"You traveled thousands of miles from Tubo to Chang'an, and you walked for half a year, right? Then you went back in disgrace?"
Lu Dongzan stared at the person in front of him, as if he wanted to see through him. But after looking for a long time, I couldn't tell where the other party was from. He was dressed as an ordinary businessman?
"Who are you? Just tell me your purpose of visit. We are leaving soon and we don't have much time to waste."
The other party did not want to reveal his identity, so he calmly poured a cup of tea for Lu Dongzan, "I am a businessman. I invited the Prime Minister here today because I have a business to discuss."
Buy or sell?
Ludong praised me and left immediately, thinking that I am the prime minister of Tubo, not a wealthy businessman. Why are you here to discuss business with me? Crazy? That is to say, in Chang'an, if this were in Tubo, you would have been chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs.
"Hang on, Prime Minister, what if it's a deal that can help you get married?" The man stopped Lu Dongzan.
Lu Dongzan really stopped and turned around to look again, "Can you broker a marriage? Haha? A businessman?"
The tone was full of contempt, but the other party was not angry. He held out two fingers and said, "Yes, I am just a businessman, a news dealer. I came to Xiangguo today with two pieces of news, and you will definitely buy them."
News merchant?
Lu Dongzan became interested and slowly walked back to the tea table and sat down. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "How can you be so sure that I will definitely buy it? News? Tubo also has a secret stake in the Tang Dynasty. What news do we have?" Can’t get it?”
The man smiled and sat down to drink tea, indicating that they could talk.
"Then let me reveal a little bit first, as if I were making friends."
"This first thing should be what the Prime Minister and Tubo are most interested in: in addition to Princess Changle, there are actually other princesses of the right age in the Tang Dynasty. And compared to Princess Changle, it is easier to marry and marry."
Um?
When Lu Dongzan heard this, he immediately became alert. He remembered the last person who recommended Princess Changle to him. That person clearly had evil intentions. It's good now, we are leaving soon, and another person comes to recommend a princess to us? Could it be that they are a group? Do you still think we have been cheated badly enough?
"No need, we are already embarrassed enough on this trip. We will talk about the marriage later."
The man advised: "Do you not believe me, Prime Minister? It doesn't matter. In fact, does Tubo really care which princess it is? The dowry that comes with the princess is what you want most, right?"
Lu Dongzan stood up and refused again, "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Haha, if the princess mentioned below can marry Tubo, her dowry may not be less than that of Princess Changle. Oh, by the way, if you don't like it, someone will probably get it first. I heard that There are people seeking marriage from other countries coming. It doesn't matter, since the Prime Minister doesn't like it, then just don't do this business, it's just a matter of Tubo developing in the next few years, it's a trivial matter."
The man's words brought Lu Dongzan back to the tea table.
"Are you sure that we in Tubo will be able to marry this princess?" Lu Dongzan was tempted.
The other party shook his head: "I'm just an information merchant. I can guarantee to provide the most comprehensive and fastest information. As for whether you can seize the opportunity, it depends on your means."
Lu Dongzan hesitated. He was weighing whether it was worth the money.
The man continued to say: "Of course, if the Prime Minister doesn't mind it and needs to ask someone to help secretly, then no problem. There is nothing in this world that cannot be done with money."
Lu Dongzan smiled and said, "It seems that you are not a pure businessman. Please set a price."
The man held out a finger and said, "Information, plus asking for help, a total of ten thousand taels of silver."
Ten thousand taels?
Lu Dongzan's heart skipped a beat, it was so expensive!
"Ten thousand taels, can we do it all?"
"cannot!"
"No? Then why should I ask you for help?" Lu Dongzan was a little dissatisfied.
The man said seriously: "Xiangguo, nothing in this world is guaranteed. If we ask people to help you, we can solve a lot of troubles for you. It is not impossible to spend money to increase your chances of winning by a few percent, or even cooperate to achieve great things. .”
"This business depends not only on the strength of gold and silver, but sometimes also on fate. Of course, the most important thing is that I have to compete with my eyesight."
"If you think ten thousand taels is too expensive, no problem. The message fee is one thousand taels. I never mentioned that I have the right to help."
Lu Dongzan looked at the other person again and thought to himself that this is really a businessman, he is clearly trying to provoke me.
Without further explanation, Lu Dongzan asked about another piece of news, "You just said that there are two pieces of news. What is the other one?"
The man burst out laughing and said, "Xiangguo, if you do business, you must be a top businessman. Do you want to get two pieces of information from me without spending money?"
"With the capabilities of the Prime Minister, if I tell you something, if you go back to find the hidden stakes and investigate carefully, I'm afraid you won't have to spend any money at all."
Lu Dongzan also burst out laughing.
After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, ten thousand taels. I'll tell you the truth about the news just now."
As if the other party had expected it, he took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it over. Lu Dongzan took it, opened it and read it. After reading it, he was full of surprise, "Aren't you worried that I got the news? No Give you money?"
The man secretly cursed him for being shameless. Why didn't you ask when you got the letter? Ask me now that you've finished reading it? Why, do you really want to test whether you can default on your debt?
Suppressing the feeling of nausea, the businessman smiled and said: "The Prime Minister will not do it. Business, don't you trust anyone to do business? If you can do it, make a friend. If you can't do it, don't be an enemy. Are you right?"
Neither of them are good people, and they are trying to test each other overtly or covertly.
Lu Dongzan was also scolding his mother in his heart. Are you threatening me? how? If I don’t give you money, you still want to keep me? You, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, don’t even dare to...
etc……
I understand, what he means is that he will do the opposite and prevent us from getting married?
Lu Dongzan suddenly realized.
So he changed his face and said, "Isn't it just ten thousand taels of silver? We in Tubo are very poor, but we can still afford ten thousand. Tell me a place and let someone send it to me."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "Good cooperation, farewell."
"Prime Minister, the second news is about Hou Xiaorui, the champion of the Tang Dynasty. He is going to open an academy to teach him all his skills. Aren't you interested?" the businessman shouted.
What the hell...
Lu Dongzan stopped again.
He turned around angrily and asked, "Make a price."
"The old price is one thousand taels for simple information, and ten thousand taels if you ask someone to help with the matter. This matter is different from getting married. It is relatively simple to send a student to the academy. There is about a 90% certainty." The man paid directly. The envelope came out, along with a piece of paper with an address on it.
Lu Dongzan did not open it in person this time, but took the envelope and note, turned around and left. He was afraid that if he stayed a little longer, his Tubo family would be emptied.
"Twenty thousand taels will be delivered tomorrow."
The first thing Lu Dongzan did when he returned to Honglu Temple was to send someone to contact the hidden leader of Tibet. In addition to investigating the authenticity of the two pieces of news, he also wanted to investigate the origin of this news dealer?
