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Volume 1: Tutuan Countryman Chapter 627: Seeking Peace

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    Li Jing was not willing to sell tens of thousands of sets of ordnance to the Khitans.  But if the civil strife in Khitan is to continue, Li Jing must also provide some substantial support to the Khitan people.  Otherwise, if Hende Khan is defeated and the Diela tribe regains actual control of the Khitan, this will be very bad news for Li Jing.  Hende Khan must be allowed to change the current decline of repeated defeats. Hende Khan's persistence is better than tens of thousands of soldiers for Li Jing.  Li Jing had already agreed in her heart to sell these ordnance to Hende Khan, but even though she believed in the importance of Hende Khan as an ally.  But Li Jing would never do a loss-making business, and it was impossible to give them a large number of ordnance for free.  The ordnance cost one million, and the ex-factory price was one and a half million. Li Rang asked for two million, and Li Jing didn¡¯t think there was anything wrong.  Even if they are brothers, they still have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that the other party is a Khitan.  When Bard Yaonan heard that the price of this batch of ordnance had suddenly increased by 30%, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.  "Two million dollars is not a small number. Transactions between the grasslands and the Central Plains have always been barter."  What Hende Khan could trade were war horses, cattle, sheep, furs, herbs, minerals and other items. However, after the war started, Hende Khan did not have much money.  Bard came from afar without bringing anything.  "Your distinguished prince, the price of two million guan is quite reasonable." Yaonan Bude said in deep thought, "However, we can't afford this money!" Li Rang held an exquisite gold frame with jade beads in his left hand.  The little abacus pulled with a thunderclap in his right hand and said with a smile: "The general is joking. With the dignity of the Khan, a mere two million is nothing. We are willing to pay fifty for a high-quality war horse and forty for an ordinary war horse."  Buy a large quantity of cattle, horses, camels, sheep, donkeys, mules and other livestock at the price of eighty guans per camel, and of course, various leather goods, herbs and even ores.  The same can be purchased, and the price is negotiable." Yaonan Bud looked at Li Rang holding the rare gadget, looking like he was eating people without spitting out bones, and his eyebrows were wrinkled.  Doing business with the Tang people, especially doing business with the town government, is like seeking the skin of a tiger.  Li Wei led the caravan on the grassland for two years, and many large and small tribes of the 20 Khitan tribes did business with them, using cattle, sheep, horses, herbs, leather goods, slaves, etc., in exchange for some food that was hungry and cold.  Something warm.  "Honorable County King, my Khan has a better proposal." Yaonan Bader slowly said his proposal, "In order to strengthen the alliance between the two families, and to show my Khan's respect for the County King, my family  The Khan King is willing to marry his favorite daughter, the most beautiful moon on the Khitan grassland, Yuelimeixia, to the county prince. "Li Jing smiled and heard that the Khitan Khan actually knew how to use marriage to gain Li Jing's support, and he still wanted to marry him.  It's really not simple.  However, Li Jing did not have much resistance to this unexpected proposal. It was just a political marriage, so it was not unusual.  Even if I don't have a good impression of those Khitan women with unique hairstyles, this is not a love affair. It doesn't matter what Mei herself did in that month, what matters is the marriage behind it.  "Could it be that Hende Khan means to marry his daughter to the king, and then this batch of ordnance from a certain person will be regarded as a gift?" Li Jing's words made Yuanjian Bader blush slightly, "Not necessarily, the Khan will marry his daughter off  The prince will give this batch of weapons as a gift to the Khan. Of course, we will also give him a dowry, including 3,000 horses, 10,000 cattle, and 50,000 sheep. " Li Jing shook his head.  Li Jing suffered a huge loss in business. Three thousand horses together only cost more than 100,000 guan. Nian Sheep together only cost 200,000 guan, which amounted to less than 500,000 guan.  Li Jing's ordnance is worth two million, but Li Jing doesn't think that the daughter of a Khitan Khan can be worth 1.5 million.  "Business is business, and marriage is marriage." Li Jing said with a smile: "Why don't you listen to my proposal. In addition to these cattle, horses and sheep, Khan can bring out some more cattle and sheep, or you can bring your slaves and  How about using prisoners of war as compensation? We want as many people as we want, young and old." Yaonan Bader was a little surprised and disappointed. He didn't expect Li Jing to say this.  "But we are getting married" "If the general wants to withdraw the marriage proposal, it doesn't matter to me. But business is business, you say so." After thinking about it for a long time, Bard Yuanjian felt that the marriage did not go as planned.  He took advantage of that, but Li Jing was right.  In this alliance, Hende Khan needs each other more than Li Jing.  Especially this batch of ordnance, if they can get this batch of ordnance, the strength of the Far and Away Department and the Dahe Department will be greatly increased.  In the end, Li Rang was responsible for the specific negotiations. After some negotiations, he reached an agreement with Yuan Nian Bader.  Li Jing married Hende Khan and married Hende Khan's daughter Yuelimei.  With thisAt the same time, the town government also reached a deal with the Yaonan Ministry. The Yaonan Ministry purchased a batch of ordnance from the town town worth 1.5 million yuan. It can be paid in installments, but the installment fee plus expedited production and several types of weapons can be paid in installments.  The price increase of precious weapons, as well as the price of transportation, etc., brought the total price to 2.5 million yuan.  Hende Khan can pay in two years. War horses, draft horses, cattle, sheep, camels, donkeys and mules, furs, herbs, ores, and even slaves and prisoners of war, etc. can be used as payment.  "General Yaonan Bader has worked hard for coming here this time. You might as well take a few days to rest. In a few days, when the first batch of ordnance is ready, I will appoint General Li Wei to lead a light cavalry to escort the ordnance back to Khitan with you.  "After reaching an agreement, Li Jing became more friendly to Bud.  Li Jing was in a good mood now that he had gained a staunch ally, killed them once, and made a lot of money.  "We are about to launch a large-scale attack to western Liaoning to support the Khan. After the general returns to Khitan, he can tell the Khan that this is a great opportunity to turn defeat against the Die La tribe into victory. Don't miss it."  The battle is about to begin. If Hende Khan can be allowed to send troops to the Khitan and share part of the troops of the raids, it will be of great help to suppress the rebellion.  By sending Li Wei to escort the first batch of ordnance to Khitan, he also asked him to bring back the daughter of Hende Khan as soon as possible and complete the marriage as soon as possible.  After the marriage, Hende Khan could be more determined to continue to fight against the Dera tribe.  Li Wei took a thousand light cavalry and a thousand light cavalry from Yuanchan Bader and three thousand civilians to escort the first batch of ordnance from Lulongsai to the north, returning to Khitan via Xijing Grassland.  With these two thousand elite cavalry, Li Jing was not too worried about their safety.  After all, Yuanjian Bader was the uncle of the Khitan Khan, and Li Wei had raised the banner of the Great Protector of Anton. Except for the Die La tribe, other tribes did not dare to provoke them directly.  And their route deliberately avoided the Diela tribe's sphere of influence.  Just after seeing off Hende's envoy, Li Jing met Gao Pian's envoy again.  Gao Pianggang was replaced by Wang Duo as the commander-in-chief of all Taoist camps due to Huang Chao's invasion of Guangzhou. Wang Duo took up the post of commander-in-chief of all Taoist camps in Jiangling, Jingnan, and transferred Li Xi, a close friend of the Li family, back to his subordinates from Li Jing.  Li Xi's brother Li Zhuo, the military governor of Heyang, was appointed as the deputy capital commander. Li Xi was appointed as the commander of the southwest camp, and Gao Pian was given the title of commander of the southeast camp.  It was a good thing that he was not given the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Southeast Camp, but Gao Pian immediately hated Wang Duo, thinking that Wang Duo had taken away his official position and deliberately gave him the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Southeast Camp, which was an insult to him.  . ?????????????????????? However, the current situation is stronger than the people, the position of the governor has been snatched, Lu Xianguo, a staunch ally in the DPRK, has been dismissed as prime minister, and Eunuch Tian has not been easy lately.  At the same time, Li Jing was living a very comfortable life.  He deducted Li Jing¡¯s goods, and Li Jing directly robbed his people.  He completely underestimated Li Jing. He didn't expect that Li Jing not only dared to confront him head-on, but was also so awesome.  He is determined to compete with Li Jing with real swords and guns.  However, Gao Pian was really powerful on the land. Neither the Dangxiang people nor the Nanzhao people were his opponents, but Li Jing was thousands of miles away from him.  They couldn't reach it even if they wanted to fight. On the contrary, it was Li Jing's navy. The sea was completely theirs. The fleet he pulled up was completely destroyed in a few strokes.  Facing Li Jing¡¯s coastal plunder, Gao Pian sent troops to garrison along the coast, but how many troops could he have and how long was the coast?  Every time, Li Jing's naval forces were always able to find an opening, catch them off guard, and then sail out to sea before they arrived, leaving them staring at the ocean.  In a short period of time, Huainan Town suffered heavy losses, and Gao Pian could no longer sit still.  The navy of Zhen** has begun to enter the inland rivers along the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. Taking advantage of his troops and horses to be deployed along the coast, they directly attacked his cities along the river.  No one in the court can control Li Jing, and this battle can only be resolved between them.  But now Gao Pian is too exhausted to deal with Li Jing.  Faced with Li Jing's fierce revenge, Gao Pian was unable to fight back.  I want to fight, but I can't find anyone.  Although Gao Pian doesn't want to bow his head, he has no other way to deal with Li Jing except bowing his head and surrendering.  Even his elder brother, Zhenhai Jiedushi Zhou Bao, began to complain against Gao Pian because he provoked a fight with Li Jing, which caused Zhenhai heavy losses.  At Shanhaiguan City, Li Jing met Lu Yongzhi again.  Compared with last time, Lu Yongzhi was a little less arrogant and more respectful to Li Jing.  "Prince, I am here to resolve the previous misunderstanding between Gao Shizhong and the prince." Lu Yongzhi said with a humble smile after bowing respectfully to Li Jing.  Li Jing snorted coldly: "Misunderstanding, what misunderstanding?" Lu Yongzhi's smile froze on his face, "It's about the previous seizure of the goods of the merchant in Dengzhou Town." "Is Gao Pian willing to return the goods?"Li Jing asked with a sneer.  "It's all a misunderstanding. Peace is the most important thing. Gao Shizhong hopes to resolve the previous misunderstanding with the county king and the two families can get back together." Lu Yongzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead. Li Jing's cold attitude made him feel  It won't be easy.  (To be continued.)
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