The nonsense between Shao Xi and Lao Wu has indeed alleviated everyone's depressed mood along the way, and it has also more or less alleviated the pain in Alia's heart caused by Sun Poyun's death.

Since Aliya promised Shao Xi and Lao Wu that she would take in Lu Yunxiang, she has taken this child with her along the way, which can be regarded as promoting the relationship in advance!

Now that they are in the territory of Wuhai Country, the group arrived at Wuhai City without wind or danger.

This is the capital of Wuhai Country, and it is also the largest city in Wuhai Country, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a "city", because since entering Wuhai City, there are markets everywhere, and a prosperous scene can be seen everywhere.

Just because Wuhai Kingdom is the strongest and most extensive kingdom among the states in the Western Regions, no matter where the merchants come from, they will regard Wuhai Kingdom as the largest trading place.

Wuhai City, the capital of Wuhai Kingdom, has become the largest commodity distribution center in the Western Regions, and almost all trade is carried out here.

Countries transport goods here for trade, and then ship the goods back to their countries.

Every time Taihe Commercial Bank came to the Western Regions for business transactions, it also came to Wuhai City to exchange the goods of the Central Plains for the special commodities of the Western Regions, and then transported them back to the Central Plains for sale, so as to make profits.

Most of the places in the Western Regions are barren and desolate, and the demand for silk, tea, bamboo and wood products, and even some inconspicuous small things in the Central Plains is extremely considerable.

Most of the forms of trade were barter, or at least gold, silver and jade, which were extremely scarce and precious in the Central Plains.

Therefore, through this kind of back-and-forth scalping, every trip to the caravan will make a very considerable profit.

Interests come with risks, and for the sake of this considerable profit, many caravans have disappeared forever in the desert of the Western Regions over the years, either because of the harsh living environment in this desert, or because of those horse bandits and robbers who want to do business without capital.

But no matter what, this lucrative lure of profits still makes many people choose to take risks, especially a big commercial house like Taihe Commercial Bank, which is famous in the Central Plains, how can such a profitable business not be done?

Similarly, there are many merchants in the Western Regions who are doing this kind of business, and Wuriyati, who was originally captured by Shao Xi's design, entered Daliang City in the Central Plains in the name of doing business.

There is trade between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, but at the same time, in the name of trade, they are also sending each other to work and spy on each other, in addition to collecting each other's intelligence, they are also infiltrating each other.

This kind of work as a spy and an agent has existed since ancient times, but in different forms.

The reason why Shao Xi came to the Western Regions this time and did not disclose his identity in the Jingyuan Dynasty was that he was afraid that this identity would affect his free activities in the Western Regions, after all, his identity would attract the attention of the countries in the Western Regions.

A four-grade official of the Jingyuan Dynasty inexplicably appeared in the states of the Western Regions, and once it was known, he would not believe it if he had no ideas.

In order to avoid these troubles, Shao Xi has kept a low profile since he reached the Jade Dragon Pass, and only socializes with everyone as an ordinary person.

Although he has now saved Princess Alia, if his identity is known, it will inevitably be reminiscent of whether he had any other purpose in saving the princess?

In this regard, Alia has always maintained a tacit understanding with Shao Xi, and has never publicly mentioned his identity, and she also knows that this will cause unnecessary trouble to Shao Xi.

However, after meeting King McGide in the royal palace tomorrow, whether openly or secretly, Shao Xi's identity can no longer be hidden from McGeed.

After the whole team entered Wuhai City, due to the particularity of Princess Alia's identity, the cavalry escorted Alia directly back to the palace of Wuhai Kingdom, while Shao Xi and the caravan were arranged in the post house with the best local conditions.

Ordinary merchants can't stay here, and only the merchant groups of various countries that have direct trade relations with the royal family of Wuhai Kingdom are eligible to stay, and the caravans of Shao Xi and Taihe Commercial House can live in it entirely because of Alia's relationship.

At parting, Alia told Shao Xi that she would summon them to the palace tomorrow to meet her Atta, King Maged, and let them wait for news in the inn.

As for Lu Yunxiang, it was up to Alia to bring him back to the palace first, and then make specific arrangements for the rest of the matter.

Shao Xi has no opinion on this, since he has arrived at someone's place, he is naturally a guest.

Originally, he just planned to go to Loulan Kingdom to find Guan Yucheng's bones, but now that he was in this Wuhai Kingdom, it seemed that he had some things to do, and Shao Xi really wanted to meet the old king of Na Mejid.

When I came to the Western Regions this time, I found that the states in the Western Regions were not at peace with each other, and the Jingyuan Dynasty in the Central Plains did not seem to be as harmonious as I imagined.

If this opportunity can be taken to allow the Jingyuan Dynasty to establish some kind of reliable relationship with the largest kingdom in the Western Regions, Wuhai Kingdom, it may be helpful for the Jingyuan Dynasty to expand its power in the Western Regions in the future.

As for what should be done, Shao Xi still needs to think about it again.

However, the first time he saw McJid, the first thing Shao Xi had to do was to ask him for some benefits for the caravan, this trip to the caravan of Taihe Trading House did have a lot of losses, since it was because of Princess Arria, then this loss naturally had to be compensated by King Maged.

The other is Sun Poyun's remuneration, whether you are a king or an ordinary wealthy businessman, the remuneration that should be paid must not be lost because of Sun Poyun's death.

As soon as Shao Xi and the caravan settled down, Sun Lichang came to greet Shao Xi.

Now that the caravan had arrived in Wuhai City, he had to go and meet with his previous partners and trade the goods he had brought with them, after all, the main purpose of the caravan was to do business.

As for the return of King Mageder, although important, it was not the main purpose of the caravan.

Shao Xi also understood this very well, but only instructed Sun Lichang to go to the palace with him early tomorrow morning, and Sun Lichang could go to his own business at other times.

The conditions of this inn they stayed in were the best in Wuhai City, the room was neat and clean, very Western style, and the most happy thing for Lao Wu was that there were still good wines to sell here.

For Lao Wu, who is an alcoholic, this is much more important than whether he is comfortable or uncomfortable!

When Shao Xi was sitting in the room pondering how to deal with the relationship between the Jingyuan Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions, and how to use the contradictions between the Wuhai Kingdom and the White Night Kingdom to win over the Wuhai Kingdom, he saw Lao Wu returning to the room with two big jars.

Without waiting for Shao Xi to ask what it was, he took two glasses and put them on the table, poured two glasses of mellow and delicious wine, and urged Shao Xi to taste it.

Although Shao Xi had long heard that the wine of the Western Regions had a unique flavor and was sweet and intoxicating, he had also crossed over from the world of the 21st century, and this kind of thing had long been strange in his eyes, so he did not show too much surprise.

It was Lao Wu's face that was excited, and while tasting it in small sips, he closed his eyes and shook his head to savor the wonderful feeling of the sweet aroma of the wine flowing in his mouth.

It's no wonder that Lao Wu is so intoxicated, you must know that in the Central Plains, the grape wine in the Western Regions is a scarce thing, only the royal family and nobles, and the wealthy businessmen can afford to enjoy it, where can ordinary people afford to drink such expensive wine?

Shao Xi picked up the cup and took a sip, and couldn't help frowning.

Sour!

Although I have to admit that the wines of the Western Regions are indeed sweet and mellow, and the wines made by this traditional winemaking process are more fresh and natural in taste than those wines made through modern cultivation techniques and winemaking techniques.

But because of this, traditional home-grown wines have a certain acidity on the palate due to differences in fermentation temperature, time and grape varieties.

The two jars of wine that Lao Wu brought back were obviously home-brewed, so the sourness was relatively strong.

Shao Xi couldn't help frowning, it was delicious, but with such a heavy sourness, Shao Xi was still a little unacceptable.

Lao Wu didn't care, he drank one cup on the left and one on the right, and Shao Xi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Old fellow, you have to stop this thing in moderation, this kind of wine has a lot of stamina, and when you drink it, you feel sweet and delicious, but if you drink too much, it will be very uncomfortable to get drunk, and this wine is too sour, so you shouldn't drink more."

Lao Wu looked at Shao Xi with a surprised expression.

Shao Xi has been by his side since he was a child, he never knew that Shao Xi would know so much about the wine of the Western Regions, and he was a little puzzled for a while.

"Stinky boy, how do you know so much about this thing? You have been raised by me since I was a child, not to mention that I have drunk this thing, but I have never even seen you, how do you know that it has great stamina? And how do you know if this wine is too sour? When did you secretly drink behind my back? ”

Shao Xi glanced at Lao Wu, the old guy's tone was obviously complaining, as if he had secretly drunk it and didn't tell him.

"You read books for so many years? I know that of course this is from the book, and this thing has a unique taste, so you don't feel the smell of alcohol when you drink it, and you will get drunk before you know it, so it's better to drink less.

"And it's too sour! Tomorrow you go to the palace with me, and the old king must have the best wine, for if you get drunk now, you won't be able to drink it to-morrow!" ”

As soon as Lao Wu heard this, he hurriedly put the remaining jar of wine on the wall, he was reluctant to give up the opportunity to enter the palace tomorrow to taste the fine wine, and he was quite persuasive in this matter.

While drinking wine, the old and the young talked about the treasures of Wuhai Country.

"Young Master, what are you going to do about this treasure of Wuhai Country? Now we have this treasure map, but we can't tell it anyway.

"At the beginning, my junior brother Wei Ping stole this treasure map from the palace of his Wuhai Kingdom, and now if we let the old king know that this thing is in our hands, let alone a treasure, it will not be able to protect my head."

Shao Xi took out the treasure map of the Wuhai Kingdom from his bag and spread it on the table, and looked at it carefully.

"From Alia's words before, we learned that the royal family of Wuhai Kingdom once had the idea of looking for this treasure, but it was only because of the ancestors' teachings that they did not look for it.

"But that doesn't mean that no one has secretly looked for it, and since the location of the treasure has been marked on this treasure map, why hasn't it been found for so many years?"

Lao Wu twisted the beard on his chin and stared at the mark on the treasure map, as if the fortune was in front of his eyes.

But Shao Xi's question also made him worried.

Shao Xi is right, even if the royal family of Wuhai Kingdom has not looked for this treasure, there should be more than one or two people who have seen the treasure map over the years, and there must have been someone who secretly went to find it.

If the location of the treasure marked on the treasure map is so clear, why hasn't anyone actually found the treasure for so many years? Could it be that this treasure map is fake? Or is there something else?

It is not surprising that such a large royal treasure is not easy to find.

learned from Aliya that the treasure map that Wei Ping stole from the royal family of Wuhai Country should be the one Aliya said, so this treasure map should be true.

Since the treasure map is not fake, and the location of the treasure marked on the treasure map should not be fake, no one has found it for so many years, there must be some mystery in it that has not yet been solved.

Generally, the person who hides the treasure will leave some clues that are true and false, false and real, if these clues cannot be completely solved, then even if there is a treasure map in his hand, he still can't find the exact location of the treasure.

When Lao Wu said this idea, Shao Xi also felt that what Lao Wu said made sense, but now there is only such a treasure map in his hand, and it is also the only clue.

Where can I look for other clues? You can't take this picture and ask people all over the world, right? Wouldn't that tell everyone that they have this treasure map in their hands?

Thinking of this, Shao Xi suddenly had an idea, it's not that he can't ask someone, but he can't hold this treasure map and ask people everywhere.

So he took out a piece of cloud yarn as thin as a cicada's wings from his satchel and spread it on the treasure map, and then took pen and ink on the cloud yarn and completely traced the entire treasure map according to the pattern revealed by the treasure map.

On that cloud veil, the original treasure map marked the location of the treasure location, Shao Xi just lightly clicked a black dot, which looked very inconspicuous, like a part of the entire map.

After tracing the treasure map, Shao Xi put away the original map and looked at the treasure map of the cloud yarn for a while.

"Old Wu, this treasure hunt will definitely not work with only the two of us, we need a guide who is very familiar with the terrain of Wuhai Country, but we can't let him know what we are going to do."

Lao Wu looked at the copied map in Shao Xi's hand, and probably understood what he meant.

"This matter must not be known to the royal family of Wuhai Kingdom, although the old king promised that as long as he found the 'Tears of the Desert Goddess', the rest of the treasures would belong to the discoverer, but there are two skins on the mouth, who knows what he thinks in his heart? Therefore, you can't count on them about the guides, so you might as well ask Shopkeeper Sun about this. ”

Shao Xi was reminded by Lao Wu like this, and then remembered that Shopkeeper Sun had many business partners in the Western Regions.

If you ask for a guide through Shopkeeper Sun, it shouldn't be a difficult task, and the people that Shopkeeper Sun can trust should be more reliable.

"Old fellow, what you said has a point, but this matter will be discussed with Shopkeeper Sun after returning from the palace tomorrow, and this matter cannot be mentioned to anyone until then."