Chapter 757: Jealousy changes people beyond recognition
Li Chengqian and Zhao Youlin are really like mirrors.
They are both very similar in some places.
But if you look closely, these similarities are completely opposite.
But this does not hinder it, both of them understand each other very well.
Zhao Youlin could see Li Chengqian's arrangements, and Li Chengqian could guess Zhao Youlin's countermeasures.
The confrontation between these two people is really a match for each other.
At the moment, Zhao Youlin chose to let Li Chengqian go around in the Western Regions.
Naturally, Li Chengqian would not miss this great opportunity to encroach on the Western Turkic forces.
On the day he discussed all this with Cheng Huailiang, he successively issued dozens of documents allowing him to do business in the Western Regions.
The number of merchants going to the Western Regions to do business doubled in just a few days.
Almost every day we can see merchants returning from the Western Regions with loaded goods.
You can also see the convoys that brought the porcelain and cloth from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions.
And for the small countries in the Western Region.
The arrival of the Tang Dynasty was like dew coming after a long drought.
Let their barren country get a little dawn from the east.
For those small countries in the Western Regions, trading with the Tang Dynasty would definitely bring more benefits than disadvantages.
Gradually, some people began to move closer to the Tang Dynasty.
In particular, Yanqi and Shanshan were two Western countries that were relatively close to the Tang Dynasty.
They have now even begun to promulgate policies that are conducive to the long-term development of Datang merchants in their country.
Regarding this phenomenon, Zhao Youlin still sat idly by and ignored it because he had his own plans.
But he can sit still.
Others could not sit still.
Especially those countries that could only watch helplessly as others made a lot of money because of the arrival of merchants from the Tang Dynasty.
Among them, Kucha naturally reacted the most violently.
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Xue Yantuo.
Within the military tent of the Western Turks.
Jia Yanzhang walked into the military tent with a stack of parchment.
He said: "Your Majesty ."
"Here he comes."
Zhao Youlin raised his head and glanced at him. When he saw the parchment in his hand, he couldn't help but chuckle.
He said: "These should be sent by Bunaqiong again..."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"This guy is going crazy now. He must ask the king to order all the Tang Dynasty merchants in the country to be expelled."
Jia Yanzhang glanced at the parchment in his hand and said with a wry smile: "Look, what should we do?"
"Haha, cold salad."
Zhao Youlin laughed disdainfully.
"Kiuci, like Yanqi and Shanshan, are all neighbors of the Tang Dynasty."
"After the trade routes in the Western Region were cut off, these countries could only survive with difficulty."
"But now Yanqi and Shanshan have started doing business with the Tang Dynasty, and they are seeing that the national power is booming, and there is even a trend of recovery."
"How can they, Qiuci, watch calmly?"
"After all, the Tang Dynasty visited all its neighbors, but not Kucha. With that guy's personality, Bunaqiong will definitely be jealous."
"And this Bunaqiong has made it clear that he wants to use our help to remove the thorn in his side."
Zhao Youlin waved his hand casually and said: "Okay, you don't need to worry about this matter, just pretend you didn't see it..."
"But……"
Jia Yanzhang looked at Zhao Youlin and said: "The Tang Dynasty has become so rampant now. If we don't take action, I'm afraid there will be other voices in the country..."
"Just show up when you show up."
"We are about to have a truce with Xue Yantuo."
"Now, it's a good thing that these individuals are popping up."
Zhao Youlin looked at Jia Yanzhang and said, "It just saves me the trouble of looking for them one by one in the future."
Hearing this, Jia Yanzhang pursed his lips and said nothing.
He is not a fool.
Naturally, we can understand what Zhao Youlin means.
However, he could not understand Zhao Youlin's approach.
Because the repeated bloody massacres against the inside really made him unable to stand it.
Seeing this, Zhao Youlin walked slowly to his side.
"We have a saying in the Central Plains that if you want to fight against the outside world, you must first settle down at home."
"Now that we haven't settled down internally, how can we expand our territory?"
He patted Jia Yanzhang on the shoulder and said: "One day, if the Western Turks can unite as one, we will surely be able to regain our lost territory and regain our original glory."
Jia Yanzhang nodded and said: "I believe that the king will lead us to glory one day."
"Just trust me."
Zhao Youlin grinned.
He and Jia Yanzhang walked out of the military tent together and looked at the setting sun on the horizon.
"You don't need to take action when it comes to matters in the Western Region."
"Even if something happens, just pretend you didn't see it."
Zhao Youlin said: "That boy Li Chengqian will naturally help us deal with some of the people who are disobedient to discipline."
Now, Zhao Youlin's purpose is obvious.
He just wanted to let everyone know through Li Chengqian's hand.
Either hurry up and become part of the Tang Dynasty's territory, or surrender to yourself and rule the world with yourself.
Comparing the two, it is obvious that his system, which is more similar to the vassal system, is more attractive to those forces in the Western Regions...
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Kucha Kingdom.
King Bunaqiong of Kucha was furious in his palace.
"Okay, I can see it now."
"This boy named Zhao has no intention of taking care of us at all."
Seeing Bunaqiong who was full of anger, a young man dressed in Chinese clothes slowly spoke.
"At this moment, Zhao Youlin's meaning is already very clear."
"I just don't want to care about these Tang people who enter the Western Regions to do business." "In this case, my father might as well write a letter to the Tang Dynasty."
"They have now begun to do business with Yanqi and Shanshan, and they will naturally do business with us."
"After all, we in Qiuci are in the Western Region. We may not be the largest, but we are much stronger than those countries."
"At that time, once the merchants of the Tang Dynasty move in, we will also earn a lot of wealth from them."
The young man said with a proud face: "When we become truly strong, do we still need to be afraid of Zhao Youlin?"
"Prince, what you said is wrong."
A Qiuci minister also spoke at this moment.
He said: "The Western Turks are now tired of the war in the north and have no time to take care of us."
"But the war will eventually end. If we show friendship to the Tang Dynasty now, the Western Turks will definitely come to retaliate in the future."
"What will we do when that time comes?"
"Do we have to count on Datang to help us?"
"Obviously, Datang will not do this. In the end, we will have to bear the wrath of the Western Turks ourselves."
"In this case, the gains are really not worth the losses."
Hearing his words, Qiuci went to Bunaqiong and nodded repeatedly.
However, he still felt that the anger in his heart was hard to calm down.
"Looking at the flattering faces of those individuals towards the Tang Dynasty, I felt a ball of anger burning in my heart."
He said: "If we can't drive out these businessmen from the Tang Dynasty, it will be really difficult to satisfy the resentment in my heart."
What bullshit resentment.
He made it clear that if you can't eat the grapes, you will say the grapes are sour.
Seeing people making a lot of money doing business with Datang, but he couldn't make any money, he felt resentful and depressed...
At this time, the minister said directly: "The old minister has a plan. If it works, it will definitely relieve the depression in Datang's heart."
"oh?"
"What's your plan?"
Buna raised his eyebrows and looked at the minister: "You might as well talk and listen..."