Although Cordyceps sinensis is precious, the yield in Tubo is still very high, which makes Lu Dongzan ecstatic.
After receiving Li Shimin's affirmative answer, Lu Dongzan lowered his eyebrows and chuckled.
In his opinion, the marriage was already a done deal.
He even didn't forget to express his gratitude to Yang Fan with tears in his eyes.
After Yang Fan pretended to be modest, he felt a little funny.
I wonder if Lu Dongzan will still be able to laugh and shed tears of gratitude when he figures out the amount of cordyceps needed.
After all, Lu Dongzan promised with all his heart that if Cordyceps sinensis could not be obtained, the Tubo marriage proposal would be abandoned.
As envoys from various countries and ministers from various states went to Chengtianmen one after another, only a few people were left in Nuoda's Taiji Hall.
Of course, Yang Fan was also kept.
Li Shimin stared at Yang Fan for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "If Tubo can fulfill its promise, can I really marry Princess Tangtang to Songtsen Gampo?"
Li Shimin was resistant to the reconciliation between Tang Dynasty and Tubo.
On the one hand, Tubo is a bitter and cold place, and he looks down on Tubo as a Zanpu at all.
On the other hand, he didn't want his daughter to marry in a remote place and suffer.
As a father, Li Shimin is actually quite qualified.
If it weren't for Yang Fan's repeated hints just now, Li Shimin would have already spoken out to stop Yang Fan from making conditions to Tubo.
Because Li Shimin had decided that if Tubo forced his wife to marry the princess, he would have to politely refuse and delay as long as possible.
However, Li Shimin was a little surprised because he knew Yang Fan's temperament.
Although this kid looks carefree and not serious, he has never been a guy who is willing to suffer losses.
Just now, the Tubo envoy named Princess Gaoyang and wanted to marry him, which was obviously a slap in Yang Fan's face.
But this kid didn't get angry at all, his behavior was a little abnormal!
You must know that this boy dared to beat up the prince because of a poor man.
Before Yang Fan could explain, Li Tai couldn't help but add insult to injury. He glanced at Yang Fan with contempt and said, "Father, the loyal prince has no respect and inferiority. He doesn't take our royal family seriously. Is it possible that our Princess of the Tang Dynasty is only worth a few dollars?" Root cordyceps? It’s simply unreasonable..."
"If Uncle Zhongyi is so poor that he can't even afford a few cordyceps, would you like the Prince of Wei to give you some?"
At this time, Li Tai was overjoyed.
Originally, he secretly encouraged the Tubo envoys to ask Li Shimin to marry Princess Gaoyang in order to annoy Yang Fan.
As long as Yang Fan dared to beat the Tubo envoy in the Taiji Hall because of the marriage.
This is a major event that undermines the diplomatic relations between the two countries. The imperial embassy and the envoys from various countries will definitely make this stick difficult to deal with.
But the stick seemed to have discovered a trick and remained motionless, not falling into the trap at all.
When Li Tai secretly cried out that it was a pity, Yang Fan actually asked Tubo to marry the Tang princess on such simple terms.
It was a naked insult to Datang. How could he not make Li Tai happy when he finally found Yang Fan's pain point.
But Prince Li Chengqian had a completely different attitude.
Last time, Yang Fan's refutation of Ouyang Xun's marriage proposal made the East Palace lose face.
Li Chengqian also thought that this time Yang Fan was trying to show weakness to the East Palace and thus support the marriage strategy.
Suddenly, his favorable impression of Yang Fan increased.
So he said: "Father, the people of the Tang Dynasty are rich and abundant. It is the time to show the power of the Huanghuang Celestial Dynasty. The purpose of marriage is to spread the culture of the Tang Dynasty all over the world and make all the barbarians appreciate the kindness of the Tang Dynasty. Although the conditions offered by Marquis Zhongyi to Tubo are low Some, but I think there is nothing wrong with it.”
After speaking, Li Chengqian glanced at Li Tai proudly.
It is simply unreasonable to see Li Chengqian and Li Chengqian fighting among themselves like child's play on major issues related to the rise and fall of the country, and even being complacent.
Looking on coldly, Yang Fan frowned.
No wonder neither of them became successful in the end.
What's even more irritating is Li Tai. This guy always wants to target himself and often causes trouble. He needs to be given a long memory.
Thinking of this, Yang Fan said angrily: "Wei Chen thanked His Highness the King of Wei, but Cordyceps Sinensis is an extraterritorial thing, and Wei Chen is not used to eating it, so we should change it to food!"
"Due to the heavy snowstorm some time ago, many people near Chang'an City were displaced. Most of the food in the mansion was used to help the people who had no food to eat. There is not much food left..."
"If His Highness fills all the sixty-four squares of the chessboard with food according to the rules just now, I am willing to give up 10% of the shares in the Carboniferous Mountains near Chang'an City and the Glaze Workshop in exchange. Is it acceptable to you, Your Highness?"
"Of course, if His Highness the King of Wei cannot fill the sixty-four squares on the chessboard, I will not force him to do so. I will only ask His Highness to donate 50,000 dans of grain. Do you dare to bet?"
After saying that, Yang Fan looked at Li Tai with disdain.
Although Yang Fan's actions made Li Tai very angry, he was still blinded by greed and agreed after thinking for a while.
Those at Carboniferous Mountain and Liuli Workshop are chickens that can lay golden eggs.
Who among the nobles and aristocratic families in Chang'an City wouldn't want to get involved?
Even the princes have always been thinking about him.
But because they were afraid of Li Shimin, no one dared to grab it openly.
Now that Yang Fan is willing to take such an attractive thing as a bet, Li Tai will certainly not let it go.
He didn't believe that there were tens of thousands of grains in a bag, and he was afraid that it wouldn't be able to fill the sixty-four small boxes.
Seeing that Yang Fan actually took out the shares of Liuli Workshop as a bet, Cheng Yaojin was about to stop him.
But before he could speak, Fang Xuanling stopped him because Fang Xuanling did some mental calculations.
If you follow the rules mentioned by Yang Fan and only count filling up to the twentieth square, the cost will already be a considerable amount.
This is the result of only counting the twentieth square. If you want to fill up the sixty-four squares according to the rules, it is simply an astronomical number.
For a moment, Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded and surprised.
Unexpectedly, what seemed like a simple request contained murderous intent.
Just now, I was afraid that Tibet could easily fulfill its promise, but now it seems that the Tibet envoy has been tricked!
Even if the Tubo envoy found out later, he would be dumb and could only eat Coptidis chinensis and would not be able to tell the story of his suffering.
After all, this is a rule established by the two countries under the witness of everyone.
But what's even more pitiable is King Li Tai of Wei. Now he dares to agree in a hot-headed manner. Isn't this asking for abuse?
The eyes looking at Li Tai were full of pity.
However, in the eyes of most people, Yang Fan's behavior was simply giving money to Li Tai.
This is too ridiculous!
As expected, he is the stick that everyone in Chang'an City praises, but he always looks like he has nothing to do with himself and is watching the show.
When everyone wanted to see Yang Fan's joke, Yang Fan turned to Li Shimin and said: "Since His Highness the King of Wei has agreed to the bet with Wei Chen, I wonder if your Majesty can help to be a witness."
"Are you no longer thinking about it?" Li Shimin frowned and reminded.
In Li Shimin's eyes, compared with Cordyceps sinensis, replacing it with rice grains is simply a piece of cake.
After much thought, Li Shimin couldn't think of a reason and thought that Yang Fan was also doomed.
Now that he had decided to teach Li Tai a lesson, Yang Fan certainly would not stop and nodded unequivocally.
Seeing that there was no room for maneuver, Li Shimin stopped persuading and directly called an official who was proficient in arithmetic.
After hearing Yang Fan explain the rules, the official began to calculate on the paper. Every time he calculated a square, he would loudly say the calculation result:
The first grid: 1 grain... The sixth grid: thirty-two grains...
At first, Li Tai looked down upon Yang Fan lightly.
Because the first ten or so spaces can be filled without a bag of rice.
Even Li Tai has begun to think about the days when he will be extremely wealthy.
But starting from the fifteenth frame, Li Tai became serious.
After calculating to twenty-five squares, Li Tai's face couldn't help but tremble every time the official reported.
He even kept wiping the sweat on his forehead, his small eyes wide and motionless, as if he had seen a ghost.
When the official reported the fiftieth number, Li Tai went crazy and kept mumbling that it was impossible.
Everyone also opened their mouths in disbelief, never expecting that there was such a trap involved.
The eyes looking at Yang Fan were full of fear.
This mallet is really good at deceiving people!
