"Your Majesty, don't worry about it. I have guessed why Dayuan wants to buy wool these days." said a minister.

"Oh, what's the use of it?"

Barbarian Minister Korla Dawu: "It's actually very simple. According to the intelligence we have, Dayuan seems to be planning to reclaim wasteland at the border.

All the hundreds of thousands of people who worked on the road construction were kept, and even their families were relocated.

This means that you plan to live here permanently.

Your Majesty, think about it. The north is extremely cold in winter. If we want to provide cotton-padded clothes for so many people, I'm afraid Dayuan won't be able to do it.

That's why I thought of using the cheapest wool to make winter clothes and bedding.

The same is true if we increase the price of our cattle by 10%.

A large number of livestock are needed to cultivate the land."

The Barbarian King was shocked when he heard this: "Opening up wasteland and cultivating land at the border, are they crazy?

As long as we invade, we can take away all the food.

They know that no matter how much food they grow, it won’t reach their hands.”

"Yeah, I thought so too! But Dayuan is recruiting soldiers to expand the army.

Perhaps they thought that with a large army, they could protect the security of the border.

Another possibility is that Dayuan simply does not have enough food.

This is the only risk I can take! "

Korla said 䦤.

The Barbarian King was immediately overjoyed: "Hahaha, it must be God helping me!

We don't have enough food to eat every day.

If we wait until the grain harvest of Dayuan is completed, we will send troops to rob it.

It can feed the entire population.”

"Your Majesty is absolutely right, this is a godsend opportunity for us.

Therefore, we should not mobilize troops before the grain harvest.

It's a good opportunity to train troops.

As soon as the grain is harvested, send troops to rob it.

Of course, Dayuan must have made preparations, so we can unite with other countries and send troops together.

Even if the Dayuan army is larger, it cannot withstand our coalition army." Korla said.

"Okay, let's do as you say, and be sure to send someone to keep an eye on them.

We must investigate clearly how many soldiers and how much grain is grown.

At the same time, tell this news to the Jin Kingdom and Khitan.

Suffer a little loss first and wait patiently.

When the wheat is ripe, we will immediately send troops to conquer them.

As long as we can defeat it, we can capture all the people there.

Then we don’t have to worry about no one helping us harvest the crops.

If we could seize this much food, our population could expand significantly."

The barbarian king came and walked around excitedly.

The main reason that restricts their development is not only the poor conditions but also the fact that the land is too barren to grow crops.

Not having enough food will lead to not having enough population.

Their cavalry could only be maintained within a certain number.

If the population can double, the army can also at least double.

With a powerful army, we will be able to defeat Dayuan.

"I think we should provide them with some assistance. Dayuan is currently in serious shortage of oxen for farming. Therefore, the land they can cultivate is limited.

If we sell them all our extra cattle and useless horses in exchange for useful supplies.

This will allow them to cultivate more land, and then we can send troops to retake it later without suffering any losses."

Korla took the opportunity to offer advice.

The barbarian king was deeply impressed and immediately agreed to his proposal.

"You have a point, but we can't just give them so many animals in exchange for small things like salt.

It would be best if we could have some iron pots, tools for cutting meat, and even food.

You can’t suffer too much!”

"Okay, I'll go negotiate with them right away!"

The news quickly reached Li Ye.

Li Ye is arranging people to conduct reception etiquette training, and also studying knitting patterns together. He is very busy every day.

Tubo was very surprised when he received the news from the barbarians.

"You want to negotiate with us again? What's the matter? Are you complaining about the price of the goods?"

"No! They say they have a large number of cattle and horses to sell to us.

However, you cannot exchange only salt, spices, medicinal materials, clothing and other goods.

"They're asking to buy things like iron pots, vegetables, and grain," Lei Ying said.

"Are you kidding me? Iron rods are a strictly prohibited commodity. I still want to live a few more days.

I won’t sell it no matter how much money you offer!”

"But they say there are a great number of cattle and horses, hundreds of thousands of them prepared for us."

Li Ye was immediately shocked, his eyes wide open.

"Did I hear you correctly just now? You said hundreds of thousands of horses, not just dozens?"

"Yes, I also thought it was not true, but that's what they said.

I confirmed it three times before I dared to report the news to His Highness."

Although Li Ye was not happy, he felt that there was something fishy going on.

He rubbed his chin and thought for a moment: "What tricks are they planning to play?"

Counting the days, the news that the sea transport soldiers had been intercepted would soon be leaked.

If they knew, they would immediately turn against me.

It will not be so easy to get animals to work in the future.

They will definitely play dirty tricks.

The last time I bought it, it might have a disability or hidden disease and it would be impossible to use it.

But hundreds of thousands of livestock were too tempting.

If you can buy it all at once, you can immediately meet your farming needs.

A family might be able to cultivate thirty acres of land.

Li Ye thought for a moment and finally made up his mind.

"Okay, this prince will talk to them!"

The two sides met soon and negotiated at the same place.

"I heard that you want to do a big deal with us. Tell me what the conditions are?" Li Ye put on the airs of a prince and said with a roll of his eyelids.

The barbarian envoys were also very confident about this negotiation.

Zhiyu must have been very tempted to see that he agreed to negotiate so readily.

He sneered in his heart but was very polite in his words.

"Winter is coming soon, and we must stock up on food.

Especially in winter when it snows, there is not enough pasture available.

It is impossible to feed so many cattle and horses, so I want to do this business with you.

I imagine you in Dayuan are also in dire need of working oxen and horses, right?"

Li Ye did not deny it and nodded, saying, "You are right, as long as you are not sick or injured, I will take as much as you want.

Just name your price, as long as it's not outrageous, I'll take them all."

"I've already said that all of this should be exchanged for food, vegetables, iron pots, and other urgently needed items..."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Don't you know that the imperial court strictly prohibits the export of these items?

Even though I am a prince, I dare not disobey the imperial edict.

Let’s change to something else.

For example, use the best wine, the best silk and porcelain, or if that doesn't work, wood will do."

The barbarian envoy was unmoved and shook his head, saying, "No, we don't want anything except what we need.

If you don't change, we can wait until winter comes and kill and freeze them in advance, so we can still eat them all winter."