Qu Lingchen put down the Liangqin and walked to the side of the bed softly, Liu Zhang took Qu Lingchen's hand: "At this time, are you still willing to marry me?" ”

Liu Zhang looked at Qu Lingchen, but Qu Lingchen nodded without hesitation.

In the past, because of hatred, even if Qu Lingchen liked it, he had to paralyze himself, until he was in the cave of Wuxi Wanzhang Cliff, and his love was no longer reserved, but because he thought too much, he finally left Liu Zhang.

In fact, Qu Lingchen thinks about it now, even if others point to him and scold him for being unfilial, what does it matter if he can be with the person he loves? You know your own affairs, so why care about other people's gossip.

Because he thought too much and had missed the most precious time, Qu Lingchen at this time only hoped to be by Liu Zhang's side and not separate for a moment.

Liu Zhang gently hugged Qu Lingchen into his arms, Huang Yue and Xiao Furong got up together, Liu Zhang stopped them, "Yue'er, Rong'er, are you okay together tonight?" ”

If it was usual, Liu Zhang would not say this, although Xiao Furong and Huang Yue had served Liu Zhang together, but after all, there were only two people, and three of them...... What's more, Qu Lingchen is Xiao Furong's senior sister, and she used to be called Aunt Huang Yue.

But at this time, Xiao Furong and Huang Yue only hesitated and nodded, without any unnaturalness.

The four of them slept together in their clothes, nothing happened, and they spent the night like this, and the good man outside also stood all night.

It's so powerful Since the first night of Liu Zhang and Xiao Furong, they have the habit of listening to the root of the wall, and it stands to reason that the four of them should be more interested now, but they didn't think about the things in the room at all, just pinched the medicine in their hands and stood for a night.

"Report to the Lord. Mrs. Cao was leaving the city early this morning. The guards at the gates of the city stopped. But Mrs. Cao was emotional, and now the city gate has caused congestion, and the guards don't know what to do, so they came to report to the lord. ”

Early in the morning, a young general came to say goodbye.

Liu Zhang frowned, this woman of the Cao family is really going to make trouble, what is she when she is?

Marrying Cao Xian was just a casual move, indicating that Cao Jun showed weakness to the Sichuan army. Now that the weak show is over, it's useless to keep it, as for Cao Xian's so-called military talent, if he stays here, Cao Xian will not train the Sichuan army, and after he goes back, Cao Jun will not appoint women, so there is really no loss.

"You go and give an order, tell the city gate guards to keep her, if you really can't keep her and make trouble, let her go. Don't affect the homeless people to enter the city. ”

"Yes." The young general took the order and left.

"Report." As soon as the young general left, another soldier came to report: "Report to the lord." Several trading companies in Shuzhong came to meet the lord and asked him to receive him. ”

"A trading company?" Liu Zhang estimated what was going on to settle in Chang'an, and said impatiently: "Just look for Liu Xun and Jiang Wan for these things." ”

The soldier said again: "Lord, this time it is more than a dozen business families such as the Yin family, the Jin family, the Qu family, the Deng family, the Huang family, and the Wu family in Shuzhong, representing hundreds of large merchants who came to ask for a meeting, saying that something major had happened, and there was also an envoy from the Loulan Kingdom of the Western Regions. ”

"What? More than a dozen business families, plus hundreds of merchants? ”

Liu Zhang's brows sank, could it be that the commercial kidnapping politics that Zhou Budo said at the beginning was formed so quickly? Are these clans here to ask the Sichuan army to continue fighting? Liu Zhang's heart suddenly swelled up with a murderous intention, if these people really came to join forces to ask for battle, it would be very serious.

However, Liu Zhang immediately calmed down, although the commerce in Shuzhong is developed, but it is far from occupying the main body, agriculture still accounts for 90% of the productive forces, and food is the foundation of this era, after all, there are not many surplus items for commerce.

This is the case in Shuzhong, not to mention the other Jingzhou, Dianzhou, and Liangzhou, with this bit of strength, kidnapping politics? These people shouldn't be so stupid.

And there is also an envoy from the Loulan Kingdom with him, which is strange.

Loulan is the closest country in the Western Regions near Yumen Pass, and it is also the power of the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

Such an important geographical location was the focus of contention between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty, and they all hoped that Loulan would attach themselves to themselves, but in order to protect themselves, Loulan implemented a soft policy towards both the Han and the Xiongnu, so that they could be left and right.

With the decline of the Han Dynasty and the fact that Loulan's economy was not as good as before, Loulan had not paid tribute to the Han Dynasty for a long time, and even the envoys of the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions could not get supplies in Loulan.

It is really strange that such a country, in today's when the Han Dynasty is torn apart, actually sent envoys over, and what is even more strange is how to get on the side of these Shuzhong merchants?

If the merchants of Shuzhong colluded with foreign clans and made a traitorous move, the problem would be even more serious.

See you anyway.

More than a dozen business clans sent more than a dozen representatives into the lobby, followed by a woman in green clothes, the woman was masked with a scarf, her eyes were dark with exotic beauty, and it could be seen from the white gauze that the woman's facial features were delicate and upright, but there was wind and frost chirping, and the skin was not the soft kind.

After pacifying Liangzhou and opening the Yumen Pass, there were many people from the Western Regions who entered the Han Dynasty to do business, including the Loulan people, Liu Zhang deliberately learned about it because the country of Loulan formed a mystery for the ages in later generations.

This woman's outfit is Loulan's outfit, the scarf is not for good looks, let alone for mystery, but for sheltering the wind and sand, just like the grassland cavalry in the semi-desert area, including Liangzhou, are also masked.

Loulan used to be a very strong country, but later because of soil erosion, desertification, economic decline, population decline, but Loulan's geographical location is connected to the Yumen Pass of the Han Dynasty, which is really eye-catching, and many countries in the Western Regions covet it.

For this reason, the declining population of Loulan had to let many women serve as soldiers or officials, used to defend against the enemy and govern, and they could also cultivate and graze in peacetime, in the country of Loulan, the status of women is as important as men, and even many high-status women have special tombs (many poor people in desert countries do not have tombs).

So seeing that the Loulan envoy was a woman with a veil and a masked face, Liu Zhang was not surprised, what was strange was why the Loulan envoy came to find him, did his conscience find out?

Huang Yue gently kneaded Liu Zhang's shoulders, and Qu Lingchen and Xiao Furong stood aside.

"Why have you come to see me?"

Liu Zhang said to more than a dozen business representatives, except for the fat man, these dozen people were all shopkeepers, and the head of the family did not come.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, you have to be the master for us." The fat golden man knelt down with a puff and couldn't stop crying.

Liu Zhang glanced at the golden fat man in surprise, the big man still kneels down from time to time, under normal circumstances, this golden fat man is also considered to be from a family, this should be understood, and these famous people see themselves, not to mention that they are kings, even emperors, and they don't have to kneel.

This fat golden man not only knelt, but also cried heartbreakingly, what is this doing?

"You speak slowly, I'll listen." Liu Zhang said.

Seeing that the fat man was emotional and his five tones were incomplete, Qu Hai, the butler of the Qu family on the side, said to Liu Zhang: "Your Highness, this is how things ......"

Qu Hai told the story clearly, and explained the cause and effect of the incident clearly, it turned out that as early as the Sichuan army entered Yongzhou, the golden fat man reached an agreement with the Shache Kingdom of the Western Regions, saying that there was a batch of Roman fine armor, including ring armor and full-body protective iron armor, to be sold to him, and the price was very cheap.

At that time, the golden fat man asked the people of Shache country, saying that the current emperor of Rome had seized the throne in a coup d'état a few years ago, and the new emperor was a soldier who was ready to change the army and train knights regardless of the Senate.

In this way, a lot of money is required, and Roman armor is very good, and compared to crafts such as shield daggers, Roman armor craftsmanship is very mature, not only the Kushan Empire likes it, but even the sworn enemy Rest Empire likes it.

Therefore, the new emperor came up with the idea of exchanging armor for money, and then exchanging armor for money to make up for other immature military equipment, and a large number of armor was exported cheaper than before.

However, Anxi was a mortal enemy of Rome, and it was impossible to sell it to Anxi in large quantities, and the Kushan Empire was very poor, so Rome wanted to sell armor to distant Han through the Western Regions in order to expand its sales channels.

In the hearts of the Romans, the Han was very rich.

After listening to the words of the merchants of Shache Country, and the merchants came on behalf of Shache Country and were trustworthy, the golden fat man was moved by this batch of armor.

After seeing the sample, it is indeed better than the armor of the Sichuan army, and the golden fat man knows that the current Sichuan army has more money and less food, and the price of this batch of armor is within the range of the Sichuan army.

As long as you buy it cheaply and sell it to the Sichuan army, you can make a lot of money.

So the fat man agreed to Shacheguo's business and agreed to give Shacheguo a commission.

A month later, the merchants of Shache came to the golden fat man again, saying that the armor had been laid to rest and was passing through Kushan, and was about to arrive at Shache, and that there was another bigger business waiting for the golden fat man.

The Western Regions Dawan Kingdom wants to sell 5,000 Dawan horses, of which there are 50 high-quality sweat and blood horses worth thousands of gold, but the price is between 100 taels of silver and 500 pieces of silver.

Jin Fat Man listened to this business, of course he knew the benefits, although these Dawan horses were a little beyond the purchasing power of the Sichuan Army, but Jin Fat Man believed that as long as Liu Zhang wanted to strengthen the army, he would endure the pain to buy, and he would make a lot of money.

But at this time, the fat man was also a little suspicious, after all, he was a shrewd businessman, why did such a pie fall from the sky smash his head?

Jin Fatzi did not immediately agree, and sent someone to the Western Regions to inquire, since the opening of the Yumen Pass, the Jin family also transported the first batch of silk porcelain, ready to be shipped to the West, sold to Guishan Anxi and Daqin, and at the same time inquired about the armor business and the Dawan horse business.

According to reliable returns, as well as contact with the merchants of Great Qin and the Great Wan Kingdom, Rome has indeed sold a batch of fine armor, and it is really about to enter the Western Regions from Kushan. (To be continued......)

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