Don't look at the small street frontage of this store, but there is a hole in the back. There are two large courtyards in succession, surrounded by warehouses, which are full of various commodities.

During the chat, Liu Xin knew that the owner of the shop was called Tuburo, who was originally from Qiuzi, and had been doing business in Shanshan since his father's generation, and the business was getting bigger and bigger, and the shops on the street were all theirs. It's just that in recent years, with the civil strife in Dahan, business has become much bleaker than in the past, and many shops have to be subleased, and there is a large backlog of goods in the warehouse.

Tubro has been in business with his father since he was a child, and he is a very shrewd man. What he said was that Liu Xin had all the Zhongping Tongbao he wanted, and if the gold and silver were not enough, he would exchange the goods for them, but in fact, he wanted to exchange all the goods in his warehouse for cash. However, he is now facing Liu Xin, a guy who is even more shrewd than him, and this trick naturally cannot succeed.

Although Liu Xin had already deduced that he did not bring so many copper coins, Tubro was a very professional businessman, he was not discouraged at all, and still took Liu Xin and his party to visit his warehouse very enthusiastically.

Liu Xin looked at several warehouses in the first courtyard, which were full of extremely ordinary goods, including all kinds of farm tools, pottery bowls and pots, and even some needles and threads, and couldn't help laughing: "You don't have a few valuable things here." ”

Tubro sighed and said, "The guest officer doesn't know, in the early years, like the carpet hanging outside, I couldn't sell two or three in a month. It's good now, the one hanging outside has been around for two years, and it hasn't been sold. Now, I rely on these daily things to support my family. ”

The more high-end things are, the more profits, the so-called three years do not open, open for three years. But there are also risks, like the carpet that Tubro entered, hung in the store for two years and no one cared about it, the wind and the sun were exposed, and the quality was naturally not as good as new, only sold at a discount, and the loss of money was certain. And those things that need to be used daily, although the profit is small, the income is stable.

Of course, Liu Xin understood this truth, nodded and said: "This is also normal, the trade route is not passable, and the price is too high and the things that are not usually very necessary are naturally not easy to sell." ”

Although the business is bleak, Tubro is a happy faction, just now he sighed, suddenly smiled, and said brightly: "Merchants like you from Dahan have been rare recently, and you naturally don't like the things here, but there are still a lot of valuable goods in the back yard, maybe you will be interested." ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "No, there is what I want here." Ten of each of the farm tools in the warehouse. However, you have to teach my people how to use these farming tools. ”

These agricultural tools are both similar and different from those used by the Dahan. Liu Xin bought these farm tools in order to send them to the research institute for good research and research, maybe it will be beneficial to improve the level of farming.

Such a wealthy merchant did not buy the carpet hanging outside, but bought a large number of farm tools, which disappointed Tubro a little. A large pile of farm tools is not worth a few dollars, but it can be regarded as a business, although it is far from Tubro's expectations, he did not show the slightest impatience, but said seriously: "To tell you the truth, I have only started selling these things in recent years, and I can't use them, and the people who usually buy these things don't need me to teach." However, you don't have to worry, further west there is a human market, where there are many slaves who can use these farm tools skillfully, and the prices are also very cheap, you can pick a few. ”

Liu Xin nodded, turned to Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, write down all of this, and arrange someone to do it when you go back." ”

Jia Xu promised repeatedly.

Seeing Jia Xu's respectful appearance, Tuburo suddenly felt that Liu Xin did not look like an ordinary businessman, he looked back at the more than ten entourages who followed behind, all of them were sturdy, their eyes were like torches, and they couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in their hearts, this is a big man, and he will definitely not just buy a few farm tools. Tubro hurriedly pointed to the backyard and said, "A few people, please, there are still many good things there." ”

Liu Xin didn't move, but looked at a locked warehouse next to him and asked, "What's in there?" ”

Tubro shook his head and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, that room was originally full of goods from your big man, but it was sold out last year, and no more goods have been received, so that room is always empty, and there is nothing in it. ”

Liu Xin let out an "oh" and said: "You can rest assured of this, the trade route from Yumen to here will be restored soon, and you won't have to worry about whether you can get in or out of the goods in the future." I don't know what the Dahan goods you used to sell are? ”

Selling the goods shipped by the Han Dynasty to Western merchants, and then selling the goods from the West to the merchants of the Han Dynasty, this was originally the way of doing business for Tubro. Regarding Liu Xin's question, he blurted out without thinking: "Naturally, there is everything, but the best thing to sell is silk." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xin's heart was suddenly shocked. He has always been committed to restoring and ensuring the smooth flow of the Silk Road, so it is natural that silk, along with white porcelain and tea, will be included in the official franchise. Through the casual conversation with Tubro, Liu Xin suddenly realized that the reason why this trade route is called the Silk Road is because the most important commodity is silk, and he monopolizes the silk trade by the government, which is to compete with the people! Without silk, the most profitable commodity, what private caravan would be willing to take the initiative to re-follow this trade route?

Seeing Liu Xin's uncertain face, Tubro hurriedly said: "Actually, I still have a thing from the Han here, I heard that it takes a lot of trouble for the Han people to get one by themselves, the one in my hand is worth a thousand taels of silver, and I am not willing to buy it from me." If the guest officer is interested......"

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "The thing in your hand is porcelain, listen to my advice, get rid of it quickly, otherwise you will regret it." Okay, don't look here, take me to the back and see, what other good things you have here. ”

The layout of the courtyard at the back is similar to the front, and it is also a large courtyard in the middle, surrounded by warehouses. Tubro took Liu Xin directly to the innermost warehouse, where the goods were different from the previous warehouse. In front of the warehouse, the goods are stacked haphazardly, but here there are rows of wooden cabinets, the doors of which are open, and all kinds of exquisite gold, silver, wine and tableware are inside.

These gold and silver utensils are very exquisitely made, Liu Xin once saw a similar set in Dong Zhuo's Taishi Mansion, and they must have been bought from the Western Regions. However, Liu Xin didn't have much interest in these, and after looking at them for a while, he turned his head and asked, "Do you have anything better here?" ”

Seeing that these things could not make Liu Xin moved, Tubro couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "This is the best thing in the small shop, usually the Han caravan passes by here, and they have to buy a lot of it, is there no guest officer here to look at?" ”

As he spoke, Liu Xin had already walked out of the warehouse with his hands behind his back, pointed to a warehouse on the right and said, "Take me there to have a look." ”

Tubro hesitated, "There's really nothing good there, it's some murder weapon." ”

"The murder weapon?" Liu Xin frowned and said, "Then let's take a look at the murder weapon." ”

The door of the warehouse opened gently, Liu Xin couldn't help but gasp, the entire warehouse was full of all kinds of weapons and armor, and it was not the big knives and spears he usually saw, they were all sharp axes and heavy swords.

These sharp axes are different from the big axes used by Xu Huang, the handle of the axe is not so long, and it is a two-sided blade, that is, a double-edged axe, which is quite heavy in the hand, and it is impossible to use this weapon without enough strength. Although those heavy swords are not as heavy as double-edged axes, they are still much heavier than the swords of the Han people, and the blades are also very open, which is obviously more suitable for battlefield fighting. There is a more important point, these sharp axes and heavy swords are very sharp, although the materials used are not as good as the overlord sword, but they are much stronger than the ring head knife originally equipped by the Han army, and the weight of these weapons can completely make up for the material gap.

Liu Xin picked up another helmet and said to Wei Yan: "Wen Chang, how do you feel when you put it on?" ”

Wei Yan stepped forward in response, took the helmet in Liu Xin's hand and put it on, except for the two eyes that were exposed, other parts including the neck were very tightly protected. Wei Yan moved for a moment, took off the helmet, and arched his hand and said, "Lord, although this helmet is well-protected, it is not as strong as the helmet used in our army. ”

"Having said that, we also have to learn to complement each other's strengths and improve our helmets." Liu Xin nodded, then turned to Tubro and said, "Those who can use these weapons must be people of great height and strength, I don't know where you bought these weapons?" ”

Tubro asked, "You must not be ordinary merchants, are you?" ”

Liu Xin was anxious to find out the origin of these weapons, so he no longer hid it from him, and said: "Yesterday, a team of Han troops came to the city, do you know?" ”

Tubro nodded and said: "Of course I know, I also went to the street to see it, and it was really majestic, I heard that even the horse bandit black whirlwind was exterminated by them, are you ......?"

Liu Xin smiled and said, "Yes, I brought that army." Not only the black whirlwind, but all the horse bandits in the Western Regions will be wiped out in the future, and the caravans of the Han will also come here in an endless stream, and your good days will come again. Now, you can tell me where these weapons and armor come from. ”

"It turns out that you are the high-ranking official! Thankfully, I hope what you say is true! Tubro suddenly raised his head and bowed to the sky twice, then sighed and said, "I didn't buy these things, but a Great Qin merchant paid off my debts. At that time, I saw that these weapons were made of good iron, and I agreed to it when I was greedy for a cheap price. I originally planned to melt these weapons to make some farm tools and make a few small bucks, but the blacksmiths couldn't melt these weapons, and they left them in the warehouse for two or three years, and they couldn't sell them, and they still occupied such a large area, and I lost a lot of money in this business. ”