Chapter 782: Two Dragons

Jin'an has been broken, and Dali is close at hand.

Fang Xie had been to Dali ten years ago, and where he had been hiding for a long time, Dali City still had a deep impression in his mind. At that time, Dali City was just a hideout for Fang Xie to avoid pursuit, and now for him, it seems that only strategic significance is left after the death of the big dog.

He really planned to destroy Nanyan, and then snatch back the position that Murong Yan had snatched back and give it to the big dog as a gift. The sadness in the eyes of the big dog when he shrank in the woodpile and basked in the sun, isn't it because the country is ruined?

After staying in Jin'an for a few days, Ning Hao, the lord of Jin'an, and his family went to Yongzhou under the protection of 200 armor soldiers of the Black Flag Army, and this city was marked on the map of the Black Flag Army and became a cornerstone of the southwest foundation of Fang Jie. In fact, many people are saying that Fang Jie's luck is too good, and the reason why he made his career is just in time for Luo Yao's good opportunity to go north to the southwest. But the people who say this never think that if they were to do it, they can also succeed?

This opportunity was not sent to Fang Jie, but was snatched by Fang Xie himself.

Under that circumstance at that time, who would dare to make trouble in Luo Yao's rear except Fang Jie? The people who say that Fang Xie is lucky now are also the same people who ridiculed Fang Xie for not being able to measure himself at that time. Luo Yao has been accumulating power for thirty years, and even if he leaves the southwest, no one dares to lead troops into his backyard.

There was only Fang Jie, who seemed to be reckless and hastily broke in with people and horses. At that time, many people were waiting to watch the play, waiting for Luo Yao to grind tens of thousands of horses into powder in a fit of rage. But they were disappointed, Luo Yao had no intention of returning to the army at all. Even after Luo Yao's defeat, there are still many people who are saying, look at it, Luo Tu will definitely snatch the southwest back, after all, Luo Tu still has hundreds of thousands of elites in his hands.

But they were disappointed again, Luo Tu did not return to the southwest, but crossed the Yangtze River into the south of the Yangtze River and united with the people of Tonggu Academy.

At this time, people exclaimed, oops, I was robbed of such a good piece of country by that hairy boy named Fang Jie. The southwest is the most suitable place to raise soldiers, why didn't you go in the first place, and if you go, what can you do? If he had gone by himself, Fang Xie wouldn't even be a fart.

If you regret it like this, you will feel disgusted.

In fact, it was precisely because Fang Xie and his troops came that he was able to gain a firm foothold in the southwest, and no one could do it if he was someone else. That's because Luo Yao didn't take Fang Jiefang in his eyes, he just saw Fang Xie as another body of his own, which could be taken away at any time. So he wanted Fang Xie to live, and he also didn't think that Fang Xie could make a big deal in the southwest with those tens of thousands of tired troops.

Now, this little man, who is looked down upon by all forces, has really become a hero.

At this time, when people talked about the Central Plains, they suddenly woke up, and unconsciously Fang Xie had become an equal existence with those big families and big forces. Even, when Fang Xie is mentioned, his name has to be ranked in front of Jin Shixiong, Gao Kaitai, and Wang Yiqu in the northwest, and he is on an equal footing with Mufu in the northeast and Tonggu in Jiangnan!

Therefore, many people are not convinced, and even resentful.

Eastern Xinjiang

Muping City

Muping City is a very important city in the eastern part of the Great Sui Dynasty, which is only a hundred miles away from the northeast of the Great Sui Frontier and becomes the Phoenix Terrace, and it is the first supply station after the merchants of Eastern Chu enter the Great Sui, and the degree of commercial prosperity is not inferior even compared to Chang'an.

Especially after the civil strife in the Great Sui, many merchants in Eastern Chu did not dare to enter the war zone easily, so they chose to stop in Muping City and wait for the merchants of the Great Sui to pick up the goods in Muping by themselves. In this way, Muping City has become more prosperous. After the initial period of the empire's war, the commerce of the Great Sui gradually regained some vitality. After all, businessmen still have to live, and they have to continue to earn money to support their families.

Mu Ping has quietly become the most important link in Dasui's business.

Every day, a large number of merchants came from all over the country, carrying a dazzling array of goods from the hands of the merchants of Eastern Chu, and then evacuating back to various places. Among the countless merchants, the people of the Great Sui Dynasty were the most popular and respected by the Eastern Chu people. Because the people of Eastern Chu know very well that in this period of war, only a large-scale commercial house can guarantee long-term cooperation.

Only such a strong commercial bank can ensure the smooth transaction to the greatest extent.

Zuo Mingcian has been in Muping for a while, and he is still waiting for a reply from the general's mansion. He was the leader of the first group of people sent by Fang Xie to Eastern Xinjiang, and was ordered by Fang Xie to see the general Yang Shunhui. Fang Jie's handwritten letter had been handed over to Yang Shunhui a long time ago, but there was no handwritten reply from this person.

When Yang Jian led his army to a decisive battle with Luo Yao in Gyeonggi Province, the auxiliary minister appointed by the Empress of the Great Sui fled from Chang'an with the newly formed soldiers of the two guards and ran to the east in one go.

The ironclad army is invincible, but it is not easy to catch up with Yang Shunhui, besides, where does Yang Jian have time to pay attention to Yang Shunhui?

It was also at this time that people were shocked to realize that Yang Shunhui and Northeast Mufu had such a close relationship, if not, how could the people of Mufu allow Yang Shunhui's people to enter Muping, which is equivalent to giving this rich commercial city to Yang Shunhui.

However, this is not a bad thing for the Great Sui merchants, with these two guards stationed in the army, the Great Sui merchants are more confident, and those Eastern Chu merchants who took advantage of the civil strife in the Great Sui and arbitrarily raised prices have also reined in a lot.

In Muping, there is a special shop for dealing with merchants in Eastern Chu. Doing business has reached the point where the goods are all over the world, and there is no need to chase after the merchants of Dongchu to ask for goods, but someone will take the initiative to send everything to the door, and the price is definitely cheaper than handing it over to other commercial houses.

Because of other commercial banks, there is no way to compare the volume of goods swallowed with the world.

Zuo Mingcia sat in the window seat, looking at the busy street outside, his face was a little gloomy. It's been so long, and there is still no reply from the General's Mansion. There is news that the second messenger sent by the lord is almost in Muping, and the third messenger is already on the way, which shows that the lord attaches great importance to this matter.

On the other hand, Yang Shun will turn a deaf ear to this matter.

"Something hasn't been right lately."

Zhou Mingli, the big shopkeeper in charge of Mu Ping's affairs, looked outside and frowned, his words pulled Zuo Mingcia out of his contemplation.

"What's wrong?"

He asked.

"Those Dongchu businessmen have been a little abnormal recently, and there are also some abnormalities in the market."

Zhou Mingli sat down and said: "Recently, there have been at least thirty percent of the Dongchu merchants who have delivered goods to the world, and I sent someone to investigate, and found that the goods on the market were taken away at a price at least four or five percent higher, and the purchase volume was very large. So much so that in addition to our old merchants, many Dongchu people have shipped goods to those people. ”

"Fifty percent?"

Zuo Mingcian was slightly stunned: "Although I don't know how to do business, I also know that it is taboo to receive goods at a high price in such troubled times, and no one knows whether the goods will be sold at a higher price, let alone whether the goods can be sent back safely." In the past, it was the bold mountain bandits who intercepted the merchants to grab the goods, but now some officials secretly send troops to grab the goods, at this time, who will increase the purchase price by half? ”

After a pause, he said: "What's more, this is obviously not afraid of offending the world." ”

"If you want to check, I always feel that things are not that simple."

Zhou Mingli muttered.

"I'll send someone."

Zuo Mingcian said: "To investigate these things, it is more convenient for the people from our Xiao Riding School to do it." ”

Zhou Mingli nodded: "By the way, Yang Shunhui hasn't replied yet?" ”

"Nope"

Zuo Mingcian shook his head, with some anger in his eyes: "These people are too shallow, our Black Flag Army is in the southwest, so they feel that they can not have scruples...... Sooner or later they will suffer. ”

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General Muping's Mansion

Yang Shunhui looked at the living room filled with ten large boxes of gold, and his eyes flickered. These gold are not standard gold ingots issued by the Great Sui Household Department, but gold coins, which seem to be purer in fineness, and when the box is opened, the whole room is full of gold. Each box was laboriously carried in by four strong men, which shows the weight of the box.

A blonde foreigner looked at Yang Shunhui with a smile, as if waiting for something.

"I don't know you Grand Duke Thurence ......"

Yang Shun would take his eyes back from the ten large boxes, glance at the foreigner, and ask, "Why did he send me such a big gift?" ”

"That's ......"

The foreigner bowed slightly: "My name is Peter, and I was appointed by the Grand Duke of Thurence to meet the general, and these gifts can only represent a small part of the respect that the Grand Duke of Thurence has for you, because respect cannot be truly measured in money." However, because of my respect for you, I still don't beat around the bush. ”

He said with a smile: "The great general should also know that the great Opru Empire has incorporated the original Rus' principality into the imperial territory, because the war will be destroyed, so the first thing after the war is to recover." And the best way to get a country back on its feet quickly is to develop business. The Duchy of Rus is a thing of the past, and the current Duchy of Thurence hopes to establish good trade relations with the Great Sui. In fact, there is a very cruel exploitation between the Great Sui and the Duchy of Xiurensi. ”

Peter said: "That is the Eastern Chu people, those cunning and greedy Eastern Chu people will increase the price of goods infinitely, buy them from us at a low price, and then sell them to the Great Sui at a high price." Whether it is the Duchy of Thurence or the Great Sui, they are actually victims. Archduke Thurence asked me to come to the General with his sincerity to convey his desire to establish direct trade relations with the Great Sui. ”

"The Great Sui is a powerful country in the world, as powerful as the Oplu Empire, such two powerful empires, but a weak Eastern Chu took away the interests that belonged to you and me from the middle, what could be more annoying than this? The meaning of the Grand Duke of Xiurens is that if the Great Sui can trade directly with the Duchy of Xiurens, then they will gain huge benefits. ”

"Omit the link of the Dongchu people, how beautiful it would be for us?"

"Of course ......"

Peter smiled and said, "We are businessmen, so naturally we have to think about interests. It's hard for us to scrape together this amount of gold, because the Duchy of Thurence is still recovering. But we think that this gift is a little lighter for you, and I beg your forgiveness for not being able to get anything more valuable for the time being. But believe me, if you have a trade relationship, you will get more and more, and we will get more and more, far more than this ten chests of gold. ”

Yang Shun frowned and did not answer immediately.

"The Great Sui has always been a person from Eastern Chu who does transactions, and if you directly trade to bypass Eastern Chu, it will not be a good thing for the diplomatic relations between the two countries. It's not just a matter of business, it's also about relations with allies. “

Dong An, a staff member standing behind Yang Shunhui, said.

"Yes"

Peter said, "There is no doubt about it, but why should you regret losing a weak ally and gaining a strong one?" I firmly believe that if the Great Sui and the Oplu Empire become good friends, then this world is the world of the two countries, as for Dongchu, it is just an inconspicuous little bug, and the Great Sui and the Oplu Empire are both dragons flying in the sky. One in the East and one in the West, ruling the whole world. ”

Peter smiled: "What's more...... Between the Great Sui and the Eastern Chu, it seems that it has never been an ally, and the Eastern Chu people have never had any respect for the Great Sui. And we are full of the most sincere respect for the Great Sui. ”

"What does Grand Duke Thurence want me to do?"

Yang Shun will ask.

"Want to ......"

Peter smiled and said, "Allowing the merchants of the Duchy of Xiurens to enter the Great Sui is as simple as that, as for other matters, we will solve them ourselves." ”