Timur Khan?
Han Du and Zhu Biao instantly thought of the man in Fengtian Palace who could face Lao Zhu without fear. Han Du originally thought that Timur was arrogant and deliberately underestimated Ming, but he did not expect that he was just a white dragon fish suit.
"The Western Chagatai Khanate is the Timur Empire, and Timur is the Great Khan of the Timur Empire? No wonder he dared to be so rude. It turns out that he is the head of a country."
Zhu Biao also sighed and nodded: "Yes, who would have thought that the leader of a country would dare to take such a risk to enter the Ming Dynasty. Isn't he afraid of accidents?"
"I should have killed him in the first place!" Han Du's eyes turned red and he gritted his teeth. Really, if Han Du had known that Timur was the leader of the Western Chagatai Khanate, even if he had tried to be dealt with by Lao Zhu, Han Du would have They will try their best to kill him.
In Han Du's eyes, the best enemy is the enemy who is already dead.
Timur's empire spanned the Western Regions, and if the Ming Dynasty wanted to expand along the Silk Road, it would inevitably have to go around it. Even for the sake of the future of the Ming Dynasty, Han Du did not want to see a powerful Timurid Empire blocking the Ming Dynasty's westward expansion. As long as there is a chance, Handu doesn't mind letting Timur's empire fall apart.
"What a great opportunity. If Timur had been killed, then Timur's empire would have collapsed, and there would be no obstacles on the Ming Dynasty's westward journey. It's a pity..."
Han Du wanted to beat his feet and chest, regretting his mistake. A hand grabbed his chest forcefully, and Han Du was worried that if he let go, he would be unable to suppress the surging blood.
Zhu Biao frowned and looked at Han Du, "What nonsense are you talking about? He came as an envoy of the Chagatai Khanate. Even if you knew that he was the leader of Timur, how could you kill him? Both armies If we don’t kill the envoys during the war, the Ming Dynasty has not yet broken with the Timur Empire. Even if you want to take action, my father will not agree."
This is a good thing. With Lao Zhu's character, even if he knew that he was the leader of Timur, he would probably not do anything to him.
Lao Zhuxiong has been looking at the world for decades, and a mere Timur is not worthy of his decision.
Han Du felt a little better after hearing Zhu Biao's words. As long as Lao Zhu didn't want Timur to die, Han Du thought that it would be very difficult to kill Timur in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, others began to notice the noise caused by Timur's empire. Everyone who saw their arrival couldn't help but change their expressions, causing everyone in the banquet hall to have different thoughts. In just an instant, the entire banquet hall went from being lively and lively with singing and dancing to being completely silent.
Han Du saw all this and smiled in his heart. He asked Hader in a low voice: "What? These Timurids don't seem to be very popular in Horumus?"
Hader's face was also a little ugly, and he nodded and said: "What the Marquis said is true. I'm afraid no one in this banquet hall likes him and Timurid people to come and go."
"Why is this?" Han Du was a little surprised. I hate the Timurids because they blocked the Silk Road and harmed the interests of Ming Dynasty.
Could it be that these Timurids have harmed the interests of the entire upper class society in Horumus?
"What exactly did they do?
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Something that angered both humans and gods, causing them to be ostracized by everyone? "Han Du asked Hader in a low voice with a gloating tone.
Hader glanced at the Timurid people in fear, as if he didn't want to mention them, "The Marquis doesn't know something. They are relying on the power of the Timurid Empire to act recklessly here, causing many people to be afraid of them, and don't want to Do business with them.”
Han Du chuckled lightly, glanced at the Timurid people, and asked: "Since they are doing business, why are they doing such nonsense? Are they still passing off inferior goods and buying and selling by force?"
Harder shook his head, "It's not like that. Their goods are considered good, but they are not shoddy. Instead, when doing business with them, as long as the price of the purchase this time is, even if it is the price of this kind of thing next time If it has lowered, then they must sell it at this price. But if the price of this thing rises, they will raise the price again. Anyway, as long as it is the thing they sell, the price can only rise, not fall, and there are many things that happen. People are dissatisfied.”
"But they are relying on the power of the Timur Empire to show off their power here. The Marquis doesn't know that although the Timur Empire is far away from here, the reputation of the Timur Empire is also spread in Hulumos."
Han Du's eyes lit up after hearing this. The trading method Hard mentioned means that the weaker party suffers everywhere. People like Hard are in a weak position, so of course they will not agree willingly.
But for the strong side, it takes advantage of everything. Han Du thinks that he is not the weak one, but the strong one. This kind of trading method will benefit you without any harm.
Moreover, since the Timur Empire can rely on its power, these Khrumos people dare not bow their heads. Is the reputation of the Ming Empire weaker than that of Timur?
Han Du straightened up with a smile, glanced at Zhu Biao, and said with a smile: "It's time to let this Hulumos know the reputation of the Ming Empire."
Zhu Biao frowned and asked worriedly: "What do you want to do? Don't mess around!"
It is naturally very simple to want the people of Hulumos to know the power of the Ming Empire, just defeat them. But in this case, it would be necessary to send troops to attack Hurumos.
As a result, Khrumos, the city of trade and the port of freedom, may be destroyed. Zhu Biao, who had the idea of Xu Xutu, was naturally unwilling to destroy this place.
"Don't worry." Han Du gave Zhu Biao a look with a smile on his face, "I've always come here to cause trouble, and I don't want to cause trouble."
As he said that, when he saw the leader of the Timurid people walking towards him, he smiled, raised his chin, and said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, look, isn't this an opportunity to show off the prestige of the Ming Empire?"
Zhu Biao also saw the unkind Timurid, who was so sleepy that he couldn't help but come to the pillow and come up with whatever he wanted.
The leader of the Timurid people stared at Han Du and others as soon as they entered the door. He had seen these costumes and naturally recognized these as people from the Ming Dynasty. This man was called Ta Lei, who was once a personal guard of Timur. He was fortunate enough to follow Timur Khan to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so he recognized Han Du and others as people from the Ming Dynasty at a glance.
Ta Lei also received an invitation from the City Lord's Mansion today. Originally, he rarely attended banquets at the City Lord's Mansion. Anyway, he had the Timur Empire at his back, and the city lord did not dare to do anything to him. As a result, he was used to being domineering in Hulumos, and no one was taken seriously by him, including the city lord.
But since Tare
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After hearing that there were businessmen coming from the mysterious east this time, and that the city lord held a banquet to celebrate these people who came from afar, he couldn't sit still for a moment.
Tare came to Khrumos as a big businessman to do business. His main business was the sale of silk, porcelain and tea from the Ming Dynasty.
Yes, the Timur Empire is a second-rate dealer.
The Timur Empire blocked the Silk Road, but it did not mean that the Silk Road was broken. It’s just that the Timur Empire occupied the entire Silk Road. All goods trafficked from the Ming Dynasty to Timur were forcibly bought at low prices, and then sold to Khrumos, Persia, and Ottomans at extremely high prices. Wait and earn high profits from it.
Those who worked hard to transport goods from the Ming Dynasty to the Timurid Empire made not even a dime of the profits earned by the Timurid Empire. With low profits and high risks, merchants along the Silk Road gradually disappeared. As a result, the Silk Road, which has been passed down for thousands of years, has almost reached the point of being cut off.
At first, the decrease in goods worried the Timur Empire for a while, fearing that without the goods they would be unable to earn high profits. But later they discovered that with the reduction of goods, the goods in their hands could be sold at a higher price and they could earn more profits. In this way, the reduction in goods has little impact on them, and they can all earn almost the same money anyway.
As a result, the Timur Empire no longer cared about it and squeezed the merchants from the Ming Dynasty desperately.
In recent years, with the rise of Nanyang, a large amount of goods have been shipped to the old port every year, causing the prices of originally high-priced silk, tea, porcelain, etc. to drop.
The severance of the Silk Road made the Timur Empire even worse, so Tare was sent to Khrumos disguised as a big businessman to investigate the situation.
Unexpectedly, not long after arriving in Horumos, I heard that there were businessmen coming from the mysterious east.
The East is very mysterious in the eyes of the Khrumos people. But in Ta Lei's eyes, he knew that there was a powerful empire in the east called the Ming Dynasty, which was the source of all silk, porcelain, and tea.
Ta Lei looked at these people who were dressed exactly like the Ming people and suddenly asked: "Are you from the Ming Dynasty?"
Listening to the stammering Ming Dynasty Mandarin, Han Du was stunned. He never expected that he could hear the Ming Dynasty Mandarin again in a place tens of thousands of miles away from Ming Dynasty.
Meeting the local accent in a foreign country did not excite Han Du in the slightest. Instead, Han Du became alert and kept looking at the person in front of him.
Seeing that Han Du and others did not answer him, Tare thought that they did not understand Ming Dynasty official dialect. Both a little disappointed and a little happy. If these people really cannot understand the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, it means that these people are not from the Ming Dynasty at all. As long as the person coming is not a real Ming Dynasty person, there is no threat to him.
"Are you from the Ming Dynasty?" Ta Lei, who was unwilling to give up, asked again.
This time, Han Du frowned and asked directly: "Why do you know Ming Dynasty Mandarin?"
Han Du's words made Tare's heart suddenly sink, and the worst result appeared. These people wore exactly the same clothes as the Ming Dynasty, and spoke the official Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty. They spoke more eloquently than Taredu. They were indeed people from the Ming Dynasty.
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