Seeing that he could not start with political marriages, Belus turned to the economic field and demanded that the Great Cadres increase the number of goods exported to Persia.

Of course, Zhao Junsheng has no opinion on this, if he can export more goods to Persia, why not? The main thing is that the caravan and capacity are limited, and there is a country in between.

"The prince's idea, I will consider it at my discretion, now our Daqian Empire and the Yanda country have not reached a consensus on trade and trade, and the export of goods will definitely be greatly restricted, after all, the current Silk Road must pass through the jurisdiction of the Yanda country to reach Persia, if my Daqian Empire and the Yanda country reach an agreement on commerce and trade, and even let the Yanda country reduce the amount of commercial tax on our goods, then our exports to Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire will definitely increase!"

After Zhao Juncheng finished speaking, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Recently, I have been thinking about whether to open up another trade route and arrive in Persia without passing through the jurisdiction of the country of Yanda!" Come on, take the map! ”

A little eunuch came over with a roll of maps and spread it out on the table, Zhao Junsheng greeted Belus: "Prince, you see, the current Silk Road starts from Dunhuang in my Daqian, and is divided into two roads here, starting from Yumen Pass and then going northwest through the vast desert and Wufengsui, and then going to Yiwu, from Yiwu to the west through Gaochang, Yanqi, and Qiuzi countries, and then to the southwest to Shule country, from Shule country through the green ridge into the boundary of the country of Yanda!" ”

"The south road is from Dunhuang and then out of Yangguan, to the southwest, through the white dragon pile and a large desert to the city of Yixun, and then from the city of Yixun to the end, after the end of the country to go to the country of Jingju, and then to Khotan, all the way through the country of Pushan, the country of Siju Banguo, the country of thirsty Pantuo, the country of Bohe, into the country of the country of Yanda!"

"I am now considering taking a trade route that no one has traveled before, and after arriving in Shule Country, the caravan will not go to the country of Shuluoda, but to the country of Polona (called Dawan Kingdom during the Han Dynasty), the caravan will be in the country of Polona along the river all the way to the northwest, and when it arrives at this location, we call this place Flower Thorn Zimo!"

The Persian prince looked at it, "This flower thorn zim is next to the province of Khorasan of our Persian Empire, to the north of it!" Now the owner here is the Red Huns, and the Red Huns are attached to the country of Yanda, so this is also the territory of the country of Yanda! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Although the Red Huns are attached to the White Huns, they will not always be willing to submit to the White Huns, as long as there are enough interests and benefits, they will dare to rebel against the country!" If our caravans pass through the territory of the Red Huns, they should be very welcome, it will only be good for them and not bad, they don't even have to graze and farm, they can feed the whole tribe by charging a certain toll to the caravan! ”

Belus's eyes lit up a little, and he thought to himself that the Persian Empire could also use this huge benefit to drive the Red Huns to rebel against the White Huns and weaken the strength of the White Huns.

"Your Majesty is really wise, I think this trade route is good!" Belus had a smile on his face.

In fact, Zhao Junsheng still had an idea that he did not say, the caravan could even start from the Aral Sea and continue westward, pass through the northern shore of the Caspian Sea and the southern Russian steppe into the territory of the Huns, and then go to the Kerch Strait, cross the Black Sea to the south by boat, and directly arrive at Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

But to open up this trade route needs to take a lot of risk, this along the way to pass through the territory of Dawan, Hua Thornzim, Yueban, Huns, but also to cross the Black Sea to Constantinople by boat, Dawan is easy to say, this country has always been in contact with the Central Plains Dynasty, and often sent envoys to the Central Plains to meet the emperor, but the Red Huns occupying Khorezm, the Yueban people in the north and the Huns are afraid that it is not so easy to talk.

Belus asked: "Your Majesty, if we want to open up this trade route, we need both of us to work together, our Persian Empire is responsible for persuading the Red Xiongnu, and your Daqian Empire is responsible for opening up the trade route of Dawan, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Junsheng agreed on the spot: "Okay! By opening this trade route, I can promise to at least double the number of exports to Persia, and maybe even double or triple them! ”

Belus also said: "Your Majesty, we in Persia also hope to strengthen cultural exchanges with the Qianguo, and this time I have brought with me a lot of books from the Persian Empire, including poems, literary works, and history books written by many scholars of our Persian Empire!" I'll give them to your royal family another day, but I also hope to bring back some books from the Great Qian Empire, and I think our Persian scholars will be very interested in them! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Thank you very much, Your Royal Highness, I accepted the gift from Your Highness on behalf of the royal family, and I will also give Your Highness some books another day, hoping to play a decisive role in enhancing the understanding between the Great Qian Empire and the Persian Empire!" ”

"Thank you for the generosity of His Majesty the Emperor, and I would like to express my sincere respect to Your Majesty on behalf of the Persian Empire and the royal family!"

Belus changed the topic after speaking, "There is another extremely important matter for my father to send me to see Your Majesty this time, and that is the country of disgust!" Your Majesty must also know that the Bada people have shown great aggression since they occupied the Hanzhong region, and they have repeatedly launched attacks on the eastern territory of our Persian Empire, causing us great losses in the eastern provinces! ”

"Similarly, the rise of the Great Qian Empire and the entry of forces into the countries of the Western Regions have infringed on the interests of the Nada State in the Western Regions, and the Nada State will not tolerate the loss of its own interests! Your Majesty, don't look at them sending envoys over, and they are still princes, but this is actually just a delaying tactic by the king of Yanda, they are delaying time, once they are ready, they will inevitably march into the Western Regions, and the war between Daqian and Yanda will begin! ”

"The country of Yanda is the common enemy of our Persian Empire and His Majesty's Daqian Empire, so our Persian Empire hopes to unite with the Daqian Empire and form an alliance militarily to jointly deal with the country of Yanda!"

Zhao Junsheng listened quietly, pondered for a while, and said: "Disgusted with barbarism, its rise does pose a huge threat to the surrounding countries, and the prince's analysis just now is also very reasonable, but this matter is very important, I and the ministers need time to discuss and consider, this matter will wait for the end of the polo team competition of the envoys of various countries, and then I will discuss this matter with His Royal Highness the prince, how about it?" ”

Belus knew that Zhao Junsheng could not make a decision at the first time, and he needed to make more efforts to get the Daqian Empire to agree to a military alliance with the Persian Empire to deal with the Yanda Kingdom.

"Of course, I also hope that Your Majesty and the officials of Daqian can pay attention to this matter!"

Within two days, Wen He, the prince of Yanda, also asked to meet Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng hid for two days, and it was not good to keep hiding, as long as he was summoned.

The two sides discussed the question of the ownership of the Lingling States in Xia Liangge, and Zhao Junsheng said that the suzerainty of the Lingling States could be transferred to the Yanda State, but the Yanda State had to agree to three conditions: first, the power of the Yanda State stopped at its original territory and could no longer expand to the east or north; Second, after the caravan of the Great Cadres entered the sphere of influence of the Hata State, the commercial tax paid was halved; Third, the disgusting countries must not join forces with other countries to deal with the big cadres.

After hearing this, Wen He said that the first and third points could be considered, but he really could not accept the second one, and it was impossible for the country to accept it, because the country itself had no input, and it all relied on collecting the merchant taxes of the passing caravans, relying on the natural advantages of Tocharo, an intermediate node in the Sino-Western trade route, to supply the caravans and obtain wealth, and to collect taxes on the Sogdians.

Now that Zhao Junsheng is going to reduce half of the caravan's business tax as soon as he speaks, isn't that equivalent to cutting meat on the disgusting country? How could the disgusting country agree? Even if the annual tribute paid by the Green Ridge States to the Bad Nation is far less than these undercharged commercial taxes, wouldn't it be worth the loss to let the Bad Nation give up so many commercial taxes for the sake of the Green Ridge Countries?

Zhao Junsheng Wen He did not agree, and said: "The prince can not agree, but our caravan does not have to go to the border of the country of Yanda to go to the west, our caravan can open up another trade route, from the territory of the Dawan Kingdom and the Yuebanren people in the north to the west to Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire, and can completely avoid the territory of the country of Yanda!" ”

"Also, the countries of the Green Mountains took the initiative to serve my great cadres as their suzerain, and it was not my great cadres who forced them, otherwise they themselves are subject countries of the country of Yanda, and with the protection of the country of Yanda, how could they be willing to submit to me? Therefore, no matter from which point of view, it is reasonable for our cadres to have suzerainty over the Green Ridge countries, so why should our big cadres turn away the Green Mountains countries that have taken the initiative to take refuge? ”

Wen He's heart sank when he heard this, he guessed in his heart that the Persian prince Belus was likely to have talked to Zhao Junsheng about forming an alliance, and he decided to test Zhao Junsheng, "Your Majesty is quite unreasonable, I am disgusted with the country will definitely easily give up its suzerainty over the countries of the Green Mountains, even if it is a war with the Great Qian, I will not hesitate, and please think twice, whether it is worth it to go to war with the countries of the Green Mountains for the sake of the countries of the Green Mountains!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's face sank, "Prince Wenhe, I and the Great Qian Empire will never accept or be afraid of any form of political blackmail and threats!" ”

Wen He guessed that Zhao Junsheng's attitude might be very tough, but he didn't expect it to be so tough, he thought for a while, and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, we can talk about the suzerainty of the Lingling States later, I am here to express my country's position on behalf of the Disgusting Country, I heard that the Persian prince Belus came to Chang'an this time to form an alliance with your country to deal with my Disgusting Nation, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a moment and gave a reply: "The Prince of Persia did mention this matter to me, but I am still thinking about it!" What does the prince mean by asking this question? ”

Wen He already had a plan and plan in his heart, he said: "If Daqian rejects the Persians' proposal for an alliance, I think we can talk about the suzerainty of the Lingling States again, and it is not impossible for our country to make some concessions!" ”