Chapter 1032

The envoys of the four nations in Chang'an City went from not knowing each other at the beginning to now engaging in intrigue.

Li Er, however, felt more and more that this was the way he liked.

When it comes to intrigue, who can compare to Great Tang?

From the beginning of Great Tang's uprising, it had been accompanied by intrigue all the way.

After he and the Arabian prophet Muhammad schemed against the Byzantine prince Kronos, they were not in a hurry to return to Jin Ling to arrange manpower.

Li Er felt that perhaps they could still talk to Byzantium about something else?

Being two-faced is the true nature of intrigue.

Taking Fang Xuanling with him, they went to Kronos's room together.

"Your Highness, congratulations on obtaining so many benefits in Great Qin this time; after you return, your position as heir will surely be stable." Sure enough, Kronos laughed happily.

In this world, no matter which dynasty, they all face the same difficulty.

That is, the emperor has many children, but there is only one position for the heir.

Kronos was clearly very comfortable being flattered by Li Er's words.

The 29th prince, who did not have much experience in the world, probably did not understand the hypocrisy of the Central Plains officialdom and took this as Li Er's sincere words.

"Old Li, you came to find me, is there something?"

"Let's be clear in advance, except for the matter of high-quality ironware, other things can be discussed."

The honest prince stated his bottom line first.

Regarding this, Li Er was not surprised.

"Your Highness, that you can obtain high-quality ironware is your ability; I can only admire it."

"However, I came to talk to you, but it is not because of high-quality ironware."

"You also know that our Great Tang has a lot of arable land and needs a large number of cattle and horses."

"This time I came to you, I just wanted to ask, is it possible to establish a cattle and horse trade with Great Tang?"

Cattle and horse trade?

Kronos clearly did not expect that the Great Tang envoy would actually propose this?

Byzantium is not short of cattle and horses, but it is too far away from Great Tang!

One is in the northwest, the other is in the southeast, and the land route in between requires crossing ten thousand miles of Great Qin territory.

If taking the water route, it is even more troublesome; so far, no water route leading to Great Tang has been found!

Transportation is really too difficult!

Kronos asked puzzledly.

"Old Li, you bought cattle and horses, how are you going to transport them back to Jiangnan?"

This is a problem.

Li Er would not be stumped by this question.

After some deliberation between him and Fang Xuanling, they had already found a feasible path.

"It can pass through the territory of Kievan Rus, to the easternmost part of the Luo Wilderness, and then use ships to transport them to Great Tang."

This statement seemed quite absurd.

Kronos still had the nose of a merchant.

He frowned and said.

"Old Li, according to the method you mentioned, this road is more than ten thousand miles long; on the road, sickness, plus the feed they eat, all cost a lot of money."

"Moreover, Kievan Rus does not have a good relationship with our Byzantium."

"This business, I'm afraid, is not cost-effective."

Kronos is not a fool either.

The plan proposed by Li Er was clearly very difficult to execute.

Kronos had the intention of retreating in the face of difficulties.

But Li Er did not give up and continued to persuade.

"Your Highness, you don't know the price of the cattle we buy now!"

"Great Tang is completely surrounded by Great Qin and can only buy from Great Qin's hands."

"They use this advantage to sit on the ground and raise the price, wanting to sell them to us for twenty taels of silver each!"

Li Er's crying poverty really had an effect.

As soon as Kronos heard the price of cattle bought by Great Tang, his eyes lit up.

Great Tang, this big sucker, would actually buy such expensive cattle!

In Byzantium, they wouldn't even cost one tael of silver on the market.

There is a huge profit margin in this!

Kronos's attitude changed immediately.

"In that case, it's not a problem; I will only sell them to you for ten taels of silver each!"

"However, Kievan Rus over there has hostility toward me, so you still need to go and talk to them yourself." Li Er pretended to be grateful and shook Kronos's hand vigorously. "Your Highness, you have saved our Great Tang!"

Coming out of the Byzantine prince's room, Li Er and Fang Xuanling went to the Kievan Rus envoy's side again.

They easily persuaded Kievan Rus to lend the road to Byzantium, which could collect some road tolls.

This matter was settled.