In the direction of Chang'an City, Hua'an and his 100,000 elite soldiers and horses were stationed in an open field not far from the city, and all the officials in the city came to visit Hua'an and asked Hua'an to move to Chang'an City.

However, Hua'an refused to enter Chang'an City on the grounds that he was worried about interfering with the daily life of the people of Chang'an City, after all, with Hua'an's understanding of these magistrates, as long as he entered Luoyang City, he was bound to mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses to escort him, and at the same time, he had to clean up the streets, drive out the beggars in the city, and force the shops in the streets to hang banners welcoming Hua'an, and so on, which would inevitably increase the burden on the people in the city and interfere with the normal life of the people.

Seeing that Hua'an refused to enter Chang'an City, the officials were slightly disappointed, after all, this gave them one less opportunity to show their political achievements, Chang'an City was extremely prosperous, as long as Hua'an entered the city and saw the prosperity of the city, they would inevitably be greatly appreciated, and in this way, the possibility of their promotion was greatly increased.

Of course, after returning to the city, many officials of Chang'an City still spent great efforts to clean up the environment in the city, because they did not believe that Hua'an would really not enter Chang'an City, and they felt that Hua'an's refusal to enter Chang'an City was only superficial, and it was very likely that they would enter the city in private, so as to secretly visit various situations in Chang'an City and make a more accurate assessment of officials at all levels in Chang'an City.

These slippery Chang'an City officials really guessed correctly, although Hua'an refused to enter the city on the surface, he was still very curious about the situation in Chang'an City, and decided to enter Chengnei for a tour in Weifu, so as not to interfere with the normal production and life of the people in Chang'an City.

After resting outside the city for a night, in the early morning of the second day, Hua'an, under the protection of Wang San and other generals and more than a dozen personal soldiers, went to the city gate to prepare to enter the city.

Because Chang'an City has a curfew, therefore, there are strict standards for the opening and closing of the city gates, as long as it is not an extremely important military event, it is absolutely impossible to change the time of opening and closing the city gates, even the highest officials of the city can not ask for the opening and closing of the city gates at will.

When Hua An and his men arrived at the city gate, it was not yet the time when the city gate was opened. For this reason, the gates were closed, and outside the city, many people and merchants had been waiting for a long time. They were all in a hurry to enter the city in order to complete their mission.

Hua An walked up to an old man who was picking vegetables, squatted down to pick the fresh vegetables in the vegetable basket, and asked softly, "Old man, are these vegetables going to be sold in the city?" ”

The old man saw that Hua'an was dressed and clean. Full of an admirable domineering, there are many entourages behind him, knowing that Hua'an is a person with status, so he hurriedly replied respectfully: "It's all home-grown, sell it in the city to make a little money to supplement the family, if the son needs it, just take it at half price." ”

Hearing this, Hua An smiled slightly, and said softly: "How much does it cost for half price." ”

The old man thought for a moment. said with a smile: "If these vegetables are picked in the city, they can be sold for about 100 wen, and if the prince wants it now, 50 wen will do, and the conscience price." ”

It seems that Hua'an is a rich man, so the old man doesn't want to collect less money.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Since you can sell it for 100 wen in the city, and the old man sells it to me for 50 wen, wouldn't it be a big loss." ”

The old man laughed twice. He said softly: "At first glance, the son is a big man with ability, and he doesn't know much about the small things in the market, and the old man's dishes are picked into the market in the city, and they can indeed be sold for about 100 yuan." But the official of the bazaar has to charge forty percent of the tax, and it is only sixty wen when he gets it, and he doesn't know how long he has to stay on the street to sell all the vegetables, and selling fifty wen to the son can save a lot of trouble, and the old man is not a loss. If Childe buys it on the street, it does cost 100 Wen, so Childe does not suffer a loss. ”

"The market has to collect 40% of the tax, how can it be so high." Hua An said in surprise.

"Childe is a foreigner! Taxes have always been so high, and they haven't changed in recent years. The old man's tone was clearly unhappy with the heavy taxes.

Hua An nodded and said with a smile: "In order to save trouble, the old man would rather earn ten yuan less, it seems that the small life must be good!" ”

Obviously, for the very poor and poor, even if they can earn an extra penny, they will go to the streets at all costs, after all, the reality of poverty can make people desperate to get what they need to survive.

The old man grinned and said softly: "Life has indeed gotten better and better over the years, there is no need to worry about eating and drinking, life is getting more and more prosperous, and these vegetables are all home-grown, the cost is less than a penny, and you will not lose money if you can sell it." ”

Hua An smiled indifferently and said softly: "The life of the common people is getting better and better, this is really a blessing for the Great Jin!" The old man should pick it up and sell it in the city! We're going to go into the city too, and it's hard to take your food when we buy it! Ha ha! ”

"Hehe, business is not benevolent, talking to the son, the old man is comfortable, the son is really a good person." The old man said appreciatively.

Hua An patted the old man on the shoulder and walked towards a group of merchants from the Western Regions who were leading camels.

The leader of the caravan in the Western Regions was an old man over fifty years old, dressed in the costume peculiar to the people of the Western Regions, and managed a caravan of about two hundred camels.

Hua An only glanced at it, and he could see that the leader of the caravan was an extremely shrewd merchant, and although the years had drawn wrinkles on his face, his eyes still shone with the unique essence of a merchant, which was a fiery eye that had been cultivated in a long business career.

Seeing Hua An and his entourage coming majestically, the caravan leader greeted him with a smile and greeted him politely.

Hua An returned the salute with a fist and asked softly: "Dare to ask the old man, where are you businessmen from?" ”

"We come from a far, far away place called Khorasan, I don't know if Gongzi has heard of it." The leader merchant whispered back, and looked at Hua An with a pair of shrewd little eyes.

Hua'an naturally knew about Khorasan, so he said softly: "It turns out that you are Persians, it's really far away!" Walking from Khorasan to Chang'an City, I'm afraid it will take more than half a year! ”

Seeing that Hua An seemed to know Khorasan very well, the caravan leader was slightly surprised in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "Yes! Our caravan had departed last autumn and had been on the road for eight months before arriving in Chang'an, and after a period of rest, we might go to Luoyang City, after which we would return to Khorasan with some goods. ”

Hua An nodded and said softly: "Khorasan's specialties are transported to Chang'an City, and the price will increase more than ten times!" The profits must be very substantial. ”

The leader of the caravan smiled and said softly: "The price has increased more than thirty times, but the profit is not very much. It's all lost on the road. After speaking, there was a slight loneliness in his eyes.

Hua An saw that the caravan leader's eyes suddenly darkened, and immediately understood that there must be too much trouble on the road, so that he had to keep handing over the tolls, thus greatly increasing the expenditure. Causing a 30-fold difference in price will not yield much real profit.

"Why, the road is not very smooth, there are robbers?" Hua An said knowingly.

The leader of the caravan nodded: "Robbers are only one of them, and the tolls of the cities and checkpoints of the countries along the way need to be paid, and the countries need to fight each other in order to obtain financial resources. Tolls are increased every year, and all parties are changing their names to collect fees repeatedly, so they have to pay a lot of money all the way, and if they don't sell at 30 times the price, the cost is not enough! If you encounter a black-hearted robber, all your belongings will be robbed, and even your money will be empty. ”

Hua An nodded slightly, and said, "It seems that long-distance business is also a very risky way to survive!" People who don't know the inside story still think that you are all black-hearted businessmen? ”

"Haha! I can get Childe's understanding. The contemptible people were very happy in their hearts, this is Khorasan's specialty turquoise, and it is good to give it to the son as a souvenir. The leader of the caravan said, took out a very round piece of turquoise from his bosom, and put it in Hua An's hand.

Obviously, the shrewd caravan leader had long seen that Hua An was not an ordinary person, and even the supreme governor of Chang'an City did not have the momentum of this person, so he naturally wanted to send gifts to curry favor.

Hua An took the turquoise and put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. Praised: "Smooth and round, finely polished, at first glance it is a good thing of great value, and my husband is so expensive." How do I reciprocate? ”

"Hehe, it's just a matter of making friends, so why do you need to reciprocate." The caravan leader said politely, his eyes full of essence.

Hua An smiled, put the turquoise away, and said, "There are many small countries in the Western Regions. Each country charges high fees to passing caravans, and if the Great Jin Dynasty unifies the Western Regions, abolishes a large number of fees, collects only one tariff, and cracks down on bandits along the way, the life of the caravans will be much better! ”

When the leader of the caravan heard this, he was shocked, looked at Hua'an in surprise, and faintly felt Hua'an's identity, after all, where the elite of the more than 100,000 Jin troops stationed not far from the city were stationed, and he naturally knew the situation of this army, and Hua'an had such a big tone and such an extraordinary bearing, it was very likely that he was the commander of the army outside the city.

"If the Great Jin Dynasty can unify the Western Regions and maintain trade routes, it will definitely be a blessing for our merchants, who are most looking forward to this situation and are very willing to contribute." The caravan leader hurriedly said.

"Oh, what can you do, tell me about it." Hua An said with a smile.

"There are many small countries along the trade route, there are many cities, and the situation is different in various places, and the merchants we come and go are very familiar with the situation in various places, if the Great Jin has the intention of recovering the Western Regions, our merchants must be willing to provide information, so that the Great Jin Dynasty can be fully prepared." The caravan leader Masasei said.

"Well, that's great." Hua An said happily.

The leader of the caravan stepped forward and whispered, "There are 100,000 elite Jin troops stationed outside the city, presumably Gongzi can mobilize these 100,000 soldiers and horses." ”

"Shhhhh Hua An hurriedly stopped the caravan leader and told him not to talk nonsense.

Seeing this, the leader of the caravan had completely affirmed Hua'an's identity, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Disrespect, disrespect, if there is any need in the future, the caravan is willing to help, this is the token of the caravan, as long as this token is presented, the caravans will try their best to help." As he spoke, he handed a small brown token into Hua An's hand.

Hua An took the token, was slightly surprised in his heart, paused, and said softly: "If the Great Jin army fights all the way to Khorasan, and defeats the Sassanid Dynasty and establishes a county in Khorasan, is your caravan willing to help us?" ”

The leader of the caravan was stunned for a moment, he was completely shocked by Hua'an's ambition, paused, and said softly: "What businessmen pursue is always interests, and the more unified the world, the more beneficial it will be to us merchants." ”

"Okay, with your words, I will rest assured, and I will definitely not treat you badly in the future." Hua An Zhengse said.

The leader of the caravan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said softly: "My name is Saladi, and we will always be best friends. ”

"Saladi, I remember, my best friend." Hua An answered, patted Saladi on the shoulder, and turned to walk towards the city gate.

After Hua An turned to leave, a young man from the Western Regions walked over and said softly, "The token is an important item for our caravan, and it is extremely important for our caravan, how can you give it to others casually?" ”

Saladi smiled and said softly, "Habula, do you know who this person is?" ”

"How do I know each other?" Habula said softly.

Saladi leaned into Habula's ear and whispered: "This person is the real master of the Great Jin Empire, he has a million elite troops under his command, and he can destroy the countries of the Western Regions with a random number of soldiers and horses, and you can also see the 100,000 Jin troops outside the city, that is the soldiers and horses he used to sweep the Western Regions, such a great person, if he doesn't have the heart to make friends, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to have a good opportunity." ”

"Oh, he is the master of the Great Jin Empire, no wonder the momentum is extraordinary, if so, it will not be a loss to use all the caravans to support him, and we will definitely be able to earn it back in the future." Habula said happily.

After the hour of "Ka Ka Ka ......" arrived, the gate of Chang'an City slowly opened, and everyone waiting at the gate of the city also entered the city one after another, rushing to their respective destinations.

Of course, Hua'an and his party were there to inspect the situation inside Chang'an City, and for this reason, they had no purpose and seemed more leisurely and casual.

"Your Majesty, that merchant from the Western Regions just now looks very shrewd!" Wang San whispered.

Hua An smiled and nodded, and said: "That's right, at first glance, it is an old fox, and he can see through the identity of this king in a few words, but this person is still smart and is already willing to serve this king, of course, this king will not treat him badly in the future, and his investment will definitely pay off." ”

"What the king said is that with the help of the caravan from the Western Regions, it will be much easier for us to subdue the Western Regions in the future, and the caravan should also know about the situation in Tuyuhun." Wang San said.

Hua An nodded and said, "That's right, the people of the caravan must know something about the situation in Tuyuhun, so if our army wants to destroy Tuyuhun, it must seek the help of the caravan." ”

When Wang San heard this, he nodded yes. (To be continued.) )