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Chapter 1047 Ambition

 Qin Xiao was startled, a little surprised, and asked: "What official?"

"I don't know." Yang Chiji shook his head and said, "I have a low status. Tang officials just arrived in the afternoon and were immediately received by the Great Khan."

Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Are you coming from the Northeast or the capital of the Tang Dynasty?"

Yang Chiji said: "As soon as they arrived, the Great Khan received news of the arrival of the Hegu envoy and sent me to greet them. So where they came from and why they came, I haven't figured out yet. But they

No matter where you come from, the Great Khan has ordered a banquet to be held tonight."

Qin Xiao thought for a moment and then asked: "After Qili retreated, what did the leaders of the Zhenyu tribe think of the Hegu people?"

"Everyone said that the He Gu people were able to escape death because of our efforts. The she-wolf of He Gu will definitely send someone to say thank you." Yang Chiji said with a smile: "Now it seems that what everyone said is not wrong.

, He Gu’s messenger came very quickly.”

Qin Xiao thought that if it weren't for the purpose of opening up business routes, Luotang Kedun would not send a special mission to express his gratitude.

Xile gradually joined forces to fight against the enemy. Although the He Gu tribe directly benefited, it also benefited other tribes in Modong. The real motive of the tribes' support was not to allow He Gu to escape death, but because they did not want to see Tie Han.

If their strength enters Modong, everyone will suffer disaster.

"By the way, wait a moment, warrior, someone wants to see you." Yang Chiji saluted with his arms crossed, and before Qin Xiao could ask more questions, he turned around and left.

Qin Xiao was a little strange. After waiting for a long time, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside. The tent door opened and a head poked in. Qin Xiao only glanced at it and was surprised. Before he could say anything, the man had already turned back to him.

"It's him," said someone outside the tent. He opened the tent door and walked in.

Of course Qin Xiao recognized that the person in front of him was Lu Xiaolou.

Immediately, another person followed Lu Xiaolou and came in with a big belly. Who else could he be if he wasn't Ximen Hao, a horse dealer from Hangzhou?

Qin Xiaowan didn't expect to see the two of them here. He had already stood up to greet them and said happily: "Why are you here?"

"Qin...kiss my child." Ximen Hao was surprised and happy when he saw Qin Xiao. He almost blurted out that he was wrong. Yang Chiji also followed him in at this moment. Fortunately, Ximen Hao even reacted.

, stepped forward with open arms, hugged Qin Xiao and patted her: "It's fine that you're fine, but it makes us worried."

Lu Xiaolou sat down, picked up the milk cake on the table and started to bite it.

"Xiang Yongyong, it seems they found the wrong person." Yang Chiji said with a half-smile: "They came to the sweat tent and they said they were looking for Ximen Yang, but we don't know who Ximen Yang is at all. But they know Da

Khan, the Great Khan received them and arranged for them to stay in the Khan's tent."

Qin Xiao was a little embarrassed and could only smile and said: "I will explain this to the Khan."

Yang Chiji's eyes rolled slightly, he didn't say anything nonsense, and he retreated first with good sense.

The last time a group of people were besieged in the barren mountain, Qin Xiao and Tage designed to attract the wolf cavalry. Afterwards, Qin Xiao also learned that Ximen Hao and others fell into the hands of the wolf cavalry. The other party sent an envoy to the Zhenyu Department to question the crime. The Zhenyu Department

They paid a ransom to redeem the female Eagle Guard Chi Luo Yun and others, but Ximen Hao and Lu Xiaolou were from the Tang Dynasty, which would have caused more trouble, so they did not redeem them.

However, Qin Xiao also knew that Ximen Hao was a merchant from the Tang Dynasty. People in the grassland would not have too much trouble with merchants. Moreover, Ximen Hao also had connections in Duer's army, so he was not too worried about his safety.

"Come, sit down and talk." Qin Xiao held Ximen Hao's arm and sat down. He glanced at Lu Xiaolou and said with a smile: "I hope you are all safe. By the way, how did you know I was here? Mr. Ximen,

How did you escape from the Wolf Cavalry?"

Ximen Hao smiled and said: "It is not difficult to escape from the wolf cavalry. After we were taken back, we told them that I was the owner of the Ximen family. It happened that Sun Kun had not left after delivering the goods to them, so they asked Sun Kun

He came to see me and after confirming my identity, he treated me warmly. I gave Captain Chatun a jade pendant he carried. He was very happy and did not embarrass Luo Yun and those people." After a pause, he continued: "

However, they did not continue to stay at the lake. Chatun sent a team of people to deliver the goods to the Durhu Khan Court, but he led his army to leave. Originally, he wanted us all to go to the Durhu Khan Court to meet Tie Han.

I made an excuse to refuse, but he didn't feel embarrassed. Sun Kun went to the Khan Court with the goods. After getting the payment, he would return directly to China. Xiaolou and I came all the way east, looking for...!" Xiang Zhang

After taking a look outside, he lowered his voice and said, "We don't know how Sir Alex is doing, so we went to Zhenyu to find out."

Qin Xiao said: "It's really hard for you."

"Xiaolou and I knew that the Duke was with Zhenyu Tage, and we were thinking that you might return to the Zhenyu Department." Ximen Hao said softly: "But we were careful and did not go directly to the sweat tent, and we got the news soon.

, Zhenyu's army went north, and there was a war in the grassland. Xiaolou and I asked around, and finally found out that Qili Khan of Durhu actually led an army to attack the Hegu tribe, and Zhenyu and many Sile tribes in the grassland supported the enemy.

, and soon news came out that there was a great warrior in Hegu. During the duel between the two armies, he killed more than thirty Tusun people with a single sword, forcing Qili to withdraw his troops. At that time, I didn't think it was the Duke, but I didn't think it was him.

He said that the warrior was called Xiang Gong, but Xiaolou said that there was no such warrior on the grassland, so maybe Xiang Gong was the Duke's pseudonym."

Qin Xiao glanced at Lu Xiaolou and saw that he was calm and composed, and said with a smile: "If you were here, the duel would end earlier."

"Then we learned that the Zhenyu people supported Wu Qingtage as the Great Khan." Ximen Hao said: "After knowing this, we no longer hesitated and went directly to the Khan's tent. They thought we were spies and arrested us.

We said we were looking for Ximen Yang, but they said they had never heard of him. Later, the man named Yang Chiji came to see us. We told him that we knew Wu Qingtage and Chiluo Yun. Chi Luo Yun had been captured by them.

After redemption, Yang Chiji found Chiluo Yun to see us. After recognizing us, he took us to see Wu Qing Tage... She is now Wu Qinghan. Wu Qinghan treated us very well.

Ask people to settle us in and treat us warmly. Just say that Sir Alex is busy but will see us soon."

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "I just came back from He Gu. Now the Xile tribes already know Tiehan's ambition to get involved in Modong. They also know that if they continue to kill each other and consume themselves, sooner or later the entire desert will be annexed by Tiehan.

Dong, for this reason, the various tribes began to prepare to form an alliance, and did not want to continue fighting with each other. This time I came back with the He Gu delegation, and they also wanted to negotiate with the Zhenyu tribe." His eyes lit up and he said: "Mr. Ximen,

It just so happens that I have something to ask you."

But Lu Xiaolou stood up and said, "I'll go out for a walk while you guys talk."

"I didn't let you go."

"You're talking to Mr. Ximen about business matters. I'm not interested in these things." Lu Xiaolou said: "It's more comfortable to walk around outside, and I can also help you relax outside. If anyone dares to eavesdrop,

, I'll help you get rid of them." Without further words, he left the tent and left.

Qin Xiao shook his head helplessly.

"What are your orders, Sir?" Ximen Hao asked when he saw Lu Xiaolou leaving the tent.

Qin Xiao did not hesitate and explained the main purpose of the He Gu mission.

"Sir, you are saying that the Hegu people are ready to give up Luozhi Mountain in exchange for the Zhenyu people to give up the business road to them?" Ximen Hao was a little surprised, and then praised: "Sir, it seems that the Hegu people

Ke Dun is indeed not an ordinary person. Prairie people are stubborn. Sometimes they do not care about anything else for the sake of hatred, especially the leaders of many tribes. They just want to breathe out a sigh of relief, regardless of the life and death of their tribesmen. This man, Ke Dun, is willing to give up his job.

Luozhishan, which is not in their hands, chose to trade with the Tang Dynasty, which can be said to be extremely wise and wise."

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "I arrived in the Northeast not long ago and I know that Pingcheng in Liaoxi County is a trading place. Are there other trading places in the Northeast?"

"Yes!" Ximen Hao said: "There is a trading ground on the northern border of Liaodong County. Compared with Pingcheng, the trade in Fucheng is more prosperous and the goods are complete. Merchants from the northeastern counties come from the pass to trade large quantities of goods, and then in Fucheng

Trading with the surrounding tribes is very profitable, but the taxes are also extremely high." After a pause, he said: "The greatest interests between the Liaodong Army and the Northeastern merchants are here."

Qin Xiao was very interested and said: "I would like to hear the details."

"My lordship, I don't know. Fucheng is known as the eighteen trading houses in the north, which refers to the eighteen trading houses located in Fucheng. The scope of operation of these eighteen trading houses is extremely wide, almost all-encompassing.

." Ximen Hao said slowly: "Eighteen Lanes does not refer to eighteen surnames. The generals of Liaodong are very good at amassing money, and this is the most powerful one. These eighteen lanes compete every year, and they are obtained from the Anton Protectorate.

Trading rights, to put it bluntly, means spending money to get a cargo tag from the Duhufu. Don’t underestimate that small cargo tag. Only by obtaining a cargo tag can you be qualified to trade with various merchants in Fucheng. Fucheng has

There are hundreds of shops, large and small, but they all belong to Shibafang. Except for the goods labels, which require money to be obtained through connections, there is not a single shop in Fucheng, and taxes are paid to the Duhufu every year based on the number of shops."

Qin Xiao frowned, and Ximen Hao continued: "The taxes paid by Shibafang every year are astronomical, but they are still profitable. And the goods tags can only be obtained by local merchants in the Northeast. No matter how much money the merchants in the customs spend,

No strength can be gained."

Qin Xiao frowned and said: "The four northeastern counties are also the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Do they dare to blatantly prevent merchants from trading in other places?"

"That's why there is Pingcheng." Ximen Hao sighed: "Your Majesty has been to Pingcheng, and naturally he saw the scale of Pingcheng. The shops there are not even a fraction of those in Fucheng. The Liaodong Army was also worried that someone would impeach them to control the Northeast trade.

That's why the Pingcheng Trading Post was opened. Merchants from the pass can go to Pingcheng to trade, and they have to pay heavy taxes. Even if they trade there, the Liaodong Army will secretly control the supply of Pingcheng's goods and will not allow Pingcheng's merchants to hoard goods, otherwise it will

Looking for trouble. For merchants in the customs, the best way to make a profit from the Northeast trade is to sell the goods directly to Shibafang in the north at a low price. In this way, even if they cannot obtain huge profits, they can

You can earn more or less. Many local merchants in the Northeast are afraid of offending the Liaodong Army and dare not trade in Pingcheng. Most of them are under the name of Shibafang and pay money to Shibafang to obtain shops in Fucheng. So now the Northeast

From the trade with surrounding tribes, the ones who profited the most were naturally the Liaodong Army, followed by the Shibafang, and finally it was the turn of other merchants under the name of the Shibafang."

Qin Xiao didn't know much about the trade in the Northeast before, but now he suddenly realized it after hearing Ximen Hao's explanation.

"So the behind-the-scenes controller of the trade between Northeast merchants and surrounding tribes is the Liaodong Army." Ximen Hao sighed: "In the early years, there would be many merchants from the customs bringing goods, but in recent years, the Liaodong Army has become more and more exploitative.

It's awesome. Shibafang can only transfer the pressure of taxation to other merchants. Therefore, merchants coming from the customs are getting less and less benefits.

You can enter the customs yourself to purchase goods, and then transport them to Fucheng for trade."

Qin Xiao nodded slightly, was silent for a long time, and finally asked: "Mr. Ximen, if I want to open a trading center in Montenegro, is it possible to succeed?"

Ximen Hao said in surprise: "Opening a trading center in Montenegro? Is Sir Alex serious?"

"I know this will not be easy to do, but if it succeeds, it will be of great benefit to Long Rui's army." Qin Xiao said: "South of Heishan is Songyang Grassland, which is also where Long Rui's army trains. Naturally, it cannot

Establish a trading ground. However, there is a large plain in the north of Montenegro and there are a lot of forests on Black Mountain. Although it is impossible to build a city under the mountain, it is not difficult to build a trading ground. I plan to let the surrendered Montenegro army work temporarily to cut wood and rocks on the mountain, just under Beishan.

Build a trading ground. As long as the trading ground prospers, the people in Montenegro can use it to open inns and restaurants, and even do some hard work, so that they can support themselves."

Ximen Hao smiled and said: "I understand what Sir Alex means. Sir Alex's ambition is admirable. If Sir Alex's dream comes true, of course the residents on the Black Mountain will benefit the most." Then his expression became solemn and he said

: "But although the dream is good, if you want to make it come true...!" After a pause, he sighed: "Sir, with all due respect, it is harder than reaching the sky."


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