Li Chen pondered what the envoy of the Kushan Empire meant by coming to Moon City. This Kushan and the Otsutsuki clan were originally one and the same, but as time passed, the Otsuki clan migrated from the north to the south and settled in the Hetao.

The Otsuki clan occupied a quarter of the Hetao, and the one that remained built the even larger Kushan Empire. After these years of development, the population of the Kushan Empire has exceeded 5 million officials, more than 70 cities, and a standing army of nearly 500,000. You must know that the grassland people are all soldiers, and if there is a war, the recruitment ability of the Kushan Empire can be imagined.

However, if these relatives do not move around often, the relationship will be much more estranged, let alone between two countries. After all, the Da Yue clan and Guishan have belonged to two branches over the years, and most of the connections between the two are between interests.

When Donghu was in trouble, under the impetus of the Dayue clan, the Donghu people promised some benefits to Guishan and wanted to invite Guishan to help. However, on the one hand, Guishan is too far away, on the other hand, it is also a high-rise building from the ground, Guishan himself is not unified internally, and after they unify their opinions, this battle has been over.

As for the meaning of Guishan's trip to send an envoy to visit, Li Chen had already guessed eight or nine. There are only two possibilities, one is to fall in love with the fertile pastures of the Hetao and want to get a piece of the pie in this place. The second is to establish trade with Great Qin.

Li Chen thought about it, and it was more likely that Guishuang wanted to trade with Daqin. The foundations of the Kushan Empire have been established, but they are not yet stable. Guishan does not have the background of Daqin, it can be said that it is a high-rise building. What they urgently need now is to strengthen their foundations, and they should not easily migrate to the Hetao area.

You must know that now the three tribes of Hetao, Donghu and Dayue are gone, and the only remaining Xiongnu have completely become the lackeys of Daqin. Now that the Guishan people are entering the market, it is almost equivalent to the need to fight against Daqin alone and face Daqin directly, so it is not a suitable choice for Guishan.

It should be that he wants to trade with Daqin, and the goods of Guishan were all sold through Dayue like Daqin. And now that Dayue is gone, Guishan continues to re-establish a trade route with Daqin. It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, and the Guishan people who have experienced all kinds of good things in Daqin are afraid that they are very urgent for trade now.

Li Chen guessed right, the purpose of the Guishan envoy's trip was exactly that. They came to see if Daqin still had the strength to continue deep into the grassland and threaten Guishan's safety. The second is that if Daqin has no spare strength, they will try their best to trade with Daqin under the condition of ensuring the safety of Guishan.

Half an hour later.

"The Kushan Messenger has arrived."

The place where Li Chen received the Guishan envoy was his own mansion, and the Guishan envoy was still far from the hall, and Wang Li sighed, which frightened the Guishan envoy.

Wang Li was reminding Li Chen. The Guishan envoy came, so that Li Chen could prepare early.

After a while, I saw several men in strange costumes walking in. As soon as they saw Li Chen, these people immediately put their hands on their chests and bowed deeply towards Li Chen.

"Below is the Kushan envoy Gunata, and with the sincerity of the Guishan, we want to maintain friendly relations with Daqin." The Guishan envoy at the head said in a lame Qin dialect.

Sure enough, just as Li Chen expected, the current Guishuang had no intention of going against Great Qin. Even they promised Donghu's support in order to be able to occupy a piece of territory in the Hetao, and then get the opportunity to trade directly with Daqin. After all, the previous transaction was separated by a big month, and it was inevitable that the middleman would make the difference.

"Guishuang is sincere, and my Daqin is naturally very sincere. For the establishment of the prairie co-prosperity circle, I, Daqin, have always done my best. It's a pity, this Donghu and Da Yue always play some small tricks, in order to be able to smoothly establish the prairie co-prosperity circle, we can only sweep them away? Li Chen said with a sincere face.

"Prairie Co-Prosperity Circle?" The Guishan envoy looked at Li Chen with a black question mark on his face.

Also, these Kushan people can't even speak Qin dialect, and it is obviously difficult to understand the meaning of the prairie co-prosperity circle.

"The meaning of this prairie co-prosperity circle on the surface is that let us Daqin lead the grassland people to share the glory and wealth." Li Chen said with a sincere face.

"Secretly, I mean that your grassland is too big, and militarily we will not be able to eat it for a while and a half, and the military will not be able to digest it if you barely eat it. Then we can only eat away at you little by little from all aspects of the economy and people's livelihood. Of course, Li Chen naturally wouldn't say this sentence.

"Common prosperity and wealth?" The Kushan envoy asked. He felt a little confused.

"Yes, common prosperity and wealth, regardless of race, regardless of excess." Li Chen said sincerely.

"This?" The Kushan messenger felt that he had misheard.

I have never heard of anyone who would share their wealth and glory with others, let alone a nation. How could Daqin be so selfless, although I heard that Daqin's officials have studied hard for ten years, but with such a profound consciousness, I am afraid that it will not work only by relying on the ten-year cold window.

"Don't understand?" Seeing that the Guishan envoy did not speak, Li Chen opened his mouth and asked.

"Hmm." The Kushan Messenger immediately nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

Li Chenxin said: "It's okay if you don't understand, what you want is this effect, if you don't understand, I'll fool you." ”

The Kushan envoy stretched out his head, his face full of anticipation, as if waiting for Goofy's answer.

"Well, I'll give you a little more of it."

"What about this prairie co-prosperity circle, that is, Daqin will support the grassland peoples from various aspects such as commerce, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc. That is to say, you merchants of Guishan can come to Yuecheng to trade, Daqin can also help you grow high-quality pasture, and even the Great Qin court will directly place orders for you to buy cattle, sheep and horses in large quantities from your pastures. ”

"Even, Daqin can help you Guishan build cities just like helping Donghu, Dayue, and Xiongnu build cities. Including the city you have already built, Great Qin can also send craftsmen to help you improve the internal facilities. Li Chen's speech was very slow, as if he was afraid that the Guishan envoy would not understand.

"Master Hou, is this true?" The Kushan envoy grew his mouth, and his face was incredulous.

"Of course, as Ben Hou, I would not play such a joke with you."

"Also, as the saying goes, if you want to get rich and build roads first, Daqin can also send craftsmen to help you build a road from Kushan to Yuecheng. When the time comes, the speed of trade between our two sides will be even faster. Li Chen continued.

(End of chapter)