Han Du and Zhu Biao instantly thought of the man in Fengtian Palace who could face Lao Zhu without fear. Han Du originally thought that Timur was arrogant and deliberately looked down on Ming Dynasty, but he did not expect that he was nothing more than Ming Dynasty.
It's a white dragon fish suit.
"The Western Chagatai Khanate is the Timur Empire, and Timur is the Great Khan of the Timur Empire? No wonder he dared to be so rude. It turns out that he himself is the master of a country."
Zhu Biao also sighed and nodded: "Yes, who would have thought that the leader of a country would dare to take such a risk to enter the Ming Dynasty. Isn't he afraid of accidents?"
"I should have killed him in the first place!" Han Du's eyes turned red and he gritted his teeth. Really, if Han Du had known that Timur was the leader of the Western Chagatai Khanate, even if he had tried to be dealt with by Lao Zhu, Han Du would have
They will try their best to kill him.
In Han Du's eyes, the best enemy is the enemy who is already dead.
The Timurid Empire stretches across the Western Regions. If the Ming Dynasty wants to expand along the Silk Road, it will inevitably be unable to bypass it. Even for the future of the Ming Dynasty, Handu is not willing to see a powerful Timurid Empire intercept the Ming Dynasty's westward expansion.
On the only way. As long as there is a chance, Handu does not mind letting Timur's empire fall apart.
"What a great opportunity. If Timur had been killed, the Timur empire would have collapsed, and there would be no obstacles on the Ming Dynasty's westward journey. It's a pity."
Han Du wanted to beat his chest and regret it. He grabbed his chest with a strong hand. Han Du was worried that if he let go, he would be unable to suppress the surging blood. ??
Zhu Biao frowned and looked at Han Du, "What nonsense are you talking about? He came as an envoy of the Chagatai Khanate. Even if you knew that he was the leader of Timur, how could you kill him? Both armies
If you don’t kill the envoys during the war, the Ming Dynasty has not yet broken with the Timur Empire. Even if you want to take action, my father will not agree."
This is a good thing. With Lao Zhu's character, even if he knew that he was the leader of Timur, he would probably not do anything to him.
Lao Zhuxiong has been looking at the world for decades, but a mere Timur is not worthy of his decision.
After hearing what Zhu Biao said, Han Du felt a little better. As long as Lao Zhu didn't want Timur to die, Han Du thought that it would be very difficult to kill Timur in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, others began to notice the noise caused by the Timur Empire. Everyone who saw their arrival couldn't help but change their expressions, causing everyone in the banquet hall to have different thoughts. The entire banquet hall
It only took a moment for the singing and dancing to be peaceful and lively.
Wherever, it becomes completely silent and you can hear the drop of a needle.
Han Du saw all this and smiled in his heart. He asked Hader in a low voice: "What? These Timurid people don't seem to be very popular in Horumus?"
Harder's face was also a little ugly, and he nodded and said: "What the Marquis said is true. I'm afraid no one in this banquet hall likes him and Timurid people to come and go."
"Why is this?" Han Du was a little surprised. He hated the Timurids because they blocked the Silk Road and harmed the interests of the Ming Dynasty.
Could it be that these Timurids have harmed the interests of the entire upper class society in Horumus?
"What on earth did they do that made them ostracized by everyone?" Han Du asked Hader in a low voice with a gloating tone.
Hader glanced at the Timurid people in fear, as if he didn't want to mention them, "The Marquis doesn't know something. They are relying on the power of the Timurid Empire to do whatever they want here, causing many people to be afraid of them. I don't want to
Do business with them."
Han Du chuckled lightly, glanced at the Timurid people, and asked: "Since they are doing business, why are they doing such nonsense? Are they still passing off inferior goods and buying and selling by force?"
Harder shook his head, "It's not like that. Their goods are considered good, but they are not shoddy. Instead, when doing business with them, as long as the price you buy this time is, even if it is the price of this kind of thing next time,
If it has lowered, then they must sell it at this price. But if the price of this thing rises, they will raise the price again. Anyway, as long as it is the thing they sell, the price can only rise, not fall, and there are many things that happen.
People are dissatisfied.”
"But they are relying on the power of the Timur Empire to show off their power here. The Marquis doesn't know that although the Timur Empire is far away from here, the reputation of the Timur Empire is also spread in Hulumos."
Han Du's eyes lit up after hearing this. The trading method Hard mentioned means that the weaker party suffers losses everywhere. People like Hard are in a weak position, so of course they will not agree willingly.
But for the stronger party, it takes advantage of everything. And Han Du thinks that he is not a weak party, but a strong party. This kind of trading method is beneficial to him without any harm.
Moreover, since the Timur Empire can rely on its power, these Khrumos people dare not bow their heads.
Is the reputation of the Ming Empire weaker than that of Timur?
Han Du straightened up with a smile, glanced at Zhu Biao, and said with a smile: "It's time to let this Hulumos know the reputation of the Ming Empire."
Zhu Biao frowned and asked worriedly: "What do you want to do? Don't mess around!"
If you want the people of Hurumos to know the prestige of the Ming Empire, it's easy to defeat them. But in this case, you need to send troops to attack Hurumos.
As a result, Khrumos, a trading city and a free port, may be destroyed. Zhu Biao, who has the idea of Xu Xutu, is naturally unwilling to destroy this place.
"Don't worry." Han Du gave Zhu Biao a look with a smile, "I've always come here to cause trouble, and I don't want to cause trouble."
As he said that, when he saw the leader of the Timurid people walking towards him, he smiled, raised his chin, and said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, look, isn't this an opportunity to show off the prestige of the Ming Empire?"
Zhu Biao also saw the unkind Timurids who came here. He was so sleepy that he came to the pillow and came up with whatever he wanted.
The leader of the Timur people stared at Han Du and others as soon as they entered the door. He had seen these costumes and naturally recognized these people as Ming people. This man was called Ta Lei, who was once a personal guard of Timur.
Khan went to the capital of the Ming Dynasty together, so he recognized Han Du and others as Ming people at a glance.
Tare also received an invitation from the city lord's palace today. Originally, he rarely attended banquets like the city lord's palace. Anyway, he had the Timur Empire on his back, and the city lord did not dare to do anything to him, which led to him in Hulhumo.
Si is used to being domineering and domineering, and no one is taken seriously by him, including the city lord. .??.??
But ever since Tare heard that there were businessmen coming from the mysterious east, and that the city lord held a banquet to celebrate these people who came from afar, he couldn't sit still for a moment.
Tare came to Khrumos to do business as a big businessman. His main business was selling silk, porcelain and tea from the Ming Dynasty.
That's right, the Timur Empire is a second-rate dealer.
The Timur Empire cut off the Silk Road, but it did not mean that the Silk Road was cut off. It was just that the Timur Empire occupied the entire Silk Road, and all goods trafficked from the Ming Dynasty to Timur were forcibly removed.
Buy it at a low price, and then sell it to Khrumos, Persia, Ottoman, etc. at a very high price, and earn huge profits from it.
Those who worked hard to transport goods from the Ming Dynasty to the Timur Empire made profits that even nine of the Timur Empire
There was nothing left. With low profits and high risks, merchants along the Silk Road gradually disappeared. As a result, the Silk Road, which had been passed down for thousands of years, was almost extinct.
At first, the decrease in goods worried the Timur Empire for a while, fearing that without the goods they would not be able to earn high profits. But later they discovered that with the decrease in goods, the goods in their hands could be sold.
On the contrary, the price is higher, and more profits can be earned. In this way, the reduction of goods has little impact on them, and they can all earn almost the same money anyway.
Therefore, the Timur Empire no longer had any scruples and squeezed the merchants from the Ming Dynasty desperately.
In recent years, with the rise of Nanyang, a large amount of goods have been shipped to Khrumos from the old port every year, causing the prices of silk, tea, porcelain, etc., which were originally expensive, to begin to drop.
The cutoff of the Silk Road made the Timur Empire even worse, so Tare was sent to Khrumos disguised as a big businessman to investigate the situation.
Unexpectedly, not long after arriving in Horumos, I heard that there were businessmen coming from the mysterious east.
The East was very mysterious in the eyes of the Khrumos people. But in Tare's eyes, he knew that there was a powerful empire called the Ming Dynasty in the East, which was the source of all silk, porcelain, and tea.
Ta Lei looked at these people who were dressed exactly like the Ming people and suddenly opened his mouth: "Are you from the Ming Dynasty?"
Hearing the stammering Ming Dynasty Mandarin, Han Du was stunned. He had no idea that he could hear the Ming Dynasty Mandarin again in a place tens of thousands of miles away from Ming Dynasty.
Meeting the local accent in a foreign country did not make Han Du excited at all. Instead, it made Han Du wary and he kept looking at the person in front of him.
Seeing that Han Du and others did not answer him, Tare thought that they could not understand the Ming Dynasty Mandarin. He was a little disappointed but also a little happy. If these people really could not understand the Ming Dynasty Mandarin, it meant that these people were not from the Ming Dynasty at all.
. As long as the person who comes is not a real Ming Dynasty person, there is no threat to him.
"Are you from the Ming Dynasty?" Ta Lei, who was unwilling to give up, asked again.
This time, Han Du frowned and asked directly: "Why do you know Ming Dynasty Mandarin?"
Han Du's words made Ta Lei's heart suddenly sink, and the worst result appeared. These people wore the same clothes as the Ming Dynasty, and spoke the official Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty. They spoke more eloquently than Ta Lei. Indeed,
There is no doubt that he is from the Ming Dynasty.