"The interruption of the trade route has had a great impact on him. ”

Duanmu Zheng was very tactful, Liu Han also heard the meaning, he shook his head very firmly: "It is rumored that the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and the Gobi Hanhai Sea, so the products are scarce and the land is barren, this understanding is wrong, these hundred years, the Great Jin Dynasty's understanding of the Western Regions is getting worse and worse, the previous dynasty once set up a protectorate in the Western Regions, Emperor Taizong and Emperor Wenzong of this dynasty also set up the Western Regions Governor's Mansion, the former dynasty Bowang Hou Luqian once wrote "The Western Regions", and the famous minister Anxi Hou Cheng wrote "Traveling to the West" during the Taizong period of this dynasty, all of which have detailed the customs and customs of the Western Regions.

Grass people in the Western Regions for more than 10 years, the Western Regions can not be said otherwise, the products of the Western Regions, the water and soil are very clear, along the Yi River, the holy mountain snow water irrigates millions of acres of land on both sides, but the Western Regions of all ethnic groups, good at nomadism, not good at farming, and my Great Jin is very different, but a few years ago, someone came from Anxi, taught them to plant cotton, and taught them to weave, so now the Western Regions cotton cloth is sold back to the Great Jin.

My lord, the cotton in the Western Regions is higher than my Dajin in terms of yield and quality, the cotton is slender, the cloth woven is dense and strong, durable, adults can think, since you can grow cotton, you can naturally grow wheat and rice.

In addition to these, there are iron ore, copper ore, silver ore and gold ore in the Western Regions, a few years ago, the salt sea was found in the desert, which solved the suffering of the lack of salt in the countries of the Western Regions. ”

"Salt Sea? I've never heard of it. Duanmu muttered to himself.

Liu Han sighed softly, but his heart was very happy, this salt sea was his biggest source of profit, and it was also the first pot of gold for him to make a fortune. At that time, he went deep into the desert to cultivate, encountered a sandstorm, and when the sandstorm passed, he got lost, and it was easy to get out of the desert with the guidance of the Big Dipper in the sky, but he didn't expect to find the salt sea on the way.

He guessed that this salt sea was actually an underground river that dissolved the underground rock formations, sprayed out of the surface, was dried, and after thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years, it finally became a salt sea, lying quietly in the depths of the desert, and finally cheapened him.

Before he discovered the salt sea, the salt in the Western Regions was very nervous, either from Tibet, or from Anxi, only Wuche domestic salt in the Western Regions, especially refined salt, in the Western Regions, half a catty of refined salt can be exchanged for a sheep, two catties of refined salt can be exchanged for a horse or a cow. This salt pan is not the kind of coarse salt, but refined salt, which does not need to be processed in any way, just need to be pulled into a sack.

Liu Han has a strong feeling that this era is very similar to the history recorded in the book of the previous life, except for the different historical dynasties, the others are strikingly similar, especially in not paying attention to business, and even they don't realize the importance of business to a country, this aspect gives him a huge opportunity, but at the same time it also brings him a lot of trouble, this kind of trouble is mainly in social life, the social status of merchants is very low, of course, it is not low to the Ming Dynasty, even silk and satin are not allowed to wear.

Of course, in an imperial society, anyone's property is not guaranteed, and no matter how much property there is under the emperor's order, it will be confiscated, which is the same as in previous lives.

In fact, not only the Western Desert lacks salt, even Liangzhou is also short of salt, Liangzhou's salt is transported from Yizhou and Jizhou, it can be said that it is thousands of miles away, the freight exceeds the price of salt, the people can not eat refined salt at all, can only be replaced by coarse salt, this salt in addition to saltiness, there are some unpleasant tastes, but even so, the price is not cheap.

At this moment, when he heard that there were salt pans in the Western Regions, and they were also salt pans with refined salt, Duanmu Zheng couldn't help but feel a little envious, and after a long time, he sighed: "In this way, the imperial court must support the countries of the Western Regions." ”

Liu Han nodded, Duanmu was looking out of the door blankly, the yard was very quiet, there was no figure, a few cockscomb flowers spread their petals in the sun, and Duanmu was sighing heavily. Liu Han asked tentatively: "My lord, is it that the imperial court has no time to take care of it..." ？”

Duanmu Zheng nodded slightly, Liu Han frowned and thought for a while and said: "The grass people heard a word, and they are strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away; ”

Duanmu Zheng perked up when he heard this, leaned over and asked, "Oh, please ask Mr. for advice." ”

"Don't dare to instruct, as a subject of the Great Jin Dynasty, the grass people should only fulfill their obligations.

The Xianbei people have two major problems, one is that they are not in harmony internally, and the other is that they have two major feuds, the Qiang and the Rouran.

First of all, within the Xianbei people, adults can do something. It is the Huaitou tribe and the blue wolf tribe of Xianbei in the west who want to expand to the Western Regions, but the Tuoba tribe attached to Xianbei in the south is full of contradictions, and the adults can hint at the Tuoba tribe and let them attack to the north; in addition, they can also use the Qiang people, my lord, as long as they make good use of these two forces, not only Liangzhou can be as safe as Mount Tai, but the Western Regions can also be as safe as Mount Tai. ”

Duanmuzheng's frowns gradually dispersed, and he stroked his palms and praised lightly: "Mr. is really a high talent, and he will solve the difficulties of Liangzhou today in one word, I should report to the court and ask for credit for Mr." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare," Liu Han hurriedly waved his hand: "The grass people are originally from the Great Jin Dynasty, and it is natural to contribute to the imperial court, besides, whether this policy can be realized depends on the strategy of the adults, and the villain just moves his mouth, so what is the credit, and the villain can return safely this time, thanks to the bravery of General Qiu, General Qiu Shao has a life-saving grace for the villain, and the adult must not." ”

Looking at Liu Han's frightened appearance, Duanmu Zheng smiled in his heart, this was just a temptation, so he didn't mention it anymore, and asked about Liu Han's origin, Liu Han still remembered what he talked to Qiu Ge on the road, and hurriedly told him one by one, but he saw the identity of the shopkeeper Wang, so his tone changed.

"This is what the grass people remember, but, grass people," Liu Han looked at Duanmu Zheng with some embarrassment, Duanmu Zheng smiled gently, and Liu Han said boldly: "The villain was too young at that time, and I don't know if the memory is accurate, so I asked someone to buy the identity of the Shu clan, so ,.。 , please also sir.."

Looking at Liu Han's embarrassed appearance, Duanmu Zheng laughed: "As long as the identity of the Shu clan is to donate two taels of silver, the imperial court does not prohibit it, so Mr. does not need to be embarrassed." ”

Liu Han made a sudden realization, in fact, Duanmu Zheng almost guessed this result, but he just wanted to verify it to see if this businessman was honest, and the result made him very satisfied.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the national policy of encouraging cultivation and reading was set, and the law of the Great Jin Dynasty stipulated, the scholars are the scholars, the Shu people are the Shu people, the commoners are the commoners, and the merchants are still inferior to the commoners, for example, the children of the commoners can be recommended by the scholars to participate in the township evaluation, but the children of the merchants are not allowed, neither the scholars nor the Shu people are allowed to recommend the children of merchants to participate in the township evaluation, and the children of merchants are not allowed to enter the court as officials, and they are not allowed to enter the government as officials.

But with the passage of time, during the period of Emperor Wu, the Great Jin Dynasty and the Saiwai Hu tribe fought endlessly, and the treasury was empty, so he issued an edict to raise the nationality, announcing that the people at all levels could raise their nationality as long as they paid a certain amount of money, and they could be promoted from the Shu to the scholars, from the commoners to the Shu, or from the merchants to the commoners.

As soon as the edict came out, the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, Yan Han, a famous scholar who was famous all over the world, angrily broke into the court, scolded Emperor Wu for causing trouble and discipline, and thousands of students from Taixue Guozijian gathered at the palace gate, and the crowd was raging, asking for the person who offered advice, Shen Xin, the imperial finance minister who was born in the Shu clan.

In the face of such a surging protest, even the eloquent Emperor Wu couldn't bear it, so he had to take a step back and depose Shen Xin, but he did not completely abolish this policy, but only abolished the promotion from the Shu clan to the Shi clan.

But even so, this policy also gathered a large number of war funds for Emperor Wu, after the conquest of the Saiwaihu people, Emperor Wu abolished this policy in his later years, but as soon as this example was opened, the successors naturally flocked to it, whenever the country was in financial difficulties, the emperor used this policy, because this policy did not harm the interests of the scholars, so the opposition in the court was very small, only a few stubborn people are still opposing.

It can be enforced for a long time, and the order of raising nationality has become a practice, as long as you have money, you can buy any identity under the Shi clan, of course, the cost is not worthwhile, so only big businessmen can afford it, and now the big businessmen have the identity of the Shu clan, with Liu Han's financial resources, it is easy to buy an identity.

Compared with Qiu Ge's understanding, Duanmu Zheng judged that Liu Han did not tell a lie, so he further inquired about the situation between the countries in the Western Regions, especially the situation of the mountain leaving the country closest to Liangzhou, Liu Han also told them in detail without reservation as much as he knew, and it was also thanks to his so many years in the Western Regions that he could understand so much inside information.

The more Duanmu Zheng listened, the more strange thoughts came to his heart, this Liu Han seemed to know too much about the situation in the Western Regions, and even some situations, the Huqiang General's Mansion didn't know at all, even those who walked the Western Regions trade road all the year round didn't know, but he knew everything, and more importantly, he also knew the reason for the occurrence, the kings and queens of the Western Regions, the families in power, and the affairs between the families in the country, some things seemed inconspicuous, but in fact, ordinary people didn't know at all, if he didn't really know that he was the master of the Hanhai Trading Company, he would think that he was a pawn announced by the terrifying public announcement in the inner court。

"Will Mr. stay in Liangzhou in the future, or?" Duanmu Zheng asked again.

"To the imperial capital. Liu Han said: "If the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the Western Regions are in crisis, even if it can last for two or three years, it will inevitably break out after that. This time I brought back some specialties from the Western Regions, I estimate that I can still sell them at a good price in the imperial capital, and then go to the south of the Yangtze River, buy a few acres of land, plant a few acres of mulberry, marry a woman, and don't have to work so hard again. ”

Liu Han showed a yearning look, but Duanmu Zheng didn't believe it in his heart, with the financial resources of the Hanhai Trading Company, he could live a leisurely life now, and he would also use a lot of hard work to transport some goods from the Western Regions, and according to Qiu Ge, this person has the ability of the martial arts nine products, and the famous Black Tiger, the second leader of the Golden Wolf Gang, died in his hands, how could such a person be willing to be lonely, and I am afraid that he would have ulterior motives to go to the imperial capital.

Duanmu Zheng didn't break it, after talking about the matter, the two chatted casually, Liu Han looked at Qiu Ge on the couch from time to time, now Qiu Ge's snoring is not so loud, Duanmu is looking at it in his eyes, and he doesn't explain, although this second son is not as powerful as the eldest prince Qiu Ge, but he is very talented in poetry and songs, and he is a famous talent in Liangzhou.

But Qiu Ge's dissolute form made Qiu Yun very dissatisfied, and his attitude towards him has become more and more severe in the past two years, Duanmu Zheng does not understand this, in his opinion, Qiu Yun's two sons are one scholar and one martial artist, which is just right, in fact, Qiu Yun also has two sons, although these two children are not as famous as the two elder brothers, but only those close to the Qiu family know that although these two are young, they are just as talented.

The third son, Qiu Jian, is only eleven years old, and he already has a warrior cultivation, and the fourth son Qiu Mo, who is not more than ten years old, has already memorized the hundred volumes of Taoism, and the head of Quling Academy is called a genius, and he will definitely learn from Liangzhou Mansion in the future.

Qiu Yun has such four outstanding sons, and the Qiu family has nothing to worry about in the future.