After hearing the merchant's words, Songtsen Gamphan immediately became furious.

His eyes were sharp and his eyes were unchanging.

Obviously, no one knows better than him, what does this mean?

So he asked the monk standing beside him: "What do you think about this matter?"

The monk calmed down and said, "It's not clear yet, so we should ask more merchants who have returned from the Han area."

After hearing this, Songtsen Gamphan felt that it made sense.

After all, you can't believe in one-sided words.

So, a few more merchants were recruited to ask.

When these merchants saw Songtsen Gamphan, they questioned him, "Khan, I have never heard of this. I set off on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and I have never heard of the price of fine porcelain being reduced."

"Yes, I haven't heard of it."

"No...no... absolutely not."

These merchants gritted their teeth and said with certainty.

Just a few days ago, they came back with a lot of fine porcelain and sold the magic porcelain to many princes.

The price is still more than 250 cents.

At this time, how dare they say that the price of Shen porcelain had actually dropped long ago.

"Has Khan hadn't read the article of Mr. Zhu? The article clearly stated... the price will rise, so how can I say that the price will be reduced?"

Who would have thought... it suddenly became a headless case.

However, Songtsen Gamphan's face relaxed a lot.

Obviously, there are more merchants who insist on not reducing the price.

So... he frowned and looked at the merchant who said he was a sure-fire deal, saying that he was a price cut.

But at this moment, someone said: "There are letters in Chang'an."

When Songtsen Gamphan heard this, he immediately said, "Cook it and see it."

Then the merchants who had previously rumored that the price reduction were reduced and the news came to Chang'an, which was great. The envoy of the Khans would definitely confirm their own news. We were all deceived by the Han people.

Songtsen Gamphan took the letter, opened it, looked down, but his face was getting calmer and calmer, but then... he was furious again. He put down the letter and pointed to the merchant who was rumored to have a price reduction and angrily scolded: "Who are you? You dare to spread the rumor of the price reduction of the divine porcelain on the plateau. Are you a detailed work of the Uighurs?"

When the merchant heard this, his face was terrible. He immediately crawled on the ground and begged, "What I am talking about is the truth. The Khan is extremely wise and can definitely distinguish right from wrong."

Songtsen Gamphan sneered, "Is it right for everyone to deceive Ben Khan? You are the only one? You are clearly a cunning person with ulterior motives and deliberately spreading news in order to arouse people's suspicion of Shen Ci and make profits from it. How can you keep you on the plateau with a traitor like you? People come and take him down, peel him, fill him with straw, and hang it outside the palace to warn those cunning people."

"Shan, Shan... What I'm talking about is absolutely true..." The man wailed.

He never expected that if he brought real news, he would end up like this.

At this time, he was extremely frightened and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, the price of Shenci has not been reduced, there has been no price reduction..."

But... Songtsen Gamphan no longer paid attention to it.

The criminal law on the plateau is ten times more severe than the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Tubo was still in the slave system, which can be called a severe punishment law.

The merchant was dragged out and wailed.

Even the monks and princes and nobles in the hall were all solemn, while several merchants crawled aside, leaving only luck in their hearts.

At this time, Songtsen Gamphan said: "The law should be circulated. If anyone dares to cheat, they will be severely punished."

Everyone was timid and said yes.

The merchant was soon executed, and then his skin was filled with straw, hung on the high wall of the palace, swaying in the wind.

Countless Tubo people walked in front of the palace and looked out from afar and could see the terrifying scene. It is not difficult to imagine how painful the former owner of this skin had encountered.

The 'rumor' disappeared all of a sudden.

Here... countless horse teams entered the mountain city on the plateau. People brought animals, food, slaves, even gold, and all specialties, and sold them outside the palace. Then... everyone selected fine porcelain and returned with satisfaction.

The Tubo nobles' love for divine porcelain is no less than that of the aristocratic families in Chang'an. They generally believe that divine porcelain has magic power. This magic power... not only allows them to remove diseases, but also brings them peace. Of course... the most important thing is that it is very valuable.

Merchants from Nibora, Tianzhu and Persia also came here to trade.

But then... the seal of the Tang Dynasty made many people worry because... this meant the severance of the Shenci trade.

The cancellation of the mutual market made Songtsen Gamphan very angry!

He immediately sent people to Xining, but Xining brought good news. This place was the territory of the Shuofang County Prince. Moreover, because this land belonged to Tubo in name, it was only pledged to Shuofang County Prince. From a legal perspective, it still belonged to Tubo, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty were beyond the reach.

Therefore... it is still in the field of mutual trading. As long as there is food, gold, slaves, or any specialty, you can come to Xining to trade. Of course... the most important thing is that Xining has fine porcelain.

This means that Chang'an's fine porcelain market has been transformed into Xining market.

This does not seem to be a bad idea for the Tubo people, because Xining is much closer to Tubo than to Chang'an.

This saves a lot of transportation losses.

Many Hu merchants even saw this. Xining is a good place. Since there is fine porcelain here, why not come here to buy it directly?

Once the first batch of fine porcelain appeared, they were sold out quickly.

But what was exchanged were countless food, cattle and sheep, as well as gold, and there were also many slaves. The Hu and Tubo people seemed to have a special liking for slaves and always believed that slaves were important property.

Fortunately, Xining lacks manpower, and some labor work can be done by slaves.

As for women... there are more.

It’s a pity... In the eyes of the Tang people, most of the Hu people are ugly. If they weren’t really unable to marry a wife, they would never be willing to compromise themselves.

…………

When the first batch of money was delivered to Chang'an.

For a moment, everyone was shocked.

There is really a way!

Cui Zhizheng and others ran to the Chen family to collect money. The Cui family earned more than 6,000 guan, which was a huge fortune for the Cui family now.

He hurriedly went to find Chen Zhengtai and said thankfully: "Your Highness is kind-hearted. If it weren't for Your Highness, I would be about to destroy the family. I have to worry about these days. If there is any place to send you in the future, your Highness will give you the order."

Chen Zhengtai just smiled and sent him... Isn't he just thinking about money? If he really wanted to send him, you would have run away long ago.

Sure enough, Cui Zhizheng and his wife did not leave the word "money": "I just don't know when this second batch will be sold?"

Chen Zhengtai said: "Well... I got it next month, don't be anxious. The market is slowly cultivated. There are too many shipments in the early stage, so the price may collapse. You can't be too rushed in everything. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! The most important thing now is... to cultivate the market. On the one hand, create a little illusion of shortage of goods, and on the other hand, more people should know the benefits of this fine porcelain. So... I have already thought about it and compiled the articles of Zhu Wenye's husband into a volume, and then re-translate it to create a collection of articles for the Hu merchants to take them back to various countries. In the past, they have also translated a lot of Zhu Wenye's articles, but they are either shoddy or unable to achieve faith in Yada. We need to come in person. Print five thousand copies first, and we will first mean it, mainly Sanskrit and Persian. If there are any other needs in the future, then make plans."

"In addition, you also need to observe the market trends at any time. In short, the early stage is not mainly about making money, but rather cultivating the market."

Cui Zhi was listening to what Chen Zhengtai said, and he felt a little confused.

Why is this dog so skillful!

This is exactly the same as when Jingci appeared in Chang'an...

So... he raised his eyes and looked at Chen Zhengtai deeply.

Of course... there is no evidence for such a thing. Besides, what if there is evidence?

Now the Cui family is begging the Chen family, not the Chen family is begging the Cui family!

So he quickly withdrew his deep gaze and said dryly: "Okay, okay, as long as your highness has a way, it will be easy."

Chen Zhengtai sighed and said, "Okay, go back and wait for the news. Now everyone has finally got some money. At least they can overcome the difficulties in front of them. Don't be anxious, the difficulties will always slow down."

"What Your Highness said is that I am really feeling much better now." Cui Zhizheng said very seriously.

Chen Zhengtai sent these guys away and then went to the Tiance Army camp.

Xining is a charity for Chen Zhengtai to go deep into the Western Regions. Whether the Chen family can gain a foothold in Xining in the future is of great importance.

The Tiance Army was built with the children of a hundred workers. The rise and fall of a hundred workers outside the pass is a template. Whether to use these children of a hundred workers is of great importance.

Now... the cavalry barracks have begun to change their clothes.

The steel workshop made a complete set of horse harnesses, and everything from people to horses was replaced with heavy armor.

The reason why cavalry is mainly heavy armor is actually considered by Chen Zhengtai. Although the ranger is flexible, it is difficult to attack. The most powerful weapon of the infantry battalion is firearms. They are slow to act. If they fight on the grassland, they must be protected by cavalry. Otherwise, once they are raided by cavalry, they may be at risk of collapse.

Therefore, using heavy cavalry to protect the infantry battalion is a tactic formulated based on the current situation.

But the price of heavy cavalry is very expensive. After all... the two sets of armor of this man and horse are made of money.

This is secondarily because both horses and people wear dozens or hundreds of kilograms of armor, which requires the war horse to have enough physical strength. If an ordinary horse is not able to bear such a large load.

Therefore... the cavalry battalion needs to choose from all the horses!

Chen's horses are many, but this horse is a luxury in any era. The only purpose of such heavy-armored cavalry is to directly charge with the cavalry on the grassland. Its advantage is very obvious. As long as it is a frontal impact, it is almost invincible. Of course, its weaknesses are also very clear, so... on the basis of this heavy cavalry, a group of light cavalry needs to be paired with as escorts.

The heavy cavalry in the cavalry battalion was 500 people. In order to wrap the heavy cavalry, the steel workshop spent a lot of effort, which required strong enough protection and simpler. Therefore... the steel workshop did a lot of experiments in steel.

All heavy cavalrymen are almost elite, using the most burly people and the best horses. If they are not strong enough, they cannot support their armor. The horse's endurance and impact power are insufficient, and the carrying capacity is insufficient, so they cannot be used.

The heavy cavalry at this time should still be the prototype concept in the early Tang Dynasty, and its true glory was the Iron Pagoda used by the Jin army in the Song Dynasty, the European Union in the Middle Ages, and the Ottoman Empire in the Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Therefore... at least if this army is used properly, it will be invincible. It has no natural enemies, especially when used with other soldiers, it is the tank of this era.
To be continued...