"Ping Guo Gong, our tribe has just experienced a horse plague, and we really can't raise that many war horses. You always... don't need infantry, right?"
"Our tribe is also in difficulty. Some time ago, our tribe invested a lot of money in the sea, but you happened to block the Nanyang route by Ping Guogong, which caused a backlog of goods. We haven't even paid back the money yet. The soldiers in the tribe don't even have military pay. Come together, if you want to send one, old man, I will have to send my personal guards to follow you."
The Turkic tribes were not monolithic, and of course this was intentional under the control of the Tang Dynasty.
Turks who are not united enough are good Turks.
Therefore, these tribal leaders also have their own thoughts.
Usually there are some conflicts between their various tribes. If they lose their troops and others still retain their strength, I am afraid they will be in trouble by then.
So even if they wanted to send troops to follow Tang Ping at this time, they would each find various excuses.
That is to say, if we can reduce the number of people, we will send out as few people as possible; if we can't produce good soldiers, we will not send out good soldiers.
"Okay, okay!" Tang Ping waved his hand impatiently.
Tang Ping had already guessed the little thoughts of each tribe, but he just wanted to pull up a team to show off, and he didn't really want to fight Hou Junji.
So he went on to say: "Don't give me what I don't have here. If I ask you to contribute, of course I will pay for it."
"I will pay for the soldiers of each tribe, and I will pay you per head. The more you pay, the more I will give you."
For Tang Ping of the Tang Dynasty, money can really be said to be just a number.
Can use money
The things to be solved are not things at all.
Even hiring a hundred thousand troops was easy given his financial resources.
Sure enough, when they mentioned that they would provide money, the eyes of the Turkic nobles lit up.
"Ping Guo Gong, how much... how much does it cost per person?"
Tang Ping stretched out a palm, and the Turkic noble said with some disappointment: "Fifty coins?"
If he only had fifty coins and could send out two thousand people, it would only amount to 100 strings.
Of course, Tang Ping said that he would pay for the military pay when the troops were sent out, so if he went out for at least two or three months, he could still save two or three months of military pay.
When these Turkic nobles were thinking about how much money they could earn by selling many people, they heard Tang Ping say contemptuously: "Who are you looking down on?"
"As long as you help others, I will give you five hundred coins each."
"Five hundred coins!" It was the same nobleman just now, his mouth wide open in surprise.
This has increased tenfold. If he sends 2,000 people, he can earn 1,000 yuan from Tang Ping!
No, what two thousand people? In addition to warriors, my tribe also has many young and strong people, at least four thousand people!
Anyway, following Tang Ping, he was responsible for food and wages. Not only did he solve the problem of feeding four thousand people for several months, he could also earn two thousand gu!
Having made up his mind, he took the lead and shouted: "Mr. Ping Guo, there are more than 4,000 warriors in my tribe. Since Hou Junji bullied others too much and stepped on our Turks, we will naturally fight against him. He is irreconcilable, and I am willing to hand over all these four thousand soldiers to Duke Ping!"
Other nobles also reacted, this is a rare opportunity to make money!
Although the lives of the Turkic people have been better in recent years,
Less, but as nobles, they actually lost a huge piece of income, which was robbery!
In the past, when they ran out of money, they would go south to harvest grass and valleys, and plunder from Datang and other places to replenish their own pockets.
Now that it has become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, who would dare to do this?
A few years ago, there were a few tribes who had the courage to pretend to be bandits and horse thieves, and went to the border to do "business".
I'm afraid the grass on the grave is already three feet high now.
In addition, there are more and more good things in the Tang Dynasty. As nobles, of course they also want to live a good life.
Their arrogant living habits make their already poor family even worse.
Tang Ping's current actions are undoubtedly giving money to everyone.
Those soldiers are raised in the tribe, so why not let Tang Ping help raise them for a few months and make a lot of money?
As a result, all the nobles who had been trying to evade it just now began to share the same hatred.
It was as if Hou Junji had dug their ancestral graves. If Tang Ping didn't bring soldiers from their own tribe with him this time, he would be looking down on them!
Originally, Tang Ping expected to capture 50,000 troops from them. With some troops from Wang Ting and Kang Sumi, he could have 100,000 troops.
Unexpectedly, in just one moment, the total number of soldiers pledged by each tribe exceeded one hundred thousand.
Tang Ping knew that many of them must be either soldiers or ordinary herdsmen. After all, winter was coming soon.
Winter is the most difficult season in the north, and the Turkic nobles are eager to send these people to Tang Ping to let him take care of their food and drink expenses.
But Tang Ping didn't care, what he wanted was a large army to show off.
And the money was given to
It won't take long for these Turkic nobles to return to their hands through the various products of Tang's Trading Company.
"Okay!" Tang Ping patted the piece of paper in his hand that the Turkic secretary helped record. On the paper was written how many troops each tribe could send.
"When will your people arrive outside the royal court and when will I give you the money? Do you want cash, Tang coins or products from my Tang Trading Company?"
"If you want Tang Dynasty coins, I can give you half a percent more. After all, it costs a lot to transport so much cash to Turks. As for the products of Tang's Trading Company, I can give you a 10% discount!"
The Turkic nobles who were already overjoyed were even more flattering to Tang Ping when they heard that there was such a good thing.
Although they are thousands of miles away from Chang'an, they are not worried at all about not being able to use the Tang Dynasty coins.
The main merchants in Turks are either members of Tang's Trading Company, or they are trading firms that have close business dealings with Tang's Trading Company. Tang coins, which are easy to carry and even hide, are no worse than current silver and copper plates in Turks.
There are even many businesses that will give you some discounts if you use Datang coins to buy things with them because it is more convenient to use Datang coins.
It is a pity that the issuance of Datang coins has been tightly controlled. Only a few big nobles in Turks have a small amount of Datang coins.
Now they heard that Tang Ping was willing to pay with Tang Ping coins. Except for a few needed goods that they chose to pay directly from Tang's Trading Company, they all chose to pay with Tang Ping coins.
Gou Shaoqun was secretly dumbfounded as he watched on the side. He touched Li Shan with his elbow and said, "Brother Ping is so good at bluffing people now. Just use his copy machine to copy."
The printed Tang Dynasty coins could hire more than 100,000 troops to help him fight the war! "
"No, I've never seen such an exaggerated plot!" Li Shan complained.
