Remarrying Chun Yuan

"Who do you think you are? Are all the men of Great Qi dead? Who gives you, a woman, the right to negotiate?" The envoy looked at Wei Tianxuan with extreme dissatisfaction. "Is this the attitude of your Great Qi?"

"What's wrong with women? Don't the women of your Mongol Kingdom also ride horses to fight and sit in the court? Do you dare to say what you just said to the Empress Dowager Mongol face to face?" Liu Yuechu retorted with a smile.

"Those are women from our Mongol Kingdom, not women from your Great Qi Kingdom. How can they be compared?" The envoy's face was full of sarcasm. "Women from your Great Qi Kingdom only know how to do boring things like embroidery and drinking tea, acting all coy and pretentious. They are all shameful!"

"Oh, why are you insulting yourself?" Liu Yuechu said in a low voice. "I have always respected distinguished guests like the Special Envoy, and I have absolutely no intention of disrespecting him."

The special envoy was caught off guard and froze for a moment.

Yuwen Chan laughed. "Don't understand? She's insulting you by saying you're not human."

"!!!" The special envoy was about to get angry again.

Yuwen Chan raised his hand and asked Liu Yuechu to talk about the 100,000 taels of silver. "...If you can satisfy me, I will accept your 100,000 taels. If you talk nonsense and I am not satisfied, you will have to compensate me for the time I wasted on you, which is also 100,000 taels."

The envoy looked at him in surprise, "We should go..." He had no say in the matter, so what was the point of talking?

Yuwen Chan's gaze remained fixed on Liu Yuechu. "I want to hear your opinion."

The envoy clenched his fist in dissatisfaction, then obediently sat down. He was only thinking that when he returned to report to the eldest prince, he would definitely complain to Yuwen Chan!

He then provocatively sized up Liu Yuechu, wondering if the eldest prince would like this young lady.

Liu Yuechu automatically blocked out his lewdness and only looked at Yuwen Chan, "I can give you 100,000 taels of silver, but I want 100,000 cow and sheep hides from the Mongol Kingdom."

"Do you know what you're saying?" Yuwen Chan laughed in anger. "One tael of silver for a piece of leather? Are you deliberately trying to provoke me? If that's your goal, then you've succeeded."

"Liu Yuechu, don't talk nonsense! This is a negotiation between two countries, not a street vendor's business!" The Bai family head whispered a reminder to her. Ten thousand taels of silver for ten thousand pieces of leather, she really dares to ask for that!

Liu Yuechu ignored him and looked directly at Yuwen Chan, saying, "As far as I know, the Mongol Kingdom also suffered from the winter snow disaster. Tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses froze to death on the ice field."

"Although the meat of livestock can feed the people and the snow disaster did not starve too many people, once spring warms up, piles of cattle and sheep rot, stinking and ruining the living environment of Mongolia. Although your Mongolia is good at fighting, it is not good at dealing with plagues and diseases. Moreover, summer is just around the corner. If these damaged cattle and sheep hides are not dealt with as soon as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable."

……

All the officials and businessmen were watching her closely. Even Wei Tianxuan didn't expect her to start by revealing his shortcomings right away.

"Yes, it's warmed up early today, so we need to hurry up and bury those rotten cattle and sheep bones. But it's a huge project, requiring a lot of manpower and resources," Wei Tianxuan interjected sinisterly.

The veins on Yuwen Chan's jaw bulged; he hadn't expected the woman in front of him to know such things.

"The grasslands of Mongolia are vast, and the people can migrate, unlike your Great Qi, where building these pavilions and towers makes moving difficult."

"Isn't it windy? Isn't it raining? Migration is never a long-term solution. It may be convenient to migrate, but what people don't want to live in peace and prosperity? If they didn't, the overlord of Meng wouldn't have sent the two princes and their delegation to Daqi to negotiate cooperation," Liu Yuechu said with a smile.

"The Mongol Empire came with goodwill, but what about you, Qi? You stole furs and horses; you're deliberately playing us for fools!" the envoy suddenly interjected.

"The loss of the fur was an accident, and His Majesty has already punished more than a thousand people. Is the Special Envoy still not satisfied? As for the horse, who knows whether it was lost on the road or around the capital? It's just a muddled matter. If we really take it seriously, there's fault on both sides, and it's not reasonable to let the Great Qi suffer the whole loss."

"Moreover, you're going to forget the mission sent by the Mongol overlord just because you lost a few horses, and start a war with the Great Qi? That sounds ridiculous."

Liu Yuechu ignored the special envoy and continued to look at Yuwen Chan, "One hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand hides, and I can also provide ten thousand catties of cotton wadding for the people of Mongolia to make cotton clothes and quilts to prepare for winter camping and heating; I can also provide ten thousand insect repellent and disease prevention medicine kits for the soldiers of Mongolia to carry with them."

"I can also teach you a way to prevent fur from corroding and becoming smelly, so that it can be transported to Daqi intact for trade. It can also be used to make cosmetics and skincare products for the women of Meng, so that they can also be beautiful in a carefree and unrestrained way."

Liu Yuechu exuded righteous indignation, saying, "I do this for no other reason than to prevent the people of both countries from suffering and to see the beautiful women of Mongolia dancing and brewing tea happily."

"And what I'm talking about are things you couldn't obtain even if you went to war with the Great Qi."

……

The atmosphere inside the room was very tense.

After Liu Yuechu finished speaking, even Wei Tianxuan stopped interrupting.

Yuwen Chan paused for a moment, then looked at Liu Yuechu with even more seriousness. "What's your name?"

"Liu Yuechu, from the official and merchant Liu family, is in charge of managing royal furs. I dare not boast that everyone knows me, Liu Yuechu, but at least everyone in the capital of Daqi knows me."

Liu Yuechu spoke calmly, “An eye for an eye is not the behavior of a great power. A few days ago, in order to find the missing horse, you even beat and ate the best foal in my horse farm. I did not say that I would no longer care about the lives of the people of both countries and that I was willing to continue to cooperate with Mongolia.”

"I, a woman, am not petty. Why don't you be more magnanimous, Your Excellency? Stop harping on about the lost horse and fur all day long. It makes you seem too stingy."

Her voice was gentle and soothing, like spring water. It was very pleasant to listen to.

Wei Tianxuan was the one who felt comfortable.

He really didn't expect Liu Yuechu to be so blunt.

The other officials and business owners were also surprised that this young woman would be so bold as to directly attack the weakness of the Mongol Kingdom, and even be so kind and gentle.

Then I thought that it was better that these words came from a woman's mouth; if it were said by us men, war would probably be unavoidable.

The envoy was furious, his eyes practically green with rage, and he couldn't understand why this young lady was targeting him so much.

He was about to refuse when Yuwen Chan agreed, saying, "If this is really as you say, I would really like to give it a try."

“Your Highness, we haven’t discussed this with the First Prince yet!” the envoy immediately retorted.

"Do you think I am not in a position to make decisions?" Yuwen Chan's eyes were filled with sinister killing intent as he looked at him.

The special envoy was indeed dissatisfied with him, and did not know why the patriarch had sent him to accompany the eldest prince to Qi for exchanges, something that would never have happened before.

“You have no right to make decisions on your own…” he said righteously.

Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his throat as Yuwen Chan grabbed his neck and lifted him high into the air.