Chapter 1189 The Turkic embassy arrived in Youzhou, and Youzhou animal husbandry secretly made deals
Chapter 1189 The Turkic envoy arrived in Youzhou, and Youzhou Mu secretly made a deal
"oh?
Turkic mission?
What are they here for?
Pay tribute to His Majesty?"
Muchuan opened his eyes and asked.
"Sir, although the Turks are not satisfied with intermarrying with the Han people, they will never pay tribute without any reason.
We must stop them now and let them keep all the tribute."
The staff member said.
"You're right. In this case, it's up to you to do it.
Remember, don’t reveal our identities.”
Muchuan said.
"yes!"
The staff member said respectfully.
…
The Northern Turkic mission finally arrived in Youzhou three days later and stopped.
At this time, the people in Youzhou also ran out to watch the excitement and see these envoys from the Northern Turks.
"Haha, thank you for your hard work coming all the way."
Fu Liqing stood on the city tower on horseback and said to these Northern Turks.
"You're so polite, Sir. This is what you should do."
The leader of the Turkic envoy also stood next to Fu Liqing on horseback and said with a smile.
"Messenger please."
Fu Liqing stretched out his hand to the messenger and said.
The messenger nodded, and then the two of them entered the city together.
And the people who were watching slowly dispersed.
Fu Liqing entertained the envoy from the Northern Turks in the hall of the Recruitment Hall of Youzhou Prefecture. After waiting for a while, the envoy said: "Sir Fu, this time we are going to Chang'an to pay tribute to the King of Tang Dynasty. We passed by the precious land and we hope to give him a gift."
Some supplies."
"It's easy to talk, envoy, just ask, we have a lot of food in Youzhou, as long as you bring gold, silver and jewelry."
Fu Liqing said happily.
This time, the Northern Turkic envoys sent over a lot of things, which were of great value. Together with the money that the imperial court promised to give to Youzhou, Youzhou's tax revenue increased a lot.
Fu Liqing felt very happy, even happier than being promoted.
The envoys nodded and began to discuss. Then they took out a box and opened it. It was filled with gold coins, gold and silver.
This is toll money for Youzhou, but Fu Liqing also knows that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
The messenger said with a smile: "There are a total of 1 million silver coins here.
Our Great Khan has already said that if you, Youzhou, can provide some new gadgets or novel products, the money will belong to you, Youzhou."
Fu Liqing frowned and said, "Well, don't you Turks have cattle and sheep?
Why do you still want to buy our stuff?”
"The livestock on our grasslands have been almost eaten by our Turkic army, so we can only come to Youzhou to buy them."
The messenger said with a smile.
This envoy also knew that the cattle and sheep on the Turkic grasslands had long since finished eating, so he came to buy things from them now.
"Haha, the messenger is serious, so of course this is okay.
Messenger, please follow me."
Fu Liqing was relieved when he heard that people from the Northern Turks actually proposed such conditions. He then took the envoy to his residence and asked people to prepare a banquet.
During the meal, he saw Fu Liqing ordering his men to send a batch of cattle and sheep from the city to the Northern Turks. The Turkic envoy was immediately happy.
The envoy smiled at Fu Liqing and said, "Master Fu is indeed generous."
"The messenger was full of praise."
Fu Liqing also laughed, but he kept sneering in his heart.
This Northern Turkic envoy is really stupid.
"Haha, I heard that your mansion has many rare treasures.
I'm waiting to come this time. Firstly, I want to see something, and secondly, I want to buy some."
The messenger said with a smile.
"Messenger, wait a moment, I will send someone to send the things over right now!"
Fu Liqing said hurriedly.
Fu Liqing is no longer stupid now and knows what these Turks want.
What he wanted were the few muskets that Muchuan's squadron left behind when they passed through Youzhou on their way back to the court.
"These things are too expensive to sell to you, and these things were left behind by an adult named Muchuan.
If you want it, go to him and ask for it."
Fu Liqing pretended to be firm and said.
"Oh, Mr. Fu, I know you won't sell it, we can talk about other things.
For example, you see, we came here this time to bring a lot of gold and silver treasures to the Tang Dynasty. As long as Mr. Fu is willing to sell us some things, you see, how about I can leave you a batch of treasures?"
The Turkic envoy said with a smile.
Fu Liqing thought for a while and said, "Well, you can consider this.
After all, you also know that this kind of weapon is extremely rare and incredibly powerful.
If you are willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, I will sell you some, but the quantity is not large, and I can only give you 1,000 rods at most."
When the Turkic envoy heard the amount Fu Liqing mentioned, he became a little excited. With such a large amount, he had made a lot of money this time.
"Okay, 1,000 rods is 1,000 rods, we want it."
The messenger said directly.
"Well, I'll send someone to get it now.
The envoy will wait a moment, and I will send someone to transport these things immediately to ensure that the envoy's schedule will not be delayed."
Fu Liqing said.
The messenger smiled and left. There are still a lot of goods to be processed here.
Not long after, several carriages came quickly and stopped at the entrance of the Yamen of Youzhou Prefecture. The soldiers unloaded a pile of boxes from the carriages.
Fu Liqing took the envoy over to check it out, and found that the box was filled with black gun barrels.
"Why is it so thick?"
The messenger was stunned when he looked at these rough steel bars.
"These are gunpowder produced in cannon furnaces. We are not very skilled, so we made it a little rough."
Fu Liqing explained nonchalantly.
He doesn't know what the principle is.
These muskets owned by Fu Liqing were completely left behind by Muchuan.
"Oh, yes, yes, this thing is indeed very powerful, but it's a pity that it's not made well enough and the range is a bit short."
The Turkic envoy looked at the muskets carefully and said.
Fu Liqing nodded, acknowledging.
"Emissary, we still have a lot of gunpowder in Youzhou, but there is not much left. I wonder if you want it?"
Fu Liqing asked.
"gunpowder?
how many?"
The Turkic envoy asked with eyes twinkling.
"Not much, only about a thousand kilograms."
Fu Liqing said hesitantly.
The messenger smiled and said: "That's enough.
We have more people coming this time, so we probably need another five to six hundred kilograms.
Why don't you give me a preferential price, make it cheaper, and I'll take it."
"This..." Fu Liqing was a little hesitant.
"this……"
When the Turkic envoy saw this, he immediately understood that Fu Liqing wanted more gold and silver.
The messenger smiled lightly, he was not afraid of Fu Liqing's greed.
What he was afraid of was that Fu Liqing was not greedy. As long as you asked for money, you would get as much as you wanted.
