"Ganasis, I don't think your legion can fight very well. It still looks old and weak." Li Jue was with Ganassis at this time. When he saw Ganassis' headquarters at the Arc de Triomphe, Li Jue complained on the spot.
Got up.
"Compared with your Xiliang cavalry, most of the legions are not very capable of fighting." Ganassis was not angry because of Li Jue's words. Instead, he said with a smile, "The positioning is different. My legion is mainly
In order to suppress and assist in defense, strong combat power is not required."
"It's better to fight some, at least this way when you are broken into the headquarters, you can still have some resistance." Li Jue advised from the perspective of a good personal friend.
"It is actually impossible for most opponents to hit my headquarters." Ganassis said helplessly. When he fought with people, he usually did a good job of investigation, and the legions were deployed in a targeted manner. He was hammered by Li Jue.
That time, it was purely an accident.
"Is it still mainly about suppressing bows and arrows? Next time I will bring my brother over for you to show you." Li Jue recalled the rain of arrows that filled the sky by Ganassis back then, and said with some displeasure, the Iron Headquarters still suffered.
Rain of arrows.
"Mid-to-long-range suppression, coordination of crossover retreats, and reduction of engagements." Ganassis's tactics are very simple, and they belong to the type where if you win, you fight, and if you don't win, you run away.
"The damage of light arrows is too low. When encountering heavy cavalry, they can only deliver food." Li Jue explained casually.
"That's true." Ganassis did not deny this. "But things are going well in the Eastern Province now. I mostly farm there and don't need much preparation. I can trust you Hanshi."
, we don’t need to fight, right?”
Ganassis's words made Li Jue very comfortable, and he nodded accordingly. Thinking about it, after the fall of Anxi, the eastern province of Rome advanced to the Zagros Mountains, and Ganassis, who managed the two river basins, was more
It's like farming.
If a war breaks out, even if Li Jue thinks about it with his empty brain, it is impossible for the Han Dynasty and Rome to conflict in the Media area in the short term. This is unrealistic.
"So it doesn't require too many changes, which is good." Ganassis said with a smile, "Let's do some small business when we have time. Do you have any silks over there? There are a lot of them in the Eastern Province.
We are in need of silk. I heard that you want horses, and I still have a few divine horses here..."
Li Jue's big elbow directly grabbed Ganassis. If you have a divine horse, tell me earlier. The three brothers don't have a divine horse yet. Even if the divine horse is smaller, it can't compare to the Shire horse. The inner energy of the horse is separated from the body.
It is also something that can be encountered but cannot be sought.
The price reduction of silk did not reduce the number of gold coins consumed by Rome as a whole on silk. On the contrary, there was a considerable increase. This was almost the same as Chen Xi's previous estimate.
After all, silk used to be a luxury item for the Romans, but because it was a necessity for the nobles, the Roman nobles could only spend money to buy it.
But now the situation has changed a lot. The so-called luxury goods are a matter of class and circle. The actual plate is not big. But after the intervention of the Han Dynasty, the price of silk dropped and Roman citizens could afford it. This is
It has become a necessity.
After all, the Mediterranean climate is only suitable for wearing silk products, and Rome itself does not produce silk. Therefore, after the trade between the two sides started, the price of silk dropped, but the demand exploded. So far, silk supply is still in short supply.
For this reason, there are currently a large number of mulberry gardens, water-powered silk reeling and other messy sericulture industries in the Central Plains, but they still cannot withstand the consumption of Rome.
This time, Ganassis also came to Italy to participate in the conference because the silk quota in the Eastern Province was insufficient. He tried to solve the problem at the same time. As a result, Pompianus pulled up a long list, making Ganassis realize that it seemed that everyone's quota was
It's not enough, so I still have to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and I also plan to hook up with Li Jue and others.
As for smuggling or not, Ganassis doesn't care. He is a Duke of a border county and still cares about this? Even if I get the silk, it has been digested in the Eastern Province. It is impossible to interfere with your domestic sales channels.
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The only possible hidden danger is that the scale is too large, and then the financial officer said that Ganassis embezzled state-owned assets or something, it doesn't matter, I can file the tax, I just file the tax manually, as long as the tax is paid, it is not smuggling, it is done based on connections
Taxes are paid on the supplies that come in. This is special channel distribution data, okay!
As far as the Roman Empire is concerned, apart from tax inspections that can be traced to Ganassis, it is impossible to trace anything else, okay, so don’t panic, let me open the channel today.
"What does the divine horse look like? How big is it? How many are there?" Li Jue hugged Ganassis, looking like an old brother he hadn't seen for many years.
"You have also seen our Roman war horses. The quality is good. I recently heard that your Han Dynasty has this one that is relatively rare. You don't have three of them, so I found three in the eastern provinces." Ganassis smiled and expressed his admiration.
The foal is not the problem.
Ganassis found a dozen divine horses instead of three. Due to the climate in Europe, European cold-blooded horses have always been the top war horses in the world. Andalusian horses were definitely top-notch war horses in the Han Dynasty.
, in Europe, it can only be said to be of a high standard.
This excellent foundation has led to the fact that there are quite a lot of divine horses in Rome. Just like what Odenatus said to Adou at the time, there are three war horses in my stable that have internal energy separated from the body. However, Rome
People don't ride these things very much because they are too conspicuous.
Ganassis searched around the eastern provinces and found a dozen of these things, intending to do some small business with the Han Dynasty and open up channels.
"Well done, good brother, go back to your side. It's really hard to find a magic horse over there." Li Jue patted Ganassis on the shoulder, like a brother.
"It's like this. This horse is prepared for you. You can just ride it away later." Ganassis said with a smile. The horse is not important. There are many more in Spain and Portugal. Silk is the most important.
"You are indeed our best friend. If you give me another horse, we, the Four Heavenly Kings of Liangzhou, will still have one less horse." Guo Bang still has some integrity, at least he knows how to fight for Hua Xiong. After all, they are the Four Heavenly Kings of Liangzhou, and they cannot
The three of them rode the divine horse, but Hua Xiong did not.
"Ah, that's not a problem. I'll look for it later. It shouldn't take long." Ganassis didn't care. He didn't ride such a thing anyway. "Actually, it's like this. I want to find a channel for silk to enter.
You also know that there is a big gap in silk here. A group of regular troops in the Eastern Province can accept silk in lieu of food and salary, but I don’t have enough silk here."
Before Ganassis finished speaking, Li Jue and the other three began to take care of everything, "No problem, no problem. We can collect some silk from major aristocratic families every year and transfer it to you when the time comes."
Ganassis was silent for a while. What you collected is not enough.
Tacito overturned San Sha's warehouse. The silks were all top-quality products, but the problem was that they only amounted to a small amount. To distribute them to the citizens of the eastern provinces, what was important was not the grade, but the quantity.
"It's like this. What you received is not enough at all. What I mean is, why don't you help me matchmaking and find a large chamber of commerce." Ganassis sighed and said, the little you received is just enough.
It's enough to fill my teeth. I need a chamber of commerce that can ship on a large scale.
"Ah, that's it. Then I'll find one for you, the Wu family. The Wu family specializes in the Sichuan brocade business." Li Jue felt that he could help because of his relationship with Ganassis. Anyway, it was just a matchmaking. He and the Wu family were still
He's quite familiar. That Wu Yan stayed there for a while. Okay, just introduce this person to Ganassis.
"Wu family? Are you in the Sichuan brocade business?" Ganassis nodded upon hearing this, that's good.
"The Wu family is one of the five wealthy merchants of the Han Dynasty, and their silk business is very large. If Duke Ganassis is interested, he can indeed contact him." Chunyu Qiong, who was eavesdropping on the side, also said slowly, "Of course.
The Yuan family also produces silk, but the output is average."
The Yuan family is also engaged in the mulberry silkworm industry in the Ural Mountains. In fact, the core of the ancient small-scale farmer economy was mulberry farming. The Yuan family is just pushing forward instinctively. However, the environment here is not suitable, and it can only engage in one industry.
Spring silkworms, silk production cannot increase.
"It's not up to me to decide on the deal with the Yuan family." Ganassis said with a smile.
In fact, the small-scale trading of high-quality silk between the Eastern Province and the Yuan family has never stopped. Ganassis even specially formed a law enforcement team for this purpose. If they were caught, they would confiscate them all on the grounds of smuggling and confiscate them into the treasury. But
If you think about it carefully, if the transaction was really prohibited, what would happen like this?
Are you kidding? If it is true that transactions are completely prohibited, Ganassis's management ability for the Eastern Province will not be like this anyway. This situation only shows that Ganassis himself is indulging.
There is a high probability that Ganassis himself is doing some dirty work.
Those who were caught probably didn't clear the checkpoint completely, at least they didn't have the goods reported to Ganassis. Otherwise, with the Yuan family's shipment volume, can it be called smuggling? Even the top group of people didn't.
Open your mouth, or at least maintain a tacit attitude.
Otherwise, just being in Niger in Eastern Europe would be a problem for those engaged in the silk business.
Therefore, Chun Yuqiong, whose core competency is the wine bag and rice bag, instantly understood what Ganassis meant. Isn't this because other aspects are not in place? Yes, they understand this very well. As long as there is a demand, it will definitely be done. No matter what, it is better than
There are too many things that can be easily accomplished without desires and demands.
