Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 227 Floating Businessmen and Players
Hearing Ma Bijiu's reminder, Sun Jianguo immediately said gratefully: "Thank you Ma Lang for the reminder, let's go to the city together!"

Ma Bijiu saw that Sun Jianguo was rich and powerful, and he was willing to be with Sun Jianguo. He nodded and said, "If Sun Lang trusts me, then leave it to me to take care of it."

Sun Jianguo immediately said: "Don't worry, don't worry, of course I can rest assured if I leave it to Ma Lang!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Jianguo stuffed a dangle of money and handed it to Ma Bijiu to manage the officials at the gate of the city.

Sure enough, when they queued up to the gate of the city, seeing Sun Jianguo's strange face, the old officials made eye contact and were about to come up to check the contraband.

It was Ma Bijiu who had good eyesight, so he immediately went up to grab the old official in charge, and whispered in his ear:

"These are businessmen from Gaochang, and they are all good citizens. This is the money Sun Huiban gave you to buy wine."

After speaking, he stuffed the money into the sleeve of the chief official.

The official weighed his sleeves, nodded and said, "Since Ma Lang is the guarantor, let them in. Ma Lang wants to have a good talk with them. There have been a lot of things going on in the city of Kucha recently, so don't make trouble!"

Ma Bijiu's ears perked up, took out another string of money, and handed it to the official.

Now the official said: "There is going to be a war recently, and Tu Shiqi has violated the border again."

After inquiring about the news, Ma Bijiu exchanged some pleasantries and returned to the caravan. A group of people drove the goods into the city and sat down at the hotel where Ma Bijiu often stayed.

It was late in the evening after such a toss, and Ma Bijiu gave the hotel some money and asked him to go to the water station to buy some water and come back.

The city of Kucha is on the edge of the central desert, and not far away is the vast desert. When businessmen from the west cross the vast desert, the first supply point is the country of Kucha, which is why Kucha is an important town on the Silk Road.

There is a shortage of water in Kucha, so ordinary hotels do not provide water for washing and washing. Ma Bijiu is also an old businessman who often comes to Kucha. He stuffed money for the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper asked the staff to go to the water station to fetch water.

Ma Bijiu wiped his forehead and said: "We came at the wrong time, and Tu Shiqi has violated the border again. I am afraid that the Kucha Fair outside the city will not be held."

"Is this Kucha Fair held outside the city?"

"Yeah, where is there any place in the city? The Kucha Grand Fair is opened outside the city at the end of the first, middle and late ten days. All the merchants in Kucha will go to Daji to buy and sell goods, but it may not be possible to open at the side of the Tushi Rider." gone."

"Does this sudden attack often make mistakes?"

Before Sun Jianguo came, he also read information about the Western Regions.

There are many small countries in the Western Regions, some of which have only a few thousand people, and their territory is about the size of a village.

A country with a population of hundreds of thousands like Qiuci is considered a big country in the Western Regions.

In the northern part of the entire Western Regions, there is also a nomadic people named Tushiqi. This Tushiqi is a small tribe compared to the Uighurs. Even the Geluolu people think that the Tushiqi are just a group of mobs.

However, the Tushiqi, who are looked down upon by the Uighurs and the Geluolu people, have a strong influence in the Western Regions. They often go south to plunder, and even invade the borders of the Kucha Kingdom.

When some small countries heard that Tushi cavalry was coming, they would scare the whole country to flee, which shows the influence of Tushi cavalry in the Western Regions.

The store pushed the bucket with a trolley, and Ma Bijiu asked people to set up the bucket, calling for everyone to come and wash.

Sun Jianguo didn't feel alive until the cool water washed away the smell of sweat on his body.

He changed into dry clothes and sat chatting with Ma Bijiu under the shade of a tree.

Sun Jianguo asked, "Ma Lang, does this Tushi cavalry often offend?"

Ma Bijiu said: "Isn't that right? I have been doing this business for ten years. In the early years, it was once a few years. In these years, I have to do it several times a year. The businessmen who come and go on this route are complaining."

Sun Jianguo asked: "Why does this sudden horse attack the border?"

Ma Bijiu sighed and said: "Actually, Tu Shiqi has been attached to Datang for a long time, but in the past few years, there have been non-stop rebellions, which made the whole trade route turbulent. I don't know how long it will take to calm down this time."

Sun Jianguo asked suspiciously: "Why is this Tushi cavalry rebelling again?"

Ma Bijiu said in a low voice: "I also heard it from hearsay, so just listen to it, Sun Lang."

Sun Jianguo nodded repeatedly.

Ma Bijiu said: "After the Tushi cavalrymen returned to the Tang Dynasty, they were often hunted and killed by the generals of the border towns, and their heads were used to pretend to be meritorious."

Sun Jianguo didn't expect such a thing to happen, he quickly asked: "Is this true?"

Ma Bijiu nodded and said: "We big food merchants are sometimes hunted and killed by the Tang army. Sun Lang is from Gaochang City. He doesn't know the reputation of the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions."

Sun Jianguo did not expect that the brave Tang Jun would become synonymous with brutality in the Four Towns of Anxi.

Ma Bijiu continued: "Tu Shiqi is a horse race. Their appearance is different from that of the Han people and people from other countries in the Western Regions. They have always been discriminated against in the Western Regions. In recent years, the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi strike, and business exchanges have resumed. If the generals and soldiers want to make meritorious service, they can only pretend to be credited with Tu Shiqi."

"I remember that Anxi reported victory to the imperial court last year and beheaded the remnants of the five thousand Turks. Those heads were still in the north of Kucha City and became a Jingguan. In fact, they were not the remnants of the Turks. It was the Tang army who slaughtered a Turkic cavalry. tribe."

"This time's sudden attack may have something to do with what happened last year."

Sun Jianguo now understood why Ma Bijiu asked him to be wary of the Tang army along the way. It turned out that this was different from the Tang army in the four towns of Anxi and the Tang army in Xizhou.

After cleaning the animals and feeding them with fodder, everyone rested at the hotel.

At this time, the clever shopkeeper sent a few bunches of grapes chilled in the well, and after the sun went down, they brought up the local baked naan.

After eating, Sun Jianguo rubbed his stomach and said, "I didn't expect the food in Kucha to be so delicious."

The food in Kucha Kingdom is influenced by both nomads and farming peoples, and here is an important node in the spice trade. The price of spices is not high, and the aroma of barbecue is strong. Sun Jianguo and other players eat their mouths full of oil.

In the evening, the players had a meeting on the team channel.

The upgraded in-game chat function allows voice chat in the team channel. Sun Jianguo turned on the meeting function and began to discuss the next move.

"It is enough to arrive in Kucha. We can set up a business in Kucha city, and we can make a lot of money by going through this line."

This statement quickly gained the support of many players. This time, the business group going west started from Gaochang City to establish a business route for the players because the merchants in the Western Regions controlled a lot of profits.

Now that the players have arrived in Kucha, many players think that this is enough, as long as they can open up the trade route in Kucha, there is no need to continue westward.

Along the way, he had to eat and sleep in the open, and he still had to worry about it. More importantly, the game had undergone tremendous changes during this time.

After the player business group set off, the situation changed a lot.

First of all, King Jianning miraculously defeated the Uyghur army that invaded Ge Luolu, forcing the Uyghur to open the grassland trading post.

Nowadays, many merchants and players are rushing to the grasslands, setting up trading posts in the grassland enclosures, and carrying out trade with the grasslands.

In addition, Li Daoyuan was doing things in the Hexi Corridor, and actually joined forces with Yuchixin to occupy Jiuquan and Zhangye.

The trade in Dongjin Pass also prospered, and many players began to run eastward for business.

In contrast, the westbound trade mission that traveled for nearly a month did not produce any major results.

The westward trade route has not been opened, and the complexity of driving in the western regions is beyond the player's imagination. Many players want to go back home, go to the grasslands or go to Zhangye to do business.

I heard that King Jianning is about to release the qualifications of village chiefs near Zhangye and Jiuquan, which makes some farming players eager to return.

Sun Jianguo sighed, it would be difficult to lead the team if people's hearts were scattered.

Now everyone's enthusiasm for opening up the Western Regions is low, and they all want to return to Shazhou as soon as possible.

But Sun Jianguo still wants to open up the Western Regions, and take the Silk Road. This is the most exciting era of land trade. As a player who likes to run business, how can he not go further west?
　Adjust the plot, make it up tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)