Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 555 The difference between merchants and emperors!

Hao Haida wanted to see Ali Muyad in such a difficult situation, so he asked a very considerate question.

"But His Majesty Sultan is ill?"

Although the Timurid Empire was established by the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which was split from Mongolia, the main religion in the country was Islam, and it implemented a system of unity of administration and religion.

Timur the Great, also known as the Sultan, was the guardian of Islam.

Ali Muyad heard the words and hurriedly climbed along the pole.

"Ugh!"

"That's right, even if His Majesty Sultan didn't receive my letter, he still plans to go back to the capital to recuperate."

"You should be wronged in the capital post for a while, and His Majesty Sultan will naturally receive you when his health improves."

"oh oh……"

Hao Haida wanted to give a dazed expression, but he didn't think so in his heart.

Even if Timur is sick, but his grandson is not sick, right?

If he really wanted to form an alliance with Da Yuan, he could send the emperor's grandson to meet him like the Ming Empire did!

"Since this is the case, please tell His Majesty Sultan, the Prime Minister, that the foreign ministers will not bother you for now, and that you have to go to the Golden Horde first to discuss the alliance between Dayuan and the Golden Horde."

Haohai Dayu's move is to retreat, and he will not be able to fix Ali Muyad directly.

In fact, Timur is not sick, even if he is sick, it is a heart disease, which does not prevent him from meeting Haohai Dayu at all.

The reason why he left Hao Hai Da Yu in the air was just to make the other party feel oppressed, so that it would be convenient for him to negotiate the price later.

Ali Muyad was well aware of the inside story, and when he saw Hao Haida was about to slip away, he hurriedly tried to persuade him.

"Master Taiwei, please don't be angry, it's not that His Majesty Sultan doesn't want to meet you, it's really..."

"How about this, you wait for two more days, after two days I must arrange for you to meet His Majesty!"

Hao Haida smiled slightly when he heard the words, and expected that the other party would compromise.

After all, the relationship between the Timur Empire and the Golden Horde is not good, and the two countries have been at war in recent years.

If the Timurid Empire gave him a cold reception, he could completely abandon the Timurid Empire and go to the Golden Horde and let them preside over the alliance of the Four Great Khanates.

Because of this, I gave myself a chance to bargain.

"Then there will be Prime Minister Lao!"

After Ali Muyad appeased Hao Haida, he went to the palace to meet Timur overnight.

Timur was wearing a linen robe, squatting under the fountain of the palace to watch the fish in the spring water, when he heard Ali Muyad coming to see him, he threw all the fish food in his hand into the spring water, clapped his hands and turned around asked.

"Hao Haida wants to leave?"

Upon hearing this, Ali Muyad hurriedly offered a rainbow fart.

"Your Majesty is so wise, you are so right, then Hao Haida wants to leave!"

Timur smiled disdainfully.

"Are you going to the Golden Horde?"

"Yep!"

"It's exactly the same as what His Majesty said, that's what Haohai Dayu said!"

The Golden Horde is a bit special, not only fighting with Timur, but also fighting with Dayuan.

When Da Yuan was in full swing, he naturally didn't dare to provoke him.But now that Dayuan has been beaten to the ground and shrunk in the Mobei grassland, the Golden Horde has to settle the old score with Dayuan 100 years ago.

Therefore, the relationship between the Golden Horde and the Great Yuan and Timur Empires was very tense.

In the words of hundreds of years later, geopolitics is bad.

Relatively speaking, Timur is pretty reliable, and he doesn't fight outside the country very casually. Even if he is beating others, he must try to find a suitable reason.

After all, he is a man determined to emulate Genghis Khan, so he must be more shameless than others.

"Then let him hang out for another two days, and then meet up sometime."

"Follow Your Majesty's orders!"

Just as Ali Muyad was about to retreat, Timur suddenly stopped him and asked him an inexplicable question.

"By the way, I heard that Hao Haidayu once went to the Ming Kingdom on behalf of Dayuan, and also met the prince and grandson of the Ming Kingdom?"

Ali Muyad nodded upon hearing this.

"There is such a thing. When Wei Chen and Hao Haida wanted to talk, he mentioned the emperor's grandson of the Ming country many times. He praised the emperor's grandson of the Ming country and highly praised him."

"He also said that the future nightmare of Dayuan and our countries is the grandson of the emperor of Ming Dynasty!"

"oh oh……"

When Timur heard this, he fell into a long silence. Seeing this, Ali Muyad didn't dare to leave or speak, so he could only stand there in embarrassment and wait for Timur to finish thinking.

After a while, Timur spoke quietly.

"Send someone to ask Ma Heima when he will come back, and then ask him to wait at the Registan Academy. I will take the Dayuan Special Envoy there to visit and make him ready to accompany him all the way."

As soon as Ali Muyad heard this, he knew Timur's purpose. He wanted Hao Haida to meet the prince of the empire and compare it with the prince of Ming Dynasty to see which prince was more powerful.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why Timur is unwilling to meet Haohai Dayu, that is, he has not yet established a suitable heir.

Timur's experience is very similar to that of Zhu Yuanzhang. He lost his father in his early years, his wife in his middle age, and his son in his later years.

The current crown prince of the empire is the son of his favorite eldest son Jihan Jieer, and also the eldest grandson of the emperor in his lineage.

Although the Tamerlane Empire was first established, there was no system of establishing a heir and an elder, but he still hoped that the throne could be passed on to the eldest son's line and passed on forever.

He also faced the same problem as Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, his sons were too strong and it was difficult to obey the young emperor's grandson.

Although the grandson of the emperor is good, he is always too benevolent and righteous. It will be difficult to suppress those rebellious uncles in the future.

Ali Muyad has been by Timur's side for many years, he knows where the crisis of the empire is, and understands Timur's good intentions.

Therefore, after trying to understand the joints, Ali Muyad hurriedly replied.

"Yes!"

"My minister must make proper arrangements, so that His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson can make preparations in advance!"

"Go..."

"Weichen resigns..."

After Ali Muyad left, Timur immediately summoned some merchants and scholars to ask about everything about Ming and Yuan.

In fact, Timur has always paid great attention to the situation of the surrounding countries, and even has always regarded Ming as an imaginary enemy, wanting to get rid of the control of Daming, the suzerain state, and reproduce the glory and glory of Genghis Khan.

But the empire he founded was too short, and many accumulations were not enough.Moreover, the number of the main ethnic groups is too small, and many areas are newly conquered lands with different languages, different characters, different customs, and even different religions.

These newly conquered areas often rebelled, adding countless internal frictions to his imperial rule.

Whenever he was worried about state affairs, he would think of Emperor Ming with envy.

Relatively speaking, Daming is really the foundation of a unique hegemony.Not to mention the vast territory, its domestic population is still very large, and as early as the ancient pre-Qin period, cultural unification had been completed.

If God gave him such a natural place to dominate, his achievements must be higher than that of the Ming Emperor!

Soon a group of merchants were brought into the palace, Timur ordered people to entertain them warmly, and asked about everything about Daming during the dinner.

"May I ask you all, how is the prosperity and prosperity of the capital of the Ming Dynasty compared to my Samarkand?"

All the merchants became weird when they heard the words, you look at me, I look at you, no one dared to tell the truth.

Seeing this, Timur could only reprimand with a straight face.

"I will ask you again, and you must answer truthfully. If anyone dares to deceive or lie, that is disrespect to the true God. Not only will he be punished by God, but he will also be punished by law!"

Seeing Timur say this, everyone could only bite the bullet and answer tentatively.

"Reporting to His Majesty Sudan, the wealth of the Ming Dynasty is far beyond the imagination of the world. The reason why we dare not say it is because we are afraid that His Majesty will not believe you and think we are bragging."

"Oh?"

"Let's hear it, even if there are exaggerated words, I won't blame you, just listen to an Eastern story, hahaha!"

Seeing that His Majesty Sultan is so talkative, all the merchants became bolder.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the wealth of Ming Dynasty does not lie in gold, silver and jewelry, but lies in the country and people, as well as all kinds of unimaginable utensils."

"For example, if we start from Samarkand, if we want to reach the border of the empire, we can only take a carriage or ride a horse."

"But in Daming, they can take a strange car that burns black stones, and they can reach the border of the empire with whine and smoke all the way."

"This kind of strange vehicle is not only extremely fast, but also can drive without sleep, night and day, continuously transporting soldiers, food, ordnance and other materials to the border."

"Furthermore, Daming's shipping is very developed. The food and cloth that are abundant in the south can reach any place in the world by sea."

"Now the price of silk in Samarkand has dropped by one-third, and Daming's shipping has at least accounted for more than half of the credit!"

"Daming also has a bicycle, which is very suitable for riding on flat roads. This kind of bicycle does not eat grass or food, and can be ridden by one person."

"Although the speed is not as fast as a fast horse, it is very suitable for ordinary people to travel."

"Oh?"

Timur didn't show much curiosity when he heard "train".

Because he had already heard about this from the envoys who were sent to Daming, and had already sent people to sneak into Daming, waiting for an opportunity to steal or buy the technology for building railways.

But after hearing about the travel tools of ordinary people, Timur immediately showed great interest.

As the leader of the empire, he knows too well the importance of the daily necessities of the people.

If everyone in the empire had war horses, or a means of transportation comparable to war horses, then the empire would have stronger mobilization and organizational capabilities, and the empire's material transfer would reach a new level.

"Tell me in detail what kind of bicycle this is..."

Seeing that Timur was interested in bicycles, one of the merchants stood up respectfully and saluted.

"If your Majesty is interested, you might as well order someone to follow the villain to the store. The villain just spent a lot of money to buy a bicycle from Daming some time ago. He plans to order someone to copy it and make a lot of money."

"If His Majesty does not give up, the villain is willing to dedicate this thing to His Majesty!"

"Oh?"

When Timur heard the news, he immediately ordered someone to lead the merchant to his shop in Samarkand to pick up the car.

Not long after, the bicycle was retrieved and placed in the open space of the palace.

Timur looked at the strange-shaped bicycle for a while, and vaguely guessed that the two handles in front should be used for holding, and the two stirrup-like things below should also be used for feet.

But why the stirrups should be made one high and one low is a bit beyond his imagination.

"Would you like to demonstrate it for me?"

"The villain is so happy!"

The merchant immediately got on his bicycle and rode on the flat stone road in the palace.

When Timur saw that this thing could really drive smoothly, he immediately showed a surprised expression.

This is something amazing!

Neither fodder nor guards are needed. When people need to go out, they can ride and go...

If the people of the empire had such a bicycle, wouldn't the administrative efficiency of the empire become extremely high?
As soon as Timur thought of this, he shook his head helplessly.

Because he discovered a disadvantage of this thing, that is, it has extremely high requirements on the road surface.

If he wanted to popularize such bicycles in his empire, the first thing he had to do was to build roads across the country.

But in terms of the current finances of the empire, this is not something that can be done in a short time.

However, there is no rush on this matter. Just looking at the complexity of the bicycle, even if it is imitated by the most savvy craftsmen in the empire, it may take a year or two.

The merchant rode a few laps, parked his bicycle, and looked at Timur expectantly.

"Your Majesty, how is this thing?"

Timur laughed when he heard this.

"This thing must be a fetish thing. You don't need to use any grass or materials, and you can run freely. It is really the best tool for civilians to travel!"

"The villain is willing to dedicate this thing to His Majesty!"

"reward!"

"One thousand bounty coins!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

When other merchants saw that this person had won such a generous reward, they immediately stepped forward to offer the things they bought from Daming.

What kind of thimbles, soaps, perfumes, silks, porcelains, etc., all scrambled to contribute to Timur.

Tamerlane is the sultan of the empire, how can he value these ordinary things?
What's more, when his envoys returned from Daming, they had already brought back these common things.

But he still rewarded a lot of merchants heavily, and he should be the bone of a thousand gold.

Just as he was circling around a pile of miscellaneous Daming specialties boredly, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a piece of thick cloth.

"what?"

"What is this thing for?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this thing is said to be made of wool. It is called wool in Ming Dynasty. It is a new type of fabric, and it is very popular among the people of Ming Dynasty."

"However, due to the complicated production process and extremely low output, the price is also very high. Even in Daming, such a piece of wool would cost more than a dozen grandpa's money..."

"Oh, the so-called grandpa's money is a special silver coin made by Daming. This silver coin is very exquisitely made, and the words and images printed on it are extremely clear..."

As the merchant said, he took out a Ming silver coin and offered it.

Timur took a look at the silver coin, and his face immediately showed a dignified expression.

Merchants look at silver coins for their external fineness and patterns, while emperors look for their inner craftsmanship and strength when they look at silver coins.

Generally speaking, the higher the silver content, the better the financial situation of the country.The more exquisite the production of silver coins, the more developed the country's molds, smelting and other processes.The larger the circulation of silver coins, the better the country's economy and the wealthier the common people.

"What is the purchasing power of this item in Daming?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the purchasing power of this money is not bad in Daming. If it is used to buy food, it is enough for one person to buy food for half a year. If it is used to buy cloth, it is enough to make a piece of clothing."

When the merchant said this, he looked at the wool he had brought back, and hurriedly added something.

"Of course, if you're buying high-end fabrics, you can't even buy a piece of fabric with a single silver coin."

"For example, the wool brought back by the villain will cost more than a dozen silver coins in Daming."

Timur smiled slightly when he heard the words, and didn't try to expose the merchant's lies.

Although he has never been to Daming, he also knows that the core area of ​​Daming is in the slightly warm and humid Jiangnan area. People living there can't wear such thick woolen cloth at all, and this kind of cloth can't be sold at a high price there. !

But he didn't bother to expose the merchant, because he could smell a hint of danger from the wool.

But it's just his conjecture right now, and he needs time to verify it.

"Is there a lot of this kind of silver coins in Daming? Did the Ming government ever restrict the export of these silver coins?"

(End of this chapter)