"Even if the two Khans are willing to be vassals to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I have no right to accept it on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, and the two need to send envoys to the capital to ask His Majesty to accept them." Shang Bing said.

"This, how is it good." Kolijak said with some anxiety. They don't care about being vassals, and the sons of Temujin have always been able to bend and stretch; But how much time did it take for them to send people to the Ming Dynasty to accept the canonization of the Ming Emperor, and when the envoys came back from the Central Plains, Shang Bing would mediate for them? Let's not talk about half a year. The daylilies are cold.

"Two Khan kings, I have a suggestion. Why don't you stop fighting with the White Horde, the Blue Horde, and Warat for the time being, and then redivide the land according to the results of the adjustment after Your Majesty accepts the two khans as my Great Ming Clan, and sends someone to reconcile with you? Shang Bing saw Kolijak's mind and made another suggestion.

"That's all there is to it." Kolijak sighed and agreed. Shang Bing's suggestion was reasonable, and he had no reason to refuse. It was the same with Ibrakhan Ugurun.

Leaving the matter to rest for now, Kolijak and Ibrahan Ugurun relaxed slightly. Although the matter has not really been resolved, there is hope that the outcome is acceptable.

At this time, it was already noon, and Shang Bing invited the two of them to have dinner together and chat while eating. The two of them didn't actually have the habit of eating lunch, but Shang Bing didn't want to offend them, and they didn't want to offend Shang Bing, not to mention that eating one more meal was not a loss, so they agreed to eat.

While eating, Shang Bing asked a lot about the past and customs of the two countries. "Kolijak and I are both the eldest son of Genghis Khan, after Jochi Khan, and my ancestor is the fifth son of Jochi Khan, who was given a seal near the Ural River for his military exploits in Hungary; Kolijak's ancestor was ....... ”

"Since you are both Mongols, why do you look different from Mongols?" Shang Bing asked at Ibrakhan Ugulun.

"Although we are all descendants of the Golden Family, there were not many Mongols who followed Sain Khan (Batu) to the west, and even fewer Sain Khan returned to the west after returning to the steppe to attend the funeral of Ögedai Khan. It is because our appearance is different from that of the Mongols who still remain in the Mongolian steppe. Ibrakhan Ugulun explained.

In fact, in terms of blood, after a long period of mixed blood, they have far more Western ethnic blood than Mongolian blood, and they can no longer be called Mongols. In fact, the people of the Blue Horde later became Uzbeks, and the people of the White Horde later became Kazakhs, and the two major peoples of Central Asia were later formed by the Mongols and the native peoples.

But now the Mongols still have a great name on the whole continent, and even people like Timur claim to be Mongols in order to elevate their status, and marry the descendants of the Golden Family, so at this time the nobles of the Blue Horde and the White Horde called themselves Mongols regardless of their appearance and beliefs.

"I remember that the khanate established by Sain Khan was called the Golden Horde, how is this country now?" Shang Bing asked again.

"Although Timur suffered heavy losses after several attacks, the strength of the Golden Horde was still much stronger than that of our two khanates. However, there are many internal disputes and it is not easy to rule. Ibrakhan Ugurun gave an overview of the internal strife of the Golden Horde, and then said: "And to the west of it there are countries that are growing stronger. In the west, seven or eight thousand miles away from Samarkand, there is a country called Poland, which is very strong, and another country called Lithuania, which is not weak, and these two countries married more than ten years ago to form an alliance against the Golden Horde. ”

But the greater threat still came from Timur. Timur's country is the most powerful country in the whole world except for the Ming Dynasty, and now that Timur has died in battle, not only we are relieved, but Shadibe (King of the Golden Horde) will also breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Shang Bing asked in detail about the Golden Horde and the Polish-Lithuanian alliance, thought for a while and asked: "Two Khans, since you are willing to be a vassal to my Ming Dynasty, then my Ming Dynasty will also be willing to communicate with your two countries and conduct trade. ”

"Of course it's good!" Kolijak immediately said with a smile. In the international trading system, China has always been in a very advantageous position, except for luxury goods and a few ordinary goods, there is basically no need to import, but other countries need to import a large number of goods from China, and the White Horde and the Blue Horde are no exception. However, in the past, this trade was monopolized by Samarkand in Central Asia, and Timur deliberately restricted it, so they could only buy it from Timur's merchants at high prices, and often had no goods at a high price. Now you can trade directly with the merchants of Daming, of course they are willing.

"Then, in your opinion, can the merchants of my Ming Dynasty trade with the merchants of the Golden Horde or even the Polish-Lithuanian state?" Shang Bing said again.

"King Qin, what do you mean?" Although Shang Bing's words were very calm, Kolijak and Ibrahan Ugulun heard this, and no less than a thunderclap sounded in their ears. The two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked at Shang Bing with burning eyes.

"What I mean is very clear, that is, to reopen the northern route from the Central Plains to Fula." Shang Bing said in a deep voice.

This request was ordered by Yun Xi to Shang Bing, and Shang Bing felt that there was no harm to him, so he agreed to promote it for Yun Xi. In fact, according to his heart, although he supported merchants to trade with the White Horde and the Blue Horde to obtain taxes, he had no interest in completely opening up the road that would later become known as the Silk Road. Seven or eight thousand miles from Samarkand to Poland, the road was full of dangers, the risks were greater than the benefits, and he just wanted his merchants to do business with the White Horde and the Blue Horde, making less money but with peace of mind.

It can be known that Yun Xi, who has been around for more than 600 years, attaches great importance to this road. It was useful for him to establish direct contact with the Trok countries of Urla, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, etc., from the land. In the second year of Jianye, he had already sent a man named Zhang Tan to explore the West on the Maritime Silk Road (see Chapter 483), and now that he had defeated Timur, it was time to start exploring the northern route of the Silk Road. What's more, completely opening up this trade route can also bring rolling financial resources, and there are no disadvantages, of course he wants to open up.

Kolijak and Ibrahan Ugurun thought for a while, and Ibrahan Ugurun said: "King Qin, the Golden Horde and our two countries are both countries established by the descendants of Jochi Khan, and we and Shadibe are also descendants of Jochi Khan, and there is no conflict of interest between them, not to mention that Shadibe can also make money from it, and he will definitely not object to merchants doing business." ”

"But the Poles or Lithuanians can say for sure, they have a deep hatred with the people of the Golden Horde, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are the looks of Orientals, and they rush to these two countries, no, not only these two countries, but all the countries west of the Golden Horde, including Hungary or Moldavia, etc., are dangerous."

"In my opinion, it would be better to leave the responsibility of going to the West to our businessmen."

Kolijak and Ibrahan Ugurun also knew the wealth that this trade route could bring, so they wanted to make a lot of money for themselves.

"Koli Jak Khan, Ibrahan Ugurun Khan, I, no, my Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent people to the West this time, not only to do business, but also to send envoys to the West to establish diplomatic ties with Western countries. The people sent by our country will have the relevant documents of the Daming, and some of the people sent will understand the Chinese languages of the West, and I think that even the Poles or Lithuanians will not rashly kill the envoys of the Eastern countries who have no grievances in the past and no hatred in the past. Shang Bing said with a smile.

"This," Ibrahan Ugulun thought about it, and there was really no reason for people to send envoys to foreign countries to stop them, and as for taking a few merchants with them by the way, it was also a common thing in this era, so he could only agree: "Okay, King Qin, if the Ming Dynasty sends an envoy to the west, he will send people to escort him in our country, and order the tribes along the way not to harass." Kolijak also said.

"That's good. Tomorrow I will also issue the documents, so that the envoys you send can go to the Central Plains through the passes. Shang Bing smiled and said. Kolijak and Ibrahan Uguren were unhappy, but they didn't dare to attack, so they could only laugh.

After this was done, the meal was finished, and Kolijak and Ibrahan Ugulun were not happy, and got up to take their leave.

Shang Bing pretended to hold a few words, and when he saw that they insisted on leaving, he instructed his guards: "Du Haowen, I remember that the post house set up by Timur in the city has been cleared out, and I will take the two Khan kings and their entourage to the post house to rest." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The guard agreed, and then spoke to the two of them in fluent Mongolian: "Koli Jak Khan, Ibrakhan Ugulun Khan, please come with me." ”

As soon as the two agreed, they would follow him out of the house that Shang Bing temporarily occupied. Timur's original palace area is also very large, and there are many palaces, these days have not been cleaned up, Shang Bing was afraid that there were die-hard people hiding in it waiting to kill him, so he did not move in, and randomly chose a courtyard of a medium-sized family as his temporary accommodation.

But at this moment, Zhou Yichuan, the head of King Qin, walked in and said something in Shang Bing's ear. Although new official positions such as the Wangxiangfu were added after the feudal king's external seal, the official position of the original palace was not revoked, and he was responsible for helping the Qin vassal king deal with some trivial matters, and the relationship with the prince was about the same as that between the waiter in the Han Dynasty court, the waiter and the prime minister of the outer court.

Hearing his words, Shang Bing suddenly realized, and exclaimed, "I see, or I don't think I have forgotten something, it turns out that I have forgotten about asking their country if Buddhism is allowed to spread." Bring back the two Khans. ”

"Your Highness, now that the two Khan Kings have left, I am afraid that calling back to ask about this matter will make them vigilant, it is better to have a banquet for the two Khan Kings in the evening, and it seems to be mentioned in passing."

"It's fine. Zhou Aiqing, you send someone to arrange the dinner immediately. In addition, I remember to send someone to call Mahamu and discuss with him alone. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."