Chapter 24: The Explorer

The possibility of the Langya Wang clan restoring its former historical status is zero, and the system is mixed with "Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi", and the efforts of the three generations are not a problem.

It's just that times have changed, and as the mother family of Anping, the Langya Wang family has participated in too many industrial and commercial activities led by the Jiangnan family. On the sea, there is no "punishment that cannot be punished by a doctor". annoyed the "Seven Martial Seas of His Majesty", and rushed to his hometown to have a "beheading operation", but he would not feel shy because he "couldn't be courteous".

Come out and mix, what kind of face do you want.

"There are a few difficulties in these things, Ran's Shujin usually goes to Wuhan, can reach Suzhou, and then turn to the ocean. To Guangzhou, Jiaozhou and even Zhenla, Foqi Fanbang, most of them rely on sail ships. It's just that the land of Tibet is suddenly like chaos, and there is a person named Dongzan, who was beheaded by Li Zhenren, and now the land of Tibet is much more peaceful to the south. ”

After thinking about it, Wang Tuan sorted out his thoughts, "In the old years, there was an old trick of the Horse Gang, gritting his teeth and leading people to go through Qianzhong, using Sichuan horses and Yunnan horses, passing the six edicts, and under the banner of the Tang Dynasty envoys, he deceived the barbarians in the north of the Bi Kingdom, and traveled all the way to the west, looking for the Tubang National Highway in the north of the Bi Kingdom, which leads directly to the south of the Tibetan Land, which is about the flat land in the southeast of Niboro. ”

"Oh? And such a thing? ”

Most of the explorers of the early Tang Dynasty came from the China Resources and Jiangshui Zhang. But with the overseas profits and the excavation of gold and silver mines, the families with spare power have begun their own expeditions. Among them, like the dormant Fanyang Lu clan, an important source of their funds was the fur trade to the Mughul and the peoples further north.

Every year, the white fox and white bear skin, of which two or three percent, are related to Fanyang Lu's family.

And these furs, in the Zhenguan period, were the same as silk cloth, all of which were hard currency. A fox skin can be used directly as a horse, or even five, ten, or even thirty silks, which is the same as real money.

The importance of this matter mentioned by Wang Tuan lies in one point, that is, if this road is passed, then the trade into the Tibetan land, and even the trade into the Northern Tianzhu and the Gundam country, will add a land route.

Although the return of sea trade is huge, the investment is huge, the cost is extremely high, and the risk is also extremely high. As for land trade, the volume may be small, but backed by the behemoth of the Tang Dynasty, any Tang Dynasty businessman, who goes abroad to swagger and deceive, as long as he can read and write, will basically not be seen through by the princely states.

More importantly, Wang Tuan's meaning is that Shu Jin and Sichuan tea and Wuhan tea can be sold through the road from Qianzhong to Liuzhao to Pio.

There is more gold in Beitianzhu, and there is also more gold in the Gundam country, and the returns are equally rich.

Wang Tuan also revealed the news that the end of the road seems to be in the southeast of Nibora.

"It's also strange to say, as long as you cross the country of Pi and cross the big river, you will see countless rice fields, and there are three stones per mu. And the local farmers are very lazy, and they don't take care of the acres of land, which is really ......" Speaking of this, Wang Tuan sighed with emotion, "It's a violent thing." ”

It can produce rice, and the yield is not low, and the big river may be the Ganges River or the later Brahmaputra River. This place can still have an entrance to Tibet, Lao Zhang probably guessed something, this place is either the later Sikkim or the later Yadong.

Even if not, it's near these two places.

"How can you find this path......"

Zhang De also admires that the past road in Qianzhong has always existed. Not to mention the Qin and Han dynasties, there was already a road in Guizhou to enter the mountains of the southwest plateau during the Warring States Period, but it was sparsely populated and there was no benefit from domination.

It's just that with the change of the times, to this day, the six edicts occupy the southwest, and the fang people are becoming more and more sinicized, although Qianzhong is still hard, the promotion and construction of Ling rice and terraced fields have made Qianzhong have a certain economic foundation. Although this foundation is extremely fragile, and it may take ten years of accumulation to fight a war, it also has a little foundation in the end.

On this basis, there was the behavior of Qianzhong entering the southwest and further westward exploration.

"Although the road in the northern land of the country is rugged, it is also an old road. Occasionally, I see Buddhist temples, and there are many offerings in the Tu Bang. There are 10,000 people in the big state, 2,000 people in the small state, and the rest of the cave villages, there are countless of them, and they are as many as cows. ”

Wang Tuan said this, Lao Zhang was even more sure that this was probably the prototype of the ancient tea horse road on the southern route later, and it was even very likely that it was the road developed by the ancestors of the Six Zhao themselves.

At present, the six edicts are to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and the other is to trade with Jiaozhou, the Biao State and the western princely states. The living conditions of the head people are still okay, although they are primitive, but they are more than enough than the top.

"Ran's don't know?"

"I don't know."

Wang Tuan Zhengse said, "If the Ran family knows, I'm afraid they will have to ask themselves to run Qianzhong." The envoy knows that the Ran family is now the queen's purse, as long as he speaks, he will be the governor of the palace, and he will not know. ”

"Then the Wang family is going to work hard?"

"Brother clan is this idea, now that the sea is treacherous, and there are maniacs who have taken the emperor's orders and plundered, they always have to find some way back."

"What's missing?"

"Agree?"

"Zhiniang's mother, what other internal and external truths do I have to talk about this matter?"

You still have to think too much about this thing, and it won't be interesting to talk about interests aside from the relationship.

Wang Tuan was stunned for a moment, and secretly looked down on Zhang De, so he arched his hand and said: "There is a lack of horses, a lack of guides, but a dart master who is familiar with the mountains and forests, and he has to borrow some labor to build some mountain roads in Qianzhong." ”

The time of trade on the Ancient Tea Horse Road is faster than that of sea trade, but the efficiency is lower. Whether you make money or not depends on how many horses, how many grains, and how many people.

The northernmost part of the Ancient Tea Horse Road is the "Trekking Road" that Wang Tuan said before, which is a border trade road that was operated in the Han Dynasty. The fact that the Wang family can find cronies in the wading road is enough to see the depth of the Wang family's heritage.

"As much as you want, draw up a charter, and I will agree to it. If the Wang family still wants to buy slaves in the Six Edicts, or plunder in the Bi Kingdom, follow Li Simo's example, weapons and rations are all available. ”

Hearing Zhang De's words, Wang Tuan was stunned.

He knew that Zhang De favored Li Zhi'er, the princess born by the emperor, but he never expected to be spoiled to this extent. Ben came to Wuhan, and he thought that the relationship between Zhang De and Li Zhier was a Zhang Cang......

"This ......"

Wang Tuan smiled bitterly when he was old, when he came to Wuhan, he discussed various results with Wang Mo, but he didn't expect Zhang De to agree so happily. And it's no longer a matter of refreshing, it's about vigorously supporting.

"I'm ashamed, I didn't expect the envoy to agree when I came, so I didn't even prepare a charter."

Zhang De waved his hand and said: "Not only do you have to do it, but you also have to make a big show, you must remember to exert some strength in Luoyang, and ask for credit." If you can enter the land from this road, it can be called a divine weapon in the imperial court. Qinghai to the East Women's Country, can save hundreds of thousands of runs. ”