Chapter 180: The Alliance Under the City
Coming back from outside the city, Liu Hongjian had just arrived at his house before his buttocks were hot, and the cow steward came to report.
"Master, that hairy tartar has been inviting you several times!"
Steward Niu has always looked down on people outside the Saiwai, but he also knows the importance of this person to the master, so he came to report as soon as Liu Hong came back.
To say that this Chahar envoy Polo Chi is really aggrieved, he has been in the capital for several days, except for seeing Hou Ye that day, he has been confined in a small hut in the backyard, and even the toilet is followed by subordinates.
The situation in the tribe is changing, and the Great Khan and the Queen Mother are waiting for him to bring back good news to stabilize people's hearts.
And this Ming Hou Ye neither said he agreed, nor did he oppose, and even ignored him directly, and hung him like this, hanging him for several days.
Although the day before yesterday for the New Year, the subordinates of the Hou Mansion also greeted him with good wine and food, but the Mongolian people are not New Year, and now he only hopes that this Ming upstart can summon him and negotiate the alliance as soon as possible.
"Ha, this old guy can't hold his breath! Call him here! "If Steward Niu doesn't say it, Liu Hongjian will really forget about this guy.
There's no way, how forgetful are the nobles!
And it's you Chahar who is in danger, not me, and a proper pressure will only be good for negotiations.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Polo Chi was overjoyed and hurriedly followed his subordinates to the central hall.
But when he was about to walk to the central hall, he suddenly slowed down again, and his complexion returned to his previous breeze.
"Lord Marquis, I despise that the Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, but the Lord puts the envoy of a country in a villa, is this the hospitality of the Ming Dynasty?"
Even if he is anxious in his heart, he still has to pretend, Polochi suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said with an unhappy face.
"Haha, this Lord Pineapple, you still boast of being knowledgeable, don't you know that my Ming Dynasty is celebrating the New Year these two days?
This Spring Festival! But the whole big festival of the Ming Dynasty, the court does not go to work!
Oh, by the way, our Daming New Year is lively, didn't Lord Pineapple go out to take a look? ”
Liu Honggradually didn't care about Polochi's accusations at all, but cared about him verbally.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty is too indulgent to these nomadic tribes, and they dare to call themselves countries, and even a 'capital' is mobile, what kind of country is it!
Small, let you pretend, continue to pretend, don't mess with you, count me as losing!
"You ......" Polo was so angry that he almost didn't mention it in one breath.
Knowledgeable, but ignorant of the customs of the Ming New Year, isn't this pointing to the monk and scolding the thief?
Besides, it's not that he doesn't want to go out for a walk, he also wants to go out to see the night view of Daming, and by the way, explore the reality of Daming.
But what's the matter with those strong men at your door? And the old butler, who wandered around the door from time to time, looked at him like a monster with that expression and that look.
What's more, even if you celebrate the festival in the Ming Dynasty, don't you know that state affairs are important? How unreasonable!
Just a few words, you can make the Mongolian tribal minister-level boss angry like this, I have to say, it is still Emperor Chongzhen's great energy!
"Why is Lord Pineapple angry, isn't it wrong to say something? Don't be in a hurry, you can't be angry often when you're old, it's not good for blood vessels, in case the blood and qi upsurge and the blood vessels burst, your country will lose a pillar again! ”
Liu Hongjian didn't care if Polo Chi could understand it, but he continued to 'care' about this Mongolian boss who loved to pretend to be C.
"Lord Pineapple, my Emperor Ming has issued an edict the day before yesterday, promising to form an alliance with your ministry." Seeing that the old man angrily stretched out his finger and pointed at his face flushed, Liu Hong was really afraid that this guy would suddenly have a cerebral hemorrhage.
Jokes are jokes, and they kill people, but it's not fun!
It was Liu Hong who hurriedly told the truth, which can be regarded as sending fire to Polochi.
"I don't know where His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty designated the location of the mutual market?" Although he was angry, as soon as he heard the news, Polochi immediately put out the fire, after all, he was here to do business, not to raid the house.
As long as things are done, nothing else matters, in his opinion, this is to endure humiliation!
"Don't worry, Lord Pineapple, I'm not done yet! In view of the fact that your ministry was untrustworthy first, it was because His Majesty did not agree to form an alliance, but fortunately, Ben Hou knew the difficulties of your ministry and broke all his mouths, and finally made His Majesty agree.
However, your ministry must offer 3,000 good horses to apologize......" Liu Hong gradually said as he observed his words.
"The old man agreed to this matter on behalf of the Great Khan!" Polo Chi was very sensitive to this word, and thought that the Ming Dynasty wanted the lion to open his mouth again.
You must know that the reason why he is so eager to exchange markets with the Ming Dynasty is because since An Guohou of the Ming Dynasty recovered Shaanxi and Shanxi, he cut off the private trade (smuggling) between merchants and tribes.
And the general Tang Feng who guarded the border city was even more inadequate, no matter how he bribed him, he just didn't agree to the mutual market.
Daming is separated from the Mongolian people, at most, they lack horses, but the Mongolian people lack everything except horses!
Because the Mongolian people do not produce, from ore and brocade to firewood, rice, oil and salt and even sewing needles, they all rely on the support of the Ming Dynasty.
Hearing the request of the lord in front of him, Polochi was overjoyed, he thought that Da Ming was going to use land cutting to threaten, who knew that it was 3,000 horses.
The Chahar tribe is vast, with countless pastures, herdsmen, and 3,000 horses, and only three or five tribes can come out casually.
"Don't worry, Lord Pineapple, I haven't finished talking yet!" Liu Hong gradually saw Polochi's face and knew that the price was going to be lower.
In fact, this errand should have been discussed by the Ministry of Rites, but Liu Hongjian and Ma Shiying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, have never dealt with each other, and want these rotten Confucians to pull down their faces to ask for things from the Beiban, I am afraid that it would be undignified to come to a few words!
Then he put on an official shelf, babbling about useless nonsense such as the Ming Emperor's broad-mindedness, so that Beiban would be grateful to Dade for going back.
A good reputation has a fart, and it can't be eaten, so in the end, Liu Hongjian still asked the emperor and asked him to deal with the matter with full authority.
"Your ministry must provide me with 20,000 good horses at the price of twelve taels of silver within half a year, and if it cannot be cashed out when it expires, the mutual market will be canceled immediately!"
The tea and horse market at the border pass, the market price of good horses is fifteen taels and one horses, and Liu Hong is not worse than the three taels of silver, but it is cheap and not to take advantage of Wang Badan.
"Is your country too harsh!" Polo Chi's face was gloomy, although he could afford 20,000 good horses, but within half a year, it would still be at the price of twelve taels.
How do you explain this time? This is the alliance under the city!
"Hmph, who let you go back on your word and not show some sincerity, how to make my Ming court believe you, this is the final condition of the Ming Dynasty, if Lord Pineapple can't be the master, then please go back and ask your Ah He Da Khan first!"
"It's Abnei Khan!"
"It doesn't matter."
Polo Chi was furious, but only thought for a moment, and then relented.
"Then may I ask Your Excellency the Marquis, where is the location of the mutual market?" There was no way, people had to bow their heads under the eaves.
"Datong Mansion! His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wishes the Ming Dynasty a successful alliance with your department! ”