Chapter Three Hundred and Nine: If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger sons?
"Well, good. Military advisor!"
"The little one is here!"
Li Chengfeng called Changsun Wuyi as a military advisor, and Changsun Wuyi immediately stood up respectfully.
Li Chengfeng said: "Go and deliver all the 225,000 gold we brought to City Lord Liu! As for the purchase of grain, I leave it to City Lord Liu!"
"Well, okay, since I have accepted the Eighth Prince's money of 10,000 gold, I, Liu Changwei, will complete this matter even if I risk my life!"
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food.
Isn’t it true that what everyone in the world wants is money, power, glory and wealth?
As the saying goes, money can make the world go round.
As long as the money is enough, Liu Changwei will definitely help Li Chengfeng to do things.
Moreover, the commission given by Li Chengfeng was indeed quite large.
A commission of 10,000 yuan is enough for Liu Changwei to enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth!
Moreover, what the Eighth Prince asked him to do was not a matter of betraying the country.
So Liu Changwei can do it with confidence and boldness. The big deal is that he will lose his life.
But what if it succeeds? That’s 10,000 gold earned in vain.
Even if it costs a lot of money to hire people to do things, Liu Changwei will definitely make money.
As for Li Chengfeng, it was precisely because he valued Liu Changwei's connections and channels that he planned to spend a heavy commission of 10,000 to ask Liu Changwei to help him with his affairs.
Otherwise, Li Chengfeng was not familiar with Suzhou's place of life, and it would have taken a lot of work just to find out the food sales channels in Suzhou, Turks and Tibet.
With this time, Li Chengfeng might as well make more money!
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Soon, Li Chengfeng asked his servants to move all the gold in the carriage to Liu Changwei's home.
Liu Changwei looked at this big box of gold and was dumbfounded.
He has never seen so much money in his life.
Moreover, in order to facilitate travel, Li Chengfeng exchanged all the silver and jewelry in his house for gold and went out. It was not until the last calculation that Li Chengfeng knew that his net worth was 225,000 gold.
All the money was moved to Liu Changwei's house.
Li Chengfeng smiled and said: "City Lord Liu, I leave this matter of purchasing grain to you! You can use these 225,000 gold for whatever you want, including purchasing grain!"
"Okay, Eighth Prince, where should we put the grain we collected?"
"Just put it in your backyard. After all, they might be sold again soon!"
"Haha, I don't understand the Eighth Prince's thoughts anyway! But I don't need to understand. Anyway, I just use money to do things and don't do anything to betray the country. That's fine!"
Liu Changwei looked at Li Chengfeng with a smile.
Li Chengfeng nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, you are right. As long as you help me complete this matter, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, the commission of 10,000 gold will naturally be indispensable to you!"
"Okay, then I will thank the Eighth Prince!"
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Just as he was told, Liu Changwei gathered all the local officials in Suzhou City that afternoon and asked them to open trade channels, saying that the Eighth Prince would spend a lot of money to buy food in five cities on the Turkic and Tubo border!
Even if you are responsible for opening up channels, just come and ask me how much it costs.
Liu Changwei knew that the eighth prince was very rich.
More than 200,000 gold were pulled over in a carriage and placed in his back yard, which could pave a golden road.
Although the Eighth Prince had a lot of gold, he still did not dare to have the evil thought of stealing gold.
Because the person in front of me is the Eighth Prince of the Tang Dynasty, a prodigy?
If the Eighth Prince knew that he had stolen his money, it would be easy to kill him, but the Nine Clans might be killed.
Because Liu Changwei had heard about Li Chengfeng's deeds in the Tang Dynasty Palace a long time ago.
It is said that after the Eighth Prince solved the case of Duke Zhang Liang for stealing 100,000 gold for disaster relief, the emperor directly beheaded Zhang Liang and confiscated his mansion.
Even if the duke steals money, he will be killed directly? Then, as the city lord, shouldn’t he directly kill the nine tribes?
Moreover, isn't the purpose of Li Chengfeng coming here not the emperor's arrangement and intention?
Liu Changwei didn't dare to think too much, so he had no choice but to follow Li Chengfeng's instructions.
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After going back and forth, Liu Changwei spent some small money to break through the border defenses of the Turks and Tubo cities on the border.
Then five teams were sent to three Turkic cities and two Tubo cities to purchase grain.
Opening up channels is a problem that can be easily solved.
Because the Tang Dynasty, the Turks and the Tibetans, the border soil was connected to the ground, and hawkers from the border areas crossed the border all year round to do business in the Tang Dynasty.
For example, they exchanged cattle and sheep for cloth from the Tang Dynasty, and straw hats for dry food, candies and other snacks from the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, many people from the Tang Dynasty could even walk unimpeded within the Turkic city, and the local officials even gave them some respect.
And these people, the world has also given them a resounding name, called "Dao Ye"!
The meaning of "trailing" means reselling goods.
I come to you to buy things that you can't sell, and then take them back to Datang to sell them. In this way, your food and fruits will not spoil, and I can make a small amount of money along the way.
Therefore, these "trailing men" can eat well in the cities on the Turkic border.
Even if they encounter officers and soldiers blocking the way, as long as they reveal their identity and give the officers and soldiers a few taels of money, they will naturally let the traitor go.
This time, Liu Changwei spent a lot of money to bribe all the "traitors" on the border of Suzhou City and asked them to help him spend a lot of money to buy food.
After the transaction is completed, you arrive at the agreed location, hand over the money and deliver the goods.
This money is naturally the money given by Li Chengfeng, and the goods are naturally the food in the Tibetan and Turkic border cities.
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In the blink of an eye, three days passed again.
During these three days, Li Chengfeng lived in the home of Liu Changwei, the lord of Suzhou City.
Li Chengfeng asked Changsun Wuyi to take care of his gold and take notes.
Therefore, after Liu Changwei opened up the channels for "treason", Li Chengfeng could see the gold being moved out at a speed visible to the naked eye every day.
By the night of the third day, out of 225,000 gold, there was only a little over 10,000 gold left.
Changsun Wuyi held a small notebook in his hand, and there was a lot of sweat on his forehead.
This way of making money is doomed if it doesn't work. If those 'traitors' have evil intentions, take the money and run away, then where can Li Chengfeng find them?
But Li Chengfeng said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cub? If you don't want to let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf! I spend so much money just to make more money. Don't worry about your grandson Wuyi. You just have to do your duty."
That’s it!”
Chapter completed!