Because of the matter of the Turkic assassins, Changsun Wuji and Ju Yiya discussed it and decided to let the caravan temporarily rest in Huaiyuan Town, and the next morning, Changsun Wuji went to Zhang Kuishan to discuss matters, and Wang Xiang's telescope was also taken away by him.

When he had nothing to do, Wang Xiang took the iron egg to wander around Huaiyuan Town, and after coming to Datang for so long, Wang Xiang had not been out of Chang'an City, and when he arrived here, he knew that Datang was not all prosperous, at least the town in front of him had nothing to do with prosperity.

Perhaps because of the early hours, there were not many people on the road except for the patrolling sergeants.

"Vice General Li, didn't you say that there are many merchants from the Western Regions who exchange goods with the people here, why is the town so deserted that not a single merchant from the Western Regions can see it?"

Li Chen is a deputy general under Zhang Kuishan, and letting him accompany Wang Xiang shows that Zhang Kuishan attaches great importance to Wang Xiang. After all, Wang Xiang was the deputy envoy of the mission, and he learned from the mouths of other envoys that this prince was very favored by His Majesty, and he was made a marquis at a young age, so Zhang Kuishan naturally did not dare to slack off. If a border town general like him who has no foundation is promoted, he will be able to achieve this position at most, but if someone helps him say a few words in the court, with the military merits accumulated in the border town over the years, he may be able to be transferred to Chang'an, who wants to stay in this remote border town for the rest of his life.

Speaking of Zhang Kuishan, this person is also quite capable, he first became a soldier because he wanted to eat well because of the famine, and within a few years, he was promoted to the captain of the squad by virtue of his own ability, and then went all the way, and finally became the best general in Huaiyuan Town.

Li Chen knew that Zhang Kuishan attached great importance to Wang Xiang, and naturally did not dare to slack off when he heard his question, and replied: "There are often some conflicts in the border towns, and General Zhang strictly forbids people from the Western Regions to enter the town in order to prevent people from taking the opportunity to sneak into the town and cause trouble. ”

Wang Xiang asked curiously, "How do the merchants of the Western Regions exchange goods with the people of the Tang Dynasty?" Zhang Kuishan's caution is a good thing, at least he doesn't have to worry about encountering Turkic assassins in the town, no wonder Zhang Kuishan patted his chest and promised that as long as he stayed in the town, there would be no danger.

Li Chen smiled and said, "General Zhang naturally took these into account, not to mention ordinary people, even us soldiers also need to buy some things from the merchants of the Western Regions. ”

"Oh? How did that trade with the merchants of the Western Regions? Wang Xiang suddenly became curious.

"General Zhang asked people to set up a market three miles west of the town, and if there were goods that needed to be exchanged, they would be exchanged in the market, so that although the people in the town would have to walk three miles more, they could ensure that the border town was not lost."

Wang Xiang sighed in his heart, this Zhang Kuishan still has some ideas, and he actually came up with such a method.

"It doesn't seem very peaceful in this neighborhood, are the people willing to travel so far to the market to exchange goods?"

"General Zhang will arrange a team of sergeants to go to the market every hour to purchase what the army needs, so the people who want to go to the bazaar to exchange goods can set off with the sergeant, and then come back with the sergeant when the time comes, if there are people who do not want to go to the bazaar, they can also hand over the goods to the sergeant, and then inform the sergeant that the goods to be exchanged will be exchanged by the sergeant, but then it will take a little money."

The more Wang Xiang listened, the more surprised he became, just now he just felt that Zhang Kuishan had some ideas, and at this time he already felt that Zhang Kuishan was a talent.

The establishment of a bazaar outside the town avoids people with ulterior motives from taking the opportunity to infiltrate the town, ensuring the safety of Huaiyuan Town, and the sergeant escorting the people to and from the bazaar can dispel the people's worries about the surrounding bandits, the most surprising thing for Wang Xiang is that he put forward the idea of charging some fees for the exchange of goods by the army, and the idea of selling and purchasing on behalf of him has made him think of it, no wonder the sergeants under his command seem to be doing well, and they saw them eating yesterday with vegetables and meat, you must know that the treatment of the border army is notoriously poor, The border army under Zhang Kuishan is a special case, which shows that Zhang Kuishan is indeed a rare talent.

This trip to Xizhou to establish a trade market Wang Xiang is in need of such a talent, and the establishment of the trade market also needs someone to manage, Wang Xiang himself is impossible to stay in Gaochang, so Zhang Kuishan is a good candidate.

Poor Zhang Kuishan still planned to let Wang Xiang say a few kind words for him in front of Li Er, so that he could be transferred to Chang'an to enjoy the prosperity of Chang'an, but he didn't think that Wang Xiang had already considered getting him farther Gaochang.

After a while, there were more people on the road, all of them people who were going to the bazaar to exchange goods, and there were also merchants who specialized in buying and selling, and they had more things to be shipped in horse-drawn carts.

"Hurry up to the market, we'll be on our way in half an hour!"

A sergeant who looked like a squad leader shouted, and behind him was a squad of heavily armed sergeants and a cart of cargo.

Wang Xiang was very interested in the bazaar that Li Chen said, and wanted to go with him to see it.

Li Chen was a little hesitant when he heard this, Zhang Kuishan had explained that Wang Xiang's safety must be protected, although there were sergeants escorting the people to the bazaar, and there would generally be no bandits who would not open their eyes, but I heard that the mission had encountered a Turkic assassin a few days ago, so Li Chen did not dare to take Wang Xiang out of the town at will.

Wang Xiang saw Li Chen's doubts and said with a smile: "I just pretend to be an ordinary person to take a look, and others don't know my identity, so there is no danger in thinking about it." ”

"Then I'd better go talk to General Zhang." Li Chen didn't dare to make his own decisions.

Wang Xiang didn't intend to embarrass him, and said: "Okay, you go and talk to General Zhang, just say that I won't reveal my identity, but just go and see it as a businessman from Chang'an City." ”

Li Chen explained to the team leader who led the team, told him to wait for a while, and then went back to Zhang Kuishan to explain the situation.

Wang Xiang was not in a hurry, and chatted casually with the people who were also waiting, he claimed to be a merchant who had just come to Huaiyuan Town from Chang'an, but no one suspected anything, after all, there were often Tang caravans to the border to do business. Bring some porcelain, silk or tea to the border to exchange with the merchants of the Western Regions for all kinds of furs, medicinal materials and even gems, and bring them back to Chang'an to make a lot of money by selling them.

When others asked him where his goods were, Wang Xiang said that the goods were stored in the town's warehouse, and it was the first time he came so he planned to go to the market to see the market first. Speaking of the warehouse in the town, Wang Xiang was amazed by Zhang Kuishan, this is also his idea, the goods brought by the Tang merchants from Chang'an, Luoyang and other places can be stored in the warehouse guarded by the border army first, so that the merchants do not have to worry about the loss of their goods, and when they want to exchange goods, they can go directly to the warehouse to pick it up, and pay only a little insignificant storage fee.

Just when the people wondered why the escorted sergeant hadn't set off yet, Li Chen came back, and Zhang Kuishan agreed to Wang Xiang's request, but still asked Li Chen to bring a small team of sergeants over.

After Li Chen's notification, the team leader greeted the team leader, and everyone slowly left the town with their goods and sergeants, and Wang Xiang took the iron egg out of Huaiyuan Town together.