Jin Feng did not rush Princess Lujie, but lowered his head and picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of hot tea, and waited slowly.
Seeing that Jin Feng was silent, the others did not urge him. Princess Lu Jie thought for several minutes before saying, "Mr. Jin, to be honest, I am very moved by your proposal."
"The next step is to say no, right?" A trace of disappointment flashed in Jin Feng's eyes.
Influenced by his previous life, Jin Feng has never been too hostile to the Eastern Barbarians, Xiang Tubo, and does not want to use force to conquer these places. Instead, he wants to achieve peaceful integration through trade, education, and intermarriage.
It's a pity that the other party was completely uncooperative.
For example, after Jin Feng bombed the opponent's royal city, apart from asking them to release the people of the Central Plains, he did not treat them too harshly, including the war compensation Jin Feng demanded. Dang Xiang could not get it at once, and Jin Feng did not force him.
Promise to let them cash it in installments.
The chamber of commerce outlets opened in Dangxiang did not make shady money, but sold daily necessities to the people of Dangxiang at reasonable prices.
There are many deserts in Dangxiang territory, and supplies are even scarcer than those of the Eastern Barbarians.
Salt, in particular, has always been a sore point for Dang Xiang.
After all, Dongman has the sea to the east, so he can dry his own salt. Dangxiang is surrounded by land on all sides, so there is no way to dry the salt.
There are many salt mines in Dangxiang, but like Sichuan and Sichuan, the mineral salt contains many harmful substances, and they do not know the filtration technology, so they can only watch, and the salt they eat can only be purchased from Dakang and Dongman.
Therefore, the salt in Dangxiang is more expensive than that in Dakang.
After the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce outlets were established, the fastest-selling item was salt.
Although the price of ten Wen salt has tripled when shipped to Dangxiang, for the people of Dangxiang, it is still much cheaper than before.81Zw.????m
In addition to salt, medicinal materials and cloth were also of high quality and low price, which were very popular among Dangxiang people and quickly formed an influence among the people.
Later, the Dangxiang court ordered the ban on the presence of chambers of commerce and when they arrested chamber of commerce clerks, many Dangxiang people helped the clerks escape, and even hid the chamber of commerce clerks in their homes despite the ban.
Maybe this is why the Dangxiang court is afraid of the Chamber of Commerce.
You must know that the earliest chamber of commerce has only been open for a few months, but it can have such a huge influence. If it takes a long time, will the people still listen to the court?
In fact, this is also Jin Feng's goal.
He wants to use the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce as a breakthrough point. As long as the people get used to the existence of the Chamber of Commerce, he will find ways to open other factories in Dangxiang and penetrate into all walks of life in Dangxiang until the two sides are completely integrated into one country.
Unfortunately, the plan had just begun when the Eastern Barbarians made trouble with Hai Dongqing, which made the Dangxiang royal family ready to take action again.
Originally, I wanted to use Princess Lu Jie's negotiation opportunity to let Dongman take back Hai Dongqing, but it seems that Princess Lu Jie is not willing.
Sure enough, Princess Lu Jie continued: "Yes, although I am very excited about your husband's proposal, I can't hide it. In addition to Hai Dongqing, there are many falcons that can easily scratch your hot air balloon after training.
As far as I know, the Dangxiang royal family has already started training vultures and nighthawks, so even if we take Hai Dongqing back, it will be meaningless."
"You don't need to worry about the party affairs. You just need to answer me, are you Dongman willing to take back Haidongqing?" Jin Feng asked Princess Lu Jie as he stared at her.
"I'm sorry, I can't agree to it, sir." Princess Lu Jie shook her head regretfully: "Sir, you also know that your hot air balloon poses a great threat to the cavalry. Even if I agree, other tribes will not agree."
When Jin Feng heard this, he sighed in disappointment.
But he also knew that it would be difficult for Dongman to give up Hai Dongqing, so he was too lazy to waste any more words and waved his hands and said: "In that case, forget it! Send three thousand war horses, ten thousand cattle and ten thousand sheep over.
Then you can go clean up the bodies!"
Even if you don't need so many war horses here, you still have to show your attitude even if you send the war horses over and let the bodyguards kill them for meat.
"Sir, this is too much..." Princess Lu Jie frowned slightly: "Can it be less?"
This price was already higher than her offer to redeem Shan Yu.
"If you don't want to agree, forget it. I won't force you!" Jin Feng didn't let go at all.
"What about business matters?"
"When you decide to take back Haidongqing, let's talk about business again." Jin Feng said, lowering his head and picking up the tea bowl again.
"I know it!"
Princess Lu Jie understood that Jin Feng didn't want to talk anymore, so she bowed and saluted: "Farewell, Lu Jie!"
After the ceremony, he turned around and walked out of the tent.
"Sir, are you going to let her go now?"
Liu Tie was a little reluctant: "Princess Lu Jie is very influential on the grassland. If we let her go, wouldn't we let the tiger return to the mountain?"
"Sir, you are not fascinated by her beauty, are you?"
Qing Mulan also complained: "If you like this type, I will ask someone to find a group for you in Sichuan and Sichuan when you go back. You can't make fun of military affairs, right?"
Sir, have you forgotten King Jin?"
Hearing Qing Mulan talk about King Jin, Jin Feng couldn't help but frown.
Jin Feng and Ninth Princess regretted letting King Jin go for a long time.
Seeing Jin Feng's expression change, Mr. Tian said with a smile: "Miss Qing, Princess Lu Jie is different from Prince Jin. If you let her go, it's not because you were smitten by her, or else you would have kept her."
Having said this, Mr. Tian stroked his beard and said, "Mr. letting Princess Lu Jie go, there must be other deep meanings, right?"
Upon hearing this, Qing Mulan realized that this was indeed the case.
If Jin Feng really fell in love with Princess Lu Jie, he could just detain her, and then he could deal with her however he wanted.
After thinking about this, Qing Mulan quickly turned to look at Jin Feng: "Why did you let Princess Lu Jie go? Are you planning something else?"
"What do you think?" Jin Feng smiled but did not answer.
He did have an agenda when he let Princess Lu Jie go.
Of course, I am not trying to capture Princess Lu Jie’s beauty.
As his status increased, he saw more beautiful women, and Jin Feng's threshold for beautiful women also increased. Princess Lu Jie was indeed beautiful, but in Jin Feng's eyes, that was all.
Jin Feng was planning something else.
"You can just say no, you don't have to let me guess..." Qing Mulan rolled her eyes at Jin Feng: "If you don't want to say it, forget it!"
"Miss Qing doesn't want to guess, how about I guess?" Mr. Tian smiled and looked at Jin Feng.
Jin Feng glanced at Mr. Tian in surprise, and then understood that he was worried that Qing Mulan, Meng Tianhai and the others would misunderstand him, and wanted to explain it to him.
Since Mr. Tian was kind, Jin Feng followed his words and said, "Sir, you might as well tell me."
"I guess Mr. Tian let Princess Lu Jie go on purpose, just to cause chaos in Dongman?" Mr. Tian asked with a smile.
"Isn't she very influential on the grassland? If she goes back, she should be able to unite the Eastern Barbarians quickly, right?" Qing Mulan asked with a frown.