He asked again about the Tibetan army, but he said that the two places would win or lose. Border trade should be carried out as usual, and the economy should move forward with the army.

Li Longji took a sip of wine and slowly understood what Li Yi said.

When he picked up the meat and threw it into the hot pot, he asked: "Brother Yi, do you think Tubo will come to fight again? This time our Tang Dynasty wiped out more than 30,000 enemies, and the Tibetan Jiuqu troops, who were said to number 100,000, suffered heavy losses."

"There are still small-scale frictions. The Prime Minister of Tubo, Qilixu, is a capable man. He supervises the country. At critical moments, he wants to take advantage of the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty and occupy more land in the Yellow River.

The purpose was to contact the local nobles and show off to others. He had known that Datang would not agree.

Even then, we still wanted to make an alliance and then launch a sneak attack. The time chosen happened to be the season when Datang could not march forward.

After that, Tubo will be unable to take the initiative to attack, and will definitely have a truce with the black-clad Dashi and Sudden Cavalry Division on the other side of the battlefield."

Li Yi slowly talked about the situation and choices facing Tubo.

"Are the Black Shirts and the Tubo Division powerful?" Li Longji didn't know much about the Tibetan battle on the other side.

"If Tubo doesn't attack us, Tang Dynasty, we can pursue the two armies and attack them. Tibet will launch a strategic attack on that side.

Tubo wants to grab a good piece of land in the Tang Dynasty to use as a logistics supply area for Tubo.

Tubo is located on a plateau, and life is not easy. It is necessary to find plain land.

Whether it is to fight against the Tang Dynasty or against the great food in black clothes, the purpose is the same."

Li Yi explained from the root cause why Tubo wanted to fight, and everyone wanted the land of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Longji listened carefully and asked again: "What's next?"

"Naturally, the next step is for Tubo to form an alliance with other forces to attack us in the Tang Dynasty. They will also attack our Dawan Governor's Palace in the Tang Dynasty. The alliance is made by the Black-clad Dashi.

The next step is to unite with the sudden cavalry division and attack our four military towns in the Tang Dynasty, Yanqi, Qiuci, Khotan, and Shule in the Anxi Protectorate."

Li Yi told Li Longji what Tubo was going to do, and to attack two places, actually right next to each other.

Li Longji couldn't help but tremble, Brother Yi is calculating the secret again?

"Brother Yi, your life span is long." Li Longji was anxious, he was afraid that something might happen to Li Yi.

"Ah? Ah! Third brother, there's no need to worry. We haven't encountered the secret yet. It's just a calculation. Think about it, third brother, Tubo has united with others. Everyone has nothing to do, so they will naturally look for trouble.

The Black-clothed Dashi and the Assault Cavalry Division are next to us. The Black-clothed Dashi is now stronger than the Assault Cavalry Division.

If Tubo wanted to consume the troops of the Tang Dynasty and the Black Clothed Dashi, of course it had to fool the Black Clothed Dashi first.

Then we can look for the Assault Cavalry Division again. The two of them can't even defeat Tibet, so how can they beat me against the Tang army."

Li Yi looked for reasons to explain why it was like that. It would be much easier to know the results first and then make inferences.

"That's good." Li Longji breathed a sigh of relief, and Queen Wang felt relieved.

Queen Wang then said: "Uncle, can we destroy them all at once?"

Li Yi shook his head gently: "The place is too big, and it wastes people and money. What Datang needs to do most right now is to call out the hidden people, and vigorously develop ways to manage the world and benefit the people."

"What should we do with Tubo, the Black-clad Dashi, and the sudden cavalry division?" Li Longji had questions.

"When we started border trade and fought with Tibet, many bridges and plank roads were destroyed. However, there are small roads that can pass through. Let's smuggle, and by the way, we can recruit the Tibetan nobles and wealthy merchants to smuggle together."

Li Yi gave an idea. It is impossible to stop trade. There is a shortage of cavalry, beef and mutton, and Tibetan medicinal materials.

Li Longji naturally asked: "Selling things to them doesn't mean you are helping them?"

"The output of a country and a place is limited. There is no new law to increase the land's production and increase breeding. Every time something is sold, the product there will naturally decrease.

Food is fundamental. We sell other things there and come back in exchange for food. Tubo is short of food.

Such as soy sauce, third brother, you and I each belong to a country. Your country grows soybeans for 500 yuan a bucket. I buy them to make soy sauce and sell them to you for a pound in exchange for a bucket of soybeans. The soybeans I use are less than half a liter. 2

Ten times the price difference.”

Li Yi gives a simple example.

Li Longji understood instantly: "Okay, that's exactly what it should be."

Queen Wang said from the side: "In exchange, I will exchange all my Saburo's soybeans into your hands. The military strength of the two sides is not much different, and Saburo is in trouble."

Li Yi nodded, yes, this is the relationship between trade surplus and deficit, and technical factors are involved.

"Smuggling, smuggling is good." Li Longji, a dignified emperor, was ready to practice smuggling. He knew what Tubo lacked, first of all, tea.

Use tea leaves to find someone to smuggle them over, exchange them for horses, and bring the sheep back.

Next is silk, which the wealthy people in Tibet want.

***

On the other side, Pei Yaoqing was sitting in the main seat, listening to talented people reciting poems and prose.

Everyone prepared the article in advance and brought it over so that the Chang'an Order would take notice and get a good ranking in the imperial examination next year.

Pei Yaoqing remained calm and just listened. The more he listened, the less he wanted to listen. How could there be such a big gap between a clearly good person and a local proprietor?

"Your Majesty would definitely be happy if he knew about today's grand event." An imperial eunuch sitting next to Pei Yaoqing said in unison.

The Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy was of the sixth rank, while Pei Yaoqing's Chang'an Order was of the fifth rank. The actual power and rank of the two sides were quite different.

Tong Qi came over to support him and let people know that people from the Imperial College were there.

"Exactly." Pei Yaoqing's mood suddenly improved.

What he was thinking about was, yes, how can I compare them with Li Yi? How much does His Majesty Li Yi value them coming here in person?

And are these people worthy of His Majesty's favor?

Not bad, not bad, all good, come on!

Everyone was eating, drinking, and cheering, and the people from Zhuangzi came.

They were carrying trays with red silk on them. On top of the red silk were wooden boxes painted with tung oil, each three inches long and one and a half inches wide.

The dealer gives one to each person and leaves after giving it away.

Others carried ten boxes containing copper coins.

Four hundred taels, that is, 400,000 coins, were obtained from ancient times. One tao weighed six kilograms and four taels, and the total weight was 2,560 kilograms.

Pei Yaoqing stood up and said to everyone: "At the winter solstice, there are many people in Chang'an who are in need of food and clothing. Li Yi, the proprietor of our village, donated four hundred coins to help the people who are suffering from the cold. I should be my superior."

Some of the others had already opened the box. Inside the box was a glass bottle with a small wooden stopper on it. They were about to see what was inside. When they saw a lot of money, they heard what Pei Yaoqing said.

Their first thought was, if they are rich, Li Yi and Boss Li are rich.

The second thought is that Li Yi is indeed rich.

The third thought is, why is Li Yi so rich? How much money does he have?

"Everyone, what you are holding in your hands is a skin care treasure contained in a glass bottle. Qianxia Cream Dew, when applied to lips or cracked areas, it is several times better than other ointments."

Pei Yaoqing advertised to Li Yi that the glycerin was called Qianxia Ningshuang Dew, and he knew it was a good thing as soon as he heard it.

Everyone's eyes are bright, give something?

Pei Yaoqing continued: "If you want to buy it today, you only need 50% of the money, one min. The glass bottle is given as a gift. When the Qianxia Ningshuang Dew is used up, you can take the bottle to the Zhuangzi and refill it at the price of two mins per bottle.

Full."

Everyone's eyes are dim. Do you want money? Can you not buy it?

But this glass vase is given away for free? It’s a profit. Otherwise, if you want to buy a similar one, you can’t get it without any trouble.

"I bought it." Some people supported it first. Chang'an Ling wanted to save face, so he personally said the product was good and even gave him a glass vase.

If you don't agree to buy a glass vase worth more than three min, the Chang'an Order will definitely be angry.

At worst, if you use up the Qianxia Ningshuang Dew in it and don't put it in it, it's still profitable to keep a bottle.

Everyone signed and pledged their names one after another. If they didn’t bring any money, they would pay it later.

There were four hundred and fifty-six people in total, one person and one person.

"You can just send the money to the place where I give orders." Pei Yaoqing said, meaning don't give it to Zhuangzi.

Because I made an agreement with Li Yi that the money after the sale is these four hundred coins, and the four hundred coins in the box will not be taken away.
Chapter completed!