The city wall of Juyan City is made of earth, no more than two zhang high, and the city gate hole is also very small, which makes the people who are used to seeing the city of Han a little uncomfortable, not to mention compared with Chang'an City, it is the earthen city wall of the ordinary county town, and it is much more imposing than this.

"It's a bit too much." Looking at this city, Liu Yi smiled bitterly.

What he brought were silk, porcelain and other goods, these things, among the countries of the Western Regions, were things that could only be enjoyed by the royal families, and in terms of the scale of Juyan City, he didn't think that King Juyan could consume much.

Since he came here as a businessman, Liu Yi naturally couldn't go to the post house to live, and arranged for the guide to take people to find a place to stay, according to the guide, although Juyan is small, but there are a lot of merchants, so there are many post houses, now it is winter, it is the time when the merchants are the least, it is impossible to say that you can take down two post houses to live, after all, Liu Yi has more than 200 people here, in terms of the scale of Juyan City, I am afraid that no post house can accommodate so many people.

While arranging accommodation, the two brothers Wei Chang and Wei Rong led the team not to run around and wait for news, while Liu Yi took Lu Lingqi and several female guards to wander around the streets, and also learned about the people in Juyan.

As an important hub from the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions to the Han Dynasty, Juyan City can see traders from all over the world, and the official language of the Han Dynasty, even if you can't speak it, most of the people here can understand it, after all, Juyan has only been separated from the Han Dynasty for more than ten years, but there are not many people who can speak.

As for trading, most of them are bartered here, and five-baht money is not easy to use here, but there is one point, Liu Yi found that there are a lot of jade here, and even very common, ordinary people will bring one or two pieces on them, and it doesn't seem to be a rare thing here.

"What is the husband looking at?" Lu Lingqi saw that Liu Yi's gaze had been chasing a tall woman until she disappeared, and there was a little dissatisfaction in her tone.

"Madame, have you noticed that there is a lot of jade here?" Liu Yi turned his head to look at Lu Lingqi and said, not to mention women, men will be equipped with jade ornaments.

"There are a lot of jade mines in the Western Regions, don't you know?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi suspiciously.

"I know, but I didn't expect it to be so flooded." Liu Yi nodded, then shook his head and smiled: "No wonder so many merchants run here every year. ”

Yunnan also produces jade, but Yunnan is not concerned about the mining of jade, more silver, people over there in Yunnan wear silver jewelry, the reason is actually similar, Yunnan side, silver is not a precious thing, the jade here is estimated to be the price of cabbage.

And when it comes to the Central Plains, jade is very valuable, Liu Yi understands it a little, a good piece of porcelain, it can be exchanged for a hundred catties of jade here, and it is profitable!

"Is the husband going to sell jade?" Lu Lingqi said with a smile.

"There's this idea." Liu Yi seriously considered it and said: "If you carve these jades and send them to the Central Plains District to sell, you won't have to worry about money in the next few years, but I am more interested in this city now." ”

"Juyan?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi puzzled.

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded and said: "The north-south hub, the throat of the grassland in the east and the desert in the south, is an excellent place." ”

"If you take the city...... Lu Lingqi looked around and said with a smile: "Although there are not many two hundred guards, now that they have entered the city, it should not be difficult to defeat the Juyan army." ”

Such a small city, although there is no detailed information now, but the army is no more than a thousand at most, and scattered in all directions, as long as the king of Najuyan is controlled in time, it is not difficult to capture the city.

"No!" Liu Yi shook his head and said: "It's too rude, and it's not difficult to seize Juyan, but this move will make the countries of the Western Regions vigilant, but it will hinder the naturalization of the Western Regions in the future, and we have to use relatively gentle means to seize this city." ”

"Oh?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi curiously: "How is the husband going to move?" ”

"Don't worry, let's take the next place as our foothold." Liu Yi shook his head, now he doesn't know anything about Juyan City, it's not good to draw conclusions now, there is nothing left and right, he doesn't want to experience the cold of the Gobi Desert anymore, before the beginning of spring, he happened to be operating here.

Lu Lingqi was puzzled, and followed Liu Yi to continue to wander, Juyan City is not big, and it will take an hour to turn around, after the two of them have walked around Juyan City, the guide has found the post house where they stayed.

"Division...... Zhuang owner, this Juyan City is just a small place, and he dares to call the country? Wei Chang said with some disdain.

"That's the Pinghan Kingdom that you haven't seen in Caohan." Liu Yi said with a smile: "It's a lot more prosperous than it is here. ”

Although in the Qiang land, the population is not less than here, or even more, but in terms of potential, Juyan City is connected to the countries of the Western Regions, the grassland is choked in the east, and Zhangye is connected in the south, with the desert as a barrier, and the geographical advantage is much stronger than that of Caohan.

"Then I don't know what ......to do next" Wei Chang looked at Liu Yi, eager to try, so easy to enter the city, with the elite of the soldiers, it is not difficult to capture this Juyan, when the class of the thirty-six cavalry can level the Western Regions, they now have more than two hundred people, Sikong is also a good fighter, just Juyan, not a problem.

"There's no hurry." Liu Yi said with a smile: "Now there is no external trouble, it is not good to force each other too much." Liu Yi shook his head: "What is the first article of marching and fighting?" ”

"Know yourself and know your opponent!" Wei Chang hurriedly said.

"Intelligence!" Wei Rong also followed.

"Since you know, you shouldn't be so reckless!" Liu Yi took a sip of tea and said, "Go and rest, don't be too nervous when you come to Juyan this time." ”

"Whoa!" The two brothers bowed and left.

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Early the next morning, Liu Yi chose two shops in the city, one was responsible for selling the porcelain brought by the trip, and the other was called Tiangongfang, which was self-evident.

On the same day, someone came to the palace of Juyan, selected a batch of porcelain, and exchanged it for jade and gold beads, it is worth mentioning that the gold beads at this time are actually copper beads, and there is already gold in this era, but because it is more precious, few people directly use it as currency transactions, and the same is true for the Western Regions.

A piece of porcelain can be exchanged for 100 catties of copper, and if it is minted into a copper coin, you can get 10,000 yuan.

It is also a hundred catties of jade, but if you take these jade to the Han Dynasty to sell, even if you don't go through any carving, a hundred catties of jade can be exchanged for 100,000 yuan, if it is carved into jade, then the price can not be defined, if Liu Yi personally makes a move, throw it to the Central Plains, and the jade made of 100 catties of jade can be sold at a price of hundreds of millions.

However, copper is also useful, so Liu Yi did not refuse, if Ju Yancheng takes it, these can be recovered, and there is no need to worry too much about it at this time.

However, in addition to the royal family, although there are also people who come to ask for the price, but there are not many who are willing to buy, only some traders from other countries in the Western Regions will buy a few pieces, and after bringing them back to China, these porcelains can be sold for a high price, or directly presented to the king, and they can also gain power, depending on how they are used.

Liu Yi asked people to send the copper to the Tiangongfang to start minting coins.

At the same time, the Tiangongfang also began to take over the business, after a few days, people gradually found that the things made by the Tiangongfang, there are many miraculous effects, Juyan City is not big, the news spread quickly, the craftsmen of the Han Dynasty cast tools have a magical effect, and the price is not expensive, even at the end of the month, the Tiangongfang came out to help the nobles in the city to build a mansion, but it was completed in ten days, the legend that the mansion can resist the cold, people are warm as spring in it, and the name of the Han Dynasty craftsman also began to spread in Juyan City.

Liu Yi bought another shop, made food out of the grain he brought, and distributed food and some clothes to the poor people in the city every day, and the reputation of the city gradually spread, and at the same time, people began to teach children to learn Chinese.

"Owner, the current strength of Juyan City has been figured out, if you don't count the palace guards, there are only more than 700 people, there are more than 1,600 households in Juyan City, and the population is about 8,000, including many people from other countries who live here permanently, not counting, adding up to 10,000 people." Wei Chang said with a smile: "Over the years, Juyan, as a subject country of my Han Dynasty, has developed well. ”

Liu Yi nodded, counting the palace guards, Juyan's strength should be around 1,000 people, based on the situation of the countries in the Western Regions recorded in the historical records, this number can be ranked at the level of the middle and upper echelons among the countries of the Western Regions, which is not bad.

"Owner, we won't be doing business here forever, will we?" Wei Rong looked at Liu Yi with a wry smile.

Dahan is a big agricultural country, and commerce is not developed, they are not interested in business, and even have a sense of shame about it.

"It should be soon." Liu Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "But there is one point, don't underestimate business, Shi Nonggong. Shang, in fact, was not superior at the beginning. ”

"Owner!" The accompanying guide came in, bowed to Liu Yi and said, "The palace of Juyan sent someone to pass the word, and the king of Juyan summoned him." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yi looked at the guide and said, "What about the envoy of King Juyan?" ”

"After the order, he left." The guide bowed.

"Heh~" Liu Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't pay attention to him." ”

"Owner, why don't you see it?" Wei Chang looked at Liu Yi suspiciously.

"If it's just doing business, then it will directly explain the intention and negotiate a deal, but now that the king of Juyan has summoned him, we are equivalent to the envoy of the Han family, and this attitude towards the envoy of the Han family is contempt." Liu Yi looked at Wei Chang and said with a smile: "Although the Han Dynasty is in civil strife now, it is not something that a little King Juyan can be free to do and continue to do his own thing. ”

"Whoa!" The two Wei Chang brothers thought about it and thought it was right, so they agreed immediately and left separately.

"Is this what the husband has to wait?" Lu Lingqi came out of the back hall, sat next to Liu Yi, helped him pour tea, and said with a smile.

"Almost, King Juyan wants to see him." Liu Yi nodded and said: "But at the moment, this King of Yan obviously doesn't value me, even if he goes, he won't pay attention to it, so he wants some more reputation, and at the same time secretly provokes public anger, and the internal division is divided, so I can make a move." ”