Just when more than 200,000 Qin troops conquered Baiyue in Lingnan, the Western Regions also entered the hot and arid midsummer season soon after a short spring.

At the end of May, the caravans of the Western Regions that had gone to the Great Qin Jingshi returned to the Western Regions one after another.

When they went, these caravans, envoys, and even kings were trembling on thin ice, and they were very angry about sending a large number of jade specialties and precious leather goods to Xianyang, but under the suppression of Jiang Hu and Li Xin's two armies, they could only helplessly spit and roll their eyes in secret to express their dissatisfaction.

They went dejectedly, but when they came back, these caravans and envoys were all as excited as eating, beating horses and camels frantically on the road, all the way west straight through the Hexi Corridor, from the high territory of King Liang, like a flock of ostriches galloping wildly, leaving only the monarchs and ministers of Liang who were ready to greet each other enthusiastically, and were pounced on by the wild grass splashed by the horses and camels.

These galloping horses and camels were loaded with a large number of Daqin luxury goods purchased from Xianyang and purchased on credit, from sweet, tea, vinegar and wine to porcelain and silk, each of which was transported back and sold for a sky-high price.

If you don't go out, you don't know the distance, and if you don't go to a nightclub, you don't know that the princess has big breasts...... Well, if you don't go to Xianyang, you don't know the prosperity.

This trip was definitely a journey of rebirth for these merchants and envoys of the Western Regions.

Suddenly, their eyes were opened.

It turned out that Great Qin was so prosperous and rich, while the Western Regions was so barren and desolate.

From the beginning of leaving Longxi County, as soon as they stepped into the territory of the original Yue Clan, suddenly they seemed to have walked from heaven into the wilderness, the powerful and rich Yue Clan in the past, compared with Daqin, is also like an ugly woman, and the countries of the Western Regions are even more old and ugly and can't bear to look at them directly, compared with Daqin, the countries of the Western Regions are poor and make them despise themselves, and even have an endless sense of humility.

The strength of the Great Qin army will only make them feel frightened and afraid, but they are still stubborn in their bones, thinking that Great Qin just relied on the sharpness of the armor to conquer their country, but this time Xianyang and his party, they completely woke up, it turned out that the most powerful thing in Great Qin was not the army, but his prosperity and wealth, those dazzling array of all kinds of exquisite items, all kinds of delicious food, gorgeous clothes, polite conversation, especially the majestic Xianyang city wall and the magnificent Keju Square, Everything was something they never dreamed of.

This time they went to Xianyang, they could no longer afford any resistance and dissatisfaction from their bones, some only had humility and respect, even if it was an ordinary Xianyang people and businessmen, they would let them bow their heads and bend down to express their humility and deference.

It's a sense of conquest in the spiritual realm.

The visual impact of the slaughter is stronger than that of the Jin Ge Iron Horse and the crossbow and steel knife.

The best way to conquer the world is to conquer the world by subjugation, to win by virtue, to use economy and culture as a means of aggression, and to smash the other party to death with money.

Since the end of April, there has been an endless stream of caravans from the Western Regions passing through the territory of King Liang, and these caravans have only hurriedly rested and stopped in the humble county town of Wuwei County, and they have no intention of staying to sell and buy some goods, so they left in a hurry like burning their butts, driving cattle, horses, and camels straight to Dunhuang County.

Liang Wang Yinggao from the division of the Yue clan and Wusun, the time has passed nearly two years, these two years for Yinggao, is a major turning point in his life, both ideology and status have been reborn, but the only thing that has not changed is his identity as the Great Qin royal family, Liang Guo, has always been the princes of Great Qin, and the poverty of Liang Guo also made him and a group of subordinate staff know deeply that if Liang Guo wants to develop, he must tightly hug the emperor's thighs, hug the thighs of Qinghe Hou, and hug the thighs of DaqinAny attempt to divide the territory independently will only be empty.

And for the development of the Liang Kingdom, the most unified perception is the development of commerce, because the rapid development of Daqin in recent years has made everyone see that only a strong business can allow the barren Liang Kingdom to get enough money, and then buy various items urgently needed from Daqin, so since the King of Liang assisted Meng Tian's army to conquer Wusun and the Western Regions, the court of the King of Liang has been committed to trade with Daqin, not only opened a mutual market on the edge of Longxi County, but also set up several markets in Wuwei County, Used for commercial contacts and exchanges with the Central Plains, in addition to vigorously publicizing the Yueshi people to collect a large number of Yue's specialties such as rouge, leather goods, walnuts, flax, garlic, etc., they also began to promote agriculture on a large scale, relying on the abundant rivers and fertile land in the Hexi Corridor to begin to grow grains and mulberry hemp, but no matter how hard King Liang tried, looking at the tattered royal city and the ragged people under his rule, he still felt that he was worried every day, because Liangguo was indeed too poor, and even the simplest pottery could not be fired well. And no one knows how to weave, all year round wear rough and full of fishy leather clothes, almost all the cloth is from the hands of the Great Qin and Qiang people, at the moment even if there are craftsmen brought from the Great Qin to vigorously promote various skills, but to be self-sufficient is completely a fool's dream, and the Yue people are used to riding horses and nomads, and they are very unaccustomed to the life of cultivating fields and weaving, and many tribes are dissatisfied with the dictates of the imperial court, although these Yue people do not dare to blatantly resist the orders of King Liang, But all kinds of resentment and scolding are very strong in private, and occasionally there will still be tribal trouble.

In order to develop commerce, it is necessary to attract a large number of businessmen to exchange in the market.

At present, the king of Liang built several trade markets near the royal court, modeled on Xianyang set up a horse market, a military market, a grain market, a leather goods market, etc., arranged for court officials and tax collectors to take care of these markets, after these markets were repaired, under the strong encouragement of the imperial court, there were still many merchants of Yueshi and Wusun began to trade various goods between Daqin and Liangguo, Qiang people, and also accumulated some popularity, but compared with the nine cities of Xianyang, it is completely impossible to see, not only the site is simple, And the variety and quantity of goods traded are completely different, after getting used to seeing the daily traffic on both sides of the Weihe River in Xianyang, these so-called markets are just like children playing at home, looking a little funny, but also a little bleak.

Therefore, since the last time this caravan of tens of thousands of people from the Western Regions passed through Liangguo and brought a large number of Western Regions specialties to Xianyang to pay tribute, Yinggao has been looking forward to the return of these Western Regions caravans.

He knew that these merchants from the Western Regions would be shocked by the prosperity and wealth of Xianyang after they went to Xianyang, and they would definitely bring back a lot of Xianyang goods, as long as these merchants from the Western Regions were willing to trade in the territory of Liangguo, then it would inevitably bring huge business opportunities and taxes to Liangguo.

The territory of Liangguo is narrow, not more than 100 miles wide, but it is more than 3,000 miles long, and it is in the necessary place of Great Qin and the Western Regions, any caravan between Great Qin and the Western Regions must pass through the border of Liangguo, and they can't get out for ten days and half a month, so Yinggao and a group of court officials unanimously believe that these merchants from the Western Regions will inevitably trade in the large and small markets in Liangguo when they return, and this opportunity to make a fortune can't run away.

But this time Yinggao was disappointed.

The merchants of the Western Regions who return every day rush from the green grassland like being chased by dogs, except for accommodation and eating and drinking, people do not undress and do not loosen their horses and hurry for days and days, with a large number of goods hurriedly all the way to the west, leaving only countless backs and the deep disappointment and wow cool mood of the monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom.

"Why? Why is this happening? Liang Wang Yinggao sat on his throne, and asked his highness loudly with an angry face.

The civil and military officials all looked at each other, and finally Prime Minister Zuo stood up and said cautiously: "My lord, the minister has also met with several envoys who have returned to the Western Regions in the past few days, and they all said that they should quickly transport these goods back and sell them as soon as possible, because most of their goods are purchased on credit from Xianyang!" ”

"On credit?" Yinggao pinched his chin and was stunned for a long time before speaking, "How to buy on credit?" ”

"Back to the king, the minister heard that these Western Regions Hu merchants only brought some gold and jade leather goods and other Western Regions specialties to Xianyang, but they were not worth much, but after selling in the spring market, they could not buy much of Daqin's silk, porcelain, tea, wine, etc., but these merchants were reluctant to go all the way but returned empty-handed, so they went to visit the princes and princes of Xianyang City, and finally the Marquis of Qinghe came forward to help, and His Majesty the First Emperor set up the Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Households, and appointed the original Yue's Zuoping Wang Kangqi as the Minister of Commerce, It is responsible for managing the trade and trade between the Great Qin and the princes and the vassals, and this bureau can also be used as an intermediary to let these Hu merchants sign credit purchase contracts with the Great Qin merchants, first sell the goods to these Hu merchants on credit, and then return the money after the autumn......"

"Hey, there's such a thing?"

"Zuoping Wang Kangqi actually became the third-grade minister of Great Qin?"

Prime Minister Zuo's news caused a burst of exclamation and commotion in the entire court.

"Really?" Yinggao was stunned for a long time, and finally came back to his senses, and asked with a surprised face.

"Back to the king, Liangguo has not yet received the official edict from Xianyang on this matter, and maybe His Majesty the First Emperor will not inform me and others, but I think it will definitely be published in the Xianyang Metropolis Daily, and I will know the conclusive news after a while, and I don't think there will be much discrepancies, these merchants from the Western Regions hurried back to the countries of the Western Regions, and they must sell the goods purchased on credit as soon as possible, so they are not willing to stay and trade in our Liangguo for a long time!" Prime Minister Zuo held the wat board and arched his hand and said.

"It seems that it must be as Zuo Xiang said, these Hu merchants in the Western Regions are in a hurry to rush back to the Western Regions, and it turns out that they owe money to the Great Qin merchants!" Yinggao almost understood the reason, but what made him very painful was how to let Liangguo get a piece of the pie.