The north wind whistles, the sky is cold and the earth is frozen, and the water of the West Sea is frozen into a mirror. A group of horses of different fur colors walk on the ice under the leadership of the Wrangler and head towards the small islands in the sea. These horses will spend the winter there, and when the spring of the next year, the mares will give birth to "dragon seeds".

According to legend, every winter, dragons appear on the island, so the Wrangler will send the mare to "breed" when the sea surface freezes in winter, and the foal they get is a "dragon seed".

In fact, this is just a rumor. Horse breeders rely on Persian horses to breed mares. There are caravans traveling through the Tuyuhun border, and Hu merchants continue to bring Western Regions specialties and good horses. This is the real reason.

Because the West Sea is also known as "Qinghai", good horses produced in Tuyuhun (around the West Sea) are also called "Qinghai Cong".

Qinghai Cong is a famous good horse and has always been a must-have item for Tuyuhun to give gifts, and has gained many benefits for the country. However, the 500 good horses given to Zhou State this time were not exchanged for a princess, which made Khan Murong Fuyun very dissatisfied.

At this moment, Murong Fuyun was discussing matters with the nobles in the royal city - Fuqi City, to see what decisions should be made regarding the current situation and the suggestions given by Zhou State.

Even though the envoy sent by Murong Fuyun had already made the meaning clear, as long as the princess had, it didn't matter whether it was true or false, the emperor of Zhou still made it clear that there would be no princesses, which made Tuyuhun's monarch and ministers feel the hostility of the other party.

I don’t even want to marry a relative, maybe I’m planning to send troops to fight!

Murong Fuyun thought so, the nobles were excited after they learned the news, and more and more people expressed their support for their previous proposals.

The idea is to take the initiative to attack and go to the border of Zhou to "hunter".

Hunting is actually robbery. Many nobles agreed with this proposal and began to get ready. Murong Fuyun felt it was inappropriate at first and wanted to fight for it, which was to send envoys to ask for marriage and get some benefits to the nobles and make them honest.

Now, Zhou Guo obviously looked down on him and was too lazy to pretend.

In this way, he could not object to the nobles' request to "hunter".

There is no doubt that Zhou State is a big country, but for Tuyuhun, there is nothing to be afraid of. He would not rob those wealthy Zhou State prefectures and counties, and he could not get too many good things by selling horses and salt.

It’s better to snatch horses and pool salt than to sell.

But if the prefectures and counties of Zhou State are stolen, the other party will definitely not give up. What if the Zhou army attacks?

It is easy to deal with. If you give up Fu Shi retreating west and retreat thousands of miles away, they want to see how far the Zhou army can chase.

You should know that this place is different from the Central Plains. Not to mention the harsh climate, many people will feel difficulty breathing when they arrive in the West Sea, their bodies cannot stand it, and they are not used to it in daily life, let alone the pursuit and fighting thousands of miles.

Although Fuqi City is a royal city, it was originally just a siege. The city wall was for fencing and livestock. For the nobles, this was a large cow and sheep pen, not a mountain of gold and silver, and could be given up at any time.

Even if the Zhou army occupied Fuqi City, they would not be able to stay for long. Sooner or later, they would withdraw their troops. When they came back, they would still live.

Then I sent envoys to apologize and sent some good horses to apologize, so that the emperor of Zhou could feel faced.

For hundreds of years, Tuyuhun has been like this in the face of a strong country, and it has been tried and done, so the nobles felt that since Zhou did not intend to marry, they would take it first.

However, while the messenger came back with bad news, he also brought back good news, that is, although Zhou State had no princess marriage, he was willing to do business with Tuyuhun.

Do big business and mutual benefit.

Horse trading is second. Zhou State suggested that the two sides would trade wool. Zhou State would charge as much as the wool in Tuyuhun, and the price would be better.

The merchants of Zhou Kingdom would exchange various silks, cloths, porcelains, tea, snow-white white sugar and various handmade products for wool.

A wool spinning workshop will also be opened in the Hehuang Valley, using new techniques to make wool into felt and blankets, or wool into wool and then knitted into sweaters. Some of these products will be "refunded" as payment for the goods.

At the same time, Zhou's businessmen would arrive in the Xihai to acquire endless Glauber's salt.

This time, the gifts given to the envoys by the Emperor of Zhou were dazzling. After being transported back to Fuqi City, the Khan and the nobles opened their eyes.

The two sides were doing business and the prices were easy to discuss. The "proposed price" proposed by Zhou Guo made Murong Fuyun quite moved, and also made some nobles relax their positions, thinking that it would be good to do business with Zhou Guo.

Wool is not a problem for them. After all, each tribe raises thousands of sheep, and the West Sea is inexhaustible, so it is not bad to use it to exchange for various handicraft products from the Zhou Kingdom.

Such a transaction can be done for a long time, and every year, it can be exchanged for various handicraft products from the Central Plains to meet everyone's daily needs.

It seems to be more cost-effective than fighting.

So, today's discussion was fierce and Murong Fuyun wanted to see what the people in the country had to come up with.

Although the young Murong Fuyun was a Khan, he could not act arbitrarily, because if he ignored the opinions of the Chinese people, he would end up like his brother.

Murong Fuyun's brother Murong Shifu was the reason why he acted and caused dissatisfaction among the people. Last year, Murong Fuyun, who was promoted to the new Khan, was unable to ignore the opinions and interests of the people.

What are the people of the country? That is the relatives and nobles.

Tuyuhun's ancestor Murong Tuyuhun had 60 sons, and Tuyan, who inherited the family business, had twelve sons. The Murong family had been reproductive for more than two hundred years, and the descendants of the clan were flourishing. This was the Chinese people.

Most Chinese people hold great power, and military power is the foundation of Tuyuhun, so even if they are Khan, once they anger the people, the position of the king will not be stable.

So Murong Fuyun decided to let the people of the country come up with a result and then make the final decision so that he would not infringe on the public.

There are many Chinese people, and it is impossible for them to crowd here for meetings, so they are all kings and princes attending the meeting and expressing their own opinions.

After more than an hour of discussion, the two factions with opposite opinions verbal disputes finally came up with the result.

More than half of the opinions believed that the suggestion made by Zhou State was good, but there was one premise, that is, the other party was sincere.

Sincerity? Joke!

The Emperor of Zhou refused to pretend to behave and didn't even give him a fake princess. It was obvious that the other party had no sincerity at all.

Therefore, the vastness of Ren Zhou State's words are all fake.

Now that the other party has given so many benefits, what are you looking for?

Let us be careless and give some sweetness in the first year, and then the next year we prepare gold, silver and treasures, waiting for the caravan to do business, but the army must come!

Their caravan must have figured out the mountains and rivers in our country in advance, the reality of our situation, and then serve as a guide to lead the way for the army!

Therefore, since Zhou Guo had ulterior motives and was still doing business with them, just as he was about to do so, he would have been attacked by troops.

Anyway, the war will start sooner or later, so why not do business? It’s better to grab it!
Chapter completed!