Chapter 198 The war will start
Since embarking on the land of the plateau, there have been some outsiders in Shi Lei's team, a team composed of a female nobleman and her guards.
They came from the Dongnuguo, which was adjacent to Yazhou. The role of these people was more similar to the translator and guide, and would guide Shi Lei and others to take goods to the plateau cities where trade is relatively concentrated, and help them complete this first trade.
The Eastern Girl Country is also called Jiaermu. You can tell from this name that this land is actually a daughter Country. People still implement a social system of women-centeredness and worship of women. The one who is responsible for political affairs is the serious queen, also known as the King, because there is also a little king as the deputy and is also the successor of the King.
The queen's husband is also a king, but like all other men in this country, he is only responsible for fighting outside and has no right to interfere with internal affairs.
In such a place that is almost a matriarchal society, naturally every household is proud of having a daughter.
So it is not strange that this woman is the main one in this team.
It is not because people come here purely out of kindness, because Dongnuguo is actually doing the work of a second-hand dealer now.
People have to go through the business dealings between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, so it is okay to sell them directly.
Tubo is a new and powerful country, and it has not been recognized by the Tang Dynasty. The Dongnu Kingdom has been much longer than Tubo. It has already had contacts during the Sui Dynasty. It is considered a country recognized by the Central Plains, and there are also many trade exchanges.
This system is different from later generations. It does not mean that you can do business with others. Especially when trading with foreign countries, you must have a trading location recognized by a country, which means you have to pass customs permission.
Like Shi Lei, who went abroad from Yazhou to do business with others, had to be considered smuggled, but he had a good relationship with the military leader in the border, which was not a big deal. The nobles with some power basically had caravans who specialized in this work, and everyone just knew it.
Besides, Shi Lei’s selling is not sensitive materials. It’s not a problem to get some daily necessities. There is not even a single iron tool. Military heads don’t have to worry about taking responsibility at all.
The only thing that is not suitable for this caravan is that there are too many weapons in the caravan, and they are all the most exquisite things, and they are enough to deal with a local war.
However, the military head also knew that Shi Lei and the others could not sell these good things to Tubo or others.
Shi Lei is not a fool. He is a descendant of the current emperor's personal guard captain. He has a good life in China, but he goes to bring warmth to the Tubo people. No one will do this.
So he asked Shi Lei and the others to pass the level, which was no pressure at all.
This is not like the current uncle and the eldest son of Sun Wuji, who runs the largest blacksmith shop in the Tang Dynasty.
The weapons produced are not only equipped with their own family members, but also sell them more, and sell them to foreigners, but they don’t care.
The military leaders are worried about those colleagues who have opened the door of convenience. If something happens one day, the unlucky one is not the military leaders, and this board will definitely not fall on the uncle.
Shi Lei and this elder sister who brought Gao Yuanhong got along very happily. They were deeply serious about the strength of the Central Plains, so when facing a marquis of the Tang Dynasty, the etiquette was quite thoughtful.
"The Eastern Girls Kingdom is small and weak, and cannot eliminate the Tubo bandits. The safety along the way will be more troublesome to the Marquis himself."
The female official came up and showed her position and told Shi Lei and the East Women's Kingdom that they were just a second-hand dealer. If there was a horse thief coming to rob, don't expect the East Women's Government to reach out.
I can't even care about it and will not offend those Tubo forces. No matter whether they are real horse thief or some of the leaders' men put on makeup, Shi Lei has to settle it himself.
Shi Lei could fully understand this matter. The East Girl Kingdom is more like a tribal alliance. It is composed of dozens of tribes of all sizes and sizes. With a total of about 10,000 soldiers, it has maintained this territory close to the Tang Dynasty and convenient for trade.
They would definitely not dare to offend Tubo, and of course they would not be difficult for the Tang Dynasty. In short, it was a neutral attitude.
The high flag of the East Girl in their team was probably to prevent accidental injury.
Those robbers should also give Dongnuguo a face, because they finally sold the stolen goods mainly by Dongnuguo, and they would not offend their own financial backers.
Shi Lei felt that the interests in this were also an important reason for the two sides to reach a tacit understanding.
Shi Lei just nodded to express his complete understanding. When a martial arts nobleman encounters a robbery, he has to rely on others to save him, which is not embarrassing enough money.
Shi Lei didn't feel that he needed to seek help from the East Women's Kingdom unless he encountered a Tubo army.
But in that case, Shi Lei might choose to die in the battlefield.
"I wonder what goods did the marquis bring this time?" the female official asked generously in fluent Tang Dynasty Mandarin.
"I prepared some silk and brick tea, as well as porcelain and wine."
Shi Lei definitely came prepared this time. Silk and tea are undoubtedly the best stepping stones. Such things have an unparalleled attraction to people living on the plateau.
However, the current recognition of this tea is still a little poor, and it seems that the habit of drinking tea has not yet been formed on the plateau.
Shi Lei planned to take this opportunity to tell them.
Needless to say, porcelain is a good thing. For the surrounding countries, such a good thing is too technical, but it is really exquisite and cute, which makes them yearn for very irresistible temptations. Even on the plateau, it is definitely a hard currency.
What Shi Lei brought here this time was made by the merchants themselves and put on the farm. They were all goods that Shi Lei looked down upon, but when he got it here, it was said that he could get gold of equal weight.
Such profits are an important reason that prompted Shi Lei to start this trip to Tubo.
This is thanks to the great ancestors, who made the people on the plateau affirm that a piece of porcelain should be worth so much gold.
Shi Lei will definitely not break this understanding.
The wine Shi Lei brought this time was purchased from Yazhou and produced in a small workshop.
The real Jiannan Shaochun only prepared a little, which was to be a gift to open up the trade route and give to the real key figures.
For people living in the plateau mountains, drinking this way will make people feel warm and will definitely conquer everyone.
But it was really hard to transport wine from the mainland to this place. Is it completely understandable that it is a little more expensive?
"The Marquis has vision and courage. This trip will definitely be successful and the wealth will be abundant."
After getting the information he wanted, the female official didn't mind sending more auspicious words.
After all, when these things are shipped, whether they are sold directly to Dongnuguo or continue to penetrate into the hinterland of Tubo, their profits are inevitable. Naturally, the more courageous they are, the better the more goods they are transported.
Just as the two were chatting, an inconspicuous special forces member rode his antelope and ran over quickly, rushed to Shi Lei and reported loudly.
"Qi reported to the head of the family, fifty miles away, he found that there were people carrying weapons gathering in large numbers, with a scale of about a thousand people.
It should be a horse thief, and the target is ours, and it is expected to take over the enemy in one hour."
Although the enemy situation was reported, the scout had no intention of being nervous at all, and his tone was still so plain.
"Oh? You're going to come. I've been waiting for it for a long time." Shi Lei said with a little excitement.
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Chapter completed!