Hazhusu said solemnly: "Obey Your Majesty's order." Zarut had now stationed most of his cavalry near the Wolf Court and the western border, just to guard against a surprise attack by the Huns. There is basically no garrison in the central and southern regions, although he did not say it explicitly, but the villain guessed that it was to show his loyalty to His Majesty. ”

I smiled: "Hazhusu, you are not as thoughtful as Zalut. ”

Hazhusu was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

I stared at the candle flame and said slowly, "He knows that you are my person, and if he says it to your face to reassure me, wouldn't he be pretending to be smart?" I'm going to be suspicious of him. ”

Hazhusu suddenly asked, "Then do you want to do something to deal with it?" ”

I waved my hand: "It's okay, you can follow what I said, unless he has bad intentions, just help him, you have soldiers in your hands, right?" ”

Hazhusu nodded: "There are about 10,000 guards who can be absolutely trusted. ”

"That's enough." I picked up a brocade box from the side and handed it to him: "Give this to Zalut, and say that I have heard that he likes his noble son, and it is not appropriate to reward him with anything, and the jade plate in this brocade box is a high-quality jade, and it should be a piece of my heart." ”

Hazhusu hurriedly took it and said strangely: "How did Your Majesty know that he has added a son?" The villain felt that this was a trivial matter, so he didn't tell His Majesty and Lord Feng. ”

I smiled indifferently: "I naturally have news of me." ”

Wu Jian's habit of spreading scouts widely stayed at the border pass, and there were Daqin's eyeliners everywhere among the Hu people, not to mention Zalut's side.

Then he continued: "You think it's a small thing, but it's a big thing for Zarut. Of course, you tell him that you told me the news, so that he would not be suspicious. ”

The more important it is to oneself and worthless to others, the more you give him an unexpected surprise, the more grateful he will be.

Hazhusu arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is thoughtful, and the villain is respectful!" ”

"Alright," I said, getting up, "tomorrow Geyue will discuss the details of the mutual market with you." Don't worry, you and Zalut are both used by Daqin, and Daqin will not let Beihu suffer. ”

Faithfulness, like love, is timeless and needs to be strengthened from time to time.

Hazhusu was grateful, after all, it was his compatriot, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

"You will live in the next building tonight, so as not to arouse suspicion. Go ahead. "I ordered someone to send him to the Baoyue Tower, and he quietly lived in it.

Said hello to Yinglan again and returned to Xianyang Palace.

Three days later, the Xing Wen Dynasty returned to Beihu with Daqin's letter of state and Hazhusu, and the details of the trade had been finalized, and the two countries could open and close the mutual market after exchanging letters of state.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of February, Qi Juan hurriedly entered the Four Seas Hall with Meng Hanyu's recital.

"Your Majesty, the delegation from the Western Regions has entered the territory of Great Qin, and it will take about a month to reach Xianyang."

I took the report and glanced at it, and nodded: "Let Meng Hanyu take care of their envoys all the way, after all, they sent the credentials in advance, don't be rude." ”

When Zhang Wei returned, in addition to bringing back many gifts from the Western Regions, he also had dozens of national letters, and said that he would send an envoy to Daqin after the post house of Daqin was repaired. Now that the city of Zhangye has just been built, and Dunhuang and Jiuquan only have incomplete post houses, why did the countries of the Western Regions come so quickly?

Shaking his head, he didn't think about it anymore, he didn't have the energy to care about them now, as long as he did business with Daqin normally.

As soon as the matter of the Western Regions was announced to the world, it immediately attracted the interest of many people, after all, there would be twenty times the profit of one trip, who would not be impressed. It's just that most people are not businessmen, and they can only look at the Western Regions and sigh.

Even so, many merchants have now been stationed in Wuwei, and the number of caravans registered in Geyue alone has reached twenty. Compared with the current business environment of Daqin, this number is already a lot, and they are all relatively powerful business families. Of course, there is still a big gap compared with semi-state-owned enterprises such as Babbitt and Wushi.

The reason why it is stationed in Wuwei is that Wuwei is used as a transit station. Silk and porcelain should be purchased in Jiangnan or Bashu, and salt should be purchased in Hanzhong, and it will take at least half a month from these places to Wuwei, and then from Wuwei to the Western Regions, and half a month if the foot is fast, not counting the time to come back. If the caravan goes directly to the Western Regions, the people will be sleepy and the energy will be too much.

After thinking about it, I pointed to the porcelain vase in the hall and instructed: "Qi Xuan, you inform the Peng Ze Guanyao Mansion to try your best to burn a few exquisite large pieces of porcelain, which must be as big as possible, at least not smaller than the porcelain vase that was fired for the first time." ”

This piece of porcelain is already quite small, quite exquisite, so I put it in the Temple of the Four Seas.

"In addition, go and tell Jiangnan Weaving, let them send a few horses to Xianyang for each of the colors that can be woven at present, and use the best silk and weaver girls."

"Inform Tie Wu to make me the best sword, remember to tell him that the function is to be used to fight against the swords of the people of the Western Regions, and he will naturally know what kind of sword blade to use."

Qi Wan bowed down and guessed, "Your Majesty wants to show the best things of Great Qin to the envoys of the Western Regions?" ”

I nodded: "You can see the singers and slaves sent by the Western Regions, they are completely different from the Qin people. If you don't want them to develop into the Xiongnu and become the enemies of Great Qin, you have to let them know the national strength of our Great Qin, and this first meeting will deter them! ”

Qi Wan was clear, and immediately went to the side hall to prepare. Although the west side hall is my study, it is more often used as the secretary's room.

After Qi Wan entered, Meng He walked in.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Doctor asks to see you."

I put down the newspaper I had just picked up, Meng He turned around and went out, and Yu He walked in.

"I've seen Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, what?" I vaguely guessed.

Yu He arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the fourteen counties along the Deshui coast has been investigated, and the more serious ones are the three counties downstream of the frozen people, and the forced increase in households is also the most in the three counties, and there are basically only two people in one household, compared to the average of five people in one household in other counties, there are too many households." ”

Yu He glanced at me, his expression was a little unnatural, and continued: "However, the three county guards have only been appointed since the thirty-sixth year of the First Emperor, and they have been working hard to change since taking office, and the taxes of the head of Qiantou have been gradually reduced. It's just that I didn't expect it to be so cold last winter, so it happened that people froze to death. ”

I snorted coldly: "Of the fourteen big counties, none of the ten in the north have frozen to death, but the three counties downstream have frozen to death, and they still have the face to quibble?" …… And what about a county? ”

Only then did I realize that Yu He was talking about only thirteen counties.

Yu He responded: "Back to Your Majesty, the other one is Sanchuan County, Sanchuan County Shou Li You took office as the county guard in the thirty-second year of the first emperor, and it has been ten years now. Li You has worked hard in office, and Sanchuan County has basically recovered, and he is the only one in the four counties downstream who has not frozen to death. ”

My eyes narrowed slightly: "Have you checked carefully?" ”

Li You is Li Si's son, and I naturally wonder if Li Si has any connection with Yu He.