When Li Kuan was busy at various research institutes of Guanshishan Academy all day long, many things were still developing step by step.

"Your Majesty, during this period, the northwest trade transported two big knives and bows to the Tubo country, but the northwest trade blocked the channels for Liangzhou merchants to sell goods to the Tubo country, and the situation was a bit strange."

In the Summer Palace, Li Zhong struggled for a long time, but finally decided to report this discovery to Li Shimin.

"The Northwest Trade is selling arms to the Tubo people?"

Li Shimin raised his head incredibly.

He remembered it very clearly that Kong Yingda and others impeached Li Kuan because of the Chu Palace's rude treatment of the envoys of the Tubo State.

According to his understanding, Li Kuan should be very dissatisfied with the Tubo country. How could he sell the arms to them?

It doesn't make sense logically.

"Yes! I thought it was strange at the beginning, so I didn't report it directly to Your Majesty. But after repeated confirmation, this matter is indeed true. Your Majesty, should you call Your Highness the King of Chu over and ask in person?"

Li Zhong did not believe it if the Chu King's Mansion was in charge of the enemy.

In the entire Chang'an City, there are few nobles who are more cruel to foreign countries than the Chu Palace.

Besides, if the people in the Chu King's Mansion wanted to acquire the enemy, they would not have made a big fight because the Tubo people stole the railway tracks a while ago.

"No need, Kuan'er must have known these actions of Northwest Trade. There should be a story behind this that we don't know. You can just ask Baiqisi to pay more attention to it."

After so many years of running-in, Li Shimin's trust in Li Kuan has reached a new level.

If this were placed more than ten years ago, he would definitely be the only one: "I'm so angry, I'm going to piss off!"

"In addition to the northwest trade, a group of guards from the Chu Palace have also gone northwest. I wonder if it has anything to do with this matter."

After hearing Li Zhong's words, Li Shimin didn't care much, but instead asked: "Is there anything special?"

"The Shunfeng Escort Agency has received a lot of wardrobe guards to Qinghai Road in the past month. I think it may be related to the previous incident. Xi Junmai even brought people to Qinghai Road in person. I think there must be some reason."

"Okay, I know, I'll just pay more attention to the Hundred Riders!"

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Going west of Qiemo City, it has been the territory of Yang Fanren for generations.

However, it is now a Dongdai of the Tubo Kingdom.

After Songtsen Gampo became Zampo, in order to make the primitive slave society more cohesive, he constantly learned some practices of neighboring countries such as the Tang Dynasty and reformed the country.

Wuru, sixty-one Dongdai.

This is the current national territorial distribution of the Tubo Kingdom.

Although this method is different from the Tang Dynasty, it is actually a bit similar to the Turkish divisions at that time.

Dongdai probably means Qianhu.

In other words, Dongdai often ruled a thousand herders.

Of course, this one thousand households may be eight or nine hundred or two thousand households, just an overview.

The gap in strength between Dongdai and Dongdai is also very obvious.

For tribes like the Yang tribe that were conquered by Songtsen Gampo, the strength of Dongdai is basically the relatively backward among the entire Tubo country.

Not only may the number of herders’ households be less than one thousand, but even the various pastures are relatively barren.

It can be said that after Yang Fanren was incorporated into the Tubo Kingdom, he did not enjoy much benefit.

Fortunately, in recent years, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo have become more and more traded.

Not only has the official opened a market in Qiemo City, but many merchants from Qinghai and Longyou Roads also frequently traveled to and from Tubo.

From Jiannan Road, there are also relatively mature business roads leading to Tubo.

Therefore, the situation of the Tubo border tribes, which were originally relatively poor, has changed.

"These big knives are made of high-quality stainless steel. You can directly collide with that knife and see who will damage it first."

At the Dongdai station of the Yangtong tribe, Dafei led a caravan to appear in front of Dongdai Samba of the Yangtong tribe.

"Dafei, if I remember correctly, this kind of big sword is forbidden to be sold to the outside world in Datang, right? Why are you willing to bring such a batch of big swords to do business with our Yang Fanren today?"

Samba was able to become the leader of Sheep Fanren, so he naturally had some tricks.

He was not confused by the big knife in front of him.

"To be honest, I, Dafei, are working for the Northwest Trade, working for the Governor of Liangzhou, and working for His Highness the King of Chu. Whether this big knife can be sold out is actually a matter of the words of His Highness the King of Chu."

"I heard that the current crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is a prince who was originally unknown. Could it be that the King of Chu intends to compete for the position of crown prince? If we need our Yang Fan to do anything, please give us the order!"

After hearing Da Fei's words, Samba's first reaction was that the Chu Prince's Mansion was preparing to rebel, so he came to win over him.

If so, he would have no pressure at all.

Yang Fanren lived near Qiemo City. As an important border town in Tuyuhun, the battle to destroy Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty was so amazing among Yang Fanren.

In addition, in recent years, more communication with the Tang people has become, Samba has a clearer understanding of the Tang Dynasty and the strength of the Chu Prince's Mansion.

"Samba Dongdai was joking. His Highness, the King of Chu, has always been loyal to the Tang Dynasty and would never do such a monarch or fatherless thing. To be honest, I came to take the Yang tribe here this time, mainly to give you a wealth and honor."

Dafei was not furious because of Samba's words.

After years of experience, Dafei is now much more steady.

Otherwise, Shangguan Yi would not have let him lead a caravan alone to persuade Yang Fanren.

"Give me a wealthy trip? If the carriage is full of big swords, it is indeed priceless. However, the price of this kind of big sword is very high, and we Yang Fans probably can't afford so much money to buy it."

Samba looked at the big knife shining on the table, feeling reluctant.

Although the Tubo people themselves can smelite iron, their level is far inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty.

Not only is the quality of the steel refined, but the cost is also much higher than that of the Tang Dynasty.

This leads to the high value of swords made of fine steel in Tubo.

"If these big knives don't need Samba Dongdai to pay a penny?"

"Um?"

Samba paused.

"Dafei, tell me about your conditions!"

"In fact, it's very simple. The envoy of the Tubo Kingdom conspired to assassinate His Highness the King of Chu. With such a deep hatred, the people in our Chu Palace will definitely take revenge.

However, the Tubo Kingdom is located on the plateau, and we have to send troops on a large scale, so we will have greater resistance, so we want to unite you to jointly attack Songzan Gampo, attack Lu Dongzan, and encourage Zanpu's rights. We must fight for the freedom of the Tubo tribes."

Dafei took out the set of rhetoric that Shangguan Yi taught him.

However, an old fox like Samba naturally would not become excited just because of Dafei's words.

On the contrary, after hearing this, Samba became more cautious.

It's up to him, but if it's the life of the sheep fan, you have to consider it carefully.

"Dafei, I admit that the Tubo Kingdom is not as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, but now there are 61 Dongdai's troops, plus the elite soldiers of Luoshe City, Zanpu is also a strong man with hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is not something we can fight with Dongdai alone."

Samba was not very loyal to the Tubo country.

Today's Tubo Kingdom is actually in a state of tribal alliance.

Although with the efforts of Songtsen Gampo and Lu Dongzan, the relationship between this tribal alliance is becoming increasingly close.

Not only does it have a unified measurement system, language, writing, and various official positions, taxes to gather strength, but it also strengthens the relationship between superiors and subordinates through the alliance system every year.

Basically, the Tubo country is now a period of excessive transition from a slave state to a feudal society.

Yang Fanren was originally a free tribe on the plateau, but Songtsen Gampo wanted to expand the strength of the Tubo Kingdom. His tribe, which was scattered between the Tubo Kingdom and Tuyuhun, was attacked and then annexed.

Of course, it is said that it is annexation, but in fact, Yang Fanren still maintains a high degree of autonomy.

"Samba Dongdai's words are very reasonable. Songtsen Gampo is indeed quite talented, and that Lu Dongzan is also a bit capable. But naturally we will not let you Yang Fanren fight alone to fight against the nobles in Luoshecheng.

I'm not afraid to tell you that this time the caravans came to Tubo, not only me. Our caravans also went to Subi Dongdai, Aries Dongdai, Dangxiang Dongdai, Xiqiang Dongdai and other places.

Tubo is not a rival to our Tang Dynasty. I think you should be very clear about Samba Dongdai. Now that they have to assassinate His Highness, they will naturally have to bear the corresponding price.

As long as Samba Dongdai is willing to cooperate with us, then all the salt, tea bricks, spices, cotton jackets, big knives, wine and other things your tribe needs can be bought and sold freely in the future.”

"We Dongdai are relatively weak in Tubo, and there are not many warriors who can show off. Even if we unite, it will not pose much threat to Zanpu."

Samba was obviously a little moved, but naturally he would not agree with Dafei's suggestion so quickly.

"We did not ask you to march directly towards Luoshecheng. The Tubo Kingdom is also a vast country. In your territory, I think you are not afraid of anything from Samba Dongdai. Just take down a few Dongdai who obeyed the orders of Luoshecheng. At that time, Songtsen Gampo will definitely send troops to rescue them in order to stabilize the people of each Dongdai.

At that time, you will gather around to help and continuously consume the power of Luoshe City near Dongdai, so that they cannot continue to pacify this area. You Yang Fan Ren will restore your freedom and no longer obey the orders of Luoshe City.

The leader of Samba, the leader of the Yang Fanren, is more interesting than Dongdai, a Tubo native. No one wants anyone to point fingers every day on their own, right?"

Dafei actually had some understanding of the ideas of the various Dongdai in Tubo countries.

Everyone was a little unhappy with the nobles in the city, but no one dared to stand up and oppose it.

After all, they lived on the plateau and knew very well that the threat the Tubo country could bring to itself was even greater than that of the Tang Dynasty.

In their opinion, the Tang Dynasty was indeed a powerful country, but people on the plateau knew the most about the things on the plateau.
To be continued...