Chapter 910: Give Them a Chance
Since a decision was made, Li Ke decided to talk to a few people, but he didn't choose to find them immediately, but waited for more than a month, and the vicinity of Chang'an began to enter spring ploughing, and Li Ke called three people over.
Li Ke was outside Chang'an City, by the Wei River to meet three people, and when the three of them came over, Li Ke was fishing by the Wei River.
After the three of them came, they were a little surprised to see each other, and at the same time, they were also a little apprehensive in their hearts, and they didn't know what His Highness had called them for.
"The ministers have seen His Highness." All three of them saluted Li Ke.
"Sit." Li Ke pointed to a few chairs around him and said.
The three of them hesitated, then each found a chair and sat down.
"Looking for three generals to come today, in fact, there is an important task I want to talk to the three of them." Li Ke said with a smile.
"I don't know what His Highness commands, we are naturally going to the soup and the fire, and we will not give up." Qi Bi He Li said.
"Actually, the matter is very simple, it has to do with Xue Yantuo." Li Ke said.
"Your Highness, the minister dared to ask, but Datang wants to use troops against Xue Yantuo?" Ashinadur thought for a moment and asked.
"It can be said that it can be said that it is not, this matter is between the two, but I don't know if the three generals don't understand, if you know me, it should be very clear that I have always liked to surrender without a fight." Li Ke said with a smile.
Li Ke's words are not bragging, in his opinion, although it is essential to fight, it is also possible to surrender without a fight.
"Your Highness, if Xue Yantuo has a heart of disobedience, as a general of the Tang Dynasty, we are naturally willing to take the lead and personally lead the army to fight, and we all have Turkic ancestry and are very familiar with grassland warfare." Ashinadur said very dryly.
For their words, Li Ke naturally believes very much, to be honest, the Tang Dynasty foreign vassal countries are very loyal to a certain extent, at least compared to the previous dynasties, it has a lot to do with Li Shimin's ability to accommodate these foreign ministers and generals.
If these three put a dynasty, it is absolutely impossible to achieve such a status in the Tang Dynasty, at least Li Ke has never heard of other dynasties having so many foreign generals similar to the Tang Dynasty in history.
For example, Qi Bi He Li even added the title of Liang Guogong in the end.
Moreover, after Li Shimin's death, these three people expressed their willingness to accompany Li Zhi, who succeeded to the throne, but Li Zhi refused.
No one wants to die, but being able to say this sentence proves that the other party is truly loyal.
"No, I called the three of you here, I believe in the three of you very much, so I said some things directly to the three of you, this time I called you here to actually want the three of you to take the Tang Dynasty to envoy Xue Yantuo."
"Envoy?" The three of them were stunned for a moment.
After hesitating for a moment, he lost his strength and said: "Your Highness, it's not that the three ministers are unwilling to take on this important responsibility, but the three ministers and the other three have very little reading, and they are embarrassed to be of great use, that is, they have spent some military books, and the other books are very little, and such things are very important. ”
Speaking of which, the three of them have some embarrassment on their faces, the three of them can be said to be from the Turks, but they are just different Turkic tribes, and the relationship between the three of them is usually good, and they naturally know each other's situation better.
They felt that they could not accomplish such things.
"Actually, you don't need to say anything, this mission is relatively simple, you just need to say what you say." Li Ke smiled, then took out three pieces of clothing from the box beside him and handed them to the three people.
The three of them were a little puzzled, but they each reached out and took it.
"Can you tell what kind of clothes this is?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
The three of them were a little puzzled, not enough or looked down, this is a pullover of clothes, it looks like its silk threads are very thick, but these silk threads are woven into a relatively dense pattern, the overall style is not ugly, and it is very thick to the touch, and it is also very soft, although it is not as soft as silk, but it is more than linen.
"Your Highness, what is this?" The three of them were a little confused.
"They're all made of wool." Li Ke said with a smile.
The three of them were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously picked up the clothes in their hands and put them on the tip of their noses to smell them, but there was no smell.
"You can pull a thread from it, light it and smell it." Li Ke took out a lighter from his body and threw it over, "Press the black thing next to you and a flame will come out." ”
Qi Qi He hurriedly caught what Li Ke came over, and then clumsily pressed the black button with his thumb, and a flame immediately appeared next to it.
The people of Qibi He Li were stunned, what kind of flint and steel is this? So advanced?
However, he did not forget His Highness's explanation, and the three of them pulled out a thread from the clothes in their hands and lit it directly with the lighter in their hands, and the burning smell of wool immediately entered the nose.
After sniffing it, the three of them could be sure that it was indeed a woolen dress, but they were a little confused...... I don't know what His Highness meant by showing them this dress.
"You go, bring this garment to Zhenzhu Khan, and tell him that I can destroy the entire Turkic people without blood, but I didn't do that." Li Ke said.
The three of them were stunned for a moment, but they didn't ask and waited quietly.
"I have very advanced tools in my hands, and I can collect a lot of wool to make these sweaters, woolen sweaters, etc., at a very low cost, not much more expensive than linen."
"This means that I have a large market in Datang, because for ordinary people, this is a very good winter clothing."
"I will buy a large amount of wool on the border of Turkic tribes such as Datang and Xue Yantuo with grain and even iron tools, and wool is almost useless on the grassland, which means that I can exchange a very high profit for a large amount of wool."
"And the Turkic nobles, the herdsmen, in order to survive better, they will raise a large number of sheep. The first year I bought wool, and the second year I bought another thing, cashmere, ten times or even dozens of times the price! Cashmere is of better quality and quantity on top of goats. ”
"When herdsmen start to raise goats on a large scale, the goats' habit of eating grass roots will gradually begin to destroy the pasture, and it will not be visible in the first year or two, about three or four years, a large area of grassland on the grassland will be gradually destroyed and gradually become a desert."
At that time, the nobles who had long been accustomed to exchanging a large amount of silk, tea, grain, salt, and even porcelain and other important daily necessities with the Tang Dynasty would not reduce their quality of life, and they would gradually expand their grazing areas. And in order to raise sheep on a larger scale, they will reduce the size of the herd and horse herd that eats more. ”
"When the area of the desert grows larger and larger, whether I suddenly announce a reduction in the purchase price of wool or simply stop the purchase, the entire Turkic interior will collapse."
"At that time, the desertification of the steppe will be irreversible, and the homeland on which the Turks will live will shrink." Li Ke said lightly.
The three of them couldn't help but gasp, this ...... If His Highness hadn't spoken out, they were sure that no one on the steppe would have been able to see through this scheme, and they knew it...... These things are meant to happen.