Chapter 891: One Belt and Five Roads
January 23 of the fourth year of Dalong Ruian.
Knowing that the Western Expeditionary Army, under the leadership of Liu Mingzhi, had conquered 29 of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, the merchants were like cats ready to move.
After so many years of being cut off, the Silk Road has finally come to see the light of day.
In November of the third year of Ruian, thousands of caravans carried the customs clearance documents received from the household department out of Ganzhou, crossed the Yumen Pass, and rushed towards the Western Regions in an endless way, and even planned to spend the New Year on the Silk Road.
The border pass market in northern Xinjiang is almost saturated, except for the large caravan and small caravan in the northern Xinjiang mutual market, there is almost no chance of survival, and the profit-seeking nature of the merchants makes them set their eyes on the Western Regions, a land that has not been visited for many years.
In the past, it was the Hu merchants of the Western Regions who came to Dalong to trade, but now that the form has changed, Dalong's caravan has begun to march towards the mysterious land of the Western Regions.
In the second year of Ruian, Liu Dashao and 400,000 troops went west out of Yumen Pass, and it has been more than a year since then.
The businessmen are vying to sit and dream of making a fortune, and the army stationed in Xiu Xunguo is not idle, and the trainers are in full swing!
The soldiers who had adapted to altitude sickness were back in training for the upcoming Armageddon, and everyone knew that the final battle to recover the Western Regions would begin in two or three months!
Once practiced, the consumption of grain and grass would have become a bottomless pit, and if it weren't for the continuous transportation of grain and grass from the countries of the Western Regions, the problem of just eating would make Liu Mingzhi feel white.
After several months of continuous efforts, almost all of the 480,000 soldiers of the Western Regions Alliance Army could speak two sentences of Chinese.
It's just the way of saying hello that makes Liu Mingzhi cry and laugh, and the army of the Western Expedition in Dalong also comes from all over the state, with different accents.
There are all over the world, all over the world, which naturally leads to these people in the Western Regions who have learned Chinese with a strong dialect flavor.
Unlike the hundreds of officials in the army, there is no need for the soldiers to unify their elegant dialects, and the languages are naturally varied, speaking their own hometown dialects!
"Dashuai, have you eaten today?"
"Eat, eat, train hard, hurry up and rest!"
"Dashuai, what are you doing here?"
"Ben Shuai went out to do something, you should go and rest quickly!"
"Hama skin....... When I learn better from my master, I have to practice to death, you are a melon baby from the Western Night Kingdom.......... Big..... See the handsome! ”
"No need to be polite, training doesn't feel hard, right?"
"It's very comfortable, and I've never eaten so much at home!"
"Okay, let's go rest!"
"Yes!"
"You turtle son poke and poke, you wait for Lao Tzu!"
"Turtle grandson, can't you go faster? Slow class is the same as old turtle! ”
The corners of Liu Mingzhi's mouth twitched as he looked at the two people in Khotanese costumes, one speaking Sichuan dialect and the other speaking Central Plains, it was hard to believe how the two of them understood the meaning of each other's expressions!
"This is his meow, you have to say that Cheng Kai can't do things, he can speak the dialect of his meow, you have to say that Cheng Kai is good, he can only speak dialects!"
With a muttering in his mouth, Liu Dashao happened to see Cheng Kai who was holding the order flag and rushing towards the camp, and immediately walked over: "Cheng Kai! ”
"The last general will see the big handsome!"
"No need to be polite, Ben Shuai asked you, how do you feel about the generation of five road plans that Ben Shuai asked you to implement?"
Cheng Kai glanced at the crowds of soldiers from the Western Regions who were talking and laughing, and his face was a little stunned: "Isn't this good?" It's all in Chinese, and the end should be okay! ”
"Don't you think their accent is a big problem? Are you sure they will understand what they mean when Ben gives the order? ”
"Shhh...... The last will try! ”
"Who is that, the soldier in the black uniform, come on, yes, don't look at General Ben just called you!"
"General Cheng, you asked me to be a son?"
"Ten push-ups!"
"I just want it!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Zi Heguo's soldiers, did ten push-ups, clapped his hands and left, and shrugged his nose wordlessly.
Helplessly, he patted Cheng Kai's shoulder: "Ben Shuai looks down on you, your turtle son is a talent, you are a real talent!" Go and get busy with you, just think that this young master has never seen the world, shallow and magical world! ”
"Yes!"
"Alas, Ben Shuai almost thought this was a big dragon, but unfortunately it's not!"
Liu Dashao listened to the soldiers of the Western Regions who spoke various dialects with his hands behind his back and walked towards the outside of the camp, and rushed towards the royal city of Xiu Xunguo.
As soon as he entered the city, Liu Mingzhi looked at Zhimu City in surprise, and was a little stunned, if he was not mistaken, these caravans were all caravans of the Han family.
Their words and dress are not deceiving.
You must know that at this time, the countries of the Western Regions are still silent in the endless snowy landscape, how can there be so many big dragon caravans doing business in Zhimu City.
Quietly, Liu Mingzhi walked towards the caravan, sat down in a Xiu Xunguo-style wine shop, and quietly listened to the topics discussed in the caravan.
After a pot of wine, Liu Mingzhi also understood what the situation was, and had to sigh that for the courage of the money merchants, they had just captured the eastern front of the Western Regions and followed in their footsteps, which was really awesome.
It is no wonder that the Han people of later generations can take root all over the world, and this courage alone has to be admired.
Putting down a piece of silver, Liu Mingzhi walked towards a shanty built everywhere, which sold all kinds of Dalong goods, which was dazzling.
"Boss, how do you sell this silk?"
The boss looked at Liu Mingzhi in amazement: "Do you speak Chinese?" ”
"You have to understand the Western Regions dialect when I say it, how can silk be sold?"
"Childe, this is the best Su Jin, as long as thirty taels of silver a horse, or a horse can be exchanged for two Su Jin!"
Liu Mingzhi frowned, quietly looked at the stall owner and examined it: "The price is a bit high!" Are you really Su Jin? ”
"Of course, what we pay attention to in business is integrity!"
Liu Mingzhi put down the cloth and laughed and walked towards the boss: "The boss knows cloth very well, look at what kind of fabric the clothes on this young master's body are!" ”
The boss looked at Liu Mingzhi hesitantly, and then looked at Liu Mingzhi's clothes, and his face suddenly became embarrassed: "Su ....... Su brocade weaves a robe, worth three hundred and fifty taels of silver! ”
"And what kind of fabric are you?"
"Cloud ...... Brocade! ”
"Take a cloud brocade of three taels of silver and pretend to be Su Jin of ten taels of silver, this is what you call integrity? Thirty taels of silver has multiplied the profit tenfold, and the laws of the household department stipulate that you must not falsely raise the price of goods to disrupt the market. Of course, it's understandable that doing business is to make money, but don't forget to pay more attention to doing business, it's not a one-shot deal, what should you do with the caravan that comes back after you set the price? ”
The boss looked at him with an embarrassed face, he didn't dare to look at Liu Mingzhi's eyes, he was not stupid, he couldn't afford to offend someone who could afford to wear more than three hundred taels of silver and a single dress.
"Forget if the price is high, someone has nothing to say if someone buys this young master, but you shouldn't use Yunjin to pretend to be Su Jin, you are a rat and a pot of porridge!"
"This son, let's reduce the price immediately, don't say it, the old man knows that he is wrong!"
"Integrity management?"
"Guarantee integrity management!"
Liu Mingzhi put the official seal in front of the boss and shook it: "Liu Mingzhi, the left servant of the official household department, is also the generalissimo of this western expedition, if you are a first-time offender, you will be spared once, and the price of the marshal can not be pursued, but if you dare to destroy the market of the Silk Road with shoddy, Ben Shuai will smash your stall and let you go home with your bare ass!" ”
"The old man has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, see the Western Expedition ........... Dayuan"
Liu Mingzhi stopped the boss who was about to kneel: "Honest business, you can ask for a high price, after all, it is something you and I are willing to do, but don't be shoddy, the Western Regions is the place where all the merchants of the whole dragon do business, not the place where you do business alone, remember the Duanmu legacy!" ”
"Yes, the old man knows that he is wrong, and he must remember the teachings of the generalissimo! Don't forget the legacy of Duanmu! ”
"It's genuine, don't ruin the reputation of the Han family!"