Chapter 104
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After six hours of negotiation, Zhang Wuji finally came to a decision.
In the end, Tubo gave in.
In the end, they signed the contract for forty-five million taels of gold and left Chang 'an City with their tails between their legs.
They were not even in the mood to wait for Li Shimin's banquet of the highest standard!
How could they be in the mood to eat?
They had wanted to lower the price to the lowest so that they could reap some benefits.
But now, they had gone for wool and come home shorn. Instead, they had gone through so much trouble and only managed to negotiate for five hundred thousand taels of gold!
Did Tubo lack five hundred thousand taels of gold?
Of course not!
Who would care about five hundred thousand taels of gold?
Solans had sent a messenger pigeon to the Tufan Kings after they had reached an agreement that day. He had promised that he would be able to get the blueprint effortlessly. But now?
Solans wished that he could kill that idiot Sauron right now!
But it was all too late!
Five days later, carriages whose heads and tails could not be seen appeared in Chang 'an City in an endless stream.
Although these carriages looked no different from ordinary carriages, they were all pulled by three horses at the same time!
Even the roads that these carriages passed by left deep tracks in their wake.
All the people were puzzled.
But there were also some well-informed people who knew that these carriages must contain the money that Tubo had used to buy the sacred item to cure the drought!
The carriages went from the Illustrious Virtue Gate to the Vermilion Bird Avenue, to the Vermilion Bird Gate, and finally to the Imperial Palace. Along the way, there was no tail of these carriages!
Cheng Yaojin and the others were beaming. They pointed at the carriages below the city gate tower and said, "See that? If I didn't scare them with my broad axe that day, they wouldn't have handed over the gold so obediently! "
Wei Zheng and the others pursed their lips when they heard that.
Meanwhile, in the Imperial Study.
Wei Zheng and the others brought the document signed by Tubo's envoy and presented it to Li Shimin with both hands.
"Your Majesty! This is a letter written by the Tufan Kings to Your Majesty from Tubo's envoy, and this is a document from the Tubo envoy, as well as thirty-five million taels of gold. Not a single coin is missing! "
"Oh?"
"Present it!"
Li Shimin looked at the booklet in Wei Zheng's hand. With a wave of his hand, he opened the booklet and read it carefully. He didn't even look at the gold!
A moment later.
Li Shimin's eyes were burning.
"Good! Very good! My beloved ministers, you have handled this matter beautifully! On the day of the imperial edict, anyone who participates will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold! "
Now that he had money, Li Shimin did not show a stern expression. With a wave of his hand, he rewarded each of them with a thousand taels.
The gold was a small matter. The key was what the Tufan Kings had promised!
In the letter, the Tufan Kings first thanked Li Shimin and then promised that as soon as the grain was harvested this year, he would sell it to the Tang Dynasty at a low price!
But did he, Li Shimin, take a fancy to this?
No!
What he saw was that Zhang Feng's plan had really succeeded!
As long as the grain was transported to Tubo, then the plan would really begin.
"Beloved Minister Wei, is there any news from our spy?"
Li Shimin pondered for a while and asked.
"Yes!"
As he spoke, Wei Zheng took out a bamboo tube as thick as a thumb from his embroidered robe and passed it to Li Shimin.
"This is everything that happened in Tubo after the Tubo envoy returned!"
"In order to reassure the people, the Tufan Kings really went to the border to welcome the envoy group back!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin slowly opened the secret report. After reading about everything that happened in Tubo on that day, Li Shimin's heart became more and more shocked.
Zhang Feng's foresight was truly godly!
"Regarding this matter, do you all think that what Brother Zhang Feng said will come true?"
Li Shimin asked solemnly.
Wei Zheng and the others also stopped smiling and did not dare to overstep their boundaries.
"Your Majesty, it seems that everything is exactly as Zhang Feng said. However, it depends on whether someone in Tubo can create this thing! If he can really create this thing, then … "
"No!"
Zhangsun Wuji interrupted Wei Zheng.
"I know about this. Previously, I personally supervised the craftsmen in Chang 'an City to make this thing. Although the outside is simple, the key is the seal and the wooden gears inside. Although I don't know what the gears are used for, do you know how many gears there are?"
"How many?"
Wei Zheng did not know about this.
At this moment, he could not help but feel puzzled.
Even Li Shimin became interested.
Zhangsun Wuji stretched out his hand and said, "Fifty-five! There are gears made of copper, iron, wood, and some other things. Fifty-five in total! If you don't have someone who is familiar with this manufacturing method, you won't be able to connect these gears at all! "
"Even if you connect them, you won't be able to shake the handles or pump water out!"
This time.
Li Shimin and the others were finally relieved.
Although this matter seemed trivial, it was enough to show Zhang Feng's wisdom!
If it wasn't for Zhang Feng, then how could he, Li Shimin, have obtained 45 million taels of gold for no reason?
And he did not even dare to think about the next trap!
He smacked his lips.
Li Shimin murmured, "Zhang Feng is really the God of Wealth of the Tang Dynasty!"
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