"The best solution is to wait! After all, we are guests, and Dongyue is the host. Dongyue has temporarily avoided seeing the king Xuanying because of his illness. We cannot turn back to guests. We can only urge Dongyue Honglu Temple to let us as soon as possible. Interview with Wang Xuanying."
Tang Ping nodded, there was no other way, but since Dongyue Kingdom had rejected him, then waiting like this was definitely not an option.
"What about Zhongce?"
"The central strategy is to be tough, didn't Mr. Tang say that? The truth is only within the range of the bow and arrow! We can immediately send a message to General Li in Baozi City and ask him to suppress the border with his army."
Tang Ping thought about this method, but now the two countries are not at odds with each other. In this era, the emphasis is still on a teacher who has a reputation.
East Vietnam just used the excuse of coastal typhoon to delay the deal with Datang. If Datang directly sends troops now, it will inevitably follow the truth.
So now Datang actually just made a move to mobilize troops eastward, and the news obviously did not come as quickly as Tang Ping and others, so much so that Tang Ping had already arrived in Fuyang, but the East Yue Kingdom had not received the news yet.
Otherwise, Dongyue Kingdom may really have to consider whether to see Tang Ping.
This method can only be used as a record. If East Vietnam is too soft to accept it, then it will have to be tough.
"Is there any better solution?"
"The best strategy is to attack the heart!" Yao Yuanzhi said confidently: "There is a word called the will of the people. The people of East Vietnam have always been at odds with the people of the Tang Dynasty, and there have always been anti-Tang sentiments in the country."
"We only need to activate the hidden secrets in Fuyang City and spread rumors that the locust plague will occur in the Tang Dynasty, that the East Yue Kingdom intends to break the contract, interrupt the grain trade with the Tang Dynasty, and will attack the Tang Dynasty when the Tang Dynasty is weak!"
"This is the idea of East Vietnam, but it cannot be made public, otherwise they would not use the typhoon as an excuse to delay the grain trade. When such remarks spread in the market, then it is not us who should worry , but the royal family of Dongyue Kingdom."
"After all, Datang is not willing to be the first to show off, so why not East Vietnam? So they will definitely refute the rumors immediately, and then in order to appease Datang, the leader of East Vietnam has to summon us."
I have to say that this strategy is indeed a good one. It directly turns against the guests, which can change the situation from them eager to see the leader of East Vietnam to one where the leader of East Vietnam summons them to explain the rumors.
"But by doing this, will Datang's details be exposed?" Tang Ping suddenly asked noncommittally.
Yao Yuanzhi did not expect that Tang Ping would ask such a question. He was slightly stunned at first, then nodded and said: "That is inevitable. This is the capital of East Vietnam, and the inspections are the most stringent. To cause large-scale rumors, it cannot be done by one or two people. Successful, but now the food exchange is imminent, so I have the authority to mobilize all Fuyang workers."
"Then they are probably still in danger, right?"
Yao Yuanzhi was silent for a while before nodding: "Yes, you can't just leave immediately after spreading the rumors. There is certainly danger, but Mr. Tang, this is not the time to be kind to women."
Tang Ping nodded: "Mr. Yao is right, but why don't you let me try it tomorrow? If it doesn't work, how about we use your method?"
"Master Tang, what's your plan?"
"Me..." Tang Ping smiled mysteriously: "My strategy is also simple, it's called luring them for profit!"
But when Yao Yuanzhi asked again, Tang Ping just said that he was too tired today, so he should go to bed early and talk again tomorrow morning.
Tang Ping didn't sleep very well that night, and he still felt a little sleepy.
Or maybe it was because in his heart, he regarded himself as a Tang Dynasty person in this era, and now he was in a foreign country, so he woke up many times during the night.
Yawning and opening the door, the familiar Xiao Luo was waiting at the door.
"Master, wake up. Didn't you sleep well last night?"
"Yeah! It's not as comfortable as sleeping in your own bed!" He took the dental cup handed over by Xiao Luo and said, "Thank you!"
"Young master, you don't have to say thank you to Xiao Luo every time!"
"How about that?"
After breakfast, when Yao Yuanzhi was about to ask Tang Ping if he had any good ideas, Master Liu from Dongyue Honglu Temple came.
Yesterday, Mr. Liu made some inquiries after returning home and found that none of the East Vietnamese officials he knew knew about Tang Ping.
The Tang Dynasty sent envoys to East Vietnam at this time. Everyone knew why. They originally thought that they would be the old rivals of the Honglu Temple of the Tang Dynasty. However, they did not expect that this time none of those old fritters came. Instead, they came. Tang Ping has a new face.
You must know that Yao Yuanzhi, who was next to Tang Ping, also found out that this was a soldier who joined the army under Li Xuanba in Baozi City. Tang Ping was the only one who had never heard of it.
News from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty will naturally reach Fuyang, but most of the news returned by official spies are the issuance of some important decrees or transfers of personnel in the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Ping became famous when he was selling MSG in Chang'an. Of course, these spies couldn't possibly pass such news back to Fuyang.
Just like in today's spy dramas, which spy would tell back about a new condiment purchased in a five-star hotel? Isn't that just waiting to be eaten?
Therefore, the current Tang Ping is quite mysterious to Mr. Liu. In addition, he drives an iron cart without oxen and horses, and he does not behave or speak like the officials of Honglu Temple in the Tang Dynasty in the past.
In order to find out the details of Tang Ping, Mr. Liu came to the small courtyard where Tang Ping stayed early in the morning.
"Master Tang, how did you sleep last night?"
"It's not good, I'm a bit embarrassed about my bed!"
"..." Mr. Liu was speechless for a while. He just asked politely, shouldn't you be grateful for the hospitality at this time? How can you be so honest?
"Master Liu, have you eaten?"
"...eat, eat!"
Why is the rhythm of this chat so awkward?
"Then does your Majesty plan to summon us today?"
Mr. Liu shook his head and said, "Not yet. Your Majesty is still feeling unwell today, and the morning court has not started yet."
After Tang Ping heard this, he frowned deeply.
Looking at Tang Ping's expression, Mr. Liu thought he was going to complain or get angry. After all, Tang Ping was so old that it was normal for him to lose his temper.
As a result, Tang Ping said, "This is a bit troublesome!"
Lord Liu asked curiously: "What's the trouble, Lord Tang? Our Honglu Temple is responsible for the reception. As long as we can do it, we will do our best."
"Really?" Tang Ping looked at Mr. Liu with a happy face, and even went up to hold his hand excitedly: "This is great, Mr. Liu, look at how many of us are eating what the horse chews along the way. I originally thought that I would be able to meet with His Majesty when I came here, and then return to Datang after we finished talking about the matter."
"But now your Majesty is ill. We don't know how long we have to wait here, but our money is about to be used up..."
Mr. Liu was stunned when Tang Ping held his hand. What is going on?
How many people do you have? It can even be said that this is the most... most perfunctory Datang envoy he has ever seen.
A young man, two old and rough guards, two maids and an old man and a child. The most normal guess is that Yao Yuanzhi from Baozicheng has joined the army.
Not to mention, when did the envoys of the Tang Dynasty need to go to Honglu Temple in Dongyue to catch the autumn breeze?
Datang has always flaunted itself as the overlord of Guanzhong, and in many cases it even tried to embarrass itself in terms of its external image, but it couldn't let it fall behind.
Are you really not afraid that the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple will slap you if they find out about this?
Of course, he was complaining in his heart, but Master Liu still had to live up to his reputation, so he said: "Master Tang, you are worried too much, you are guests from afar, and the expenses for our stay in Dongyue will naturally be borne by our Honglu Temple. "
Originally, he thought that Tang Ping was going to fight against the autumn wind, but no matter how much he said, Tang Ping refused to agree.
From his perspective, Tang Ping's rejection of him was truly sincere, which meant that in Master Liu's view, Tang Ping really had no intention of asking for their money.
He also did not expect that the first negotiation deadlock between him and the envoys of the Tang Dynasty was actually about the living expenses of their envoys.
The term "living expenses" was what I heard Tang Ping say just now.
"We are from the Tang Dynasty after all. No matter how difficult the Tang Dynasty is, we can't take advantage of our brother countries!" Tang Ping said carelessly.
"So I want to ask, Mr. Liu, can you take us to the seafood market in Fuyang?"
East Vietnam is close to the sea, and as Fuyang is the capital of East Vietnam, there will naturally be a lot of maritime trade.
Although the preservation of seafood in this era was not as developed as in later generations, there were still a lot of seafood such as salted fish and dried shellfish. Fuyang Seafood City was a market dedicated to trading such things, and it was even the largest seafood trading market in this era. .
Almost all dry seafood products from all over the East Vietnam coast are traded in Fuyang and then shipped to various places.
Although he didn't know why Tang Ping wanted to go to the seafood market, since he made this request and it was easy to fulfill, Master Liu still nodded and agreed.
Then he was asked to get into the passenger seat of the pickup truck. This time only Pei Min and Yao Yuanzhi followed Tang Ping out, while the others stayed in the small courtyard.
The dazzling interior of the car made Mr. Liu not believe that people like Tang Ping would be short of living expenses. If he was willing to buy a car called a pickup truck, East Vietnam would be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it.
Under Master Liu's guidance, Tang Ping quickly drove to the seafood city. Tang Ping's drive into the city yesterday had caused a sensation in the city, so many people were watching along the way.
Mr. Liu even felt that this was the most eye-catching visit of the Tang Dynasty envoys in Fuyang.
In addition to ordinary seafood trading, this seafood market also has a small auction house.
You must know that in this era, seafood such as corals and pearls are already considered luxury goods, and such luxury goods are often traded in the form of auctions.
And what Tang Ping was looking for was this auction house.
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?" Although the people at the auction house were wondering why the officials from Honglu Temple came here, they opened the door to do business and had to greet customers when they came.
"I want to auction a gadget, take a look!"
Tang Ping took out a box he brought and opened it.
