Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 226 Western Regions Merchant Group
Qiuci, one of the four towns in Anxi, is the same as Gaochang State, which was destroyed during the Tang Taizong period, and the Anxi Protectorate was established here.

It's just that Gaochang State was annexed by the Tang Dynasty and turned into counties, but the Kucha State Datang adopted the method of confinement management.

Jumi management means that after the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Kucha Kingdom, it still retained the Kucha Kingdom, but the Kucha King was only a mascot, and the specific affairs of Kucha were handed over to the Prime Minister for management.

The Prime Minister of Kucha was appointed by the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, and they were generally officials of the Anxi Protectorate.

However, the state system of the Kucha Kingdom is still preserved. It is regarded as a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and envoys are sent to Xijing every year to pay tribute.

The Anxi Protectorate of the Great Tang Dynasty would not intervene in the internal affairs of the Kucha Kingdom on a daily basis. Their main job was to protect the Anxi Kingdoms from falling into the hands of Tubo or the Uighurs.

Now there is a vacancy in the Anxi Protectorate, and Guo Ziyi's nephew, Guo Xin, is in charge of the Anxi Governor's Mansion. He is an old man of King Jianning.

When King Jianning was studying the art of war under Guo Ziyi, he had a close relationship with Guo Xin. Now that Guo Xin is in charge of the Anxi Protectorate, his attitude towards King Jianning is quite ambiguous.

The entire Anxi Governor's Mansion ignored the imperial court's order to let King Jianning "in charge of Longyou". None of them came.

Regarding this matter, King Jianning was very relieved, and praised the players for Guo Xin's ability to stick to his duty and have the demeanor of his uncle Guo Ziyi.

However, players who know a little about the generals of the Mid-Tang Dynasty can understand that Guo Ziyi's family motto is to be loyal to the court and the Tang Dynasty, but he will not be loyal to any specific person, nor will he participate in the battle for the throne.

If it weren't for Guo Ziyi's position, Emperor Li Heng would not have let him and the crown prince lead the army together.

This is also the reason why Guo Ziyi was able to survive three dynasties, even if he was suspected by the emperor, he was able to retreat in the end.

Guo Xin was obviously also deeply influenced by Guo Ziyi, and was not prepared to seek refuge with King Jianning.

However, King Jianning didn't care about this. Li Yan supplied the supplies needed by the Anxi Protectorate in full, and even often shipped some fresh products from Longyou.

The player's caravan arrived in Kucha City. This time, the grand expedition of merchant players was to open up the Silk Road. The leader of the team was Sun Jianguo, the leader of the merchant players and the president of the street lamp pendant union.

For merchant players, the excess profits of the Silk Road are the consensus of merchants in the Western Regions.

Tang silk of average quality could be sold at a price of a hundred or even a thousand times in the Byzantine Empire, but the supply was still in short supply.

Countless merchants were attracted to this Silk Road, and such prosperous trade continued until the Tang Dynasty lost the Western Regions, and the Silk Road on the road gradually fell silent.

Sun Jianguo, a group of players who have taken office as a [merchant], is naturally full of yearning for the Silk Road. This "Westward Plan" was jointly promoted by all merchant players. As the president of the street lamp pendant union, Sun Jianguo personally escorted the goods to Arrived in Kucha City.

"President, can you enter the city of Kucha today? I heard that there is a huge market in Kucha, can you visit the market today?"

The one who spoke was a young merchant player named Bo Yang. He was also a member of the Street Light Pendant Union, and this time he was a member of the westbound caravan.

Sun Jianguo nodded and said, "Of course I'm going to see the Kucha Fair, let's hurry up and go to the city to talk about it!"

He had already seen the city of Kucha, but Sun Jianguo still did not relax. Running a business is a high-risk occupation nowadays. If Sun Jianguo was not cautious, the caravan would have been robbed by bandits long ago.

The more relaxed the more dangerous it is. When Sun Jianguo reminded everyone to be vigilant on the team channel, a group of masked horse bandits rushed over from a distance.

"Be alert!" Sun Jianguo immediately issued an order, and the well-trained players quickly gathered the trucks together, and then pulled out the weapons on the trucks to be on guard.

The [Army General] players hired to guard the caravan also immediately mounted their horses and picked up their weapons, blocking the way of the horse bandits' charge.

Sun Jianguo watched the horse bandits gather nervously, feeling a little apprehensive in his heart, he had finally arrived outside the city of Kucha, but he must not fall by the wayside.

Fortunately, this group of horse bandits saw the heavily guarded caravan, and knew that it was a hard bone, and the caravan had already taken up weapons. If they wanted to chew it off, they would definitely knock off a few teeth.

The horse bandits roared past the caravan, but in the end they did not attack the caravan, and finally walked away.

Sun Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief, but he continued to say on the team channel: "Everyone be alert! Pay attention to the position of the horse bandits, let's enter the city quickly!"

Under Sun Jianguo's cautious leadership, the player caravan finally arrived outside the city of Kucha.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Sun Jianguo knew that the caravan was safe.

Bo Yang approached Sun Jianguo and said, "President, the horse bandits in Kucha are too arrogant, aren't they? They even looted near the city."

Sun Jianguo also nodded and said, "I didn't expect the bandits in the Western Regions to be so serious. Could it be that the army in Qiuci didn't suppress the bandits?"

In the area ruled by King Jianning, not to mention the vicinity of the city, even the bandits far away from the city were almost killed by players chasing contribution points.

However, after leaving Xizhou and entering the four towns of the Western Regions, there were so many bandits on the road, there were even a large group of joint bandits appearing and looting the passing caravans.

However, these bandits are also looking for money. As long as the trade route is strong, many bandits can be scared away.

There are also some well-known robbers, as long as they obediently hand in the money for buying roads, they will let the merchants pass by safely.

But there are horse bandits near Qiuci City, which also shows how chaotic the law and order in the Western Regions is.

A group of people came to the city gate, and the long line waiting to enter the city walked extremely slowly. Sun Jianguo started talking with the big food merchant in front.

This big food businessman married himself a Chinese named Ma Bijiu, a strong man in his 40s.

Ma Bijiu heard that Sun Jianguo set off from Xizhou, so he kept getting close to Sun Jianguo, and the two sides quickly became familiar with each other.

"Ma Lang, is it so slow to enter Kucha City?"

Under the scorching sun, it took a long time for the team to move, and Sun Jianguo was sweating profusely while waiting.

Ma Bijiu nodded and said: "I heard that Qiuci City is strictly investigating bandits. The goods of the caravans entering the city must be inspected one by one to see if there are any stolen goods. These small officials who guard the city just found a reason to use this method to exploit the passing people. Merchants. Sun Lang waited for your caravan. If these janitors check your goods repeatedly, remember to send money. "

(End of this chapter)