Handu and his party pretended to be a caravan headed by Hader and walked into the city of Herat.
After all, the city of Herat had been looted. Although Shaharul later relocated people, it could still be seen that the entire city was somewhat depressed.
There are still a few pedestrians on the street, and a few people are in a hurry, running for their livelihood.
Seeing such a scene, Yu Qian, who was sitting on the camel, gently approached Han Du and said, "Teacher, this Timurid man seems a bit poor."
Han Du nodded slightly when he heard the words, and his eyes kept scanning the pedestrians.
"If you are so poor, it may not be easy to implement our plan." Yu Qian sighed heavily.
This time Handu is going to repeat his old tricks and use glass to harvest a wave of Timur people's wealth. Now it seems that implementation is very difficult.
"Don't be nervous, let's go look around first and act accordingly." Han Du winked at Yu Qian.
Yu Qian nodded slightly, quietly stepped away, and followed Hader in.
Tamerlane in the city saw the Eastern face coming in. After just one glance, he lowered his head and went about his own business.
Ever since the Timur Empire re-established peace with the Ming Dynasty and sought trade with the Ming Dynasty, merchants from the Ming Dynasty would come to Herat from time to time.
Therefore, people here are no longer surprised by Han Du and others.
No matter where you are, the best place to get information is the tavern.
Han Du followed Hader into the tavern and found a seat near the street to sit down.
As soon as he sat down, someone came up to talk to Harder.
"Brother, are you the guide for these Ming merchants?"
Since the Timur Empire started trading with the Ming Dynasty, not all Ming merchants were proficient in Arabic, so people who could speak the Ming dialect were needed to act as guides in order to conclude transactions.
As for why Ming merchants went to so much trouble and didn't sell their goods directly to Timur merchants? That was, of course, because Timurid merchants would deliberately keep prices low.
Even if the guide makes a part of it, it will be more than selling it directly to Timur merchants.
"What do you want to do?" Harder immediately became vigilant, because he didn't think this person looked like a businessman, but more like a broker.
The visitor pretended not to see the disgust in Hader's eyes and stayed here shamelessly, "I wonder what goods these Ming people have brought. My master wants to buy some."
Hearing that it was just a servant buying things for his master, Harder's expression softened. He looked the other person up and down, smiled and asked, "What is this brother's name?"
"Babuha, you can call me Babuha."
Hader nodded quickly and greeted: "Brother Babuha. This time my master brought porcelain, silk, and tea from Daming. I wonder what your master wants?"
"Are there any treasure notes?" Babuha asked slightly excitedly, and quickly gestured with his hands: "It's the kind of magical treasure notes from the Ming Empire."
After hearing this, Hader told Yu Qian with a little embarrassment that this man wanted a treasure note and asked if he had it.
Yu Qian is now the owner of the caravan, while Han Du is his housekeeper.
As for Lan Chun, he is the guard of the caravan. Since coming to the Timurid Empire, Lan Chun's eyes were full of hatred when he looked at any Timurite, and it was only reasonable to pretend to be a guard. Yu Qian nodded, "Tell him that we don't have much money with us. If he wants it, we can discuss it."
Khader conveyed the original words to Babuha.
Babuha looked excited after hearing this, and quickly asked Han Du and others how much they could sell.
Hader smiled and did not agree to him immediately. Instead, he asked with a smile: "Shouldn't you talk to your master about this matter?"
Babuha instantly understood what Hader meant, which was that he did not trust him. After all, things like pretending to be servants of nobles and deceiving foreign merchants are not unheard of in Herat City.
"I want to know first how many treasures you have. If there are enough, the master can meet you in person." Babuha said confidently.
After asking for permission from Too Modesty, Hud extended a finger towards Babuha.
"Ten thousand guan? Okay, I will go back and report to the master and invite you to the master's manor." Before Hader could speak, Babuha said overjoyed.
Hader's fingers froze in mid-air. Originally, he wanted to say one hundred thousand guan, but he didn't expect that the other party would be satisfied with 10,000 guan.
Withdrawing his finger, Hader said to the opposite side in a arrogant tone: "Yes, Brother Babuha, you heard it right. This time my master brought ten thousand magical treasure notes from the Ming Dynasty."
"I believe in you, lucky brother." Babuha was filled with excitement. "By the way, I don't know your name, brother."
"My name is Hud, lucky Hud." Hud laughed.
Babuha stroked his chest and Hader bowed to each other, and then asked: "I wonder what the quality of your treasure is like? Can Babuha see it first?"
After hearing this, Yu Qian took out a brand new treasure note and handed it to Hader, who handed it to Babuha.
"New treasure banknote! Lucky brother Harder, you really surprised me." Babuha took the treasure banknote and looked at it carefully again and again. He couldn't help but raised his head and put the banknote on the tip of his nose and inhaled deeply. After taking a breath, he sighed with satisfaction: "It tastes really charming!"
After saying that, he reluctantly returned the treasure note to Hade, and then said: "Don't worry, I will go back and report to the owner right away. There will be a reply within three days at most. By the way, where should I find you?"
Hader named a location, and then said with a slight urging: "Brother Babuha, please remind your master to make a decision as soon as possible. After all, you also know how popular the treasure banknotes are. If someone rushes to exchange with us before you do, , we will not refuse.”
Babuha smiled and nodded: "Brother Hard, please rest assured, as long as there are no accidents, my master will see you in person soon. To show sincerity, I will pay for your food and drinks today."
After saying that, Babuha stretched out his hand to summon the owner of the tavern and paid for the food and drinks.
Just as Hade and Babuha were chatting and getting closer to each other, there was a loud movement outside the street.
Han Du followed the sound and saw two teams of warriors holding spears driving away people on the street, driving everyone to both sides of the street.
Followed by a dozen snow-white horses, a gorgeous carriage decorated with gold, gems and silver passed by the entrance of the tavern.
Four pillars on the carriage supported a dome-topped hood, which was not covered by silk cloth on all sides. Han Du could clearly see a tall man in his forties sitting inside.
"It's His Majesty the Great Sultan." Babuha couldn't help but become nervous, even speaking with caution.
Sudan?
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) Han Du suddenly took another look, "Is this Shaharul?"
To be honest, although Handu has played against Shaharul twice and defeated him, he has never seen him in person.
Now seeing Shaharul, Handu felt a strange feeling in his heart. It was the first time I saw him, but he seemed like an old friend.
Thinking of this, Han Du couldn't help but smile knowingly. I never thought that I would meet Shaharul in this way.
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Shaharul, who was sitting in the carriage, was always worried. Although he put down other rebel brothers, the national strength of Timur's empire was no longer what it used to be.
In the Battle of Jiayuguan, the Timur Empire lost half of its elites, and the Ming army successively attacked the city of Herat and the Nusrato Ku Fortress, ravaging the entire hinterland of the empire and severely weakening the Timur Empire.
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Coupled with several years of counterinsurgency wars, the Timur Empire also suffered further bloodshed.
Therefore, after Shaharul succeeded to the throne, he immediately wanted to make peace with the Ming Dynasty, even if it meant surrendering.
Shaharul knew that if the Ming Dynasty attacked the hinterland of the empire from the sea again, the entire Timurid Empire would be completely destroyed.
Since the reconciliation with the Ming Dynasty, Shaharul has focused all his energy on developing the empire's national strength.
However, the empire's national strength has not yet recovered, but the corruption and extravagance of the nobles has swept away all the imperial nobles like a storm.
The successive losses of troops will greatly reduce the strength of the Sultan, but on the contrary, the power of the nobles continues to increase. This forced Shaharul to carefully weaken the power of the nobles step by step, and did not dare to slaughter the nobles wantonly like his father did.
Just when Shaharul was thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly noticed something strange. Following his feeling, he looked around and saw a man from Ming Dynasty looking at him with a smile on his face in the tavern.
Shaharu frowned with his straight and strong eyebrows. If the Timurid dared to be so rude, he would kill him without hesitation.
But he is a Ming Dynasty man...
Thinking that these Ming people came to Herat, they must have come to do business, and they could also bring prosperity to Herat.
In addition, it was necessary to be on good terms with Daming now, and it was not appropriate to conflict with Daming again. Shaharul exhaled a breath and suppressed his displeasure.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?" Finance Minister Abdul noticed Shaharu's movement and asked curiously.
Originally, Shaharul was prepared to ignore it, but there was always an inexplicable feeling in his heart.
After hearing Abdul's words, Shaharul pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "I saw an interesting Ming businessman."
interesting? Abdul was slightly stunned. Although His Majesty the Sultan was once a cheerful and generous person, he has become very deep since he was defeated one after another.
Even after quelling the rebellions of the other kings, Shaharul was not happy at all. Now he would actually laugh and say it was funny?
Abdul quickly laughed and said: "Since His Majesty the Sultan said it was interesting, then they must be very interesting."
After hearing Abdul's compliment, Shaharul suddenly had an idea in his mind and blurted out: "Send someone to invite them to the palace. I have something to ask them."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Although Abdul was a little curious about what Shaharul would ask those Ming merchants, he was not curious and directly put his right hand on his chest and bowed down.
