Looking up at Guzang City, Liu Han couldn't help but squint his eyes, Guzang is worthy of being a military town, the city wall is as high as dozens of zhang, all of them are built of bluestone, the moat is ten zhang wide, leading the water of Huaxi River into it, it is bottomless, above the city wall, the crossbow guarding the city is impressively visible, the beacon tower on the city gate tower is on standby at any time, once the enemy cavalry is covered, the wolf smoke will rise, and the message will reach thousands of miles away.

Turning his head to look at Lao Huang, Lao Huang's expression was still the same, but his eyes were narrowed smaller, his hands pinched his beard, and his face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and it was difficult to distinguish between joy and sorrow.

"Is it okay?"

"People are old, I didn't expect to be able to return to my homeland, I feel a little emotional, the proprietor must not be surprised. Lao Huang sighed with emotion: "Decades have passed, the wind, sand, ice and snow in the Western Regions are very big, and the old man's appearance has changed greatly, and I don't know how many people the old man still knows." ”

"Haha, your Lao Huang was famous all over the world back then, how many people didn't know you," Liu Han laughed lukewarmly twice, turned his head and looked at Gu Zang again: "This Gu Zang hasn't changed for more than ten years, it's still the same." ”

"The great ingenuity is not worked, the loud sound is sparse, no matter whether it is Xianbei or Tubo, it has never broken through this city. Lao Huang also replied lukewarmly.

"Let's do business, we don't seek wealth, only harmony can make money," said Liu Han and shouted at Han An: "Master Han, let's go into the city." ”

When Liu Han and Lao Huang were chatting on the side, Han An was far away, and along the way, Han An also had a clear understanding of the situation of the caravan, Liu Han was the master of the caravan, and Liu Tie was his housekeeper, this Lao Huang's status was relatively special, nominally Liu Han's account room, but although Liu Han was not polite in words, he actually respected him very much, and the relationship between the two was not like the relationship between master and servant, but more like the guest and the host.

At the gate of the city, the caravan is very eye-catching, this caravan is larger than the ordinary caravan, the ordinary caravan is generally only thirty or forty camels, the larger caravan has seventy or eighty camels, but the camels of the Hanhai caravan have more than two hundred peaks, such a huge caravan, even in Guzang is extremely rare.

It is naturally inappropriate for such a huge caravan to enter the city, Guzang is an important stronghold of the Hanhai trading company, the trading company has invested a huge amount of manpower and material resources here, there are hotel warehouses in the city, and there are other courtyards outside the city, and these facilities are mostly for the business company guys.

Liu Han asked Lao Huang to lead the team to the courtyard outside the city, and he took Liu Tie and the three maids into the city, and then told Han An to let the guys of the dart bureau go home and have a look, and before they set off for Chang'an, the western capital, he would inform them, Han An naturally agreed, the General Bureau of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau is in Guzang, and most of the dart masters' families are in the city, however, most of these dart masters and men are not married, and few people are willing to marry their daughters to these people who are fighting for their lives on the trade routes in the Western Regions.

After entering the city, Liu Han seemed to be a little curious to look at the street shops on both sides, Guzang is indeed the first city in Liangzhou, the street is very lively, there are people of all ethnic groups dressed differently, occasionally camels ring camel bells passing through the street, the shops on both sides, many of them are opened by Hu people, Hu people talk to people in a stiff tone, the voice is subdued, and there is a special flavor.

A burst of silk and bamboo sounds, Liu Han turned his head to see the restaurant on the street, Liu Tie whispered on the side, this is the largest restaurant in Guzang, the drunken red house; in addition to drinking, there are also singing and dancing performances, which can invite orchids to accompany the wine.

Liu Han has not returned to Dajin for many years, Liu Tie has returned to Dajin in the past few years, and has been to Guzang and the Western Capital, in fact, in addition to Liu Tie, Liu Tong and Liu Shi and many other loyal subordinates have also been to Guzang, everyone has been in Guzang for a period of time, and is more familiar with Guzang;

"In addition to the drunken red mansion, there is also a flower boat on the Huaxi River, in fact, the biggest kiln in Guzang is on the Huaxi River. ”

"Flower boat?" Liu Han repeated, with some doubt in his tone, when he escaped from Guzang more than ten years ago, there were no flower boats on the Huaxi River.

"It opened three years ago, the owner of the flower boat is named Zhu Niang, and there are seven or eight flower boats under his hands, and now those sons and brothers usually go there, and this drunken red mansion is not as good as before. Liu Tie's voice was still very low.

"Oh, Guzang is a very interesting place, this Zhu Niang has a vision, and she actually thought of coming here to bloom the boat, it's not simple. Liu Han smiled and said.

Liu Tie frowned slightly, he heard what the master meant, the master was suspicious of this person, he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to check it?"

Liu Han shook his head: "There's no need, this is a matter of the Great General's Mansion, whether there is anyone behind him or not, it has nothing to do with us." ”

While speaking, the carriage stopped at the door of a shop, the door of the shop was quite large, with a plaque hanging on it, and there was a line of small characters in the lower right corner of the four big characters. Liu Tie rushed in front of him and pushed the door open, and Liu Han stepped in.

"Guest officer, what do you need?"

As soon as he entered the store, a guy immediately came to greet him, Liu Han didn't speak, Liu Tie said: "Call the shopkeeper Wang to come over, the owner has arrived." ”

The guy was stunned, the owner, what the owner, the second shopkeeper who was drinking tea on the chair immediately put down the teacup when he heard this, and when he saw Liu Tie, his eyes lit up, obviously remembering him, when Liu Tie was in the store, although his position was not high, the shopkeeper attached great importance to his words, and even vaguely felt that the shopkeeper was a little afraid of him.

"Are you Liu Tie?"

"It's me, the second shopkeeper, is the shopkeeper Wang here?" asked Liu Tie directly without nonsense.

"The shopkeeper went to Shuangye Street, and the head office was going to come, and the shopkeeper bought a house over there and sorted it out. The second shopkeeper said cautiously, peeking at Liu Han, Liu Han sat there expressionlessly, and Liu Tie stood beside him, obviously, Liu Han was his master.

At this time, three more Hu girls came in outside the door, and the Hu Nu led by them walked straight to Liu Han's side after coming in, and the other two Hu Nu was holding a teacup and the other holding a knife.

Tianna didn't seem to see the second shopkeeper at all, took the teacup from Mia's hand, and carefully washed the teacup, the second shopkeeper couldn't help but slander in his heart when he saw this, this is not like the style of business in the Western Regions, on the contrary, it is more like the style of the son of a family.

The teacups used to entertain guests in the store are fine porcelain produced in Yaozhou, the porcelain body of white jade, the delicate flowers and birds, such a set of porcelain cups, the market to sell five taels of silver, but such porcelain in the eyes of the sons of the family, is so rough, they often carry their own teacups, these teacups are mostly made of Jun porcelain from Pingzhou, the price on the market is as high as twenty or thirty taels of silver, you must know that now on the market, buy a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl is only seven or eight taels of silver, seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls are only forty or fifty taels, if the Hu girl is cheaper。

People market, is one of the hottest transactions in Guzang, in addition to from the Western Regions, there are also from the grassland of all ethnic groups, many Central Plains buyers made a special trip to Guzang to buy Hu Nu, Hu Nu can sing and dance, charming and colorful, is the best choice for home hospitality, the door valve family has a lot of collections.

Liu Tie watched Tianna do this quietly, he knew in his heart that this was intentional by the master, the master had never paid attention to these before, not to mention tea on the trade route, even if the snow water had been drunk, this was the last two years and suddenly began to pay attention to it, he didn't understand these actions very well, but since the master did so, then there was the master's deep meaning.

After taking two sips of tea, Liu Han spoke: "Send someone to take us over, we can't wait any longer." ”

"Yes, Xiao Qi come here. "The second shopkeeper is still not sure, whether this is the owner, but since Liu Tie said so, he didn't dare to disobey, if not, there is no loss, if it is, if it is, if it makes the owner unhappy, then the problem will be troublesome.

Xiao Qi is not big, he looks like he is fifteen or sixteen years old, a pair of eyes are very flexible, Liu Han got on the horse, let him and Liu Tie sit on the wheel, Xiao Qi pointed while walking, Liu Tie began to set his words, Liu Han found that this Xiao Qi reacted very quickly, and he could always bypass Liu Tie's problem, but Liu Tie couldn't find any reason to be angry.

"The kid is very good," Liu Han smiled and said, "By the way, how did you get into the store?"

"Me?" Xiao Qi turned his head to look at Liu Han and said, "I'm from the store." ”

"The people in the store?" Liu Han understood, Xiao Qi was bought by the shopkeeper Wang, this is not wrong, he once told the shopkeeper Wang, don't easily introduce outsiders, it's best to use slaves, it's best to use those thirteen or fourteen-year-old children, let the teacher teach them for a year or two, so that after two or three years of training, the materials that can be made will naturally emerge.

Slaves are different from other people, according to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, if a slave is killed, the master should be fined, and the amount is only ten taels of silver. On the contrary, the slave deceives the master, and the lighter one is beheaded, and the heavier one is overbearing, so the life and death of the slave is entirely in the hands of the master.

Liu Han didn't ask anything anymore, Liu Tie didn't speak anymore, Xiao Qi was uneasy in his heart, thinking that if this was really the owner of the trading company, would he be considered to have offended him, if he was really offended, how could it be good, it was not easy to meet such a good master, what should I do if I ,., this?

It is not uncommon for slaves to run away, but if the master reports to the official, even if the slave flees to the ends of the earth, once caught, it will be returned to the original owner, and if the slave marries a wife and has children in the process of fleeing, his wife and children are also returned to the original owner as slaves.

Besides, in Dajin, there must be a road guide when going out, and the government will check it, if there is no road guide, you can be arrested on the spot, and the light one will be whipped, and the heavy one will be punished with hard labor.

Therefore, in the Great Jin Dynasty, if a slave wanted to escape, it was difficult and dangerous, and he would die for a lifetime.

"The big mansion up ahead. ”

Xiao Qi pointed to a house not far in front, this house looks very magnificent, there are actually two pairs of stone lions at the door, the door of the house is vermilion, and the paint on it is obviously new, bright as new.

Liu Han couldn't help frowning slightly when he looked at the door of the house.