"Stop drinking, stop drinking."
Li Shan snatched the wine cup from the association leader and placed it upside down on the case, and said angrily: "Let's get down to business now. I'll leave the jar of wine for you to take back."
"If it doesn't work, let's send grain and grass to Mayi from Daizhou. Someone will ask someone to bring more wine."
Youshesu burped, "It's a deal!"
Yu Sheshe on the side smiled and said: "I really didn't expect that I would meet someone like Huairen in Mayi this time..."
Yu Sheshe couldn't find any suitable words to describe it for a while. Over the years, he had seen many envoys from Li Tang to the Turks or captured generals. Most of them were obedient. Today's Taichang Qing Zheng Yuanxuan and Zuo Xiao This was the case with Sun Shunde, the commander of General Wei. The former once tried to persuade Liu Shirang to surrender, but was scolded bloody.
But the young man in front of him has a careful mind, an extraordinary background, and good means. When encountering unexpected changes, he is calm and unyielding... and he is so familiar with it.
Li Shan smiled and said: "As the saying goes, the top is as old as before, and the old head is as new."
Yu Sheshe forced a smile, thinking that this guy had another strong point... he was so thick-skinned.
After that, the three began to discuss the alliance. Because Tuli Khan and Li Yuan behind them did not make a clear statement, Yu Sheshe and Li Shan could only discuss a rough intention and agree on future contact information.
But then, the debate began to get fierce. Li Shan wanted to fight for Daizhou, and Yu She set for Mayi. They both hoped to get some benefit from the other party... We can't make the final decision on big things, but small things like this are still in our own hands. of.
"This is unreasonable!" Although Li Shan was still pleasant, he no longer gave in. "You have formed an alliance with the saint, and all news and communications must rely on this trade route."
"Brother Mo Mo should know how much effort I put into reviving the trade route... Liu Shirang even turned against me because of this!"
"Brother Mo Mo actually wants to come and cut a piece of meat?"
"We are not Yuan Junzhang!" the association sneered: "If there is no benefit, the Khan will investigate in detail in the future, how can Tuli Khan maintain the trade route?"
Yu Sheshe advised: "There is a lot of profit from the trade route, but it is just a little cheaper."
Li Shan hesitated, "Where are the other tribes?"
"Of course it's the original price, so there's no harm in increasing the price."
Li Shan murmured in his heart that Yu Sheshe had some tricks up his sleeve. He did not ask himself to sell ironware, but he hoped to become the main channel merchant in Yunzhou, the end point of most caravans on this trade road.
After only asking a few words, he couldn't hear anything else, but Yu She decided to divide the goods into two parts, and one part was sold at a price lower than the market price to the tribes that relied on him, the association rate, and the Tuli Khan. , and the other piece is sold to other people at the original price, and will even be sold at a high price to tribes that are attached to Jieli Khan.
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Shan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Mo Mo, the prominent families in Hedong will get a lot of profit from this trade route. I'm afraid I have to bear this responsibility alone."
Li Shan gave me a "you know" look... obviously saying, you have to compensate me for something.
"Li Tang is not short of horses, but he is short of good colts." Yu Sheshe said with a smile: "Huairen has sold at least 5,000 good horses from Yunzhou, Shuozhou and even grassland in the past few months. Aren't the benefits enough? ?”
"Five thousand horses?" Li Shan patted the table gently, "Brother Mo Mo, can you tell how much weight five thousand war horses are?"
"If there were really five thousand war horses, I would have returned to Beijing for promotion long ago. Why is he still at the frontier?!"
Jiu Sheshu suddenly interrupted and said, "Didn't you say that you left the capital because the prince and the King of Qin had seized the throne?"
"Uh..." Li Shan's chest tightened at these words, and he glared back, "Then why can't you change your position to a wealthy place?"
"At most, there are only a thousand good horses, and most of them were brought back by the caravans of the famous families from Hedong. I still need to spend money to buy them... If they hadn't guarded Yanmen Pass, they would have left me alone long ago!"
Yu Sheshe also knew the influence of the prominent families in Hedong, so he thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll ask Tuli Khan to come forward and try his best to protect the trade routes."
"Huairen can send his cronies to lead the caravan out of the customs. He will stay in Yunzhou for a long time next year and allow Liangju to do business."
Li Shan rolled his eyes and pretended for a while before nodding in agreement... If Liangju couldn't trade with the help of the noble family in Hedong, the cost would be greatly reduced. It would be impossible for his personal guards to go to Yunzhou, but those who had been The Daixian powerful clan that he had tamed came in handy.
"By the way, there is one more thing." Yu Sheshe suppressed the smile on his face and said, "Please Huairen, please show your respect and stop relocating the population."
Seeing Li Shan's hesitant expression, Yu Sheshe said decisively: "If you don't agree, all the previous discussions will be abandoned."
Yu Sheshe is not a fool. He has experienced Gao Manzheng's defection, two Mayi wars, and then stationed in Yunzhou from beginning to end. He knows the current situation in Shuozhou and Yunzhou... Yuan Junzhang was captured this time Li Shan used various means to force him to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
If this situation does not change, Yuan Junzhang may one day be forced to surrender to the Tang Dynasty... To put it more simply, if Li Shan continues to move people, Yuan Junzhang will not be able to survive.
"Does Khan Tuli also have the intention to take over the Central Plains?" Li Shan said with a smile but not a smile: "Shuozhou and Yunzhou are originally Han areas..."
Yu Sheshe shook his head and said: "I have stationed troops at Liu Wuzhou and Yuan Junzhang several times. If Yuan Junzhang surrenders to the Tang Dynasty one day, he will be reprimanded by the Khan."
The leader on the side explained: "Khan has been trying to seize the tribe for a long time. If it weren't for Tuli Khan this time..."
As the youngest son of Chuluo Khan, he controlled a large number of tribes and was dependent on Tuli Khan... This made Yu Sheshe a thorn in Jieli Khan's side.
Li Shan thought for a moment and then nodded and said: "When the caravan leaves the fortress, it should no longer recruit people, but I have something to say first."
"In Shuo and Yun Prefectures, the people are now withered and it is difficult to survive the winter. There will definitely be no reception next year. If refugees come to seek refuge, I will not turn them away."
Yu She thought about it and nodded in agreement. As long as there was no longer a flow of people on the trade road, he didn't bother to care about so many people... With a smaller population, Yuan Junzhang would be able to survive better.
Thinking about it gives me a headache. I couldn’t go to Hedong to grab one this year. After several battles, Yuan Junzhang’s hands are already empty. I really don’t know what to do in the next half year...
This banquet started before noon and ended at almost dusk. The three of them talked about big things in general, but they talked about small things very clearly.
Yu Sheshe and Jiu Shesu were in a good mood, because in the end Li Shan agreed to mobilize grain and grass from Daizhou to send to Mayi. In this way, the pressure on Yuan Junzhang was much less.
Yu Sheshe thought in his mind that if he deployed troops from Yunzhou and other places, Yuan Junzhang should be able to maintain the nearly 10,000 troops under his command... He knew very well that Ma Yi could not be lost. Once lost, even if Tuli could Even if Khan comes forward, he will not be able to escape the punishment of Jieli Khan, and the tribe in his hands will inevitably be eroded and annexed.
The conditions were similar to those discussed with Yuan Junzhang before, except that Yuan Junzhang switched his defection to the Tang Dynasty and formed an alliance with Tuli Khan. This result was not too bad. Li Shan thought that he could at least stall the situation, but Pei Shiju would take advantage of the opportunity. Make waves.
After thinking about it in his heart, he still felt aggrieved. Li Shan suddenly slapped the table and said, "I heard that Brother Mo Mo is attacking Daizhou!"
Yu Sheshe blinked and waited silently.
Li Shan glared and said: "My younger brother was appointed as acting county magistrate, and the county government office was burned down. So far, so and so is still living in the inn!"
"Brother Momo, don't you recognize it?"
The association rate was speechless, "Then what do you want?"
"pay!"
"How to compensate?"
"Send some good horses... Forget it, I won't keep the good horses in your hands, give me some cattle." Li Shan turned his head to look at Yu Sheshe's face, and said in a long tone: "No need for cattle... "
It's been a long time since I've eaten beef. Although the cattle breeds in this era have not been systematically cultivated, and the taste is far different from that of later generations... Li Shan is still salivating.
This time, I can eat to my heart’s content!
