As the saying goes, ask for a high price and pay back the money.
Solange knew this truth. He originally thought that Lin Xuan would ask for more things, but he didn't expect that Lin Xuan would directly chase him away, which made him a little dazed.
Soon, Solange came to his senses and asked, "I wonder how much the chief steward wants?"
"I used to be a businessman, but I really don't like the way businessmen bargain. I will only say this once. If you don't agree, you can leave."
"One hundred thousand war horses, fifty thousand cattle, one hundred thousand sheep. I want good war horses. Don't fool me with bad horses. All cattle and sheep must be grown up." Lin Xuan said calmly.
"This is impossible, we can't get these out at all." Solange exclaimed.
The bottom line he and Yi Nan discussed was 50,000 war horses and 100,000 cattle and sheep, of which the proportion of cattle was very low.
The amount Lin Xuan mentioned was more than double their bottom line.
If there was no problem before, but now other tribes have the idea of surrender, Yi Nan does not dare to let those tribes come out, so he can only bear the responsibility himself.
Although Xue Yantuo's tribe can take it out, it will only break their muscles and bones.
"That's all I have to ask for. Since I can't agree to it, there's nothing left to talk about." After Lin Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.
At the same time, I shouted in my heart, hurry up and stop me.
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Hearing this voice, he smiled in his heart, turned his head expressionlessly and said, "I wonder if your envoy has anything else to say?"
"General Manager, if we agree to the conditions of the General Manager, when will Datang be able to send troops and how many troops can be sent?" Solange asked with a somewhat ugly expression.
"Within half a month, send out ten thousand troops."
Seeing Solange looking like he was about to vomit blood, Lin Xuan added: "Cavalry."
Solange took a deep breath and said, "The chief manager really has no sincerity at all."
"There is no other way. Datang is short of food now and cannot send more people." Lin Xuan said pretending to be helpless.
How could Solange believe Lin Xuan's lies? Even if the Tang Dynasty exchanged grain and Turks for a lot of war horses last year, and now food is tight, how could the Tang Dynasty not have emergency food?
Lin Xuan didn't urge him, just looked at Solange with a smile.
Although Li Shimin put him in charge of negotiations, he did not make any hard requirements.
However, it can be seen from the fact that Li Shimin appointed him as the general manager of the march to Dingxiang Road but did not give him the tiger talisman to mobilize troops. Li Shimin was only prepared to send him ten thousand people.
If the Tang Dynasty wanted the grasslands to continue to be divided, it would naturally have to send more people to prevent the Western Turks from unifying the grasslands.
However, what the Tang Dynasty wanted to do was to wait until both Western Turks and Xue Yantuo would suffer losses and reap the benefits.
In this way, Datang cannot send too many people.
Otherwise, even if Nishu makes a desperate move, the other tribes of the Western Turks will not agree with him to continue fighting.
And 10,000 people are just enough. It can put some pressure on the Western Turks and give Xue Yantuo a chance to breathe, but it will not frighten the Western Turks into withdrawing their troops directly.
"Just do as the General Manager said. I hope the General Manager can send troops as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will not be good for Datang if we can't hold on anymore." Solange said.
Although the soldiers and horses sent by the Tang Dynasty are somewhat small, Solange has now figured out that if the Tang Dynasty sends too many troops, they will not worry. Who knows whether the Tang Dynasty will wait for the Western Turks to be pushed back and take advantage of the opportunity.
Killed Xue Yantuo.
Although ten thousand people are few, the Tang Dynasty sending troops will definitely make the Western Turks worry.
Even if the Western Turks ignore it, it will be interesting to see if the Tang Dynasty can still sit still after all the ten thousand people in the Tang Dynasty are dead.
As for agreeing to Lin Xuan's conditions, after the Western Turks are defeated, other tribes will naturally be honest, and they can also share some of these things.
"Don't worry, I will send troops as soon as Xue Yantuo delivers the things." Lin Xuan said.
Solangelai finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and said with an ugly face: "This is impossible. What if the Tang Dynasty doesn't send troops if we send the things?"
In addition to the reason he mentioned, another reason is that Xue Yantuo simply cannot afford so many horses, cattle and sheep.
He originally thought that after the Western Turks were defeated, other tribes would send some troops. Now Lin Xuan asked for horses, cattle and sheep to be sent before sending troops. How could he agree?
Lin Xuan spread his hands and said: "You are worried that the Tang Dynasty will not send troops, and I am also worried that you are lying to me. In this case, everyone should take a step back and send half over first."
Lin Xuan actually didn't care much about these things. After all, when Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks were destroyed, those things would naturally belong to the Tang Dynasty.
However, Lin Xuan was worried that agreeing too easily would arouse the other party's suspicion.
Solange hesitated for a while and said: "At most, there are 30,000 war horses and 50,000 cattle and sheep. If the chief manager doesn't agree, forget it."
"Okay, I will do as you say. As soon as the things are delivered, I will send troops immediately." Lin Xuan said.
Solange was stunned. He thought Lin Xuan would refuse directly, and was still thinking about how to persuade him. Unexpectedly, Lin Xuan agreed directly.
"Haha, we've finished talking about the business. We should celebrate. I'm going to have a banquet. I'm going to have a few drinks in a while." Lin Xuan said with a smile on his face.
Solange felt that Lin Xuan wanted to take the opportunity to drink.
"Thank you very much, Chief Manager, but I have to go back to report to the Great Khan, so I won't stay any longer." Solange was not in the mood to drink with Lin Xuan.
"I'm not in a hurry. I have a friend who I would like to introduce to your envoy." Lin Xuan said.
"I wonder what the chief manager is talking about?" Solange asked doubtfully.
"Haha, you'll know it soon."
Lin Xuan didn't give Solange a chance to refuse, and directly ordered people to prepare wine and food.
It's hard to refuse Solange when he comes to see him.
When the food and drinks were served, Solange came to see them and they were still alone, and asked: "Didn't the chief manager say that he wanted to introduce a friend to me?"
Lin Xuan patted his forehead and said, "I forgot, so I'll send someone to ask for it."
After saying that, he called Liu Da to give some instructions.
Liu Da nodded and retreated. Not long after, he led a person in.
Solange came to look at the visitor and found that the man looked very similar to a Turk, but he was wearing Han clothes.
But he didn't think much about it. When the Eastern Turks were destroyed, many Turks surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
"This is Su Rongzabu, the young leader of the Qingge tribe. The Qingge tribe was destroyed and he finally escaped. Now he has joined me in the Tang Dynasty." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Yes, this person is Su Rongzabu. At this time, Su Rongzabu is no longer as slovenly as before.
When Lin Xuan came to Shuofang City, he brought him here specifically just for this moment.
It's not that I want to use Su Rongzab's identity to do something, but I want to cut off Su Rongzab's retreat.
Su Rongzabu is just a young leader of a medium-sized tribe. He has nothing to use, let alone that the tribe has been destroyed.
However, Su Rongzabu knew a lot about all the tribes in Xueyantuo. When the time came, he would be able to figure out the situation on the grassland more quickly by taking him with him.
Su Rongzabu would definitely not be used by him honestly, so Lin Xuan deliberately asked him to come to see Solange to reveal his identity, just to cut off his escape route.
Su Rongzabu didn't know Lin Xuan's intention, but he didn't dare to refute Lin Xuan's words, so he could only acquiesce in this statement.
He had thought of escaping back to the grassland before, but now even if Lin Xuan doesn't ask people to monitor Su Rongzabu, he doesn't dare to run away.
He knew Solange's identity. He was the leader of a large tribe, and his daughter was married to Yi Nan. When the news came back that he had defected to the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo could not accept him, a man whose tribe was destroyed and then betrayed them.