An Suiyu took a long breath and said with a smile: "You said earlier, if you were willing to let these people participate in the iron ore business, you wouldn't give them oil and water for other goods, I guess they would be willing." ”

Wang Huaqiang shook his head: "Miss An, what you think may be a little too simple, first, the law of the Great Sui strictly prohibits the trading of iron ore, and these wealthy businessmen in Guzang are doing legal business, and they may not be able to risk losing their heads to make this money, so even if they know that there is a huge profit in it, they may not be willing to come in."

Second, even if this iron ore is making money now, it is only because the Great Sui imposed an embargo on pig iron against the Turks, and the Western Regions, which is rich in iron ore, is controlled by the Western Turkic Datou Khan, who is like fire and water with the Turkic headquarters, and the scarcity is expensive, so this iron ore will be sold at such a high price. If it is a long-term large number of transactions, the price will come down slowly, and for the sake of temporary profits, give up the long-term commission, and the long-term businessman will not do this kind of thing.

As for the third one, that's what I'm going to ask Miss An. You also have an industry in the Western Regions, which means that you are also connected to the Datou Khan? If he knew that you were transporting iron ore to the East-Turks, would he not ask? ”

An Suiyu's eyes gave birth to a hint of vigilance, she raised her hand, brushed the hair on her forehead, and said, "Brother Wei Chi, are you trying to trick me, do you want to inquire about the relationship between our An family and the Western Turks?" ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled: "It's not a cliché, but this is related to the route of our goods in the future, so I have to figure out this matter, otherwise I will transport the iron ore to Guzang and hand it over to you, but you won't send it to Dulan Khan to help him build an army of iron cavalry, this is not the result we want." ”

An Suiyu smiled slightly, with a hint of cunning in his eyes: "Brother Wei Chi, you said that you want to trust each other with us, and the freight arrives here, and we won't lose a penny to you when the time comes, isn't this the end?" As for how we operate after we get the iron ore, that's our family's business, and we won't leak it. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded, from An Suiyu's words, he faintly felt that their settlement was not simple, not only had a connection with the distant relatives of the local tyrant surnamed An in this Guzang City, but now it seems that the two Turkic khans in the east and west are also on the left and right, and the iron ore in the bazaar that he saw in the headquarters of the Turkic Khans in the south of Yinshan last time was also secretly trafficked by the An family from the Western Turks.

It seems that the brothers and sisters of the An Sui family are also full of business experience, and they are not so loyal, taking advantage of the plight of the lack of pig iron in the East Turks to control the amount of iron ore imported into the East Turks to ensure that they can always earn high profits, which should be their real thoughts.

And Princess Dayi's idea of revenge was clearly understood by the An Sui family, so as to deceive Princess Dayi's trust and support, but the fundamental purpose is to use the princess's cover to develop her family industry.

Wang Huaqiang finally guessed the hole cards of the An family, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously, and in the face of An Suiyu's eyes on the other side, he picked up an empty cup on the table, poured a glass of wine, and handed it to her: "Miss An, after talking for a long time, I'm afraid you're also thirsty, let's drink some first." ”

An Suiyu took the cup, looked at the bright red plasma-like wine inside, sniffed it, and said with a smile: "This is the best wine from Persia, if Brother Wei Chi sells this to the Central Plains, he will definitely make a lot of money." She said as she drank the glass of wine.

Wang Huaqiang also poured himself a glass, he came to Guzang for the first time, he had heard of the reputation of this grape wine, but never drunk, the legend said that the wine was first produced in Persia, there was a king in ancient Persia, who loved to eat grapes, at that time grapes were extremely rare products, and the king could not eat them as soon as he wanted.

So the king hid the surplus grapes in a sealed clay pot with the word "poisonous" on it to prevent people from eating them.

Later, one of the king's ** beauties lost the king's favor, lived in the cold palace, and had no interest, one day he accidentally saw this jar, and wanted to taste the delicacy of the grapes before he died, so he opened the jar and found that the grapes inside had begun to ferment and rot, and the juice flowed out.

The concubine drank the "poisonous" grape juice, and instead of dying, she felt very good, and even became happy, so she told the king the secret, and the king, surprised, began to collect the ripe grapes, pressed them tightly, and fermented them to make wine.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, saw the wine in Dawan, and was deeply attracted by its deliciousness, so he brought back some grape seeds to plant after returning to China. It's just that the soil and climatic conditions of the Central Plains are very different from those in the Western Regions, grapes cannot be planted on a large scale, and even wine is a rare thing, which can only be drunk by the royal family.

Wang Huaqiang personally likes to drink this kind of wine very much, sweet and sour, after drinking a long aftertaste, the most important thing is that there is no general Central Plains strong liquor rush brain, he has always reminded himself in this life to keep a clear head, so if it is not necessary, do not stick to the wine, but every time you come to Guzang City in Liangzhou, you always have to drink a few cans of secret grape wine.

After hearing An Suiyu's words, Wang Huaqiang's eyes lit up, but he quickly shook his head: "Although wine is delicious, it needs a large number of vineyards to be made on a large scale, and grapes have extremely high requirements for climate and environment, and it is difficult to grow in the Central Plains, and only in the Western Regions can there be large-scale planting."

The Western Regions and the Central Plains are separated by thousands of miles, and wine is extremely difficult to preserve, so it is very difficult to transport it to Guzang here, let alone send it to Daxing thousands of miles to the east. ”

An Suiyu smiled: "Brother Wei Chi, your original words are returned, scarcity is expensive, this wine is everywhere in the Western Regions, it is not worth anything at all, in exchange for the currency of your Sui Dynasty, you can buy a large barrel for three or five dollars, but if it is transported to Daxing, a barrel is worth at least a hundred yuan, don't you think that there are strange goods to live in here, and there is a lot of money?" ”

Wang Huaqiang shook his head, he had already considered the wine business, but he had no choice but to go to the nearest wine producing area, Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions had to cross thousands of miles of sand sea, and the newly prepared wine would go bad in four or five days when it arrived in Guzang, and it could not be shipped to the east at all.

For example, the bottle of wine that Wang Huaqiang is drinking now was just transported to this Guzang City from the caravan yesterday, but the taste is already a little sour compared to the place of origin, so Wang Huaqiang thought about it and could only give up the idea of doing wine business. But listening to An Suiyu's words, it seems that she has a little bit of experience in transporting and preserving wine.

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly and asked: "Miss An, listen to what you mean, it seems that you are a little interested in this wine business, your family has lived in the Western Regions for a long time, you should have your own unique way of transporting and storing this wine, can you teach me?" ”

An Suiyu drank another glass of wine, and it could be seen that she was interested in this wine, a few glasses of wine, two red clouds flew on her pretty face, and the red flutter had a different taste, it turned out that she was just a girl in Wang Huaqiang's eyes, but now she suddenly looks a little more mature woman's charm.

An Suiyu put down the wine glass, pursed his lips, and said: "Brother Wei Chi, you are right, our An family started in the wine business in the Western Regions before, and the matter of transporting wine across the desert is an impossible task in the eyes of outsiders, but in our An family, it is very familiar. Even the settlement of this Guzang City relied on this technology to earn the first money in Guzang City and take root.

Brother Wei Chi, we are now a cooperative partner, but the method of transportation and storage of this wine is an ancestral trade secret of our family, which will not be disclosed, if you are interested in cooperating with us in the future, we can be responsible for transporting the wine to this Guzang City and handing it over to you, ensuring that it will not deteriorate within one month after delivery. ”

Wang Huaqiang scolded secretly, this little girl's tone is tighter than his brother's, it is really leaky, it seems that it is impossible to say anything, but he immediately felt strange about one thing, and asked: "Miss An, this wine can safely bring Gu Zang, cross the desert, is the most difficult thing to do, if you can do this, you can transport it to Daxing to make money, why let Zai take over?" ”