Chapter 156: Negotiating transactions shows great power
In the sixth year of Taiyuan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, outside the Peace Valley, the grass was low and deserted in the wind. This was the boundary between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Qin State. Since the Five Hus invaded China, this area had been in chaos for many years. From time to time, among the grass, you can see
The numerous bones of the war dead.
When the moon is in the sky, wolves howl one after another, with flashes of green light, which makes people's hair stand on end. As the strong wind blows in the desert, from time to time, some gloomy bones emerge from under the grass that is half a person tall. Even the most daring smuggling caravans
, I will be frightened when I see these.
In a patch of grass, a small tree half as tall as a man moved, and then suddenly fell down. An iron plate underneath the tree was pushed up, revealing a hole.
More than two hundred men with masks and swords in fine clothes, all of whom were one of the best warriors at first glance, filed out of the cave. The people behind them carried a hundred large boxes, and the group walked on the open grassland.
Then he walked to the right for more than five miles before stopping.
The leader was none other than Liu Yu. He was tall and burly, with a sturdy back and waist. He was half a head taller than his muscular companions. He was wearing a tight night jacket that stretched the muscles on his body into sharp angles, exposing them to the naked eye.
The pair of tiger eyes outside the mask are piercing, and the two ink-like sword eyebrows are even more powerful.
Liu Yu looked around the wilderness and waved his hand. Tan Pingzhi took out a noisy arrow from his arms, lit the arrow, put on the bowstring, and shot straight into the sky. With a "woo" sound, a beautiful arc flashed in the air, lighting up the whole place.
The dark night sky. Just a moment after the sounding arrow took off, a sounding arrow also streaked across the sky in the distance.
Wei Yongzhi pulled off his face scarf and pointed into the distance, unable to hide the excitement and uneasiness in his heart: "Brother, they are here."
Liu Yu nodded, his voice sonorous and powerful, revealing a coldness and without any emotion: "I saw it."
There was a sound of camel bells in the distance, and a caravan of more than a hundred people came from far to near. They were all wearing fur hats and felt clothes, and their eyebrows were covered with a thick layer of sand. They all looked like they had high noses and deep eyes, and most of them had beards.
There were people, and behind them, followed a large number of horses, each with bits and hooves bound, and they walked quietly.
The caravan stopped in front of everyone, and three people came over. The one in the middle had yellow eyebrows and a yellow beard, as strong as an ox, with a griffin nose and a lion's mouth, and a face full of beards. He was not angry and confident; the one on the left was of medium build, with the head of a deer and the eyes of a rat.
The Han man on the right looks like a translator; while the one on the right wears a small felt hat, has a hooked beard on his lips, and has a shrewd look on his face, clearly looking like a Hu businessman.
When the Han translator came up, he laughed and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I didn't expect that you would want to make a deal with us at this time."
Liu Yu's tone was as cold as ice, but his eyes never moved away from the strong man with yellow eyebrows: "They are all entrusted by others and act on orders. It doesn't matter. You are also very punctual."
The Han translator stared at the big iron boxes, his eyes shining: "Have you brought all the goods?"
Liu Yu waved his hand, and the people behind him opened the iron boxes. Under the light of the fire, they saw that each box was filled with fine silk and satin. The gold threads on the silk and satin shone brightly, dazzling the people around the box for a while.
The yellow-browed man raised his hand, and the Hu Shang trotted a few steps and stepped forward to inspect the goods carefully. After a while, Hu Shang walked back and nodded to the yellow-browed man.
Liu Yu said coldly: "You have finished inspecting the goods, what about the things we want?"
The Han translator chuckled twice: "Eight hundred fine horses, each one is a lot."
Liu Yu's voice was raised a little, with a bit of annoyance: "Hey, this is not in line with the agreement. There are twenty horses in one box of fine silk, a total of one hundred boxes. We agreed on ten war horses in each box."
The Han translator spread his hands and said: "Brother, now that the war is in chaos, we are the only ones willing to continue doing business with you Jin people. That's about it. If we don't pay, who can you do business with? You bring so much goods.
It took a lot of effort to get out of the border. If you are not satisfied with the price, you can try to take it back!"
A trace of pride flashed on the yellow-browed man's face, and the translator and Hu Shang burst into laughter.
"Hmph, today I'm going to let you see how I do business." Liu Yu suddenly grabbed a torch from the hands of the people around him and threw it into a large iron box. The wind helped the fire, and the box suddenly burst into flames.
A raging fire.
Everyone present was surprised. Tan Pingzhi and others all blurted out in unison: "Brother!"
Liu Yu raised his right hand to signal his subordinates to be silent. He said solemnly to the yellow-browed man: "When doing business, you must have business rules. I hate it when others break their promises. If you don't pay according to the agreed price today,
I would rather burn all these silks than trade them."
The yellow-browed man twitched the corner of his mouth and asked the Han translator to explain a few words. The translator came over and said: "Our boss said that the price will not change whether you like it or not."
The big man sneered "hehe" and moved. The translator's eyes were blurred. Liu Yu had disappeared. As fast as lightning, he snatched the torch from the two people around him and threw it into two boxes at once.
There, a fire broke out in the sky, and three large fire piles lit up the night sky in the desert.
The beard on the yellow-browed man's lips twitched, and the Chinese translator came back again: "The boss said that it is not easy for you to come here, and the remaining ninety-seven boxes will be given to you with nine war horses per box."
Without saying a word, Liu Yu held another torch in his hand and threw it towards the fourth box. The moment the torch fell, the yellow-browed man flashed to the box like a ghost, stretched out his big hand, and firmly grasped the torch.
in hand.
The translator ran over knowingly, and after muttering for a while, he said to the big man: "The boss said, just as you said, there are ten horses in a box, a total of nine hundred and seventy horses."
A trace of disdain flashed in Liu Yu's eyes. He stretched out two fingers, shook them, and said resolutely: "No, it's twelve hundred horses."
The yellow-browed man suddenly spoke Chinese. Although he was a bit tongue-tied, he was quite fluent: "You burned three boxes yourself. This loss cannot be counted on us."
Liu Yu replied expressionlessly: "I said, we will make the deal after paying the agreed amount. Our agreement is one hundred boxes of one thousand horses. You can't blame me for going back on my word. It's your responsibility to burn these three boxes."
Be responsible. If you don’t accept it, I will continue to burn.”
While speaking, Liu Yu suddenly stepped five steps away, with another torch in his hand. A cold light flashed in his eyes as he stared at the yellow-browed man, speaking slowly but resolutely.
An indescribable expression flashed across the yellow-browed man's face quickly. His face turned blue and white, and he was obviously engaged in a fierce ideological struggle. Finally, he gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and said to Liu Yu: "Okay.