Chapter 75 Negotiations
The next morning, Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan shouted loudly by the Weishui River and asked Li Jing to come and answer. When Li Jing heard the news, he did not lead the army, but only brought Li Haochen to the Weishui River and answered with Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan.
When Tuli Khan saw Li Jing coming, he smiled and said, "General Li, we have already discussed it. We basically agreed to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty can give us enough supplies, we will withdraw our troops immediately and never invade each other!"
Li Jing said with an oh, "Enough supplies? How much do the two khans want? Let's hear!" Li Jing calculated that these two people would speak loudly. Although he said that at this moment, his eyes were full of joking expressions.
Tuli Khan didn't know if there was something wrong with his eyes, and he couldn't see Li Jing's joking expression, or because he was born with thick skin and flesh, he didn't know what his face was. After hearing Li Jing's words, Tuli Khan said, "We want 20 million dou of rice and 2 million kilograms of cotton, so we immediately withdrew our troops!"
Li Jing smiled but didn't say anything. Seeing Li Jing stop talking, he kept laughing. Tuli Khan's face changed. Tuli Khan also knew that his request might be too much, but he had to strive for the maximization of interests.
Li Haochen thought secretly in his heart that Tuli is shameless, really treating me, the Tang Dynasty as his own grain warehouse? You should know that in the Tang Dynasty, it was sixteen taels per pound, and a person's cotton coat will not exceed one pound at most of this era. Now the population of Turi does not exceed one million, while Turi requires two million pounds of cotton, which is enough for all Turi population to have two pieces of cotton coats. This is still calculated according to adults. If there are still women, children and elderly people, they may not be able to use one pound of cotton, so it can basically be regarded as Turi requires 2.5 pieces of cotton coats for all Turi population to have 2.5 pieces of cotton coats.
The same is true for rice. A dou is about 12.5 kilograms from Li Haochen's previous life, and 20 million dou, 250 million kilograms. Even if a person needs 100 kilograms of grain per person in the winter, then this food is enough for the Turkic people to eat for two winters. This is really a lion's mouth.
When Tuli saw Li Jing not talking, he kept laughing, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked, "General Li, you kept laughing and not talking, is it because the Tang Dynasty has no sincerity to negotiate?"
Li Jing sighed helplessly when he heard this, "It's not that I don't have the sincerity of negotiations in the Tang Dynasty. My Tang Dynasty has always advocated peace, but Khan's appetite is too big, and I really don't know how to reply to Khan. Therefore, I can only smile."
When Li Haochen saw it, he knew that Li Jing was performing again. This performance and serious expression, Li Haochen wanted to award him an Oscar to a Little Golden Man.
Tuli Khan did not realize that Li Jing was teasing him. He also knew that this number might be difficult for the Tang Dynasty to accept for a while, but at this moment he had the confidence to persevere because he had asked someone to check the water of the Wei River and concluded that the water of the Wei River could not cause fatal damage to his Turkic army, so he knew that Li Jing had no support.
It is precisely because of this that after hearing Li Jing's words, Tuli snorted coldly: "This is our bottom line. If the Tang Dynasty is unwilling to accept it, then you can open the gate and release the water now to see if the Wei River can withstand the men of my grassland!"
Just as Tuli finished speaking, the sound of galloping horses came from afar. The sound was at least hundreds of thousands of people. Because the team was relatively close, everyone saw a silhouette, crowded with people. At this time, a scout came to report and fell to the ground and said to Li Jing: "Report to the Chief Manager, the King of Qin was ordered to lead Henan Road and Hebei Road to serve the king in a total of 400,000 troops. Now ask the Chief Manager what to do next?"
Li Jing smiled at the scout, saying, "Tell the King of Qin that I am still negotiating with the two Khans of the Turks. You can set up camp first and make plans after the negotiation results."
Because the Wei River was not wide, Li Jing deliberately spoke louder, which made Tuli and Jie Li listen to it sincerely.
Li Jing did not expect that after hearing his words, Jie Li did not look worried or afraid. Instead, he laughed and said, "General Li, I know that the King of Qin has not come. The King of Qin has been demoted. How could he be here in Yunzhou? Besides, I came here at the invitation of the King of Qin and he would definitely not appear here."
This was an unexpected situation. Li Jing never expected that this Turkic invasion was planned by Li Shimin. Originally, Li Jing wanted to use the reputation accumulated by Li Shimin invasion to scare the two of them, but this situation actually happened.
Li Jing laughed and said, "It's true that the King of Qin was demoted, so he urgently needed your heads to make such extraordinary achievements. You two came to Chang'an City to sacrifice your heads, but you still don't know that it's really ridiculous!"
Tuli Khan was quick-thinking. He seemed to find a flaw in Li Jing's words, and then said: "If you had planned on us for a long time, why didn't you attack us now? Instead, you ramble with us here?"
Li Jing's thinking speed was much faster than these two people. He winked at Tuli and Jie Li Khan and said, "I am the prince's man! I can't let the King of Qin make another contribution. Why did his troops come back so quickly? Haven't you figured it out yet? Of course, if you really want so many supplies and I can't take them out, then you can only fulfill the news that the King of Qin or the King of Qin came to the emperor's ears. Then, everything you said will be over, whether to fight or to reconcile, and ask the two Khans to make a decision early. At this time, the army in the distance began to approach a distance again."
Tuli Khan and Jie Li Khan whispered for a while, and then Tuli said like a deflated ball: "Let's settle it peacefully! We only need half of the materials we just mentioned, so we will withdraw our troops!"
Li Jing snorted coldly when he heard this, "You are dead and you don't know how to write the word "death". I can make the decision. You can give you up to 30% of the amount you just said. You can make your own decision!"
Tu Li said unwillingly when he heard this: "40%!"
Li Jing turned his horse's head and was about to leave, then said, "Twenty percent!"
Before Tuli could speak, Jie Li hurriedly said, "General Li, don't leave, we agree, 20% will be 20%! Let's sign a contract now, please tell Li Shimin, this bastard, not to move forward." Jie Li Khan called Li Jing because he saw that the army seemed to have walked forward for a while.
Chapter completed!