Zhang Yue arranged for the Wusun delegation to live in the Dahonglu Mansion specially prepared for them.

The waiters who were drawn from Shaofu immediately rushed up.

Carefully serve the guests from Wusun.

Plates of boiled beef are served, and dishes made with peppercorns, cumin, pepper and dogwood are delicate and delicious.

A pot of fine wine was sent to the front, and then a girl from Handan or Linzi opened the seal of the wine jar and poured a full lamp.

The spicy drink, as soon as it enters the throat, immediately makes people feel refreshed and forget the fatigue of the journey.

After eating and drinking, there are maids who serve boiled mare's milk tea.

A cup of mare's milk tea enters the stomach, and the sweet taste hits the heart.

Everyone was burping, and they didn't want to move.

Zhang Yue looked at all this with a smile, and then, quietly got up, raised the wine bottle in his hand, and saluted Nimi: "The envoy has come from afar, and he will rest here for a day for the time being, and tomorrow, the official will come to visit ......you again."

After listening to the translator's words, Nimi immediately got up and said, "Your official is too polite!" ”

This eats people with a soft mouth and short hands.

After such a sumptuous meal, he was arranged to live in such a luxurious house.

Today's Wusun Mission, the favorability of the Han family has skyrocketed.

As for the mud, he had already lost his initial arrogance and arrogance, and had to be humble.

Zhang Yue listened, clapped his hands, and dozens of subordinates who had been waiting at the door for a long time immediately strolled in with gift boxes in their hands.

Zhang Yue laughed softly: "In order to welcome your envoy to Han, my emperor specially ordered his official to prepare some gifts for your envoy......"

"There is a proverb in our country: courtesy is light and affection is heavy!"

"Although the gift is light, let my emperor's love and fortune and the heart of your country remain unchanged!"

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he waved his hand slightly, and the maids immediately presented the gift box to the people of the mission.

Even the retinue, grooms, and guards in the mission have a share for everyone!

This is something that Zhang Yue specially explained.

It is not only to envelop the Wusun people, but also a decision based on the ancient wisdom of the Zhuxia nation - the mean!

After all, who knows if there will be lucky people in this mission in the future who will miraculously rise and even grow into a decisive person?

Even if you don't, it doesn't matter.

Roosters and dog thieves may not be able to pry into the overall situation.

This is like the capital of later generations playing venture capital, which is a strategic investment.

I'm lucky to get it, and it doesn't matter if I lose it.

The Wusun delegation was flattered, and many people suddenly had an infinite affection for the Han family.

Some of them even went on an expedition with the Huns.

Ni Mi hurriedly thanked: "Thank you for your good intentions and your country's Son of Heaven!" This envoy and Wusun up and down, inscribed in the heart! ”

Zhang Yue laughed and bowed slightly.

At this time, there were already Wusun people who couldn't hold back their curiosity and opened the gift box on the spot.

"It's silk!" At the top of the gift, the piece of silk placed on the table immediately made people exclaim.

No way, silk, even in the Han Dynasty, is a relatively expensive commodity.

After leaving the Yumen Pass, its value is constantly rolling upward.

A horse of medium quality in Wusun is already worth a good horse!

When Zhang Yue heard this, he immediately smiled reservedly: "This is the silk produced in Qi County of our country!" ”

"Qi County silk and satin, the best in the world, even if it is the son of heaven of our country, the clothes he wears daily are also purchased and customized from Qi County......"

It's a fact!

Han Guangluxun set up a separate official office called 'Sanfu Guan' in Qi County, which was responsible for purchasing all kinds of high-quality silk as clothing for the official uniforms of the royal court and officials in the world.

And hearing Zhang Yue's words, the eyes of the people of the Wusun Mission lit up.

Even the emperor of the Han Dynasty wore silk, how expensive it must be!

Nimi listened and thanked gratefully: "The Son of Heaven of your country is so loving!" ”

Zhang Yue smiled.

In diplomatic occasions, advertising one's own products is an international practice in later generations!

He stepped forward, gently uncovered the muddy gift box, and said with a smile: "In addition to silk, this official also specially prepared tea bricks, rhubarb and other things for the noble envoy!" ”

"Please don't dislike it!"

Today's Silk Road, in fact, is really the Silk Road.

The bulk of the Han Dynasty's foreign trade was basically concentrated on silk.

As for iron and salt, it was all smuggling.

It is theoretically illegal, but the Han family turns a blind eye and pretends not to see.

Relying only on high-end products such as silk, Zhang Yue knows that he can't make a lot of money.

Because, in fact, the Han family only got a fraction of the profits from the silk trade, but they only made some hard-earned money.

Zhang Yue had already consulted Yuan Guangguo.

A piece of silk that cost 300 yuan in Pingjia, the official mansion of Chang'an, was transported to Yumen Pass and delivered to foreign merchants, but it could be exchanged for furs worth about 400 to 500 yuan or treasures and gold of the same value.

In the silk trade, the income of the Han family was really not as big as imagined.

The vast majority of the profits on the Silk Roads were swallowed up by a few countries that occupied the main routes along this trade route.

Loulan, for example, made a lot of money in the silk trade.

There are also Dawan, Kangju, and Daxia (Yueshi), all of whom are vampires lying on this trade route.

For the Han dynasty, the silk trade was actually a means of absorbing foreign gold, silver and other precious metal equivalents.

However, relying on silk alone, in fact, the ability to absorb gold is average.

After all, this is a high-end product with a limited audience!

Even though the Han dynasty desperately expanded silk exports, it could not increase the export value much.

As a qualified former civil servant, Zhang Yue certainly could not tolerate the continuation of this situation.

We must expand the types of exports and increase the quota of foreign trade!

Foreign trade can not only increase employment and stabilize social order, but also earn a lot of gold and silver.

No matter what era it is, the country's money is the last word!

And tea and rhubarb are highly expected by Zhang Yue!

Especially tea!

As long as the market is opened, Zhang Yue believes that it will bring a steady stream of wealth!

After all, tea is a necessity of life, especially for nomads, who can do without silk, but can they live without tea?

Salt and tea, in later generations, were the largest trade of the Central Plains Dynasty to the northern grasslands.

Nimi looked at the tea brick and rhubarb block placed under the gift box, and fell into deep thought.

Tea, he knows.

After entering the territory of the Han Dynasty, he did not drink less, and he didn't care too much about this Han Dynasty specialty at first.

But now, this minister of the Han Dynasty solemnly gave it to himself as a gift.

That's interesting!

Gently picking up the tea brick, Nimi asked, "Your ...... What does this tea and the so-called rhubarb mean? ”

Zhang Yue had been waiting for his words for a long time, and when he heard this, he said: "Don't hide it from your envoys, the doctors of our country, after thousands of years of observation and summary, have discovered that this tea has the functions of detoxification, laxative and digestion!" ”

"Especially for people like yours who eat meat, cheese, and milk as their staple food, drinking a cup of tea after a meal, or boiling tea with cheese and milk, can effectively prevent constipation!"

When he heard this, his expression immediately became serious: "Really? ”

"Really!" Zhang Yue smiled and said, "As for this rhubarb ......"

"In our country, rhubarb is a medicine that treats constipation......"

Listening to this, Nimi couldn't help but lower his head, looking at the few pieces of rhubarb rhizomes in the gift box, his eyes suddenly radiated with brilliance!

For nomads, infectious diseases such as typhoid fever and plague are terrible, but the most terrible thing is constipation!

The higher you are, the more you fear!

However, there is nothing that can be done about constipation, even by the best shamans.

In fact, every year, a respected shaman priest dies of a disease caused by constipation.

Nimi himself is even more deeply touched!

Because it is the father's army, he dies of constipation!

Now, the people of the Han Dynasty told him that there were medicines in the Han Dynasty that could cure constipation?

This......

It's just ......

I can't even find words to describe it.

He couldn't even believe it!

Because, if what this Han Dynasty minister said is true.

So......

How much should those pieces of rhubarb in your gift box be worth?

I'm afraid it's a priceless treasure!

"Sure enough?" Nimi raised his head, looked at Zhang Yue, and asked in disbelief.

"Why don't you let people try the real thing?" Zhang Yue chuckled.

The rhubarb trade, which arose after the Sui and Tang dynasties, once became a star product in Europe.

In the Middle Ages, a Venetian merchant was able to break a dog's brain for a box of rhubarb from the East!

This inconspicuous traditional Chinese medicine in later generations was the brightest star of the ancient Silk Road.

At its peak, the price was higher than gold!

Its impact was so great that during the Opium War, some ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty wrote to Daoguang, saying that foreigners should not be feared.

Just cut off their supply of tea and rhubarb.

They will not be able to pull out the Xiang and bring about their own destruction!

Daoguang actually believed this kind of thing!

It's a pity that the Manchu monarchs and ministers would never know that the world at that time was changing with each passing day.

The Industrial Revolution was booming, and the British Empire was at its peak in the Victorian era!

As the Industrial Revolution progressed, so did modern chemistry.

Today, rhubarb, native to China, is the safest and most effective laxative on the planet.

Zhang Yue is naturally full of confidence in this.

Nimi glanced back, and then commanded in Wusun dialect.

As soon as he listened to his chirping command, two men from the Wusun mission stepped forward, knelt down in front of him, put their foreheads on the ground, and received the order very respectfully.

Zhang Yue looked at it, smiled and picked up a piece of rhubarb, gently broke a small piece, and then ordered someone to take it and boil it into soup.

A quarter of an hour later, two bowls of medicinal soup made from rhubarb were brought to the two men.

The two Wusun people took the medicine bowl and sulked at the bottom.

Only half an hour later, that is, when the medicinal decoction was just absorbed into the intestines.

The two of them suddenly covered their stomachs, their eyes showed ecstasy, and they ran all the way out of the hall, and under the guidance of the maid, they went straight to the toilet, and then squatted down comfortably......

For them, it's a heavenly feeling!

And the entire Wusun Mission, after seeing this situation, everyone cherished the piece of rhubarb in their gift box very carefully.

In their eyes, this product of the Han Dynasty is a life-saving miracle medicine!

It is a sacred relic planted by the gods!

Nimi was even more impatient to pull Zhang Yue and asked, "Is your country willing to sell this rhubarb to the country?" ”

"The country is willing to exchange the horses, furs, and gold that your country needs!"

The Wusun people are rich!

Because it is located in the bridgehead area of East and West Asia, it controls the hub of east-west transportation.

The water and grass here are abundant, the environment is pleasant, and the resources are abundant.

The merchants who traveled from the south to the north brought huge trade income to Wusu.

As a result, Wusun has a large amount of gold reserves.

There is also a world-famous iconic product - Wusun Horse!

This kind of excellent war horse, in the present, is second only to the sweat and blood of the horse.

Both Han and Hungary introduced a large number of horses, hoping to improve their war horses.

However, the Wusun people are also very shrewd.

They have always controlled the number of good horses against Han and Hungary.

Especially for stallions that can be bred, they are very tightly controlled.

The ones that are exported to the outside world are generally mares.

In order to quickly expand the number of horses and improve the quality of the horse breed, high-quality stallions are the key to this.

After all, mares can give birth to a maximum of one litter a year.

And high-quality stallions can be X dozens of mares a day.

The gap between the two is not the same.

Zhang Yue listened, but did not reply immediately, but said softly: "Don't hide it from the envoy, a drug like rhubarb is a contemptible country, and it doesn't produce much......"

"It's tea, the official can promise, as much as your country wants, the country will supply as much as you want......"

"As for the rhubarb, please wait for the envoy to wait, and let this official report to me to the Son of Heaven......"

As a traverser, Zhang Yue knows that the best way to control a country is to make it dependent on you.

For example, Neon and Smecta, why can't they leave the warm embrace of Midi's father, and even take the initiative to make a bed and warm quilt for their father, and even charge into battle?

The fundamental reason is that the economic, diplomatic, and military security of these two countries is inseparable from Midi's father.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant or unwilling you are, you can only force your face to smile and dedicate your youth to your children and grandchildren for your father.

This is a very useful success story!

The Han dynasty wanted to control and influence Wusun, and in the current situation, military means were ineffective.

And not just because it's too far away.

What's more, the enemy of the Huns is still there.

Therefore, we can only use economic and cultural means, both in parallel, so that the Wusun high-level and the Wusun people can rely on and trust the Han.

And this tea and rhubarb are the two trump cards in the economic field.

The reason why the supply of rhubarb is restricted is because scarcity is expensive.

If there is too much rhubarb, isn't it worthless?

Zhang Yue plans to turn rhubarb into another high-end luxury commodity besides silk.

As for tea, this is not the case.

Because, the main tea producing area is now relatively backward in the south.

Supporting the tea trade will contribute to the economic development, employment and social stability of the southern counties of the Han family.