Chapter 227 Businessmen and Players Who Are Floating in Their Hearts
After hearing Ma Bijiu's reminder, Sun Jianguo immediately said gratefully: "Thank you Ma Lang for the reminder, let's go into the city together!"
Ma Bijiu saw that Sun Jianguo was wealthy and was willing to follow Sun Jianguo. He nodded and said, "If Mr. Sun trusts me, then let me take care of it."
Sun Jianguo immediately said: "Don't worry, don't worry, of course I can rest assured if you leave it to Ma Lang!"
After saying this, Sun Jianguo stuffed a handful of money into his hands and gave it to Ma Bijiu, who was in charge of the officials at the gate of the city.
Sure enough, when we queued up to the city gate, we saw Sun Jianguo's unfamiliar face. The old officials made eye contact and came up to check for contraband.
Ma Bijiu was still discerning, so he immediately went up and grabbed the leading old official, and whispered in his ear:
"These are businessmen from Gaochang. They are all good people. This is the money Sun will give you to buy wine."
After saying that, he stuffed the money into the sleeve of the leading official.
The official weighed his sleeves, nodded and said: "Since Ma Lang is the guarantee, let them go in. Ma Lang wants to have a good talk with them. There are a lot of things going on in Qiuci City recently, so don't cause trouble!"
Ma Bijiu's ears perked up, he took out another bunch of money and handed it to the official.
At this time, the official said: "There is going to be a war recently, and Tu Shiqi has crossed the border again."
After inquiring about the news, Ma Bijiu exchanged a few pleasantries and returned to the caravan. The group drove the goods into the city and sat down at the hotel where Ma Bijiu often stayed.
After all this trouble, it was already evening. Ma Bijiu gave the hotel some money and asked him to go to the water station to buy some water and bring it back.
The city of Kucha is on the edge of the central desert, not far away from the vast desert. When merchants from the west cross the vast desert, their first supply point is the Kingdom of Kucha. This is why Kucha is an important town on the Silk Road.
There is a shortage of water in Kucha, so ordinary hotels do not provide water for washing. Ma Bijiu is also an old businessman who often comes to Kucha. He gave the store money, and the store asked the waiter to go to the water station to fetch water.
Ma Bijiu wiped his forehead and said, "We came at the wrong time. Tu Shiqi crossed the border again. I'm afraid the Qiuci Fair outside the city won't be able to open."
"Is this Qiuci Fair open outside the city?"
"Yes, there is no place in the city. The Kucha Market will be opened outside the city in the first, middle and late ten days of the month. All merchants in Kucha will go to the market to buy and sell goods, but the store next to Tushi Cavalry probably won't open.
Already."
"Does Tu Shiqi often cross the border?"
Before Sun Jianguo came, he also read information about the Western Regions.
There are many small countries in the Western Region. Some small countries only have a few thousand people and their territory is about the size of a village.
A country like Qiuci with a population of hundreds of thousands is considered a big country in the Western Region.
In the northern part of the entire Western Region, there is a nomadic tribe called Tushiqi. Compared with the Uighurs, this Tushiqi is a small tribe. Even to the Geluolu people, the Tushiqi are just a ragtag group of people.
But even the Tushiqi, who were looked down upon by the Uighurs and the Geluolu people, had a strong influence in the Western Regions. They often went south to plunder, and even invaded the territory of the Qiuci Kingdom.
When some small countries heard that Tu Shiqi was attacking, they would scare the whole country and run away. This shows the influence of Tu Shiqi in the Western Regions.
The shopkeeper brought the bucket on a trolley, and Ma Bijiu asked people to put the bucket up and called for everyone to come and wash up.
Only when the cool water washed away the odor of sweat from his body did Sun Jianguo feel alive.
He put on dry clothes and sat with Ma Bijiu in the shade of a tree, chatting.
Sun Jianguo asked: "Ma Lang, does Tu Shiqi often cross the border?"
Ma Bijiu said: "Isn't that right? I have been doing this business for ten years. In the early years, I did it once every few years. In these years, it happens several times a year. It makes the businessmen who travel this route complain."
Sun Jianguo asked: "Why did Tu Shiqi invade the border?"
Ma Bijiu sighed and said: "Actually, Tu Shiqi has been attached to the Tang Dynasty for a long time, but there have been constant rebellions in the past few years, causing the entire trade route to be in turmoil. I don't know how long it will take to calm down this time."
Sun Jianguo asked in confusion: "Why did Tu Shiqi rebel again?"
Ma Bijiu said in a low voice: "I also heard about it from hearsay, so please just listen to it, Mr. Sun."
Sun Jianguo nodded repeatedly.
Ma Bijiu said: "After the Tushi cavalry returned to the Tang Dynasty, they were often hunted and killed by the border town army generals, and their heads were used to gain credit."
Sun Jianguo didn't expect such a thing to happen. He quickly asked: "Is this true?"
Ma Bijiu nodded and said: "We big food merchants are sometimes hunted by the Tang army. Sun Lang comes from Gaochang City and doesn't know the reputation of the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions."
Sun Jianguo did not expect that the brave Tang army would become synonymous with brutality in the four towns of Anxi.
Ma Bijiu continued: "The Tushi cavalry are a horse-riding people. Their appearance is different from the Han people and people from other countries in the Western Regions. They have always been discriminated against in the Western Regions. In recent years, the Tang Dynasty and Dashi have stopped fighting, and trade has resumed. Border towns have
If our generals and soldiers want to make meritorious deeds, they can only use Tu Shiqi to take advantage of them."
"I remember that last year, Anxi reported victory to the imperial court and killed 5,000 remnants of the Later Turks. Those heads were still in the north fort of Qiuci City and became a temple. In fact, they were not the remnants of the Post-Turks, but the Tang army massacred a Tushi cavalryman.
tribe."
"This time, the unexpected incident may be related to what happened last year."
Sun Jianguo now understood why Ma Bijiu had told him to be wary of the Tang Army along the way. It turned out that this was different from the Tang Army in the Four Towns of Anxi and the Tang Army in Xizhou.
After cleaning the animals and feeding them with fodder, everyone rested in the hotel.
At this time, the clever shopkeeper brought a few bunches of grapes that had been chilled in the well, and after the sun went down, he served the local specialty grilled naan.
After finishing eating, Sun Jianguo touched his belly and said, "I didn't expect the food in Qiuci to be so delicious."
The food of Qiuci is influenced by both nomadic and farming peoples, and it is an important node in the spice trade. The price of spices is not high, and the aroma of barbecue is rich. Sun Jianguo and other players have their mouths full of oil.
In the evening, the players held a meeting in the team channel.
The upgraded in-game chat function allows voice chat in the team channel. Sun Jianguo opened the conference function and began to discuss the next step.
"It's enough to arrive in Kucha. We can set up a business in Kucha City. We can make a lot of money through this route."
This statement quickly gained support from many players. This time, the business group traveling westward set out from Gaochang City to establish a player's own trade route because merchants from the Western Regions controlled a large amount of profits.
Now that players have arrived in Kucha, many players think that this is enough. As long as they can open up the trade route to Kucha, there is no need to continue westward.
Along the way, I had to eat and sleep in the open, and I had to be frightened. More importantly, the game had undergone tremendous changes during this period.
After the player business group set off, the situation changed greatly.
First, King Jianning miraculously defeated the Uighur army that invaded Geluolu, forcing the Uighurs to open the grassland trading station.
Nowadays, many merchant players are rushing to the grassland, establishing trading stations in the grassland enclosure, and carrying out trade with the grassland.
In addition, Li Daoyuan was causing trouble in the Hexi Corridor, and actually joined forces with Yu Chixin to occupy Jiuquan and Zhangye.
The trade going east to Guanzhong also prospered, and many players began to do business eastward.
In contrast, the westbound trade group, which had been traveling for nearly a month, had no major results.
The westbound trade route is not open, and traveling in the Western Region is more complicated than players imagined. Many players want to go back home, go to the grasslands or go to Zhangye to do business.
I heard that King Jianning was about to open up the qualifications for village chiefs near Zhangye and Jiuquan, which made some farming-style players want to return home.
Sun Jianguo sighed, it would be difficult to lead the team if people's hearts dispersed.
Nowadays, everyone is less enthusiastic about exploring the Western Regions, and they all want to return to Shazhou as soon as possible.
But Sun Jianguo still wants to open up the Western Regions and travel the Silk Road. This is the most exciting era of land trade. As a player who likes to do business, how can he not go further west?