Liu Che returned to the emperor's father and briefly reported to him the results of his negotiations with the Huns.

"Will the Huns sell that magical grass seed to me because of rhubarb and peppercorns?" The Son of Heaven didn't seem to care about the deal Liu Che had made with the Huns at all, and after bowing his head and pondering slightly, he asked Liu Che.

"Yes!" Liu Che said with great certainty: "Father, as long as this trade method exists, every qiē of the Huns will be obtained for my Han family!" ”

This is something that will definitely happen and will happen.

In the beginning, the Xiongnu were likely to strictly control trade similar to that with the Han dynasty.

However, over time.

Three to five years later, there will inevitably be a large amount of mutual smuggling between Han and Hungary.

Marx said that as long as there is 50 percent profit, people will take risks, as long as there is 100 percent profit, the law is waste paper, when the profit reaches 300 percent, no one in the world can stop people's selfish desires and greed, and when the profit reaches 500 percent, then there is nothing that cannot be traded!

And rhubarb, silk, and peppercorns, which one is not several times or even tens or hundreds of times the profit.

Liu Che remembers very well the historical descriptions of later generations.

A piece of silk can be equivalent to gold in Rome, a piece of rhubarb can be exchanged for gold worth several times its weight itself, and as for spices such as pepper, it is even more priceless!

As long as the Huns tasted the sweetness.

Together, the selfish desires of the people below can do nothing to stop the smuggling frenzy.

For the sake of profit, the businessman bureaucracy at the end of the Ming Dynasty did not hesitate to sell the old Zhu family.

Of course. Similarly, there are many high-profit specialties from the Western Regions, such as the bloody horses, the crystallization of ancient Greek civilization that may have survived in countries such as Zài, Dawan, the mathematical works of Aristotle and others, and ultra-high-profit goods such as cucumbers, cotton, pomegranates, and even pepper from India. It would also make the merchants of the Han Dynasty sell prohibited illegal goods to the Huns without regard for a single thing.

For example, the iron tools that were strictly controlled and the standard equipment and armor of the Han army.

These are all things that cannot be controlled by manpower!

Even, Liu Che knows very well that even if he doesn't do this, the same smuggling is going on.

Otherwise, how do you think the silk that appeared at this moment in distant Sabbath, Rome, India, Egypt?

Later historical records clearly record two pieces of evidence about the unscrupulous smuggling of goods by Han Dynasty merchants.

The first came from what Zhang Qian saw and heard in the Western Regions. At that time, Zhang Qian saw Shu brocade from the Han Dynasty in Wusun and learned about it. These goods come from their own poison, and the body poison is obtained from the Dian Kingdom.

And the Han law stipulates that any unauthorized exit is a capital offense!

Another evidence is the description of the plot of Ma Yi in the biography of the Xiongnu.

It is clearly recorded in the historical records. The mastermind of Ma Yi's scheme, businessman Nie Yi, did the business of 'making friends with the Xiongnu'.

The so-called adulterous orchid. It is both the Western Han version of smuggling.

Interestingly, before the Ma Yi Scheme, according to the records of historical records, the Han-Hun trade was extremely prosperous, and it was also recorded in the Xiongnu biography that in the early days of the reign of Xiao Zhu, that is, in the seven years from Jianyuan to Yuanguang, the Xiongnu were all pro-Han in the following ways. Travel to and from under the Great Wall'.

To put it simply, it was near the Great Wall at that time. The people-to-people exchanges and trade between Han and Hungary are no longer petty fights, the personal behavior of a few people.

Rather, it is large-scale, organized and large-scale trade under the turn of a blind eye to those in power.

What is even more interesting is that after the Ma Yi conspiracy, although the Han and Hungarians had de facto entered a state of war.

However, Taishi Gong still wrote: "Since then, the Xiongnu have never been in harmony, attacking the road plug and entering the Han border, which is innumerable, but the Xiongnu are greedy, Shangle Guan City, Han property, Han Yishang Guan City is endless!" ’

That's even more fun!

What kind of scale of trade and profits can make the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu continue to trade after tearing their faces?

In other words, what kind of trade can keep the Han Dynasty from closing those open border markets and cracking down on those smuggling merchants, and what kind of trade can make the Huns let go of the mountains of goods in those markets instead of gnawing those hard-boned fortresses?

If you think about it carefully, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty broke through the customs and invaded many times, but in the territory of the rich Jin merchants, the Manchu soldiers were "disciplined" and "did not commit any crimes in the autumn".

Combined with the unreasonable sudden increase in the number of horses in the Han Dynasty after the accession of the piglet, the answer is almost imminent!

Little Pig traded guò and obtained a large number of war horses from the Xiongnu!

The Huns were not stupid, and obtained a large number of iron, salt and silk from the Han family.

The two can only be said to take what they need!

And now Liu Che's promotion of Han-Hungarian trade is actually just a little advance of the little pig's script.

Of course, Liu Che won't tell his father if he is killed.

Otherwise, if Daddy knows, this deal will be yellow nine times out of ten.

Although Liu Che himself knows very well that this deal, no matter what, the Han family will not lose money.

The reason is simple, the iron tools smuggled to the Xiongnu are limited in quantity, and the Huns may not be able to appreciate them.

After Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, heard Liu Che's affirmative answer, he waved his hand and said, "Then I will hand over this matter to Daxing to be responsible......

"Father Emperor Shengming!" Liu Che kowtowed.

What Liu Che and Xu Budiao could not reach was just an intention.

The specific trade exchange ratio and terms naturally need further in-depth communication and exchanges, and at the same time, this matter must be approved by the kings of the two countries.

Therefore, at the very least, this new treaty will not be implemented until June this year or even this time next year.

In fact, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, did not pay too much attention to the difficult trade treaty between Liu Che and Xu Budiao.

In fact, at this moment, in the eyes of Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, this so-called trade treaty is actually just a way to stabilize the Huns.

Because, this year, will be the most important year for the plan to cut the domain.

The success of the reduction of the feudal domain depended on whether the Huns intervened.

If only some invaluable rhubarb, pepper and silk were paid, the Xiongnu would not be involved in the internal war of the Han Dynasty and would not come to harass the Han Pass, so that the imperial court could handle internal affairs with peace of mind.

Then not to mention the possibility of bringing benefits.

Even if there is no benefit, a loss or even a huge loss, you have to pinch your nose and do it!

And now, this New Year's party is an important stage!

Therefore, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, did not ask Liu Che about the details of this matter again, but just asked leisurely: "Has the prince heard about the King of Chu?" ”

Liu Che frowned slightly.

Of course he heard!

I've heard about it!

Even the process and details of the matter, now, the whole Chang'an is known to everyone, and no one knows it.

Two days ago, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, entered the customs and came to Chang'an to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven according to the custom.

But at this moment, a powerful piece of news exploded in an instant.

Liu Wu, the king of Chu, drank alcohol and had fun during the funeral of the Empress Dowager in April last summer.

This is the great unfilial piety!

If so, that's fine.

After all, such rumors can't bring down the princes of a big country like the King of Chu.

However, some people have put forward incriminating evidence - Liu Wu not only drank and had fun during the funeral, but also had an incestuous relationship with his niece and daughter-in-law!

Suddenly, the whole public opinion was in an uproar!

The Han family had a red line for the princes and kings.

This red line is incest!

It can be said that you will die when you touch it, and you will die when you touch it!

Whoever touches this red line, no matter who it is, will almost die!

In the entire history of the Han Dynasty, there are countless princes and kings who died because of this! (To be continued......)

PS: Well, today's New Year's Day ~ I accompanied my wife to go shopping and buy clothes, and I was a bag man for a day~~~~~~

Let's start tomorrow and try to update~