In April of Juyan, the grass grows and the warbler flies, all things are prosperous, and the flowers are blooming.

Zhang Anshi rode a horse on the lakeside, saw the brocade scales swimming, the blue waves rippling, the birds flocked, between the fields, the fields are not even wild, the millet seedlings are strong, the channels are dense, and the waterwheels are numerous.

So, full of interest, happy in shape, and left and right: "This year's autumn harvest, Juyan can have a full stomach!" ”

Everyone praised: "This gentleman is also a good candidate for governance and education!" ”

Zhang Anshi listened, and hurriedly said modestly: "This Your Majesty is the virtue of being treated, how dare I take credit?" ”

But his demeanor can't help but be a little proud.

"General, a few days ago, Zheng Du Hu of the Western Regions came to report, saying that the Xiongnu and Wusun had consulted, and they had decided to form an alliance and take the strategy of Dawan together......" Chang Hui stepped forward and asked Zhang Anshi's side: "The general of the royal capital asked the general: Is there a countermeasure?" ”

Zhang Anshi listened, just smiled, and said: "The fox wants to make food with hungry wolves, and this is the way to destroy itself!" ”

"I'm afraid, the Wusun people will pay all the bottoms to the Huns this time!"

"The general doesn't plan to take care of it?" Chang Hui was bold and asked: "Nowadays, the countries in the Western Regions are disturbing, and there are constantly envoys plowing the canal to ask the general to protect the general...... How should the royal protector reply to the countries? ”

Zhang Anshi listened, laughed, and said, "General Chang is very concerned about the affairs of the Western Regions......

This is the fifth time in the past few days that Chang Hui has asked Zhang Anshi about his views on the alliance between Wusun and the Xiongnu under various pretexts.

This time, it was even more straightforward to find out Zhang Anshi's attitude.

When Chang Hui heard Zhang Anshi's ridicule, he immediately blushed, and said with some embarrassment: "It's not that the last general has transgressed, but now, the Western Regions Protector, Juyan, and Yumen are all talking about it, and they are speculating from top to bottom, and the same is true ......of the last general and others."

"The general still gives a letter of approval, in order to reassure the army and the people!"

Zhang Anshi knows that what Chang Hui said is actually only part of the reason.

More central, unspoken, there are the benefits associated with it.

You must know that with the smooth flow of the Silk Road, exchanges between China and foreign countries are becoming more and more frequent.

All the departments under Zhang Anshi's command, except for the direct Northern Military Academy Captain Department led by himself, everyone else took this bullet train with the outbreak of Silk Road trade, making money every day and making a lot of money.

Not to mention, there are more than a dozen caravans under Chang Hui's name alone.

He can get at least a thousand gold dividends from these businessmen every year.

This income is already more than the income that often benefits them, the income of the feudal state, and the rewards combined.

With relevant interests, naturally Chang Hui and others are particularly concerned about Zhang Anshi's attitude towards the current situation.

Don't think that only the stock market in the future will have insider trading.

In fact, as early as fifty years ago, the late imperial historian Zhang Tang played this trick with his merchant friend Tian Jia.

With the help of the changes in national policies known in advance, they hoard and buy high

Sell low, make a lot of money, and be happy.

So much so that the Tian family can rely on the accumulation at the beginning, and is still rich and noble, and it is still a big businessman in Chang'an!

And the Daji Farmland Yannian and his salt and iron official office are another representative.

They monopolize salt and iron resources, and they are both athletes and referees, and the money they earn makes countless people red-eyed, but they are helpless.

And Hexi, as early as decades ago, was already a combination of military and business.

The business travelers who go out of the fortress will try their best to attach themselves to the name of the general.

will do his best to play up and down, even if it is the team rate and military waiting, as long as you have the right to get the benefits.

Therefore, the caravan out of the fortress can basically be regarded as the caravan of a certain Han general.

Therefore, when they encountered troubles and problems in the Western Regions, the Han army would be so active in intervening and rescuing, and even did not hesitate to use war to solve the problem.

Zhang Anshi knew this, but he just turned a blind eye and pretended not to know about these things.

The reason, in addition to the cliché that 'when the water is clear, there are no fish'.

The more important factor comes from his own selfishness and ambition.

It can even be said that Zhang Anshi was deliberately indulging and acquiescing in the participation of his generals and officials in commercial activities in the Western Regions and even further foreign countries.

Since ancient times, wealth has touched people's hearts.

Interests are always the best weapon.

It is precisely in the greed and ambition of these profit-hungry aristocrats and bureaucrats that the wool produced by Juyan and Hehuang has finally become an export product like silk.

Since April, wool exports have reached record highs.

Up to now, the woolen products that flow through Yumen and Yangguan every day to the Western Regions and even Mobei have reached an average level of more than 500 horses.

And these woolen textiles were exchanged for gold, pearls and jade, cattle and sheep, slaves and maids.

In the last month alone, the wool trade has generated more than 1,000 gold worth of profits for the workshops in Juyan and Hehuang.

A month, a net profit of more than 1,000 gold?

What is this concept?

It's unimaginable business benefits!

Not to mention, the net inflow of this gold alone can already announce that the entire Western Regions Kingdom is working for the Han family.

More critically, there are various other effects that this has brought about.

It also tied the entire Hexi up and down, especially Juyan and Hehuang, to Zhang Anshi's chariot.

Soon, these people will know that they will have to find more and bigger markets for the goods they produce.

And there is only one way - war!

Of course, at present, everyone still knows nothing and ignores it, just like kindergarten children, they believe whatever the teacher says.

Therefore, Zhang Anshi ignored Chang Hui and others

In private action.

He raised his horsewhip and said with a smile: "Why care? ”

"If someone wants to die himself, but he doesn't come to ask for advice, why should I be the wicked man?"

"When they suffer from it, they will naturally know who is the best person for them in this world!"

"This is no happiness without contrast!"

The Xiongnu is now the whetstone in Zhang Anshi's hands.

Although they may not be willing to take on this task, in fact, the reality pushes them to take on this responsibility unconsciously.

Whether it is Wusun or Dawan, in Zhang Anshi's opinion, they will be educated by the Huns, and then if they are smarter, they will naturally cry and come to their parents to confide their grievances.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

When the time comes, Zhang Anshi will symbolically hit the Huns a few times in the palm of his hand and make a show for others.

As for whether the Huns were willing to be beaten by Zhang Anshi? Then it's up to them.

Chang Hui was in a hurry.

As soon as the war starts, the entire Western Regions countries will be thrown into the war against Dawan.

This could lead to the severance of the Silk Road, or at least its blockage.

This means that their caravans, which may not be of any interest for months or even a year.

It will also lead to a large number of silk, wool, salt and iron, and handicrafts that they have hoarded are unsalable.

Chang Hui had no choice but to make a final struggle and asked, "General...... If Dawan is destroyed, the situation in the Western Regions may be out of balance immediately...... And it's not easy for the Son of Heaven to explain ......"

"What General Chang said is not unreasonable...... Zhang Anshi nodded and said, "However, it doesn't matter!" ”

"The survival of a Dawan is not important enough to subvert the current situation!"

Is Dawan strong?

Of course it's strong!

At least, for both the Xiongnu and Wusun.

As long as the accumulated wealth and technical talents are obtained and digested by it, its national strength can be greatly enhanced!

But the question is – do they have that chance?

Not to mention, it is impossible for the Xiongnu and Wusun to unite sincerely.

It's good that they don't pull each other's back!

There is just one question - with the current Xiongnu and Wusun, do they have the national strength to fight for a long time in Dawan?

Even if they could, Anshi would make them unacceptable!

The essence of the imperialism is to contain, stumble, deter, and coerce.

All in all, Zhang Anshi had 10,000 ways to turn the Huns and Wusun into his workers.

Zhang Anshi reined in the horse and said to Chang Hui, who wanted to say more: "The general doesn't have to say any more!" ”

"In this matter, I have already reported to the Son of Heaven with a note, and I have been fully authorized by the Son of Heaven!"