In the Western Turkic royal court, several tribal leaders wrestled together. The Western Turkic Khan was furious and ordered his personal guards to pull them away and no one was punished for the 20th. After asking the reason, he found out that it was to compete for the priority of selling wool.

The Western Turks raise countless sheep, but the Du Family Chamber of Commerce is not buying them without limits. It is impossible to eat all the wool in the Western Turks at once. At present, they can only eat 30% of the wool from the entire Western Turkic grassland.

There is a problem with this. Only 30% of tribes can make money by selling wool, while 70% of other tribes can't even sell it. Seeing others eating meat, they can't even drink soup. It would be strange if they don't fight in such a situation.

After finding out the reason, the advisers of the Western Turkic Khan suggested that the Du family chamber of commerce should be given conditions and forced Du Shaoqing to increase the acquisition of wool. It is necessary to make the rain and dew so that every herder on the grassland can make money.

In the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, Du Shaoqing met with negotiators from the Western Turks.

"What? Increase the purchase of wool? No, absolutely not! Do you know what you are doing?" Du Shaoqing yelled angrily.

The Western Turkic merchant said proudly: "Of course, we just brought bigger business to Prince Du.

I would like to remind you that this is what I am the king, it is to notify rather than negotiate.

If you and I want to continue to cooperate, we must ensure that you eat all the wool from our Western Turks, otherwise we will not be able to ensure the safety of the hostages."

"impossible!

Even if I have a handle in your hands, I will never agree to you.

Don’t think that if you have hostages in hand, you can make these excessive requests to me again and again. Last time I asked for an increase in price, I directly raised the price by twice to give you money. At that time, someone impeached me in the court.

Now, my desire is unsatisfactory. Let me eat all your wool by myself. What's the use of me wanting so much useless wool? Not to mention our Emperor, even a fool knows that I am investing in the enemy.

Then you don’t have to threaten me, the Tang Dynasty court will take me down and punish me first.”

Seeing that Du Shaoqing refused, the man came prepared and retorted: "I'm afraid that's not the case.

You are the most noble and powerful prince consort in the Tang Dynasty, and no one in the court dares to offend you.

And as far as we know, you bought wool and used it to do the wool felt business, and sold it very well. Everyone knows that you have made money, but you just cried with us and were poor.

In the words of you Tangren, you are really a businessman.”

Du Shaoqing defended: "When we cooperated, we agreed to find a reason that both parties accept it to bring benefits to you.

Do you have to give you dozens or millions of dollars in vain every year? You will be satisfied with this kind of cooperation?

My Du Family Chamber of Commerce must survive. According to your ideas, even if my Du Family Chamber of Commerce is a gold medal, you will be killed by you in three years.”

"We didn't want to fight to the death, we just wanted you to increase the acquisition volume.

Besides, you made money with wool, it was mutual benefit..."

Du Shaoqing interrupted and said, "There is no mutual benefit. I am losing money in the wool felt business to make a profit. The processing fee and the cost of wool are 30% higher than the selling price. Such a business is not big.

If I weren't worried about the safety of my third uncle and aunt, I would have proposed to reduce the acquisition volume."

What??? Reduce acquisitions? Absolutely not!

The Western Turkic envoy was excited, "I just conveyed my king's meaning. If you do it, you should think about it or not. I will give you three days to think about it. I will listen to your reply in three days."

After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry.

Du Shaoqing looked at the other party's back and raised his lips slightly, thinking that the envoy sent by the Western Turks this time was really useless and had no brains. Don't you know that I, Du Shaoqing, is the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple of the Tang Dynasty? I have never lost at the negotiating table.

The reason why there was a gap between the envoys of the Western Turks before and after was that the first time was that there were experts from the Tang Dynasty who were behind the scenes. This time, the action was entirely because the Western Turks wanted to make more money, so the counselors sent seemed a little insufficient.

Seeing that the negotiations were over, Wu Zhao walked in and asked about the specific situation.

"My husband is really not going to increase the acquisition volume? What if they are so angry that they dare to hurt their third uncle and third aunt..." Wu Zhao said worriedly.

"It shouldn't be. That man is a bad guy. He said he was giving me three days to think about it, but in fact he was giving himself three days to ask for instructions. Even such a guy dared to send him to negotiate with me? I dare to be sure to take him tightly.

As for purchasing wool, you can consider increasing the purchase volume, but you must not accept it all. It is not possible to agree to them so happily. The Western Turks are just a hungry wolf that will never be fed, so they cannot be spoiled."

Three days later, the Western Turkic merchant envoy came again, and Du Shaoqing let go and reluctantly agreed to increase the purchase volume by 20%. This was the limit. If the Western Turkic did not agree, then the cooperation would be terminated and the death penalty would be defeated.

The Western Turkic envoy immediately agreed, as if he had been instructed by the superiors that he could not force him too ruthlessly.

As for whether 50% of the wool acquisition can meet the needs of the grassland, we need to return to the Wangting to know that for the time being, we can only do this. Everyone has tasted the sweetness of working with the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, and no one wants to kill this chicken that can lay golden eggs.

Facts proved that adding 20% ​​of the acquisition volume was immediate. The Western Turkic Khan decided to sell wool in half and half in turn, and the situation on the grassland stabilized.

But this is not right. The grassland chaos is the norm. If it is not messy, wouldn’t it be useless to do it?

Du Shaoqing was as stable as Mount Tai and said confidently: "As long as the money is in place, there is no world that cannot be disrupted."

According to the original plan, this strategy was actually called the "sheep eater land encirclement movement" in Western history. It is very famous and vicious. Du Shaoqing just borrowed it and copied it, and it should not be invalid.

Sure enough, after two months, the fight started again. It was because of uneven divisions. The Western Turkic Khan was in a mess. Didn’t it come half and half? Why are there still uneven divisions?

The counselors around him whispered: "My king, our royal court does not participate in the distribution. No matter whether we sell wool there, our royal court's direct lineage will share 10% of the sales volume. They are making trouble because of this."

What? Dare to compete with Ben Khan for interests? I am Khan, shouldn’t I be a little privileged?

Go, summon 50,000 troops directly under his jurisdiction, flatten the most terrifying tribe in one fell swoop, gather their pastures and grasslands to the royal court, and shock them to see if they dare to make trouble randomly?

A bloody massacre, a small medium-sized tribe on the grassland was slaughtered, and the royal court added a direct ranch. The next time the wool was sold, the royal court increased the sales share again.

The Khan of the Western Turks was overjoyed, and the small tribes under their rule dared not speak out. They were frightened by the royal court's strength, and could only swallow their anger and were forced to accept this proportion.

In the beginning, in order to take care of the interests of the tribes under the rule, the royal court divided most of the wool sales to the tribes under the rule, but the royal court itself did not gain much benefit.

This form made the tribes under the ruler praise the king's wise wisdom, but that's all. The grassland regime of the Western Turks is different from the Central Plains regime. The Western Turks are more similar to the form of tribal warlord autonomy. For the Jinguan royal court, each tribe only pays tribute every year.

After the precedent of cleaning up the rebellion and gathering territory by his subordinates, the Western Turkic royal court tasted the sweetness and looked down on the tribute given to him by the tribe. He decided to expand his own grassland area and directly increase his own income to strengthen his troops and enrich the people.

According to the concept of the Western Turkic Khan, only if the Jin Tent Wangting has strong soldiers and generals, they can rule various tribes with absolute strength. In the long run, the Western Turkic Khan will become more and more powerful and will soon be able to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty received information from the Western Turks and couldn't stop smiling. He did not move one soldier and one soldier, causing the Western Turks to lose their strength. Such a dignified and open plot was simply brilliant.

The eunuch Gao couldn't help but sigh and said, "The Du Fu Majesty has concealed this plan from everyone, and it also made the Western Turks unable to avoid it. If the situation develops further, it is really like the Prince Concubine's plan. Your Majesty, it may take a few years for the Tang Dynasty to annex the Western Turks without spending one soldier."

Such talents are comparable to those of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Liu, and congratulations to Your Majesty!”

"Haha, yes, since Du Shaoqing, everything seems to have become extremely simple. This kid is indeed a rare genius in a century!

Dukeming, Dukeming…”

Li Er smiled and unconsciously muttered Du Shaoqing's father Du Ruhui, but he didn't know why.

Du Family Chamber of Commerce, Wu Zhao also looked at the information in shock, and couldn't help but admire her husband's talent. At the same time, there was a hint of worry and fear. Such figures who had all the calculations were the nemesis of the enemy and the lucky star of oneself, but sometimes it was too dazzling to cover everyone's light, which might not be a good thing.

Princess Changle found the clinic with a letter in her hand. It was a letter from her third brother Du Shaoming who sent her family from the Jiangnan army.

"Husband, Shaoming sent him an urgent letter to ask about his parents' situation. Usually, Uncle and Auntie sent him a letter a month without any mistakes.

But now we are negligent and have not sent out letters for several months. Shaoming is worried and suspicious."

Du Shaoqing slapped his thigh, "I'm really careless. I plan to say goodbye to comfort Shaoming, but I forgot about it.

I will reply to him now so that he can stay in Jiangnan with peace of mind. At this time, he must not come back. With Shaoming's personality, if he comes back, he will kill to the grassland even if he is alone."

The princess frowned and said, "But husband, let's hide it from Shaoming. Have you ever thought that it would be a long-term solution for the third uncle and aunt to stay in the grassland and go to jail? It's better to rescue them as soon as possible.

I don’t know much about national affairs. I only know that when they are old, we should do our best to do our human ethics and filial piety, but we use them like this. In the future, we will face our ancestors. What will happen if we know it?"

Du Shaoqing's face was entangled. On the one hand, it was his own big plan, and on the other hand, it was really hard to choose between the third uncle and his wife.

After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are hard to achieve, but I didn't expect that it would fall on my head today.

Now the plan to 'sheep eat people' is only halfway through, and it is time to exert force. If you save your third uncle and aunt at this time, then all your efforts will be wasted."

"Oh! I dare not interfere with my husband's decision. As long as you can grasp the right measure, I don't want our harmonious family to end up losing brotherly and hatred." The princess advised.

"Don't worry, I have already planned it. When the time is ripe, people will be able to save people decisively. And now the people who serve third uncles and third aunts are all sent by us. There is no need to worry about their safety and life." Du Shaoqing comforted.

The princess asked, "But when will the time be ripe? You didn't let Shaoming come back for the New Year last year. If you don't let him go this year, I'm afraid you can't hold it back."

"Haha, it's almost there. If the Western Turks can't calm down, maybe even tomorrow."

...The family was kidnapped and had the heart to joke. He was so heartless! The princess curled her lips and said nothing more.

The Western Turks were not too impatient. It was not until half a year later that the Western Turks Khan sent secret envoys again.

Du Shaoqing sat in the conference room with dissatisfaction and asked the secret envoy coldly: "Tell me, what are the conditions you want this time? My Du Family Chamber of Commerce has been dragged by you. Many shops in places cannot be opened and forced to be transferred. What else do you want?"

The secret envoy said kindly as kind as his own, "What did the prince-consort say? We are now as close as a family, and we are allies on a boat. Our grassland tribe is the most loyal, but we have no intention of cheating our allies.

This time, in the name of my king, I want to buy some salt and iron from my son-in-law, that's all!"

What?Salt and iron???

"Are you crazy? Do you know that salt and iron are prohibited in the Tang Dynasty? The court strictly controls it. If anyone else touches his hands, he will confiscate his family and exterminate his clan.

You go, go quickly, there is nothing to talk about! Get out of here..." Du Shaoqing was furious.

The envoys who came to the Western Turks this time were obviously selected, a typical smiling tiger.

"Don't calm down. After we have worked together for so long, how could we cut off our own wealth?

Others dare not touch their hands, but the prince-consort is not an ordinary person. As far as we know, the Du Family Chamber of Commerce now controls half of the salt and iron transactions in the Tang Dynasty. With such a big deal, even if a little bit of it leaks out from the cracks of our fingers, no one will find it."

Du Shaoqing asked coldly: "That's all salt, why do you want iron? Don't tell me it's used to make kitchen knives and iron pots. After all, I am a native of the Tang Dynasty. It's impossible to give you swords and swords to make you turn around and kill our compatriots."

The Western Turkic envoy smiled and said, "How could it be? The Tang Dynasty is so powerful and unparalleled in the world.

We don’t want to end like Goguryeo in the east, we just want to have the strength to protect ourselves, and we don’t want to be under the powerful swordsmanship of the Tang Dynasty like this without any defensive power.”

"With me here, I guarantee that the Tang Dynasty will not use troops against the Western Turks." Du Shaoqing promised.

"The prince-in-law can protect us for a while, but not for a lifetime.
Chapter completed!