After trading with the other party, Zhao Qi left, but there was some light in Dras's eyes, this place is actually quite far from the Byzantine Empire, it will take about more than 2,000 kilometers to return to the Byzantine Empire, and if these things in his hands are transported back, then the profit obtained is according to the goods of 15,000 gold coins he gets, he can get at least 5,000 gold coins!

This is the profit obtained after putting aside all the costs, this profit is very terrifying, for Rulas, in the past, Rulas sent goods in this direction once and twice to count, what is the profit?

It's only about 500 gold coins, and the time is at least close to three or four months, because it takes a certain amount of time for their goods to be sold in between!

But if he has a relationship with Zhao Qi and them, it will be different, which means that he can directly pull the goods and leave immediately when he comes here, and even when his ship comes, there is no need to do those low-profit trades, only need to pull some goods that are not too profitable, but can maintain the cost, such as food, or other necessary products that the city needs.

These things are not worried, but the profit is not high, but they can maintain their costs, and they can ship them directly after they come, and then take the high-profit goods in Zhao Qi's hands directly, and Rulas doesn't have to stay too long after he goes back, because he has enough people to help him ship on the Byzantine side.

This means that in the past, he could only earn about 500 gold coins in a profit, but now he can multiply this profit tenfold! And the time will be shortened by about a month, which is too tempting for Rulas.

What made him feel even more tempting was ...... If he had taken control of the city, wouldn't he have made more profits? The relationship between Draa and him is like that, in fact, the city lord that Ruras really has a good relationship with here is not Dra, but Pons City, which is about three days away from Draa City.

Because the reason why Ruras has trade routes in these places is because the city lord of Pons City is the younger brother of Rulas, and Rulas of Pons City also has a part of the interests, and if it were not for his support, his younger brother probably would not have been able to get the position of the city lord of Pons City.

And his younger brother ran from the Byzantine Empire to this place because he was offended, but his enemies thought he was dead, and in fact his brother also needed his support, because although the grain in this place was produced, the grain production was definitely not enough.

Whoever controls the food, controls the weapons and equipment, and who is the king of this region, but it is also difficult for this region to expand its territory.

In the past, it was not necessary, even if they took the city of Alula where Della was located, they actually didn't get much, because they didn't have many soldiers in their hands, and if they took Alura, they themselves would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and when the time came, then the soldiers would guard the two cities, and if the other city lords got the news, it was estimated that they would make wedding dresses for others.

In fact, the regional balance in these places is basically maintained in this way, but now...... Ruras had an idea in his heart.

The reason is very simple, if you take this place, Zhao Qi has already said that he only cares about selling things, but he doesn't care who the city lord here is, so if he kills Della, they can enjoy all of Zhao Qi's goods exclusively.

From Zhao Qi's words this time, it can be seen that in fact, they have more goods, but they can't eat it here! What's more, Ruras hadn't forgotten that he had heard in his previous conversation with Zhao Qi that there were still five or six caravans like Zhao Qi, and if their trade here was good, then other merchants would inevitably come here!

That means...... A steady stream of coins! As long as he had gold, he could use his connections in Byzantium to buy more weapons and armor, and even ...... Some soldiers.

With soldiers, the defense of Pons City can be strengthened, so maybe in the future this area can be unified? An irrepressible thought popped up in Rulas's mind, a city lord certainly couldn't match the majesty of a king.

Although this area is very barren, if a state is formed, it also means great wealth and power, and such a temptation is naturally difficult to curb for a mere businessman.

He was already thinking about how to take the city and let the guards of Pons City disguise themselves as his sailors? And then hide in the ship at night when suddenly attacking?

Ruras had already thought of a very feasible plan, it was impossible to attack by land, although Alura had few guards and low walls, but they did not have many more soldiers than Dera, and there was always an advantage in defending the city.

However, at night, Alura also closes its gates, and the docks and harbor are not within the city walls, so he needs other ways to infiltrate the city. These...... It's not impossible, there was not much profit before, and I grabbed an extra group of people to feed, but the profit I could get was limited.

Now that he has a huge profit, then he has enough motivation to do this, and he should be able to add it when he goes back to Pons City to discuss it with people.

Della naturally didn't know that Ruras already had other ideas, but his heart was also very excited, although the things in his hand were only 5,000 gold coins, because the number of gold coins in his hand was not much, and most of the gold coins were provided by Rulas, so Della couldn't offend Rulas.

And even if it was all eaten by him, in fact, he needed Rulas to help him ship the goods, so he should choose some of them, the focus was on Rulas's fifteen thousand gold coins of goods, he directly received a profit of one thousand gold coins, and Rulas agreed directly without hesitation.

This means that the other party does not count the thousand gold coins given to him, but also has a profit of at least three thousand gold coins, and a bold guess, the total profit is at least five or six thousand! That means that the 5,000 gold coins in his hand have at least a thousand or close to two thousand profits.

Although he had not sold some goods, and he was not as sensitive as Rulas, he could guess some of them.

Della has been the city lord for so many years, aside from some things that can't be moved, the wealth in his hand is only 5,000 gold coins, but this time he earned 2,000!

It is equivalent to more than half of the gold coins he has earned in the past few years, which is enough for Della to breathe heavily, if it weren't for Zhao Qi's time, he has to maintain the stability of a city lord, it is estimated that he would have shouted excitedly.

But what the two of them didn't know was that Zhao Qi and they had completed the transaction, and not long after leaving the ocean, they turned to the north side, and then released a dinghy in a place where Alura City could not be seen, and there would be four people dressed like the locals on the dinghy.

Their appearance is almost not much different from the Persian Byzantines, they are all from the original Western Turks, the difference is that although they do not speak several languages like Wu Min, they can speak the official language of Byzantium.

And they are also elite agents of the Ministry of Security, their task this time is very simple, while collecting intelligence about the surrounding area, they want to spread a rumor, or to be precise, a news, that is, Della is involved with the big man, and he can get a huge amount of profits, and the merchants of the big man don't care who is trading, only care about whether the port is stable.

This news may not take effect immediately at first, but as time goes by, as Zhao Qi and the others continue to feed Dra's profits, the surrounding city lords can't help but be unmoved.

They don't have much information about the situation here, but there are some of them, and the cities here trade with each other, and grain and gold are the hard currency here. And the big man ...... The most important thing is food, and now the large merchant ships, these grains are transported over, and the cost is not much at all.

When food is critical, as long as Zhao Qi supports Della, Della, who gets enough food, means that he will swell, because in this land, more food means that he can feed more people, and being able to feed more people means that his soldiers and other populations will increase.

As the number of soldiers increases, his strength will naturally increase.

Della can't bear those city lords to unite, but he can't let those big city lords destroy him alone, there is a degree here, and he must have to give him some support at the beginning, let him know that with a stable food channel, he will have enough confidence.

Zhao Qi, who returned to Aden, immediately ordered people to start tidying up the town on this island, he was not afraid that other people here would come to see it, and the villages on this island were panicked to such an extent, which meant that no one had come to this island for many years, and it would naturally not be so coincidental that someone would come to the island during this time.

About half of the whole village has been organized, mainly because their tidying up is not the same as other people's, and it will develop here in the future, so some of these abandoned stone houses can be used and simply rebuilt, and some that cannot be used will be directly pushed to restart.

It will not be possible to completely rebuild it in the short term, because a large amount of building materials are not available here, and even if there are constant ships bringing cement to the area, and then using local stones and cement to build houses, it is estimated that it will take at least half a year to build a dock and a town here for their ships to dock.

In the early stage, they need to use these houses, after all, tents are not long-term places, but if soldiers arrive one after another, the progress here will be much faster.

In this way, time flies, and soon the Spring Festival of the 9th year of the Han Dynasty came, and when the Spring Festival came, four merchant ships of the Han military had also arrived on the island of Aden, and with the first batch of soldiers living on the island, countless supplies began to be loaded and unloaded on the island.

Unlike Zhao Qi's task, Liu An, who received Huo Gang's order, the things they transported were naturally different, all the materials were survival materials, in addition to survival materials, they were important military materials such as food and cement.

As for the things that make profits, those that have the official trading houses of the state, as well as the various private trading houses, are in charge, and their military ships do not care about these, they are only responsible for the latest orders of the chief.

And with this first batch of merchant ships, there was also the commander in charge of the follow-up of the entire Gulf of Aden region, General Liu Miao.

"Shopkeeper Zhao Qi, thank you for the things here, we can give relevant cooperation for the next things, but after achieving the purpose you said, our follow-up actions will not be able to cooperate with you." Liu Miao said very simply.

Zhao Qi had already communicated with him, of course, Zhao Qi had already told Liu Miao about his relevant plan, mainly the plan to let Della join Dahan, of course, the most critical part of this plan was to give Dahan a reason to do it enough.

The Han can occupy these islands, but this continent has nothing to do with the Han, so if you attack directly, it will not be very good for the reputation that the Han has always maintained. Although this era is a barbaric era, there are some things, easy excuses to find, why not use it?

And what Liu Miao said was also based on Zhao Qi's reaction, "Of course, this is our ultimate goal, after all, we are here for this matter." Zhao Qi said with a smile.

"Then thank you, we will be indispensable for the help of our colleagues in the future, and we may have to trouble you then." Liu Miao said with a smile, he knew that Zhao Qi was a member of the Ministry of Security, and a lot of the information they needed to fight came from the Ministry of Security.

"No trouble, that's our mission." Zhao Qi said seriously, although he has not joined for a long time, he has already understood the real mission and responsibility of the Ministry of Security.

After the handover with Liu Miao, the two departments spent an unforgettable Spring Festival on the island more than 2,000 kilometers away from Dahan, although the conditions here are very difficult, but they still made dumplings here, meat and vegetables are still available, Dahan is not short of food now, but they want more and no, and they can only spend a Spring Festival here.

"I hope that next year, there will be a Spring Festival on the other side of the strait." Zhao Qi said with a smile when he was spending Chinese New Year's Eve.

"Trust me, for sure." Liu Miao stood beside Zhao Qi and said in a serious tone.

Although they are very difficult here, they believe that at this moment in the interior of Dahan, all the cities and people of Dahan must have a peaceful, healthy, happy and festive Spring Festival! They are convinced of this, and there will be more places to live like this in the future! This is the greatest wish of these soldiers!