"Jingle ~~Ding Dong~~~"

The camel bell is melodious.

On the desolate Gobi, a caravan of more than 100 camels is slowly but steadily advancing towards the west.

This is the camel team of Kuershan, a newly signed Ji Han royal merchant signed by Guan Yi. The entire camel caravan, in addition to one hundred and five Bactrian camels, also had ten war horses, thirty warriors, and twenty men from the Kurshan Chamber of Commerce.

Ships of the Desert, Camels. It is mainly divided into Bactrian camels and dromedary camels. The former is suitable for carrying weights, and the latter is the main mount of camel cavalry in some countries of West Asia and North Africa. As a merchant, Kurshan's caravan was, of course, full of Bactrian camels.

A healthy Bactrian camel can carry a maximum weight of more than 400 catties. The limit is to carry such a weight of cargo for four days, and it can travel 50 kilometers a day. Of course, Kurshan's target this time is the far west of the Western Regions, and he must take great care of his camels. Therefore, the average weight of each camel in the caravan is only more than 200 catties. One hundred and five camels, plus the money carried by the twenty chamber of commerce guys, the total weight was about eleven tons.

Of the eleven tons of supplies, water, food, and gold accounted for about a little more than a tenth. The rest is 4,000 horses of Shu brocade and a very small amount of bone china.

There is no way, although the overland Silk Road is famous, but this road is too difficult to walk. For the merchants of the Western Regions, in order to maximize profits, they bought things from the Han Dynasty and sold them in the west, and the best thing was of course silk.

Ceramics are too heavy, take up volume, and are fragile. It has never been the first choice for land transportation. In addition, the current level of porcelain production in Ji Han is generally inferior to that of Eastern Wu. If it weren't for the fact that bone china is not easy to break, Kurshan probably wouldn't have considered transportation.

Walking in the center of the caravan, Kurshan's face was blown by the cold wind with thick grit, but his heart was on fire.

This time, his Kurshan family has really made a bloody investment. More than a hundred camels, which is two-thirds of all camels in the entire family now! Thirty samurai are not those temporary hired goods, but the accumulation of years of the family. Not only is the martial arts outstanding, but the key is to have a clear heel and high loyalty. And the goods carried by this camel caravan, the funds spent on the purchase of Han almost drained the entire family's working capital.

The family has made a bloody investment, and Guan Yi has not treated him badly. A full 4,000 horses of Shu brocade! It is a trivial matter that each Shu brocade only received twenty gold coins from him, the key is this amount! Four thousand horses of Shu brocade, a one-time purchase. Such an abundant supply of goods has not been seen in the entire Western Regions for hundreds of years. I can't say that this Shu brocade, as long as it is transported to the west of Shanshan, each Shu brocade can be sold for at least fifty gold coins. If it was shipped to Sassanid Persia or even Rome...... Tut-tut, hundreds or thousands are a breeze. With such a trip, the assets of the Kurshan family will skyrocket dozens of times in an instant! At that time, I will have to hire more swordsmen to challenge the black-hearted merchants who control the business world in the Western Regions.

Just as Kurshan was indulging in a beautiful vision, a dense sound of horses' hooves pulled him back to reality.

On the Gobi Desert, the dense sound of horses' hooves often does not mean anything good. More often than not, it's a talisman. Therefore, with the sound of horses' hooves, the warriors of the Kurshan caravan drew their swords one after another, and the ten most skilled samurai quickly turned over and got on their horses. The rest of the guys from the Chamber of Commerce also began to organize camels to form a circle formation.

In the distance, a flaming red banner appeared on the sand dragon. Seeing this flag, everyone invariably breathed a sigh of relief.

"Deng Song, the garrison of Dahanyang Pass and the captain of the Tun Cavalry, greeted all the merchants. Turning over this sand dragon, it is Yangguan. According to the Grand Sima Order, all caravans must be inspected before leaving the customs. Please come out and answer the steward! ”

This Deng Song is the eldest son of Deng Quan and Deng Guobin, the envoy of Ji Han Siwen who died in Yecheng. This person and his younger brother traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an, and met Guan Yi through Lu Ya's bridge. For such sons of martyrs, Guan Yi, of course, fully respected their opinions: What do you want to do? I'll try to be satisfied.

Then this Deng Song took the initiative to invite Ying to come to this Yangguan to serve as a garrison. In Guan Yi's opinion, the military pressure on Yangguan's side will not be too great in a short period of time, and it is more about dealing with businessmen. This young man, who has been in business with his father since he was a child, knows everything about businessmen. Neither looks down on the merchants, but also knows the various tricks of the merchants. Really a good candidate. Therefore, Deng Song's request was satisfied.

"Oh~~~ It turned out to be the son of the heroic and loyal Deng Guobin. Your humble friend Kurshan greets you. May your father's soul have eternal life in the sacred fire. ”

"Hey~~~ You guy is well-informed about the news. Even my father knows about it. Well, just by that reason, I'm optimistic about you! Okay, after the greeting, the need to do still has to be done. The packages were all opened, and the brothers gave me a careful search! ”

"Please General Deng feel free, I, Kurshan, as the most loyal servant of Da Sima, will definitely not carry the silkworm out of the customs."

"That's it, I'm just a captain, not a general. Let's just say that this school captain, if it weren't for my father's heroic death, I wouldn't have this position. Because of this, everything I do here is watched by the big guys. Therefore, I am absolutely serious and absolutely unselfish. ”

"Of course, of course, we are all servants of the Great Sima. They all have to work seriously for Da Sima. ”

The inspection of more than 100 cavalrymen was very detailed, but very fast. After more than an hour, the whole inspection was over.

"It's good, there are no prohibited items at all this time. Let's go! ”

"Whoa!"

"Well, old Ku, what else do you haven't shown me?"

"Huh? Oh yes. When I was leaving Chang'an, Da Sima asked me to hand over a letter to you. ”

"Hmph, your caravan is moving too slowly. The imperial court's official newspaper arrived here a month ago. Why do you think you're so careless? If I hadn't reminded you, you'd have forgotten about it. ”

Did Kurshan forget about it? Of course not. The fundamental reason is that Guan Yi said very clearly to Kurshan: You took so much Shu brocade from me this time, it would be a pity just to sell it in the Western Regions. Go a little further, to Sasanian, to Rome. While making high profits, I also brought back books and scholars from Rome by the way. Considering that you are going too far and there are too many forces on the way. I'll send someone to walk with you. I'll keep them waiting for you in Yangguan.

But in the eyes of the profiteer, the money had to be earned, and the goods could be shipped to Sassanid and Rome. Roman scholars and books should also be brought back to the Great Sima as much as possible. But what does it mean to take Ji Han's officials all the way? If it was before, it would have been a Han official more than a hundred years ago. Now this big man, from the big Sima down, the Fuxing Society or something, everyone can do business. What should they do when they become familiar with the trade routes? What you have to know is that when Ban Chao sent Gan Ying to Rome, it was countless business seniors who desperately blocked it, and all kinds of tricks, abductions, and even threats did not let Gan Ying cross the strait. There was no direct official contact between the Han and Rome.

Therefore, in the inspection just now, Kurshan deliberately forgot about Guan Yi's arrangement.

It's a pity, who is Guan Da Sima? How can you be allowed to forget?

"Hahahaha~~~ Hello Lao Ku! This will be the general of the Han Dynasty, Long Yu and Long Zihui. On the orders of my family's great Sima, I have been waiting here for a long time. This time, the general brought 300 cavalry, and ten scholars from Chengdu Taixue of the Han Dynasty went with you to the Western Regions, Sasansan, Kushan, and Rome. This one, but Li Mi and Li Lingbo, the patriarchs of my Dahan Fuxing Society. And this one, an old acquaintance of yours, Daei the Elamite...... Along the way, there will be Ben to protect the safety of your caravan, and you can rest assured that you can make money! ”

looked at the smiling, self-cooked Long Yu. Kurshan only felt helpless for a while: "Hey~~~ Let me say such a MMP in my heart, okay?" ”