On the twenty-first day of October, the envoy of Zhao State, the farthest in the West Sea, arrived in Jinye to offer condolences, and the envoys of Jin and Song came together not far from Jinye, and they will arrive one after another within three to five days.

During this period, Xiao Gongyi, Su Fangxin and other royal guests were extremely depressed, they originally came to warn, but they turned out to be self-defeating and became a laughing stock. Bailiyan also suffered from it, but it did not prevent him from privately peddling Xianguo industrial products, so it seems that he maliciously concocted a farce, so as to trick the princes into buying Xianguo goods and making profits.

On the twenty-fourth day of October, Bai Liyan and his family walked in the prosperous area in the east of the city, and a two-wheeled carriage came to a slow stop in front of him, and Bai Liyan's accompanying guards nervously stepped forward to stop him, only to see the curtain in the lathe open from the inside, and a middle-aged man with a dark round face poked out, looked out twice, and then asked in a strange Xihai accent:

"May I ask the Marquis of Yongxing?"

"Who are you?" Wei Qi stepped forward and asked, pressing his right hand on the knife.

The round-faced man smiled and said:

"Don't get me wrong, young man, it's Gu Simi Khan, the envoy of the Western Tapir, who heard that the Marquis of Yongxing of Xianguo is here, so I want to ask for a meeting."

Bailiyan listened to Gu Simi Khan's words, and he cast his eyes and looked at it carefully, his skin was dark and slightly bronze, his hair bun was indeed different from that of the Central Plains, and his head was clasped with a wooden bell jar, which looked very funny from a distance.

He took two steps forward and raised his hand and saluted:

"Below is the Marquis of Yongxing of Xianguo, I don't know what advice Your Excellency has for this Marquis."

Na Gu Simi Khan cast a looking gaze, his face was still like a spring breeze, and when he got out of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage, he suddenly surprised Bai Lifang on the side:

"Wow, this is a third-class cripple!"

Where did Gu Simi Khan know what "third-class cripple" meant, and he actually smiled and bowed over, Baili Yan hurriedly looked at Baili Fang fiercely and said sharply:

"Keep your mouth shut, don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb."

"Oh......"

Baili Fangnuonuo took two steps back and hid behind Xu Han, Baili Yan looked back and hurriedly apologized to Gu Simi Khan:

"I'm really sorry, the little girl offended the envoy by speaking foul language, she was all disciplined and had no way, and I hope the envoy will forgive me."

Gu Simi Khan was quite surprised when he heard the word "little girl", and hurriedly looked at Bai Lifang twice, and then laughed:

"Hehaha...... It turned out to be a tomboy, hehe, it's okay. ”

The envoy smiled. I don't know what the envoy has to ask Ben Hou for advice? ”

"Oh, this envoy has just arrived in Jinye, and I heard that Yongxing Hou is also here, so I want to talk about some business with Yongxing Hou."

"Business?" Bai Liyan was surprised when she heard this, and hurriedly confirmed again: "The envoy said that he wants to trade with my Xianguo?" ”

Gusimi Khan nodded and said affirmatively:

"It is true that the quality of your country's merchants is excellent, and our people love it very much, but they are thousands of miles away, and the distance is far away, and the quantity is scarce and expensive. This envoy heard that the Marquis of Yongxing was also in the city, so he wanted to make a few deals with you. ”

Although the relationship with the countries of the West Sea is good and bad, it has an outlet to the sea in the West Sea, and it is the practice of stationing envoys in the Liang State all the year round, so as to facilitate the acquisition of materials and commodities for the Western Tapirs, and at the same time, it also bribes the Liang State with gold and silver to exert influence on the West Sea countries.

The height is on the short side, and the four stout branches are the common characteristics of the Western barbarians, bronzed skin, round face, thick eyebrows and big eyes are easy to recognize, their folk customs are fierce and simple, and they are extremely good at fighting.

Adult males are between 1.5 and 1.65 meters tall, and females are about 1.45 to 1.6 metres, looking like half-sized junior high school students. is one meter eight or even one meter nine taller than a person in the Central Plains, and he is indeed a third-class cripple.

They do not wear shoes on weekdays, but wear a kind of straw sandals made of Susu straw, straw shoes only have soles without uppers, with finger rings on the toes, and then a rope tied to the ankles in the heels, most of the time they walk barefoot, and only wear shoes when they go far away.

However, after all, Jinye is the center of the Central Plains, and the Western barbarians will not walk barefoot as they like, and their shoes and clothes are similar to those of the Central Plains, only their hair bun is a special bell crown, which looks like it is very funny to be covered with a toothpick cup.

Gu Simi Khan intended to trade, and Bailiyan had no intention of refusing, and gladly accepted the invitation and went to the pavilion in the city of Western Tapir.

The productivity of the Western Barbarians was low, and their agricultural production capacity was limited, so the goods exported were also very limited, and more than half of the exports were digested by the four countries of Wei, Zhao, Chen, and Qi, and the remaining thirty percent were bought by the Liang State and then resold.

The remaining two percent were bought by other princes and merchants, and the competition was very fierce, and the key was that the Western Barbarians had both gold and silver and special products, and they could not accept it. The two dynasties of the Central Plains repeatedly sent troops to exterminate and recover all their land, but they failed to succeed.

The pavilion of the West Tapir is very ingenious, and it is opened in the shop of the West Tapir in the city of Jinye, which can be described as both business and diplomacy.

"Kong'er, you and Chunrou, Chunfang, Tang Tao, Xu Han and Fang'er go to find a place to sit nearby for a while, and after I finish talking with Lord Gusimi Khan, I will go to look for you and wait."

"Okay, there's something for Wei Qi to call me and wait."

"Hmm."

instructed Zhou Kong, Bailiyan followed Gu Simi Khan into the shop, and a smell of spices hit him, vaguely making Bai Liyan think of the Shu Luo that he had drunk with Huang Che in March, so he asked Na Gu Simi Khan:

"Lord Gusimi Khan, are your country's snails for sale?"

Gusmi Khan stopped and said:

"Does Yongxinghou want pulp or peel?"

"Could this pulp be the legendary scarlet that can be eaten with sugar?"

"Exactly." Gusmi Khan affirmed, and then said: "The fruit of the snarlo is divided into seeds, flesh, skin, and shell, and the size is similar to that of an egg, and the shell is river red, and it cannot be eaten, so it is discarded." The inner peel, slightly dark in color, about the thickness of the salty country, can be eaten, but a little astringent, so fried and ground into powder for tea can refresh the mind.

The flesh of the fruit, like the flesh of a nut, is somewhat hard, so it needs to be ground. The taste is wonderful, and it tastes even better with sugar or honey. As for the seeds, in fact, the flesh is more fragrant, but there are many seeds used to plant dill every year, so they are not used to eat unless they are VIPs. ”

"Then why is there little pulp for sale in the Central Plains, but only fruit peel powder?"

"It is called 'the spring of happiness, the food of the gods', and it has always been regarded as the food given by God, but the output of the Luo is difficult to meet the needs of our clan, and our clan has sufficient gold and silver, so there is no need to trade with the carrot, if it is not for the Central Plains to use soldiers to oppress too much, our clan will not be exported."

Gu Simi Khan was a little more angry in his words, Xu was aware of the gaffe, he was busy reining in his tone, and motioned to the guy in the store to take a box of beautifully packaged bamboo tubes, which contained two catties of dill fruit pulp powder and handed it over:

"In the next little meeting gift, I hope Yongxing Hou Xiaona."

"Eh, it's not necessary, the price of this canopy is really expensive, I can't help it."

Bailiyan refused again and again, and Gu Simi Khan said sincerely:

"The business we are talking about today is extraordinary, and it is not enough to be a little fur, Yongxing Hou might as well accept it, this gift is still done by the Lord."

"That'...... I had to be respectful and obey my fate. ”

Gu Simi's words and deeds made Bai Liyan see that this person was not as mediocre as his appearance, and he quietly conveyed the information he wanted specific people to know, and it was difficult for others to know. But if it's just a fraction of consumption, then the big orders behind it will never be small.

Transferring the gift to Wei Qi, Bailiyan followed Gu Simi Khan all the way to the second floor, and several guard-like men bowed to Gu Simi Khan, Gu Simi Khan hummed, explained a few words of incomprehensible Xiban words, and the guards looked at Bailiyan and others twice, and then let Bailiyan and others go out of the corridor on the second floor.

At the end of the aisle, there was a very spacious small hall with a very simple layout, two tables and seats, as well as some tea sets and chests.

"Yongxinghou, please take a seat."

"Well, thank you."

After a salute, the Baili Yanjing was seated. Gu Simi Khan slapped his hands together, and a Xiban guard outside the door carried two pots of tea, and some snacks were sent into the hall to be placed, and it was very customary to cover the small door when he retreated.

When he was young, Gusimi Khan said openly and honestly:

"I invite the Marquis of Yongxing to come today, first, to discuss the trade between the two states, and secondly, about the recent rumors in the city, why don't we talk about business first?"

"Yes, I don't know what goods the envoy wants from the Xianguo?"

At this time, Gusmi Khan stood up and turned around to the two large boxes behind him, and when he lifted the lid of the boxes, he revealed a variety of miscellaneous items.

"That's it."

Gu Simi Khan signaled, Bai Liyan's eyes rolled white, and he couldn't help but think that you are fully prepared, what to buy, even the physical goods are ready.

Bailiyan got up to look, looked down, there was everything in the box, common cloth, soap, candles, porcelain, medicines, glass products, oil lamps, iron spatulas, needles and threads, scissors, kitchen knives, farm tools, and even pig killing knives, no less than sixty or seventy kinds of daily necessities, no wonder directly prepare two boxes, this is the rhythm of wanting everything at all.

Understanding clearly, Baili Yan hurriedly asked:

"That's what your state wants?"

"Most of them are, but some of them need your help."

"Oh......" Baili Yan sighed, thinking that this might be the true purpose of Gu Simi Khan, and then asked, "What else does Your Excellency want?" ”

"The iron weapons of the Xianguo are best weapons and armor, black fire powder, and earth-shattering fire."

"Then why doesn't your state ask for a purchase from another country, but not from us? Isn't that a reluctance to seek the near and far? ”

"Hehe......" Gu Simi Khan sneered: "The people of the Central Plains regard my three tribes of the West Sea as barbarians, and the countries of the West Sea also despise them, so they have always been strictly wary of our three tribes, not to mention iron weapons, bronze weapons are very few, not to mention powerful weapons such as black fire powder and earth-shaking fire. ”

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