In the summer, the sun is shining and the weather has become hot.

In a courtyard of the Lifan Courtyard, Lu Dongzan stood under a willow tree, watching a team of ants on the ground carrying things diligently, and was speechless for a long time.

It was only a day or two of hard work, and Datang's attitude towards the Tufan had a 180-degree change.

Originally, I was already discussing with the Ministry of Rites about the specific etiquette and treaty of harmony.

Now he was suddenly notified that Datang refused to make peace, but the matter of trade could continue to be negotiated, and the object of negotiation had actually changed.

"Prime minister, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is in charge of all the affairs of the City Governor's Mansion, and this City Governor Mansion is said to be the institution used to manage all the foreign trade of the Tang Dynasty, so it is actually normal for the Tang Dynasty to let him be responsible for discussing with us."

The deputy envoy Sai Rugong comforted Lu Dongzan, and now it is obvious that the peace is no fun, but if the Tang Dynasty can complete all kinds of trade discussions and calm the conflict between the two sides in the border area, the purpose of this trip can be regarded as a few achievements.

"Serugong, you haven't met His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and you don't know what kind of person he is. To put it mildly, I've visited a lot of people in Chang'an City recently, but none of them have scared me. ”

Lu Dongzan thought of the murderous intent on Li Kuan's face when he visited the palace of the King of Chu that day.

Although the other party covered it up well, and it was only revealed for a moment.

But he was keenly aware of it.

He was able to sit firmly in the position of the prime minister of the Tubo Kingdom, and this keen perception helped a lot, so Lu Dongzan was very confident in his judgment.

Although he didn't know very well that he and His Royal Highness the King of Chu had no grudges in the long days and no enmity in the near future, why the other party showed murderous intent to himself.

However, this did not prevent Lu Dongzan from raising his vigilance against Li Kuan.

Coincidentally, this time the matter of the relationship suddenly turned yellow, and the person who succeeded the Ministry of Rites and himself happened to become Li Kuan.

This can't help but make Lu Dongzan suspect that Li Kuan is doing the ghost in it.

I have to say that Lu Dongzan is really a smart person, just such a simple guess, but he has figured out the actual situation.

"Scared? Prime minister, although His Royal Highness the King of Chu has a reputation in Chang'an City, he is just a prince after all. ”

Serugong didn't understand why Lu Dongzan was afraid of Li Kuan.

In his opinion, whether it is Li Chengqian or Li Tai, they are more worthy of fear than Li Kuan.

"No, he's not the same prince. These days, I have learned a lot about His Royal Highness the King of Chu. You see that he went deep alone, broke through tens of thousands of elites of the Western Turks with a thousand soldiers, and led the forward battalion to make great achievements in the battle of Tang to destroy Tuyuhun, among the princes of the Tang Dynasty, how many of them can compare to him? In addition, he is still the second son of Emperor Tang, although he is a successor, but he is also a son. ”

Lu Dongzan's vision is obviously higher than that of Serugong.

"The prime minister is right, I have read the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the past few days, and it is rumored that this book was written by His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Although this book is just a romance, the use of various schemes and conspiracies in the book is amazing, and the author's talent is high, which can be seen. ”

Sambuza is a famous literary scholar in Tubo, although he is in a high position, but after arriving in Chang'an, he still can't help but go to the famous Xinhua Bookstore and Sanwei Bookstore to make a lot of purchases.

As a result, the two best-selling books "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Legend of the White Snake" naturally fell into his eyes.

"The Legend of the White Snake" is okay, although it is very good-looking, but after all, it is just good-looking.

But "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is different, Sambuza sees a lot of things from it.

"Forget it, it's useless to talk about it. Tomorrow is the day of the first formal discussion with His Royal Highness the King of Chu, let's discuss first, how to negotiate with him, I guess, this time, it may not be so smooth. ”

Lu Dong sighed in admiration, although the weather was very hot, his heart was a little cold.

……

The various yamen of Chang'an City are basically either in the Daming Palace or in the inner city.

However, the Governor's Office is an exception.

This is the only yamen built outside the city.

Lu Dongzan, Sambuza, and Serugong went out of the city gate early and came to the governor's palace of the city.

However, waiting left and right, when it came to the third and third poles of the day, Li Kuan was late.

For Lu Dongzan, today is a very important day of negotiations.

But in Li Kuan's view, this negotiation is not important enough to affect his sleep.

Of course, he didn't really wake up so late, but came over after playing with the little corn in the courtyard.

Although this kind of dismount may seem low-level, you have to admit that the effect is immediate.

"Oh, Prime Minister, you're here so early."

When Li Kuan came to the Governor's Mansion of the City and Bodu, he didn't feel embarrassed at all when he saw Lu Dongzan and others waiting in the hall.

And Lu Dongzan looked at the sun outside the window, and was speechless for a while, but there was a gentle smile on his face, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled, I heard that the Governor's Mansion of the City is now making money every day, and the construction is splendid, so I can't wait to come and visit it early." ”

With the increasing prosperity of maritime trade in Dengzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places, the city and shipping companies around the country will send people to decompress a large amount of broken silver back to Chang'an almost every quarter.

Although at present, the Chu Wangfu has not recovered all the expenses spent on building Chang'an City to Liangzhou through the Governor's Mansion, but in Chang'an City, no one doubts that Li Kuan's repair of this road will suffer.

Of course, Lu Dongzan's words are also half-truths, and there are some curiosity, but it is definitely not because he came early to visit the Governor's Mansion of the city.

Without Li Kuan's order, they entered the Governor's Mansion of the City and Bodu, and they couldn't run around at all.

"Haha, if the prime minister is interested, this king can take you to visit? Or, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and we'll go for a spin now? ”

Lu Dongzan came to his own hypocrisy, Li Kuan simply took it seriously and saw what he could do.

Sure enough, Lu Dongzan's face showed embarrassment, "Thank you His Royal Highness the King of Chu for your kindness, but why don't we talk about business first, and then visit after we finish talking?" ”

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

If Lu Dongzan knew this, he would definitely feel more at this time.

Before the Battle of Songzhou last year, whether it was Songtsan Gampo or Ludongzan, they all thought that Tubo was already a rare power, even if it was not as good as the Tang Dynasty, it was not much different.

However, the fact that the army of more than 100,000 was defeated by a forward battalion was like a blow to the head.

Although this war does not really show that the combat effectiveness of the Tubo State is so scummy, after all, there were too many accidents and too many paralyzing carelessness at that time, but defeat is defeat.

In addition, along the way, Lu Dongzan saw the prosperous scenes in various parts of Datang, especially the Liangzhou City in the distant frontier, which made him fear of Datang countless times.

The state of Tubo must not oppose the Tang Dynasty, at least for now.

Lu Dongzan had a very clear decision in his heart.

Therefore, Li Kuan came so late today, but Lu Dongzan did not dare to express any complaints.

"Okay, let's get started."

Li Kuan just said casually, if he really wanted to let him take Lu Dongzan around, he didn't have that interest.

If you have this time, you might as well go back and accompany the little corn.

"I have heard for a long time that Shangguo is the most powerful country in the world, and my Tuvassal intends to submit to Shangguo, but His Majesty's orders are obeyed, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu is invited to know ......about it."

Throughout the ages, when negotiating, everyone likes to come up with something vain first, and Lu Dongzan is no exception.

"Is it really only His Majesty's orders?"

Li Kuan didn't play his cards according to common sense, and directly threw out such a question, which made Lu Dongzan stunned for a moment.

How do you take this?

That's a polite remark.

If you deny it, you are slapping yourself in the face, and it also shows that the Tubo country has no sincerity.

But if he admits it, in case His Royal Highness the King of Chu then throws out some unacceptable demands, how can this negotiation continue?

When I negotiated with the people from the Ministry of Rites before, it wasn't such a rhythm.

Everyone knows that the so-called surrender is just a face, in fact, everyone still has to do what they should do.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this ...... This is naturally true. Lu Dongzan struggled for a while before he replied.

"However, I believe that His Majesty is wise and martial, and he will definitely not embarrass me and other small countries, right?"

Lu Dongzan then hurriedly added, for fear that Li Kuan would really say something to embarrass him.

"That's nature!" Li Kuanpi responded with a smile without smiling, "It's not ......"

As soon as he said this, Lu Dongzan chuckled in his heart, and looked at Li Kuan with a nervous face.

"This king heard that there is a kind of mastiff in Tubo, which is as big as a donkey, galloping like a tiger, roaring like a lion, and dignified, I don't know if you can arrange a few people to send a few to Chang'an after you go back this time?"

Listening to Li Kuan's words, Lu Dongzan breathed a sigh of relief.

What's so hard about that?

However, immediately afterward, he had another layer of worry.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu even knows such a trivial matter, and obviously has a deeper understanding of the Tubo Kingdom than many people in Chang'an City.

I heard that some merchants came to Luo Qi City last year, what is the Northwest Trade under the banner, and this Northwest Trade is heard to be under the door of the Chu Wangfu, could it be that he knew the news through these merchants?

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there is no problem. This mastiff is huge but agile, the most loyal protector, I will definitely find a few good mastiffs to send to Chang'an City after I go back. This mastiff, it is best to feed it from the beginning, because it only recognizes one owner in its life, and when the time comes, I will find a few male and female mastiffs to send over, calculate the time, and when they arrive in Chang'an City, they can just give birth to cubs. ”

Mastiffs are just dogs, and many tribal leaders and herdsmen in Tibet will raise and take care of cattle and sheep, which is not a very valuable item.

Lu Dongzan is naturally willing to take this opportunity to have a little friendship with Li Kuan.

"Then the king has thanked the prime minister."

Li Kuan showed a smile that met social expectations.

This gives Sambuza and Serugong an illusion, and it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is not as powerful as the minister said.

"Lord Wang, Datang's papermaking, iron-making, and textile technology are unparalleled in the world, and even our Zanpu is full of praise, this time I came to Chang'an, can I reward some corresponding craftsmen for Tubo?"

After a period of unnutritious confrontation, Lu Dongzan finally said his purpose.

In fact, he originally thought that in case the Tang Dynasty disagreed, he would secretly bring a group of craftsmen back.

However, after some testing in the past few days, they were disappointed to find that in the entire Chang'an City, there was no craftsman willing to go with them to the Tu Domain.

Even if he promised a very heavy reward, when people heard that he was going to the Southwest Domain, they didn't bother to pay attention to it at all.

So Lu Dongzan had no choice but to formally put forward this demand to Li Kuan.

"I heard that the prime minister came here and paid a lot of tribute, and my Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, so naturally I will not let the vassal country suffer. Don't worry, when the prime minister returns, I will naturally have a generous gift. ”

Sure enough, it was an idea to fight with the Japanese people, and Li Kuan sneered in his heart.

If the guess is right, they will definitely leave with a large number of books when they go back, and it seems that they will send someone to Liangzhou in advance to prepare the slave hunting team, and they will not be able to return to Tibet so smoothly.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but the so-called teaching people to fish is not as good as teaching people to fish, in order to reduce and avoid constantly adding trouble to the kingdom, in fact, it is more convenient to send craftsmen to teach us."

Lu Dongzan's face was thick enough, and he thought that Li Kuan didn't understand the Tao inside.

"Don't worry, it's not a hassle. Anyway, today is also to discuss trade, so we happened to talk about it together. Whether it's paper, tea bricks, woolen thread, glass mirrors, everything can be discussed. ”

Li Kuan didn't poke Lu Dongzan's words either, and pretended to be stupid there.

You can ask for things, but you can ask for technology, and there are no doors.

Next, naturally, it was you back and forth.

Although Tibet was still a slave country, it was not rich in domestic resources.

However, it is very convenient for them to go to various places in Tianzhu, and they have a very good relationship with Nibra, and they have a way to obtain a lot of gold.

Besides, Tubo, which occupies a large number of plateaus, has a very considerable output of cattle, sheep and horses in the territory, especially the unique yak, which can effectively supplement Datang's demand for beef.

Therefore, Li Kuan was very interested in trading with the Tibetan state.

In fact, Li Kuan is full of interest in trading with any country.

This is basically a common phenomenon in the most powerful countries, and in the process of trading with other countries, there are few losses, because there are too many things that can be exchanged for them.

Not to mention the others, the tea bricks that had just spread in the grassland have now developed into one of the most important trade materials in Liangzhou to the surrounding tribes.

As an important object of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, the demand for tea and other materials must be very strong.

Both sides are interested in their hearts, and the outcome of this negotiation will naturally not be too bad.

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