Chen Zhengtai actually expected that countries must have shown great interest in the preferential conditions proposed by the Tang Dynasty.

After all, when the Tang envoy was sent, all countries had already made some psychological preparations.

Cutting the flesh and bleeding, taking this opportunity to build the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to buying yourself a personal accident insurance. After all, no one wants a group of people to suddenly fall from the sky and then take you in a pot.

Although since Chen Zhenglei captured the Great Food King, countries have been much more strict in the prevention of palace bans, they are not afraid of thieves stealing, but are afraid of thieves thinking about it.

The trade proposed by Chen Zhengtai obviously has no desire for the territory of various countries.

At this time, the lifeline of the country that everyone recognizes is still mainly based on the country's territory and population.

I didn't realize how precious the country's industry is.

The essence of commerce lies in the existence or not, which is obviously... a good choice.

However, when Babeck said that the King of Food warmly welcomed it, Chen Zhengtai still smiled with relief. The other party's approval saved him a lot of trouble. This...is good.

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "Who is the candidate for your country?"

"This person is the son of my King of Great Food, named Accra." Babek looked at Chen Zhengtai carefully and said.

After hearing this, Chen Zhengtai knew it.

The Great Food King was not the successor of the father and the son, but was equivalent to the selection of some internal nobles and priests.

At this time, the King of Dashi chose to make his son the deputy envoy of comforting, and obviously he was prepared to make his son a good friend to the Tang Dynasty. If one day he died, on the one hand, if he received help from the Tang Dynasty, his son might be able to change the current Dashi abdication system, and directly use the Tang Dynasty to seize the royal power of Dashi, and completely make Dashi a family.

Even if this road is not working, others will become the King of Great Food in the future, and with his qualifications as deputy sanction of comfort in the Tang Dynasty, it will be enough to make him invincible.

Chen Zhengtai nodded and said, "Since that is the case, then it's better. The King is the chief envoy of the Trade and Trade Pacifier Department. A large country with a population of more than one million households can elect deputy envoys. Countries with less than one million households can elect generals. The candidates for Dashi are naturally selected by Dashi themselves. However... I am afraid that the elected deputy envoys will be invited to Lanzhou for office."

"This is natural." Babek said with a smile. He obviously didn't know that Chen Zhengtai already knew the little thoughts of the Great Food Kingdom.

He didn't even know that in the Great Food Country, the Intelligence Bureau had set up more than a dozen offices and the large number of intelligence candidates recruited had begun to operate in the Great Food Country.

The trend of this great food country is actually hard to escape Chen Zhengtai's eyes.

Even Chen Zhengtai knew everything about the disputes over the Tang Dynasty at home.

Some nobles and priests believed that there should not be too much dismantle from the Tang Dynasty, and they could probably be called anti-Tang factions. Some people believed that the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food Kingdom were far apart after all, and could get close to the Tang Dynasty so that the Great Food Kingdom could rest and recuperate, rather than forcing the Tang Dynasty to occupy Persia, posing a threat to the Great Food Kingdom!

Some people even began to envy the power of the Tang Dynasty and believed that being close to the Tang Dynasty was the right way. These people were naturally pro-Tang schools.

Both sides constantly attacked each other around the Great Food King, who supported and opposed it. The Intelligence Bureau is now collecting intelligence and secretly collaborating with some pro-Tang people.

Li Ke couldn't say it for a moment.

So he called the imperial physician, and the imperial physician couldn't say anything, but said that His Majesty had diarrhea these days.

Diarrhea? How can diarrhea...

Have you taken the wrong medicine?

Chen Zhengtai was really concerned about Li Shimin. After hearing the imperial doctor's words, he seemed worried, so he stepped forward and visited him carefully.

He seemed to have not seen anything for a moment, so he had to ask Li Shimin: "What kind of meals have you been in these days? What are the things you feel wrong?"

Zhang Qianbun, who was standing beside him, explained: "Your Highness, there is no way to make any mistakes in the food in the palace."

"That's strange." Chen Zhengtai said: "It seems like you've eaten the wrong thing, but you have to be careful and you need to check it out."

Who knew that at this time, Li Shimin reluctantly sat up and said, "Okay, don't worry about these things. People have birth, old age, sickness and death, but they are just minor illnesses, so they don't have to take them to heart! I am old and have some minor illnesses, which is natural."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin changed the subject: "I heard that the trade agreements between countries have been made?"

"Report to Your Majesty." Chen Zhengtai knew that Li Shimin attached great importance to this matter, so he said seriously: "It has been promoted that the market will be opened at the beginning of next month. Since then, all countries and the Tang Dynasty, regardless of each other, all merchants can operate in various countries, receive guarantees from various countries, and at the same time receive protection from the Trade and Pacification Envoy. This is a first step for the world's harmony."

"The world is in harmony..." Li Shimin smiled and said, "Is it possible for the world to be in harmony just by trading with each other?"

"Interconnection between existence and non-existence is a good start after all." Chen Zhengtai said seriously: "Only with interests, communication will be enhanced between each other. When communication is enhanced, words and language will gradually not become obstacles, and finally the same track can be achieved. Although everything cannot be achieved overnight, this step will be taken in the end."

Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh: "A Silk Road, but you said it was amazing."

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself, indeed... His Majesty and others still regard the trade as the Silk Road.

And it was the Silk Road during the Han Dynasty.

But in fact... what Chen Zhengtai wanted to go was another form of the Silk Road.

But now... he is not convenient to say it.

Li Shimin said: "It is reported that the commerce bank has raised tens of millions of chunks of funds?"

"That's right." Chen Zhengtai said seriously: "So far, it has reached nearly 40 million yuan."

"Mutual trading... really make money like this?" Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh. It was incredible to use such huge amounts of funds just for the mutual trading.

Of course... Li Shimin earned the most here. For Li Shimin, even if he had doubts in his heart, he would never object.

Chen Zhengtai understood Li Shimin's thoughts, so he said, "Your Majesty, wait and see. After the market opens next month, there will be a good show. But I am afraid that I will set off tomorrow and go to Lanzhou or even Gaochang."

"Yes." Li Shimin nodded.

The King of Wu Li Ke, who was beside him, said, "Father, it is better for my son to go with King Liang, and you can follow King Liang and have a better understanding."

Chen Zhengtai didn't expect that Li Ke was so enthusiastic about it.

In fact, he didn't have any disgust with Li Ke. After all,... he was also a relative, and of course, he wasn't very familiar with him.

Li Shimin thought about it, looked at Li Ke deeply, and then said, "No need, you should be born in Chang'an, but... the prince has nothing to do recently, so let the prince go out for a walk."

Li Ke's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.

When Chen Zhengtai heard the prince’s side, he immediately became happy and said, “It’s so great.”

Compared to an unfamiliar prince, Chen Zhengtai is of course more willing to stay with Lee Seung-qian.

So he suddenly felt much better, and then he said something better with Li Shimin. Of course, he was still a little worried, so he asked Li Shimin what he had eaten recently.

Li Shimin seemed to have thought of something, but shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry, I am in my prime, and some minor illnesses are nothing."

Chen Zhengtai had no choice but to say in disappointment: "Your Majesty also asks you to take care of your dragon body. My son will set off tomorrow. If you cannot be filial, please forgive me."

"Go and do your business." Li Shimin smiled and said, "I want to see what your trade is."

Chen Zhengtai immediately responded and then said goodbye and left the palace.

The next morning, Li Chengqian was already in high spirits. He himself did not expect that his father would let him and Chen Zhengtai go to Lanzhou together. This sudden surprise was unexpected.

Therefore, he excitedly came to meet Chen Zhengtai first.

Chen Zhengtai actually didn't bring much luggage when he was about to travel far. The Chen family already had a foundation in Lanzhou, but it was just from one home to another. So after the two met, they set off directly and arrived in Lanzhou seven or eight days later.

This time, Chen Zhengtai was the chief shopkeeper of the Dashi Trading Company, and Li Chengqian, as the prince, obviously could not be the deputy chief shopkeeper, and he could only be the honorary chief shopkeeper.

Although it is just a reputation, Li Chengqian has the spirit of the protagonist and read all the information of the business day and night on the train.

At this moment, many questions arose in his mind: "In other words, what the business is really doing is not shipping goods?"

"Of course." Chen Zhengtai nodded and said, "If the 40 million chunks of funds are used to transport goods, how can there be so many goods in the world to transport them for you?"

"I thought... I was transporting my Tang Dynasty goods to various places for sale." Li Chengqian shook his head.

Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "These small profits are naturally left to other merchants to do. In the future, there will be countless merchants who will go deep into the Western Regions and Dashi. Why do you need Dashi Trading to do it?"

Li Chengqian couldn't help but say suspiciously: "Since it's not about mutual communication, what exactly does the business do?"

"Pick up the bargain!" Chen Zhengtai said seriously.

"Pick up the bargain..." Li Chengqian was obviously even more confused as he recited these two words.

Of course, he didn't like Chen Zhengtai's arrogant look, and always felt that such a face was quite annoying, so he decided to think about it himself.

When he arrived in Lanzhou, Li Chengqian did not want to live in another palace. For him, the other palace was too cold, so he simply lived in the Chen family.

In fact, this was his first time coming out of seclusion. Seeing this style different from that of Guanzhong, it was like a flying kite.

And at this moment, the first day of September arrived.

"The time is here." Chen Zhengtai looked bright and excited in his study.

Li Chengqian said: "What will we do next?"

"We are planning and winning thousands of miles." Chen Zhengtai said confidently: "What should be arranged has been arranged. Your Highness is fine. You can look at the various documents sent by the merchant bank. If you really feel impatient, I know there is a good place to hunt rabbits."

"That's it?" Li Chengqian couldn't help but say, "It's true that I'm here to have a good meal?"

Chen Zhengtai just smiled.

Persia...

With the arrival of the first day of September, the Han merchants, which had already appeared here, have begun to take action.

First, the Chen family's first money house was officially opened in Persia.

In a moment, the firecrackers rang out for a full stick of incense, and the people who had already hired began to be busy.

The current business of this money house is relatively simple, mainly providing services for redemption.

In other words, the silver notes sent by the Chen family are welcome to exchange real money and silver at any time.

In the past few months, silver notes have been widely promoted, and at least many nobles are willing to accept this novelty.

Although the Chen family’s guarantee is doubtful, it does not mean that everyone dare not even hold it for a short time. After taking the silver notes, they will go to the money house to exchange real money and silver.
To be continued...