An Suiyu blinked, there was still a trace of doubt in his eyes: "Xingman, you really don't have any plans to resist the Sui Dynasty anymore?" ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled: "People are self-aware, the last time I tossed like this, I also knew that the emperor was a generous and wise man, and I might really blame him for the death of my father." And anyway, I didn't regret giving it a try last time, even if my father really died at his hands, I did my best as a son. ”

An Suiyu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Okay, I haven't been very clear about one thing, I hope you can tell me truthfully." ”

Wang Huaqiang looked at An Suiyu's expression and felt that she had a very important question to ask, so he let go of her and said, "You ask, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." ”

An Suiyu raised his head and looked directly into Wang Huaqiang's eyes: "Xingman, you said that your name is Wei Chi Qin, and your ancestor is Wei Chi Chong, who died in the border pass." But the seriously ill old man I saw with you last time, that is, the father-in-law you mentioned, why do I think that is your real father? When he died, you cried so sadly, not at all as you said, just a fake father to hide your identity, and he gave you a note on his deathbed, can a fake father do the same? ”

Wang Huaqiang has long been prepared for this, he knows that although An Suiyu has never mentioned it in the past few years, he has always had doubts in his heart, he looked at An Suiyu's eyes, his eyes were so clear that there was no trace of hypocrisy: "That old man was the personal guard of his father, and he was born and died with his father, and he was like a brother." Even my background. He told me that later. So in fact, in my heart, he is not much different from my late father, and the word Xingman was also left to me by my late father back then, but my father-in-law kept saying that the revenge has not been avenged, and it is not worthy of the word. ”

An Suiyu looked at Wang Huaqiang's eyes, but she also believed most of it. She sighed softly: "Xingman, in fact, your eldest brother Yang Yichen has already left the town and become a state assassin, since you don't want to make trouble in the Sui Dynasty anymore, why don't you recognize him?" I just don't understand, Hua Wei is just the son of your father-in-law, but you treat him as a brother, but your own brother doesn't recognize him. ”

Wang Huaqiang shook his head, and a lonely look flashed on his face: "The eldest brother is proud of the spring breeze now, and he is only in his thirties. The future is bright, and I'm just a failed thief. At this time, to recognize each other will only bring trouble to his future official career, besides, his surname is Yang, my surname is Wang, and now they are two families. In the future, he will take his Yangguan Road, and I will take my single-plank bridge, and I will not need to borrow his strength in my life. ”

An Suiyu smiled slightly, and secretly said that Wang Huaqiang still had a grudge against Yang Yichen for not following him against Sui back then, so that she refused to recognize him, she felt that she knew Wang Huaqiang's character very well, this man was smart and persistent, but he had a bit of innate arrogance in his bones, and it was this indescribable sense of superiority that fascinated her.

An Suiyu's words changed: "Okay, these are full of family affairs, Yu'er doesn't ask much, and she won't talk about it in the future." This time to trade with the Turks, Yu'er did not cross the border, but only made some transactions in the market outside Shuozhou, the Turks are the place that makes Yu'er sad, and Yu'er doesn't want to go back. ”

Wang Huaqiang touched An Suiyu's face and said with a smile: "Then you don't care about your family and clansmen on the grassland?" ”

An Suiyu shook his head: "Yu'er has no family members and clansmen, when my brother and I were driven out of the tribe, there were almost only two people who depended on each other, and it was Kedun who took us in." Over the years, we have only been loyal to Kedun, and have not run our own tribe, and now that Kedun is gone, we have also left the Turks, and only this is our home in the future, and I can help you with other things, but you want me to go back to the Turks, I can't do this. ”

Wang Huaqiang knew that in this girl's heart, the Turks were forever hurt, and it was impossible to expect her to go back, and the situation in the Western Turks should be similar, so his words changed: "Then can this trade see what the Turks need most now?" What business is the most profitable? ”

An Suiyu lowered his head and thought about it, and said: "The best price is still silk, cloth, fat powder, pots and pans and the like, oh, by the way, the bronze ware is selling very well this time, the East Turks have been at odds with the West in recent years, and there has been no mutual market and dressing fees for several years, and the copper bowls and copper basins that are still abundant are ten cents a bowl in the Central Plains, which is not worth anything at all, but now it is selling very well in the Turks." ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart moved: "How much can a copper bowl of ten cents be sold for in Turkia now?" ”

An Suiyu said with a smile: "You don't know the way, the trade with the Turks is not directly traded without the currency of the Great Sui, it is all barter, about ten bowls for a cow, or six bowls for a sheep, fifteen bowls for an ordinary horse." ”

Wang Huaqiang quickly calculated in his heart that it would only cost about seven or eight hundred yuan to buy a horse on the spot in the Turks, and according to this calculation, the Turks now cost about fifty yuan to buy a bowl. This business can also make a lot of huge profits.

Wang Huaqiang said softly: "There are a lot of ready-made copper utensils in Bingzhou, a bowl only costs about ten yuan, and the basin is only thirty or forty yuan, according to what you say, we sell a large number of copper bowls and copper basins to the Turks, and we can also make a lot of money, after all, there is no need to go to the state to transit all the way like the silk sold from Jiangnan to the Western Regions, and the tax money will have to be paid a large amount." ”

In this era, if a caravan crossed the state, it had to pay a tax to the state and county checkpoints where it was located, and generally the goods were taxed at one to two percent according to the local price. So if you pass through fifty or sixty states and counties along the way, plus the wages paid to the caravanserans and guards, the price of the sale must at least double to maintain the cost.

Therefore, in ancient China, there has always been a saying that you don't sell woodwood for a hundred miles and umbrellas for a thousand miles, because the money you can make by walking a hundred miles to sell firewood and rice is not enough to pay the toll tax. Therefore, for long-distance trade, they often have to choose only valuable items such as silk, tea, spices, jewelry, and wine.

However, there are copperware all over the country, and if the copper is directly transported from the nearby Turkic prefectures to be sold, it can save a large amount of transit tax rates, and it is a new way to make money.

An Suiyu looked at Wang Huaqiang thinking intently, and knew that he was also thinking about this aspect, and said with a smile: "Okay, now the mutual market with the Turks has ended, and I don't know when the Lu Dao will be opened next time, this time it's just that the Turks have not had money to groom for the past two years, and they lack these daily necessities, so it won't be necessary next time." ”

Wang Huaqiang shook his head: "No, your business this time is directly with the Khan's headquarters, I remember that the Turks are the Khan tribe who monopolized these trades with the Sui Dynasty, and did not allow other small tribes to interfere, and then distributed them to these small tribes proportionally, right?" ”

An Suiyu nodded: "Yes, it has always been like this, the Great Khan uses this means to control other servant tribes, he can really command only the headquarters, the other tribes are only controlled by the military deterrence and economic control of the Khan's headquarters, and will obey him, if any tribe is disobedient and does not send troops when fighting, then first disobey him these goods of the Sui Dynasty, and then send troops to attack and destroy if he is disobedient." ”

Wang Huaqiang laughed: "That's it, the Khan headquarters will definitely not send goods to these small tribes for free, or they will exchange cattle and sheep for them, and the price must be higher, right." ”

An Suiyu somewhat understood what Wang Huaqiang meant, and his eyes flowed: "Yes, during the border trade, if the Khan's Ashina tribe exchanged one cow for something, at least when they gave it to other tribes, they had to use two cows to get it." Therefore, the tribe of Ashina on the grassland is getting stronger and stronger, so that it can suppress other small tribes. ”

Wang Huaqiang let out a sigh: "Okay, I know what to do, Ayu, I don't think we need to wait for the emperor's edict to reopen the border market, we can find a way to trade with the Turks by ourselves, and we don't need to trade with the Khan headquarters, just trade with those small tribes, and there will definitely be some earnings, what do you say?" ”

An Suiyu gasped: "Okay, you want to smuggle?" (To be continued......)

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