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Chapter 3 Offering Prisoners (Part 1)

After the words came, Ren Cong and Guo Nu both looked shaking, and then both faced red and red.

Back then, Hou Junji destroyed Gaochang in a battle, and the post-Second Army was appointed as the Minister of Personnel as a military general. However, in a blink of an eye, he was impeached and imprisoned because he had condoned his subordinates to blackmail the nobles of Gaochang State, and himself took the lead in looting the Gaochang Treasury and arbitrarily dealing with the Gaochang Mansion.

Although not long afterwards, Hou Junji was forgiven by Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, he was in a slump in his career. In the end, because of his resentment, he was involved in the conflict between the prince and the emperor and ended up being ruined.

Although Zhang Qian was not a pure military general, he made the contribution to destroying the enemy country like Hou Junji, and then was also appointed as the Minister of Personnel!

When he captured the capital of Shi Kingdom, Zhang Qian also moved all the treasury of Shi Kingdom. As for extorting the nobles of Shi Kingdom, Zhang Qian's confidants had achieved the ultimate goal, which could be described as "knocking bones and sucking marrow".

In addition, there was one more than Hou Junji, and Zhang Qian also forced Shi Kingdom to sign a compensation treaty with the Tang Dynasty. The content above had long been written in black and white and was posted on the palace newspaper, and he couldn't even lose it!

If we refer to the precedent of Hou Junji being imprisoned and being punished, just based on the things Zhang Qian did in Shiguo, he, as the Minister of Personnel, would probably not be an exaggeration to ask for the execution! How could he build his own force and call the wind and rain in the court?

"The eldest brother's words are reasonable. It's because my third brother and I think things too simple." After a moment, Guo Nu's face had not faded and he took the initiative to admit his mistake.

"The eldest brother is right, I, the second brother and I were both happy today. I only saw the benefits but not the risks." This is the first time since we met, Zhang Qian was so serious to him. Ren Cong drooped his head and criticized himself in a low voice.

"I am not going to rebuke you two, but I remind myself, don't lose your vigilance because it's smooth sailing now." Zhang Qian heard it, and he had to slow down his expression a little, and then whispered, "The three of us, especially me, lack sufficient foundations. If we fail, we will easily be depressed. So, next, it is the time for us to lay the foundation. I am in Anxi, and you are in Chang'an and other parts of the Central Plains to create various conditions to run the Liushen Commercial Bank well. What the commercial bank can provide us is not just a steady stream of money. When it develops to a certain extent, it can become our support and allow us to have the confidence to face any storm."

"Yes!" Guo Nu and Ren Cong focused their heads together. However, there was obvious confusion in their eyes.

They were born in a wealthy business family and could see the great "money prospects" of Liushen Business. In the past two years, the two have earned a lot of real money from the business. However, their vision is inevitably limited by the times. Deep down in their hearts, they still firmly believe that being an official is the right path in life. They also firmly believe that the old friends of their disciples are everywhere in the court, which is the embodiment of their strength.

As a time traveler, Zhang Qian knew how amazing its power would be when a giant trust spans finance, manufacturing, and sales grew. Therefore, he would rather choose to take a step back and buy more time for Liushen Commercial Bank than to gamble in the vortex of court struggles.

At the current development speed, as long as the original financial and commercial network from the Western Regions to Chang'an is fully laid out, the strength of Liushen Commercial Bank will surpass the Baima Sect in one fell swoop.

This era is not another 21st century in time and space. Wherever we are closer to the ocean, the conditions for economic development are unique. In this era, the great geographical discoveries have not been completed, and the maritime trade routes from the East and the West have not been connected. The largest trade channel in the world is the Silk Road rather than the Ocean!

From Chang'an to Shule, it is the most important section on the entire Silk Road, and it can be described as flowing with gold, silver and silver!

What other official teams and factions are needed to tie this business path together with Liushen Commercial Bank? All stakeholders will naturally become one and safeguard their common interests.

At that time, Monk Huifan was holding a mere White Horse Sect in his hand, which could have made the Tang Dynasty queen bow to him. If there was a financial monster that was stronger than the White Horse Sect, the three brothers were controlled by the three brothers, and I would like to ask, there was still a force in the court that dared to sharpen the three brothers and brothers again?

And if there are another five to ten years, when power, finance, production and sales are firmly combined, Liushen Commercial Bank will grow into the king of a monster. In another time and space, it is called monopoly capital.

At that time, the king of this monster will naturally become the support of the three brothers. The relationship between all those who get benefits from the Six Gods Business Company is much stronger than the political transactions in front of you.

By then, any force in the court and the country will offend this monster king and will be destined to be bitten and smashed with no power to fight back!

However, Zhang Qian cannot say that these plans for the future are known at present, Yu Rencong and Guo Nu. After saying that, they may not understand them.

So, sighed softly, and he explained in a low voice, "You two know the physical condition of the Lord. And although Queen of the Holy Emperor sent Ji Chune to show goodwill to us at this time, and when her true status is solid, with her personality, she may not have a beginning and an end to us."

Looking at Guo Nu and Ren Cong, he continued, "The obvious example is Cheng Wuting back then. The Great Sage Queen Zetian was able to abolish the priest, and he made great contributions. However, when the Great Sage Queen Zetian killed his whole family, she did not remember any old love!"

This example is closer to the present time, so it is more touched by Guo Nu and Ren Cong than Hou Junji's example. Immediately, both of them sighed and bowed with red faces. "Senior Brother said, no matter how much benefit the Holy Queen gives, we can't accept it."

"There is also the King of Prime Minister, and it is also impossible to answer." Zhang Qian smiled and continued to add, "Although he is a kind elder, he is the brother of Princess Taiping after all. It is said that he is not close to him. No matter how close we are to him, can we still get closer to his sister? If we need to cut off our arms to survive, we must have the arm that was thrown out, not Taiping!"

"Senior Brother said this very much. Let's stay out of the matter and don't help each other!"

"Senior Brother, what do you say, we will do what we do."

Guo Nu and Ren Cong thought about it and responded one after another.

"The key is that no matter who we help, we may not be able to end up in the end! That's why I advocated that we will stay away from Chang'an next." Seeing that the two of them were still obedient to their own words like they did a year and a half ago, the stone in Zhang Qian's heart finally fell to the ground, and a reassuring smile appeared on his face.

Referring to the history of another time and space, after the death of the Dragon Emperor Li Xian, the political situation of the Tang Dynasty would definitely have a turbulent vortex. He knew that Li Longji was the one who laughed the last time. However, he did not remember clearly how long the vortex lasted.

In addition, he was not sure how much deviation would this time and space develop due to his own appearance? Will the historical events in his memory really appear?

What made him even more overwhelmed was that even though history was completely based on the outline in memory, he could not tell Guo Nu and Ren Cong, "Li Xian is about to die, Empress Wei will poison him with his own hands. After that, blood will flow into Chang'an City!" Although, although in the eyes of the two, he, the senior brother, could almost do anything!

Therefore, he could only choose the simplest way, as his senior brother, forcibly asked Guo Nu and Ren Cong to do what he said.

Fortunately, although the technological level of this era is far behind his original time and space, ordinary people regard the dignity of teachers far more than his original time and space. Therefore, when he firmly showed the intention of taking a step back and staying out of the matter, Guo Nu and Ren Cong did not fully understand, they both decisively chose to obey.

"The workshops next to the Wei River will not continue to expand from now on. If you need to build a new workshop, you can consider turning to Yangzhou, Jiankang, Dangtu and other places! The Yangtze River is guarding there, and the water flow is more abundant, and there should be a huge iron ore underground in Dangtu, with a high grade." Since the agreement has been reached, Zhang Qian no longer explained why he left Chang'an. After thinking about it, he began to adjust the development direction of the entire Liushen Commercial Bank.

"Iron Mine?" Guo Nu and Ren Cong immediately became happy and asked in unison.

But it is not just Liushen Business. In the past two years, the Guo family and Ren family have also made money on stoves, water stoves and horse plows. All these three products are big iron-eating households, which has caused the price of iron ore near Chang'an to remain high all year round, and the profits of each product produced by the two companies have become thinner and thinner.

If you can find a large iron ore on the edge of the Yangtze River. With the abundant hydraulic power of the Yangtze River, wouldn’t all the Ren and Guo families and Liushen Commercial Bank have to make a profit?

And whether in Jiankang, Dangtu or Yangzhou, there are waterways directly to the canal. After the product is manufactured, it can be sold anywhere along the canal, which is more convenient than shipping it out from Chang'an!

"The iron ore is in Dangtu. The coal mine should be in Zhongshan area of ​​Jiankang City." Recalling the location of Ma'anshan City in later generations, Zhang Qian nodded with a smile. "I'm lucky, even gold mines can be found. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so there is no need to take action immediately. After the Chinese New Year, I will send some capable people to the side to touch it. The mining matter can be handed over to the Guo family and Ren family. The main energy of the business is to build workshops."

"Yes!" Guo Nu and Ren Cong bowed together, without any doubt that Zhang Qian was far away, so he knew the minerals in Yangzhou, Jiankang and Dangtu!

"No matter where the new workshop is finally decided, the shop's semicolon will follow. In this way, we will open the semicolon along the canal and along the ancient Silk Road. Soon, we can try whether the gold and silver cakes we have on hand can flow instead of copper coins." Nodding at the two, Zhang Qian continued to assign tasks, without wanting to waste every quarter of an hour.

"Yes, sure. We have tried it in the business. Our gold cakes and silver cakes are much more useful than those from the Baima Sect." Guo Nu immediately took the conversation and responded happily. "Many colleagues want to buy them at a higher price. But before you come back, my third brother and I didn't dare to agree."

"For the time being, it is only used in our own business names. At most, the families behind you and industries under the names of other shareholders!" Zhang Qian thought for a while and shook his head gently, "If the White Horse Sect does not take the initiative to raise trouble, we will temporarily avoid conflicts with him. If the White Horse Sect dares to raise trouble again, we will either not fight back or completely defeat it!"

"Abide by the order!" Guo Nu and Ren Cong stood up like generals and bowed with confidence.

When Zhang Qian saw this, he had to ask about the current funding situation of Liushen Commercial Bank, as well as some specific production, operation, and development details, and based on the economic theories he learned in another time and space, he gave some guidance. In this way, time was spent for a long time, and the three of them became more and more excited as they spoke, and the more they became more and more co-starred. It was not until the golden rooster dawn that they suddenly realized that they had been in a whole night and quickly went back to their rooms to make up for their sleep.

The next morning, Zhang Qian dragged his tired body back to the military camp. While following the Youshikan, he checked the prisoners brought back and the Turkic heads, he also guided Zhou Quji, Ren Wu, Zhou Qi, Zhang Si'an and other close confidants, and took his brothers to do targeted exercises on the school grounds, so as not to make any major mistakes when they were reviewed by Emperor Shenlong.

As a result, time flies in the busyness. That night, he didn't even have time to go home, so he simply lived in the military camp and shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.

On the morning of the third day, the soldiers used morning food, put on their helmets and armor, and first gathered on the imperial military academy in Weiyang Palace. Then, they loaded the prisoners in prison chariots, symbolically loaded the heads of the Turkic soldiers brought back, and then followed Zhang Qian's order, and walked towards Kaiyuan Gate with great confidence.

Logically, Weiyang Palace is closer to Fanglin Gate north of Chang'an City. However, the Later Turks suffered the disaster in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty for more than 40 years, which made the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty deeply ashamed. Now, the revenge is finally revenged, and Li Xian and Empress Wei are eager to let everyone in the world know their great martial arts.

Therefore, I simply left the prisoners and went further and arranged for prisoners to enter from Kaiyuan Gate west of Chang'an City. First cross half of Chang'an City, and to the Chengtian Gate of Tai Chi Palace, which had been idle for many years, to receive the review. After the review was completed, I continued to escort the prisoners, crossing the other quarter of Chang'an City, and until the Dongshikou, I turned north and walked towards the Daming Palace. (Note: The Tai Chi Palace is low-lying, and after Zhenguan, the Chang'an area has increased and the floods have been severe. Therefore, in the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin ordered people to build the Tai Chi Palace.)

Zhang Qian himself also had the intention to show the heroic image of the Tang Dynasty border army to the people of the world. Therefore, he deliberately used his power to transfer three thousand pairs of armor from the military weapon supervision one day in advance.

As the saying goes, people are in clothes and horses are in saddles. The soldiers are already well-trained. After wearing brand new Kirin armor and iron vests, they become more and more energetic. They are rumbled with the sound of war drums and the clanging sound of iron armor. Before they can enter the city, their spirits soar into the sky.

"Good man!"

"Good man!"

Although the people standing near the city gate watching the fun, although they did not engage in military affairs, they often saw the Royal Flying Cavalry and the Jingzhao Mansion soldiers. Compared with the two sides, they were judged immediately. They couldn't help but shouted loudly.

Zhang Si'an, Lu Dechuan, Luo Guangsha and others were already a little nervous and inferior, but suddenly they heard that the people in Chang'an City took the initiative to cheer for themselves, and their morale was rising. One by one, they raised their heads higher and their backs straighter.
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