Cheng Gongying hurriedly asked the merchant about the variety of goods, but most of them felt very unfamiliar.

Listening to the businessman's words, Cheng Gongying couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

Liu Chuang doesn't seem to be as resistant to businessmen as others, and even vigorously supports them...... And it is these businessmen who have created a huge fortune for Youzhou.

Elsewhere, it is mostly agricultural, and large agricultural taxes are levied.

Under Liu Chuang's rule, the agricultural tax was not very high, which greatly stimulated the interest of local farmers; However, on the other hand, Liu Chuang increased the proportion of commercial taxes. However, after increasing the commercial tax, he also gave great convenience to the merchants, which also included measures such as improving the social status of the merchants. Therefore, although this commercial tax is still high, it still attracts a large number of people to engage in it.

Cheng Gongying couldn't help but think in his heart, if he could implement the same policy in Liangzhou, would he be able to succeed?

I thought about it, but in the end I had to give up......

Youzhou, like Liangzhou, is a bitter cold place.

But Youzhou and Liangzhou are different, adjacent to the sea. And this advantage seems to be of little use to others. But in Liu Chuang's hands...... Liu Chuang has an extremely large caravan in his hand, which can travel north and south. He didn't need to pay attention to the wars in the Central Plains, relying on the powerful maritime transportation capacity in his hands, he could send the specialties of the Central Plains and even Jiangdong and Jiaozhi regions to Youzhou. But if you take the land route, you will have to go through many passes, not to mention the wars in various places, and if you don't do it well, you will lose everything.

And Ma Chao's sweep of the six countries of the Tianshan Mountains gave Liu Chuang an extremely strong backing in the Western Regions.

He can use the six countries of the Tianshan Mountains as a springboard to send a large number of goods to the countries of the Western Regions; In the same way, the products of the countries of the Western Regions can also be sent to Youzhou through the six countries of the Guò Tianshan Mountains. Then it was delivered to the Central Plains, to Jiangdong, and to Jiaozhi, and made amazing profits from it.

Liangzhou, apparently, does not have this advantage.

Don't say anything else. Let's just say that in the Hexi Corridor, if there is no strong strength, who can guarantee the safety of the goods?

Liu Chuang's strength in the Hexi Corridor, the Mobei Corridor, and the Saibei Corridor is no one to compete with, and it does provide great convenience.

Once he occupied Liangzhou, he opened up the Yizhou trade route......

Cheng Gongying suddenly shuddered, and seemed to understand why Liu Chuang was in such a hurry to get involved in Liangzhou's true intentions.

This guy. It's definitely a big game of chess!

Cheng Gongying muttered to himself in his heart, and at the same time thought about how to tell Cao Cao the news, in exchange for more support.

Now it seems that with Wei Duan and others alone, it may be difficult to resist Liu Chuang's erosion of Liangzhou.

Liu Chuang has a very powerful hole card in his hand. can continue to attract and win over Liangzhou Haoqiang to join his camp.

Now, his hole cards haven't been revealed, so the effect is not obvious. But once he completely monopolizes the trade routes in the Western Regions, I believe that those Liangzhou heroes will definitely be eager to throw themselves into Liu Chuang. No matter how powerful the clan is, if it doesn't have enough money, food, and goods, it can't maintain the operation of the entire family. Since Dong Zhuo's troubles in Guanzhong, Liangzhou Haoqiang and Guan Sergeant have been deeply affected by the war. Although it is barely maintaining, it is also declining. In the past, Qinchuan was rich in the world for 800 miles, but now it has become an empty word.

Many Guanzhong and Liangzhou Haoqiang declined and perished in the war......

A large amount of land has been abandoned and the population is losing dramatically. Once Liu Chuang is willing to open the Hexi Corridor and share the benefits of the Western Regions trade route with Guanzhong and Liangzhou Haoqiang, how can those people resist?

The more Cheng Gongying thought about it, the more frightened he became.

He felt that he had to do everything he could to get the news out. Let the Liangzhou scholars wake up.

Caravan, overnight at the foot of Yin Mountain.

A bright moon hangs high, sprinkling the cold moonlight all over the mountains, as if draped in a layer of silver frost.

Cheng Gongying sat in a makeshift tent and was writing hard.

In the camp. Bonfires are roaring.

From time to time, singing will be heard......

Cheng Gongying had no interest in this, and devoted all his energy to letters and kept writing.

He wrote down what he saw and heard in Youzhou, and even all kinds of speculations he had about Liu Chuang. When he finished writing his letter, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and put down his pen. I believe that after this letter is circulated, it will inevitably attract attention. Whether it is Cao Cao or Wei Duan, they will no longer sit back and watch Liu Chuang get involved in Liangzhou, and they will inevitably join forces to fight against Liu Chuang at that time. Once Cao Cao and Wei Duan sent troops, the danger of Jincheng would inevitably be alleviated. Ma Chao is brave, Xu Shu is resourceful...... But to fight against the entire Liangzhou, and to count one more Cao Cao, I am afraid it is also beyond our strength. At that time, Han Sui could get out and plan again.

Thinking of this, Cheng Gongying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He put the letter in his pocket, hung it on the hook of the tent, lay down in his clothes, and soon fell asleep.

In the past ten days, he can be said to be worried.

Now when you reach Yinshan, you only need to bypass the Yellow River to enter Mobei.

Even if Liu Chuang has some strength in Mobei, he is still inferior to Saibei after all.

If you cross the desert north and enter Liangzhou, you will be considered safe......

Cheng Gongying's mood was finally soothed, and he fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, and suddenly he was woken up.

After waking up, Cheng Gongying found that he was tied up like a zongzi, and there was a bloody smell in the tent.

The three relatives who left Yanjing with him fell in a pool of blood.

A large man, with a beard curled like a goat's scheming, and a robe of animal skin, was reading a letter with him. On the bookcase, there is also a bag, which is the bag that Cheng Gongying carried. That letter, don't ask if it was Cheng Gongying writing a letter from Cao Cao and Wei Duan. In addition to the big man, there were four young men standing in the tent. And the leader of the caravan, who had taken good care of Cheng Gongying along the way, sat beside the big man with a pale face, trembling and fearful.

"Mr. Zhang, you are ......"

"My name is Yu Zhengen!"

The big man suddenly spoke.

He folded Cheng Gongying's letter, put it in his pocket, and then stood up.

"The surrendered city belongs to the Wenhou tribe. Three months ago, he was given by the emperor's uncle to be the captain of Yinshan.

Uncle Huang was very dissatisfied with you saying goodbye, so he sent someone to stop you and teach you some lessons by the way...... Here I am, and I have been waiting for you for a long time. No wonder I haven't heard from you all the way. It turned out to be hiding in a caravan. If it weren't for Lao Zhang's acquaintance with me, he told me by chance that there was a great sage in his caravan, and I almost missed it with you. But since it's in my hands, let me go. ”

The leader of the caravan. Pointing at Cheng Gongying, he scolded and said, "You thief, you originally wanted to be unfavorable to Uncle Huang."

If I treat you as a guest along the way, I will almost ruin the great affairs of the imperial uncle...... Captain Yu, this matter has nothing to do with me, and I ask you to forgive me. ”

"I know this has nothing to do with you, but when you get back. I also have to explain to the head of your family, otherwise Uncle Huang will ask, but I am afraid that the head of your family will not know very well. ”

"This, I understand!"

The two young men stepped forward and set up Cheng Gongying.

Cheng Gongying was about to shout, but as soon as his mouth opened, a young man stuffed a rag in his mouth.

Looking at that action, it was obviously very skillful.

Cheng Gongying whined. Still trying to struggle.

Yu Yigen glanced at him, and as soon as he waved his hand, he saw a young man carrying a cloth bag and putting him in it.

"Tonight, nothing happened...... There has never been such a person in your caravan.

What to do, you know better than I do.

I ask you to dispose of these corpses...... Hehe, don't show your feet. ”

The leader of the caravan smiled slightly, "Captain Yu just rest assured." Several corpses were chopped up and thrown on the grassland, and it took less than two days to disappear without a trace. ”

Yu Yigen smiled and nodded, and let Cheng Gongying be carried out of the tent.

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Cheng Gongying was wrapped in a cloth bag, a little groggy.

He was first sent to a barracks at the foot of Yin Mountain, and then forced to change his clothes. He was gagged and blindfolded, and then tied with ropes and thrown on a wagon.

From the beginning to the end, Yu Zhenggen did not appear again, and only a few Hu Cong did this qiē.

Cheng Gongying had the heart to speak, but found that the other party was a group of Huns and didn't understand Chinese at all. Then he was left in the car, only to know that the carriage was galloping, and it was bumped along the way as if it had fallen apart. On the way, he was dragged out of the carriage several times, filled with some water, forced him to eat something, and then closed his mouth, blindfolded and thrown on the carriage, and the carriage continued forward......

Cycle!

At the beginning, Cheng Gongying's consciousness was quite sober.

But with the bumps along the way, his consciousness gradually blurred.

He couldn't even remember how many days the carriage had been walking, and he couldn't figure out which direction it was going.

In short, groggily walked all the way down the carriage, and in the end, the whole person seemed to be stupid, and let the other party fiddle.

I don't know how long it has been, but he only knows that he has been on the road.

At last one day the carriage stopped, and someone got him off the carriage and helped him into a room.

Well, it feels like a room!

The eyes are blindfolded and the mouth is gagged...... Cheng Gongying sat there, his head dizzy for a while.

In the house, it was quiet.

Faintly, I heard some human voices, but I couldn't hear them clearly.

Cheng Gongying tried to calm down, and felt a trace of inexplicable panic in his heart.

If anyone stands in front of him, he will not be afraid, even if he is forced to force him with a knife...... But now, after the bumps of the long journey, it was as if the whole person was going to pass out. Whether it is mental or **, they have been tortured extremely harshly.

He knew that the person who arrested him was Liu Chuang.

However, what will Liu Chuang do with him?

Cheng Gongying originally thought that he would not be afraid...... But at this time, an inexplicable sense of fear rose in his heart......