Li Yu went to Gaochang in the name of escorting An Guozhong and met Gao Gong at the post house. After An Guozhong was taken by Murong Xixiong, Li Yu and Wang Jun were even more stunned and wanted to cry without tears, worrying every day, afraid that Yang Chong would make a fuss, but fortunately, there was not much trouble. As soon as the Tiele people retreated, Li Yu understood that the time had come for Yang Chong to settle accounts, and now the only person who could make Yang Chong change his mind was the angel Gao Gong who was still stranded in Gaochang City, and Li Yu found a reason to come to Gaochang City Post House.

Gao Gong and Yang Chong had just met, the problem of the Shi family had been solved, two sons and a housekeeper were made scapegoats, and the three estates and 1,000 acres of land that harbored the Chijin Turks were confiscated; Dugu Kaiche was appointed as the liquor supervisor, and in the future, in Gaochang County, liquor and wine were subject to management, and taxes were paid according to the laws of the Great Sui.

Gao Gong sipped the wine and finished Yang Chong's arrangement one by one; Li Yu immediately reacted and said disdainfully: "This is the collusion between Yang Chong and the Duhu family, the purpose is to let the Duhu family control the wine business in Gaochang, and the wine tax is to support Yang Chong's governance." High phase, you should go to the center of the book and express your opposition. ”

Gao Gong looked at Li Yu and said, "Li Yu, if Yang Chong asks Jiaohe County to raise its own funds, what are you going to do?" ”

Gaochang itself has limited materials, and Gaochang County cannot set up checkpoints at will like the original Gaochang State, and at present, Gaochang County has been reduced from 22 checkpoints to five counties and one tax, and the pressure is quite great, if it were not for Yang Chong to seize a large amount of money and goods from the Zhang family and make money, Gaochang County would have been unable to support it. Gao Gong's question was to remind Li Yu to look at the problem from a different angle; Li Yu was really stunned, Li Yu was actually a military general, and he always thought that his county order was to defend Jiaohe County, and he really didn't seriously consider how to run Jiaohe County.

Li Yu was a little embarrassed, Gao Gong smiled and said: "Yang Chong's strength is here, he often takes one step at a time to look at ten steps, and when things develop to a certain point and look back, he didn't waste a little opportunity, the imperial court did announce that it would collect a liquor tax." This is the case with Dingxice, and the same is true for Gaochang County, and I have a piece of advice, don't have any unrealistic ideas until you have thought about how to manage Gaochang County. Do you know? Yang Chong was investigating who leaked the news that he would come to Gaochang City that day. ”

Yang Chong came to Gaochang City to discuss a major matter with Gao Gong and Fang Xuanling, and the only people who knew in advance were the Gao Gong delegation and the people in the Gaochang County Mansion, and the scope was very small. The object of the investigation is among these people, Gao Gong roughly said the situation, Li Yu's face changed and said, "Can Yang Chong find out?" ”

Gao Gong saw it in his eyes, nodded quietly and said: "With the abilities of Yang Chong and Fang Xuanling, it shouldn't be a problem, you don't have to worry, Yang Chong promised, for my sake, this time I won't investigate the people of the mission, I just hope that I will be careful and strengthen security measures." ”

Li Yu was able to go to Persia alone, and he was probably a little deficient in terms of economy, but he was definitely good at this kind of intrigue, and immediately said: "Yang Chong is worried that someone will assassinate you?" ”

Gao Gong sneered: "If something happens to me in Gaochang County, can Yang Chong have good fruits to eat, so he suggested that I leave Gaochang County as soon as possible and go to Shanshan." ”

"It's impossible to be high." Li Yu hurriedly dissuaded: "Yang Chong is scheming, once you leave Gaochang County, he will have no obstacles, I am afraid that he will change his original intention and start killing." ”

Yang Chong's purpose is very simple, that is, to use this matter to let the An family hand over a part of the share of wine, if the An family does not agree, the final situation is unpredictable, it is not ruled out that Yang Chong will kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey in order to establish his prestige; Li Yu, as the commander of Jiaohe County, will take the blame for Yang Chong's tyranny if he doesn't get it right. Gao Gong picked up a glass of wine from the table and handed it to Li Yu and said, "Originally, I was going to come to you tomorrow, but Yang Chong had a suggestion to let you be in charge of my safety and send me to Yiwu County all the time." ”

Grape wine, sweet and delicious, with a hint of sourness, Li Yu drank it in his mouth, which was full of bitterness; Li Yu is not a rookie, Gao Gong's words saved him a lot of face. Let a county order escort an angel seems to be a great trust, but in fact, Yang Chong is suspicious of himself, suspecting that he will make trouble in Jiaohe County, and even more suspecting that he is involved in the assassination; Gao Gong can agree, but he has the same suspicions.

Gao Gong paused for a while, and said lightly: "Do you know what Yang Chong came to Gaochang City that day and was going to discuss with me?" One of the topics is that Yang Chong wants to transfer a group of officers from Longyou Dao, and the Western Regions are not peaceful. However, I will not leave Gaochang until the end of the crushing deal. ”

How could Gao Gong be willing to give up his last gorgeous performance, Gao Gong had already learned from his own channels that the Western Turks, Xue Yantuo Kingdom, Baishan Tiele Alliance, Qiuzi, Yanqi, Khotan, Shule, Shiguo, and Kang Guo would all send caravans to Liupo City for trade, including many bigwigs from various countries. This will be a grand event, although the large-scale Central Plains caravan has not yet been seen, Gao Gong is absolutely confident that Yang Chong has prepared everything.

What Gao Gong, Li Yu, and Changsun Wunai didn't expect was that when they learned that Yang Chong and Yang Yichen did not come to Liupo City, Tong Yehu and Qi Bige both chose to go to Gaochang City, leaving the caravan's transactions to their subordinates; Since Gao Gong couldn't go back, he could only watch the Turks and Tiele people kick off in the dust. Fortunately, the caravans of the nine countries were numerous, bringing a large number of cattle, sheep, camels, donkeys, jewelry, glass, blankets and other things.

The two caravans of the Turpan Commercial Bank and the Changfeng Carriage Company were the main body of the transaction on the Gaochang side, and the people of Yu Qintao, Cui Hongsu, and Louguan were all mixed in the ranks of the Turpan Merchant Company, and the Changfeng Carriage Firm led the traders who came from all over the country; Gaochang's local specialties are cotton cloth woven from Gaochang cotton and seasonings bought in advance from Qinghai Fang.

Looking at the crowds in the press, Gao Gong asked Yan Kuo: "Why didn't you prepare more goods?" ”

Shankuo smiled bitterly: "The two sides trade, and the most profitable ones are jewelry, glass, ironware, and war horses. Gao Xiang, you see, the nine countries this time invariably do not have war horses, we do not have iron tools, no matter how good the jewelry and glass are, after all, the trade routes are endless, and there is usually trade, so it is difficult to make a large-scale transaction. Now the most enthusiastic trade, but Baishan Tiele, because they can't produce any materials, so as long as they can be used. ”

The eldest grandson said, "Didn't the Western Turks bring 5,000 head of livestock? ”

Li Wenxin said with a smile: "Among them, there are 1,000 cows, 500 camels, and donkeys that were set by the Turpan Commercial Bank, and Louguandao also ordered 1,000 cattle and donkeys, and 2,000 sheep were ordered by the Gaochang families, and the last 500 heads of livestock are probably half of them as gifts." ”

Li Wenxin is responsible for security, and he is clear about the transactions between the two parties; The eldest grandson Wunai said with a gloomy face: "What did Yang Chong do with the other party?" ”

"Tea, pancreas, soy sauce, department stores." Li Wenxin said lightly; Gao Gong and the others all heard the meaning of Li Wenxin's words, the transaction of horses and iron weapons must exist, but they were not in Liupo City, and they felt depressed for no reason.

(End of chapter)