PFC Chapter 191 Xue Yantuo's Tribute
Chapter 191 Xue Yantuo's Tribute
Chapter 191 Xue Yantuo's Tribute
Regarding this matter, the messenger did not know how to deal with it.
After discussing with his colleagues, the emissary decided to pass the matter back first, and wait for General Gongsun Zan and General Cao Chun to speak.
If possible, let the protagonist, General Li Hao, make the final decision.
However, the lord, General Li Hao, is often too lazy to care about these things. Generally, the two generals Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun make suggestions, and the lord approves.
The emissary replied with a smile: "Let this emissary report the matter to the higher authorities. After a while, this emissary will personally come to reply to Khan. How about it?"
Yi Nan Khan was overjoyed.
He naturally also knew that the other party was just a messenger, and it was impossible to agree immediately.
But if the other party is willing to report, that is enough, Yi Nan Khan quickly offered a glass of wine.
"Then I would like to trouble the Messenger to give you some kind words."
In fact, Yi Nan Khan felt that he was a bit ridiculous.
Although Xue Yantuo appeared to be a small country under the Great Tang, Eastern and Western Turks, but apart from these three major kingdoms, Xue Yantuo was the strongest.
Even the Eastern Turks were unwilling to fight Xue Yantuo easily.
Such a country, no matter who it wants to be a subordinate country, whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Eastern and Western Turks, it is estimated that it will be treated with great ceremonies and accepted, and it will also provide considerable benefits to the Xueyantuo Khanate.
But now, it was he, Xue Yantuo, who took the initiative to seek refuge in Taoyuan Kingdom.
It depends on whether people agree or not.
But this is also no way.
After all, Taoyuan Kingdom is really powerful, so it's not certain whether I can curry favor with him.
Yi Nan Khan kept toasting the envoy in order to let the envoy give him some good words.
But none of the generals who accompanied the wine felt that their own Khan was too flattering and seemed shameless.
But it feels very natural.
This person's emissary is like a fairy, what's wrong with flattering a fairy, this is not allowed, if Khan doesn't flatter, they will feel that it is wrong.
It took a while to finish this meal.
The envoys of Taoyuan Kingdom had already finished their support, and had talked with Yinan Khan, knowing Xue Yantuo's attitude, so they went back by airship.
Many people in the Xueyantuo Khanate looked up to the sky with deep admiration in their eyes.
……
The envoy took the airship and soon returned to Taoyuan Country.
Report to Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun about the envoy Xue Yantuo.
Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun lamented that the firepower of the airship was far beyond their imagination.
This is not much worse than the red cannon.
Although the red cannon is very strong, it is very difficult to carry it.
And the mobility of this airship is really much better. The speed of the airship is no less than that of a galloping horse. With this level of maneuverability and such fierce firepower, it is really invincible in the world.
The [-] cavalry of the Eastern Turks were defeated directly, and they all fled.
What moved Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun the most was that Xue Yantuo, a country that could be regarded as a regional power, was about to surrender to Taoyuan after this battle.
On this matter, Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun naturally agreed.
Under this kind of tributary system, their Taoyuan Kingdom has considerable influence on Xue Yantuo, Xue Yantuo is not a small country, and it will be more convenient to unify the world in the future with such a country as a younger brother.
not to mention.
This little brother has been around for a long time, and it will be much easier to merge directly into his own country in the future.
That would save another battle.
Of course, Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun had to report this matter to Li Hao immediately.
So he hurriedly told Li Hao about this matter in the way of letter falcon, and let Li Hao make the final decision.
Chang'an, Li Hao's residence.
Li Hao received the letter soon.
Learned about Xue Yantuo this time.
Regarding the airship praised by Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun in the letter, Li Hao just smiled slightly.
Compared with the airships that were equipped with real high-performance artillery and were like war fortresses in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this airship is actually too primitive.
One of those real airships has extremely fierce firepower, enough to destroy a small city.
That's not just to defeat and scare away [-] cavalry, but to wipe them all out!
My own airship still has room for improvement.
But Li Hao naturally wouldn't reply to Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun.
In the future, when you sign in and get the new technology, you will naturally use it.
As for Xue Yantuo's surrender, he had to pay tribute to himself.
Li Hao was a little surprised.
Li Hao knew a thing or two about Xue Yantuo's country when he was in history class.
Although not very famous, who can leave a mark in history is not a first-class power in the world.
Now that this country actually wanted to pay tribute to him, Li Hao naturally would not object.
That being the case, Li Hao has to think about it, if the other party pays tribute, he has to return the gift.
The matter of paying tribute, in addition to showing the relationship with the suzerain country, also has the meaning of a certain commercial transaction.
If the Xue Yantuo Khanate offered him 100 taels of gold, he would have to give something of corresponding value in exchange.
Of course, it is impossible for Li Hao to give anything good.
Of course, Li Hao still has to hold those technologies in his own hands.
Well, Li Hao thought about it, then give some food to the Xue Yantuo Khanate.
Food is something that Li Hao is in short supply now, and it has already piled up in Taoyuan Kingdom to the point of mold.
And it doesn't involve any technology, and it won't cause technology leakage if it is given to Xue Yantuo.
After thinking about these things, Li Hao sent the reply back to Taoyuan Kingdom by letter.
After Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun received Li Hao's letter, they immediately followed suit.
A few days later, Xue Yantuo's tribute arrived in Taoyuan Kingdom.
It is some gold and silver treasures, as well as a large number of cattle, sheep and horses.
For the country on the grassland, these are the main things, and they don't have anything else.
These gold and silver peach source countries are actually quite lacking.
It's not that Taoyuan Country lacks money, but that it lacks currency.
Even if Li Hao has a lot of wealth, but there is not enough metal to mint coins, then no one can do anything about it.
It was impossible for Li Hao to run over and hand over the coins earned by Zheng Liwan to them.
As for cattle, sheep and horses, they are naturally the best breeds in the grasslands.
Therefore, Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun are still very satisfied.
It can also be seen from these that Yi Nan Khan really put his heart into it.
Coincidentally, Gongsun Zan and Cao Chun also escorted a large amount of food to Xue Yantuo with a team of soldiers.
Although it passes through East Turkic, the Eastern Turkic area is vast, and there are no people in many areas, and these areas can pass normally.
Soon after, Yi Nan Khan received a gift from Taoyuan Kingdom.
Yi Nan Khan and the generals were stunned when they saw the carts full of grain unloading below without paying!
It was the first time even Yi Nan Khan had seen so much food!
You must know that they are the prairie dynasty, and they eat dairy products the most on weekdays. In fact, they can't afford meat very much.
As for food, it is only on the border with the Tang Dynasty, and it can be exchanged for some in border trade.
It is not good to eat too much dairy products. In fact, there is no such thing as flatbread, steamed bread and noodles!
What's more, we must know what was most lacking in ancient times.
It is food!
As long as there is food, everything will be available, the population will grow rapidly, and the number of troops will also increase greatly.
(End of this chapter)