"You are the owner of Hanhai Trading Company!" Qiu Ge did not hide his curiosity, looking Liu Han up and down.

Liu Han smiled a little humbly: "Let the young general smile, the grass people are just a fluke, Hanhai Trading Company can have today, it depends on today's son Shengming, General Qiu and the major general are heroic, and the people rely on the hard work of the guys, and the grass people are just a fluke, just sit back and enjoy their success." ”

Qiu Ge frowned slightly, a little displeased in his heart, he hated this kind of flattery, and that humble and flattering smile, it was precisely because of this that he didn't like to deal with businessmen, he felt that these people were very humble and had no backbone. But his father told him that both the court and the people needed these merchants, and there was no farming, no stability, no business, no wealth.

This assertion was confirmed two years ago, two years ago, the Xianbei Golden Tiger rebellion, Yongliang and the three states were shaken, the imperial court military spending was tight, ordered the three states to raise their own military expenses, the Qiang General's Mansion in Liangzhou to raise donations, the various gate valve families and trading companies have donated money, and finally raised 200,000 silver, of which 120,000 came from the trading companies.

"Sir is too modest, Hanhai Trading Company is quite famous in Liangzhou," Qiu Ge said, "Two years ago, thanks to his generosity, I thanked him on behalf of my father and all the soldiers of the army. ”

Liu Han hurriedly saluted: "There, there, the young general is serious, there is no border army, there will be no peace of the Western Regions business, and there will be no peace for us, not to mention the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, although the grass people are in the Western Regions, but as a Jin person, it is within the duty to share the worries of the court." ”

As he was talking, a black-armored man came over with a plate, Liu Han turned around and uncovered the red silk covering the plate and said to Qiu Ge: "Young General, I dare not thank you for saving your life, even if this bit of silver is a reward for the hard work of the soldiers, if there is a place where I need Hanhai Trading Company in the future, please let the young general give orders, and the grass people will do their best." ”

Qiu Ge looked at the thick stack of silver tickets on the plate, this silver ticket is also a new thing, five years ago there was not, the previous transactions were cash silver transactions, five years ago first appeared in Liangzhou, because of its easy to carry, first won the love of merchants who walked in the Western Regions, and later expanded to walk inland merchants, so the four seas money village quickly expanded to Yongzhou and the state, and now it has expanded to the imperial capital, it is said that those nobles in the imperial capital also deposited silver money in the bank.

Qiu Ge was displeased again, looking at the pile of silver tickets, he felt that the blood of the black panther soldiers and soldiers was tainted, and looked around, several guards nearby, standing with expressionless swords, but Qiu Ge felt their joy.

"In that case, thank you very much. Qiu Ge thanked him casually, and the attendant went up to take the tray, and Qiu Ge ordered: "Give it to Captain Wang, distribute it to the brothers according to the rules, and tell them that this is Mr. Liu's reward from Hanhai Trading Company." ”

The attendant agreed and turned to leave, Liu Han still smiled humbly, Qiu Ge reluctantly nodded at him, looked up at the small hill that had withdrawn from the fortifications, the guys of the caravan on the small hill were busy putting camels on the shelves, obviously preparing to set off, Qiu Ge found that there were still a few bearded girls in the crowd.

"Hanhai Trading Company is still trading for Hu Nu?" Qiu Ge asked.

The Great Jin Dynasty does not prohibit human trafficking, and the families of the gate lords all raise slaves, and these slaves come from different sources, some because of poverty, some because of disasters, and the wives and daughters of convicted officials, there are official prostitute camps in the border army of Liangzhou, and the source of prostitutes is the wives and daughters of convicted officials, among which there are many well-read ladies.

Hu people and Hu women are a major feature of the Western Regions trade road, these years the Western Regions countries are constantly in turmoil, it is said that there are great powers in the extreme west are expanding to the east, in the extreme west and the Western Regions countries coalition wars, the war brought a large number of prisoners of war, most of these prisoners of war were sold as slaves, in addition, the civil war in the Western Regions, tribal wars, also produced a large number of slaves, three years ago, the country of Kuan Rong was destroyed by Qishan, the princess and queen were all sold into slaves.

"The young general misunderstood, the Hanhai Trading Company does not trade slaves," Liu Han hurriedly explained: "The grass people have lived in the Western Regions for a long time, and there is nothing around them, so they bought some maids to serve, and they returned to the Great Jin Dynasty this time and dismissed all the maids," Speaking of this, he sighed: "These Hu girls have no relatives, and they don't want to leave, and the grass people are also used to their service, so they took them back to the Great Jin." ”

"Oh, I see. Qiu Ge sighed softly, he heard the subtext, this is probably the trophy, such loot is generally of high quality, literate and hyphenated, can sing and dance, such slaves are generally not easy to buy, not because of the price, the main thing is that it doesn't matter at all.

"Are you not going back to the Western Regions anymore?" Qiu Ge asked again.

"Yes, although the scenery of the Western Regions is beautiful, the mountains and rivers are good, not as good as their hometown, and the grass people want to go home. ”

Hearing this, Qiu Ge's heart was a little touched, his hometown is in Zhongshan County, but since more than 20 years ago, Xianbei rebelled and entered Liangzhou, Liangzhou was in danger, his father took the initiative to ask Ying, in order to show his determination, he took the whole family to Liangzhou, which stabilized the hearts of the Liangzhou army and the people, and laid the foundation for defeating Xianbei.

It's just that since then, they have never returned to their hometown, and their impression of their hometown has long been blurred.

"Where is Sir's hometown?" Qiu Ge's tone became polite again.

Liu Han sighed, there was a trace of sadness on his resolute face: "I don't know where my hometown is, I don't even know where my parents are, and I don't know if they are still alive," After a pause, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Actually, I am a slave, I was sold by my parents when I was a child, I went to Liangzhou with my master, and then I was sold again, I bought me a merchant from the Western Regions, I went to the Western Regions with a caravan, but I met a horse thief on the road, I pretended to be dead and escaped, and since then I have been in the Western Regions for almost twenty years." ”

Qiu Ge sighed again when he heard this, looking at Liu Han's eyes with some pity, there are many such stories, now the family of the world's gate lords is getting richer and richer, while the common people are getting poorer and poorer, a few years ago, the Yellow River flooded the seventeen prefectures of the four continents, and millions of people were displaced.

"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. ”

Gu Wei, a world-famous son in white, spoke out in front of the victims, but the imperial court was in financial difficulties, and the disaster relief funds allocated were a drop in the bucket.

Han An has been beside Liu Han, listening to the questions and answers of the two, and admires Liu Han more and more. Qiu Ge was born in a wealthy family, I don't know the difficulties of the low-level civilians, when today, the gate valve family is rampant, no matter how high the personal cultivation is, what can be done, this Liu Han is a grandmaster cultivator, but he is still so low-key, and every response is not bad at all, not only complimenting Qiu Ge, but also retaining his dignity, no wonder he can develop Hanhai Trading Company to such a scale.

"You can block the golden wolf, the golden wolf has the strength of a grandmaster, and there are not many people who can block his attacks on this business road. Qiu Ge said.

The golden wolf is the most ferocious group of horse thieves on the trade road in the Western Regions, this group of horse thieves has six or seven hundred people, and they are not the largest in terms of numbers, but the power of this gang lies in the fact that several of their leaders have cultivated extremely high, the leader Golden Wolf has the realm of a grandmaster, the second leader Black Tiger has also reached the eighth rank of martial arts, and the third leader Gray Eagle has reached the third rank of martial arts.

Grandmaster Martial Artist is the object of recruitment by various sects and gate valve families in the rivers and lakes, in the desert, it is even more respected by the strong, a tribe must have a grandmaster, that is the safety of the entire tribe, and it is highly obeyed in the tribe, and it will even be cultivated as a tribal leader.

It is unimaginable that such a person would come out to be a horse thief.

But that's how it happened.

Liu Han sighed in his heart, after all, he was a major general who commanded the army at the age of sixteen, and he thought carefully and did not let go of this doubt, this is the most difficult story for him to make up.

"The grass people started to practice martial arts in the caravan, and when the grass people were in the Western Regions, they met their masters," Speaking of this, he paused and clenched his fists, and said apologetically: "The master has a saying, and it is not allowed to call him by his name to the outside world, well, in fact, I can't be sure if what the old man told me is his real name." ”

"Oh! Qiu Ge was a little surprised.

Liu Han smiled bitterly: "The master said that his name is Wednesday, I don't know if the young general is."

Qiu Ge was stunned, Wednesday, with what he had seen and heard, he had never heard of such a person, he turned his head to look at Han An, and saw that Han An was frowning and thinking, obviously he had never heard of such a person, he sighed in his heart, this is probably a strange person who has escaped the mountains and forests, but unfortunately he has no chance to meet.

Han An quickly filtered the famous martial arts characters in his heart, confirming that he had indeed not heard of the name of this strange man, I am afraid that this strange man did it deliberately, however, there is another possibility, Liu Han didn't tell the truth, what Wednesday, it's just prevarication, but ...... If not, the Grandmaster realm is something to be proud of in any sect, and it is glorious in the sect, why?

Han An didn't speak, everyone in the rivers and lakes has secrets, and the young general can find out and ask, if he can't forget it, he can't offend a grandmaster.

Qiu Ge didn't notice it and turned his head to ask Han An: "Master Han, I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

"This time it's on the way. Han An replied respectfully, however, it was obvious that Qiu Ge was much more familiar with him, and the conversation between the two was more like chatting.

Liu Han breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Qiu Ge's inquiry looked a little careless, but in fact, every question is very critical, Liangzhou is located on the border, and the customs are tightly guarded, if there is any suspicion, the hidden dangers in the future are not small, and at the same time, he must also see if the life history he compiled can pass the review of Liangzhou Mansion and Huqiang General's Mansion, if he passes this pass, he will not be afraid in the future.

Liangzhou Mansion and Huqiang General's Mansion, although he is in the Western Regions these years, he can know a lot about the situation in Liangzhou, these years Hanhai Trading Company has developed rapidly, Pifu is not guilty, he is guilty, and many parties are staring at it, fortunately, General Qiuyun is fair, and several provocations of the gate valve family rely on his support, and Hanhai Trading Company can operate safely to this day.

Liu Han is grateful to Qiuyun and Qiuge, but when they meet for the first time, they can't talk deeply.