In Li Shuheng's office, Zhang Hong, Huang Hong and others were present.
After Shi Bin came in to report, Li Shuheng took Zhang Hong and others out to greet Jamuka and others.
After all, the other party was sent by Tumut Khan, so he should not be treated like a subordinate.
Jamuka was welcomed into the office, along with Anzabu, and several other Mongolian armored cavalry stayed outside the room.
Everyone took their seats.
Li Shuheng said with a smile: "I wonder what the Great Khan is asking for when he sends a general here?"
"Your tiger-shaped flag is really a great gesture." Jamuka said, "No wonder Kankantada Taiji has always opposed letting you build a warehouse. This is not a warehouse at all, it is just a fort."
Li Shuheng said with a smile: "The general is joking, the warehouse must also have necessary protective measures. Naturally, it must be built in the shape of a fortress, so as to better ensure the safety of the goods inside."
"I won't argue with you about this." Jamuhe waved his hand and said immediately, "The Great Khan sent me here to ask you about the Hatan Department."
"Hatan tribe?" Li Shuheng thought for a while and said, "We have also heard about the Hatan tribe, and we don't know which group of horse bandits did such a thing. I heard that a Taiji died. "
Before Jamuhe could speak, Anzabu said first: "Don't pretend like you don't know anything here. Who in the entire grassland doesn't know that this thing was done by people from your Tiger Banner, killing people like Hatan tribe?" , you Tiger Flag need to give us an explanation."
When Jamuka saw Anzabu had said it, he remained silent.
Li Shuheng frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "The Great Khan must have misunderstood. The affairs of the Hatan Department have nothing to do with our Tiger Flag."
Even if everyone knew in their hearts that Hu Ziqi did this, he couldn't admit it here.
Once admitted, it will give the Mongols a reason to openly manipulate their Tiger Flag. Unless the Tiger Flag wants to go to war with the Mongols, the affairs of the Hatan Department cannot be recognized.
Just like the string control soldiers of the Hatan Department attacked the Tiger Flag's convoy, they could do these things secretly. On the surface, the Tiger Flag and Tumut still had a cooperative relationship.
"It's useless if you don't admit it. What happened to the Hatan Department was done by you people from the Tiger Flag." Anzabu said.
Li Shuheng said: "The most indispensable thing on the grassland is horse bandits. Tribes are plundered by horse bandits every year. Just because the Hatan tribe is attacked, we cannot blame our Tiger Flag."
Anzabu sneered and said, "Who doesn't know that your Tiger Flag recruited the horse bandits on the grassland a few months ago? Now you blame the Hatan Department's affairs on the horse bandits. Do you think anyone will believe it?"
"There are so many horse bandits on the grassland, and our Tiger Flag can only recruit a small number of them." Li Shuheng said.
Anzabu snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "You dare to do it but don't take it seriously. You people with the Tiger Flag are not worthy of being called warriors."
Li Shuheng smiled indifferently, not caring about the other party's sarcasm.
"Okay, Anzabu, don't talk anymore." Jamuhe said to Anzabu, and then said to Li Shuheng, "You and I both know what is going on in the Hatan Department, and the Great Khan also understands. , it’s meaningless for us to argue about this anymore.”
Li Shuheng nodded slightly.
Jamukha continued: "The Great Khan also spent a lot of effort to calm down the anger of many Taijis, but this alone is not enough. You need to use the profits from your business to appease all Taijis."
"Impossible." Li Shuheng shook his head and said, "The profits on the business road are not much in the first place. It is impossible to divide a part of it, unless the Khan is willing to share his share with other Taiji."
"The Great Khan's share cannot be moved." Jamuka's face sank and he said, "Since the Ming Dynasty shrunk the horse market, the goods of your Tiger Flag have become more and more expensive, and the number of cattle and sheep taken away from the grassland has also become more and more expensive. The more, even if you take part of the profits, there will be no loss for your Tiger Flag, it will just be less profit."
The price of the goods shipped to the grassland by Tiger Character Banner is more than twice as high as when they first came to the grassland, and the price of food has nearly tripled.
Li Shuheng said: "General, I'm afraid you don't know. In the past two years, natural disasters have continued in the Ming Dynasty. Grain production has continued to decrease in various places. Grain prices are getting higher day by day. Along with the prices of other goods, it is not that our tiger-character flag wants to increase the price. But according to the previous price, we couldn’t receive the goods at all, so we had no choice but to increase the price.”
Hearing this, Jamuka frowned.
He did hear people mention the news that natural disasters occurred in many places in the Ming Dynasty, resulting in reduced grain production, but he still had doubts about Li Shuheng's words, feeling that the other party was perfunctory with him, but he was not in the Ming Dynasty, and he was not as sure as the Ming Dynasty. news, I couldn’t tell how much of what Li Shuheng said was true.
Li Shuheng said: "The Great Khan wants our Tiger Flag to share part of the profits with other Taijis. I am sorry that I am powerless and cannot agree."
"This is an order from the Great Khan, not a consultation with you." Anzabu said sternly on the side.
Li Shuheng smiled and said: "We at Tiger Character Banner respect the Great Khan and are willing to cooperate with the Great Khan forever, but the Great Khan is your Great Khan, not ours."
"You..." Anzabu glared at Li Shuheng.
Even though he knew that Li Shuheng was telling the truth, he still felt dissatisfied.
Jamukha said: "In order to allow your Tiger Flag to build a warehouse here in Dahei River, the Great Khan forcibly suppressed all opposition voices for your Tiger Flag. For this reason, your Tiger Flag used part of the profits to compensate the Great Khan. It should also be deserved.”
"The general is wrong," Li Shuheng said. "The purpose of building warehouses is to transport more goods to the grassland to meet the needs of various grassland ministries. The Great Khan can also get more benefits from it."
"But if it hadn't been for the sweat, you Tiger Flag would never have been able to build a warehouse here." Anzabu on the other side said.
Li Shuheng sneered and said: "If you can guarantee that the goods of my Tiger Flag will not be attacked by herdsmen, naturally there is no need to build any warehouses. A few more yurts will be enough. In order to build this warehouse, my Tiger Flag But it cost a lot of money, and I, Tiger Character Flag, need to pay for all this money myself."
Anzabu choked up.
I knew that Li Shuheng was talking about the last siege by herdsmen.
"This matter has passed, don't mention it again." Jamukha said to smooth things over.
I don’t want Li Shuheng to pursue this matter. After all, the original matter was the fault of Dahan.
Li Shuheng said in a calm tone: "It's me, Tiger Flag, who put in hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Of course you don't care."
"Do you still want the Great Khan to pay for these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?" There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Jamuka's voice.
Li Shuheng said sarcastically: "Could it be that if we agree to the request of the Great Khan, your Great Khan will compensate for the loss of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"
"You set the fire yourself, and you set the goods on fire yourself. What does this have to do with our Khan? Why should we, the Khan, pay for this money?" Anzabu said aloud.
Jamukh didn't want to argue with Li Shuheng anymore, so he said: "It is the Khan's will to let you Tiger Flag take part of the profits to appease the anger of the Taijis. If it is because you are reluctant to part with this profit, what will happen in the future?" So don’t blame the Great Khan for not warning you in advance.”
"So as long as we give part of the profits to the Khan, those secret incidents against our Tiger Flag fleet will no longer happen, and Fanji Trading Company will not be allowed to do business on the grassland?" Li Shuheng said.
Jamukha was speechless. He knew that he could not agree to these two things.
The Great Khan agreed to let Fanji Trading Company come to the grassland to do business, and with Su Nang's support behind it, even the Great Khan could not object.
The people who attacked the Tiger Flag convoy were related to Su Nang and Kankantada. The words of the Great Khan were of no use to Su Nang, and Su Nang would not listen to the Great Khan, so this matter was a big deal. I can't control it at all.
