Jiang Feng's assassination caused a great sensation in Chang'an City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When a foreign vassal came to the court, he was actually assassinated outside the palace of the king of Qi, and this blatant assassination was undoubtedly a great contempt and insult to the imperial court.

Even though the Li Tang Dynasty has been declining day by day, in this pass, in this Chang'an City, its status and majesty are still unprovoked, especially in addition to the Li family and the nine wealthy families, they are still unceremoniously slapped in the face.

When this kind of news spreads, what kind of stimulus will it be to the foreign vassals who intend to come to Beijing in the future.

It is difficult to predict how much the confidence of the foreign vassals will change in the Li Tang Dynasty.

On the Hu bed, two old men in Hu clothes sat cross-legged opposite each other.

"Nashin, how's it going?"

"The city is still very nervous, the court is furious, and attaches great importance to the assassination of visitors from Huzhou, although the city gate is not blocked now, but the entry and exit of the city gate must be strictly inspected, it seems that the court still attaches great importance to this Jiang Feng. The bearded man, who was slightly thinner, stroked his chin, "There are also many rumors in the teahouse restaurant, some say that it is an assassin from Nanyang and Caizhou, some say that it is sent by Da Liang, and it is even said that it is sent by His Royal Highness to deliberately assassinate ,...... outside the gate of King Qi's mansion."

"Your Highness?!" the broad-faced man was a little surprised, "What about the evidence, what about the reason?"

"There is definitely no evidence, is there a reason, it is said that this Jiang Feng and Princess Jin and the Wei Chi family are good, the Second Highness and Princess Jin are the same mother, the court intends to win over this person in exchange for control of Gwangju, it is rumored that His Royal Highness has been helping this person to seek the position of Guanghun Shou Observation Envoy from the imperial court, so ......" Na Xin spread his hands, "His Royal Highness has always had a close relationship with Nanyang, and he hates anyone who has anything to do with Daliang, which is also the reason why everyone is a little suspicious of His Highness." ”

"Guanghun Shou Observer, is it true that Ju Hui said that Shouzhou may be controlled by Jiang Feng?" ”

"Karim, not necessarily, Shouzhou is still semi-independent, and the relationship with the Huainan Yang clan is irreversible, I'm afraid that the surnamed Jiang may not have the strength and courage to take Shouzhou, right? ”

Of course, the bearded man knew that his brother had always had the desire to do business in the land of Wu Yue.

The land of Wuyue has always been rich, especially the production of silk, tea, and porcelain is most popular in the northwest, and the land of Wuyue also has a large demand for horses and leather from the northwest, so these trade areas with great mutual demand are the most suitable for caravans.

It's just that the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, Chang'an and Wuyue are separated by many feudal forces, and a batch of goods will be transported from Chang'an to Jiangdu, Yangzhou or Hangzhou, I don't know how much risk there is along the way, and all kinds of harsh taxes along the way will only make the price of goods not know what to climb.

When his sister was still alive, the two of them had explored this trade route, but eventually gave up.

From Chang'an to Nanyang, and then from Nanyang through Shen and Guangzhou, into Shouzhou, whether it is along the Huai down to Chuzhou, and then from the canal to Yangzhou, or directly from Shouzhou through Luzhou from the river east to Yangzhou, it is necessary to pass through the territory of six or seven feudal lords.

It was too dangerous to pass a tax and pass too many unsafe areas, and face the danger of robbery by bandits, so I had to give up in the end.

But now the situation has changed a little compared with more than 10 years ago, the situation in Guanzhong is not very good, and the competition between Hu merchants in Chang'an City has also entered a white-hot state, and the Sogdian merchants who believe in Buddhism and the big food merchants who believe in Islam are more and more favored by the nobles of the court and China, while these Persian merchants who believe in Zoroastrianism are subject to various suppressions.

Now the Great Food Merchants have great influence in the coastal areas of Guangzhou and Yangzhou, while the Persian Hu Merchants have lost their right to rule Guangzhou after the Huangchao Rebellion, Chang'an, Luoyang and even Bianliang are the Sogdian base areas, and the Khitan Hu Merchants have also begun to move south to Heshuo, the power of the Persian Hu Merchants has shrunk quite sharply, as the leaders of the Persian Hu Merchants, the two brothers Karim and Nasin have to think more about the future of the entire ethnic group.

"No, Na Sin, if Shouzhou is going to be given to the surname Jiang, then we need to think about it seriously. The wide-faced, deep-eyed man shook his head and said solemnly.

"Oh?" Nashin was taken aback, he didn't expect his brother to change his mind so quickly, his brother had always been cautious and unwilling to show his attitude easily, why was the gain and loss of Shouzhou so great?"

"Nassin, do you know the tea set in my house?" Karim asked.

"You know, the eldest brother is the favorite, the yellow is red, it seems to be a famous weapon from the Yuezhou kiln?"

Na Xin is not too interested in tea tasting, unlike his brother's life has already been immersed in tea, he must drink tea every day, and if he doesn't drink it for a day, he will be restless, even if he goes out, he has to find a way to drink a pot, so in the past few years, the eldest brother is not very willing to go out, and prefers to stay in Chang'an City.

"No, it's not from the Yuezhou kiln, but the red glaze from the Shouzhou kiln, I dare to say that there is no one in the entire Chang'an City, only this one. Speaking of tea sets, the wide-faced and deep-eyed man couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows, "I bought this set of tea sets in Guazhou, and it cost me one hundred gold, and then someone came to the door, willing to pay one hundred and fifty gold to I wanted, but I refused, last year, the Ministry of Industry Shangguan Lang came to me, I treated guests with this, he said after many diagnoses that this is not produced in Yuezhou kiln, but from Shouzhou kiln in Shouzhou, it is a red glazed porcelain made of black glazed porcelain through the kiln, which is extremely rare,......

Seeing his brother talking about tea sets, Na Xin was also a little depressed, could it be that he had to change his attitude just because of a set of tea sets? Even if Shouzhou used to produce porcelain, it should have been dilapidated and dilapidated now.

Over the years, he also has a general understanding of porcelain, in addition to the celadon on the side of Wu Yue, the white porcelain in the Heshuo area has long been dilapidated and depressed in the war, but the famous kiln on the side of Tanyue continues, the output has increased greatly, and now to do porcelain business, either go to Yuedi, or go to Tanyue.

Seeing the change in his brother's facial expression, the wide-faced and deep-eyed man also realized that he had gone off topic, and quickly turned back to the topic: "Na Xin, Shouzhou has indeed not produced any famous kilns over the years, but Shangguan Shilang also mentioned that the scale of Shouzhou kilns was also quite large a few decades ago, and the green glaze, yellow glaze, The black glaze is famous all over the world, but after being swept away by the Huangchao Rebellion, the Shouzhou kiln has declined, but the kiln soil is still there, and Shouzhou is the most important commercial port in the upper reaches of the Huaishui, if this Jiang Erlang can control Shouzhou, restore the Shouzhou kiln, and open up the Shouchun commercial port at the same time, what kind of opportunity is this?"

Nashin shook his head again and again, obviously not agreeing with his brother's point of view, "Big brother, this is your wishful thinking, thinking that since the Shouzhou kiln is so famous, and the Huangchao Rebellion has passed forty or fifty years, why has it not been able to recover for a long time? Also, how important Shouchun is, Huaibei and Huainan have always coveted it, it is because everyone has thrown into the rat trap to maintain this semi-independent situation, and even the ant thieves have failed to defeat Shouchun, how can Jiang Erlang He De be able to take over Shouzhou? The eldest brother doesn't think that the imperial court has been edicting to let Shouchun fall into the hands of Jiang Erlang, right? ”

Karim also knew that what his brother said was not unreasonable, but he understood another truth, if everything could be calculated and there was no risk, where could it be his turn to be the group? I'm afraid that the Sogdians and the big cannibals have already pounced, and now at least I still have the line of Ju Hui as a guide, so I can take the first step, as for whether Shouzhou can fall into the hands of Jiang Erlang in the future, and whether Jiang Erlang can restore the style of Shouchun commercial port as he wishes, and let Shouzhou kiln regain its glory, then we can only take one step at a time, but if you want to wait until he has already taken Shouzhou before contacting him, I'm afraid it will not be so simple.

Karim never thought that a woman could make a rising feudal lord like Jiang Feng change his decision, and if he wanted to gain his approval, then he could only tie his interests to him, which was the most reliable.

"Nassin, I understand what you said, but you should see the current situation of our Persian merchants, those great cannibals are now relying on the maritime trade routes in Yang and Guangzhou, constantly encroaching on our markets in the Central Plains, and the Sogdians are now even more rampant, and the entire Central Plains and the Northwest are almost without a place for us to settle down, can we just watch them crush us? You and I may be able to live this life with our savings, but what about our children? If we have no business, what use will we be able to use to the nobles of the DPRK and China? I'm afraid that it will be difficult to seek stability? Will we also be reduced to the likes of getting up early and selling Hu cakes in the east market?"

The elder brother's words hit Nashin's biggest worry at once, he and his brother are a group of children, and they have placed a huge property in Chang'an City, but at this point, there are tens of thousands of merchants in Chang'an City, even Persian merchants are also thousands of households, if a leading figure like himself is useless to the nobles in the court, I am afraid that it will immediately attract countless vicious wolves to covet, and find the opportunity to tear himself to pieces.

It is inevitable that there will be entanglements of interests in this business field, and the big food merchants and Sogdian merchants are just as eager to devour the Persian merchants as they are, just as they are also eager to squeeze them out of Chang'an City? How can it be so simple to be a carefree farmer? Not to mention that there are thousands of merchants of the same clan behind their own brothers, who also have to rely on the support of their own brothers.

Seeing his brother's sudden change of color, Karim also knew that he had said the other party's inner concern, if not, why would he take such a risk? (To be continued.) )