Since entering Liangzhou, the Northwest Trade has always been doing things according to this principle.

It's the same for the Ascar Thirteen incense this time.

Northwest Trade directly opened a shop in the most prosperous area of North City, and the name is called Askar Thirteen Incense.

The whole shop only sells prepared spices.

Of course, according to the needs of each person, different sizes of boxes are designed to be packed.

In order to let everyone feel the quality of Askar's thirteen incense, two large iron pots were specially burned at the door of the shop, which were full of fat sheep.

Liangzhou is located on the edge of the grassland, and there is no shortage of fat sheep.

Although this way of tasting for free will inevitably attract some people who take advantage of it, the effect will naturally not be bad.

"Mr. Fan, the capital of the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, I remember that we also secretly came to Liangzhou ten years ago, and it was far less prosperous than it is now."

In the middle of the North Market, several pedestrians dressed as Hu merchants strolled through the streets.

The leader was none other than Abdu, the son of the Western Turkic Khan, and his staff Fan Wensheng.

Since the elite cavalry of the Western Turks led by Abdu was burned by Li Kuan outside the city of Liangzhou, Abdu has never set foot in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Now the Western Turks feel more and more the strength of the Tang Dynasty, especially the internal division, the Yibi Sha Bo Luo Yehu Khan built a tooth in the north of Suiheshui, called the South Court, and the other Yi Bi Lu Khan wanted to set up a Ya Hao Mountain west, called the North Court, as the brother of the South Court Khan, Abdu is now under great pressure, because the military strength of the North Court is stronger than the South Court.

Although in July this year, Li Shimin ordered Master Zhang, the general of the Left Leading Army, to go to the Western Turkic Southern Court to confer the seal on the Yibi Shabo Luo Yehu Khan, and canonize him as the Khan, which made the morale of the Southern Court rise, but the absolute strength is still not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty.

Because of this, the Western Turkic Southern Court is now a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, hoping to suppress the attack of the Northern Court.

This time, Abudu took Fan Wensheng to Liangzhou, also because the relationship between the two sides is now relatively harmonious, and he hopes to purchase a batch of goods to go back and strengthen his own strength.

"Datang is now [my love] when its strength is the strongest, although the subordinates have a deep enmity with Datang, but the top priority is to destroy the North Court and unify the Western Turkic tribes, so that we can have the strength to confront the Tang Dynasty."

Don't look at the rebellion of the Central Plains Dynasty every once in a while, or the struggle for power, other countries are the same.

From the powerful Turkic Khanate, to the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks, the two khanates had their own internal disputes.

Now that the Eastern Turks have disappeared into the long stream of history, the Western Turks continue to have disputes within themselves, and in just a dozen years, several khans have been replaced.

Even within the South Court and the North Court, there were still all kinds of power struggles and rebellions, and the degree of chaos was even greater than that of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Human nature is almost the same everywhere.

"Yes, more than ten years ago, many people in our Western Turks did not take Datang in their eyes, thinking that only the Eastern Turks were our biggest opponents. Now we find that the gap between us and Datang has reached such a big point. To put it mildly, if the Tang Army wants to destroy us, it is really not difficult at all. ”

Abdu has long lost his original spirit, and reality has taught him how to be a man.

"Little Khan, don't be discouraged. For the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions are tasteless and a pity to abandon it; If the Tang army really wants to attack us, the cost will definitely be not small, they have come all the way to attack us, but in the end they can gain very little, as long as we do not take the initiative to provoke, they will not come to attack us. ”

Although Fan Wensheng has been away from the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years, he still has a relatively accurate grasp of the thoughts of the Tang Dynasty ministers.

It's just that he didn't expect to have Li Kuan's variable.

"I can only think like this, the law of survival on the grassland is like this. I can only hope that this trip to Liangzhou can be fruitful. ”

"Little Khan, there seems to be a new shop in front of you, it's very lively, let's go over and have a look. The merchants of the Tang Dynasty have now made a lot of money by selling goods to the Western Regions. If we can also get involved, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money, and Datang should not be right for such behavior. Over the years, I have recognized a reality, as long as I have money in my hands, there is nothing I can't buy. ”

Fan Wensheng was also a scholar who disdained to talk about money, but at the age of nearly fifty, he finally knew how powerful Brother Kong Fang was.

"That's true. In the past, Datang was very cautious about the sale of ironware, but now as long as you have money, you can buy as many iron pots as you want; Even some swords can be bought and sold. If the soldiers of our South Court can put on armor and use sophisticated arrows and swords, then the people in the North Court will not dare to be so arrogant. ”

At the mention of Beiting, Abdu couldn't help but grit his teeth.

If the Tang Dynasty had taught the Western Turks a profound lesson, then the North Court was now teaching Abdu a lesson.

Abdu would rather submit to the Tang Dynasty than to submit to the North Court.

There's no way, sometimes, it's the most hated thing to do your own people.

"Askar Thirteen? This Aska is said to be a Western Turk and has a very high status in Liangzhou, so it seems that the rumors are true. ”

As soon as Fan Wensheng walked into the lively shop, he noticed the six gilded characters on the plaque.

As long as the Western Turks are interested in inquiring about the situation in Liangzhou City, they will inevitably hear the name Aska.

As a representative of the Northwest Trade and the Hu people, Aska's power in Liangzhou is actually quite large.

For the Hu people in particular, Askar held the financial power to some extent.

Abdu naturally arranged for spies to inquire about the news in Liangzhou, and these news were basically analyzed by Fan Wensheng.

So when Fan Wensheng saw that the lively shop in front of him was actually called Askar Thirteen Incense, he was only amazed, not surprised.

"What is this selling? How do I see that many of the people who come in and out are herdsmen from various tribes? ”

Abdu followed the flow of people and squeezed inside, and finally came to the door of Askar's thirteen incense shop.

"One piece per person, buy it again!"

"Askar Thirteen Spices, the best partner for boiling lamb and roast beef."

"Buy two pieces for 20% off, buy three pieces for 7% off, only for today."

What caught Abudu's eye were two large iron pots, as well as pieces of mutton that were constantly being sandwiched.

"Incense! It smells so good! ”

Although he hadn't eaten it yet, Abdu was fascinated by the aroma of the two pots of mutton in front of him.

He didn't use spices, and he even ate spiced lamb every day.

But the taste is completely different from what you see.