Mystery: I can burn destiny

Chapter 210 Border Bazaar
Since Li Xuan came back.

Two major events occurred in Liangzhou.

One is the change of the western commercial route. This commercial route can be said to be full of bandits, and now they have all been subdued.

Guo Shishi, the double-knife thief!

This name is extremely resounding now, no matter whether it is a white way, a black way, or a gray area, all walks of life have already heard of this person.

Bandits are rampant in the Gobi, and now it has become a consensus, but they are backed by the natural dangers of the desert, even if the frontier army wants to send troops to exterminate them, it is also extremely difficult.

(Normally speaking, it is true... But this time Li Hao only brought [-] cavalry, and he went to the desert within a day, and did not communicate with the local government offices at all, so it can be said that there are very few people who know the inside story. In the story of the double-knife thief Guo Shitou subduing many horse thieves, there is basically no trace of the frontier army.)
This time, they were all subdued by Guo Shitou, which directly caused his reputation to inflate like air. I don't know how many people are worried about this.

It's not just the caravan coming and going, but even the nearby county guards are also gnashing their teeth with hatred. How to explain to the court that such a big thief has been ruled under him?

However, what happened afterwards was beyond everyone's expectations. The double-knife thief Guo Shitou blatantly said:

As long as you hand over ten gold to buy life-saving documents, you will be able to travel unimpeded in this business route, and no one will rob and kill halfway.

(Ten golds for the first time, and increase after that!)
This shocked everyone's jaws!
Ten gold? ? ?

For ordinary people, this can indeed be said to be a huge amount of wealth, but for these businessmen, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

Who can't afford ten gold, the key is whether this promise is reliable?
Not long after, a gang spoke up, vowing that as long as ten gold was handed over, there would indeed be no more horse thieves to rob and kill.

But everyone is still skeptical...

If this business wants to really develop, I am afraid it will take a lot of time to accumulate reputation.

Another big event is that Liangzhou Captain Qin Lie released the news again, saying that he sold his properties and had raised a huge sum of money. In the future, as long as he can sell grain, copper and iron, salt, cowhide, cloth, animal tendon, animal glue, birch, Mulberry wood, coal... and many other military supplies are shipped to Lingju, and they can directly get a lot of money.

Who is Qin Lie?

Liangzhou hero!Lieutenant Liangzhou!
Now stationed on the border of Liangzhou, there are more than [-] soldiers under his command, [-] Guanzhong soldiers, and [-] Liangzhou soldiers, both in prestige and status, far surpassing the double-knife thief Guo Shitou.

It is self-evident to say that the sensation caused by the grandiose purchase of military supplies is now self-evident.

The county guards from all over Liangzhou were taken aback. They recruited soldiers, prepared food and grass, and built weapons... If Qin Lie hadn't had an imperial edict in his hands, they would have thought it was a rebellion.

Faced with Qin Lie's actions, these county guards finally chose to let it go after tangling. There are two reasons for this choice.

One is to be afraid of the prairie wolves.

Not long ago, the wolf tribe was still raging in Liangzhou, so many people were displaced and so much wealth was plundered.

The refugees have not been gathered yet, but fortunately, there are aristocratic families who are willing to lend a helping hand, they can take over the unowned land and cultivate it again, and at the same time take over these refugees as slaves... This can be regarded as a great favor to the county guard.

In this way, the refugees can also have a good place to go, at least they will not become rogues, and the pressure on the county guards will be reduced... If the court asks the reason for the population decrease, it will say that they were killed by wolves.

Anyway, as long as there is no refugee under the rule, the performance of the government will not be affected, and the tax reduction cannot be blamed on them, it is all caused by the wolf clan's looting.

It is precisely because of this time that the county guards in various places do not want the wolf cavalry to go south again, otherwise there will be refugees all over the place, and their lives cannot be guaranteed at all.

The wolves broke the city, leaving no chickens or dogs behind!
The wolves don't care how noble your status is, as long as you fall into their hands, you are like a pig or cow waiting to be slaughtered.

Therefore, the wolves are deeply disgusted!

As long as Qin Lie can resist the wolves going south, not to mention opening the door of convenience, but he will not obstruct too much. At most, he will only write a memorial and send it to the center of the court.

This can also avoid future court accountability!

The second is that Qin Lie has an imperial edict.

Now the content of the imperial decree has basically been spread among the county guards in various places. As long as Qin Lie can successfully establish a new border defense system, he can enter the center of the imperial court in one fell swoop.

The position of a minister, the position of a marquis!
Seeing that Qin Lie was about to rise to prominence, they didn't want to have an enemy with him now.

It was because of two reasons that he finally chose to let Qin Lie go.

These memorials did reach the center of the imperial court, but then there was no more content. After all, the imperial decree had already been given, and these powers were given along with it.

Although Qin Lie has always been ambitious, his background is also considered innocent...

When he was young, he traveled all over the world, joined the army to serve the country in his prime, served in the Forbidden Army by virtue of his meritorious service, and was once released as an official after accumulating qualifications, until this time he commanded the army to expel the wolf clan... If it is judged from these experiences, Qin Lie is a standard loyal minister .

As long as this new frontier army is established, let Qin Lie return to the center of the court immediately, regardless of the position of minister or marquis, what's the problem even if it is really given to him?
As long as he no longer holds soldiers in his hands, Qin Lie himself is a warrior of the seventh realm, and the court has no shortage of people who can suppress him.

There is no suppression above.

The businessmen below are profit-seeking.

For these merchants, there may be some hesitation at first. One is that they are worried that Qin Lie will not really give money, and the other is that they are worried that the wolf cavalry will go south again.

But there are always people willing to come and try!

There is a fan-style gang in Jincheng, Liangzhou, who have collected a hundred carts of food by selling pots and irons. After they were finally escorted to Lingju, they actually got a thousand dollars in exchange.

After the news spread, how could these merchants bear it, and then they were driven by their nature to go all over the world to buy military supplies, and finally sent these supplies to Lingju.

As merchants traded more and more, a border market was established directly outside the Lingju Camp.

After all kinds of military supplies gathered in Lingju, Li Xuan had more choices, and the transaction gradually took the lead.

These businessmen have traveled thousands of miles to transport supplies, and in order not to drop them in their hands, they can only lower the price with tears in their eyes.

No business no adultery, no adulterer no business.

Even with the price cuts, these merchants still have money to make, so they keep coming.

Li Xuan just wringed out most of the moisture in the transaction process, and the price dropped back to normal.

As this border market gradually prospered, the army's logistics finally caught up, food became more abundant, and clothes, shoes, tents, ordnance... began to be replenished slowly.

Although some people were puzzled, this Qin Lie's family was too rich, even though Li Xuan spent money like running water, he never exhausted this "huge sum".

However, as long as the merchants still have money to make, they will continue to deliver military supplies.

It's just that the border market is becoming more and more prosperous, and the people of the wolf clan have also noticed it...

(End of this chapter)