The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, although there is a miasma of smoke in the court, but the people of Kaifeng Mansion are still putting up lanterns and preparing for the festival.

On the streets, there was an endless stream of merchants, and among them, there were many merchants from the Western Regions.

They wore white scarves over their heads, carried camels in their hands, and had sunken eye sockets and hooked noses, typical of the Qarakhanids.

Xiliang completely pacified the Hengshan Qiang people and opened the gate to the Western Regions, and the Qarakhanid merchants who were stopped by the Qiang people of the party and could not enter the Central Plains to trade had long been suffocated, and it can be said that they entered in one after another.

Along Luoyang, Chang'an, the trade routes of the former Tang Dynasty have long been out of order, and the merchants of the Western Regions who return to the Central Plains can generally make a lot of money.

On both sides of the bustling street in Bianliang City, there is a yamen, which is the Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War.

Gao Huan was at the door, gritting his teeth, and the door of the Arsenal Division was slammed and shut, making Gao Huan eat a slap in the door.

Don't look at Chen Shou bewitched Emperor Gengyuan, but the civil officials are deeply rooted, they control the vast majority of the yamen, and a little card will make you uncomfortable for a year.

Gao Huan has already come to urge three times, and Jin Yuwei's food and equipment are not covered, and the question is out of stock.

Gao Huan, who was born in the forbidden army before, knows too well the methods of these grandsons, he was promoted by Chen Shou, and he has to do this well in whatever he says, so as to give Chen Shou a good impression.

With this purpose, Gao Huan first accompanied the smiling face, and then pulled the relationship through the back door, but the Arsenal Division just didn't enter.

The password has long been passed down from above, Jin Yuwei's things can be dragged out, and those who can be given will never be good, and Gao Huan, who was tortured by the procrastination trick today, almost collapsed, finally couldn't help it, jumped to his feet and scolded and was driven out.

"Alas, I knew I wouldn't take this job, these birdmen don't care about their previous friendships, but how can I explain to Lord Chang Shi..."

Gao Huan hung his head and ran into a caravan head-on, and the camel walked while chewing back, almost hitting Gao Huan.

"Straight lady thief, where did you come from, don't you have long eyes?"

As a native of Bianliang, Gao Huan certainly knows who can be messed with and who can't be messed with. These caravans in the Western Regions definitely have no background in Kaifeng, and they will endure it with a smile if they have nothing to scold a few words.

Legend has it that those who wore white cloth and rode camels were extremely cruel and ruthless, but when they arrived in the Central Plains, they were all smiling and very polite.

It's just a matter of thousands of miles for money...

But this time Gao Huan obviously ran into a hard stubble, and as soon as he finished scolding, several villains glared at him fiercely, and a few protected a carriage behind him.

These people are not used for the previous Hu Shang, they don't say a word, but their eyes are surprisingly scary, a bit like beasts who are desperate at any time.

There are also a few with terrible scars on their faces, revealing a fierce exuberance.

Gao Huan glanced at it a few times, his attitude was no longer so arrogant, his eyes were a little evasive, he lowered his head and left, and after walking away for a while, he scolded and became arrogant.

When he looked back, he saw that the horse team had a hundred and ten people, and the goods were not much. They didn't want to cause trouble, and as soon as they saw Gao Huan leaving, they continued to escort the carriage in the middle.

"What a strange caravan..."

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"Congratulations to the subordinates, happy to be a beautiful woman in two rooms, hehe doesn't know when the adults will do a happy event, so it's good to rub some joy."

In the summer palace, Chen Shou was lying on the carved Arhat chair, looking at Gao Huan's declining appearance, and asked angrily: "Needless to say, it must be that you didn't come again?" ”

Gao Huan stepped forward with a smile, bent down and said, "The people of the Arsenal Division were not so difficult before, and the subordinates handed over the money in order to do this. According to the nature of those people, they have nothing to do when they have money, and it is estimated that someone has sent them a communication. ”

Chen Shou nodded, lying on the chair, pillowing his hands, "I thought it was the same, after all, the Arsenal Division was under the control of the Ministry of War, and that Jiang Chu had only tried to harm me a few times, although he didn't succeed, but it was difficult to ensure that his thief heart would not die." You must know that these birdmen even dare to support the food and salary of the Xiliang Army for three years, so there is nothing they dare not do. ”

"These people are withholding my Jin Yuwei's salary, and it's not a matter for a long time, I can't trouble Your Majesty for such a trivial matter, right? But apart from that, there is no way to rectify them..."

Chen Shouchang sighed, a little worried. Although I have the card of Emperor Yuan, it is precisely because this card is too big that it cannot be moved out lightly.

If you play the next small card, you can't fight with others at all, the entire bureaucracy is not on your side, and it's normal to not be able to play them, so you can only find another way.

Gao Huan's eyes rolled, and he thought about it, and said: "Although we have no way to get the military department to pay for it, we can ask Your Majesty to master a way to make money, so that Jin Yuwei's salary will be earned by himself, and there will be some surplus, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." ”

Chen Shou squinted at him, "Look at you like this, do you have an idea?" ”

Gao Huan rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "My subordinates walked around the city today and found that there were more and more Hu merchants from the Western Regions. The Hu people are doing business to make money from our Han people, why are they the same as our own merchants? The subordinates suggested that we should add some commercial taxes to these Hu merchants, and we would do it... Hehe, those Hu people are fat sheep with fat brains. ”

He had a conflict with Hu Ren today, so he came up with this idea of lacking morality, first, to cover up his disadvantage, and secondly, to vent a bad breath.

Chen Shou pondered for a moment and said, "This is a good idea for you... But is there really more and more Hu Shang? ”

"Many! How not much! It's all over the streets, and I don't know what's going on in the west, so let in these fox-smelling barbarians. ”

Chen Shou laughed and said in a low voice: "When I came to the capital, it coincided with the great victory in Hengshan, and now it seems that the General's Mansion has completely mastered the situation in the northwest. The ethnic groups in the northwest, with the Qiang people in the party as the most powerful, solved them, and there will be no strong enemies in the northwest, but it is a disease of ringworm and scabies. A stable northwest, it may not be impossible to reproduce the glory of the Anxi Protectorate. ”

After he finished speaking, he fell into deep thought, and Xiliang solved the side trouble... The internal and external troubles that plagued the General's Mansion were at least solved.

Li Wei, who has greatly increased in strength, will he still endure the killing of his eldest son? If he really wants to investigate the murderer, it's fine, if he uses this as a reason, try to ask the entire Central Plains, who can stop Xiliang Dama.

"You think about this matter well, it's not early today, let's get together tomorrow to discuss and finalize the details, and then I will enter the palace again to ask for my life."

As soon as Gao Huan heard that he was recognized, he went down the mountain happily.

At this time, in the room behind her, Lu'er walked out, she lifted her skirt, boldly straddled Chen Shou, a pair of slender and smooth jade arms wrapped around Chen Shou's neck, and asked: "Master, Hu Shang is here so much, that lady is not happy." ”

Chen Shou held her smooth, elastic buttocks and asked curiously, "What does this have to do with Qiongzhi?" ”

"You don't know yet, if you can't move forward in Xiliang Hu businessmen, you will find someone from Liangzhou to run a business for them, they call this a middleman, and Mrs. is the biggest middleman in Liangzhou."

"Huh? Middle... Middlemen? Chen Shou couldn't help but laugh with a question mark on his face.

"This price difference, I have to earn it myself now, let's get the rich woman's wool, okay?"