Late Tang

Li Jing was not very willing to sell tens of thousands of sets of ordnance to the Khitans.

However, if the Khitan civil strife is to continue, then Li Jing must also give the Khitan people some substantial support.Otherwise, if Khan Hende was defeated, the Diela tribe regained the actual control of Khitan, which would be very bad news for Li Jing.

It is necessary for Khan Khende to change the current situation of repeated defeats. Khan Khende has held on, and for Li Jing, it is better than tens of thousands of soldiers.

Li Jing had already agreed in his heart to sell these ordnance to Khan Hende, but even in his heart he believed that Khan Khan Hende was an important ally.But Li Jing will never do business at a loss, and it is impossible to give them a large amount of ordnance for nothing.

The cost of ordnance is 100 million, and the ex-factory price is 150 million. Li Rang asked for 200 million. Li Jing didn't think there was anything wrong.Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that the other party is a Khitan.

When Yaoren Bud heard that the price of this batch of ordnance had suddenly increased by [-]%, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

200 million strings is not a small number, and the transactions between the grassland and the Central Plains have always been barter.What Khan Hende could trade was warhorses, cattle, sheepskin, hair, herbs, minerals, etc., but after the war, Khan Hende did not have a lot of money.

Yaorenbad came without bringing anything.

"Your honorable king, the price of 200 million guan is still fair." Yao Nian Bud pondered, "However, we can't afford the money!"

Li Rang held an exquisite little abacus in his left hand, which was made of gold and jade as pearls. He pulled it out with a crackling sound in his right hand, and said with a smile: "The general is joking. With the honor of Khan, a mere 200 million is nothing. We are willing to press Fifty high-quality horses, one forty ordinary horses, ten high-quality cattle, eighty ordinary cattle, and eighty camels are purchased in large quantities, as well as sheep, donkeys and mules. And other livestock. Of course, all kinds of fur goods, herbs and even ores can also be purchased, and the price is negotiable."

Yao Nian Bud looked at Li Rang holding that rare gadget, looking like he could eat people without spitting out his bones, his brows were wrinkled into Sichuan characters.

Doing business with Tang people, especially Zhen [***], is like seeking skin from a tiger.Li Wei led a caravan on the grassland for two years. Many large and small tribes in the [-] tribes of Khitan did business with them. something warm.

"Honorable King, my Khan has a better proposal." Yaonibad slowly said his proposal, "In order to strengthen the alliance between the two, and to show my Khan's respect for the King, my family King Khan is willing to marry his most beloved daughter, Yue Limei, the most beautiful moon on the Khitan grassland, to the king of the county."

Li Jing smiled slightly, Khitan Khan actually knew that it was not easy to obtain Li Jing's support by means of marriage.

However, Li Jing didn't have much resistance to this unexpected proposal. It was just a political marriage, which was not unusual.Even if I don't have a good impression of those girls with unique hairstyles in Khitan, this is not a relationship. It doesn't matter how Mei is in that month, what matters is behind the marriage.

"Could it be that Khan Khan Hende meant to marry his daughter to the king, and then this batch of armaments by a certain person is considered a gift?"

Li Jing's words made Yaonibad blush slightly, "It's not always true. Khan married his daughter to the county king, and the county king gave this batch of armaments to Khan as a gift. Of course, we will also have a dowry. A thousand horses, plus ten thousand cattle and fifty thousand sheep."

Li Jing shook his head, this business is a big loss for Li Jing, 10,000 war horses add up to only 50+ horses, and year sheep together, it is only about 200 yuan, which is less than 150 yuan.Li Jing's ordnance is worth [-] million, but Li Jing doesn't think that a Khitan Khan's daughter can be worth [-] million.

"Business belongs to business, and marriage belongs to marriage." Li Jing smiled and said, "Why don't you listen to my suggestion? In addition to these cattle, horses and sheep, Khan can take some more cattle and sheep, or you can take your slaves and How about using prisoners of war to make up for? No matter old or young, men or women, as long as they are human, we want them. As many as there are, we want as many as possible.”

Yao Nian Bud was a little surprised and disappointed, he didn't expect Li Jing to say that.

"But we are married..."

"If the general wants to take back the marriage proposal, I have nothing to do with it. But business is business, you say so."

After thinking about it for a long time, Yao Nian Bud felt that the marriage did not take advantage as planned, but Li Jing was right.In this alliance, Khan Hende needed each other more than Li Jing.Especially this batch of ordnance, if this batch of ordnance can be obtained, then the strength of Yuanyuan and Dahe will be greatly improved.

In the end, Li Rang was in charge of the specific negotiations, and after some negotiations, he reached an agreement with Yaorenbad.

Li Jing married Kende Khan and married Yuelimei, the daughter of Kende Khan.At the same time, Zhen [***] also reached a deal with the Yaoqian Department. The Yaoqian Department purchased a batch of ordnance from Zhen[***] with a price of 150 million guns, which can be paid in installments, but the installment fee plus expedited production As well as the price increase of several precious weapons, as well as the price of delivery, etc., the final total price reached 250 million.Khan Hende can pay in two installments, and war horses, draft horses, cattle, sheep, camels, donkeys and mules, leather goods, herbal medicines, ores, and even slaves and prisoners of war can all be used as payment for goods.

"General Yaoren Bud has had a hard time coming here, you might as well rest for a few days. In a few days, after the first batch of ordnance is ready, the king will appoint General Li Wei to lead a light cavalry to escort the ordnance back to Khitan with you. "After the agreement was reached, Li Jing became more cordial to Bard.After bringing in a firm ally and slaughtering them once, making a fortune, Li Jing is in a good mood now. "We are about to launch a large-scale attack to the west of 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 into victory against the Deira tribe, so don't miss it."

The Battle of Liaoxi is about to begin. If Khan Khan of Khende can send troops to Die in Khitan and share part of the troops of Die's troops, it will be of great help to Zhen [***].

Sending Li Wei to escort the first batch of ordnance to Khitan is also to let him bring back the daughter of Khan Hende as soon as possible and complete the marriage as soon as possible.Only after the marriage can he be more determined to continue to fight against the Deira tribe.

Li Wei took one thousand Qingqi, one thousand Qingqi from Yaonibad and three thousand civilian husbands, and escorted the first batch of armaments from Lulongsai to the north, and returned to Khitan through the Xijing Grassland.With these two thousand elite cavalry, Li Jing was not too worried about their safety.After all, Yaorenbad was the clan uncle of the Khitan Khan, and Li Wei unfurled the banner of Anton's Chief Protector. Apart from the Diela tribe, the other tribes did not dare to provoke them directly.And their route deliberately avoided the sphere of influence of the Diela tribe.

Just after sending off the envoy of Hender, Li Jing saw the envoy of Gao Pian again.

Gao Piangang was replaced by Wang Duo as the governor of the various Taoist camps because Huang Chao broke Guangzhou. Wang Duo took the post of commander of the various Taoist camps in Jingnan Jiangling. Li Zhuo, the elder brother of the Li family, served as the deputy governor of the Heyang Festival, and Li Zhuo served as the commander of the southwest camp, and Gao Pian was given the title of commander of the southeast camp.

It’s okay not to add the official position of the southeast camp commander, but Gao Pian immediately hated Wang Duo, thinking that Wang Duo took his official position and deliberately gave him the southeast camp commander’s official position, which is an insult to him .

However, the current situation is stronger than others. The position of the capital has been robbed, and Lu Xiexiangguo, a staunch ally of the DPRK and China, has been dismissed. Eunuch Tian has not been easy recently.

At the same time, Li Jing lived a very comfortable life.

He deducted Li Jing's goods, and Li Jing directly robbed him.He completely underestimated Li Jing. He never thought that Li Jing not only dared to confront him head-on, but was also so terrific.

He has the heart to compete with Li Jing with real swords and guns.However, Gao Pianlu is indeed powerful, neither the Dangxiang people nor the Nanzhao people are his opponents, but Li Jing is thousands of miles away from him.They couldn't reach it even if they wanted to fight, but it was Li Jing's navy, and the sea was completely their world, and the fleet he pulled up would be ruined in a few strokes.

In the face of Li Jing's looting along the coast, although Gao Pian sent troops to garrison along the coast, how many troops could he have, and how long was the coast?Every time Li Jing's navy can always find a space, kill them off guard, and then sail out to sea before they arrive, making them stare at Wang Yang.

In a short period of time, Huainan Town suffered heavy losses, and Gao Pian could no longer sit still.

The naval forces in Zhen [***] have already entered the inland river along the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. Taking advantage of the fact that he deployed all his soldiers and horses along the coast, they directly attacked his cities along the river.

There is no one in the court who can control Li Jing, and this battle can only be resolved between them.

But now Gao Pian is exhausted and unable to deal with Li Jing.Faced with Li Jing's fierce revenge, Gao Pian was powerless to fight back.I wanted to fight, but I couldn't find anyone.

Although Gao Pian didn't want to bow his head, he had no other way to deal with Li Jing except to bow his head and give in.Even his elder brother, Zhou Bao, the Jiedu envoy of Zhenhai, began to complain about Gao Pian because Gao Pian provoked a fight with Li Jing, which caused Zhenhai heavy losses.

On the Shanhaiguan City, Li Jing saw Lu Yongzhi again.

Compared with the last time, Lu Yongzhi was a little less arrogant and a little more respectful towards Li Jing.

"Jun Wang, I am here to resolve the previous misunderstanding between Gao Shizhong and the Jun Wang." Lu Yongzhi said with a humble smile after saluting Li Jing respectfully.

Li Jing snorted coldly: "Misunderstanding, what misunderstanding?"

Lu Yongzhi's smile froze on his face, "It's about the fact that the goods of the merchants in Dengzhou Town were seized earlier."

"Is Gao Pian willing to return the goods?" Li Jing asked with a sneer.

"It's all a misunderstanding, and peace is the most important thing. Gao Shizhong hopes to resolve the previous misunderstanding with the county king, and the two families will reconcile." Lu Yongzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead. Li Jing's cold attitude made him feel this It won't be easy. (To be continued.)