Chapter 678: Don't Alarm Them Yet
Chapter 678: Don't Alarm Them Yet
Bai Siqi was also very curious about Meng Xifan's question, and asked, "Yes, we can send merchants to the Western Regions, and merchants from the Western Regions can also come to our Great Qin."
Gan Mao sneered, "What are you talking about, even if the merchants of the Western Regions want to come, they will let them come by themselves, why should they follow us?
Or do you think that Li Si's caravan and Feng Quji's caravan are both a group of good people who will bring a group of irrelevant people to Daqin?"
"There's some truth to what you're saying." Meng Xifan said.
"There's some truth to something." Gan Mao retorted, "That makes a lot of sense, okay. For them, are they willing to do such a thankless task?"
Meng Xifan and Bai Siqi nodded slightly, it was indeed not like what the two of them would do.
Bai Siqi said, "So, they are really envoys of various countries?"
"It's very likely." Gan Mao said, "However, even if they are not envoys of various countries, they are also people from the countries of the Western Regions.
If we want to know about the countries of the Western Regions, we need to ask not only the people of the various caravans, but also the people of the Western Regions.
Especially the people of the Western Regions, no one is more familiar with the situation in the Western Regions than they are."
"This is true, it is worth waiting here, but unfortunately, Your Majesty has put me in charge of the navy, otherwise I will send a large army to the Western Regions now, and incorporate the Western Regions into the territory of Great Qin." Bai Siqi said.
"Don't think about it." Gan Mao said, "The future Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Western Regions, but it was useless, and in the end, the countries of the Western Regions broke away from the Han Dynasty.
It's just that in the future, the countries in the Western Regions competed with each other, and finally became several big tribes, and in the end they became one tribe, so Huaxia could finally completely conquer the Western Regions.
Now if you want to conquer the countries of the Western Regions, then you can only let the countries of the Western Regions fight on their own.
But if I want them to fight, I haven't thought of a way for a while."
"You're a Zongheng, what can't you do?" Bai Siqi said with a look of disbelief.
Gan Mao said a little proudly, "Isn't this mainly because I am not familiar with the countries of the Western Regions, who has enmity with whom, who is a friend with whom, and which country is where.
Now, even if I have a million plans, there is nothing I can do."
"Cut." The corners of Meng Xifan's mouth curled, "Say yourself like an emperor."
Gan Mao said, "I don't dare to compare with the emperor, but it is more than enough to deal with that group of people from the Western Regions.
However, it is still not possible to conquer the other side by force. We also want to conquer each other with culture and economy."
Meng Xifan said, "You're quite right, so I'm going to talk to the other party about Confucianism.
It won't be long before all the countries in the Western Regions will be filled with Confucianism, and not only that, but I will also make simplified Chinese and Mandarin popular in the Western Regions, and the Western Regions will be a part of my Great Qin in the future."
"Ambitious." Gan Mao said. "I just don't know if Li Si will use business to control them."
"Don't worry about this, he will definitely do it, and he can't stop it, after this trip to the Western Regions, all families have already received huge benefits, who will give up this piece of fat.
It won't be long before the merchants of the entire Great Qin will go to Xianyang City, and when the time comes, they will go to the Western Regions, and the final destination will be the Mauryan Dynasty.
Let's not forget that Your Majesty's ultimate goal is to rule the world, and the Western Regions is the first stop, followed by the Mauryan Empire, and then other places." Bai Siqi said.
He is in charge of the navy, and he has not come except for the Western Regions, which is maritime trade.
Now that the Western Regions are dominant, the maritime trade has not completely broken out, and after the outbreak, I am afraid that Great Qin will truly rule the world.
Gan Mao and Meng Xifan nodded one after another, the Western Regions is the first stop, the Peacock Dynasty is the second stop, and this is still a long-term strategy, not to mention decades, or even a hundred years.
But only by opening the road to the Western Regions can they send troops to the Mauryan Empire.
Just when Gan Mao and the three of them were chatting energetically, Feng Quji and Li Si rushed back to Feng's mansion.
under
When the person saw that Feng Quji was back, he immediately stepped forward to greet him.
"I've seen the master."
Feng Qu nodded quickly and asked, "Is there someone from the mansion?"
"Yes." The servant said, "The three heads of the Meng family, the Bai family, and the Gan family have come to visit, and they are waiting for the master in the hall."
When Feng Qu heard this, he sighed and said, "It's still late, let's hurry up, and in the end it's too late."
Li Si on the side said, "Feng Xiang, don't be discouraged, they may not know about the envoys of the Western Regions, we will go to see the three family masters now."
"We must see it, but we should go to the messengers first." Feng Qujian said.
When Li Si heard this, he suddenly realized and said, "Feng Xiang is wise."
Feng Qu laughed for a moment, and then asked, "Where are all the people in the caravan?"
"I live in the western courtyard." The servant replied.
"Okay. Take us there." Feng Qujian said.
"No."
Then the subordinates took Feng to the west courtyard and they went to the west courtyard.
In fact, Lu Feng from the West Courtyard knew about it, but he was worried that he would cause unnecessary trouble if he walked over rashly, but with someone accompanying him, the other party would know his identity and would not arouse any suspicion.
It didn't take long for Feng Quji and Li Si to come to the West Courtyard, and they saw that there were many people and supplies in the West Courtyard, but there were no war horses, and there were two guards guarding them.
When the two guards saw Feng Quji, they immediately saluted: "See master."
Feng nodded quickly and said, "It's still safe."
"Hui Sir is very peaceful, just asking us for some water and food, and nothing else." A subordinate replied.
"Well, these people from the Western Regions are pretty well-behaved." Feng Quji said with great satisfaction.
Li Si on the side said, "Feng Xiang, let the kitchen prepare some wine and food to send here, but don't alarm the three family masters, otherwise you won't be able to hide it here."
Feng Qu shook his head and said, "Yes, guests from afar, how can you entertain guests with coarse tea and light rice, and immediately let the kitchen make some delicious dishes and move them to the west courtyard. Don't let the three heads of the house know."
"No." The next person immediately went to arrange it.
Subsequently, Feng Quji and Li Si walked into the West Courtyard, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the West Courtyard.
"Sir."
A figure walked out of the crowd and came to Feng Quji.
Feng Quji said, "You have done a good job of telling the envoys of various countries that I have been ordered by His Majesty the First Emperor to entertain them, and at the same time, you have told everyone my identity and official position."
"No."
This person is Sun Ke's deputy and Sun Ke's younger brother, Sun Bai.
After Sun Bai got the order, he immediately summoned all the envoys, and there were only seven of them, all of whom were Wusun, Anxi, Dawan, Yueshi and other countries.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is my master, the right prime minister of Great Qin."