I have an edict in my hand, so I asked for a messenger to tell the Uighur king to surrender. Tuoshu's family property was settled in Liaokou and Jinmen respectively, and he had been a Semu person who had been integrated into the Han Department for a long time, and he was not afraid of him doing anything wrong when he got sick, so he allowed him and handed him a small team of cavalry for his command. He himself led the army to find a suitable place to camp and awaited news of Toshu.

Toshu led the men and horses, and soon arrived in Illinois. Sure enough, as he expected, Biler did not send a large army to the west, but went to the city, claiming to be an envoy of the Han court, and wanted to go to Gaochang to meet King Bilerge. Although the number of cavalry sent to Toshu was small, the iron hooves and angry horses, the armor was distinct, and they were very majestic. This trade road has been passed, so many local officials and businessmen know him, knowing that he is a Vultures who went to the Central Plains to do business, and then heard that he became an official in the Central Plains Dynasty, and many people were envious when they saw it.

The officials of Illinois did not dare to slack off, welcomed him into the city, and asked him why he had come. Tuoshu said: "I arrived here with the army of the Great Han this time. The Han court has destroyed the Jin State and pacified Mobei, and now the advance of the army is on the border. According to the leading general, it is necessary to drive in directly. ”

The official was greatly panicked and said: "Many of our Wuer people served in the Han court, and when they came back, they all said that the Han Dynasty was incomparable in benevolence and righteousness, so why did they suddenly raise troops to attack for no reason?" ”

Tuoshu said: "The Liao State was destroyed by the Jin State, and the Jin State was destroyed by the Han Dynasty, and Mobei had no opponents for them. The generals of the Han Dynasty wanted to establish meritorious deeds, so they had to look around for battles to fight. ”

The official was shocked and said, "How can this be good?" Then he said to Toshu: "Lord Toshu, you are also a Vulture, but you can't watch your hometown being robbed!" Think of a solution. ”

Tuoshu said: "Don't worry, rest assured, I just heard that he was going to enter the army, so I went to see the general and begged him for a few days, because I had made meritorious contributions to the Han court and had an old friendship with this general, so he allowed me to go to Gaochang to meet the king to discuss this important matter." ”

When the officials in Yizhou heard about it, they hurriedly sent people to investigate, and sure enough, they found that there was a large army stationed outside the border. After returning to the report, the officials in charge became more and more frightened, and asked Toshu for advice, and Toshu said: "The court of the Han Dynasty has ordered me to go to Gaochang to meet the king, and now I only need to be entertained, and there will be no disaster." The official agreed, and while respectfully sending Toshu on the road, he discussed with the big merchants in Yizhou, scraped together some money and grain, and sent someone to send him to the sick army to be rewarded.

Tuoshu walked along the southern foot of Yidu, Fufengyi and Jinling to Gaochang. Seeing that there was still half a day's journey from Gaochang, he rested at night, and suddenly reported that someone was visiting at night, but it was Babel, a big businessman in Gaochang. So he invited him in.

Babel was a world-famous merchant in Gaochang, on a par with Ayimusi in the East. Among the merchants of the Vultures, Ayimusi was the leader of those who went to the east, and Babel was the only one who remained in the Western Regions.

Babel is over 60 years old, and not only has a higher status than Toshu, but is also a senior in Toshu. But at this time, Toshu came as a messenger of the Han Dynasty, and Babel did not dare to suppress him. The two tested each other for a few words, and then sent others away for a secret talk.

Babel said, "Don't deceive me, Thorshu! Tell me the truth. The army of the Han people has really arrived in Yizhou? ”

Toshu said: "Babel, in terms of seniority, you are still my uncle, although I am now the messenger of the Han army, but now there is no one else, I still call you uncle." Yes, the army of the Great Han has indeed reached Yizhou. ”

"Don't lie to me!" Babel said: "That's right, I heard about the accession to the throne of the emperor of the Han Dynasty. The iron cavalry of the Han Dynasty is indeed powerful, but I don't believe that it reached the Uighurs in such a short time! Western Xia hasn't surrendered yet, has it? Although Mobei is a plate of loose sand, it is not so easy to clean it up! ”

Tuoshu thought about it, knowing that Babel was more informed than the kings of the Western Regions, and he couldn't fool him, and he thought that if he wanted to succeed in the great things he was planning, he needed to cooperate with the inside and the outside, so he nodded and said, "Uncle Babel, you are indeed the wise star among our Vultures. That's right, Mobei has indeed not been cleaned up yet, and now it is not the main force of the Han army that has arrived in Yizhou, but only one of them, but there are also thirty or forty thousand people. ”

Babel exclaimed: "Thirty or forty thousand! So much! I often hear people from the east say that they know that the Han army can fight, and an army of 30,000 or 40,000 people is worth 100,000 in Daliao! We Uighurs can't afford to mess with him. Then he thought of something and said: "But they have come from afar, and there is a problem with the supply of food and grass, and if we all resist with all our hearts, it will not be so easy for them to destroy our Uighurs." ”

Toshu said: "Resistance? Why should we resist? ”

Babel said: "People are bullying the door, and we still don't resist? ”

Tuoshu said: "Don't say that they haven't deceived now, even if they do, it's only Bilgo, not us." Even if the army of the Han Dynasty is defeated here, we will do the same business and make a lot of money, and maybe we can make even more. ”

When Babel heard this, he smiled and said, "I have often heard that the seven generals of the Han tribe are good to us Vuls, and they do not offend our Allah and take care of my business. Now that the great general has ascended the throne, what has the seventh general done? ”

Toshu said: "The general became the emperor, and he was naturally the prime minister. ”

"Oh—" said Babel, "that daring is a good thing." However, it has little to do with the Uighur merchants we left behind. ”

"It doesn't matter? How it doesn't matter! Tuoshu said: "Now the trade route from the Central Plains to the Uighurs, the southern route is monopolized by the Western Xia, and it will cost a lot of money to get through." The Mobei Road to the north is not safe. The spices of the South Seas, as well as the silk of the Central Plains, are all unbearable! ”

Babel laughed and said, "Are you crazy?" If this road is good, things will be worthless! If the road is not passable, there is a benefit of the road not passing! ”

Toshu snorted and said, "Yes, the road is not working, we can raise the price." But this price is just going around in Gaochang, and it can't be used to open up the situation, and it is a small deal after all. Besides, it's not just you who raise the price, but also the middlemen in Western Xia, and if you do the math, unless we personally go from east to west, this benefit is not very great. Uncle Babel, do you know how much money Ayimusi has made in recent years? Back then, your net worth was ten times that of his! But now, I see that you don't even have a net worth of thirty percent of him! ”

When Babel heard this, he snorted: "That's his luck!" ”

"Yes, that's his luck, but now our luck is coming!" Ayimusi can make a lot of money because he can get goods from the East China Sea, and the caravan can follow the army of the Han Dynasty to the entire Central Plains, and now in the east of the Hetao, we don't want to fight with him, but what about the west of the Hetao? If we can open up the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, open up the Western Xia, Mobei, and even go west to Tianzhu and Huazhuzimo, and even fight to the barbarians who wear crosses, I am afraid that this business will be bigger than Ayimusi! ”

When Babel heard this, he approached Toshu and said, "I heard that the army of the Han is indeed very strong, but ...... But they can let us do such a big business, can't they? ”

"I'll tell you the truth." Tuoshu said: "When the Han army came here this time, it was actually lost. Their food and grass are almost the same, and if they don't hurry up to replenish them, I'm afraid there will be a big mess. So he needs our help, and if we help him get out of the predicament, it will be a great contribution to the Han court! ”

Babel was overjoyed and said, "That's it! That...... That...... That's a great opportunity! ”

"yes." Tuoshu said: "The Prime Minister Yang in the center of the empire will take care of our Wu'er merchants. And now this kind of general on the border is very powerful in the Han army. If he can make a great achievement, then in the future, most of the affairs of the Han court in the west will be decided by him. He is an outsider, no matter how strong the soldiers and horses are, we have to rely on us to take care of everything in terms of money and food. We took advantage of the prestige of the Han Dynasty to spread out the trade road, which is a profitable thing! ”

Babel thought to himself: "I hear that this great general has fallen into a predicament, and now if we help him, he will go to heaven, and if we harm him, we may be able to get him to hell." What good is it for us to just kill him? Again, if their power never reaches the Uighurs, then I will be in trouble—why should I take this risk? Then he asked Toshu: "Is this general you seem to be easy to talk to?" ”

Tuoshu said: "This person is not easy to mess with." But he still trusts me, and if we do him a great favor, it will be easier to talk in the future. ”

Babel asked, "What does he want us to help us with?" ”

"He is running out of military rations now, and he must find a place to rest and reorganize." ”

Babel snorted and said, "That's it?" ”

"In addition, he also brought with him an edict from the Han court to Bilge, asking the Uighurs to be a vassal of the Han Dynasty. ”

"Edict?" Babel asked, "Didn't he get lost and come here?" How can there be an edict? ”

"I don't understand that." Tuoshu said: "I heard that general said that this edict was given to him by Prime Minister Yang before he set off. ”

Babel exclaimed: "I often heard that the prime minister is a unicorn descending to earth, knows astrology, and can predict the prophet, has he already guessed that this general will get lost?" ”

"This, it's hard to say." Tuoshu said: "However, I have been to the East for a long time, and I have heard a lot of things about him, and it is indeed not in vain. At the beginning, they were only seven brothers, and the seven brothers were able to conquer the Central Plains, help the Jin State destroy the Great Liao, and in turn destroy the Jin State, and did such a big business, he was strategizing, I think this person must have great magical powers. ”

Babel nodded and said, "If you are such a powerful person, you can't be easily offended." ”

Tuoshu said: "Now that their power is great, instead of touching their tiger buttocks, we should use their power to do our big business." ”

When Babel asked him what he was going to do, Toshu grabbed him, and the two of them spoke to each other, and then said, "Let's take advantage of this matter to scare Bilge and get the Uighurs." What do you think? ”

Babel laughed: "How do you get it?" ”

"This king, still let him do it, but this time the prime minister of the Uighur kingdom ......"

Babel hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I can't do it." Tuoshu said: "I want to deal with the Central Plains and the Uighurs, and this position naturally has to be done by you, uncle." ”

Babel smiled and asked, "If it can be done, I will thank you again." ”

Toshu said, "Thank you, no. But for business matters, I have to ask your uncle for help. I have too little money at the moment, although there is a way to the east, but looking at the goods, I can't afford to buy them. ”

Babel glared at him and said, "Don't worry." How many goods do you see, just buy them, there is me! ”

Tuoshu smiled: "Uncle Babel, don't worry, how many goods have been purchased, we will be half of us!" ”

The two discussed some details again, and Babel did not rest, and rushed back to Gaochang overnight to make arrangements.

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