, and a hint of playfulness appeared on his face.

He did not believe in immortality, nor did he believe very much in Islam.

As long as there is a need, or rather it is beneficial to the empire, it is not a problem for him to believe in anything.

"Then I thank the Immortal Heaven for his protection!"

"However, since you want to form an alliance, you have to show some sincerity, right?"

Hao Haida asked without answering.

"What sincerity?"

Timur smiled and tapped on the armrest, and said thoughtfully.

"Send a prince as a hostage, for example?"

"Oh......"

In fact, Hao Haida wanted to guess what Timur would ask for, not to mention that the alliance between the two countries and sending princes to each other as hostages is a rule since ancient times, and it is not an excessive request.

It's just that the current situation in the Northern Yuan doesn't seem to be suitable for sending hostages......

"To tell you the truth, my lord Elbok Khan has been on the throne for a long time, and he has not yet given birth to an heir, so it is difficult to meet this request of His Majesty."

"If Your Majesty does not give up, the foreign minister can remain in your country as a hostage."

"You?"

Timur's gaze deepened, and he looked at Haohai with an inquiring gaze.

"You're not too young this year, aren't you?"

Hao Haida wanted to know that the other party disliked him for being old as soon as he heard this, so he had no choice but to quote a poem from the Ming people.

"The old horse is lying on the manger, and his ambition is still thousands of miles."

"Heroes are old, but their ambitions will not stop ......"

"Although I don't dare to call myself a hero, I still have some talent that can be driven by Your Majesty."

When Timur heard this, he couldn't help but be in awe of the inconspicuous old man in front of him.

This is not only a smart man, but also a philosopher!

Otherwise, how could he have said such philosophical things?

The old horse is ambitious, and the hero is full of ambition.

That's a great thing to say!

Timur had great respect for talented people, and as long as you were talented enough, even if you were born as a slave, you would be reused. It is precisely because of this that he was able to build such a powerful empire in just a few decades.

"Don't see the outside, Ben Khan just joked with you."

Hao Haida wanted to hear the words and got up solemnly and said.

"Your Majesty, you have no jokes!"

"As a monarch, you should be steady, and you shouldn't joke with your subordinates."

"Oh?"

No one dared to preach to Timur for many years, and even if it was for his good, it still made him a little difficult to accept.

However, after a little consideration, Timur still got up to express his gratitude and sincerely accepted Haohaida's suggestion.

"Ben Khan, thank you for your teachings!"

"Ben Khan promised not to joke anymore."

"Now let's get down to business, since your country intends to form an alliance to fight against the Ming Dynasty together, you have to talk about how many soldiers your country still has, how much grain and grass, and how long it can resist, right?"

Hao Haida wanted to hear this question and felt a headache on the spot.

It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice!

Even if he can say it again, he can't change the fact that Da Yuan is a poor bastard.

"Back to Your Majesty, Dayuan is now short of food and grass, and I am afraid it can only support it for a few months."

"There is also a serious shortage of weapons and armor, and the bows and arrows of the soldiers are mostly mixed with wolf teeth and stones......

"However, everyone in my Dayuan is still martial, and women and children can also fight."

"As long as Your Majesty is willing to help me with the grain, grass and weapons of Dayuan, my Dayuan can have three million people, which is enough to exhaust the last drop of blood!"

Although Hao Haida wanted to speak very well, Timur still frowned when he heard it.

Isn't this just a poor sand settlement......

Timur had long known that the Northern Yuan Dynasty was having a difficult life, but he never thought that the other party would be able to live like such a bear!

"Alas!"

"Your envoy doesn't know that our country is also very difficult. There are constant rebellions in the southern provinces, such as Zabzwar who has recently rebelled against me, and I am mobilizing soldiers for a crusade......"

This is a typical crying poor, and it can also be understood as an increase in bargaining chips in subsequent negotiations.

Hao Haida wanted to naturally not expose Timur's lies, but just said along with the other party.

"Alas!"

"Your Majesty's hardship, how can the foreign ministers not know about it?"

"The speed of the rise of the Ming Dynasty is really appalling. If it can't be curbed in time, I'm afraid that sooner or later the east and west of the Tianshan Mountains will become the territory of the Ming people......"

How could Timur be so obviously agitated?

Hearing that Hao Haida wanted to deliberately stimulate himself, Timur not only did not get angry, but cried along with the other party.

"That can't be helped!"

"Who made my country too short, the people poor, and the treasury not abundant......

Timur wanted to cry a little longer, but Haohaida couldn't afford it.

He had already learned from his subordinates that Dayuan had undergone a great change, and Da Ming had also sent troops.

If troops cannot be sent to rescue in time, the Great Yuan Guozuo will inevitably be cut off.

"Your Majesty, just say it bluntly, how can you form an alliance and send troops to aid my Dayuan?"

When Timur heard this, there was a faint anger on his face.

Because that's not what a wise man should say!

"What do you say?"

"The minister said ......"

Hao Haida wanted to be stunned, and then respectfully saluted Timur.

"It's the foreign minister who is reckless!"

"I, Dayuan, am willing to respect Your Majesty as the Khan of Immortality, and on behalf of Immortal Heaven, I will lead all the people under the rule of Immortal Heaven to fight against the tyrannical Ming Dynasty!"

When Timur heard this, a smile of relief appeared on his face.

Hao Haida is really a smart person, and he understands what he wants so quickly!

Just as Timur was about to say yes, an attendant walked in from outside the door and saluted him respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the academy is ready, we can leave at any time!"

"Oooh!"

Timur hurriedly terminated the conversation, stepped down from the throne, and enthusiastically took Haohaida's hand and walked out.

"Let's go!"

"Ben Khan will take you to see my academy first, so that you can meet my imperial scholars!"

"Your Majesty, the matter of the alliance ......"

"It's easy to talk about the alliance, we have time to talk about it in detail!"

"Alas!"

Hao Haida wanted to hear this, so he could only follow Timur to the so-called academy.

The Lekistan Institute is located in the very center of Samarkand and occupies a huge area.

However, at this time, only a few halls were completed, and many other areas were still stacked with building materials, which looked a little messy.

But even so, the building was still very large, demonstrating the importance that Timur attached to knowledge.

As soon as he saw where the carriage had stopped, he knew what Timur's purpose was.

Is it nothing more than to take yourself to see his martial arts?

There is no need to look at martial arts for the time being, Timur can build such a vast empire, which is enough to witness his extraordinary martial arts.

As for the rule of culture, it can only be set off by academies and scholars.

"The foreign minister has been in Samarkand for so long, and he didn't know that there was such a magnificent academy in your country?"

When Timur heard this, a smug smile appeared on his face.

"Your envoy has won the prize!"

"Ben Khan attached great importance to culture and education, and when he decided to move the capital to Samarkand, he decided to build the largest college in the world."

"Here you have to teach not only theology, but also poetry, law, philosophy, and so on!"

"Ben Khan wants to bring together scholars from all over the world here, so that they can once again lecture, discuss, and spread knowledge!"

Hao Haida wanted to listen while patting Timur's ass.

Although Hao Haida wanted to be a sycophant, he had to admit in his heart that Timur was far-sighted.

Among their four khanates, there were few emperors who respected knowledge as much as Timur.

"Haohai Dayu, do you guess how many students can be accommodated after this academy is completed?"

Hao Haida wanted to look at the majestic palace and give an exaggerated number as much as possible.

"I'm afraid there are no less than a thousand?"

Timur pursed his lips disdainfully, then held out a finger.

"Your envoy pattern is low!"

"Ben Khan wants to make it the largest academy in the world, an academy that can accommodate 10,000 people!"

After Timur finished speaking proudly, he waited for the sound of exclamation from Haohaida. However, after waiting for a while, he didn't hear Hao Haida's exclamation, just waited for an ambiguous word.

"It's okay......"

Hao Haida's fluttering sentence "It's okay" made Timur very hurt, and also made Ma Heima, the grandson of the imperial crown prince who rushed to hear the news, very angry.

Although his grandfather proposed the construction of this college, he was involved in the whole process of building it, and it was used for his foundation.

However, he and his grandfather have put in so much energy and sweat, and this barbarian from the north has only said one sentence, which is simply too deceitful!

"Dare to ask the Great Yuan Envoy, have you ever seen a bigger academy than it?"

Hao Haida nodded instinctively, but after nodding, he realized that something was wrong, and shook his head as if he was remedy.

But his actions had already been discovered by the emperor's grandson, Ma Heima, and he stepped forward to ask.

"Where have you seen it?"

Hearing this, Timur glared at his grandson unhappily, annoyed that his grandson couldn't hold his breath. But he was also very dissatisfied with Haohaida's disrespectful remarks, but he was just embarrassed.

"If your envoy knows anything, you might as well say bluntly, Ben Khan is not a person with a small belly."

Hao Haida didn't believe Timur's nonsense, in his opinion, there was no generous emperor in this world.

However, in view of the arrogance of the other party, he felt that he needed to move out of Daming to deter the other party, and let the other party know what it means to have a sky outside the sky and someone outside the world.

At the same time, it also created a sense of crisis for Timur, letting him know that only an alliance with Dayuan was the only way out.

"Since Your Majesty asked, the foreign minister was offended."

"I once represented the Great Yuan as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, and there were more than 10,000 scholars in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, specializing in studying the law, literature, poetry, history and other classics of the Ming Empire."

When Timur and Ma Heima heard this, they immediately showed disdain on their faces.

"After the completion of our Lekistan Academy, it will be able to accommodate tens of thousands of people to study again!"

Hao Haida wanted to hear the words and smiled evilly.

"Your Majesty, the minister hasn't finished yet......"

"The Guozijian I just talked about is just the academy established by the old emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the school established by their imperial grandson hasn't been said yet, hehehe......"

(End of chapter)