The wine shop is not big, there are only two tables, the wine is the general variety, sour and astringent, and the taste of twenty or thirty yuan a bottle in the supermarket in later generations is almost the same, the wine is beef and mutton, the plate is very large, the taste is good. Yuan Tiangang and Yang Chong both ate very slowly, very gentle, Yuan Tiangang said with a little appreciation: "I came to have a suggestion, after you return to Chang'an, it is best to go to Luoyang for development, which is more suitable for you." ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "I found out that you are all arranging my life, and I agreed to go back to Chang'an, just because I originally planned to do so." ”

"I understand, you are afraid that Shi Daqian will ruin his future because of you." Yuan Tiangang said lightly: "Although I don't understand what you said to that person, it must be about business, so you don't lack the means to make money; Because of this, you don't care about Shanshan or Chang'an. In this case, what is different about Luoyang, do you still have relatives in Chang'an, and there are people worth remembering? ”

Yang Chong only felt that he had been stabbed, and when he traveled to the Sui Dynasty, he had no relatives, no one worth remembering, even if he was still in modern times, there were relatives, and there was still no one worth remembering. Yang Chong gulped the wine until the wine glass was empty, Yang Chong put down the wine glass and asked: "I once heard people say that wine has edges and corners, and it has a fleshy feeling, and I have never understood it, but today I drank it." Brother Yuan, I'm embarrassed to ask, is your suggestion your own, or does Master Wei mean it? ”

Yuan Tiangang smiled: "Is there a difference in this? There are some things that you can never think of. ”

"Chengnan Weidu, go to Tianshawu." Yang Chong suddenly said such a sentence, Yuan Tiangang was shocked in his heart, sitting on the opposite side and seeing it clearly, Yang Chong's eyes were bright and clear, without a trace of drunkenness. Yuan Tiangang picked up the wine glass and said: "That is a proverb, since the Western Han Dynasty, widely spread in Guanzhong, it is said that the Wei and Du clans living in the south of Chang'an City are in the secret palace, the civil and military are prosperous, and the power is important and the auxiliary is important." In fact, it is all nonsense, now that the Guanlongmen lord has military power, and there are five upstarts in the court, Wei Du is already a second-rate family. ”

Although Yuan Tiangang covered it up well, the stagnation of his body language in an instant had already made Yang Chong conclude that Wei Du was definitely dissatisfied with himself, and his departure from Shanshan did not mean that the matter ended here. It's just an errand for a translator, and it's worth their attention, Yang Chong said tentatively: "Even if it's a third- and fourth-rate family, for ordinary people, it's unshakable." Since Brother Yuan said that Luoyang is good, let me ask, after Brother Yuan goes back, will he go to Chang'an or Luoyang? ”

Yuan Tiangang said without hesitation: "I'm afraid this can't help me, after I go back with the mission this time, I will definitely go to the local office." ”

Yuan Tiangang's words are very clear, and he is also confident, this trip to the Western Regions is to earn qualifications, in order to become an official after he goes back. Yang Chong secretly thought that Yuan Tiangang was an official fan in history, otherwise he would not have run for Wu Zetian later, so he stood up and said: "Gold will always shine, Yang Chong congratulated Brother Yuan in advance, and waited for Brother Yuan's good news in Chang'an." ”

Yuan Tiangang didn't expect Yang Chong to be so hard-boned, sighed helplessly, got up to pay the bill and left.

The next day, Lanos brought with him two of his friends, Margu and Rohan, both of whom looked like Europeans; Yang Chong helped run for a day and earned five taels of pepper. When he was about to break up, Yang Chong took out the belt he brought from his arms and asked Lanos if he wanted it? Luo Han's eyes lit up, he grabbed it and looked at it carefully, and even licked his belt with his tongue and said, "I want it; A pound of pepper. ”

Although Lanos and Margu reflected half a beat slower, but after seeing the mystery, their eyes shone brightly, the metal leather head of Yang Chong's belt is definitely not gold and silver, but the luster is far more than gold and silver, it should be completely different from the gold plating of Persia and Daqin. Yang Chong sneered in his heart, a businessman is a businessman, this belt is sold as jewelry, and it is not only at this price, not to mention that Luo Han is a knowledgeable person at first glance, Yang Chong shook his head and said: "Ten catties of pepper." ”

The four of them bargained for a long time, and finally Lanos gave Yang Chong six catties of pepper, and each took what he needed and dispersed. Yang Chong asked Fan Di that a tael of pepper can be exchanged for a tael of gold in Shanshan, and about three taels in Chang'an, and in many places pepper can be used directly as money; Thinking that he already had six and a half catties of pepper, which could be exchanged for two or three hundred taels of gold, Yang Chong was also temporarily satisfied, and spent two silver coins to buy Han clothes, an old blanket, and a dagger.

Early in the morning of the third day, Yang Chong set off with the Changfeng Carriage Company, a group of more than 50 people, four carriages carrying passengers, seven carriages transporting goods, and ten bodyguards on horseback and a cook. Yang Chong was arranged in the carriage transporting the goods, and was content, handed over ten taels of silver to the captain of the team, Wentong, as food money, and gave the coachman a tip of nine taels of silver coins, and then lay down on the carriage, sleeping in the sun, thinking about his future life.

The Changfeng Carriage Company really deserves its name, Shanshan to Yangguan 1,600 miles, a seven-day trip, every night is to rest in the castle, not a single wilderness camp. Yang Chong talked with the passengers, only to learn that passengers like himself need fifty taels of silver to get to Chang'an, and the cargo transportation is counted separately; And the passengers in the carriage of the carriage, all the way to the small stove to eat and drink, each person costs three hundred taels of silver.

Yangguan is the county in the Sui Dynasty, the gateway to the Western Regions, the strategic place that the soldiers must fight for since ancient times, there are two natural water sources of Hun Chi and Xigou, there are Fengsui piers outside the Guancheng, all the way to the north. There are many troops in the city, and there is a small street of dozens of families, and when you get here, it is completely the territory of the Central Plains, and the guests are obviously relaxed, talking and laughing, or looking for a place to have a good meal.

Yang Chong took advantage of the fact that Yuan Jiu and the others went out to drink, took a bath, and rested on the bed alone, when he heard a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw that it was the dart head Wei Wentong. Wei Wentong is eight feet long, a tiger beard, his face is like a heavy jujube, his eyes are like stars, he looks like a bit of Guan Yunchang's taste, Wei Wentong is bringing officers and soldiers to come in to check, Yang Chong is from Lingnan, there is no road guide, after Wei Wentong's reminder, Yang Chong remembered Wei Jie's letter. Sure enough, after reading the letter, the leading officer left amicably.

Yang Chong already understood that he had misunderstood Shi Daqian, and Shi Daqian was not without doubts about his identity, and he might even argue with Wei Jie in exchange for Wei Jie's letter, as for the silver, it was more likely to be Shi Daqian's own. Yang Chong suddenly became enlightened, Wei Jie, Du Xingman, and Yuan Tiangang would also doubt themselves, Wei Du wanted to be unfavorable to himself, there was only one possibility, worried that he was sent by the hostile party, then Wei Du's trip to the Western Regions should have an ulterior secret.