Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 150 Mosang loses power
"Your Highness, I think it's worth the money!"

A few coughs sounded, and the old Xiangke came in with abduction.

With a gloomy old face, he said: "Do you know how popular that silk cloth is in my Nivala now? Nidu has earned countless treasures through this business, and has also won the king's trust. Now the courtiers respect him. But my eyes are red!"

"boom!"

Mo Sang slapped the bed angrily: "Do these sons of bitches still dare to cheat and turn to that bastard?"

Keti sighed: "In this world, no one can resist the temptation of wealth."

His words made Mo Sang's face change.

Yes, as long as Nidu is willing to spend money, these courtiers will always be bribed by him.

What's more, these courtiers originally supported Mosang because Nidu was rejected by the king.

But these days, Nidu no longer talked about Tubo, and continued to earn a lot of money for the king. The attitude of the old king towards him has changed drastically.

Then these courtiers, what reason do they reject Nidu's bribe?
Thinking of this, Mo Sang felt a chill down his back. He quickly looked at Keti: "What does the father-in-law mean... to spend a lot of money to disrupt his business with the King of Shu?"

Keti thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes! He sent five boxes, and we gave more than him. Not only do we want to win the trading rights of silk cloth, but we also want the King of Shu to stop doing anything with Nidu. Business."

"Not bad!"

Mo Sang clenched his fists: "This king will spend a lot of money to monopolize the silk cloth business, and bring this Nidu back to the past."

He thought for a moment: "Come here, bring me eight boxes... no... ten boxes of jewels. Write to Sangjidu and ask him to let him go. We must bribe the King of Shu!"

Mo Sang has put all his trump cards on the King of Shu. Although these ten boxes of jewelry cannot be said to be his entire net worth, they have accounted for nearly half of his wealth.

If this transaction fails to be completed, then he can only watch Nidu's rise.

"Cough cough!"

Keti's coughing sounded again, and he pointed at Mo Sang's bed with his crutch: "Come here this time, and I have something important to tell you!"

"What's the matter?" Mosang asked.

Keti looked gloomy, and said in a deep voice: "Recently, in our country, many people are scrambling to collect wool. The wool we agreed to send to Tibet has not been collected..."

"what?"

Mo Sang was startled: "How is this possible? We, Niboluo, are a big wool producer. Every household raises sheep. How could we not receive wool?"

Keti shook his head: "I don't know what's going on. In short, it's true. I also sent my confidants to ask below. Some big merchants who trade wool have all been bought by others. Now, we can only go to ordinary people and collect them bit by bit..."

"Then... when will I receive it? Doesn't this delay the delivery of the wool?" Mo Sang said angrily.

Keti said bitterly: "Now we can only dispatch people as soon as possible, hurry up, maybe we can get the wool together before the delivery deadline..."

"That... that's going to be troublesome! Our relationship with Mr. Shang Nang is maintained only by the wool trade. If we fail to hand in the wool on time and offend Mr. Shang Nang, we will lose the great backer of Tubo It's..."

Mosang was terrified. Without the support of the Tubo people, his status in the king's heart would have plummeted.

At that time, Nidu, who can earn huge wealth for the king, will definitely replace him in the king's heart.

Then this Nivala's next king... I'm afraid it will be snatched away by Nidu...

In the next few days, Mo Sang had been looking forward to the smooth collection of wool. While waiting for Keti's reply, he sent his men to collect wool from the people.

After collecting for four or five days in a row, all he received were wool from retail investors, and the quantity was very small. He was so angry that he pulled these subordinates out, and each took dozens of whips to relieve his anger.

He could only pin his hopes on Keti.

"All the big sheep farmers have their wool taken away, and my people only received a very small amount of wool!"

Keti's words were colder than his face, and it went all the way to Mosang's heart.

He was completely panicked now, and Shang Nang was completely offended.

Then what advantage does he have over Nidu?
than money?Nidu has a silk cloth business and is making a lot of money.

Compared with power?Now the ministers are running towards Nidu one after another.

Favored more than the emperor?Without the support of Tubo, without the support of courtiers, why would the king still favor him?
"No! I can't sit still!"

Mo Sang shouted loudly, he rarely got up from the bed, and walked around barefoot on the ground.

After a few breaths, the eldest prince Mo Sang Zhentian’s angry shouts came from the hall:
"Come here! Send me all the remaining treasures to Datang! Tell that Sangjidu, you must... definitely give me the silk cloth business!"

……

Chengdu Mansion, post station.

Sangjidu, the foreign affairs officer of Nidhara, has received ten boxes of treasures from the prince, and has also received a letter from the prince.

In the letter, the eldest prince gave Sangjidu an order to snatch the right to trade silk cloth from Nidu and become the exclusive partner of the King of Shu in Nibala.

After receiving this letter, Sanjidu's confidence increased greatly.

These days, because he didn't have enough money in his hands, he didn't have the nerve to bother Li Ke.

On the contrary, Li Ke also sent Gu Wu to visit twice, to take care of Wu's statement, Li Ke is still considering the matter of trade, and has not yet made a final decision.

Sangjidu is of course clear that this so-called "consideration" is naturally considering whether the "sincerity" of the eldest prince is enough.

Now, with these ten boxes of treasures, Sanjidu was convinced that he would be able to persuade Li Ke to exclusively authorize the trading rights of silk cloth to himself.

He immediately sent a greeting card to the Prince of Shu's mansion, saying that he would visit with the sincerity of the eldest prince, and hoped that His Royal Highness the King of Shu could discuss cooperation with him.

But when the letter of worship was sent, the gatekeeper of the palace said that the king of Shu had recently taken the palace to the nearby Pengzhou for inspection, and it would take two days before he came back.

Sangjidu was extremely anxious, because the eldest prince had already mentioned in his letter that he was required to complete this matter as soon as possible.

But helpless, Li Ke was not there, so he could only wait.

Finally, after waiting for another two days, he sent someone to ask again, but Li Ke still didn't come back.

After asking for three days, he finally got the news on the fourth day after sending out the invitation. Li Ke, king of Shu, had already returned to the palace, and he was invited to dinner at night to discuss trade matters.

Sangjidu was very excited. He made careful preparations. He loaded the new ten boxes of treasures and the original box of jewels into the carriage, and sent people to carefully protect them.

Then, Sangjidu led the convoy composed of several carriages and rushed to the Shu Palace.

(End of this chapter)