Chapter 632: Businessman’s link (Part 2)

Li Qingan shook his head: "Twenty thousand guan, then at least three hundred carriages are needed to transport it. Will An Lushan not interfere with you?"

Yang Huahua smiled mysteriously, and she waved to the female guard, "Give me the gold medal on the plate!"

The female guard took out a gold medal from the plate and placed it on the table. Yang Huahua pushed the gold medal to Li Qing'an, "You can take a look!"

Li Qingan picked up the gold medal and looked at it. He saw the three words "An Lushan" engraved on the front, and there were four words behind it: "Liugu is here in person", and the number next to it was No. 2.

Yang Huahua smiled proudly and said, "This is An Lushan's own gold medal. I have only given three people in total. With this gold medal, I am unobstructed in Hebei Road."

"Is that so? Why did he give you a gold medal? Did you go to his bed?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"spit!"

Yang Huahua spat, blushed and said, "That dead pig, will I go to his bed? Do you think I'm that casual?"

Li Qingan smiled, not very convinced Yang Huahua's explanation. He did not transport food and grass, but also trafficked pig iron. Why should An Lushan believe her?

Yang Huahua hesitated and said, "You may be angry if I said it, but I have no malice. I promised to help him find the fourth sister."

"Yuhuan?" Li Qingan was stunned.

"Yes, An Lushan was obsessed with Yang Guifei back then, and even crazy about her. I told him that the fourth sister was not in your hands, but was hiding somewhere alone. It was because of this that he trusted me very much. I also lied to him. The fourth sister was in Taiyuan and I heard that he was going to attack Hedong."

"It's not that I'm going to start, but that I've already started. His army has arrived in Hengzhou. Forget it! I won't tell you this."

Li Qingan waved his hand and said, "Didn't you say you want to give me a gift? What gift?"

"I brought someone to you, I guess you will be interested."

Yang Huahua got up and crossed the table, whispered a few words in Li Qing'an's ear. Sure enough, Li Qing'an's eyes lit up and he asked anxiously: "Where are others?"

"I originally wanted to treat you to dinner, so I asked him to wait in the restaurant first, but you treated me to dinner. He had to come over again. I guess he had arrived. He would find a shopkeeper when he arrived."

Li Qing'an immediately ordered a personal soldier and said, "Go and find the shopkeeper. If the person arrives, bring it up immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone outside the door reported: "General, the shopkeeper brought a person up and said he had made an appointment with Mrs. Yang."

The person had already arrived, and Li Qing'an immediately ordered: "Please come in!"

After a moment, the personal soldiers led a man in his forties, with a big beard and dressed in a coarse cloth short suit. He was dressed very low-key. At first glance, he looked like a servant, but his eyes were very clear and gave people a bright feeling, and his eyes showed his unusualness.

This person is indeed extraordinary. He is Daqinmao, the leader of the Sumo and Mohe people in the northeast. He was named the Prince of Bohai by Li Longji. Later, he established the country as the Bohai Kingdom. It was a famous frontier power during the Tang Dynasty.

Logically, it should be a very solemn and formal matter for such a border vassal state to visit Beijing, but today they secretly came to see Li Qing'an like a thief. In fact, he had no choice but to be the Bohai State located east of the Khitan and Lulong Jiedu. Like the Khitan and Xi, they belonged to An Lushan's sphere of influence. After An Lushan rebelled, he forced the Bohai State to send troops to send grain. Da Qinmao had no choice but to send 200,000 stones of grain and 5,000 troops. His son was also hostage in the Youzhou military camp.

But Da Qinmao was not willing to follow An Lushan to rebel. He knew very well that the consequences of the rebellion might be to destroy the country and the clan. For this reason, he would rather sacrifice his son, who was hostage in Youzhou, and come to Chang'an in person to express his feelings to the court.

But he was afraid that An Lushan would know about his entry into Chang'an. At this moment, Yang Huahua's caravan went to Bohai Country to do business. He took advantage of the unimpeded advantage of Yang Huahua's caravan in Bohai Country and followed Yang Huahua to Chang'an. He met Li Qing'an through Yang Huahua's relationship.

Da Qinmao immediately knelt down, holding the enthronement letter given to him by Li Longji in the 26th year of Kaiyuan, and greeted Li Qing'an: "Da Qinmao, a barbarian country in the border, met His Highness King Zhao, wishing His Highness a thousand years of life!"

Li Qing'an hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up, "Prince Prince, please get up!"

Li Qing'an knew that Bohai Kingdom was a very sinic minority regime. He completely learned the political culture of the Tang Dynasty and established five capitals, fifteen prefectures, sixty-two prefectures, and more than one hundred and thirty counties. When his population was at its peak, he reached more than five million. He was a powerful minority regime in Chinese history. He was a mortal enemy of Silla. Later, he was destroyed by the gradually powerful Khitan King Yelu Abaoji and disappeared in the long river of history.

Li Qingan always wanted to get in touch with Bohai King, but he never had a chance. Unexpectedly, Bohai King Da Qinmao actually came to Chang'an in person today. Li Qingan quickly asked him to sit down and ordered someone to put a pair of bowls and chopsticks on him.

"I thought the prince would come from the sea, but I didn't expect to cross Hebei Road."

Li Qingan smiled and poured him a glass of wine, "Drink a glass of wine to suppress his shock, and then talk about it later."

Da Qinmao was flattered and hurriedly said, "Your Highness is so polite. I am really forced to disturb you."

"It's not a question of disturbing me. Actually, I really want to meet the prince. The prince is coming just right. Come on! Let's have a drink first."

Li Qingan raised his glass and touched him. At this time, Yang Huahua smiled and said, "Your Highness! The gift I gave is OK!"

"Well! I performed well today, come on! You can have a drink too."

Yang Huahua was praised by Li Qing'an. She was very excited and looked at Li Qing'an with full eyes. Of course, she was a smart person. She knew that Li Qing'an looked down on her and did not dare to rekindle her old love. She just wanted to leave a way out for herself. Once An Lushan was finished, she could escape without being implicated. It can be said that she was a double-faced spy. She could not only eat well in An Lushan, but also betray An Lushan and become Li Qing'an's guest. After all, she was a businessman and only considered commercial interests.

After all, Da Qinmao was the prince of a country. He found that Li Qingan was not as cold and tough as he imagined. On the contrary, he was very kind and funny and easy to get along with. He gradually let go. With Yang Huahua next to him, he did not talk about serious matters, so he introduced Li Qingan to the situation of the Bohai Kingdom. The two had a harmonious conversation and burst into laughter from time to time.

It took an hour for this lunch to come to an end. Li Qing'an ordered his personal soldiers to send Da Qinmao to rest first, and then talk about the important matter tomorrow.

Li Qingan also felt 70% drunk. He was in high spirits today. Da Qinmao's arrival suddenly made his thoughts clear. It can be said that Yang Huahua made great contributions this time.

He saw Yang Huahua's eyes also became friendly. He liked a smart woman like Yang Huahua and admired Yang Huahua's courage. Others rushed to flee Hebei, but she killed her in the opposite way and caught An Lushan with a false concubine. As for whether she had sex with An Lushan, he didn't care. Just as he never cared about how many guests Yang Huahua had in the past, he was not interested in her.

As long as Yang Huahua doesn't involve him in that direction, he will have a kindness towards Yang Huahuahua. After all, she is Yang Yuhuan's only relative.

"Madam, based on my knowledge of you, you will not give me this gift for no reason today!"

Yang Huahua also drank a few more glasses. The smell of alcohol made her face steam like clouds and her eyes were as charming as if water dripped. Despite this, her mind was extremely clear. She introduced Da Qinmao to Li Qing'an to give Li Qing'an on the one hand, but she wanted to get some of the trade rights of the Tang army in Northeastern Hebei. Seeing that Li Qing'an asked this question, she laughed sweetly: "The little woman has a small request. I wonder if His Highness Zhao can agree?"

"Speak!"

"That's right. I heard that the Northern Tang army had to transport a large amount of silver dollars from Chang'an to Hedong every month. Can you hand over this errand to my Huaji Cabinet? I'll transport it for you. I have three cabinets in Taiyuan. If the Hedong military needs it, it can directly extract it from my Taiyuan Cabinet. Your Highness, do you think this is OK?"

Yang Huahua's proposal made Li Qingan a little interested. This is the prototype of Tongdui. Wang Baoji's deposit and withdrawal in other places also made similar requests. It is actually not impossible to let the cabinet store operate. However, Li Qingan did not want to give Yang Huahua. He knew that Yang Huahua's real purpose was to get silver dollars to exchange copper coins at a low price. Although he did not prohibit this speculative business, it would not add fuel to the fire. He took the soldiers' military pay to Yang Huahua to speculate.

Instead of refusing on the spot, he changed the topic: "Why don't Madam do legitimate trade?"

Yang Huahua was extremely smart. When she saw Li Qing'an not mentioning the silver dollar, she knew that he would not give it to her, and she felt a little disappointed, but she would not hang herself on a tree. Since Li Qing'an mentioned trade, she climbed upwards.

"Hey! Why don't I want to do trade? Trade is my main business, but there are not many business opportunities now, so it's hard to make money! Can Your Highness reward me with a bowl of rice?"

Speaking of trade, Li Qing'an pondered and said, "This is it! I'll tell you an insider news. If you seize the opportunity, you will make a fortune."

Yang Huahua was overjoyed and said anxiously: "Please tell me your Highness!"

"The court has decided to expand overseas trade and prepare to expand Mingzhou Port to develop trade with Silla and Japan, as well as trade with Dashi and Persia. I suggest you not always turn around in China, look at it a little broader and do overseas trade. I believe that with your ability and courage, you will be able to build your own business empire."

Li Qing'an's words made Yang Huahua feel excited. In fact, she was also considering her own way out, but she couldn't see clearly for a moment. Li Qing'an's words were like a flash of clouds and sunlight, which made her eyes suddenly clear. Overseas trade, she seemed to see the rolling wealth from the ocean. At this time, she felt Li Qing'an's sincerity and cared for her. She was extremely moved. The grudges and grudges between her and Li Qing'an disappeared in her heart for ten years. She stood up and bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, and said with great sincerity: "If Huahua succeeds in the future, it is all given by Your Highness!"

Li Qingan could not have imagined that his lunch today completely changed Yang Huahua's fate. Many years later, Yang Huahua became the largest merchant in the Tang Empire's trade with Japan, and her Huaji Trading Company almost monopolized the private trade between the Tang Dynasty and Japan.

Her son later entered the official career and was appointed as Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, in charge of foreign affairs contacts with Japan and Silla.
Chapter completed!