Jin San rolled up his sleeves lightly, poured tea for Ren Ze opposite, and said: "I haven't been in the Central Plains for twenty years, and I didn't know that such a good tea was newly produced." Although the taste is light, it has a sweet aftertaste, which is really a rare and good product, and it is most suitable for us to drink tea and chat. ”

Ren Ze said: "It's not just tea. In the past few days, I have been walking around the shopping mall opposite every day, and there are really countless good things, which are dazzling. In the past, there was a mutual market in Tanglong Town in the south, and I lived there for many years, and I didn't see so many goods. ”

Jin San nodded again and again: "In the past, when I did business with the Central Plains, the bulk was nothing more than silk, and the rest of the goods were not cost-effective. Now it seems that many businesses can be done and can make a lot of money. With the railway, the road is no longer difficult, and even in the future it is not even necessary to sell only light goods. ”

Ren Ze took a sip of tea and said to Jin San: "Outside the staff, the Great Song Dynasty has newly won Blackwater City." I heard that the railroad is going to be built there, do you think there will be such a thing? The railway is paved with iron on the ground, and the cost is unimaginable. ”

Jin San smiled: "Outside of Ren, although you have been in Tanglong Town for several years before, you don't know the current market. The iron in the Central Plains is very cheap, so cheap that you can't believe it. Shengzhou can't be seen here because this is a border area, and copper and iron are not allowed to be sold. ”

Ren Ze nodded, and shook his head again, he couldn't imagine how cheap the iron in the Central Plains was, and how to make it so cheap. The party on one side suffered a big loss in the last battle, and gathered the strength of the whole country to make artillery and collect a large amount of copper and iron. These things are not produced in its territory, and the Song Dynasty does not sell them to it, and the Khitan no longer borders, so it can only be purchased from the Western Regions and Tibet. Not to mention the high price, the shipping is expensive, so you can buy it from top to bottom. At present, the party can be said to be lying on its back and trying its courage, and it wants to build enough artillery at all costs. It's just that after the cannon is built, no one knows whether it can win the Song army on Hequ Road. No general dared to say the words of revenge against the Song army, anyway, he was going all out to build artillery.

After drinking tea for a while, Ren Ze said to Jin San: "If the railway is built to Heishui City, it will not be far from Gaochang." From Heishui City to Yizhou, it is only more than 1,000 miles, and there are roads connecting them. Not to mention horses, camels, even carts can pass. At that time, if you come here from the Western Regions, you don't have to take the north road, you can go directly to Blackwater City. Outside the staff, there are connections in Gaochang, and the business is much better. ”

Jin San shook his head: "We businessmen naturally only talk about business, how can the government be like this?" In the past, Gaochang was a vassal to the Khitan, and for many years he did not pay tribute to the Central Plains, and the trade route was not so easy. The Great Song Dynasty has occupied the meandering road of the river for a few months, and Gaochang's envoys have been delaying the tribute, alas-"

Speaking of this, Jin San took a sip of tea, was silent for a while, and said: "I have already sent someone back to Gaochang to talk about the affairs in this area, and also about the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, Khitan and Dangxiang Three Kingdoms, I hope to send envoys as soon as possible." The trade route is not passable, so we can only take the north road, Fanshan to Hezhou, and then take the railway to Shengzhou. As soon as the field is opened, the business will have to be done. ”

The north of Gaochang is the Khitan Shangjing Road, although thousands of miles away from the core, the natives are not Khitans, and the Khitan garrison is not much, but its prestige is still there, and Gaochang easily does not dare to have two hearts. Without being sure, he did not dare to send envoys to the Song Dynasty. Biyi has lost contact with the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and the Khitan army has really entered Gaochang, and Gaochang has been beaten badly.

Ren Ze stepped forward, leaned closer and whispered: "Outside, in your opinion, the Great Song Dynasty occupies Blackwater City, how will it deal with the countries of the Western Regions?" ”

Jin San said lightly: "Twenty years ago, I entered Beijing to pay tribute, and I was the deputy envoy of Khotan——"

Ren Ze was taken aback: "The staff is saying that the Great Song Dynasty may not help Khotan to restore the country?" In that case, the Qarakhanid will be miserable! ”

Jin Sandao: "We are businessmen, how can we say these things well?" Think about profitable things, these things that will lead to trouble, it is better to stay away. ”

Ren Ze nodded and didn't bring up the topic again.

Jin San has a wide range of connections, and when he heard the rumors, Du Zhongxiao was looking for the descendants of the Yuchi family of the Khotanese royal family. It's just that he is a vigilant person, and he is a person who is too much of a Khotanese deputy envoy, so he only pretends not to know the news, and never mentions it to Gao Chang and Qarakhanid.

Khotan has been established for more than 1,200 years, not only for a long time, but also for the Central Plains Dynasty has always been deferential and close. Not only did merchants from the Western Regions like to use it for Khotanese names when they come to the Central Plains, but even many local governments like to use it. Once the Song army entered the Western Regions, it was of course looking for allies to find the Khotanese people. It's almost inevitable, it's obvious.

Both Qocho and Qarakhanid were Uighur regimes, but they differed in religion. Gaochang is a Buddhist country, because the main body of the border is Xizhou in the Tang Dynasty, also known as the Xizhou Uighurs. The Qarakhanid is a green religion, and the Karakhanid Chinese means black, so it is also called the Black Khanate. Twenty years before the tribute, in the name of the Khotan Black Khan King, the Song people did not know that the Khotanese State had been destroyed, called it the Khotan Black Han King.

Khotan was established not by the Uighurs, but by the indigenous regimes of the Western Regions. The Uighur forces of the Tang Dynasty were in great power in the Western Regions and Hexi, and Khotan was a natural ally if they wanted to return to the Western Regions for any purpose. In the Tang Dynasty, there were princesses who married, and countries such as Khotan and Gaochang all considered their relationship with the Central Plains to be the country of their nephews, and called the Central Plains emperor a Han uncle's family.

During the reign of Taizong, Wang Yande was ordered to send an envoy to the Western Regions, which took three years. At that time, Gaochang was both polite and distant to the envoys of the Song Dynasty, politely indicating respect for the Central Plains, and estrangement indicating independent status, and no longer having a subordinate relationship with the Central Plains.

As soon as the Song army entered Heishui City, bordering Gaochang, the previous exchanges with each other had different meanings. The first person to face the choice was Gao Chang, and his attitude towards the Song Dynasty might affect the fate of the kingdom.

Jin San is a businessman who knows these things well. Businessmen want to make money, of course, they will not get involved, the farther away the better.

At this moment, an entourage walked in quickly from outside and saluted Jin Sanxing: "Outside, today's marshal's mansion in the city has unveiled the list text, and it has been posted everywhere. The rules for doing business here are set in the list, as long as we submit a complaint to the Shuaifu, we can trade. ”

Ren Ze listened, and hurriedly got up and said: "This kind of important list must be there in the shopping mall." Outside, let's go watch it together! ”

Jin San shook his head, motioned for Ren Ze to sit down, and said, "This kind of trivial matter, naturally someone will do it for you, why go in person?" ”

After speaking, he said loudly: "Director Yan, send someone to the outside list, copy it carefully, and bring it back for me to see!" ”

Director Yan, who had been standing not far away, hurriedly went to the back and called a writer hired by the store to copy the list and come back.

Jin San said to Ren Ze: "Outside the staff, this place is built, and someone is hired to do things, so you don't have to do everything by yourself like a few days ago." We have different identities, what kind of system do we have to run around! Sit down and drink tea with peace of mind, and let the next people do it. ”

Ren Ze sat down again, and couldn't help but feel a little envious of Jin San. Compared with Jin San, he is a small businessman, where is there such pomp. If he hadn't been in Tanglong Town for a few years, he wouldn't have been able to come together at all. A few days ago, I felt that Jin San was no different from myself, but when I rented this shop and hired a lot of people to come, I obviously felt different.

In Jin San's eyes, as long as money can solve something, it is not a thing. If copper money doesn't work, then use silver, silver can't do it, and he has gold jewelry for gold and jewelry. As long as you collect money, then everything will be easy.