2622 Commencement of Trade

Inside Meng Tian's office.

"Sir, this is the new Tocharian liaison officer. Suni. Meng Tian's assistant introduced.

"Oh. Hello. "Meng Tian's smiling welcome.

"Sir Meng, I am very glad to see you, we Tocharians are very grateful for your help to our Tocharians, we believe that you are the greatest friend of our Tocharians." Suni said with a smile.

"Oh. These are the things we should do, and I just did what I was supposed to do. Meng Tian said with a smile.

"Hmm. Thanks to the help of the Qin people, we have a large number of military weapons, and those flintlock pistols can easily arm our Tocharian soldiers, the elderly, women, and even children to fight. Suni said gratefully.

"Hmm. These are all things we should do, but, I wonder, what is the purpose of the liaison officer coming this time? Meng Tian is very aware of the practices of these Tocharians, they seem to be a little straightforward, and the Qin people also have this, so in many things, Meng Tian believes that the two sides should understand directly and avoid some unnecessary topics, after all, time is for everyone. It's all very precious.

"We're here this time. The first is to thank you for the peace you have fought for on our Tocharian side in terms of rest. The second is the desire to be able to give us more assistance, although the initial agreement between you and the Sabbatarians guarantees our peace, however. I need to point out. Suni said cautiously.

"Those who rest are not credible. They usually go against their pact and come to war with a series of things that you are unlikely to get. Suni said pointedly.

"Hmm." Meng Tian just nodded, and didn't show any incomprehension, he knew that if the rest people were strong enough, they would still choose to tear apart from the Qin State, after all, they didn't have such a contradiction. Or rather. If they had such great strength, they would still not be afraid of the people of the Qin State. The Qin people lacked the support of transportation supply lines. This made it seem like the Qin army was not numerous, but lacked sufficient expansion. And the Sabbatarians need to digest what they have swallowed, and at the same time they need to build a stable army capable of resisting the Qin army's firearms.

"We get that. But I don't think there should be any need to worry about that. We, the people of Qin, have an absolute advantage in this regard. However, in terms of supplies, we may not be able to do that. Meng Tian said with some regret at this time.

"Oh. Why? Suni asked in surprise.

"Because we're running out of supplies to supply. In the need to help our friends, we will further provide you with such weapons, but, as you know, we have used air transport for supplies, and our airships have suffered heavy losses, and it is unlikely that we will continue to do so because they are flying in the mountains. Worst of all, you can't afford to pay more for your mountain road transport, or rather, it's a government act, not a merchant act, and we're losing money, and although you can pay you something, it won't cover our losses. Therefore, our government decided to stop such supplies. Meng Tian said.

"It just so happens that the war is for us. It's all stopped. When peace comes, we leave the rest to the businessman, and that's it. There is no need for us to do superfluous things. Meng Tian said.

"This. We Tocharians believe that there is still a great opportunity for cooperation between us. After all, it's a partnership that benefits both of us. Suni said. The purpose of his visit this time, in fact, was to obtain more material aid from the Qin State for the Tocharians, and in order to help the Tocharians effectively resist the Anxi, some military supplies were given to the other side in the name of aid. After the Tocharians received this supply, they equipped a large number of musket troops, and at the same time built a series of fortresses, men, women, old people, and children learned to use muskets, after all, the operation steps of muskets are much simpler. But the problem was that they also lacked more muskets, which was a big expense if purchased, but if they could get the aid of the Qin State, this cost would be saved.

"Hear about me. We believe that the next thing for the Tocharian side is to deal primarily with the Sabbatarians. Because, we believe that doing business with the people of Anxi and opening up the road of commerce and trade is the situation that we Qin people want to see, and the other is to build more roads and railways. After you make money from your trade, you can build those roads, railways. We can help you with that. We have a technical advantage. Meng Tian said.

"And the solution of the road transport problem can increase your trade income more effectively. Security, that's not an issue. Meng Tian said. The Qin side hoped that the Tocharians would be able to transition from a state of war to a state of peaceful trade as soon as possible, because the Tocharians still had a great advantage in trade. They hoped that the Tocharians would be able to take advantage of this aspect and seek greater benefits for the Qin state.

"Just, the contact of the rest." Suni said worriedly. In his opinion, it was unlikely that the Sabbatarians would easily agree to this.

"Rest assured, we, the people of the Qin State, have jointly formed a new negotiation delegation with you to reach a peace agreement with the Anxi, and the Anximen have already gained a lot of things. They should know that they are in the right situation. If they don't, they should know what to expect. Meng Tian comforted the other party and said.

Although there was no clear instruction from the Prime Minister's Office, Meng Tian knew that the biggest point in the Western Regions was trade, not war, and the stimulation of war was enough. The Tocharians were no longer able to eat the large quantities of arms and weapons, and the next thing they had to do was to trade and use the peaceful environment to earn the money of the Sabbatarians. And the Sabbaths need such things.

"We have silk, muskets, tea, sugar, and all kinds of products. There were none of the Sabbatarians, and these could bring great profits to the Tocharians. I think the Tocharians still need these things. Trade. It is unlikely that we will look at the Tocharians with nothing. Meng Tian said.

"Yes. General Meng, the commander is right, we Tocharians still need these things. It's just, money, principal. We also need these things. Without that, we wouldn't be able to do business at all. Suni said.