Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 565 Attitude Towards Bad Customers
There are only two small teams of less than a thousand people, and it is absolutely impossible to make any waves in Dingxiang City, which has an army of 10,000+.

Soon, all kinds of screams came from the rear of the team, which was more like Sun Xiangfu's force warning to all outsiders. Here, they must not challenge Datang's authority.

Behind Abu Bakr was Poni, an important minister of Tianzhu. This old man in his sixties had a very high status in Tianzhu. King Jieri has not yet unified South India, and the population under his rule is only about 300 million. Tang Jian ranked it after Byzantium, Persia, and Dashi, and it can be regarded as the fourth foreign power outside the Tang Dynasty. up.

"Is your country satisfied with the steel ingots that Anatuo brought over?"

To Sun Xiangfu's surprise, Poni can also speak Chinese, but not as fluently as Abu Bakr's, obviously a new learner.

After performing a standard meeting ceremony with Poni, Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Of course, our Tang Dynasty is very happy to do business with a 'businessman' like Anatuo in your country, but it seems that he didn't come this time."

Sun Xiangfu deliberately put the word "merchant" very seriously, just to remind Poni that it is just a kind of business transaction and does not involve politics, although Anatuo's status in Tianzhu is comparable to that of the sixteen guards of the Tang Dynasty The same is true for people at the level of a general.

Poni smiled and said, "Our great King Jieri is about to launch a unification war against the south, so there will be no such thing as transporting a large amount of steel ingots to Datang for trade in the past few years, but, If you merchants from Datang can bring a large amount of goods to us for trading, we don’t mind selling more steel ingots to you.”

Historically, King Jieri's southern expedition was not so smooth. After the failure of the first battle, there was a period of offensive and defensive wars that lasted for several years, and it was not until more than ten years later that they were finally unified.

But now, it may be even more difficult, because the southern Indian region is closer to the ocean, and the straight-line distance from Datang on the sea is closer. If Datang still allows King Jieri to unify the entire Indian region as in history, and establish a population of The words of a great dynasty that is enough to threaten Datang's international status are not in line with the interests of Datang.

Therefore, after receiving the news from Ma Zhou, both Li Shimin and Sun Xiangfu knew how to deal with Tianzhu.

Poni already knew that the Tang Dynasty had contacts with several major kingdoms in the coastal areas of India from the sea. Now, Master Xuanzang, who is quite famous in Tianzhu, arrived in the kingdom of Varnabi by sea several years ago, and then traveled to Tianzhu The capital is Qunucheng.

It's a pity that King Jieri's current territory is only the Jijirat area west of the Deccan Plateau. If Datang's fleet wants to trade with them directly, it will need to sail thousands of miles. I am afraid that the merchants in the Tang Dynasty will not be willing, and the coastal kingdoms will not use more favorable conditions to cut off their beards.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu roughly guessed that Poni was showing favor on behalf of King Jieri. Even before, letting Anatuo transport so many steel ingots to sell to Datang was also a kind of showing of favor. The southern coastal kingdoms with tens of millions do not have any overwhelming advantages. If Datang helps them with supplies or trades at sea, he will have even less advantages to speak of.

"Yes, after a few more years, when our sea transportation channels are more complete, our ships can go directly to the Ganges and Indus Rivers to many inland cities on your side."

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, even the old woman was a little uneasy. Is Datang's navigation technology so advanced?
You know, although their Indian civilization originated very early, so far, it is still in a state of despair.

Thinking of this, Poni said again, "If Datang can give Tianzhu some support in shipbuilding technology, we are willing to give you some high-quality steel ingots for free."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu said with a smile, "It's easy to say, you can enter the city first with the invitation card. At the banquet in the afternoon, we can draw up the trade framework that the two parties want to cooperate, and talk about it slowly. Anyway, we still have more See you for a long time."

Hearing this, Po Ni shook her head left and right, then took the invitation, and led Tianzhu's [-]-strong team to the wide city gate. He wanted to draw up something as soon as possible and reach a cooperation agreement with Datang.

Sun Xiangfu knew early on that the shaking of the Indian's head was a confirmation, but Tang Jian, who was going to explain it to him, wasted some thought in vain.

The subsequent kingdoms are more complicated, such as the Khazar Khanate, Magadha, the Deccan Kingdom, Garuda Lubo, the Orissa Kingdom, the Oguz Kingdom, and so on.

There are dozens of kingdoms with a population of more than one million. Many of them were visited by the rulers in person. They all greeted Sun Xiangfu and Tang Jian one by one, and after roughly expressing some intentions, they entered the city. When the delegation from a small country with tens of thousands or 10,000+ arrived, Sun Xiangfu stopped chatting with them very much.

Just give your name, show me your courtesy, and let someone take them directly to the property developed by Zhang Chun. With their spending power, they are not qualified to stay in a hotel, and live directly in the 'sports village' developed by Zhang Chun. It is already a respect for them to have a unified canteen that provides them with free food and drink. After all, Datang has paid for their food, drink and accommodation all the way, and the consumption of these small countries in Dingxiang may not be enough for Datang to provide for them. The cost of board and lodging, and being too good to them is unfair to those big countries that pay for themselves.

Of course, there are also small Indian coastal countries like the Kingdom of Farnabi who have special treatment. Who told the king to have a good son-in-law!
Xi Junmai is the seed player of the Anbei Army representative team. Although he came to Dingxiang some time ago, he has been undergoing devil-style closed training with the brigade. He is now considered a miscellaneous general of Datang. His own salary and the money he received from Sun Xiangfu's property are quite a lot. Before that, the head of his twelve Indian wives, Princess Dai'er of Varnabi, used his money to buy a house in Dingxiang City. After getting off a big castle, now, they directly took the whole delegation to live in their own castle.

However, the delegation of the Kingdom of Varnabi, which was originally quite strong in the coast of India, had a small number of people, only more than 300 people. There is no other reason. The country has been defeated.

Therefore, Bonnie's worries are not unreasonable. Lingnan's fleet is now sailing to the Indian Sea very frequently. They only need to give some support to countries like Varnabi, even if they lose most of their land. , a small country with only 20 million people, it is very difficult for King Jieri to destroy it. There is no way. The Tianzhu people who originated in the northern plateau are not good at water warfare. Once they go to areas with many coastal lakes and rivers, even the number of troops It is several times larger than the opponent, and it is easy to lose the battle.

Moreover, this tradition has been carried on by the Indians to later generations. Every time he sees news about the aircraft carrier they bought, Sun Xiangfu feels amused.

At the last moment, the Tubo and Pyu teams finally came over.

The combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Tang army was still very strong, almost smacking the faces of each of them, and under the premise of not worrying about their lives, they were extremely embarrassed.

"Is this the way you treat guests in the Tang Dynasty?" the leader of the Tubo people, Dawang, a big man dressed in a fish-like armor, shouted at Sun Xiangfu.

However, his roar was obviously not full of energy, because one of his back molars must have been knocked out, and after vomiting a lot of blood, the saliva was still red, and now, the muscles on half of his face hurt Straight pumping.

"The Tang Dynasty has always been like this with villains. Have you Tubo people forgotten the battle of Yanping Gate so quickly?"

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Dawang brought two groups of plateau red cheeks, which turned even redder and blacker. After more than 20 Tubo cavalry came to Datang, the waves did not turn up. They just lost the battle. The masters and generals all lived in prison in Chang'an, and more than [-] young and strong soldiers were reduced to slaves doing heavy physical labor for Datang.

At first, he thought it was caused by the incompetence of Songtsen Gampo and Wang Lin, but now it seems that this is not the case. Just now, a group of Tang soldiers came randomly, and they didn't even draw their sharp weapons , just punched and kicked, beat them to their knees and begged for mercy.

Of course, if he had the iron armor of Tang Jun on his body, he would dare to fight like this. The point is, from the beginning of the line to the gate of the city, all the Tang Jun he saw were wearing such a full-body iron armor. It's amazing.

You know, the level of civilization in Tubo at this time is not very bad. The fish scale armor on his body was made by them. Even in history, they built a large-scale Potala Palace during this period. , but compared with Datang, it seems that there is still a world of difference!
"Hmph, today's matter, I will definitely get it back on the battlefield." Dawang is not a fool who can represent Tubo's senior generals. down the steps.

It was getting late, and Sun Xiangfu was too lazy to talk nonsense with them at the gate of the city. He took a long look at the Pyu country team that was covered in colorful clothes like them, turned around and walked into the city. For this country controlled by religion, Sun Xiangfu also He didn't like it very much. Moreover, it was really late now, and he had to go to Wangjiang Tower to arrange a banquet first. As for the invitation to the banquet, Sun Xiangfu didn't plan to give them directly.

"It's clear that Pyu is a big country with a population of more than 200 million. It's a shame for them to be ranked at the bottom. Give them a copy of the invitation!" Tang Jian pulled Sun Xiangfu to persuade him.

"You can't get used to them too much. If you want invitations, you have to correct your attitude first."

After all, Sun Xiangfu handed over the last two invitations to Tang Jian, and while walking into the city, he said, "If they come to you to ask for advice, it depends on their attitude! I hope to visit the city for a while." After the circle, they can know which onion they are."

(End of this chapter)