[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu":3,"chapter-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu-great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-557":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Tang: Ten Years Signing In in Tubo, I Return Leading a Million-Strong Army",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2019787,3024,"Chapter 557","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-557",557,"\u003Cp>This was a move of advancing by retreating; he didn't refuse cooperation, but instead proposed a condition that Great Tang could not accept. Old Li stared blankly at Fang Fang Xuanling and Qin Mu as they clashed in words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could understand it, and he could tell the good from the bad, but he just couldn't say such things himself and couldn't get a word in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Fang Fang Xuanling was still no match for Qin Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few exchanges, he was defeated and stood silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu's interest was not in verbal sparring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just said a few words casually when he encountered this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Old Li and Minister Fang were both silent, he then put forward his own views.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard that the Great Tang court gave all the profits of your three allies to the families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are now in those three major powers, thinking about doing business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If your Great Tang is willing to pay, I can introduce a reliable group of horse bandits to help Great Tang intercept and kill them on the road!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Horse bandits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always thought that Qin Mu was an extremely arrogant person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Great Qin's prosperity, no matter what happened, as long as the Great Qin army was dispatched, it could be solved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't expect Qin Mu to actually know horse bandits?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li wasn't that stupid either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the Great Qin Emperor know horse bandits?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These horse bandits must be Great Qin's secret army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the price of the horse bandits introduced by the Great Qin Majesty is not too outrageous, Great Tang can consider it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What Qin Mu was promoting to Old Li was the June Alliance that had just been established not long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a scale of tens of thousands of people, they were stationed at June Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides mining gold, it was quite good to engage in some side businesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since this side business not only made money but could also incidentally strike at the families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they were active within the territories of the Arab Empire and Byzantium, and could incidentally rob some wealthy foreign merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he not accept such a good thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Li, what kind of business did you let the three major families do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he wanted to deal with them, he had to understand the situation first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this question, Old Li was embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Arab Empire, they were doing pirate business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must never be said!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Byzantium, they were doing cattle and horse trading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This business was normal, but it bypassed Great Qin, so he was a bit embarrassed to say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kievan Rus was nothing much, just the transport, protection, and feeding of cattle and horses along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was a follow-up to the cattle and horse business; mentioning it alone would still expose the cattle and horse business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li thought for a long time, and finally said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In order to maintain relations with the three countries, Great Tang did some loss-making deals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, buying some cattle from Byzantium and transporting them back to Great Tang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as this was said, it triggered a burst of laughter in the court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made Old Li's face burn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu was also full of smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why? Do you think my Great Qin's cattle are too expensive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is human nature, to bypass expensive places and buy cheap ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is, cheap ones aren't necessarily truly cheap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Transporting cattle from Byzantium back to Great Tang is a distance of more than ten thousand miles!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Great Tang are really capable of making trouble!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transporting cattle for ten thousand miles, the shipping cost exceeded the price of the cattle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, along the way, they had to face various dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might be robbed by mountain bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cattle might also die of illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final sea route might encounter storms, sinking both ships and cattle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li and Fang Fang Xuanling had carefully considered these risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as their luck wasn't too bad, overall, it was about the same as the price Great Qin sold them for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they really didn't take any advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li didn't know how to explain it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to say vaguely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Intercourse between allies always requires some business dealings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move is not for profit, but just to have some good interaction with allies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Tang is indeed too difficult now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding neighboring countries have all been dealt with by Great Qin one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has fallen into a state of being half-encircled by Great Qin's territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this continues, it will become a country within a country of Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu could certainly understand Great Tang's difficulties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because all of this was caused by him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to make Great Tang fall into a desperate situation, at his mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for this, it would not be enough to avenge the grudge of that year!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was not just about revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu also wanted to use Great Tang's experience to let the world compare the superiority of Great Qin's system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also a process of gradually educating the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Buying cattle from Byzantium, transporting them via Kievan Rus, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's easy to handle; the transport line of more than ten thousand miles can be robbed anywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as your Great Tang pays, the horse bandits here can be dispatched at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don't need to worry about the strength of the horse bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success is guaranteed here; no money if not successful!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Qin Mu speak with such certainty, Old Li felt panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Qin Mu too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever he put on such an easy-going attitude, he must be about to ask for a huge price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great Qin Majesty, it's good to guarantee success, but this price...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu heard the meaning in Old Li's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately interrupted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The price is easy to talk about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also know that Great Tang's finances are tight and you might not be able to come up with much money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these horse bandits are not very picky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Land, people, prisoners of war, all can be used to pay the debt!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Qin's appetite was not small; they were asking for land again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To slaughter Great Tang for a fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Old Li cared about most was land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nowhere to catch prisoners of war; Great Tang was still counting on getting some prisoners of war from Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>",1103,"2026-06-15T19:07:32.733Z","2026-06-15T19:16:48.062Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ad3031732675eebee0080a810752a05f81800d2acbdbd65b464edcb9da6cf242","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-558","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-556",605,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-cover.jpg"]