Wang Zhuo left Dunhuang all the way with goods and wine, but their team did not become smaller, and even expanded a lot.

There are a lot of camels in the convoy, these camels are better than horses, they have a high load, they are disciplined, they are suitable for the environment, and only a few people can carry a dozen camels.

These camels are the treasures that Wang Zhuo obtained from Dunhuang, most of which are beautiful jade and precious stones, and some are exquisite gold ornaments.

"Childe, this Western Regions is really a treasure land!" One of the people in the team came up and said with a smile.

"Of course, you see these beautiful jade, gems, where have you seen them in the Central Plains? There are so many of them. The other said with a smile.

Wang Zhuo held the gem, this ruby has a uniform color, crystal clear, there is no flaw in it, it is the size of a bird's egg, and it is priceless when it is taken to the Central Plains, but here, there are several bigger than it.

If you can bring these things back and sell them, you can get a wealth that is hard to reach. Wang Zhuo knew very well that those nobles had a fetish, and once these jewels appeared, they would definitely be sought after.

Maybe discuss it with Your Majesty and use these gems to go back and harvest a wave. After all, although these gems are good, they can't stop hunger, and they can't kill enemies, so it's good to collect and fight for wealth for those nobles.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhuo smiled slightly, threw the gem into his pocket, and he was ready to take the time to write back and tell His Majesty about these things.

Camel bells rang softly, drifting in the wind and sand, and the caravan slowly moved along the dunes.

"The Western Regions is not only a lot of gems, jade and wine, but those little ladies are better!" Wang Zhuo chuckled.

"That's what Childe said!" The people around shouted and burst into laughter.

"Childe, just by virtue of this, this land in the Western Regions is our big job!"

"Yes!" Everyone said.

The royal family of Daqian has always been divided into Taicang and Shaofu, Taicang is the national tax revenue, used to maintain the operation of the country, the distribution of court officials, various engineering construction, the army to fight and food and salary are all paid by Taicang.

The Shaofu is used to maintain the life of the royal family, as well as the school palace and Yulinwei.

Among them, Yu Linwei occupies the lion's share, and the royal family uses Shaofu to raise the army, which means that Yu Linwei is the private army of the royal family, and only the emperor can mobilize and command.

The rattan armor soldiers and garrison soldiers from all over the country are the national army, and they need to be raised in Taicang. Of course, the emperor's orders were also required to be transferred, but these transfers were made through the imperial court.

Yu Linwei now has more than 30,000 people, and Yu Linwei's strength is so strong, on the one hand, it is maintained by the royal family, equipment and various trainings, and on the other hand, it is money.

Whether it is to train or maintain combat effectiveness, it takes a lot of money, and all kinds of benefits of these soldiers need to cost money.

On the one hand, the Daqian royal family can afford to raise these Yulinwei, on the one hand, because the Daqian is vast, the taxes are sufficient, the money and grain distributed to the Shaofu are also more, and the royal family is thrifty, and all kinds of enjoyment and extravagant life expenses are cut and used on the public office, and there is also the royal caravan.

In these years, it was difficult to do business, and each place had its own small abacus, that is, the backstage of the royal caravan was hard enough, so that it could go unimpeded. After all, if someone dares to touch the royal family's money bag, the secret guard will come to the door the next day.

But even so, the royal family's money is still tight. There are more and more places to spend money, but the wealth gains are not enough, and it is not an ordinary difficulty to maintain such a large scene.

Now that the Western Regions are so rich, if you open a caravan that specializes in the Western Regions, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money.

The caravan departed from Dunhuang, and then came all the way to Loulan, Cheshi, and Qiuzi. The entire Western Regions is divided into north and south sections by the Tianshan Mountains, and the environment of the Western Regions has become extremely complex.

The purpose of Wang Zhuo's trip was to travel through the Western Regions, collect intelligence, and open the way for the army. Therefore, Wang Zhuo would carve stones on mountain peaks or boulders whenever he went.

Wang Zhuo would record the place name, direction, and time, and engrave it on the rock wall, which was used as a street sign, and also provided sufficient evidence for future 'since ancient times'.

The Western Regions are thousands of miles away, and there are many small countries, the big ones have a population of more than 100,000, and the small ones are only a few thousand, and even to the west of the Green Mountains, there is a population of hundreds of thousands of Wusun Kingdom.

The Xiongnu had a great influence here, and those countries in the Western Regions were afraid of the Huns, and often attacked them, or refused to sell food and water, and refused to enter the city.

In the face of these satisfactions who were unwilling to accept Wang Hua and unwilling to contact the Zhuxia civilization, Wang Zhuo immediately replied with a lesson. One of them was the Cheshi Kingdom, which thought it was very strong, and occupied the main road, and had a good relationship with the Xiongnu.

and attacked the envoys, and blocked the way with their troops. Seeing this situation, Wang Zhuo immediately led two hundred Lin Wei to raid. The Great Breaker of the First World War. beheaded five hundred, and the lord of the Cheshi country fled in embarrassment.

There were only 4,000 soldiers in total, and 500 were killed in the first battle, so they were so frightened that they didn't dare to fight again, so they hurriedly sent people to sue for peace.

Wang Zhuo didn't press on, but he only had 400 people under him, even if he defeated Cheshiguo, he couldn't control it at all, and in the end he could only let the Huns pick up the cheap, so he accepted it when he saw it, and taught Cheshiguo a lesson.

Let these people know how powerful Daqian is and dare to cooperate with the Huns, they must consider whether they can resist Daqian's thunderous anger!

Cheshi is also a big country in the Western Regions, and it is located on the main transportation route, after the Cheshi country is soft, Wang Zhuo and others will be more smooth in the Western Regions.

The countries of the Western Regions are also afraid of power, and it can be said that the rules of survival here are different from those of the Central Plains, and they are more coarse.

After collecting a lot of information, Wang Zhuo wrote a letter about the situation in the Western Regions and sent a team of ten people back to deliver the letter.

It took about a year for Wang Zhuo's letter to be delivered to Wang Ke.

The remoteness of the Western Regions, coupled with the fact that there were many Huns along the way, and the roads were not smooth, made communication difficult.

After reading the letter, Wang Ke also had a general understanding of the Western Regions, and after learning about the wealth of the Western Regions, he immediately became interested in the Western Regions.

He wants to use the wealth of the Western Regions to subsidize the finances of the Great Cadres.

Over the past few years, there has been a shortage of currency in the country, and there is not enough money circulating in the market. Prime Minister Li Si wrote that the imperial court would withdraw the right to mint coins, and the counties would not be allowed to mint coins, and the coins would be minted by the state.

Over the years, in order to develop, but also for the inconvenience of transportation, some prefectures and counties have the right to mint money.

At first, this did play a lot of beneficial roles, but later the inspection of the imperial history found that there were many bad coins on the market.

As a result, the wealthy nobles put away the good money, and used the bad money on a large scale, or conspired with the states and counties to melt the good money and mint the bad money.

As a result, the people were damaged and complained, and seeing this situation, Wang Ke decided to take back the right to mint coinage.

(End of chapter)