Chapter 783: The credibility of foreigners

The setting sun in the west stuffed the light yellow glow through the crack of the window, and painted several straight lines on a shadow on the ground, with a few of them shining on the box, and the gold inside immediately emitted a seductive light. There seemed to be few people in this world who could block this temptation, regardless of men or women.

Yang Shun would look at those big boxes, and the brilliance in his eyes was the same color as the brilliance reflected in the box.

"That Peter said... The Great Sui is a giant dragon..."

Yang Shunhui sighed and took his eyes back from the box with some difficulty.

"How could he know that the dragon is now terminally ill."

The tone is a little lonely and sad.

Dong An, the most trusted aide of Yang Shunhui, also sighed, and took his eyes back from the big golden boxes with even more effort. After a while, he was silent, he said: "It should be that the foreigners don't know the current situation of the Sui Dynasty, so they beg for a generous gift. I heard that the Oplu Empire had almost unified the land on the other side of the ocean. That was a real dragon, right?"

He didn't know, and Yang Shunhui didn't know that the dragon in the eyes of the Central Plains people and the dragon in the eyes of foreigners were not the same concept at all. In the eyes of the Sui people, the dragon was majestic, just, and powerful. In the eyes of the foreigners, the dragon was greedy, cruel, and powerful... Only strength was the only place in the same place.

If you want a greedy dragon to spit out gold that can fill ten boxes of boxes of gold from your mouth, you should be wary of what the purpose of this dragon is. Unfortunately, Yang Shunhui and Dong An, who thought that foreigners did not understand the Great Sui Dynasty, did not understand the foreigners at all.

"In fact, civil strife in the Sui Dynasty is not always bad."

Dong An smiled and said, "If the Sui Dynasty was as stable as before, the general could not manage this matter even if he wanted to. Even if the foreigners carried the gold, the general would have to hand it over to the court as much as possible. As for whether to agree to the foreigners' request, he would have to argue for three or five months at the court meeting before he could draw a conclusion. It would be hard to argue for three or five years."

"Now... it's all in your mind, General. The General thinks it's feasible, then the foreign merchant ship will be able to dock tomorrow morning. If the general thinks it's not feasible, then the foreigner's throat will not work."

Yang Shunhui smiled, and seemed to be very helpful in such words.

"What do you think?"

Yang Shunhui asked: "Would someone be sent to discuss this matter with the people from the Mu Mansion? And... A while ago, the Heiqi Military Jie specially sent someone to send me a handwritten letter, asking me to be careful of those foreigners. I have been thinking about whether I have received some news, otherwise why would I remember to remind me for no reason?"

"The Black Flag Army...need to pay attention to it."

Dong An said: "Not to mention that Fang Jie is just a little man who came into the house by unknown origin and by chance. Even if he comes from a famous family, he is not responsible for our Muping. In my opinion, this person is just a casual excuse to show closer to the general, or maybe... this is the ancients' vicious plan of getting along with each other. He tried every means to repair it with people from far away and raise a knife to people from near distance."

Yang Shunhui was slightly stunned: "If so, he is a character."

"I thought he didn't have that kind of insight, and the general could ignore the matter of the Black Flag Army. If the person sent by Fang Jie asked for a meeting again, the general would just be sent casually. But the Mu Mansion... should be more cautious. After all, the Mu Mansion is too powerful in the east of the Great Sui Dynasty. Since the civil strife of the Great Sui Dynasty, the people of the Mu Mansion seem to be honest and have sworn allegiance to the court. However, in recent years, almost all the generals of the border army were replaced by people from the Mu Mansion. Now, the Mu Mansion's words are more effective here than the imperial edict."

"but……"

Dong An's tone changed: "If this is discussed in advance by Mu's Mansion, even if you send someone to the Northeast Mu's Mansion, and with the discussion, it will take about a month to go back and forth. At that time, foreigners were probably losing patience, General... There are more than a city in Muping, the east border, which has opened trade... Besides, if this is reported to Mu's Mansion in advance, there are two things that are not good for the General."

"What?"

Yang Shun will ask.

“One!”

Dong An stretched out a finger and said, "If this matter spreads, it will have a great impact on the general. After all, you are still a third-rank general of the Sui Dynasty. In terms of official positions and titles, you are not lower than the one in the Mu Mansion. If you ask for instructions from the Mu Mansion, what should you do? People are afraid that you will say... something bad."

"Secondly, if you inform Mu Mansion, then this foreigner's gift..."

He didn't finish his words, but Yang Shunhui understood immediately.

He subconsciously glanced at the big box and fell into silence.

"But, if we don't inform the Mu Mansion, it will inevitably seem a bit rude. After all, the Mu Mansion nods when we can garrison Mu Ping. If the people from the Mu Mansion do not nod, we are still stationed in Lishan."

Yang Shunhui said after a while.

Dong An shook his head: "General, I don't know if you have considered it... Now the world is in chaos, the Sui Dynasty is shattered, the country is not a country, and the people in the war are living in poverty. The imperial court's government orders are less than 500 miles away, which is not as effective as the orders of various major families. Although there is an iron-armored general now fighting, no matter how powerful the Iron-armored Army is, it is less than 20,000, and the people in the world are hundreds of millions. These 20,000 people are like a drop of water in the sea, and they can't stop the general trend after all. Is it possible that a drop of water wants to reverse the flow of the Yangtze River?"

"So, General, you must also make plans early. Lead troops out of Chang'an to the East Xinjiang. General's decision is extremely correct and wise. But now we can be considered as living under others. Everything depends on the face of the Mu Mansion. To put it nicely, it is because General, you have a deep friendship with the man in the Mu Mansion. To put it nicely, it is the alms of the Mu Mansion. Why did Jin Shixiong stay in such a tired place in the northwest and not leave? Isn't it because no matter how tired the place is, he has the final say?"

"My subordinates think that the general should consider expanding his strength now. In the chaotic times, it is better to hold a thousand troops and horses in his hand. Even if the general does not have the will to dominate the world and holds a strong soldier, no matter who sits on that chair, he will not dare to underestimate the general. To develop, what we lack most now is... silver!"

Dong An said: "If the coast is opened and foreign merchants come over, then the daily input will be a huge amount! Besides, if foreigners are allowed to do business, then the Dong Chu merchants will be useless. At that time, the general will send troops to arrest all the Eastern Chu merchants in the city. The collected silver money alone will be enough to recruit 50,000 people! Not to mention 50,000, maybe 100,000 is no longer a problem!"

Hearing this sentence, Yang Shunhui's eyes lit up.

"As Peter said, now foreigners are busy recovering their vitality, and the first thing they have to do is business. We will make profits from it, which is much faster than foreigners' recovery and development! Within three years, the general will have a strong army of 500,000. At that time, no matter what choice the general makes, you are still taking the initiative?"

Yang Shunhui was silent for a while and said, "I'll think about this matter again. You go back first, have more contact with that Peter, and also have to figure out what the situation is going on over the sea. What I'm afraid of is to lead a wolf into the house."

"Don't worry, General, my subordinates will definitely find out!"

Dong An said, then left.

After leaving the General's Mansion, Dong An couldn't help but smile as he looked at the set sun falling west. He walked back along the street, looking at the East Chu merchants on the street with pity with his eyes. He looked at the East Chu people, as if he was looking at the lambs lying on the chopping board that had been scalded.

So he was in a good mood, and after he got home, he was in a better mood.

“Foreigners still have some credibility.”

He looked at the two boxes filled with gold in his dormitory, and couldn't help but hold up a handful of gold coins and put them on his face. No matter what shape it was, gold... it was always gold.

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Goods are the best shops in the world

Another day was about to pass, and more and more pedestrians on the streets were increasing. Before dark, merchants from all over the country began to look for restaurants and brothels to enjoy, while those from Dongchu people began to bring their goods back to their camps. In order to ensure safety, there were camps specially set up for merchants from Dongchu people in Mouping City.

The people of Dongchu relied on the Sui people because their money was earned from the Sui people. But they looked down on the Sui people, and they felt that the temperament of the Sui people was very annoying. The people of Sui also looked down on the people of Dongchu, because no matter how rich the people of Dongchu people were, they were very stingy. They would not celebrate because they made money and rarely went to brothels.

If you meet a group of Dongchu people in a restaurant for dinner and a group of Sui people, you can quickly identify them even if they are wearing the same clothes. The one who orders a large table of dishes must be the Sui people, and the one who has only a few dishes on the table must be the Dongchu people. The one who is rushing to pay the bills is the Sui people, and the one who is all pretending to be stupid must be the Dongchu people.

Zuo Mingchan squeezed out of the crowd on the street and returned to the shop. After a glance at Zhou Mingli, the two of them tacitly went up the second floor.

"What did you find out?"

Zhou Mingli asked urgently.

"The caravans coming from the city are not right!"

Zuo Mingchan lowered his voice and said, "Ordinary caravans are not as cautious as they are. Even my subordinates are difficult to lean over. Moreover, it seems that different caravans seem to be in contact. My people stared at them and found that the leaders of the caravans met in a restaurant, but they soon dispersed. They were extremely careful. If you want to find out where they came from, it is difficult for them to come from, I plan to wait until they leave the city before starting. The defenders in the city are not familiar with us, so they are not sure about starting in the city."

"I'll pick some good skills and go with you."

Zhou Mingli said.

"good"

Zuo Mingchan nodded: "I don't bring much people, and it's okay to attack a caravan, but I'm afraid they have any support. And... I suspect that these caravans are not merchants at all. When I was staring at one of the groups today, the wind blew, and one of them robes blew up, revealing the brocade clothes inside."

"Bronze style?"

Zhou Mingli was stunned for a moment: "People from the government?"

"There are nothing in the government."

Zuo Mingchan shook his head, with a little worried look in his eyes: "What I worry about is... it's from the army."

"It must be found out anyway"

Zhou Mingli said: "If it is the army who is trading with the Dongchu people, it will be even more unusual. The goods of the Dongchu merchants are of no use to the army, and the army does not need to spend a lot of money to buy some messy things."

"What do you mean is that they want to cover up under the name of caravans? The goods they collect are also scheming?"

Zuo Mingchan asked.

Zhou Mingli nodded: "No matter what, we must not check it out. Since we disguise ourselves as we are definitely not from Yang Shunhui. The army in the east of the Great Sui Dynasty is in the hands of the Mu Mansion... Is it necessary for the Mu Mansion to make a deal with the people of Dongchu like this? Whatever the Mu Mansion wants, the people of Dongchu have to send it right away! Unless they bought something shameful... and even Yang Shunhui must hide it!"

"Will you hide it from Yang Shun? Why do you have to give Mouping to him if you want to hide it from him?"

Zuo Mingchan suddenly thought of something, and a flash of inspiration flashed. It was too fast. He thought about it carefully but lost his clue.
Chapter completed!