Two days later, Yuan Hao and Wei Wentong came to the post house, and the long windmill did their best to find all the people in Shanshan's black and white road, and there was no clue at all about the Chijin Turks, let alone contact. Yang Chong was not surprised, for Changfeng Motorcycle, this kind of result was the most favorable, and the mission did its best to arrange things, but there was no result, which could not affect the reputation of Changfeng Motorcycles in the Western Regions, and did not let the Guanlong Wuchuan Group settle down in Chang'an.

Yang Chong smiled apologetically and said, "It's Yang's fault, which made Steward Yuan bother." In that case, I can only go to Kangguo first and then think about this matter later. ”

Yang Chong personally sent the two to the door of the post house, and asked casually, "Where is Brother Wei from?" ”

"Yanmen." Wei Wentong replied casually: "My family has moved to Chang'an, and I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time. ”

Yang Chong comforted: "There will be a chance." ”

Yuan Hao smiled, Yang Chong was purely speechless, so he said goodbye to Yang Chong, and got on the horse with Wei Wentong and left. Yang Chong sent Shi Daqian to find Changsun Xian and Pei Yi, the two had already led the caravan away, and both of them must now know that the purpose of the Chijin Turks was Yang Chong's mission, and it was more dangerous to follow Yang Chong, so they didn't even say hello when they left.

The Great Sui mission set off the next day, no one expected, the mission did not cross the desert to the nine cities of Zhaowu, nor did it go to Gaochang, but under the guidance of Lonely Tibetan and Shan Fu, all the way bumpy to the city of Xishan in Khotan, after checking the documents at the pass and entering the city, I saw that one-third of the buildings in the city of Xishan are Buddhist temples, the most peculiar thing is that the center of the city is a circular earthen platform, there is a statue of Buddha on the platform, the walls of the cloisters around the earthen platform are painted with murals, the text in the murals has Chinese, Sanskrit, Khotanese, and Brahmanic riddles, and the portrait is about the Bodhisattva, the image of the Little Thousand Buddhas and the inscription of the Polo mystery.

The residents of Xishan City look no different from the people of the Central Plains, the streets and alleys speak Chinese, it looks like a certain city in the Central Plains, Yang Chong walked happily, on the way to the post house, he even spent fifteen taels of silver to buy a woodblock print of a rat head god supported by a halo; In later generations, a similar woodblock print was excavated by archaeologists and was hailed as a priceless treasure, and Yang Chong felt more and more at this time that there was also the joy of crossing.

The poisonous dragon guest broke Yang Chong's conjecture, and as soon as he stayed in the post house, he and Duhu Yanshou dragged Yang Chong to inquire about the jade mine in the jade shop in the city; The guys in several shops said that there were three jade mines in Khotan, all of which were near the Yulong Kashgar River and the Hotan River, but they were all owned by the king, and ordinary people could only look for jade along the river. The poisonous dragon guest unceremoniously said to Yang Chong: "Say what you want in your heart." ”

Yang Chong didn't squeak, and took the two of them to a few shops, and finally stopped at a store, Yang Chong pointed to the three pieces of ink jade on the shelf and said, "Let's do this, Guimei Stone." ”

Yang Chong saw a black jade inkstone in Yuwenkai's mansion, which was Taishan jade, and only then did he remember that Hetian also produced black jade. The poisonous dragon guest understood Yang Chong's meaning in the moment when Yang Chong pointed at it, and stepped forward to carefully look at the three pieces of ink jade, and found that the color was heavy and greasy, the texture was fine, black as ink, smooth and elegant, and there was a sense of warmth in his hand. The poisonous dragon guest returned it twice, bought Moyu, and asked the guy about the origin of the Moyu by the way, and the guy said that he received it from the Hotan River; When the three of them returned to the inn and sat down in the room of the poisonous dragon guest, the poisonous dragon guest asked, "The last time you came to the Western Regions, was it just for this business?" ”

Yang Chong smiled slightly and did not answer. Yang Chong couldn't answer, but in the eyes of the poisonous dragon guest and Duhu Yanshou, Yang Chong just acquiesced; This gave the poisonous dragon guest an illusion that Yang Chong had come from thousands of miles away, and he must have a map of the location of the mineral deposits in his hand. The poisonous dragon guest snorted coldly and said: "Yang Chong, since you have agreed to this matter, no matter when you mine, you can only cooperate with Yuhaizhai, if you break your promise, the old man will never spare you." ”

Yang Chongyi arched his hand and said: "Old man, don't worry, what I said must count, besides, my Senior Brother Yuwen regards money as dung and doesn't look down on this business." ”

"Phew, Yu Wenkai still regards money as dung, Yang Chong, how can you say it, his family's wine shop and workshop are pretending?" The poisonous dragon guest is a person who has become a spirit, so he naturally heard Yang Chong's ridicule and immediately fought back. Duhu Yanshou was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, although he didn't understand jade, but he knew that it must be a big deal by looking at the attitude of the poisonous dragon guest, and the big black man rubbed his hands, as if he saw that his own restaurant had opened.

Yang Chong said with a smile: "Old man, but then again, first of all, I can return to Chang'an alive, and secondly, I want Duhu to prolong my life and go back without telling their family." ”

The poisonous dragon guest smiled: "It doesn't matter if Duhu Yanshou said, Yuhaizhai was originally a store opened by the emperor's relatives and relatives, and the Xiao family is the major shareholder, accounting for fifty percent; The Yuwen family accounts for 30% of the shares, as well as Yang Xiong and Yang Da brothers, each accounting for 10%. As for your return, I understand that this transaction is your life money, and I want you to guarantee that as long as you can return to Chang'an, no matter whether you complete the task or not, the court will not pursue it. ”

The poisonous dragon guest couldn't wait to say the four shareholders, just to make Yang Chong realize that if Yu Haizhai wanted to move him Yang Chong, Yu Wenkai couldn't stop him. However, Yang Chong heard other meanings, and immediately put Duhu Shou Yan out of the room, and then asked tentatively: "Old man, you and the poisonous dragon guest are twin brothers, right?" ”

The poisonous dragon guest looked at Yang Chong and said very simply: "The poisonous dragon guest is just a nickname, the palm eye in Yuhai Zhai is Wednesday Zhen, I am Zhou Qian." Yang Chong, how did you find out, you shouldn't have seen my third brother. ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "Old man, what you said is true, but I asked Senior Brother Yuwen that Wednesday is arrogant, and any jade in his hands is completely exposed, the so-called fixed price." But old man, where do you have an arrogant look, and the eldest grandson shows that they can go to the market and never return all night, and they bargained when they bought things just now, the most important thing is that if you can decide what we call investment and trading in Yuhaizhai, you should no longer do the work of palm eyes, which boss is so at ease with his subordinates? ”

Zhou Qian patted the case and smiled: "I see, when you see the eldest grandson Xian talking to me, you can guess that my third brother and I should look very similar, they are twin brothers, they are really old and useless." I'm in Yuhaizhai, I am a person who specializes in cooking the two percent of the shares for the royal family, and I don't show up at all on weekdays, and even if I do, I appear as my third brother, and I heard that you want to appraise the person who is going to appraise the jewelry, so I decided to go out for a walk. ”

Yang Chong understood that if he wanted someone who knew silk, the person sent by Dugu would still have the same identity, so he asked with a smile: "The old man and Guiniao are old acquaintances?" ”

Zhou Qian said: "We knew each other when we were in Yangzhou, this time I came, just to see him at the expense of old bones, your opinion to Dugu is right, the problem is likely to lie in Gui Niao, I am one of the few people who know him." I thought you came from Khotan to avoid the sniping of the Chijin Turks and avoid the limelight, but now I realize that you still have a lot of ideas, not to mention the business in advance, you tell me, how are you going to complete the task? ”