"Prince Arslan is a very good businessman, but what you can exchange for is my Chen Dong's personal friendship."

"If you want to get the friendship of the Great Song Dynasty, you have to discuss it with our official family." Chen Dong always remembers his identity.

Although he was far away in Qinghe, thousands of miles away, he still did not forget the word caution.

If you are an official in the Great Song Dynasty, if you are not careful, you will die.

Shi Kang also wanted to correct Chen Dong's title, but he didn't have a good way.

He heard Chen Dong say that there was a Jin Guoxun named Yan Zonggan, who helped tens of thousands of Song troops return to the Great Song Dynasty after he was driven out of the capital because of political fighting.

He also renamed himself Wang You, the word Jiayan, but no Song people called him Wang You, and more people called him Wanyan Zonggan.

He knew why, the influence of the Great Song Dynasty's Huayi distinction was by no means child's play.

It takes a long time to be recognized by the Song people and become a Song person.

Arslan thought for a moment and said, "I heard that your emperor is very fond of beauty, so I prepared orchids as a gift for the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Chen Dong's footsteps staggered, and he looked at Arslan in surprise and asked, "Where did you hear that our official family likes beautiful women?!" ”

"Those caravan merchants all say so, it is rumored that your official family married the princess of Western Xia, this kind of courage has to be admired, it is really bold!" Arslan rightly said.

Chen Dong looked at Arslan suspiciously and asked, "Why can't the princess of Western Xia touch it, I have heard of this legend, but I don't know its details." ”

Arslan looked left and right, and whispered: "The princesses of Western Xia are all poisonous women among poisonous women, and the deeds of the two poisonous people, the Empress Dowager Daliang and the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, are widely spread in the Western Regions. ”

Chen Dong couldn't help but laugh and said: "Our official family is not beautiful, don't really send Hu Ji over, be careful that the official family cuts you." ”

"If you plan to start in this area, the status of the orchid is too low, didn't you say that the Seljuk Empire was divided into many feudal towns? It's good to find some princesses and the like to press the legs of the officials. ”

The two of them smiled in the same way that all men understood.

"The path you mentioned, can we go and see it now?" Chen Dong asked eagerly.

Arslan said: "Angel Chen is still in a hurry, so that we, the businessmen, know that this matter is very important to Angel Chen." Doesn't it mean that being quiet is the basic cultivation of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Chen Dong turned his head to Niu Gao and asked, "Am I acting urgently?" ”

Niu Gao nodded and said, "It's urgent." ”

"I'll pay attention to it later." Chen Dong nodded, he is a student, and he is not very proficient in this kind of quiet skill.

Arslan whispered: "Angel Chen, please come here, you must tell the caravan going to the Seljuk Empire to make a fortune, and the tone must be strict, this trade route is also the way for us Sogdians to make a fortune." If the Khitans knew about this road, we Sogdians would not be able to make a living from it. ”

"Provincial, provincial. Commander Niu, please gather a hundred people to accompany me, I will go and see for myself. Chen Dong led Arslan to the path.

You can go to the trade route to the west without passing through the Chu River Broken Leaf City.

Niu Gao was going to go with him, but was stopped by Chen Dong, and Niu Gao and Chen Dong had to leave one person behind to deal with the trivial matters in Qinghe City.

Niu Gao was left behind by Chen Dong, and the hundred-man team plunged into the deep mountains and old forests, stirring up waves of birds.

After several sunrises and sunsets, Niu Gao did not wait for Chen Dong, but waited for the angel sent by Yanjing.

Sun Li took two days to rush from Yanjing to Datong Mansion with the holy decree, and another four days to Zhenzhou.

And from Zhenzhou to Qinghe City, it took him a full ten days.

"Angels have worked hard all the way." When Niu Gao saw Sun Li, he was shocked into a cold sweat, Chen Dong has not come back yet. This is dereliction of duty, the last dereliction of duty Li Zheng is still watching them in the field!

Sun Li patted the dust on his body, and said with a smile: "The speed of the gallop road is much greater than that of the straight road, and the speed of the straight road is much greater than that of the small road. ”

Sun Li looked at Niu Gao with a smile and asked, "What about Master Chen?" Where did it go? Let him come and take the order, there is a good thing. ”

Niu Gaohan touched his nose with a smile and said, "He went to the toilet." After a while, he came and saw the angel. ”

Sun Li patted Niu Gao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "When General Yue sent you to Qinghe City, he said in the notebook that you can't lie, as long as you lie, you like to touch your nose. The last time you drank and were almost killed by the Taihang Mountain bandits, General Yue knew about lying and touching your nose. ”

"What did he do?"

"I followed the prince of the Fire Seeking Kingdom to explore the business road, and the matter is very high, so Master Chen was relieved, so he went in person." Niu Gao said cautiously.

Sun Li nodded, he looked at the Caixia on the horizon, from Zhenzhou to Qinghe City, all the way was full of gravel, and he also saw the grand scene of the desert and the sunset on the long river.

I also felt the bitter cold here.

"The official family knew that this place was barren, so they asked me to bring some food and share it with the soldiers, it seems that Master Chen does not have this mouthful." Sun Lile smiled.

Niu Gao didn't know whether he should cry or laugh, these eunuchs were all from the inner court, and the feminine aura on his body made people very uncomfortable, and when they laughed, they seemed to be crying.

Yin is not yin, yang is not yang, which is terrifying.

"Commander Niu, don't worry, the official family has specially told you when you come this time, the location of Qinghe City is special, and Master Chen has the right to act cheaply." Sun Li looked at Niu Gao's expression and explained.

"Ask the angel to come here and take a bath before entering the city." Niu Gao hurriedly welcomed Sun Li into the bathhouse outside the city.

After Sun Li was full of wine and food, he stayed on the wall of Qinghe City, watching the dusk sunset slowly fall, the entire sky and ground were plated with a layer of golden light by the setting sun, and the ripples of the Chu River dispersed the golden light.

Spectacle.

A tornado streaked across the sky and flew up the sky with sand, stirring up the burning clouds.

A hundred horsemen rode frantically from the horizon, raising sand and dust like an earth dragon lying prone on the horizon.

Dao beacon fire descended from the foot of the Tianshan Mountain, Sun Li pointed to the place of those beacon fires, and asked, "Is that the beacon you cultivated?" ”

Niu Gao hurriedly said: "In order to warn the Khitans from Broken Leaf City through the Tianshan Mountain Pass, the beacon tower built is just an outpost. ”

"In charge of the beacon fire, one commander, two deputies, seven people per beacon, a total of nine people, three or three teams."

"When the smoke is released, it is only for a while, and it is fine. Putting out smoke is not a warning sign. ”

Sun Li nodded, looking at the unhurried appearance in the city, he knew that these hundred horsemen should not be Khitans.

When the salon ran from far to Qinghe City, Sun Li also saw Chen Dong, who had become a native, but Chen Dong was not in a hurry to enter the city, but entered the bathhouse next to Qinghe City.

Niu Gao hurriedly explained: "Please wait a while, Master Chen will have to wash before he can come to visit." ”

"The desert dust is too powerful. If you don't use sulfur to wash away the lice, you may have a plague. ”

"I see." Sun Li understood why he had to wash before entering the city, and it was that kind of unpleasant sulfur soap.

After Chen Dong saw Sun Li, he didn't care about enjoying the food brought by Sun Li, but opened the map very seriously and said: "This is Prince Arslan, and his father is the king of Huoxun Country. This time, we found a trade route that bypassed the Khitans and led to the Fire Quest Country! ”

"Respected angel, my name is Shi Kang, the word Lida." Arslan took the trouble to correct Chen Dong's words, but it was still useless. can't change what the Song people call him.

If you want to be a Song person, where is it so easy.

"This trade route! It couldn't have come at a better time! Sun Li looked at the route on the map and nodded vigorously.

Chen Dong pointed to Qinghe City and Broken Leaf City and said: "I have judged Yelu Dashi's thoughts, the Khitan people's idea is very simple, Qinghe City is in their hands, there will not be so many merchants to trade with the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Qinghe City is in the hands of our Song people, more merchants pass through their Khitan territory, they can collect more taxes, and what they want is to go west. Qinghe City will not be attacked for a short time. ”

"So there is no war in Qinghe City for a short time, I can follow Sun Angel back to Beijing, as for the envoy to Daqin, it depends on the will of the official family."

"Good!" Sun Li nodded and praised, I haven't seen him for more than a year, Chen Dong has become more angular, and the future minister will have a place.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Dong and Sun Li rode fast horses, leaving a back on Qinghe City, and quickly headed towards Zhenzhou.

At this time, in the Yanjing Station, Anna stared at Humbert angrily and asked, "I want to buy customized clothes from Da Song Cloak Shop, why not!" ”

When Anna passed by Datong Mansion, Humbert met the shopkeeper of the Great Song Dynasty Cloak Shop, Master Li.

Master Li is now the chief clothing designer of the Great Song Dynasty Cloak Shop, and she came into contact with Humbert, as the cardinal archbishop of the Nestorian Sect, Humbert has a great role in developing the trade of the Kereh Ministry, and Master Li naturally will not let go of this opportunity.

Humbert left Master Li a design draft, which was in line with the aristocratic attire of the Roman Empire.

Humbert wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's too precious." My eldest princess, if it's ordinary clothes, forget it, but it's silk! We don't have that much money right now, to pay for this garment. ”

Anna was still angry and said: "Roman nobles without silk, are they still Roman nobles?" Humbert: You forgot the word glory, how should you spell it? ”

"But it's too expensive." Humbert was still persuading her eldest princess.

They could still afford it if it was cheaper, but now silk products are really beyond their means.

Anna sat on a stool and sighed, this is the current situation in the Roman Empire, poverty.

Anna said helplessly: "There is a royal ball tonight, and the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty invited me to attend, but I did not have a decent costume to attend the ball, which is a shame for our Roman Empire." ”

"However, I heard that the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is very rich?"

Humbert nodded and said, "That Great Song Cloak and Hat Store is the private property of this Great Song Emperor. I've inquired, and the income of just one cloakhouse is about half of the annual taxes of our empire. ”

"He's rich. My eldest princess. ”