Chapter 407 Prince Dakru
Worried that Xia Zihan would leave like this, Zheng Wenting hurriedly found an excuse to keep her.
Xia Zihan also wanted to get information from him, so he followed her wishes and stayed.
She was just about to go to the small tent next door when someone opened the curtain in the tent again, and a man wearing a beautiful and noble riding attire walked out.
The man also wore a hat that the Tatars loved on his head. There was an evil smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked Xia Zihan up and down, and then looked at Zheng Wenting, "Master Zheng, who is this girl? She is you. ”
He actually speaks fluent Central Plains dialect.
"No." He really wanted to say that she was his woman, but unfortunately she wasn't.
"Is that your slave?" Dakru asked again.
"No, they are friends."
"Friend?" Daklu's eyes lit up, "Can you sell her to me?"
Zheng Wenting was stunned for a moment, and then when he realized that Daklu wanted to buy Xia Zihan, his face turned black with anger, "Miss Xia is my friend, not a slave. She will not sell her. Prince Daklu please respect Miss Xia."
"Humph, is a girl from the Central Plains worthy of the respect of His Highness?" Daklu was very disdainful. "I want this girl. You can ask for whatever you want."
This is a strong tone.
A trace of uneasiness and anxiety flashed in Zheng Wenting's eyes, but he did not compromise at all, "I'm sorry, Miss Xia is not an object that can be called with something. If Prince Dakru has no intention of discussing business with me, then please."
"Hahaha..." Daklu suddenly laughed wildly, then pointed at Zheng Wenting and said, "What a joke, you are standing on my territory and trying to drive me away. Hahaha, Master Zheng, you are so bold, you Aren’t you afraid that you can get in but not get out?”
The total number of Zheng family guards who escorted the caravan was only a thousand. If Prince Daklu wanted to leave Xia Zihan, even Zheng Wenting would not be able to save him. If Prince Daklu was offended, Zheng Wenting might even die. Here it is.
Tatars never talk about reason or morality.
In the past, they did not move merchants because they did not want to cut off their own livelihood, but if merchants dared to step on their heads, they would not let them go easily.
What's more, after killing one caravan, there are still more than a dozen caravans, not only the Zheng family, but also the Li family, Ma family, Zhang family, etc.
As long as they are motivated by profit, there will be bold caravans who come to the grassland to trade.
After Zheng Wenting figured this out, his face suddenly turned pale, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Although he was scared in his heart, he would rather die than give in. "I'm sorry, Miss Xia won't sell it or exchange it. I'd like to ask Your Highness to show your kindness."
As he spoke, his thin body stood resolutely in front of Xia Zihan, blocking Dakru's fiery gaze from looking at Xia Zihan.
That look made him scared and very unhappy.
"If you don't sell it or exchange it, is this really difficult for me?" Daklu looked confused and looked behind Zheng Wenting, "Miss Xia, are you going to follow me or continue to hide behind Zheng Wenting?" ?”
If he could get a beauty without killing a caravan, then he would naturally take a shortcut and not want to lose the largest caravan of the Zheng family.
Of course, the premise is that the business to be negotiated later can be concluded.
"I...I don't know you, why should I follow you?" Xia Zihan timidly poked half of his head out from behind Zheng Wenting and looked at Daklu.
Seeing him looking at her with a smile, she blushed, her head snapped, and she shrank back.
When Chu Cong saw it, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he cursed in his heart: Master, you are pretending to be a little white flower, what kind of trouble are you going to make?
Chu Lin, on the other hand, couldn't bear to watch her master unscrupulously demeaning her own personality and acting like a ghost prince.
As for Zheng Wenting, he thought she was really scared. This time, he raised his profile even more, escorting Xia Zihan against Prince Daklu, "Prince Daklu, Miss Xia has already said she won't go with you, please." Please let her go and don’t embarrass us.”
"Let her go..." Daklu frowned, as if he was thinking about it. After more than ten seconds, Zheng Wenting was worried, and then he spoke again, "It's not impossible, it's just our business. …”
"Everything is easy to talk about." As long as he can save Xia Zihan, he is willing to give up half of the Zheng family's property.
Then, Zheng Wenting and Prince Dakru went in to discuss business, while Xia Zihan, the master and the servant, were led to the tent next to them by the servant.
After the boy sent them to the tent, he didn't even pour her a cup of tea. He glared at Xia Zihan fiercely and complained, "It's all you who caused this. My young master has to cede the land to pay compensation. That was supposed to make money." Business, now, because of you, my young master will definitely lose money.”
When talking about business, the most taboo thing is to have someone pinch the weak point, and Xia Zihan is Zheng Wenting's weak point, and was easily discovered and pinched by Prince Daklu.
With Zheng Wenting's throat pinched, Zheng Wenting will definitely suffer a big loss if this business deal is concluded.
At this time, if Xia Zihan still didn't understand that she was being used by Dakru, then she would have ignored all her years of business experience.
Therefore, Xia Zihan also forgave the boy's impoliteness. Originally, Zheng Wenting was in trouble because of her, and she should solve his problems.
"Don't worry, I will make up for whatever your young master loses." If the money is not enough, she will continue to make money. When she makes enough, she can pay it all to Zheng Wenting.
Anyway, you can still make money after spending it, but Zheng Wenting's rare friendship cannot be bought with any amount of money.
After waiting for an hour, Zheng Wenting and Prince Daklu came out. Zheng Wenting's face was not very good, but Prince Daklu's face was full of smile, and he took a deep look at the tent where Xia Zihan was, and then Farewell.
After meeting Xia Zihan, Zheng Wenting didn't mention anything about the business, and Xia Zihan didn't ask. Just because she didn't ask didn't mean she didn't want to know.
You must know how much you owe someone so you can repay the debt.
After eating roasted whole lamb for lunch, Xia Zihan went to take a nap in the tent arranged by Zheng Wenting. Then, while Zheng Wenting was out, she called the boy and asked him about Zheng Wenting's business.
She knew that this young man was loyal to Zheng Wenting, and Zheng Wen would definitely tell him about business matters.
"Prince Dakru wants grain and pig iron in considerable quantities, and he will need it in November. As you know, these grains and pig iron are controlled by the imperial court, especially pig iron. The imperial court does not allow merchants to control too much. Worried that too many weapons will be forged to cause rebellion.”
"Originally, my young master could refuse, but...Prince Dakru used you to threaten my young master, so my young master had no choice but to compromise."
If one day the Tatars invade the capital with a machete, will his young master be called a traitor?
After all, it was his young master who sold pig iron to the Tatars, as well as grain. If any of them were lacking, the war would not be fought.
"Don't worry, I won't let the Tatars' conspiracy succeed."
It seems that the Tatars plan to invade Shuimu City on a large scale this year.
She remembered that in the previous life, the Tatars did invade once in a large scale, but they were resisted by the Second Prince's people, and many of the Second Prince's people died. That time, it can be said that both sides suffered losses.
It seems...it's winter this year.
In winter, the Tatars invaded in large numbers. Half of the Second Prince's men were killed and wounded, which made the Emperor's illness worse. Then the next year, the Emperor died, the Queen and the Prince died. The Second Prince became anxious, so he led his troops into the grassland, and fought with the Tatars again. Fight to the death several times.
The Tartars suffered numerous casualties, and the Second Prince's people suffered many casualties. In the end, both parties failed to please them, so the two sides reached a deal on the condition that the Second Prince ceded land and paid compensation.
But in this life, the emperor is dead, the second prince is also dead, the eldest prince has ascended the throne, but the Tartars want to take advantage of the eldest prince's position to launch a massive attack.
If Zheng Wenting really gets a large amount of pig iron and grain for Prince Dakru, maybe this will be the trigger to destroy the Zheng family and destroy the family.
No, she can't harm the Zheng family just because she is alone.
For the Zheng family's business, the two sisters Zheng Wenjing married one as a concubine and the other to fill houses for others. The Zheng family sacrificed so much for the Zheng family's voice. She couldn't let Zheng Wenting just because she was not a familiar person. Take the entire Zheng family on board.
Xia Zihan thought about this and sent the boy away. When Zheng Wenting came back, she asked Zheng Wenting about Chu Jingqi.
"He is my cousin. He is playful by nature and likes the grassland, so he followed your caravan here. I came here specifically to find him this time."
Xia Zihan's words were half true and half false. Zheng Wenting had no doubts. He said, "There is a child of thirteen or fourteen years old who joined my caravan with two long followers and was the steward. She was introduced, but she is not as beautiful as you said, she is very ordinary and has a few small freckles on her face..."
Although it was his first time to lead a caravan, and he was not very familiar with the people in the caravan, the big steward under him was familiar with everyone in the caravan. There were a few strangers in the caravan, and the little steward It cannot be concealed.
The chief steward reported this matter to him at that time. Seeing that those people had no ill intentions towards the caravan, he kindly took them in for a few days.
However, after the trading meeting ended, those few people disappeared.
Because he was not familiar with it and was not one of his own, he didn't pay much attention at that time.
"I really don't know where he went. I didn't pay much attention." Zheng Wenting said apologetically, "I didn't know he was your cousin. If I knew, I would definitely help you keep him."
It seems that Chu Jingqi spent money to bribe the little steward, and then got into the caravan and deceived everyone.
It seems that Zheng Wenting has no clues here.
Xia Zihan was filled with disappointment.
After sending Zheng Wenting away, Chu Lin came back and said hurriedly, "Master, we have a clue."
"Where is he?"
Xia Zihan got excited and crushed the quilt in her hand to pieces. She didn't care about the cut on her hand. She let go of the broken quilt and asked hurriedly, "Tell me, where is he?"
(End of chapter)