Li Kuo's heart sank. If what these two people said was true, then the cannibals would have wanted to get involved in the Western Regions. The four towns of Anxi were of great significance to the Tang Dynasty. On the one hand, the three-tier Silk Road passed through them, and people could communicate with each other.
There are many traders, and the stable rule of the four towns in Anxi ensures the exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and other countries in the Western Regions. Secondly, the Tang Dynasty's rule in the Western Regions is more to contain the Tibetan military strength. If the four towns in Anxi change owners, Longyou, Jian
The defense pressure of the Southern Dynasty on Tibet will increase sharply. Therefore, no matter from any angle, the four towns of Anxi cannot afford to lose.
But the Tang Dynasty had just devoted its entire nation to defeating the Battle of Hehuang. Did it have enough strength to compete with the cannibals?
Yang Xuan had obviously noticed the conversation of the people at the table. He picked up the wine glass and slowly brought it to his mouth and took a sip.
"It's just that I, the Tang Dynasty, have to swallow this bad breath? I think that Gao Xianzhi just replaced her husband Meng Lingcha and was appointed by the Holy Emperor as the Jiedushi of Anxi. Doesn't he have any ambition to expand the territory for the Holy Emperor?
Ambition?" (Note 1)
Mr. Huangfu obviously did not agree with Helan's point of view and said tit for tat.
He Lan sighed softly: "Of course we cannot let the cannibals do whatever they want in the Western Region. Although the four towns of Anxi have not many troops, if they are properly deployed and assisted by more than a dozen Tibetan soldiers, it will not be a problem to maintain peace in the Western Region."
."
Hearing this, Young Master Huangfu said angrily: "Peace! The soldiers advance at the expense of retreat. If you only think about maintaining a corner of peace, you will not be able to last long! Besides, the land of Broken Leaves was originally one of our four towns in Anxi, but now it is covered in dust.
I don’t want to take it back, this, this..."
The more Prince Huangfu thought about it, the angrier he became, and for a moment he couldn't express himself clearly.
Yang Xuan nodded to the boy beside him, smiled slightly and took a sip of the wine.
The young man walked to the next table with understanding and said through the bamboo curtain: "You two gentlemen, my master has invited me. I wonder if you two can come over and talk?"
Mr. Helan frowned slightly and said, "What's your surname? Why did you come to our office?"
"Oh, Brother Helan, since they have invited us, we will go over and ask why you are doing so much." Mr. Huangfu didn't wait for Helan to finish speaking, then nodded to the young man from the Yang family and said, "We are here
Then come over."
After saying that, without waiting for Helan's consent, he pulled his friends together and went to the private room where Yang Xuan and his party were.
"Master, the two young masters are here." The young man walked up to Yang Xuan and said softly.
"Oh, please come quickly!" Yang Xuan smiled playfully, picked up a grape and put it into his mouth.
Young Master Helan walked into the private room first, knelt down on a mat outside and said to Li Kuo, "I wonder why Young Master wants to see us?"
Seeing that he had recognized the wrong person, a young man from the Yang Mansion came closer and said, "The one above is my master, and this is Mr. Li Kuo and Li."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. However, brother Kuo'er does seem to be much more heroic than me. No wonder this young master recognized the wrong person."
The Young Master Helan smiled ashamedly: "I'm sorry, I'm Helan Rongxia, this is my friend Huangfu Chendong. I wonder why this Young Master wants to see the two of us?"
Yang Xuan tapped his fingers and said slowly: "This is Taichang Qing Yang Xuan, you two are polite. In fact, there is nothing important. I just heard the two of you talking about the strategy of the Western Regions, and for a moment, I
I got interested, so I called you two to come over and talk."
Helan Rongxia nodded: "That's it. My friend and I came from Anxi Qiuci and just arrived in Chang'an. We met many traders from Kangju along the way and got some news from them. My dear brother Huangfu
And he was a man who didn’t keep his mouth shut, so that was the reason for the dispute between spirits just now. It was a joke, it was a joke.”
"The accents of the two of you don't sound like foreigners. At first glance, I thought they were people from Guanlong." Yang Xuan handed a jade cup on the case table to Helan Rongxia.
"Thank you, Mr. Yang." Helan Rongxia took the jade cup and drank it down in one gulp and said, "I heard from those Li Te merchants that the Great Eaters intend to invade the Western Regions, with Bukhara as the center, and are gradually increasing their troops to the Khorasan generation.
"(Note 1)
"Oh? The Big Eater has actually made plans for the four towns of Anxi?" Yang Xuan was quite surprised, his eyes filled with questions.
"We are just hearing this, so we can't take it seriously." Helan Rongxia smiled and waved his hand.
"How can this be false? Mohammed. They have always been doing business in the Kangju generation, so they will not take a wrong look at it."
Huangfu Chendong raised his head arrogantly, like a lion seeking battle.
"Chen Dong!" He Lan Rongxia glared at his friend and interrupted sternly.
"Muhammad Ben? That doesn't sound like the name of a Li Te person." Yang Xuan stared at Helan Rongxia playfully and asked suspiciously.
"They Li Te people are not so particular. They changed the name of the big cannibal after running in the river all year round, just for convenience. Unlike me, the people of the Tang Dynasty, who were taught by saints, respected etiquette and respected names."
Helan Rongxia's vest was covered with sweat, and she managed to squeeze out a smile.
"Oh, that's it." Yang Xuan nodded and raised the jade cup: "Come on, do it!"
"Dry!"
"Master Helan is so familiar with trade routes, he must be a businessman." Li Kuo raised his wine glass and nodded slightly to Helan Rongxia. After the observation just now, he had preliminarily determined the identities of the two of them. From Anxi
After traveling thousands of miles to Chang'an, and being so familiar with things in the Western Regions, there are no more than two types of people. One is the merchants, and the other is the garrison soldiers. Judging from the clothes of the two men, the possibility of the latter can almost be ruled out, then
They were most likely merchants traveling on the Silk Road.
Of course, it is not ruled out that they were both traders and soldiers. After all, if they had no connection, just the mercury collected from the passes along the way would make the traders traveling on the Silk Road lose their skin.
"Young Master Li really has a keen eye! Yes, Brother Huangfu and I are merchants who traffic in goods." Helan Rongxia let out a sigh of relief and raised his palms in praise.
"Of course, don't look at who our brother Kuo'er is. In terms of intelligence, who among the younger generation in Chang'an City can beat him!"
Zhang Yanji heard this and took over the conversation proudly. In his opinion, no matter how wealthy these businessmen are, they are just sparrows who are smart and focus on immediate interests. How can they compare with a smart person like his brother Kuo'er?
"That's it, that's it." Helan Rongxia didn't care about so many things and responded continuously.
"Master Helan, what kind of business are you doing? A business trip takes a year and a half. If you don't make a lot of money when you are out in the wind and rain, you will be really sorry for your miserable feet."
Yang Xuan glanced at the angry Huangfu Chendong and interrupted abruptly.
"To be honest, brother Huangfu and I are in the tea business. We buy the goods from Chang'an and sell them to Bukhara, and then transport the spices back from there." At this moment, Helan Rongxia really regretted accepting Yang Xuan's invitation and came over to talk. She only hoped that we could talk soon.
They tried to fend off Yang Xuan's inquiries and left earlier. It was obvious that Yang Xuan had doubts about their identities. If they stayed any longer, there was no guarantee that something would go wrong. With Huangfu Chendong's big mouth, he could
I'm really worried.
"It's no wonder, selling tea can bring huge profits! I heard that it's strange that these teas are not produced in foreign countries, but they are lucky enough to have this kind of tea. Selling tea to and from Chang'an in the Western Regions can often make dozens of times huge profits.
Judging from Mr. Helan's rich and colorful clothes, I guess that's where he came from."
"Master Yang is joking." Helan Rongxia took out a piece of silk scarf from his waist with a smile and handed it to Yang Xuan: "This is my famous thorn, please accept it, Master Yang. If you need to bring something novel next time, just send it."
People come to my house to look for me. Next time I go to the Western Regions to deliver goods, I will definitely bring it back for Mr. Yang."
"That'll be a good thing!"
Yang Xuan was not polite, took the famous assassin and threw it to the boy beside him.
"Master Yang, Brother Huangfu and I have an appointment for a tea party in the West Market later. I don't know..." Helan Rongxia moved his knees forward slightly, leaned forward and asked tentatively.
"Oh? It turns out Mr. Helan has something important to do, so Yang won't bother you." Yang Xuan picked a grape and put it in his mouth and said with a smile: "The conversation I had with you two today was quite speculative. Mr. Helan just said that
Those words really tickled my heart. I'm afraid that Yang will have to bother you two in the future, so don't blame me for nagging you."
"Where, where. If Mr. Yang has any instructions, please let someone know. Even if it is a crescent moon in the sky, I will risk my life to pick it off for Mr. Yang." Helan Rongxia was eager to get away, and clasped his fists at everyone one by one:
"In this case, Mr. Li, gentlemen, we will take the first step and apologize!"
After saying that, he grabbed Huangfu Chendong's hand and strode outside the house.
When the sound of his footsteps was faint, Yang Xuan called the boy to his ear: "Go and keep an eye on those two people. Which workshop and house did they enter? How many people are there in the house? What did they do?"
, clarify everything for me one by one, and report to me at the house tonight."
"Yes!" The young man clasped his fists and took the order with several servants and left aggressively.
"It's better not to say some things nonsense."
The corners of Yang Xuan's mouth raised slightly, giving rise to a strange smile.
Note 1: Fumeng Lingcha: Fumeng Lingcha is a Qiang nationality and once served as the governor of the four towns of Anxi. Later in the sixth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi served as the governor of the four towns of Anxi because of Gao Xianzhi's contribution in pacifying Xiaobolu.
After that, it gradually disappeared from the history books.
Note 2: Khorasan: This is a medieval geographical term, meaning "the place where the sun rises". Most of it is in today's Iran, and some are in the Herat area of Afghanistan and the Mare area of Turkmenistan.
Bukhara: a famous city on the Silk Road, located in Khorasan at that time.
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