Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

When the ministers heard that the household department had started to act, they already understood that they had lost the opportunity in this matter. Instead of arguing in the court now, it is better to find some connections and see who is going to the grassland this time.

However, after some inquiries under the imperial court, these aristocratic families were even more disappointed.

Most of the people sent by Hubu and Yushitai have no family background, and quite a few people in this team are from Kang Jie's tribe.

Most of them didn't pay much attention to this tribal family before, and basically didn't have much contact with them. Now they suddenly pay attention to it but find that they have no way to start.

However, these aristocratic families were not willing to wait for this, and they sent people into the grassland in the name of caravans, hoping to obtain more information before the results of the household department came out.

However, when these chambers of commerce sent back the news a month later, they were dumbfounded.

After these caravans entered the grassland, they were told that there was a kind of banknote issued in the Turkic grassland, Datang currency.

This kind of Tang currency can be exchanged for copper coins at the government office of the household department in equal amounts.

When a caravan encounters a Turkic tribe holding Datang coins, they must not refuse the other party to use Datang coins.

Then, the frontier guards exchanged Datang coins of fifty copper coins, one hundred copper coins, five hundred copper coins and Yitong copper coins for them, and also told them how to identify the authenticity.

At the beginning, these caravans didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was probably something similar to the previous prairie bonds.

However, when they came to the remaining prairie tribes, they realized that their previous ideas were completely wrong.

Before they arrived, the people from the household department had already exchanged all their gold and silver into Datang coins.

And tell them that in the future, direct transactions of gold and silver are prohibited on the Turkic grasslands. Except for direct item exchanges, they can only use Datang copper coins or Datang coins.

Suddenly an ominous feeling appeared in their hearts.

While reporting the current situation to Chang'an, these caravans accelerated their journey.

However, even if they speed up their horses, how could they be faster than the Hubu envoy who was more than ten days ahead of them.

When they reached the depths of the Turkic Grassland and their original destinations, they found that the entire Turkic Grassland had already begun to use Datang Coins.

A caravan asked a familiar tribal merchant, "Why did you start using Datang coins so soon?"

The tribal businessman said as it should be: "This thing is great, why not use it."

After seeing the suspicious eyes of the caravan, the businessman said: "When the people in the imperial court promoted Tang coins at the beginning, we also felt that our gold and silver had become paper, and the boss was not willing."

"But the imperial court has just taken over here, and everyone dare not disobey."

"Although what you are holding is paper, it is already very merciful compared to the direct war between the tribes in the past, when the defeated people directly became slaves."

"But the caravan that followed immediately changed everyone's minds."

"When we actually used these Tang coins to buy things in the caravan, everyone immediately realized the benefits of this thing."

"Not only is it light and easy to store, but in the past gold and silver had purity problems and often suffered losses when measuring them, but Datang coins are equivalent to the local copper coins of Datang, so there is no such problem."

"In this way, the transaction has become much more convenient."

"So it didn't take long for everyone to get used to using Datang coins."

Hearing this, these foreign caravans nodded in agreement.

Although they have just started to get in touch with Datang coins, they have used the grassland bonds before.

Perhaps the advantages of banknotes are not obvious in retail, but it is much more convenient when trading bulk commodities.

In the past, those copper coins that needed to be carried in ox carts or horse-drawn carts can now be carried in one bag per person.

Although the transaction was simple, the caravan still hesitated.

They came with a lot of goods in short supply, originally planning to sell them at a high price while the Turkic war had not subsided.

But now, although the price is still gratifying, there is no way to get real gold and silver. Except for some furs, the unified Datang coins can be exchanged.

After some thought, some caravans chose to compromise, while others were going to try their luck in remote tribes.

Some businessmen couldn't help joking about the thick dozen Datang coins in their hands, "Do you see what this is?"

"Datang coins!"

"Things that are not used in the Central Plains are first used in the grassland."

Another businessman also said: "Actually, it's really good to use this thing in the Central Plains. It's a great thing for our caravan."

"In the future, you don't have to worry about being targeted by bandits when you have money in your hand."

"This Tang coin is not conspicuous at all, but it is much more convenient than copper coins and gold."

"Yeah, in the past it was inconvenient to go to many places to buy goods, but it will be much more convenient if you use Datang coins."

Amid all the discussions, the use of Datang coins has gradually become more common.

The situation on the grassland was reported back to the Central Plains, causing the great families to be extremely terrified.

In the Lu family's mansion in Fanyang, Youzhou, the backbone of the Lu family gathered together again.

"Patriarch, have you read the message from the grassland? How should we deal with this matter?"

As a Youzhou family, the relationship between the Lu family and the Turkic Grassland was somewhat unclear.

Li Shimin can go straight to Huanglong with such efficiency, and the capture of Jieli Khan is really unexpected for them.

The only thing that made them feel more at ease was that they had a better relationship with Tuli Khan.

Originally, they were watching him come, and they should be able to get the biggest share among the army that will divide up the income of the grassland.

But this time they were really slow.

Although Datang coins can still be exchanged for a lot, they are really not at ease about this thing.

Lu Chengqing sneered and said: "What else can we do? At that time, you were asked to go out with General Wei Xiaojie, and none of you would go."

"If our people were already in the grassland at that time, what's the matter with the household department now!"

Speaking of this matter, Lu Chengqing was furious.

The governor of Youzhou was originally Li You, King of Yan. Li You was born in Chang'an and was the youngest son. Naturally, it was not his turn to send troops to fight.

But Youzhou is also an important town for the handover with the Turks, and there are elite iron hoofs like Yanyun Shibaqi, so Li Jing will naturally not let it go.

Therefore, in the Seventh Route Army, Wei Xiaojie, the former general of Zuo Wuwei, was specially promoted to lead the troops on this side.

After Wei Xiaojie arrived, in order to get acquainted with the affairs of Youzhou more quickly, he once asked Fan Yang Lu for help, hoping that someone from Fan Yang Lu could enter the army to assist.

Lu Chengqing naturally agreed, but none of the elders of the Lu family was willing to go.

In the end, Lu Chengqing could only send a few juniors to go there, but these juniors were stubborn, and the army sneaked back a few days after entering the grassland.

Lu Chengqing was so angry that he wanted to drive a few people out of the house, but he finally gave up at the plea of ​​all his uncles.

It was precisely because of this that now that Lu Chengqing was angry, these uncles could only bow their heads silently.

In the end, the second master of the Lu family said: "Don't be angry with the family, everyone knows they are wrong."

"What should we do now? Should we accept the Tang coins or not?"