The Hexi Corridor is the only way to the Western Regions and an important section of the Silk Road. The Hexi Corridor leans on the sea for more than 4,000 meters in the south of the snow-capped Qilian Mountain, and the yellow sand rolling desert in the north, it is the snow water of the Qilian Mountain that moistens this magical land, the water and grass are abundant, the products are abundant, and it has been the battleground of the Han and the Xiongnu over the years.

When Zhang Qian first passed through the Western Regions, he was detained by the Xiongnu twice through the Hexi Corridor, and it was not until Huo Quai's defeat of the Xiongnu that the Hexi Corridor was controlled by the Han Court. The Han Dynasty set up four counties here: Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang, which were called the four counties of Hexi. In the following 300 years, the four counties of Hexi changed hands many times in the Han court Xiongnu, and it was always the focus of contention between the two sides, until the north and south of the Xiongnu were divided, and the Northern Xiongnu were forced to move west after the defeat, and the Han court had the opportunity to regain full control of the four counties of Hexi.

Liu Ze ordered the team to stay overnight, and arrived in Yangguan more than a month later. Yangguan and Yumen Pass in the north are called Hexi Erguan, which is the throat of the Western Regions, and is also the westernmost area of the Han Court.

As one of the most important post stations on the Silk Road, Yangguan is a rare prosperous place on the westbound road, with many shops and merchants and crowds. Liu Ze found an inn to settle the team, fortunately, the inns here are all carriage and horse shops, and the merchants are bustling, so it is natural for a caravan of hundreds of people to live.

Liu Ze ordered Pan Fengwu Anguo to arrange for the team to rest, and he flew to Guancheng with Guan Yu and Zhang to handle the customs clearance documents.

The procedures were extremely simple, and after lazily inquiring about the destination of Liu Ze's trip, what kind of goods he was selling, and how many people he was experiencing, he charged the usual amount of money and stamped a seal on a piece of parchment with good handwriting.

Liu Ze, who was still worried about how to pass the guò inspection customs, was a lot more relaxed, but his mood was unusually heavy. In the Han Dynasty, the court strictly ordered merchants to sell iron ingots and iron products to the Huns and other foreign peoples, and the inspection of the border pass - Yangguan was in vain, and they carried a large number of weapons and armor without anyone care.

After sighing for a while, Liu Ze came out of the pass and pulled Guan Zhang and the others to wander around Yangguan Tu Street. The bazaar in Yangguan is not large, only a long street, but there are many shops on both sides of the street, and there are many kinds of goods. Accustomed to the prosperity of Luoyang, the shops here look much simpler, and the folk customs here are also much rougher. In addition to the local border people and merchants, there are also many people from the Western Regions, who are talking in a murmuring language.

Zhang Fei never spoke to a foreigner (although Lukaz is a Persian, he speaks fluent Central Plains), and said strangely: "The people here speak so strangely, they can't understand a word." ”

Liu Ze smiled dumbly, but he immediately thought of one thing, and secretly screamed in his heart, how could he forget about it. The destination of this trip is the Green Mountains, where the Dawan people do not speak Chinese, and if you want to do business with them, you must find a translator.

Liu Ze pondered, and the two entered a hotel, ready to inquire where they could hire a translator who was fluent in Western Dialect. The shopkeeper saw that the three people were brightly dressed and had an extraordinary bearing, so he hurriedly let them in the store.

Zhang Fei shouted: "Store, do you have good wine and good food here?" ”

"Our shop has excellent roast lamb and grape wine, which are famous on this Yangguan Street." The shop is attentive and authentic.

"Then first serve a dozen catties of roast mutton, and then a few jars of good wine, I want to have a good drink." Zhang Fei also dared to be really hungry, and asked for more than ten catties of mutton when he opened his mouth.

After a while, the store served a large plate of roast mutton and three jars of wine, and Zhang Fei didn't care much, so he tore a large piece of mutton and devoured it.

Liu Ze looked at the dilapidated and dusty cases, smelled the pungent smell of mutton emitted by the roast mutton, and suddenly lost his appetite, and looked up at Yun Chang with the same expression, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

Zhang Fei chewed the piece of meat in his mouth and said vaguely: "Why don't you eat it?" This mutton is not bad, but compared to the pork of my old Zhang family, it is far worse! ”

Liu Ze waved his hand to beckon the shopkeeper to come over, but he was not sure that the current people didn't care about the fact that people who knew foreign languages were called translators, and asked: "Let me inquire below, are there people here who are fluent in the Chinese languages of the Western Regions?" ”

"The guest officer is talking about translation, but I don't know what business the guest officer is doing, and where do you want to go to the Western Regions?"

"I'm doing a horse business, and I'm going to go to the Green Ridge area."

"The guest officer is looking for a translator who knows the Wusun Dawanyue dialect, there are not many people who can interpret these words, and if the guest officer wants to hire it, the price is much more expensive than the interpreter who knows the Xiongnu Yutian dialect."

"How much does that need per month?"

"The employment of interpreters here is not calculated on a monthly basis, but on a trip-by-trip basis, and it costs about 10,000 yuan for a trip to the Green Ridge side."

"If it's not calculated by month and day, God knows how long this trip will take, if it takes a year or two, wouldn't it be a big deal?" Liu Ze heard about this rule for the first time and was very curious.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "The green ridge is separated from Yangguan for thousands of miles, and the road is difficult and dangerous, and it will take several months to go down once, and if there is an accident, it is not surprising that it will take a year or two." In such a situation, it is you bosses who should be anxious, and the interpreter has someone to take care of the food every day, so they are not in a hurry. ”

Liu Ze nodded and said, "Money is not a problem, can the store help find two interpreters?" ”

"It's really unfortunate that those few interpreters who are proficient in Wusun Dawan have been hired by the caravan, and it is estimated that it will take two or three months to get back at the earliest." The shopkeeper shook his head in embarrassment.

Liu Ze was anxious when he heard it, let alone wait for two or three months, even two or three days. "Can the store think of a way to do it, but in the next two or three months, I can't wait anyway."

The shopkeeper thought about it for two or three years, suddenly slapped his forehead, and said, "How did I forget him," he pointed to a guest sitting in the corner of the wall over there, "This Mr. Jia is proficient in the languages of the Western Regions, not only the Xiongnu Wusun Dawan dialect, but even the Loulan Guizi and other languages are extremely proficient, but Mr. Jia's asking price is ten times more expensive than the general translation, so it depends on whether the guest officer can afford it." ”

Zhang Fei opened his mouth in his ear and said: "One hundred taels of gold, if he dares to ask for it, why doesn't he rob the money?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly: "This is also the reason why this Mr. Jia has never been able to do business, and 100,000 yuan a trip is not a decimal number after all." ”

"The third brother Hugh has to talk nonsense, this Mr. Jia dares to ask for this high price, he must have something extraordinary, please ask the store to introduce one or two, and thank you with his own gold and silver." Liu Ze stopped Zhang Fei and politely said to the shopkeeper.

"Naturally, I don't thank you, if the guest officer is willing to hire this Mr. Jia, I will be very grateful."

"What does that mean?" Liu Ze was very puzzled.

The shopkeeper glanced at the guest and said: "The guest officer doesn't know, this Mr. Jia is a local Wuwei clan, and he has also raised filial piety as a Lang official, and then I don't know why he abandoned the official and returned to his hometown, although he was a translator to make a living, but he was also arrogant, and he didn't let go of the commission of 100,000 yuan, and he didn't know how many merchants he scared away. ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper led Liu Ze to Mr. Najia's table, Liu Ze looked at this person carefully, about thirty years old, white-faced and short-bearded, thin, half-drunk, and his face was full of decadence.

The shopkeeper shook him and said, "Mr. Jia, wake up, there is a merchant who wants to hire you to go to Green Ridge." ”

Mr. Jia narrowed his triangular eyes, his eyes were drunk, he glanced at the shopkeeper, and said impatiently: "I said a long time ago, don't bother me if you don't have 100,000 yuan." ”

Liu Ze stepped forward and said loudly: "I paid one hundred taels of gold, and I asked Mr. to give in." ”

As soon as he heard this, Mr. Jia's wine woke up, and he looked Liu Ze up and down, seeing that although he was young, his graceful and atmospheric bearing showed maturity and stability.

"Really?"

Liu Zeqian said with a smile: "There is no joke, we can set up a document as a basis." ”

Mr. Jia shouted angrily and said, "Okay, shopkeeper, bring pen and ink!" ”

The store immediately brought pen and ink wooden tablets, Liangzhou is far away from the Central Plains, people still write mainly wooden tablets, and paper has not yet been applied to this place.

Liu Ze smiled slightly, asked Guan Yu for two pieces of silk, and abandoned the wooden slip.

Mr. Jia is also a well-informed person, seeing that what Liu Ze is holding in his hand is the first-class Shu brocade, this place is the Silk Road, and Shu brocade is also a common thing, but Liu Ze actually used it to write, so extravagant, how much he was secretly frightened, and he couldn't help but look at Liu Ze with admiration.

"Dare to ask what kind of business is the name of the high surname?"

"In Xiayouzhou, surnamed Liu Mingze, he opened a few shops in the capital, and he heard that there were good horses in the Western Regions, and he wanted to sell some back to the Central Plains."

"Shopkeeper Liu came from thousands of miles away, I'm afraid it's not for a few ordinary horses, right?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I guess Shopkeeper Liu must be here for the sweat and blood." Mr. Jia half-narrowed his mouse eyes and looked determined.

Liu Ze was secretly frightened, this Mr. Jia's vision was really poisonous, just because he was going to Green Ridge and looking for Dawan Wusun Tongyi, he concluded that he was looking for a bloody BMW, which was amazing, he didn't deny it at the moment, and said with a slight smile: "Could it be that Mr. Jia has seen a bloody BMW?" ”

Mr. Jia shook his head and said: "The sweat and blood BMW is a god horse, and it is not seen from the beginning to the end. I persuaded the shopkeeper Liu to give up this business, after the Dawan country was destroyed by the Huns, the sweat and blood horse has become a legend, no one has witnessed it in the past ten years, Liu shopkeeper is here, I am afraid it is difficult to gain. ”

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