Chapter 416 Invitation
Seeing dozens of fierce cavalrymen from Xia State came over with swords, not only were the merchants panicked, but even Sun Tu and Feng Ping and others were a little nervous. If they really had to have a conflict with the nobles of Xia State here, they would all have to leave here.
At this time, several businessmen had already shook their eyes at Huangfu Duan and asked him to admit his mistakes quickly and leave the horses behind. Only in this way can everyone be safe. This is also in front of everyone, otherwise these businessmen would have to persuade them directly for their own safety.
Huangfu Duan's face changed several times. Finally, after weighing the facts in front of him, he could only sigh and said, "Since the distinguished guest said this, I am indeed a little lacking in consideration of this matter. This horse can be sold to you together." Although he has changed his words, both his tone and expression are full of deep reluctance and helplessness. After all, this horse was sold at a sky-high price before, but now he has to pay it for someone at a bargain price.
What made Huangfu Duan even more worried was that he had almost no money from Liao to Xia this time. Because most of the horses he had on hand were sold when he was in Nanjing, Liao. This white horse was his purpose of coming to Xia. He wanted to sell it here at a sky-high price. However, compared to his life, money and other external things should be left.
Seeing that he finally gave in, the young man in Xia did not continue to get angry. He raised his hand to stop his subordinates from threatening to draw his sword and said with a smile: "This is considered a business, otherwise if the Liao people say the same as you, we will not dare to do business with you again in the future."
When the merchants saw that the guards who were about to go backed, they all breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, they had already planned to go back and part ways after they went back. Anyway, the only one who suffered the loss this time was Huangfu Duan, and the others made a lot of money. Next, they had to think of buying the Qing salt from Xia Kingdom's specialty elsewhere to bring them to Liao Kingdom to make another profit.
But just when everyone thought the matter was about to come to an end, one suddenly walked out and said loudly: "Slow up!" This made the young man who was originally planning to turn around and leave paused. The other guards turned around and pulled a piece of the knife out of the sheath and stared at the person who was speaking. As for those merchants, they wanted to pull Sun Tu who was saying this directly to the back and block his mouth. The matter was going to be solved, what did you mean?
"This customer, the word "justice" is the difference between your behavior and the robber?" Sun Tu ignored the eyes of others who were anxious and angry, and just looked at the young man and said, "Actually, you should have seen that this horse is extraordinary, so you thought of spending a lot of money to buy it. The so-called buying of all the horses here was just by the way. In this case, it would be too unauthoritable to buy this BMW and all the other horses just for this little money."
Sun Tu had been silent before, just observing the other person's expression and movements, and found that the eyes of him and the people around him had actually been on the white BMW early in the morning, so buying other horses was just a cover, and his purpose was to this horse.
This person said that Huangfu Duan and others were not honest enough in business. In fact, he himself was like this? Others did not see it or dared not point it out, but since Sun Tu was friends with Huangfu Duan, he never saw that he had suffered such a great loss without saying a word of help. At this time, his eyes were still staring at the young man who had turned around and grinned: "Your identity is much more expensive than us. It is not good to use this method, right? If you force all these horses back, once the matter is spread, it may affect the trade between Liao and Xia. I hope you will think twice."
"Bold!" Seeing Sun Tu's rude speech, the guards on the side were immediately annoyed. While yelling to reprimand, they finally pulled out the knife, as if they were about to attack him. But at this time, the young man waved his hand and asked him to retreat. Then his face changed from the anger he had just turned into laughter: "Okay! I didn't expect that this Wulahai City could actually meet a brave and meticulous person like you. Are you... a Han from Liao Kingdom? What's your name?"
Sun Tu glanced at the other party with a little surprise. The person had no sense of embarrassment, but he still replied: "Sun Qianli is indeed a Han Chinese. I didn't mean to make things difficult for you. It's really a loyalty. I can't let Brother Huangfu suffer such a big loss without saying a word."
This touched Huangfu Duan very much. He stumbled his lower lips and didn't know what to say. As for the other merchants, they felt a little guilty. Their previous actions were indeed a bit unfaithful enough.
The young man nodded, and did not doubt whether what Sun Tu said was true. After all, no one would have thought that there would be a Song man, or a Song general, who would have ventured into Xia State, and that it was from Liao State and sneaked into Xia State with Liao merchants. This was almost unimaginable. He just looked at Sun Tu with deep meaning: "What do you think? Are you planning to keep this horse?"
"Of course I know that I can't do this, but since the noble man wants this horse, he must give my friends some reward, right? We have settled the accounts just now. One hundred and twenty-seven horses are worth 3,800 guan. This horse is very powerful, and it is worth 1,000 guan or 2,000 guan, right?" Sun Tu quickly put forward his own request.
Huangfu Duan naturally would not have any objection. Although Sun Tu in Youzhou had said before that he wanted to buy this horse with 5,000 guan, it was just a matter of saying that everyone knew that this horse was not worth so much. Even one or two thousand guan was far more valuable than this horse. As long as the other party was willing to give a price of more than 500 guan, he would be satisfied.
Unexpectedly, the young man nodded without hesitation and responded: "Okay, the price is easy to say. But..." Speaking of this, he turned around and looked at the followers behind him: "I only brought that bag of gold to Wulahai this time. I have bought all the horses just now, so I can only ask you to follow me to Shunjun City to get the money?" When he asked this, he was not looking at Huangfu Duan but Sun Tu, but he had a little intention of inviting him to go with him.
After hearing him mention the place name of Shunjun City, several merchants, including Huangfu Duan, were moved by it. They had already vaguely guessed the true identity of this person. They are now guarding the east side of Xia Kingdom, with the trust of Xi Fengyechang, who holds nearly 100,000 troops in the east, and even his nephews. Because this important minister of Western Xia is now stationed in Shunjun City 300 miles away!
This Seifeng family is one of the eight oldest surnames of the Dangxiang clan. Before the Xia Kingdom was established, the Dangxiang clan, led by the Xifeng clan, Feiting clan, Qianli clan, Pochao clan, Yeci clan, Fangdang clan, Miqi clan, and Tuoba clan, made the entire nation continue through hundreds of years of internal and external troubles. Finally, it was Li Yuanhao that this Western Xia clan, which could be established alongside the Liao and Song dynasties.
Li Yuanhao is actually a descendant of the Tuoba clan among the eight surnames. In terms of noble status, the Xifeng clan is actually not under the royal family of the Xia Kingdom. However, hundreds of years have passed, the eight surnames of Dangxiang have long since disappeared, and only a few people are still holding important positions in the middle of the country. This Xifeng Yechang is the one with the highest status and strongest ability among them.
When a group of businessmen suddenly became involved in such a powerful and important official in the Xia State, and there was an economic dispute, these people were naturally uneasy. Even Huangfu Duan also hesitated at this time, wondering whether he should agree to this invitation. After all, what should I do if something happened to Shunjun City?
But he was still hesitating, but Sun Tu expressed his opinion first: "It is natural and the best, but I wonder when you plan to set off?"
"Of course I can leave here at any time. I just saw that there are no treasures worth my attention in this Wulahai City. This horse is still eye-catching. Why don't we go back to Shunjun City now?" The young man smiled and said.
Seeing that Sun Tu actually responded to the invitation, the faces of the merchants changed again and again. After a while, someone finally said, "I... I'll wait until there are other things to do, so I won't go."
"Yes, yes, yes, we have already made the transaction with our customers. We just need to figure out the accounts with Brother Huangfu, and we won't go to Shunjun City."
The young man didn't take these people's reluctance to heart, and although Huangfu Duan also struggled, since Sun Tu nodded and the matter was still caused by himself, he naturally couldn't refuse and could only make a promise.
So, a rare efficiency sharing was unfolded in front of everyone, without much debate. The other merchants had already calculated the profits they deserved, and then distributed two hundred trump cards to Huangfu Duan. This was not only what he deserved when selling ordinary horses, but also the income he had taken care of the horses along the way. After careful calculation, he still took a considerable advantage.
But the others no longer cared about such details, and just wanted to draw a clear line with Huangfu Duan and others as soon as possible. When the money was finished, they packed up and left the place as if they ran away. Only Feng Ping and the others were hesitant and looked at Sun Tu and the others worriedly. It was not until they saw Sun Tu nodding at them and letting him leave, and they followed the steps of the merchants. After all, Feng Ping and other brothers were hired, and the responsibility was still there, and the money they had not been paid before.
After finishing all this, Sun Tucai and Huangfu Duan, who was still a little anxious, went out with the young man. After getting his luggage back in the inn, he went straight out of the city and rushed to the southwest.
During this period, Huangfu Duan took advantage of the opportunity of being alone and asked: "Brother Sun really plans to go to Shunjun City with him? Are you not afraid of going there and not being able to get out?"
"I don't think this person will do such a thing. Besides, if he really wants to deal with us, he can do it in the court before. Why do you have to do it again?" Sun Tu replied with a smile, and added in his heart, isn't this the purpose of his visit to Xixia?
Anyway, no matter what, he finally set foot on the road to Shunjun City and truly entered the complex officialdom of Xixia.
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