In the big tent, people from both sides were seated, Yuan Shan listened to Lu Dongzan's words, pondered carefully, and the translation was repeatedly discussed by people on both sides to avoid mistranslation.
"It is undeniable that the Tubo region is vast and sparsely populated, but this cannot drive its development, especially the people living in remote areas with harsh environments, their lives are difficult and the information is closed, in order to solve these problems, the Tang Dynasty will develop the Tuyuhun area to seek a long-term development path for the people of Tubo."
Yuan Shanzai thought about it and immediately said.
"Please explain to the Duke of Lan."
Lu Dongzan said modestly.
"The main role of the trade zone is to promote the exchange of goods between the two countries, the circulation of goods can promote the deepening of cultural and material exchanges between the two countries, no longer have to worry about the lack of food in winter, you can buy with the Tang Dynasty if necessary, the circulation of goods is some of the most basic, and the deeper level is to set up a workshop, so that the people of Tibet can join in the production and make money."
Won-sun explained.
Lu Dongzan nodded and said, "I've said these things before. ” "That's right, in-depth cooperation is actually that Datang welcomes the people of Tubo to work, study, and build Datang as well as Tubo."
Won-sun continued.
Lu Dongzan continued to nod, learning was what they lacked the most, and he was very much in favor of this.
"Okay, these things have been talked about before, so let's talk about the matter of Datang hiring workers from Tubo."
Yuan Shan said.
"This official has already discussed with the king of Tibet and agreed to your conditions, but you need to make sure that you will not hurt them."
Lu Dongzan said in a deep voice.
"Of course, those who come to the Tang Dynasty from Tubo will become workers in the construction trade zone, how can we treat them badly, but we must explain in advance that since they come to work, they need to abide by the laws and living habits of the Tang people, of course, we will not prohibit the beliefs of the Tibetan people, but we cannot do things that violate the Tao, conscience, hurt people, etc., and it has been found that we must be judged in accordance with the laws of the Tang people."
Yuan Shan said.
Lu Dongzan agreed, of course they didn't want chaos at this point, after all, 10,000 people were their Tubo people, and said happily: "At this point, we will require the Tubo people who work to abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty." ” "Well, since we have talked about this, I don't know if I can sign a contract, you must know that there is a shortage of people in the trade area now, we need a lot of labor, and your 10,000 people are not enough."
Won-sun added.
Lu Dongzan said helplessly: "Lan Guogong, this is already the maximum number of people that the King of Tubo can provide, it really can't be increased, maybe it can be coordinated, but it will take time." ” Yuan Shanxin said that the old fox, he didn't say anything to death, is he afraid that he and the Tang people will sell you Tubo people, rest assured that they will definitely sell it for a good price.
When it came to signing the contract, the people in the Economic Development Department had already made preparations, and the first thing to hire a Tibetan person was considered complete.
Yuan Shan continued: "Next, let's talk about the horse trade in Tibet, we can buy your existing horses, you offer the quantity, and the two sides are negotiating the price. ” Lu Dongzan followed the discussion on their side for a while before he said: "We can provide 50,000 Tibetan horses, 10,000 yaks, and 5,000 dromedaries within two months. ” The people behind Yuan Shan quickly recorded it, and naturally there was a team of arithmetic artists behind him to provide first-hand data.
According to the current Lanzhou cattle and horse market to calculate, Tubo horses are 25 per horse, wild yaks are 15 times, dromedary camels are 20 times, the price is actually very good, this price is not expensive, and the price of dromedary camels is similar to horses, in fact, it is not because camels are scarce, but because the role of dromedaries is greater.
Needless to say, wild yaks are full of treasures, and the price is twice as expensive as ordinary cattle, and the price given by Tubo is still fair.
"The total price of horses is 250,000 yuan, the total price of yaks is 150,000 yuan, and the total price of camels is 100,000 yuan, but we want more camels, can we negotiate the quantity?"
said Yuan Shan. 500,000 guan is a lot of income for Tubo, if it is exchanged for grain can meet their demand for material reserves, Lu Dongzan is silent, a kind of officials in Tubo are discussing, this transaction seems to be a large amount, in fact, this thing is really a drop in the bucket for them.
The land of Tibet is vast and sparsely populated, there are too many wild animals, not to mention the Tibetan horses and wild yaks, and the number of camels is not much worse than that of horses, because the body size is not very easy to control, there is no value of horses.
After a short discussion, Lu Dongzan listened to the simplicity of the Tibetan officials, so he spoke: "At present, we can provide up to 20,000 camels. ” "The total price of horses is 250,000 yuan, the total price of yaks is 150,000 yuan, the total price of camels is 400,000 yuan, a total of 800,000 yuan, and the signing order, copper coins can be directly exchanged for grain, and the grain is the market price of Lanzhou, including corn, white flour, rice, and grains."
Wonsun asked.
When talking about this matter, the Tubo people began to discuss again, this time it was longer, it is no wonder that don't look at the environment of the inland plateau, they have barley and there is really no shortage of food, camels are not lacking in armor, resources are abundant and there is no lack of iron, what they lack most is oxygen.
"Lan Guogong, we discussed and decided to use 300,000 guan to buy grain, tea, and salt, I don't know if it's okay," Lu Dongzan asked.
"There is no problem, but the tea and salt in our Datang are very expensive, and the consumption of the Tang people is the same price."
Yuan Shan reminded.
"There's no problem with that."
Lu Dongzan said.
The demand for food in Tibet is not very large, and their eating habits are very different from those of the Tang people.
Food is also one of the materials they need, and it may be that they feel that the price will suffer, and a small amount of rice may be intelligently provided to the nobles, but it may take a lot of effort for them to make a cooked rice.
After the matter of cattle and horses was discussed, Lu Dongzan thought that this was the end, they had gained too much today, and they could trade with the Tang people if they had money, and they could buy any materials they needed from the Tang people.
Yuan Shan didn't know what they were thinking, but there were still things to be done, and continued: "Lu Dongzan, we Tang people still need to carry out a batch of medicinal material transactions, of course, this is a long-term project, but we hope that every year, every month, there will be transactions completed, salvia, notoginseng, cordyceps, gastrodia, astragalus, trillium, rhodiola rosea, we all need these." ” "What price," Lu Dongzan asked.
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