Gu Yuanxi did not expect that the situation in Central Asia had deteriorated to this point. He knew that a few years later, Gao Xianzhi, who would become the envoy of the Anxi Festival, would have a war against the Abbasids of the Black-clothed Great Food Empire in Hengrus, and the battle was defeated by the betrayal of the Qarlu tribe. Although the Arabs had the advantage in this battle, and although the Anxi Jiedu Department suffered heavy losses in this battle, judging from the battle of the new Anxi Four Towns Jiedu two years after the Battle of Hengros, Feng Changqing's expedition to Dabolu, the Anxi Jiedu Department had recovered its vitality and was not seriously injured because of this battle.

Gu Yuanxi knew that what Mi Kangbin said was the truth. Since the Tang Dynasty voluntarily abandoned Broken Leaf City during the Kaiyuan period, the Tang Dynasty lost its de facto control over this area. By 718 the region had become the de facto jurisdiction of the Arabs, and by the Kaiyuan period, the states of An, Kang, Kumi, Tocharian and Shiguo had to pay heavy taxes to the Arabs. Therefore, at that time, the Hanzhong region was actually controlled by the Great Eclipse, and at this time, the Tang Dynasty's canonization of the Hezhong states was only a void. And Heng Rus only brought 20,000 Han soldiers to the Anxi Jiedu Department in the first battle, while Da Shi dispatched 180,000 to 200,000 troops, and the time and place were not on the side of the Tang Dynasty, so the rout was not surprising.

Gu Yuanxi didn't regret the defeat of Hengross. Although the Battle of Hengros was called a collision between the two great empires of the East and the West, it had extremely far-reaching consequences. But at that time, it was really an insignificant war for the Tang army. If it weren't for the Anshi Rebellion, the Anxi army returned to the dynasty to quell the chaos and had no time to take care of the Western Regions, then it is unknown whether it will make a comeback next. Because of the Anshi Rebellion, after Hengrus, the banner of the Han army withdrew from Central Asia, and it has been dreaming for thousands of years......

Everything was because of the Anshi Rebellion, which made the hegemony of the Tang Dynasty flourish and decline. When Gu Yuanxi thought of this, he couldn't help but clench his fists, and he also felt a little dazed and at a loss for the rebellion that was about to take place in a few years.

In life, the most helpless thing is not life and death, not failure, not unknown difficulties. It's that you know what's going to happen but don't know what to do, and you know the outcome but don't know how to change it. He is just the son of a businessman, how easy is it to change the general trend of the world? Thinking of this, Gu Yuanxi suddenly became upset.

Seeing Gu Yuanxi's troubled appearance, Mi Kangbin had no choice but to snort: "Uncle, I haven't eaten for three days, do you see if you give a little charity?" Mi Kangbin was a little speechless, he just wanted to beg for a meal to satisfy his stomach, why would he talk to him so many irrelevant topics at one moment?

"Alms?" Gu Yuanxi glanced at him impatiently and said, "You guy is dressed like a Middle Eastern oil tyrant, and you still need to find someone else to give him alms?" ”

"I really haven't eaten in three days." Mi Combin said very fluently this time, "Don't look at my glamorous clothes, but in fact, there is really no cash?" ”

"Don't have a single cash?" Gu Yuanxi pointed to the gorgeous Hu clothes on his body and smiled bitterly: "You Hu man, if you don't have any money, don't you just take your clothes to any pawnshop in Chang'an to pawn." I think you can still pawn a lot of money in this outfit. Such a gorgeous Western Regions Hu costume, at first glance, it is a famous brand, is it Armani or Clelinia? ”

Although Mi Kangbin seemed to understand what he heard, he still hugged the clothes on his body and said, "No, no, no." I'd rather continue my clothes that I don't have to eat than sell, it's a symbol of my status. ”

Gu Yuanxi was speechless for a while, and Nima didn't have anything to eat. A typical has to install an archway. Gu Yuanxi secretly scolded in his heart: "Death wants to save face-fake Qinggao-brain is out of stock-"

"Then the leather belt around your waist. Yes, that's it. Inlaid with gold and jade, full of jewelry, take it as a person. I'm afraid you won't even have to worry about going back to the Western Regions—" Gu Yuanxi continued to point to the gem and jade belt on his body.

"No, no, no." Mi Combin still shook his head abruptly and denied: "No, this belt is my family heirloom, and it must not be pawned, I refuse-"

Reject Nima!

Gu Yuanxi felt that a hot breath was about to gush out of his chest, and then impatiently Mi Kangbin pointed to the scimitar of the Western Regions next to his belt and said, "Then this knife will always work." You see this knife inlaid with gold and silver, and at first glance, it is useless. You take it as money, and then go and buy a knife—" He paused for a moment before continuing, "Uh--I don't allow ordinary people to wear swords. You can't buy a sword or wear it, but you can't wear a sword. You can rest assured, whether it is a knife or a sword, I Datang widely uses composite steel technology, and no matter how sharp the sword is, it is ruthless. You can buy it, whether it's killing pigs, cutting watermelons, or cutting your beard and shaving your feet. If you don't like to use a sword, then go to the Hu Ren Merchant and buy a cheap short knife. Although the imperial court strictly controls weapons, the sword and the scimitar used by your Hu people are within the scope of the law allowed to be bought and worn. ”

Gu Yuanxi said a lot of words earnestly. Unexpectedly, Nami Combin still shook his head and said, "No, I refuse." The Waist Pessi scimitar is a tradition that we have been thinking of since ancient times. Honor is more important than life, and I'd rather starve to death than pawn these things on me. If I pawn them off, what difference am I from the beggars on the street!! ”

Nima's you are not begging right now! Obviously opened his mouth and closed his mouth to ask for a meal, but he pretended to be high here. People sell archways and have to sell ** hue, Nima's guy has no money to eat, begging outside but is not even willing to pay, without the slightest professional consciousness that a beggar should have.

Gu Yuanxi desperately resisted the urge to beat the pig, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said: "It's no problem for me to give you a meal, but I can fill you for a while, and I can't be full for long." You don't have to eat and live after tomorrow, and you pawn some of your things for money, and you won't be able to live in the future—"

Next, Gu Yuanxi heard something that made him vomit blood. Nami Kangbin said disapprerovingly: "It's okay, I'm a merchant in the Western Regions, and I have a bunch of medicinal materials in the Western Regions around me, can't I exchange them for money after selling them in a few days?" Do not worry. ”

"Damn!" Gu Yuanxi only felt that thousands of grass and mud horses were galloping in his heart, and he finally couldn't help but shout angrily: "I'm a gringo." It's a strange thing - you're a **. I am more big than small than spicy, pencil, fountain pen, ballpoint pen, brush, color pen, automatic pen, eighteen Arhat King Kong ratio, and overwhelming comparison. ”

"You said that you are a fucking merchant, and instead of selling the goods you have for money, you come to the streets to beg. Do you know it's a scam? You are suspected of fraud, according to my Datang law, you must first soak the pig cage and then pull it out to light the sky lantern. Do you know about dipping pig pens and lighting sky lanterns? Gu Yuanxi felt puzzled after scolding, and continued to talk nonsense: "My Gu family has a big business, and my Third Young Master Gu has a business of hundreds of thousands of yuan in minutes, you have delayed me for so long, believe it or not, I slapped you on the wall with a slap, and I couldn't pick it off!"

"You said you had hundreds of thousands of dollars in business per minute." When Mi Kangbin heard this, his eyes shot a burning gaze: "In that case, you bought our medicinal materials!" ”

This guy is sick! Gu Yuanxi's first thought when he heard this sentence was that this Mi Kangbin either had a low IQ or was neurotic. The highest annual coinage in the entire three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty is only 327,000 guan during the current Emperor Xuanzong period. The highest fiscal income of the entire Datang is only 34.0975 million yuan in the year. No one will believe a random nonsense, but this idiot believes it. I really shouldn't praise him for being innocent or. Gu Yuanxi felt helpless.

"My family doesn't run a pharmacy, why do you buy your medicinal herbs?"

"These herbs are very rare for me." Mi Kangbin said: "I see that I have a fate with Your Excellency, so I want to sell it to you at a slightly lower price." ”

, isn't this a trick and mantra commonly used by swindlers in later generations? "Brother, I was surprised to see your bones, and this martial arts cheats book was sold to you at a low price. Brother, these health products are very valuable, I see that you are an honest person, so I sell them to you at a low price. The price of jumping off the building is a big loss. Gu Yuanxi thought of the plot of those liars deceiving people, and the flesh on his face couldn't help but tremble.

He wanted to turn around and leave, but suddenly thought that his second brother was still seriously injured at home, so he really had to go to the West Market to buy some medicinal herbs at the pharmacy and go back. So he stopped, glanced at Mi Kangbin, and suddenly asked, "You said that the medicinal materials you sell are very rare?" How rare is it? ”

"They are all unique medicinal materials in the Hezhong region and the Western Regions, and they are very precious." Mi Kangbin couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Gu Yuanxi had the intention to buy, and he spoke fluent Chinese.

"Oh." Gu Yuanxi nodded and asked lightly, "Then do you have a 10,000-year-old Lingzhi?" The kind that cures all diseases, give me a few catties. ”

Mi Kangbin's forehead sweated slightly, and he replied embarrassedly: "The villain doesn't have this kind of medicinal material." ”

"Nope." Gu Yuanxi sighed and said, "Since that's the case. If you don't have a 10,000-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, you can also use a thousand-year-old ginseng, and if you have it, give me a few dozen. ”

Mi Kangbin was stunned when he heard this, his face turned red, and he was silent.

"It seems that there is no more." Gu Yuanxi shook his head in disappointment, and then sighed: "Then what kind of Hehuan San, Happy Fierce Female Yin, Guifei Night and Night, Golden Gun Don't Pour Pill, these should always be there." Give me dozens of bottles of each. ”

Mi Kangbin's face was as red as pork liver, and he couldn't say a word.

"Not so! That's not either! Gu Yuanxi scolded disdainfully: "There is no 10,000-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, there is no thousand-year-old life, not even an ordinary aphrodisiac!" There is nothing, you dare to learn from others to come out to sell medicinal herbs, it is better to wash your hands and go home to take the children. ”

"I sell benzoin fennel, which is rare." Mi Kangbin didn't feel that Gu Yuanxi's words were finding fault at all, but felt that it was his own problem, and he deserved to be an honest person.

"Rest in breath, what the hell, I haven't heard of it-" Gu Yuanxi's eyebrows twisted, and the disapproving look on his face was unobstructed.

"That's it." Mi Kangbin hurriedly took out a few yellow oval fruit stalks from his pocket, then carefully held them to Gu Yuanxi, and said in a trembling voice: "This is benzoin fennel." Fortunately, I have a few plants with me, and if you want, you can follow me to the place where you can pick up the goods. ”

Gu Yuanxi couldn't help but feel amused when he saw that he was like a treasure and was afraid that these fruit stalks would have some accidents.

He carelessly turned out these yellow fruit stalks, and as soon as he took them, he felt a spicy fragrance come to his nose. He took a closer look, and immediately showed a look of excitement and joy. He also learned from Micombin to hold these fruit stalks carefully, and said in a trembling voice: "It turned out to be cumin." If you really have nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it! Lao Tzu's spring is coming—"