At the banquet in Linde Hall, the saint personally agreed to allow the Gar family in Qinghai to participate in the market buying trade with the Tang Dynasty, which naturally surprised Zanpo. No matter what difficult challenges the Gar family will face next, at least if they can join the Tang Dynasty's commercial network at present, this will definitely be a major improvement to the embarrassing situation in Haixi.

So Zan Po swept away the sorrows accumulated in his heart before, and cheered up to make the matter finalized as soon as possible. He was worried that there would be more dreams at night and no time to wait. The next day after the banquet at Linde Hall, he came to the imperial city early, staring at his pair of eyes that had not been asleep all night, bloodshot, and went to find someone to contact him.

Liu Yu, a city trade order, whose promotion experience in the past year, had been envied by the entire court, received a relevant notice last night, waiting for Zanpo's arrival outside the provincial hall of the Menxia Provincial Government.

When the two sides met on the street in front of the government office, they were a little surprised on their faces.

Liu Yu's surprise is easy to understand. He is a little unstable. After tossing and turning all night, he was eager to discuss matters early in the morning, and did not take care of his hair and beards seriously. He even looked a little sloppy, and he didn't look like a big shot.

As for Zan Po, all the high-ranking officials in the court after entering the Tang Dynasty were handsome and well-dressed. He also learned about the prominent and important position of the Municipal Trade Department in the court before, and naturally had an imagination of the head of the Municipal Trade Department in his heart.

But now, although the man standing in front of him was wearing a red official robe with a majestic décor, his robe was wrinkled as if he had not been changed for many days. There was still some ink left on his lapel. He looked a little dull. He was not like a key official in the southern province, and he was no different from an old farmer working in the fields.

So although both sides saw each other at the same time, they were not in a hurry to speak, and a thought flashed through their minds: Why does this guy look like this? Could it be a liar?

It was not until the escorts of both sides entered again that their identities had been confirmed that their suspicion had slightly disappeared, but neither of them was too careful about the sacrificial rituals. After saying hello, Liu Yu raised his hand and pointed behind him and said, "Is this going to the yatang to talk?"

After hearing this, Zan Po nodded repeatedly. He was full of thoughts and didn't care about anything else.

The Municipal Trade Department Office is not in the Tongxia District Hall, but an independent cross-yard in the southwest direction. After entering this, Zanpo couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his nose. The strong smell of ink stinking in the air was really a bit thumping.

The Municipal Trade Department is very heavy, and the corresponding thing is that there are many business. The company has a letter of communication, and a box is more than enough, but the Municipal Trade Department often goes in and out. With such a huge amount of official documents, the water used by the several large tanks of water that wash the pen and inkstone on one side of the Yatang is black ink, as if it is ink.

The clerks in the yamen were also extremely busy. The entire body of the escort was surrounded by stacked documents, and the walkers were like wind and waves, so busy that they were not touching the ground.

A large number of public and private trade affairs have been summarized so that they all need to be handled in a timely and effective manner, which makes people have almost no time to spare.

Although Liu Yu is now a fifth-rank minister, he is a grass-roots person, and he relies entirely on the common affairs he has trained as a subordinate. Now he is a steward, and when he is busy, he is forgetting to eat and sleep. Therefore, Zan Po is so haggard and honorable when he sees him.

After entering the yatang, Liu Yu returned to the seat first, and then found that when he sat down, the document on the desk blocked his view and could not see Zan Po at all. Then he stood up again and ordered the clerk to move some of the documents on the front of the case, and then raised his hand to Zan Po again and said, "I'm busy with the yatang, Zhang Shi is not clear, so he is rude."

After hearing this, Zan Po waved his hand and said, "Everyone is both busy and has been entangled by the world. There is no need to be too polite to give things. Since someone has entered this, he will follow suit."

When Liu Yu heard this, he didn't say much. He raised his hand and signaled the official to hand over a copy of the book to Zanpo, and explained: "This book is the charter for trade, and the public and private are not the same. Please read it carefully. If you have any questions, I will give you a detailed answer later."

After saying that, he sat down again, picked up a document and continued to read and processed it. This was not his deliberate arrogance, but it was the normal state of daily work.

In fact, with the current scope of authority of the Municipal Trade Department, subordinates should also divide the cases and work on their affairs, rather than all the affairs pouring into our desks. However, in the past, the Municipal Trade Department had many places in the court and had no fixed place, so the personnel structure has not been improved so far.

If you only discuss business matters with a foreign ministry, Liu Yu does not need to receive it personally, and send one or two clerks from the office. However, the trade with Haixi is not only limited to commercial affairs, but also related to the court's military and political plans. The saint also personally ordered Liu Yu to follow the whole process and report it in time, so Liu Yu took the time to meet Zan Po.

"Yes, if the foreign guests don't recognize my Tang Dynasty books, they can get officials..."

After a while after sitting down, Liu Yu thought of this festival again. While talking, he looked up, but saw that Zan Po had already read the book carefully. After being a little surprised, he ignored it and continued to be busy with his own affairs.

Regarding his own financial planning, Zan Po naturally took it seriously. He was responsible for internal affairs in Qinghai, so he knew some related matters and operations. After reading the full volume of the charter, he also avoided his admiration for the careful and meticulousness of the Tang Dynasty in formulating rules, and there were almost no loopholes to take advantage of.

Although the various regulations on private trade are more relaxed compared to the official trade with the Tang Dynasty, there is no way to guarantee the transaction volume and frequency. Of course, their Gar family wanted to join in, not to make money by sitting on the ground, but to make up for and accumulate strength as soon as possible to deal with the variables that will happen next.

Therefore, although the official trade conditions were a bit harsh, after weighing the trade-offs, Zanpo decided to choose the official Tang Dynasty as the main target of trade. In addition to specific commercial considerations, there is another point out of political considerations.

Of course, he also understood in his heart that the reason why His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty agreed to let their Gar family join the trade was not pure. Even if the Gar family chose to use private merchants as the main trading target, they would inevitably face various regulatory investigations.

Since this is the case, it is better to choose actively from the beginning, and you can also be more honest.

After deciding on this, Zan Po first glanced at the product names provided by the Tang Dynasty. Of course, there were no military ban products. Most of them were related to daily life, including ceramics, silk, tea, lacquer, cars and ships, etc.

These commodities cannot directly enhance Qinghai's military strength, but many of them are urgently needed in Qinghai today. In particular, after these goods are traded to Haixi, they can continue to be trafficked to the west, and exchange for more needed goods from the Hu tribes in the West.

Of course, there are certain commercial affairs in the land of Haixi. After all, the reason why Tuyuhun was able to become a prosperous country in Haixi for hundreds of years was also an important commercial route transit station in the Hexi Corridor. Otherwise, it would be difficult to maintain such a long-term national destiny based on Qinghai's own output alone.

However, because the Tang Dynasty's exports to the outside world are too fierce, Haixi has no advantage in this regard. Even if it carries out some commercial activities, the profits are really limited, and sometimes they even operate at a loss.

Although the Tang Dynasty officially provided a few products, the number of products is large. As for the goods and raw materials they purchased, there are a lot of types, including fur, bones, minerals and other general outputs, as well as excellent war horses such as Qinghai Prevention.

Exchange good books. Follow now and receive cash red envelopes!

Especially if you want to achieve a certain scale of transaction volume, some of the goods used for trading have rigid regulations, such as the fur stipulates how many wrist-horse leather, how many horses are tested in Qinghai, how many pounds of gold, silver and iron ore, etc.

Of course, this trading model is not equal. You, Datang, are stingy in the transaction, and do not provide any important products. However, it is my turn to provide goods, but I wish I could even dig out the dry bones of the ancestral tomb to give them to you.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty did not force it in this regard. This is my rule. If you don’t accept it, don’t do business.

However, although the types of goods traded are quite unequal, the prices are relatively fair, at least much more expensive than those issued by merchants traveling to Longyou.

After some thought, Zanpo began to write down the scale and quantity of the first transaction. The items and raw materials needed by the Tang Dynasty were still quite stored in Haixi.

Although good horses like Qinghai Cong are also related to military and national affairs, they are also flooded in Haixi. They have to consume feed when raising them. It is better to bring them out and exchange for goods that they cannot produce. The Tuyuhun people's skills in raising horses and taming horses are not good, and this is also one of the confidences of their Donghu tribe to be able to cross the south of the desert and migrate to Hexi to survive and establish the country.

As for various minerals, there are also many outputs in Bailan Mountains southeast of Qinghai. Although the Tubo people's forging technology is good, their productivity and supporting materials are far from enough, so they have a considerable surplus and are useless to accumulate.

Since it was the first transaction, Zanpo didn't dare to let go too much, but the final scale of the order was quite considerable. After all, they were blocked and the materials were in trouble for too long, so they really needed to be supplemented now.

"It's already settled?"

When Zan Po’s order was handed over, Liu Yu heard the pen in his hand and looked up in surprise and asked, “It seems that the customer has no doubts about the matter? Then, based on this order, you can go to the workshop to inspect the goods in the afternoon. If it is confirmed correctly, your goods and materials will be transferred to Shanzhou and the two tests will be confirmed and delivered.”
Chapter completed!