Great Tang Southern Emperor

"What's the point? It's just a Sijie Department." Li Zhen dressed neatly: "The Sijie Department has long since collapsed, with less than [-] control strings. It can only be regarded as a medium-sized tribe on the grassland. Are they willing to show off?"

"That's right, we must punish them by lowering the price." Xiao Fuzi supported from the side, "Let them know that I, Tang, are not easy to fool."

"Huh?" Li Zhen stopped and looked at Xiao Fuzi strangely: "Who said I'm going to punish them?"

"Eh?" Little Fuzi was stunned: "Isn't Your Highness upset?"

"It's okay to be unhappy, but you can't bring your personal emotions to work. This is my motto." Li Zhen continued to walk, explaining as he walked: "Besides, although Xue Yantuo and Huihe have been fooling us all the time, why aren't we working together? Fooling them? They gave us real slaves, but what are we giving them?"

"Money." Xiao Fuzi said casually.

"Is it really money?" Li Zhen asked.

"Um, there are silk and glass products." Speaking of this, Xiao Fuzi's expression was displeased: "It's not the servants who say, why do you insist on introducing glass to them, Your Highness? What is glass? It's a treasure." Ah, the priceless things, our domestic demand in the Tang Dynasty has not been filled, you are lucky enough to send them all to the grasslands. They barbarians, how can they appreciate it? Isn’t it a pearl that is dusted by giving it to them?”

"What do you mean by giving away? Am I using this to exchange slaves?" Li Zhen said solemnly, "A set of wine glasses can be exchanged for ten strong slaves. Why not do such a profitable business?"

"Ah? One set of drinking utensils for ten slaves?" Xiao Fuzi also just arrived. Hearing this, he exclaimed, and then broke his heart: "Your Highness, you are too prodigal, right? How much is Tang Neng worth? A total of five thousand guan, five thousand guan. It’s good for you, it’s only for ten slaves, are the Turkic slaves plated with gold?"

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know, what do you know?" Li Zhen glanced at him: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't know, the grassland is bitter and cold, if you really want to give them a set of drinking utensils for five thousand guan, he can afford it." Besides, wine utensils are not the same as wine utensils. The wine utensils worth a thousand guan are made of thousands of years of crystal from Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, polished into sand, and then fired and carved by Master Wudu himself. After it is finished, put it in the cold ice for three months, and use the power of the ice to remove all the impurities in the wine utensils. This is considered a success. The whole process took half a year, and the steps are so complicated and changeable that it is unprecedented. Today, if you are not careful, you will fail.

After success, the wine utensils are crystal clear and radiant, each set is unique, and there is no second pair in the world.Five thousand guan, that is the cost price, the price for selling it to my father and me. If you don't sell [-] guan on the market, you will be ashamed to call yourself a businessman.

Which one should I exchange for Yi Nan and Tu Midu?It is fired by ordinary craftsmen, except for the crystal clearness, it is qualified, and it is incomparable with Master Wudu in other aspects. "

"But even so, a set of ordinary drinking utensils can still be worth a hundred guan in the Tang Dynasty." Xiao Fuzi was still unconvinced.

"It's still the same sentence, it's too expensive here and no one will buy it." Speaking of this, Li Zhen said with a face of reluctance: "You think I don't want to increase the price, but if you have a set of drinking utensils, I will exchange you five hundred A sheep, are you willing to change it?"

"I don't want to part with it." Xiao Fuzi thought about it carefully, shook his head and said.

"That's it. In Datang, a sheep costs a penny, but here you can get it for only two hundred. In the same way, glass wine sets cost a few hundred in Datang. Some people buy them, but here they can only be exchanged." One hundred sheep, it seems that I have suffered a loss. But don’t forget that I still have sheep, as long as I send the exchanged sheep to Datang, I can earn much more money than selling glass directly. Do you understand the meaning of it?"

Xiao Fuzi was directly dizzy by Li Zhen's words, and he shook his head and said: "Although I don't understand very well, I feel that what you said is very powerful, Your Highness. In short, it's fine if you don't lose money."

"Nonsense, when have you ever seen His Highness doing business at a loss?"

Chapter 189

Chapter 1 Fifteen

"By the way, speaking of it, Xiao Fuzi, are you still used to coming here?"

Xiao Fuzi came here at the beginning of May, and this time almost all the eunuchs and maids who were close to Li Zhen in the palace were sent here.In addition, Concubine Yan and the eldest grandson also sent a group of people in their respective names to take care of Li Zhen's daily life, including cooks, craftsmen, ceremonial mothers, etc., and there are more than 30 people in total. .Now there are more than 50 people around Li Zhen, including the maids and eunuchs. If you count the guards sent by Li Shimin and the guards he brought with him, there are nearly 200 people. His personal soldiers and the beautiful maids sent by the grassland tribes, otherwise the number would be even greater.Apart from the absence of a prince's guard of honor, Li Zhen can say that she has everything around her.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. The slave is fine." Xiao Fuzi was moved immediately, "As long as I can be by His Highness's side, no matter how hard it is, it is worth it."

Li Zhen raised her eyes: "You still want me to go to a more miserable place?"

"No, no, this is not what the servant meant." Xiao Fuzi hurriedly explained: "The servant means yes"

"Don't be sensational, let me ask you." Li Zhen interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and asked in a low voice: "Zhenzhu Khan and Tumidu, how many people did they bring together this time?"

Xiao Fuzi thought for a while and said: "Well, in terms of the army, there should be 5000 people on both sides, mainly escorting slaves. The weapons are also normal, and there is nothing wrong with it. Oh, by the way, there is one thing your Highness wants Note that the two of them not only came by themselves, but also brought their sons. One of Yi Nan's two sons was named Da Du She and the other Ba Zhuo. Not very compatible. Tumidu's son is named Porun, and a nephew named Wuhe, besides the two sons, he also brought his daughter with him, I guess he wants to dedicate it to His Highness, poof~"

"What are you laughing at?" Li Zhen became angry from embarrassment, and kicked Xiao Fuzi's calf (for that reason, the buttocks couldn't reach) and reprimanded: "I'm just a little younger? As for making fun of this? I'm only temporary." Yes, you will grow up sooner or later, but you can't even come if you want to."

""Little Fuzi received 100 million points of critical damage, and was directly KO'd by Li Zhen, and squatted in the corner alone and wept.

Riding a maroon pony, Li Zhen and his entourage came to a city under construction. The city was backed by the Yinshan pass and faced the Wutulu River (an ancient river, one of the tributaries of the Yellow River, but it had dried up and lost its trace. ), five miles long and less than three miles wide, is a typical fortress city.

Although it is not a big city, it is enough to guard the Yinshan pass.This is the Protectorate of the Turkic Capital. Originally, Li Zhen meant to build the Protectorate in the depths of the grassland, because he felt that the Protectorate of the Great Turkic Capital was a nail nailed into the heart of the grassland, always standing on the front line. Only in this way can the role of the Turkic Metropolitan Protectorate be brought into full play.

Regarding his proposal, Li Jing and Xu Maogong directly refused - what are you kidding?Since ancient times, a lonely city is the most difficult to defend. If the city is built deep in the grassland, as long as the enemy troops come to surround the city on all sides, they will not be able to escape.

Furthermore, the depths of the prairie are too far away from Datang, and once the situation changes, it is very inconvenient to ask for help.

Therefore, the two resolutely opposed the placement of the Duhu Mansion there. Finally, after many choices, they finally chose Gaoque (the gap between Langshan and Urad Mountain in the northwest of Urad Rear Banner of Bayannur League in Inner Mongolia today, shaped like Menque, hence the name, also known as Gaoquesai), this is the old land of Zhao, where both Qin and Zhao fought against the Huns, and Zhao also built the Great Wall here, which is a strategically important place.Li Jing believed that the establishment of the Protectorate's Mansion here not only played a role in monitoring the grassland, but also that the Protectorate's Mansion itself was a solid fortress.

Li Zhen said that the two of them couldn't be bothered, and could only follow their wishes, but in the end, he still put forward a condition, that is, it is no problem to build the Duhu Mansion in Gaoque, but if it is stable in the future, seven or eight cities must be built deep in the grassland , The city and the city echo each other, only in this way can the grassland be completely embraced by the Tang Dynasty.

Regarding Li Zhen's condition, the two of them refused to agree to it at first, because it was too wasteful, and Datang couldn't bear it, and the effect was not clear. Instead of wasting it here, it would be better to take it back and build the motherland. Be realistic.

But ever since Li Zhen showed them the cement, the two of them had completely changed their minds. In front of Li Zhen, they patted their chests and shouted anxiously, the grassland is so big, how can seven or eight cities be enough?No matter what, you have to have seventeen or eighteen seats to be more stable.If the court dares not support it, we will go to the gate of the palace to beg for food. I think we will lose face, or the princes in the court will lose face more?

Li Zhenjuhan

Now there is no shortage of anything on the grassland: manpower, tens of thousands of strong slaves working in three shifts without interruption;

For materials, there are two cement kilns next to the Duhu Mansion, which produce countless cement day and night, and the quarrying team on the nearby Yinshan Mountain and the sand mining team in the desert also provide a steady stream of stone and sand;

Money, with the support of the entire Tang Dynasty behind the Duhu Mansion, most of the materials are locally sourced, and the slaves don’t need to pay wages, as long as the food can keep up, basically it doesn’t cost much;

The source of water is the Wutulu River in front of the Duhufu. As a tributary of the Yellow River, its water flow is enough to meet the production needs of a city of 10 people;

The only thing that is missing now is a sufficient number of residents. Although there are troops stationed in the Duhu Mansion and many herdsmen have settled down, there is no Tang resident that Li Zhen wants.It is said that the Tang Dynasty has just made up its mind, and the imperial list has not been posted yet. When everything is arranged, the first batch of people will be sent over. It is estimated that it will be the beginning of spring next year. Knowing this situation, Li Zhen once again cursed Get up to the current speed of information dissemination.

Just thinking about it, Li Zhen saw Yi Nan and Tu Midu who were watching the construction outside.

"I met Your Highness, Your Highness, we have not seen each other for a long time." Yi Nan is a typical prairie man with bright eyes and dark complexion. Only two faces are exposed to the outside, showing a unique red color. Slightly bent for riding purposes, this is a typical prairie bowleg.

Tumidu is also dressed in the same way. The only thing that is different is his beard. Generally, the beards of grassland people have fixed specifications, just like the people next to them. They are all neatly trimmed and trimmed according to their status different shapes.But Yi Nan's beard has not been trimmed at all, instead it is casually scattered under his chin, looking a little sloppy.

Chapter 190 Glass Trade

Chapter 1 Glass Trade

"Yeah, it's been a long time since I saw the lonely king and Zhenzhu Khan." Seeing Yi Nan, Li Zhen couldn't help but want to laugh, because 36% of the decorations on Yi Nan's body were made of glass. It is a string of [-] green glass beads, and he wears a ring inlaid with blue glass on his hand. The silver ornaments on his head have also been changed to glass products, which looks nondescript, and the air of a local tyrant blows his face, but he is still complacent. Didn't think it was ugly at all.

However, Li Zhen also knew that this is the most popular way of dressing on the grasslands and even in the Tang Dynasty. Since glass was successfully smelted in Wudu, glass has been quickly accepted by people all over the world and spread wildly.However, because Li Zhen insisted on the business strategy that things are rare and expensive, Wudu has never increased the number of glass kilns. From the beginning to the end, there was only one kiln mouth, and defective products were removed, and at most a few hundred pieces of glass could be produced at a time. Products, the glass on the market has always been in a state of short supply, and the price has risen again and again.

People who couldn't buy it sighed, while those who bought glass wanted to hang glass on their bodies every day. This also inspired Wudu. He simply developed glass ornaments according to the style of glass ornaments before, and won People love it, and the supply and demand have skyrocketed.

Li Zhen is still dissatisfied with this, and instructed Wudu to come up with a new strategy, and specially opened up a customized channel. As long as you have enough status and can afford enough money, Master Wudu will do it himself, and carefully select the best materials for you. Customize a set of exquisite glass products, each set is guaranteed to be unique and unique.So what Li Zhen said before was not fooling Xiao Fuzi, but it was true, but the things made by Wudu themselves may not be that good, the main thing is to sell a brand.

"Oh, by the way, there is also the leader of Tumidu, Li Zhen is really negligent." After talking with Yi Nan for a while, Li Zhen seemed to notice Tumidu, and apologized quickly.

"Your Highness is polite, but Tu Midu forgot to say hello to His Highness." Tu Midu was very angry, but still said humbly.

"The leader of Tumidu is magnanimous. This king admires it. Everyone, stop standing and sit down." Li Zhen greeted and sat down on the main seat.

"I don't know what the two chiefs are here for this time." After Li Zhen sat down, he went straight to the topic. Zhao Bensan: Work, combining work and rest is the right thing to do, and I support you.), I'm not in the mood to hang around with these two idlers.

Yi Nan and Tu Midu were still used to his highness's resolute actions, and Yu Yi Nan said, "It's like this, the minister's visit this time is mainly about slaves."

Yi Nan took a careful look at Li Zhen, saw that he gave him a continuing look, and then continued: "Your Highness, Chen and Tu Midu came this time to offer slaves for His Highness. Respecting the king's order and not accepting the teachings, the minister and Tu Midu personally sent troops to capture all 7 people from the Sijie Department alive. After discussing with the leader of Tumidu, the minister is willing to give all these captives to His Highness. Please accept it with a smile. .”

Yinan is a khan, but now facing Li Zhen, he treats Li Zhen with one mouthful and one minister. This makes the young youths behind him very upset, and one of them stares at Li Zhen fiercely with murderous eyes, but Li Zhen is completely silent. When he couldn't see it, he just raised his eyebrows, expressing surprise at Yi Nan's generosity.