As the city gate was slowly pushed open, there were about more than 100 strong men standing on both sides of the gate, carrying musical instruments similar to waist drums, and they beat up, knocking and jumping, the elephants stopped at the city gate, Han Yue got off the elephant with the support of everyone, and the ministers and generals of Guishan came out and came to greet them.

He observed the surrounding situation very carefully, he originally thought that this Guishan was just the Great Yue Clan, a complete nomadic force, at most similar to the Xianbei people, but when he came here, he found that he underestimated this Guishan, the population of Guishan everywhere, on the way here, the population everywhere is not as scattered as Xianbei.

In addition, they also carry out farming, and even, there are a lot of caravans on the road, carrying all kinds of spices and textiles, which means that Guishan also has the same ability to weave as the Han Dynasty, of course, silk they obviously do not have, and then look at their army, wearing armor, well-equipped, quite strong, they are not the kind of Xianbei kind of soldiers who serve the people in leisure time and serve the army in wartime.

Like the Northern and Southern Army of the Han Dynasty, they are all standing armies, which have undergone long-term training and are a very elite group of soldiers.

Han Yue came this time, the purpose is very simple, just for trade, but Han Yue himself, and he doesn't want to be so communicative, it is best to be able to see the true strength of Guishan, it will be of great use in the future, Han Yue walked towards the royal city under the leadership of these generals, but there was a problem again, what Sutiba taught Han Yue was his dialect, he was a Kala, and most of the generals here adopted their elegant dialect.

This made Han Yue a little incomprehensible to their words, Sutiba didn't care before, now he can only stand by his side, translate for him, Han Yue greeted these generals and greeted each other, and walked into the royal city together, the decorations of the royal city are also very beautiful, there are many exotic merchants in the royal city, some are blonde and blue-eyed, and Han Yue is also a little dumbfounded.

Finally walked into the palace, King Hubisega had been waiting for them for a long time, he was wearing a long robe made of gold silk, smiling and sitting on the throne, on both sides stood his princes and ministers, after seeing Han Yue walk in, the king walked down very casually, and quickly walked to Han Yue's side, Han Yue bowed down and saluted.

"Han envoy Han Yue, meet the King of Kushan."

The king was stunned for a moment, but he still understood, smiled enthusiastically, and said, "I am very happy that the envoy of the Han Dynasty can speak the Guishan language, where did you learn it?" ”

"King Guishan, because I want to send an envoy to your country, I studied in advance, but what I learned was not Yayan."

"It's okay, I don't like Yayan either, come, Han envoy, please sit..." The king invited him to sit down, and then began a large banquet to greet him, all kinds of food, dazzling in front of Han Yue, among which there were women dancing, and scholars came to sing for them, Han Yue smiled and watched these scenes with relish.

After the ceremony, Han Yue gave gifts, including silk, ceramics, tea, and a pair of calligraphy and paintings, Han Yue told the King of Guishan, this is the inscription of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, which recorded a passage on the Analects, the King of Guishan could not read calligraphy and painting, nor could he understand the pen power of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, but he was still very happy to accept the gift of the Son of Heaven.

He stroked the paper, and sighed with some disbelief, it was not the first time he had seen the paper, Guishan was different from the Han Dynasty, they had a lot of business travel, they controlled all the trade routes from the Han Dynasty to the rest, the paper of the Han Dynasty, he had also seen it, but every time he saw it, he still couldn't help but sigh, and after accepting the gift, the King of Guishan invited him to eat together.

The feast did not end until the evening.

Han Yue first rested for a day, and the next day, he officially communicated with King Kushan and the ministers.

Yesterday was the king's private banquet envoy, so it was a little casual, but recently, because the two sides were a formal meeting, so it was extremely solemn, on both sides of the palace stood full of sturdy soldiers, holding spears, looking coldly ahead, the ministers and generals on both sides also raised their heads high, and Han Yue led the envoys to the center of the hall.

Bow to the king, and then hand over the handwritten letter of Zheng Xuan, the assassin of Liangzhou, the king's side, there is also a person who is proficient in the language and writing of both sides, is explaining the content of the letter to the king, the king listened carefully, nodded, and asked: "The Han Dynasty wants to trade with us?" ”

"Not only to trade with your country, the Son of Heaven hopes to be able to obtain the passage of your country, so that the business travel of the Han Dynasty can reach as far as Anxi and other countries for foreign trade..."

"Oh, what's in it with Kushan?"

"The Han merchant traveler naturally wants to trade in Kushan first, so that the two countries can trade, which is beneficial to both sides and can also ensure the friendship between the two sides."

"The Han envoy may not know that the rest of the country is full of barbarians, and I welcome the Han merchant travel very much, but the Han merchant travel is out of Guishan, and after arriving in the distance, it is likely to encounter disadvantages, and at this time, I can't protect their safety..."

"What does the king mean?"

"Guishan has great respect for the Han Dynasty, and welcomes the arrival of your merchants, but we hope that you can continue to trade with Guishan, instead of trading with Guishan's enemies and with those barbarians, they will rob your goods and kill your merchants, and Guishan will never, I believe that the merchants of Guishan will not let the Han merchants suffer, and trade will allow both of us to obtain great benefits."

The king said slowly, Han Yue quickly understood the other party's thoughts in his heart, Guishan's business travel, usually through trade between the two sides, to collect money, they don't want the Han to trade directly with Anxi and other countries, they want to buy the Han Dynasty's materials, and then sell them to the West at a higher price, this king, really not a wine bag and rice bag.

Han Yue said with some seriousness: "The king may not know that we have made great progress in the shipbuilding industry... Our business travel, by sea, has been able to reach far places..."

"Ships? How many people can be on board? ”

"My Han's ships can carry thousands of people and countless goods, but, because of the huge cost of shipbuilding, the Han hopes to be able to carry out foreign trade through Kushan, but the king seems to want the Han Dynasty's business trip to end in Kushan, if the king does not plan to change his mind, this matter may not be possible, and the Han can only carry out foreign trade by sea...."

The king's face gradually became solemn, he thought for a moment, and said, "What does the Han envoy think?" ”

"The Han did not want to send merchants in the name of the country, they were all merchants, if the Kushan could keep these merchants and let them trade here, we would not object, but if they wanted to go out to trade, I hope the king would not stop them."

"It's okay if you don't stop it, but these merchants must trade more than half of their goods in Kushan, and the rest of them must also go to distant places to trade with my Kushan merchants, negotiate the price of goods, and not let any party suffer losses... How is it? ”

Han Yue argued with the king, and the ministers also spoke from time to time, but when the ministers and generals spoke, Han Yue did not listen to their arguments in the name of not understanding Yayan, and this situation lasted until it was almost sunset, and the two sides reached a consensus, and the king became enthusiastic again, Han Yue planned to return it, but the king insisted on keeping him for a few days, out of the king's respect, Han Yue did not insist on leaving.

During this period, the king also prepared a gift to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, which was a delicately carved treasure knife, inlaid with various colored jewels, and the treasure was full of light, which looked extremely extraordinary, and Han Yue accepted this gift, and a large-scale trade from east to west, which had a huge impact, was decided.

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