Worry, hesitation, fear, excitement.

It is actually very appropriate to have these seemingly self-contradictory words to describe the people and merchants in Xizhou City.

Normally, there are less than 100,000 people in the city, and tens of thousands of troops are coming at once. So the army's every move cannot be completely hidden from everyone.

Since last evening, everyone has felt the movement of the army.

Some people who got up early even saw the hot air balloon camps starting to go out.

Immediately afterwards, the city gate opened and many people saw the army beginning to leave the city.

"Uncle Second, I heard that there is a 100,000 army outside the city. Can we really win?"

Liu Jinsheng walked back and forth in the room, his eyes full of anxiety.

"Since the Grand Chief Executive decided to leave the city, he must have taken me against the army of the Dashi Empire.

You should also know that this time, a large number of soldiers from the hot air balloon camp followed him to Xizhou.

Until now, they have not officially taken action against the cannibal.

In the past, many Hu people suffered a great loss in the hands of hot air balloon camps. I think this time the big cannibal is no exception."

Although Liu Wenfei was also a little worried, he was still confident in the Tang army.

Even if you fight against two, it may not be a failure.

"I heard that during the ceremony of the Royal Science and Technology Awards in the Tang Dynasty, the court displayed a weapon called artillery, which was very powerful.

Unfortunately, I heard that the cannons were not very convenient to move, so I did not follow the army to Xizhou this time.

Otherwise, as long as a row of cannons is set up on the city wall, it will definitely make the cannibals look good."

Liu Jinsheng said with regret.

This time, he knew that his second uncle had put all his wealth on the trip to the Western Regions.

If there is no gain, although the Liu family has become depressed, it will be even more difficult to develop again.

What I fear most was that the Tang Dynasty was defeated. At that time, it was not just a matter of losing money.

So in fact, Liu Jinsheng hopes that the Tang army can win a great victory than anyone else.

"Since the court is not ready to use artillery, it means that there is no need to use artillery, and we have a way to defeat the cannibals.

Don’t look at how arrogant the big cannibal was outside the city a few days ago, but today the army began to leave the city, and the good days for the big cannibal are over."

Liu Wenfei specially arranged for a friend to inquire about the news in the city.

Whether it is the dispatch of the hot air balloon camp or the departure of other teams, it is no secret for the people in the city.

"Shopkeeper, I heard that the people in the hot air balloon camp have thrown turbulence bombs and explosives into the military camp of the big cannibals. Now the big cannibals are in chaos.

It seems that the outside of the city has started to be built. As long as you get close to the west of the city, you can hear the fighting outside."

Soon, a friend came over to report on the situation outside one after another.

These friends brought by Liu Wenfei from Chang'an City often follow Liu Wenfei to listen to people's stories in the teahouse.

Therefore, for hot air balloon camps, turbulent bombs, explosive packs, and other powerful tools that are frequently used in the Tang Dynasty's foreign war, they can also be named.

Some people even go to join the army because they think the hot air balloon camp is very powerful.

"Okay, I understand. Keep asking and see if there is any new news."

Liu Wenfei digested the news he heard, and had no choice but to make any decision yet, so he could only ask the guy to continue inquire about the news.

"Second uncle, I heard from the story of the storyteller about the scene where His Royal Highness defeated the Western Turks with fewer defeats the majority, and there was a contribution from the hot air balloon camp.

Later, when Fu Xueyantuo faced him, he directly dispatched the heater battalion first, and then the ground troops attacked.

I have been able to win big before, so this time it must be a victory, right?"

Liu Jinsheng actually didn't want any answers to what he said.

It's just that he was too nervous and wanted to find someone to listen to his voice.

"Let's go, let's go to the inn lobby to see if there are any other businesses there. You can exchange opinions.

If the army starts to arrange merchants to participate in the battlefield cleaning, we can also intervene in time."

Wealth and honor are in danger, and these merchants who come to the Western Regions all have some adventure genes in their bones.

At this time, the war has begun, which means that their business opportunities are coming soon.

Whoever seizes this opportunity will be able to gain huge dividends in this war.

In the past few months, the people of the Dashi Empire swept across the Western Regions and destroyed many countries and tribes.

At this time, most of the wealth of the Western Regions had actually been collected by the cannibals.

As long as the Tang Dynasty defeated the cannibals, these wealth would become the Tang army.

For things like horses, there may be demand in the army.

However, all kinds of supplies for cattle and sheep tent lamps must be handed over to the merchants for handling.

Considering the price of the troops dealing with these materials in the past, the profits contained in it are definitely very high.

Basically, the price of cattle and sheep in Chang'an City is that Dajun sells it directly to merchants at a price of 10%.

It is extremely convenient to pay and deliver the goods with one hand.

Anyway, the silver notes in the Tang Dynasty royal money house are now quite popular.

Whenever large-scale transactions are conducted, silver notes are the best medium.

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"Xiaobei, our army has all left the city, and it seems that the situation is developing quite well.

Someone just said that the hot air balloon camp burned the big cannibal military camp and directly burned countless big cannibals to death.

Now that the army is officially fighting against the cannibals, it is estimated that the results will come soon.

You said that our tea bricks can be sold?"

As a relatively senior tea merchant in Chang'an City, Lu Qiang made some money by selling tea in his early years.

As tea became more and more popular in the Tang Dynasty, his business became bigger and bigger.

After that, he began to hire people to plant tea gardens himself.

However, his movements were still half a beat slower.

In addition, the tea making techniques he mastered were very average, mainly making relatively low-end tea bricks.

These tea bricks were not sold very well in Datang.

So in recent years, his net worth has increased very limitedly.

Even in recent years, as the competition in the tea market has become increasingly fierce, the Lu family’s tea business has become increasingly difficult to do.

This year, I even accumulated a lot of tea bricks that were not sold.

This time when he heard that the army was going to fight in the Western Regions, Lu Xiaobei persuaded him to follow Aye to take down this tea brick market.

Although some merchants had transported tea bricks to the Western Regions for sale before, the Western Regions were too large and many places did not form a relatively fixed market.

Fortunately, the herdsmen's habit of drinking milk tea slowly spread.

Taking advantage of this opportunity of the army's expedition to the Western Regions, Lu Xiaobei felt that his tea had hope to find new development space here.

“Aye, what we sell is tea bricks, which is different from the business that others do.

Only when the situation is relatively stable is the time for us to perform.

At that time, we will just take the tea bricks and go to trade with nearby tribes, or start tea brick shops directly in Xizhou and Yizhou. It should be a good choice."

Lu Xiaobei also has the ability to know himself.

They should not have the share of dealing with a business like trophy.

However, with the momentum of the Tang Dynasty sweeping across the Western Regions, there is absolutely no problem selling tea bricks in the Western Regions.

At that time, you can also buy a few low-priced slaves and take them back to expand the planting area of ​​the tea garden.

"I heard that the Great Cannibal destroyed many tribes around him some time ago. Will this cause no one to buy our tea bricks then?"

The more critical the moment came, the more worried Lu Qiang felt.

"Aye, don't worry!

With such a big Western Region, how could a great cannibal destroy all tribes?

Besides, their previous actions were more about conquering these tribes, not about killing them all.

If there was no one in the entire Western Regions, what would the cannibals do to seize this land?

Who will work for them and create benefits for them then?"

After all, Lu Xiaobei was also the teacher of Guanshishan Academy.

He is still very knowledgeable about how to start his own tea brick business in the Western Regions.
To be continued...