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And after arriving in the capital, the eldest grandson Sheng and the eldest grandson Wuji father and son; Pei Yuanqing and Guo Shubiao, two generals in the army he befriended in the war last year; and Zhang Tianxiang, the imperial historian who wiped out the Zhang family in Qingshui County, Tianshui County, with him, these people are indispensable to visit, take a walk, and inquire about the situation in Kyoto by the way, so as not to enter the capital and have a black eye, and I don't know when he was killed, after all, he still has a mortal enemy like Qiu Rui, the king of Changping, in Kyoto.

When he visited these people, he was very particular about the gifts he carried, and even the most expensive gifts in Kyoto could not show sincerity, so he had to buy some good things that were unique to this area.

The products exported to the Central Plains from the Western Regions are mainly horses, wine, agate gems, cattle and sheep, furs and medicinal materials, etc., while the products exported to the Western Regions by the Sui Dynasty are grain, silk, porcelain, cloth, ironware and handmade daily necessities, and tea is also available, but at this time, the nomads do not know the importance of drinking tea to them who eat meat every day, so they have not begun to drink a lot of tea, only a small number of nomads who live in Shazhou and Gaochang and have more contact with the Han people found the importance of drinking tea to them and began to drink tea. In this matter, Wang Junlin has already begun to arrange for Deng Yuzhuo to send caravans to sell tea among various nomadic peoples such as Turkic and Tuyuhun, which will become another major means of gathering wealth in Wang Junlin's hands.

At this time, the street was noisy, the sound of selling, the excitement was abnormal, groups of livestock walked through the street, the air was filled with the sour smell of livestock, but everyone was in high spirits, and was not affected in the slightest, the Central Plains merchants, Turks, Tuyuhun people, big cannibals, Tubo people, Tiele people, and even Sogdians and Persians appeared, they were born merchants, where there were business opportunities, there were them.

Wang Junlin is now the richest person in Gaotai City, and even in the entire Zhangye, the gifts he wants to buy are all precious treasures, and ordinary things are not eye-catching, otherwise he would have already let the people below purchase them, and he would have to come over in person.

It's just that after a circle, except for a fist-sized jadeite bought for three hundred taels of gold in a shop owned by the Persians, there is nothing that catches the eye.

Before he knew it, he had walked to the central square at the junction of four streets, which was the best part of Gaotai City, and the shops were relatively upscale.

At this time, Wang Junlin saw a big shop called "Samarkand Treasure Shop", this shop is the largest store that Wang Junlin has seen today, from the layout of the store, it can be seen that it is a shop opened by Hu Shang, and it is mainly engaged in jewelry, but it also contains other valuables, in short, as long as it is more precious things, they buy or sell.

Since separating from the Western Regions Horse Thief King Killing Qianmo, Wang Junlin has carefully investigated and studied some things for more than a month, and has come to a conclusion: The entire Western Regions, and even the entire Great Sui, as long as it is a shop opened by a Sogdian merchant, it is very likely that there is a shadow of killing Qianmo behind it.

Sogdian merchants were already extremely famous in this era, they were famous for being good at business, and there were two kinds of Sogdian merchants in the Sui Dynasty, one was to live in the Great Sui for many years, and had been naturalized in the Sui Dynasty, they were able to speak fluent Chinese, and ordinary Sui Dynasty merchants were the same, they could open shops and buy real estate, and even marry wives and have children in the Sui Dynasty.

There was also a kind of Sogdian merchants, that is, merchants who traveled back and forth on the Silk Road, who transported Sogdian jewelry, Persian carpets, Roman gold and silverware, and spices to the Sui Dynasty, and then transported silk, porcelain and paper from the Sui Dynasty back to the Western Regions, and even to the West, and even as far as the east of Europe.

However, the various indications of Wang Junlin's investigation indicate that these Sogdian merchants were inextricably linked to the Horse Thieves of the Western Regions. First, Sogdian merchants were almost never robbed by horse thieves on the Silk Road; Secondly, the 30,000 strongest horse thieves in the Western Regions under the command of Kill Qianmo grab countless goods and treasures every year, but they have never heard of Killing Qianmo having his own caravan or shop; In the end, the Sogdians were originally descendants of the surname Zhaowu Jiu.

According to the records of the Sui Book of Chinese history, the ancestors of the Sogdians originally lived in the "Zhaowu City" (now Zhangye, Gansu) at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, and were destroyed by the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty and forced to move westward to Central Asia.

Therefore, Wang Junlin has reason to believe that behind these Sogdian merchants is the king of horse thieves who killed Qianmo, and even Wang Junlin recalled the terrifying wealth and royal posture that he showed when he killed Qianmo, and it is very likely that Killing Qianmo was the king of these Sogdian merchants.

Wang Junlin saw this shop called 'Samarkand Treasure Shop', Samarkand means "fertile land", translated into Chinese called "Kangju", so at a glance you know that it was opened by the Kang people in the Zhaowu nine surnames, and the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu were established in Central Asia during the Sui Dynasty, and the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu were the predecessors of the five states of Central Asia in later generations.

Wang Junlin has been thinking these days, if he didn't come to this era, wouldn't he have been poisoned by arsenic and died, but according to the original history, if he killed Qianmo and died, would it be that the nine elite horse thieves under his command representing the nine surnames of Zhaowu went to Central Asia to establish nine small countries, which is the so-called Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms.

But now that history has changed because of him, whether the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms will appear according to the original history, this matter makes Wang Junlin very entangled, maybe Kill Qianmo wants to build a country that is stronger than the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms combined, so he has been accumulating wealth and power.

As soon as he walked to the door of the store, a middle-aged Sogdian man wearing a curly-brimmed hat greeted him and bowed his hand with the etiquette of the Sui Dynasty: "Distinguished guest, welcome to our store, I wonder what kind of help I can provide you?" ”

Wang Junlin waved his hand to let the four soldiers stay outside the door, and walked in alone, and the little lynx ran in with his feet.

Wang Junlin noticed that the middle-aged Sogdian man's face was different when he saw the little lynx at his feet, as if the smile on his face was more sincere at that moment, which made him more sure of the guess in his heart, but at this moment he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and said casually: "Could it be that my eldest brother asked you to wait for me here?" ”

The middle-aged man in Sogdia suddenly looked surprised, and after quickly scanning the other customers in the shop, and after making sure that no one noticed this, he said enthusiastically: "The villain originally wanted to go to the mansion to meet the second king in the evening, but he didn't want the second king to have guessed what the king meant, so the second king invited him to sit in the back room." ”

Wang Junlin thought that this Sogdian was really the one who killed Qianmo, and then remembered what the other party said, so he was a little surprised, he just had a sudden idea, and it turned out that killing Qianmo really meant this.

"Also, called the second king? Play poker too! Also two kings. Why did I become the second king, just because I was a brother with a different surname because I swore to kill Qianmo? No, Kill Qianmo is not so generous, there must be something to ask him for. Wang Junlin muttered to himself in his heart.

Wang Junlin followed the shopkeeper into the living room of the inner room, where the Sogdian merchants entertained their guests, the room was brightly lit, the walls were white-painted, a few Persian carpets with gold trim were hung, the small cupboards against the walls were filled with silverware made by famous Damascus craftsmen, and the floor was covered with thick Persian carpets, which were very richly furnished.

He sat down on the couch, and the Sogdian merchant offered him a bowl of buttermilk, and then said: "The king just sent a decree yesterday that the villain should go to the second king and tell him something, and he does not want the second king to come in person today." The second king and the great king are worthy of being brothers. ”

Wang Junlin smiled, thinking that this psychological offensive had already begun, but in his plan for the future, the future Western Regions has an extremely important position, since he inadvertently got acquainted with Kill Qianmo, just like the other party came to him for help at this time, how could he do something without relying on the strength of the other party, such as whenever the emperor really had the idea of transferring him away from Zhangye County, let Kill Qianmo send a team of horse thieves to Zhangye County to run once.

Therefore, he is not afraid that he will kill Qianmo to help him, but he is afraid that he will not be able to help the other party if he is weak now, which will make his status in killing Qianmo decline, so that he cannot be equal to brother and brother, and carry out greater cooperation.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, what does the eldest brother want me to do for him, just say it!" Wang Junlin had already discovered that the middle-aged Sogdian man in front of him was obviously not an ordinary Sogdian businessman, and he could come to him on behalf of Kill Qianmo, and it was very likely that he would be an important person under Kill Qianmo.

The middle-aged man in Sogdia smiled and said: "The second king, the villain's name is Kang Obama, and he is specially responsible for preparing military funds under the command of the king. ”

Wang Junlin wondered if the transformation of Central Asian history was about to begin.

He said with a little emotion: "You speak Chinese so fluently, it seems that you often have activities in Dasui." Let me ask you, is the king in addition to the 30,000 horse thieves, and secretly recruited troops and horses, and raised some troops, so you asked me to prepare weapons and equipment. ”

Kang Obama thought to himself that it seems that the relationship between the king and His Excellency the Great Sui poison general is extraordinary, and even the most confidential things of the nine clans of Zhaowu have been said, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "That's right, the second king Mingjian, the king gathered another 30,000 troops and began to train troops secretly, in order not to attract the attention of the enemy, it is not good to raise a large number of weapons in the Western Regions, so he asked the villain to ask the second king to help raise it." ”

Wang Junlin thought for a moment and said, "How many weapons does the eldest brother want?" ”

"Sixty thousand swords, forty thousand bows, five hundred thousand feathered arrows, five thousand sets of iron armor," said Concord. ”

PS: I'm sorry I've been out today for something, and it's late for the second, I'm embarrassed to ask for all kinds of tickets.