"Our Great Tang has always lacked warhorses, and the Turkic warhorses are the most famous. With the Turks 'love for tea bricks, if we can exchange them for warhorses, then the Great Tang will never lack warhorses again.”
Du Ruhui's smile gradually blossomed, as if he had seen this day come true.
Tea bricks were the rarest and most common thing in the Tang Empire. Therefore, during the alliance at the Wei River, when Jie Li asked for a large number of tea bricks, Li Shiming and the others looked like they were in pain, but they were cursing Jie Li for not knowing what was good for them and only picking out worthless things.
"Tea bricks for warhorses?"
Li Jing shook his head and directly denied Du Ruhui's wild imagination.""Putting aside how cheap tea bricks are, the Turks would never trade warhorses for them, and even Jie would never allow warhorses to flow into the Great Tang.”
The civil officials didn't understand, but Li Shimin and Li Junxian knew that Li Jing was right, especially the latter half of his sentence. Jie Li would not allow war horses to flow into the Tang Empire.
Warhorses were an extremely important strategic resource for a nation, and the Turks had been able to dominate because of their hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
Jie Li was not a fool. He would not cut off his own arm and give the Great Tang a chance to grow.
At this moment, Jiang Tian spoke with a smile.
"I think Old Du's conjecture might be realized.”
"The rarer something is, the more valuable it is. Tea bricks may be an ordinary thing to us, but to the Turks and even the other nomads of the north, they are extremely precious, something that they cannot live without.
On the other hand, warhorses were a rare commodity in the Great Tang, but the nomads in the north did not raise horses. To them, horses were perhaps not even as precious as tea bricks.”
"As for the second point, Li Jing is right. Warhorses are an important resource for war, and Jie will never allow warhorses to flow into the Great Tang. But the Turks are formed from many tribes, so can everyone really be of the same mind as Jie?
Let alone the others, even the little Khan Khali is not on the same side as him. As long as I lure him a little, I don't believe that I can't get a warhorse.
Moreover, this trade capital wasn't just targeted at the Eastern Turks. It could be opened to other countries.”
Hearing Jiang Tian's words, Li Shiming's eyes lit up. There was only one question left.
"In this case, this Trade Capital will definitely be the wealthiest city in the world. If Jie Li sends troops to rob it, with the Great Tang's current military strength and the fact that this Trade Capital will be built on the grasslands, there will be no natural barriers to defend it.”
Although he didn't want to admit it, after the incident at Xuanwu Gate and the alliance at the Wei River, the Tang army was far from the Turks 'current military strength.
"That's right. If there's no danger to defend, there's a high chance that the fruits of this trade capital that we worked so hard to build will be picked by Jie Li.”
As the number one man in the military, Li Jing was well aware of the difference in military strength between the Great Tang and the Turks.
"Haha!"
Jiang Tian laughed contemptuously and said confidently,""As long as I, Jiang Tian, am here, Jie Li won't be able to touch the Trade Capital. Once the Tu Jue enter the Trade Capital, they will have to obey the rules.”
When the two armies fought, they might not be able to win against Jie Li.
But in terms of defending the city, with the pear blossoms in the storm, even if the Jie Li army came, they could only leave a mountain of corpses in front of the city gate.
Seeing Jiang Tian's confident smile, Li Shiming's eyes suddenly lit up. He thought of Jiang Tian's Pear Blossom in the Storm.
"Brother Jiang, don't tell me you're going to give up the Pear Blossom in the Storm!”
Li Shi Min was a little excited. If he could really get the Torrential Pear Blossom, he would be invincible in defending the city.
Why did he have to be bullied by Jiang Tian? Firstly, Jiang Tian was a genius. He could always get useful information from him, such as the economic war. Secondly, it was naturally to plan the magical crops and tools in the Clear Wind Stronghold.
Of course, the most important point was that he could not destroy Clear Wind Camp at all.
"Contribution?"
Jiang Tian looked at Li Er as if he was an idiot and sneered,""That's the foundation of my life. You want me to contribute it? Old Li, are you kidding me?”
"Then…"
"When the time comes, if Li Er agrees to build the Trade Capital, I will ask Xiao Dao to bring a team of people to help you, but they will only be responsible for guarding the city gate and not letting the enemy break through. They will not listen to any of your orders.
" Also, there are conditions. If you want me to guarantee the city's defense, you have to give me 10% of the city's profits.”
If this trade capital was truly built, it would definitely be the wealthiest city in the Great Tang and all the other countries on the border. How could Jiang Tian let go of such an opportunity to take advantage of others?
Moreover, Old Li, oh no, Li Er, was definitely not at a loss.
"Then what's the culture war you're talking about? How should we implement it?" Li Shi Min asked.
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