"Dear Grand Sima, if you have any requests, we will definitely handle the price seriously. As for the price, please rest assured, it will definitely satisfy you."

"Good, as long as you satisfy me, I will definitely not treat you badly."

Humph, you are a brutal businessman, and I don’t know how bad the price is. But at most I only suffered a little loss in the past two years. After having enough seeds, I will fully develop cotton planting in China. At that time, the cotton textile industry will become the new flagship product of Fuxing Society - that is the real super killer that can enter thousands of households.

"Next, I will talk about the third article, books. The books of Kushan and Sassanian are not very interested in this. I need Roman and Greek books. For example, the works of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Urbian, Pabinian, Paul, Gaius, Modistanus and others. These books of great masters are not included here. A book can be exchanged for ten top-level Shu brocades."

When Guan Yi spoke the names of the three great Greek philosophers and the five great Roman jurists, Kurshan and others stood up and bowed deeply.

"You can only compare your wisdom to the great Han Dynasty, who is omnipotent and omniscient. The eight sages you just mentioned, your humble servant, have only heard of one or two. I didn't expect that you were far away in the Han territory, but you are so familiar with Rome. We must respect your will and do our best to collect all kinds of books for you."

"Good, I will talk about the fourth article next, people! Although I know the existence of the Roman Empire, I do not know Latin. So it is useless to bring the books back to me. Therefore, you have to buy slaves who can read from Rome. If Rome is too far away, I will buy Sassanthesanthes, and if Sassanthesanthes can't buy it, I will buy it for Kushan. In short, you must buy people who know Latin for me. If you can invite Kushan, Sassanthesanthes, and Roman scholars. As long as his knowledge is recognized by me, then how heavy is this scholar, I will give you gold of the same weight!"

As soon as this statement was spoken, a layer of fanaticism was added to the admiration and fearful eyes of Kurshan and others.

The geographical environment of China, the desert in the west, the desert in the north, the sea in the east, the rainforest in the south, and the snow-capped mountains in the southwest plateau... is really too closed. The closed geographical environment and a group of cultural weak chickens around it have led to the lack of exchanges of equal civilizations while developing to a very high level of self-development, and corresponding lack of communication of equal civilizations, promoting and mutual verification. If this situation does not change, it may not be a big problem in this era. But the later it goes, the characteristics of the so-called sauce-groun culture will become more and more obvious.

In Guan Yi's plan, after Guanzhong's production recovers and the entire domestic situation is completely stable, he will organize people to revise the "Ji Han Law" based on the "Shu Ke" formulated by Zhuge Liang. If he can obtain the nutrition from the essence of Greece and Roman in this process, it should be of great benefit to the future of this country and the nation.

It is the responsibility of a time traveler to plan for both a moment and a lifetime!

"Next, I said the fifth article, well, this article is not to buy things from the west and sell them to me. Instead, I want you to bring my books from the Han Dynasty to the west. First translate it into your words, and then translate it by local scholars into Kushan, Sassanida, and Roman characters. In this matter, I will not know whether you are doing your best in the short term, but it is based on your conscience!"

"Please rest assured that your servant will be loyal to your orders. I, Kurshan, will take out one-tenth of the profits obtained from the Han Dynasty and set up a translation library in Kucha. I am responsible for translating books from both the east and west. We must help the Han Dynasty and spread the glory of the Han Dynasty to Europe!"

"Very good! Everyone, my great man will eventually return to the Western Regions. I will naturally know whether you do this at that time. Then, the last one is not a new rule, but a provision of the former Han Dynasty more than two hundred years ago. But I want to reiterate here: No one is allowed to carry mulberry silkworms out of the customs! No one is allowed to abduct, help brocade weaving, and porcelain craftsmen out of the customs! If there is any violation, all his caravans will be killed on the spot! If the matter is done at that time and I will know it later, no matter if you escape to the ends of the world, my great man will follow you like a shadow! Everyone, the Marquis of Defeat Hu once said that those who violated the powerful Han Dynasty in the past will be punished even if they are far away. But please keep it in mind and do not say that they are not prepared for what they say!"

"How dare we offend the great Han Tianwei, and we will definitely follow the instructions of the great Sima. We will never violate this."

Humph, that's not necessarily true. Silk, but weaving mulberry silkworms, ceramics, and even burning soil. The cost is so low, and the profit is so great. If any businessman doesn't want to control the production technology of these two things in his own hands, he must be lying!

These seven businessmen now seem to be middle and lower-level among merchants. However, in the foreseeable future, they will receive the blessing of a variety of unique products from the Han Dynasty. As long as these guys do not die on the road, they will sooner or later become super merchants. In this era, when the wealth of merchants expands to a certain level, they will naturally attract the attention of the powerful and wealthy - either sell themselves and join forces, collude with officials and businessmen, or be framed by the powerful and wealthy, and they will destroy their families, which is nothing more than that.

What if these guys later became rich and connected with local princes and nobles? What if the local princes and nobles were blinded by profit and took risks? Therefore, you have to be careful of such things.

As the saying goes, ugly words are first mentioned before, so those guys who save themselves from speaking will not keep their word.

After saying the above sentence with murderous aura, Guan Yi's expression suddenly changed and he raised his wine glass again: "Everyone, as long as you can bring me what my great man needs, the supply of goods from my Fuxing Society will definitely be preferred to satisfy you. Sooner or later, everyone will become one of the top-notch merchants in Central and Western Asia. Come, the seven future business overlords, drink and win!"

"Thank you, Grand Sima, Yinsheng!"

"Next, who will tell me what is going on in the Western Regions now? What is going on in the Western Regions Chief Mansion of the Wei and Jin Dynasties now?"

"Great Grand Sima." This time, the one who stood up was not the unconventional Kurshan. "Please let your humble servant Aziz explain to you this question."

"Hahaha, please speak."

"There are fifty-five countries in the Western Regions, and they are of different sizes and are clearly distinguished by strength. Among them, the four strongest countries are Shanshan, Yutian, Shule, and Kucha. The four countries have the rule of about 50,000 to 70,000 to 70,000 to 80,000 people. They can mobilize 3,000 to 5,000 troops."

The Western Regions mentioned by the Han Dynasty were probably the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in modern society (mainly southern Xinjiang). In this era where Guanyi is now in, due to the low utilization rate of water sources, the population is really limited.

The Dunhuang County is not far west, and there are two checkpoints: Yangguan and Yumenguan. Among them, Yangguan is in the south and Yumenguan is in the north. After leaving Yangguan and walking southwest, it is Shanshan. After passing Shanshan and going southwest, it is Yutian. After passing Yutian, it is Shule, and then it is Shule. After passing Shule, it continues to walk northeast along the foot of Tianshan Mountain, which is Kucha. After passing Kucha, it is southeast, and then it is back to Yumenguan controlled by the Han.

In short, in the Western Regions, where there is almost no rainfall all year round, only oasis will have people to live. The reason why oasis exists is because it is nourished by snow mountains and snow water.

The entire Tarim Basin is surrounded by the Kunlun Mountains, Altai Mountains and Tianshan Mountains. The inland of the Tarim Basin is arid, but where the basin intersects with various mountains, there are oasis of large and small due to the nourishment of snow and water. The oasis on the edge of these basins is the foundation of the countries in the Western Regions.

Of course, the trends of snow water and groundwater in snowy mountains are generally stable. But there are occasional changes. Once the water source changes, the previous oasis may become a desert, and countries that have established their country on this oasis often have to migrate or perish.

If there is destruction, there will naturally be rebirth. Changes in the trend of water sources will also cause deserts to become oasis. Therefore, the world will change. On this land in the Western Regions, along the surrounding area of ​​the Tarim Basin, there are more than 30 or more countries.

The amount of water source often determines how many people this so-called country can support. No matter how much water source, the water resources here are extremely limited. Therefore, even the most powerful country here can hardly exceed 100,000 people.

Now, although the entire Western Regions are known as fifty-five countries, this so-called country actually conforms to the classical meaning of the Chinese character "country": a city is a country.

Among these 55 countries with large and small sizes, the four strongest countries, Shanshan, Khotan, Shule, and Kucha. Just like the four overlords in the southeast, southwest and northwest, each occupying a corner of the Tarim Basin to be kings and dominance. However, this overlord is actually the same as the overlords of the classical significance of the Spring and Autumn Period: a small country only needs to express surrender and tribute to the overlords, and follow the leader to fight when there is war. In addition, you can still live your own life behind closed doors.

Therefore, according to the efficiency ratio, in this era, directly occupying and ruling the Western Regions was a deal that was not worth the effort.
Chapter completed!