On one side were the miserable Xiongnu tribesmen, still bleeding, and the screaming cattle and sheep, looking gloomy and gloomy, while on the other side were the people who were happily roasting and eating the beef and mutton that had died of injuries. The comparison of the soldiers who conquered the West really made Humphrey feel uncomfortable.
"General..."
Yufro stood in front of Fei Qian, and for a moment he really didn't know what to say.
Speaking of the friendship between Fei Qian and Humphrey, in fact, it has always been changing. At first, Humphrey had some psychological advantages, but as time went by, such psychological advantages gradually shrank. Now not only do I no longer have any so-called advantages, but I am somewhat afraid of Fei Qian's majesty and magnanimity...
Fei Qian smiled, pointed to the side and said, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Come and sit down."
At this time, there was naturally an aura in the words of Fei Qian, the General of the Expedition to the West. Although the words and words vaguely revealed the attitude of the superior towards the inferior, Humphrey did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction and hurriedly sat down aside.
"A certain person and the Chanyu are brothers..." Fei Qian opened his mouth and said. Basically, these official words did not need to be drafted. "Since we are brothers, we will naturally help each other. What difficulties does the Chanyu have? You might as well say it bluntly, those who can help will naturally help, and will not be stingy, so Shanyu can rest assured..." Of course, if you feel that you can't help, there is nothing you can do.
When Yufuluo heard this, he was naturally deeply moved. He stroked his chest and saluted, saying: "The general's deep friendship will never be forgotten by my little king! Alas... Now in the royal court, such a disaster has really made me feel ashamed of my people... At present, the royal court has a shortage of people. We are short of food and clothing, General... Well, General, can you support us with a batch of supplies to tide over the current difficulties..."
Oh, is it alms?
Fei Qian smiled and said without saying a word: "Do you need supplies alone? No problem. I'll ask Yongyuan to contact you later..." Yu Fuluo wanted to get it for free, but he must not have even thought about it, Cui Hou As someone who is in charge of the eastern and northern caravans and has been in contact with Huvrault from the very beginning, he naturally understands what Feiqian means. The price will be whatever it is at that time. At most, if the quantity is large, it will be small. Just a small discount.
Yufro was stunned for a moment, blinked, and said: "Let Cui Yongyuan come? This... General, you see, the royal court is already like this, Xiao Wang... I really have nothing on hand, can I Can't...can you..."
"Want to pay on credit?" Fei Qian said, and then said generously, "It depends on what you said, what's the point? No problem! But the amount can't be too big. After all, business has to be turned over, as the saying goes. , I borrowed and repaid, isn’t it difficult to borrow again..." Anyway, in the Han Dynasty, many transactions were actually done on credit. Even private farmers sometimes had no money, so they would borrow money or go on credit, and wait until they had money. Pay it back again.
"Credit... credit... alas..." Hufro stared, sighed for a long time, and said, "Okay, let's do it on credit..."
Fei Qian smiled slightly, nodded, and then in front of Yu Fuluo, he ordered someone to go to Xihe to find Cui Houlai.
For the foreigners who came around to worship or pay tribute, there was still some sense of equal exchange in the Han Dynasty, but in later feudal dynasties, it seemed that not more than ten times or a hundred times were given, as if it was a shameful thing, and even In the Qing Dynasty, where the heaven and earth were unified, there were still people who hired foreigners to forge some messy so-called credentials and went to the capital to do this business. It is not an exaggeration to say that they made huge profits.
"Hey, business is business." Fei Qian smiled and waved his hand and said, "No matter whether the business is successful or not, there is always a relationship between a certain person and Shan Yu. In this way, I will sponsor Shan Yu with some funds in my own name. ...Zichu, get someone’s money bag!”
Huang Xu took the order, found a cowhide bag from his luggage, and handed it to Humphrey's hand.
Fei Qian signaled, letting Yuvroud open it and take a look.
"This is..." Yufro opened it and couldn't help but be stunned. He saw some gold and silver Zhengxi Tongbao in the purse, which was exuding a pleasing brilliance. "This... is this some kind of 'sponsorship' from the general?"
Fei Qian looked up to the sky and smiled, and then said: "Of course it's not just these! Chanyu, these Tongbao are just a companion... Chanyu, I wonder if you have heard of a saying, which is called 'It is better to retreat and build a net when facing a fish in the ocean'?" "
"I seem to have heard that what the general means..." Yuvro nodded, then lowered his head and looked at Tongbao and said, "These are the words 'retreat and build a network'?"
"Exactly!" Fei Qian clapped his hands and praised, "Chanyu is indeed extremely smart! Chanyu might as well think about it, if your soldiers and mine are accustomed to eating for free, and taking for free, there will still be people who are willing to go to the battlefield. Go up there and fight? Shanyu thought about it again, how could it be any better compared to Shanyu's current situation when I went to Bingbei? Also, it's not like Shanyu had never heard of Baishi Qiang's current situation. Have you passed?"
"Well..." Yufro originally felt that Fei Qian threw these treasures with a hint of insult, and he felt a little unhappy. But after hearing Fei Qian's words, he frowned, blinked, and thought about it. For a moment, it seemed that what Fei Qian said made some sense.
Fei Qian's strength may not have been that good or powerful back then, but now...
"The general is saying that he is willing to teach me this 'fishing method'?" Humphrey said tentatively.
Fei Qian nodded seriously, then waved his hand and stepped back.
Humphrey also immediately sat upright with a solemn expression, and also ordered his guards to stand farther away.
"Chanyu, do you know what Shang is?" Fei Qian said slowly, "Do you know that the reason why China was born and started because of Shang? One of the earliest dynasties in China was called the Shang Dynasty? "
"This..." Yufro opened his eyes wide. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Fei Qian's grammar of "one of the most" that was used by later generations. He was just immersed in Fei Qian's words, hoping that Fei Qian could speak better. Understand a little more, "The general means..."
"I mean, Chanyu is sitting in the treasure mountain without knowing it..." Fei Qian smiled slightly, with a confident smile of a life mentor.
"Baoshan?" Yuvrou repeated.
Fei Qian nodded and said: "Baishiqiang, Shanyu, you know, now people drink mare's kumiss, one bowl at a time, eat beef and sheep barbecue, eat one, look at one... Why, you are rich! Why are you there?" Money, trade! Even though a big man is big, he still needs a lot of things, especially those things that a big man doesn’t have. He needs even more things... even flowers and plants, all of which are money!"
"You want all the flowers and plants?" Yuvrou looked at the ground subconsciously.
"Of course, it's not just any flowers and plants..." Fei Qian chuckled, "There is a kind of flower called cotton. I don't know what the tribes or small countries in the west call it. It's as white as snow, as wooly, and very tall. Beautiful, ahem, I can’t help it, our emperor likes it, so we ministers also naturally like it... There is also a kind of grass called alfalfa, with flat leaves, like a heart shape, or oblate. , most of them have three leaves together. Legend has it that if you can see four leaves growing on one stem at the same time, you can get the help of the God of Luck and your wishes will come true... Shanyu, you know, we Han people, I still believe this..."
"Look Shanyu..." Fei Qian looked at Yufuluo nodding his head in confusion, and continued to teach, "The Baishi Qiang had only a few people, so they walked far to the west, and soon they were selling some cattle and sheep. With furs, some fruits, drinks and other things that the big man doesn't have, you are already extremely rich. And Shan Yu, you have so many people now. If you find some things that the big man needs, you can not only exchange them for supplies to restore the royal court, but also you have so many people. You can also make a fortune, and even... haha... Besides, Shanyu doesn't want to track down where the rebellious elder has fled? Is this a matter of killing multiple birds with one stone? Does it mean that Shanyu is currently sitting on the treasure mountain? Don’t you know it?”
"This..." Yuvro pondered for a long time, although he knew in his heart that Fei Qian's words may not be all true, nor could they all be beneficial to the Huns as Fei Qian described, but there were some other things hidden in them. Something like that, but the problem is that what Fei Qian said is also true. Bai Shiqiang has indeed become a lot richer in the past two years. Even the complexions of ordinary tribesmen seem to be rosy, and he really needs to investigate the situation in the west and north. I went to track down the damn great elder who was fleeing. If I could find something along the way, I could exchange it for supplies...
"But... the west and north are mostly deserts, and I'm afraid there won't be anything..." Hufrault is now a bit smarter and knows how to bargain, "I'm afraid that the general will say he doesn't want the things he found... then... Yes, the general needs it too, why not go find it yourself?"
"How do you know I didn't send anyone out?" Fei Qian chuckled and said casually, which made Yuvro suddenly change his expression, "I sent someone out a long time ago...Has Shan Yu ever drank the wine from the west?" ?It’s inconvenient this time. Next time, someone will bring some to Shanyu... As for the things, we are all adults, and we don’t know whether they are valuable or not? It’s like..."
Fei Qian randomly picked up a stone from the ground and said: "For example, this stone, I said it is very precious and was accidentally dropped by the gods in the sky. Shanyu, do you believe it? Right, isn't this the end of the world? It's useful. The things that are useless are useful, and the things that are useless are still useless no matter how nice you say them, right, Shanyu?"
Yuvrou nodded subconsciously, as if he felt something was wrong, but he just didn't know what was wrong with Fei Qian's words.
Fei Qian smiled slightly, looked at Yuvluo, and thought to himself, the title of the best debater I got in the university was false? Do you know what the theft of concepts is? Do you know what is taken out of context?
"Bai Shi Qiang took the road along the Hexi Corridor. Chanyu can go there too, but there is also a road here that Bai Shi Qiang does not have..." Fei Qian took the stone in his hand and scratched on the ground casually. Said, "My people reported that from here, along the western mountains through this desert, and then there are several mountains, there are some tribes, and even through these distant mountains, you can reach a vast majority Everywhere is a plain, and there are pastures everywhere..."
What Fei Qian painted was what later generations called the Prairie Silk Road, and it was also the second Silk Road connecting the east and west land.
The Prairie Silk Road refers to the major trade channel that connects the Eurasian continent from the Mongolian grassland. After crossing the Yinshan and Yanshan areas, along the Great Wall, northwest through the Mongolian Plateau and northern Central and Western Asia, you can directly reach the Mediterranean Europe.
Compared with the Silk Road in the Hexi Corridor in the traditional sense, the Prairie Silk Road has a wider distribution area. As long as there are water and grass, there is a road to travel. Therefore, the route of the Prairie Silk Road often changes with the times. It changes due to different conditions, and it is not static. Of course, walking is more difficult, but the problem is that the Hu people are naturally adapted to this kind of long-term migration, and they are naturally much more adaptable than the Han people.
Besides, the vegetation in the current stage of the Han Dynasty was not so destroyed. There were many more oases in the desert than in later generations, and later generations of Shanxi merchants were still able to get around in a more harsh environment, so there is no reason for the Xiongnu at this stage to People can't leave...
Fei Qian looked at Yu Fulo's eyes widening, as if he wanted to memorize the route on the ground firmly. He waited deliberately, and when he felt it was almost done, he wiped it casually with his feet, smoothed away the traces, and said: "Shan Yu Ruo is Interested, I can ask someone to prepare some equipment and supplies for long-distance travel first. Even if it is given to Shanyu on credit, it will be calculated according to the cost price... Brothers belong to brothers, and business belongs to business... By then Shanyu will be found. Good things, these will naturally be earned in hundreds or even thousands... Even if there are no special good things, just think about it, did you also accumulate a lot of skins, dried meat and so on back then? Those tribes in the west have not had it for many years. The caravan has passed? Ten years? Twenty years? Or even more? After so many years, how much money will be accumulated? Think about that time, a clay pot... a copper cauldron... or even some tea bricks... can be How many things can be exchanged? How many skins can be exchanged? Shanyu thinks about it again, if Shanyu has what these tribes want in his hands, will they still choose to cooperate with the defected great elder? Then maybe someone will directly take you The heads of the defected great elders were used in exchange for things... Haha, we are all brothers anyway, and we will never let Shanyu suffer in terms of price..."
As Fei Qian described it, Humphrey's eyes lit up little by little.
That's right, when Feiqian did not come to start trade, many of the Huns' skins were helplessly watching a little bit of mold and rot, and then became a pile of waste that no one wanted. And those tribes that had not had caravans for many years, among them Isn’t there so much leather that it’s like picking it up for free?
Just like Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, said, bring some Han utensils, and even if you don't find any special flowers and plants, as far as those leathers are concerned, you can still make a fortune!
And the most important thing is that maybe more tribes can be gathered, and then...
"Okay! Let's do it!" Yuvrault made up his mind and agreed. Huvrault felt that he could do this!
For a moment, both Fei Qian and Yuvrou burst into laughter, but it was not clear what was hidden in the laughter. Who would benefit in the end, and who would have the last laugh...
