The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

A few days ago, he, Bo Haoren, was ready to raid the Tang army according to someone, but if they really raided the Tang army, maybe they would have died long ago.

With such a strong martial arts prince, Shaobao, he also knew that if the Tang prince Shaobao in front of him launched an attack, he believed that people from his own tribe would not be able to resist at all.

"Also, the three hundred shi grains are not given for free. You need to exchange them with livestock. Of course, if you have enough livestock, I can also dispatch more grains. If you can't do this, our cooperation Just let it go." Just as Bo Haoren was still hesitating, Zhong Wen said again.

After listening to Zhong Wen's words, Bo Haoren knew that Zhong Wen wanted their tribe's livestock.

After looking at the few people nearby, Bo Haoren nodded to each other, and then replied to Zhong Wen: "Okay, then, may I ask Zhong Shaobao, when can we trade?"

"Three days later, I'm still here." Seeing that Bo Haoren agreed with his opinion, Zhong Wen replied.

At this time, Li Daliang, he did not expect, how could this cooperation suddenly become a business?

Livestock, this is a livestock. If you can get horses from the Qiang people, that would be a credit. Even if it's not horses, cattle will do.

Subsequently, the two sides began to discuss other matters of cooperation.

Half an hour later, the discussion ended, and the personnel from both sides began to retreat.

"Bo Haoren, that Prince Shaobao of the Tang Kingdom just now wouldn't trick us, right? They are really willing to exchange grain for our cattle and sheep?" When the Qiang people rode their war horses and headed for their own territory, Bo Haoren was beside him. One of them asked Bo Haoren.

This person is also a small leader of the Qiang tribe, and the few around Bo Haoren are all leaders of other Qiang tribes.

It's just that the tribe they belong to is not as big as Bo Haoren's tribe, and they also have a very good relationship with Bo Haoren's tribe, so Bo Haoren has pulled them into this cooperation with Tang this time .

"You have also heard our conversation just now. The Crown Prince Shaobao of the Tang Kingdom is willing to exchange food for cooperation, but this cooperation requires our cattle and sheep in exchange for food. Now there are endless civil strife in Tuyuhun, and various ethnic groups are fighting for territory. If we want to exchange our cattle and sheep for food, we can only exchange them from Tang State." Bo Haoren said helplessly.

"But the price is too high, isn't it? The Tang people won't cheat, right?" Another person asked.

"Yeah, this is the price decades ago, so why do I always feel that there is something wrong with what the Tang people said?" Another person echoed.

"Don't think too much about it. After three days, if there is no food, it is impossible for us to give them our cattle and sheep. Moreover, a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty would not do such a treacherous thing." Bo Haoren comforted them and said.

But at this time, on the way back to the Salt Lake camp, Li Daliang was so excited that he couldn't find his way.

Although he once captured tens of thousands of livestock when he attacked Tuyuhun, these livestock belonged to the state, and they only got a small part.

Now, Zhong Wen is negotiating cooperation with the Qiang tribe, which is a real deal.

A bucket and a half of grain is exchanged for a sheep, and a stone of grain is exchanged for a cow. This is a good deal.

If it is really changed, once the livestock are transported back to the Tang Dynasty, they will definitely earn a lot of money.

Tang country is short of farm cattle, as long as anyone in Tang country knows this.

With such a large population in the Tang Kingdom, farming without cattle is definitely a labor-intensive task.

Although the Tang State is not very rich today, the food production is also increasing, and the population is slowly picking up. Maybe in another 50 years, the food and so on will drop to a certain level.

"Zhong Shaobao, I think it's up to you to undertake the matter of exchanging grain for livestock this time. Don't you have a business group in Lizhou? It happens to be doing business with this Qiang people in the name of the business group." On the way, Li Da Liang suddenly said to Zhong Wen.

"My Lizhou business group hasn't come here yet. Even if we come now, there is no rush. What's more, you have to supervise the food matter." Zhong Wen replied casually.

"Zhong Shaobao, I mean to use the name of your Lizhou business group, not people from your Lizhou business group must come here." After listening to Zhong Wen's words, Li Daliang quickly explained.

When Zhong Wen heard this, he realized it.

Zhong Wen stared at Li Daliang and looked again and again, but he really couldn't see that such a Liangzhou governor and Liangzhou governor for the public and the people were going to cooperate with the Lizhou business group for the benefit of the people.

However, thinking about it, everyone has a selfish side, not only Li Daliang, even Zhong Wen is sometimes selfish.

"After I go back in a while, I will let Zhang Cheng take charge of this matter. He represents the Lizhou business group." Zhong Wen didn't have any objections. Anyway, the food belongs to the Tang country. How to distribute the final benefits depends on how we discuss with Li Daliang at the end. up.

What's more, Zhong Wen didn't need to pay a penny or a catty of grain to exchange huge benefits for Lizhou. Of course, Zhong Wen had no objection to such a good thing.

As for Chang'an knowing about this, Zhong Wen didn't care.

He himself would not take any money from it, all for the benefit of the state, even if Chang'an knew about it, Zhong Wen would not be afraid.

As for Li Daliang, it's hard to say.

If Li Daliang was really doing this for his own benefit, and Chang'an knew about it, then Li Daliang probably would not be far away from being assigned to Yazhou.

Perhaps, if Li Shimin learned about this matter, he would not embarrass Li Daliang, but Li Shimin couldn't resist the mouths of those civil servants and generals.

This is not a small benefit, but a huge benefit.

There are more than a few Qiang tribes, there are more than a hundred tribes, and as long as this happens, Zhong Wen believes that other tribes in Tuguhun will definitely come to seek cooperation.

Moreover, in Tuguhun territory, since it was dispersed by Tang State last year, there is a shortage of food, and the border between the two countries is closed. There is not much trade. Apart from the official ones, the folks only have those families with strong backgrounds. That's all.

And Zhong Wen can be said to have sprung up suddenly, and went directly to the territory of Tuyuhun to negotiate a deal. No one can predict what will happen in the future.

Chapter 5 Thirty

After getting Zhong Wen's promise, Li Daliang was even more happy and lost his way.

As for what he was thinking, Zhong Wen didn't know either.

However, Zhong Wen could also tell from his state that Li Daliang was very happy at this time.

"General Li, as a member of the royal family, is it necessary for you to do this? Besides, you don't know how many of these livestock there are. You are so happy now, aren't you afraid that the officials in the court will attack you collectively?" Zhong Wen was really a little confused. I can't stand it anymore, if I don't stop Li Daliang's state at this time, Zhong Wen thinks that he may even regard Li Daliang as a lunatic.

"Zhong Shaobao, you are a full man who doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry. Although I am a clan relative, I have a lot of family members. Besides, I have no property, and only the fief granted to me by the Holy One. Besides, what is produced in the land These things are not enough to support the family." After Li Daliang heard the words, he immediately began to cry and became poor.

"Oh? As a member of the royal family, how could you only have fiefdoms? After all, you should have a few shops, right? Even if you have a large family, could it be tens of thousands of people?" Zhong Wen asked curiously.

When Zhong Wen was in Chang'an, he really hadn't been to any royal clan's mansion, not even the mansions of some dignified dukes and dignitaries. How could they know how many people lived in these people's mansions.

Moreover, when he was in Chang'an, neither Jinshui nor Xu Fu had ever told him such trivial things.

However, according to Zhong Wen's conjecture, no matter how many people there are in a county magistrate's house, it is impossible to have thousands of people, at most one or two hundred people is almost the same.

Just like Zhong Wen's County Marquis Mansion where Chang'an is located, there are only a few dozen people, and it also includes the staff of Huilai Restaurant.

"Zhong Shaobao, after returning to Chang'an, you will know what's going on when you come to my house. There are some things I can't talk about." Li Daliang stopped talking at this time, and stopped talking about his house.

If Li Daliang didn't say anything, Zhong Wen would naturally stop asking.

In the cooperation and trading with the Qiang people, whoever earns money will participate in it. Zhong Wen only needs to ensure that the state is profitable, and he doesn't want to care about the affairs of Li Daliang's family.

After the group returned to the camp, they started to get busy again.

The only ones who can be idle are Zhong Wen and Li Daliang.

More than [-] people are busy working in this Chaka Salt Lake, and it seems extremely lively.

However, at night, this kind of excitement becomes cold.

The weather is getting colder.

Hot during the day and cold at night.

This makes people who have been busy all day get into the shack and fall asleep hugging each other.

Fortunately, a lot of things were delivered from Shanzhou some time ago, otherwise, this night would not be so easy to endure.

A few days later, Bo Haoren and the others really came to Chaka Salt Lake with their cattle and sheep.

In this transaction, there were only 500 cattle, but there were more than [-] sheep.

In the end, Bo Haoren got more than 300 shi of grain from Zhong Wen and him.

Bo Haoren and the others are not stupid, it is impossible to drive tens of thousands of livestock to trade for the first time.

If there is a problem with this, it is not a loss.

"General Bo, the transaction is completed, and your people can start to arrange work. General Li, you have to take care of this matter. Also, this matter will be handed over to you, Li Daliang and Zhang Cheng. After a while, I will I have to leave too." Zhong Wen said to Bo Haoren and Li Daliang.

"Zhong Shaobao, this is the first transaction. If Zhong Shaobao is willing, there will be a second batch and a third batch in the future. However, I only trust you, Zhong Shaobao, and I don't trust the others." Bo Haoren heard that Zhong Wen was about to leave , My heart immediately became tense.

Bo Haoren didn't trust Li Daliang very much, even Zhang Cheng didn't trust him, he only believed in Zhong Wen.

At least, in his eyes, he admires a martial arts expert from the bottom of his heart, and this sense of conviction will be stronger than others.

The Qiang people only respect the strong, not the strong. They will only respect you if you subdue them.

As for Li Daliang and the others, compared to Zhong Wen, in his heart, they were somewhat unqualified.

But at this time, Li Daliang was really upset.

Although it was true that Zhong Wen facilitated this transaction, the Qiang man said in front of him that he did not believe him, which made him even more ashamed.

If Zhong Wen was not present, maybe Li Daliang would have turned his face on the spot.

On the other hand, Zhang Cheng didn't have any thoughts.

As the deputy general of the Lizhou Commander's Mansion, he can only obey orders, and he only obeys Zhong Wen's orders.

As for Li Daliang's order, if it was not an excessive order, he would certainly obey it.

"General Bo, don't worry, the two of them are trustworthy, and Zhang Cheng is my subordinate, if you don't trust General Li, you can trust me 100% as a subordinate." Although Zhong Wen didn't understand what Bo Haoren was thinking , but seeing what he said, he had no choice but to introduce Zhang Chenglai to Bo Haoren.

"Since Zhong Shaobao said so, then I, Bo Haoren, believe him." After hearing the words, Bo Haoren looked at Zhang Cheng, patted his chest, and recognized what Zhong Wen said.

On that day, for the success of this first transaction, a banquet was held in the camp.

Bo Haoren and some other tribal leaders were invited to drink, and after the feast, they dispersed.

This time, Bo Haoren and the others brought 3000 people.

3000 people joined the construction, and the progress began to speed up.

Even the saltworks for drying salt have begun to be laid.

Five days in a row, time flies by.

And Zhong Wen also planned that it was time for him to return to Lizhou. After all, there were basically no major problems in the salt field. As long as there was no chaos in Tuguhun, nothing unpredictable would happen.

"Li Daliang, Zhang Cheng, I will leave the affairs of the salt field to you two in the future. If something goes wrong, I will ask you two." One morning, Zhong Wen turned to Li Daliang. People confess some things.

"Zhong Shaobao, don't worry, if something happens to the salt field, I will come to see you." Although Li Daliang did not want Zhong Wen to leave so soon, he also knew that Zhong Wen would not be able to stay for a long time .

Only the hundred or so people brought by Zhong Wen were left behind.

What's more, the Lizhou Business Group has to step up their arrangements. The matter of transporting salt will need to be handled by the Lizhou Business Group in the future.

Zhong Wen got Li Daliang's guarantee, turned his head to look at the salt field and said, "I hope to keep the method of making salt secret for the time being. Whoever dares to cut off the interests of my Lizhou, don't turn my face and deny people."

What Zhong Wen said seemed to be a warning to Li Daliang, and Li Daliang also sensed the taste, and immediately assured Zhong Wen: "Zhong Shaobao, don't worry, when the stone house for boiling salt is built, all the salt makers I will also live separately, and will not let anyone see the method of making salt."

In fact, this is not the first time that Zhong Wen has talked to the two of them about the need to keep the method of making salt secret.

Moreover, the places where the salt is boiled and made are also planned as stone houses, lined up in rows, and walls will be built in the future to prevent those who are interested in learning from it.

Even without Zhong Wen's warning, it would be impossible for Li Daliang to spread the matter.

"Report, report to the general, there is a large group of people rushing to our side thirty miles east, please arrest Li." Just as Zhong Wen and the others were speaking, a scout rushed over to report to Li Daliang.

"Who is it? Let's investigate again." Li Daliang suddenly became serious when he heard someone running thirty miles away.

"It's unknown at the moment. It's too far away to find out." After the scout reported back, he rode on his horse and went to investigate.

And Zhong Wen also heard about this suddenly, and also put off his departure, waiting for who is coming.

People from the east, apart from people from Tang, are from Tuguhun.

Half an hour later, the scouts came back to report: "Reporting to the general, the people here are the soldiers and horses of Su Guogong. There are nearly 6000 soldiers in them. The scouts are already close to the soldiers and horses of Su Guogong."

"Su Guogong? What is Cheng Yaojin doing here? Li Daliang, did you tell Cheng Yaojin what happened here?" Zhong Wen got the scout's words and asked Li Daliang.

But at this time, Zhong Wen's questioning address to Li Daliang was changed to his name, and looking at it from this, one knew that Zhong Wen was a little unhappy.

"This... Zhong Shaobao, I am on good terms with Su Guogong and the others. When I was in Shancheng, I already wrote a letter and sent it to Chang'an. Besides the Holy One, there is also Su Guogong." Li Daliang saw Zhong Wen Mao seemed a little unhappy, because it was the first time he heard Zhong Wen call his name directly.

Zhong Wen was not happy, not because Li Daliang wrote to Chang'an to report the incident, but because of Cheng Yaojin.

In Zhong Wen's eyes, Cheng Yaojin is definitely a difficult guy.

Cheng Yaojin looks like a reckless man on the surface, but Zhong Wen knows that Cheng Yaojin is very smart, and he is also very scheming.

After more than an hour, Su Guogong Cheng Yaojin and the others arrived at the camp.

"Zhong Shaobao, I haven't seen you for a long time. You're okay. Old Cheng, I didn't expect Zhong Shaobao to come to Tuguhun not long after he left Chang'an. Old Cheng, I also heard that Zhong Shaobao can also make salt. This is a good thing. No, the Holy One sent me here to clear all obstacles for Zhong Shaobao." As soon as Cheng Yaojin saw Zhong Wen, he became very acquainted, as if he and Zhong Wen were old friends.

"Mr. Su has such a pair of noses. I have just arrived in Tuyuhun, and you, Mr. Su, have come." Zhong Wen replied.

"Zhong Shaobao, it's not my old Cheng who wants to come. The Holy One sent me here. There are no women and no good meat here. Even if Li Daliang invites me, I don't want to come. Zhong Shaobao, you don't want to come." What's your opinion on my old Cheng?" Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

"Don't dare, you are the Duke of the state. I'm just a small county lord. I, a small county lord, don't dare to have any opinions on you, Su Guogong. I have an opinion, so I have to hold back, right?" Zhong Wen replied.

"Zhong Shaobao, I don't know when my old Cheng offended you. If I offended Zhong Shaobao in any way, Zhong Shaobao can just beat and scold him." Cheng Yaojin heard Zhong Wen's displeasure as soon as he hit him.

Moreover, Zhong Wen's words always had a hint of sharpness, which made him feel a little disgusted.

"Su Guogong, I won't gossip. What is the purpose of sending you here? It happens that I haven't left at this time, so just say it." Zhong Wen didn't want to say more, and asked Xiang Cheng Yao directly. gold.