The envoy group only stayed in Dunhuang County for one day, and the next day the huge envoy group had already set off directly, and behind the envoy group were the merchants of the entire Tang Dynasty.

And some businessmen are inside the car...... Even the money order that was carried directly was brought over.

Because they had already sent the prepared gold in advance to different Han central money banks such as Dunhuang County and Suoyang City.

For these merchants, they have not thought about the question of whether these banknotes can be used at all, the first is because there were food stamps in the past, they have already tried it, they have used food stamps as currency before, and now the new banknotes are nothing more than a change of name, there is no difference.

The second is that they don't have a choice, and if they want to make a profit, then they only have that choice.

So they didn't have a choice, Dahan's cloth was too competitive, and all the cloth shops in the entire Datang were almost not competitive, and the next thing was not only cloth, but also glass, and all kinds of other magical things.

These alone could make countless profits from being transported to the Tang Dynasty, and they didn't even have to go to the Western Regions further west.

When they set off, preparations had already begun on the side of Yumen Pass, and the first thing was to start arranging the embassy where the envoys lived.

There are some differences between such embassies and later generations, first of all, for the sake of secrecy, considering that various countries will inevitably establish diplomatic relations in the future, so the embassy area has also been built separately.

However, at present, there is only one completed embassy area, which is a separate courtyard, surrounded by a wall, and there are four buildings in total, the highest of which is a six-story building, and the next three buildings are a total of four floors.

If you simply live here, you can probably live four or five hundred people, although the envoy group of the Tang Dynasty is very large, but it is impossible to have so many people, the reason why it is huge is because there are quite a lot of people in the envoy group are soldiers who transport goods and protect the envoy.

And when the soldiers responsible for protecting the legation pass through the border between the two sides, the security work will be taken care of by the soldiers of the big Han, and they will only leave a small number of soldiers.

On the whole, there are probably more than 200 people in the entire envoy group who will enter the Yumen Pass.

When he got on the road immediately, Wei Zheng looked at the extremely flat road under his feet, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Brother Shilian, I don't know if this thing is sold by their big man?" If this road can be used to build the official road of our Datang, just the transportation of goods from all over the country can save a lot of costs. ”

"That's right, but whether this thing is sold or not, it is estimated that it depends on how much the Han can make, according to the information we have got, the entire Han is engaged in construction, and the city wall of Yumen Pass alone is said to be more majestic than the city wall of Chang'an City." Gao Shilian shook his head.

"Isn't there anything we can do to make this thing?" Wei Zheng was a little curious.

"Datang must have the raw materials for these things, but we don't have the manufacturing process at present, and if you want to get it out, I'm afraid it's difficult." Gao Shilian thought for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"If we have this thing, we can build a city out of thin air on the steppe, as long as we have a city, it will not be difficult to rule those Turks." Wei Zheng thought for a while and said.

"This, Xuancheng, I don't agree with you." Gao Shilian thought for a while and said.

"Oh?" Wei Zheng was a little curious.

"Actually, this has something to do with Huo Gang, when I talked to Huo Gang before, Huo Gang said, in fact, whether you can rule the Turks, to be precise, whether you can rule the nomads on the steppe, in fact, it has nothing to do with whether there are cities or not, to be precise, whether there are enough interests on the grassland." Gao Shilian thought for a while and said.

"He gave us an idea, although this idea is useless at the moment, but according to him, if the big Han does not appear, this method can actually perfectly solve all the threats of the steppe nomads." Gao Shilian said with a smile.

"Oh? Then I'd like to hear it. Wei Zheng immediately said curiously.

"This strategy is called sheep eating people, to be precise, it is to use the woolen sweater that their big man is currently making to implement the whole strategy." Gao Shilian said.

"Sheep eat people?" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"It is to buy wool on a large scale with the Turks at a relatively reasonable price, and sell a certain amount of grain, salt, cloth and other living materials that the Turks lack when purchasing wool."

"Xuan Cheng, what do you think the Turks would do in such a situation?" Gao Shilian asked with a smile.

"What will you do?" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he pondered carefully, and after a long time, Wei Zheng spoke: "On the surface, this is increasing the strength of the Turks, but if we station enough troops on the border, the Turks will not have much chance to continue burning, killing and looting. ”

"But what's the matter with this sheep eating people?" Wei Zheng didn't quite understand.

It can't be said that Wei Zheng is not smart, it should be said that the people of this era are limited by limitations, and they don't understand these very well.

"At that time, I also asked so, Huo Gang told me that the Turks do not like to burn, kill and loot, but most of the Turkic herdsmen are actually not enough to eat every year, and even poorer than our people in the Central Plains, if they can eat enough, then the Turks will not burn and loot, because burning, killing and looting will also kill people."

"That's why every time the Turks go out, it's in late summer and early autumn, and even late autumn."

"If you can get enough materials for their lives just by selling wool, what do you think will be the choice of ordinary Turkic people or Turkic nobles?" Gao Shilian asked with a smile.

"That's of course increasing the number of sheep raised." Wei Zheng immediately spoke.

"Well, that's right, according to Huo Gang, if we buy cashmere at a higher price, cashmere is a kind of goat wool, and the cashmere sweater made of cashmere is comparable to the highest-end silk of our Datang Dynasty according to Huo Gang."

"If we buy these cashmeres at a higher price, then the Turks will inevitably breed goats on a large scale. However, goats are different from sheep, goats like to eat grass roots when they eat grass, that is, if goats are raised on a large scale, the damage to the grassland of the entire grassland is very serious. ”

"If the goats are expanded on a large scale and without limits, the entire grassland of the steppe will become a desert in a dozen years, and the entire Turkic people will be wiped out at that time."

"And in this process, if we can defend ourselves, we increase the purchase of cashmere, as the pastures become barren, in order to pursue better pastures, huge profits will make the Turkic tribes continue to conquer each other, and in the end there is only one result waiting for them." Gao Shilian said with a smile, Speaking of which, needless to say, the rest of the results are already understandable.

Hearing this, Wei Zheng couldn't help but gasp, such a strategy...... It can be said that it is very poisonous, and what is even more terrifying is that this is pure impotence, or rather...... The Turks can't see the conspiracy at all!

No wonder sheep eat people!

According to his calculations, the Turks not only had barren pastures, but also continued to fight with each other in the end, and the Tang Dynasty did not need anything, only to buy cashmere and wool, and did not even need to send troops.

This is the real soldier who surrenders without a fight, the highest level of the art of war! From the beginning to the end, Datang not only got enough profits for itself, but also sold some less important things to the other party, and most importantly, these things must be sold to the other party with enough profits.

"Sure enough, there is no vanity under the fame." After a long time, Wei Zhengcai said with emotion.

"Actually, Xuan Cheng, when you see him, you know that he is more wise and martial than you imagined, although I don't want to say that, but if you give him a chance, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us Datang to stop his footsteps, if it weren't for the fact that we are from the same source as him, he doesn't want to attack Dahan, it is estimated that we are already in a state of anxiety now." Gao Shilian smiled and spoke.

Wei Zheng nodded silently and did not continue to speak, the reason why he came here was because of Du Ruhui's words, and secondly, he really wanted to see why Huo Gang was able to make Li Shimin make up his mind.

The scenery in front of them was constantly changing, and when a figure finally appeared on the road ahead, the general who was in charge of guarding them communicated with the other party, and then rode directly to the front of the carriage and reported: "Qi Qi two princes, the Han in front has sent their cavalry to meet the envoy group, and our guards can't continue to advance." ”

"Well, General Wang has worked hard all the way, and I ask General Wang to lead the team back." Gao Shilian and Wei Zheng arched their hands at each other, and Gao Shilian said directly.

"Yes, the last will obey." The general surnamed Wang directly bowed his hand to the two, and then began to prepare to lead the army away.

Ahead, two columns of cavalry had already come directly towards them with brisk steps.

"Ma Lin, the commander of the 7th Regiment of the 1st Division of the Han Vermilion Bird Army, was ordered to come to greet the Tang envoys, and he was in armor and could not salute, so please forgive me." The general, who was sitting on horseback, walked to the front of the carriage and saluted directly at Wei and Gao.

"General Ma is polite, then our safety will be troubled by General Ma." Gao Shilian smiled and said, and after finishing speaking, Gao Shilian said directly: "Hu Zhen." ”

"The prince of the kingdom, please command."

"All the arrangements of the envoys will be under General Ma's dispatch."

"Yes!"

Ma Lin didn't talk nonsense, he directly arched his hand at Hu Zhen, and then quickly commanded his cavalry to take over the escort of the envoy group.