Chapter 374 I have food

"Prime Minister, what's going on? When I was in Chang'an City, I remembered that the Prime Minister never got drunk after a thousand cups of wine. I just drank a little today. Could it be that I can't hold the wine glass firmly? I should be drinking this wine. There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s the same as the Tang Tianyang sold in Chang’an City.”

Li Xiang shook his wine glass and said, a fragrance wafted out of the wine in the glass, and Lu Dongzan felt a sense of humiliation again. Although he wanted not to drink this kind of wine, among the Tubo nobles, Tang Tiannong was already It has become a habit, and this kind of liquor seems to have magic power. After you drink this kind of liquor once, other liquors will be like plain water, and no one can drink it.

In addition, Li Xiang has figured out everyone's mentality. If you don't drink, you have no money. All the nobles are rushing to buy. Who among them wants to let others say that they have no money? The life of the nobles is to show off. It's not easy for such a product to appear. If you don't rush to buy it, others will think that your foundation is unstable.

Lu Dongzan had not paid attention to this before, but after his subordinates investigated, he knew that Datang Tianyang was so powerful. In addition to the high price, the various freight charges along the way were also relatively expensive. It can be said that through this The export of liquor benefited all industries in Datang, and the only one who suffered was Tubo.

After working hard for a year, the slave owner spent all the money earned by thousands of slaves working for a year to buy this for his own luxurious life. During the banquet, the two of them went down.

This is of no benefit to Tubo as a whole. In order to continue to compete, the slave owners have already fallen into a corner. They must buy more luxury goods to make themselves stand out from the crowd. As for the life and death of the lower class slaves It has nothing to do with them, and they have never considered it at all.

You may not be able to see anything in a short time, but if time goes by, the distance between Tubo and Datang will become farther and farther. Datang earns a lot of money from Tubo every year. After a while, This gap will get bigger and bigger, and Tubo will probably not be able to sustain it. The Tang Dynasty will be able to take over Tubo without a single blow. Liquor is just one of the commodities, and other commodities are also constantly corroding Tubo.

Lu Dongzan had read some records of the checkpoints. The Tang Dynasty had controls over Tubo. Many things related to the war were strictly prohibited from being exported. Otherwise, there would be certain quotas. On the other hand, for such luxury goods, the Tang Dynasty The door is open to Tibet. As long as you have enough money, I will have enough here, and I will also be responsible for delivering it to you.

"Master Prime Minister?"

Li Xiang saw that Lu Dongzan hadn't spoken for a long time and didn't know what was going on in this guy's head, so he could only gently touch the table with his wine glass to pull Lu Dongzan out of his own thoughts. come out.

"What on earth do you know?"

When Lu Dongzan said this, he felt a little cold all over. It is impossible for Li Xiang to talk about food for no reason. We just talked about the issue of food, and Li Xiang was already preparing to seal the border. If someone else talks about it, If this was said, then Lu Dongzan would think there was something wrong with his head, but Li Xiang was the number three figure in the entire Tang Dynasty, and he absolutely had the right to block the border.

"I don't know much. I only know that the price of food in Tubo has skyrocketed, and I have enough food in my hands. How much? It can feed your people for a year, but my food I’m not doing charity, I just want greater profits.”

Li Xiang's face was very relaxed, but the more relaxed this guy was, the more Lu Dongzan felt disgusted in his heart. He is obviously a top person in both countries, why should I be the one worried every time we meet, whether in Tubo or in China? Tuyuhun seemed to be unable to catch this guy. If it weren't for the relationship between the two countries, Lu Dongzan really wanted to pick up the wine jar next to him and let Li Xiang's head bloom.

Of course, as the Prime Minister of Tubo, he would never allow me to do this. When you went to the Tang Dynasty, they allowed you to come back safely. Although Li Xiang wanted to kill him, he finally let him come back. This is The great power style of the Tang Dynasty.

But if Li Xiang has a problem in your country, how should you explain it to Datang? Putting aside the issue of the tape, Tubo is now in chaos. Li Xiang's cronies are all in the border area. If something happens to Li Xiang, these people will even dare to lead their troops south immediately without Chang'an's consent. When Tubo was defeated, the whole land would be filled with blood, so Lu Dongzan put his hand aside and tried to stay as far away from the wine jar as possible to avoid being unable to bear it later.

"I know you have grain in your hands, and I also know that you bought a lot of land in the Tang Dynasty. But there is a lot of grain in the Tang Dynasty, and not all of it is in your hands. It is impossible for you and your son to control the Tang Dynasty. All the merchants are buying grain at high prices anyway, so I can discuss it with them and I won’t let you earn this money.”

Lu Dongzan sneered and said that what he said was theoretically achievable. All major families had trade routes to Tubo. Even if Li Xiang blocked the border, a batch of grain would still be shipped in.

"The Prime Minister has studied our Tang Dynasty very thoroughly, but the Prime Minister should also have heard that the business cooperation between the major families and me is already very close. If I take note of them, I believe that the people who cooperate with you will not At the same time, I am using official force to block the entire border, how much food can you still get?"

Li Xiang sneered. Although Lu Dongzan's brain is quick, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks are of little use in the face of absolute strength. No matter how you come up with a hundred ways, we are stronger than you. , the same method can defeat you a hundred ways.

Lu Dongzan clenched his fists at this moment and sat here panting, just like outside Chang'an City. When he had no plan, he could only express his dissatisfaction in this way. Many people below I'm wondering, didn't the two of them talk happily just now? Why has our Prime Minister's expression changed now? Is there something wrong between the two of them? If this is the case, will the Tang army intervene in Tibetan affairs? If they have this idea, Tuyuhun will learn from the past...