"Then Fourth Brother, why do you still have to guard your musket so tightly?"
Liu Heng asked Kou Ji with a puzzled look.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Because the quantity is small now, it can be defended. And if we don't strictly guard it, how will others know that this thing is a treasure? How will we sell it for a big price in the future?"
Liu Heng's eyes widened in astonishment, "Fourth brother is going to sell muskets in the future?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "That's right... Instead of letting others take it out and sell it secretly, it's better for us to take it out and sell it openly. At least we can control the whereabouts of the musket.
We can sell muskets to our enemies' enemies.
Let the enemy's enemies attack the enemy with muskets, and then use the money collected from the enemies to buy our muskets."
Liu Heng frowned and said, "But after the muskets were circulated, what happened to others who learned them?"
Kou Ji reached out and patted Liu Heng's shoulder and said with a smile: "Liu Heng, don't think of the musket as that simple. Just because I can make it easily doesn't mean that everyone can make it easily.
Just the few blast furnaces outside Bianjing City are enough for them to study for more than ten years.
Without the steel produced in the blast furnace, the musket they made would just be a firecracker."
Kou Ji stood up and said proudly: "When all of them are obsessed with muskets and studying muskets, all their money will continue to flow into our Song Dynasty.
And we can use their money to build better muskets.
We can also use their money to make the Song Dynasty bigger and stronger."
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji blankly.
He didn't expect that Kou Ji could use only a small musket to set up a plan that could plot the whole world.
He vaguely felt that Kou Ji's growth had exceeded his imagination.
What Kou Ji is planning now is far beyond what he had planned before.
In the past, when Kou Ji was planning a small Wu family, he had to go into battle shirtless, causing uproar in the city.
Today, Kou Ji is planning the whole world, but he is calm and does not make any waves.
He has been working very hard to follow Kou Ji's footsteps and wants to fight side by side with Kou Ji.
But Kou Ji's back was getting further and further away from him.
Vaguely, he felt that Kou Ji's figure had become unusually tall, standing tall and tall.
Kou Ji waved his hand and a city was destroyed.
Kou Ji waved his hand again, and a city rose from the ground.
With a single move of your hand, you can change the world.
…
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and saw Liu Heng staring at him with some confusion. He was slightly stunned and said: "Liu Heng?!"
Liu Heng slowly regained consciousness under Kou Ji's call.
Looking at Kou Ji again, he is just an ordinary person.
He is much more mature than when we first met him, but other than that, there doesn't seem to be much change.
"What's wrong? Still thinking about the musket?"
Liu Heng coughed dryly and said hurriedly: "If my wife asks me for a musket, how should I respond?"
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "You are not allowed to give it within three years. After three years, you can give three or two. The number cannot be too large, and Qingtang cannot use it to build musketeers.
Regarding the quantity issue, you can blame it on me and the officials.
I will find an opportunity to tell the officials about this matter, saying that it is my plan to deal with Qingtang.
So you don’t need to worry about official suspicion.”
Liu Heng solemnly bowed his hands to Kou Ji and said, "Thank you, fourth brother..."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "Don't thank me yet, brother, settle the accounts tomorrow. I will get half of the money you received."
Liu Heng stared in shock.
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng, "Are you still planning to give it to me for free?"
"Forehead……"
"I put so much thought into making them think that the musket is a treasure. If I wait for them for three years, they will definitely go crazy, and they will pay no matter how high the price is.
Don't give me thousands of horses and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.
Can you easily give them the musket?
The first muskets to go out are the most precious and the most valuable.
I gave you this opportunity, and you still don’t want to benefit from it?!"
Liu Heng said dumbfounded: "I understand, fourth brother."
Kou Ji sat down and hummed: "Please order more, there are not many opportunities for this kind of blackmail."
Liu Heng said solemnly: "I understand..."
After a pause, Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji and said seriously: "Fourth brother, you are obviously not short of money, why are you so crazy about amassing money?"
"The Great Song Dynasty is lacking...and there are many people who are short of money..."
"What's the meaning?"
"Only by turning most people in the Song Dynasty into rich people will they not take risks and plan my family's huge wealth."
"..."
After Kou Ji and Liu Heng finished chatting about serious matters, they started talking witty words.
After talking for a long time, it was late at night.
The wrestling game in front of the campfire was over, the people gathered in front of the campfire dispersed, and Kou Ji and Liu Heng went back to their tents to sleep.
The next day.
After getting up.
When Kou Ji came out of the tent, his eyes were filled with blue.
The water and sky are the same color.
The blue Qinghai Lake appeared in front of Kou Ji.
The Qinghai Lake in Kou Ji's eyes was far larger than the Qinghai Lake seen by later generations, several times larger.
Kou Ji can clearly feel the magic of nature from Qinghai Lake.
Thousands of years of evolution have made Qinghai Lake several times smaller.
Thousands of years of travel have made Qinghai Lake several times larger.
Under the water, on the surface, there are flocks of fish and birds.
They don't seem to be afraid of people.
On the contrary, I get closer to people.
When the people of Qingtang come to the lake, those silly fish will take the initiative to come to them.
Qingtang people only need to slap it with the back of a knife to get a delicious big fish.
Many people gathered by the lake to take pictures of fish.
Kou Ji did not go.
When people in Qingtang take pictures of fish, they will happily grill the fish and eat it.
Folks in the Song Dynasty would make fish soup when they caught fish.
The two styles of eating fish form a sharp contrast.
What is surprising is that.
The fish in the lake are obviously stupid and easy to pick up.
The Qingtang people, as well as the people of the Song Dynasty, did not overfish.
After they only took a few pieces, they started cooking with satisfaction.
Kou Ji couldn't help but think that the Song Dynasty seemed to have a clearly stated environmental protection law.
There seem to be certain restrictions on cutting firewood, hunting, fishing, and mining.
Take cutting firewood as an example.
It is forbidden to enter the forest to cut firewood in spring.
You can pick up dead branches, but you are prohibited from cutting down trees.
In strict places, entry into the forest in spring is even prohibited.
Such provisions were not formed in the Song Dynasty.
It was passed down from the Qin and Han Dynasties.
It can be seen from this.
As early as thousands of years ago, the ancients had a profound understanding of the importance of protecting the environment.
Kou Ji drank a bowl of fish soup sent by the leader of the patrolling horse guards, ate some grilled fish and naan sent by An Ziluo's people, then got on his horse and set foot on the formation.
When passing by Riyue Mountain.
Kou Ji paused for a moment. He wanted to find the shadow of Princess Wencheng of the Han Dynasty in the Riyue Mountain. He also wanted to find the mirror that Princess Wencheng left behind that could turn into a mountain.
Unfortunately, after staying for a full quarter of an hour, I didn't see the sun-moon mirror left behind by Princess Wencheng, let alone Princess Wencheng's shadow.
I only harvested a few stupid yellow sheep and one ox.
Kou Ji and his party walked for a full day before they got out of the Qinghai Lake.
The road thereafter was smooth and smooth.
Yellow sheep and yaks can be seen everywhere.
The bones of various animals can also be seen everywhere.
When we arrived at the foot of the Snow Mountain, we bumped into a group of monks walking silently under the snow mountain.
The monks seemed to know An Ziluo and took the initiative to find An Ziluo.
An Ziluo was asked to remonstrate with Jiaosi Luo and appoint him as a national advisor.
It is claimed that Qingtang without a national teacher will not receive the blessing of Buddha.
An Ziluo received them politely, but did not agree to their request.
Even after being rejected by An Ziluo, the monks were not discouraged.
Instead, he approached Kou Ji and seemed interested in having a conversation with him.
However, they failed to do so.
Liu Heng blocked him far away from Kou Ji.
Along the Snowy Mountains.
Head all the way west.
Another four or five days passed.
The group arrived at the junction of Huangtou Huihe and Qingtang.
The junction of Huangtou Huihe and Qingtang is very chaotic.
Horse thieves shuttled wildly at the junction of Huangtou Huihe and Qingtang.
Fights between horse thieves can be seen everywhere.
Still in the wild, carcasses eaten by wolves and vultures can be seen everywhere.
Among the horse thieves there were Han Chinese, Qingtang people, Uighurs, Liao people, and Xixia people.
Some people can be identified just by their clothes.
Some people come from the accent.
Kou Ji had no intention of dealing with these horse thieves. As long as they did not offend him, he was in no mood to deal with them.
However.
Kou Ji's silence seemed to be taken as easy to bully.
The horse thieves probably extorted a lot of benefits from the Song people who had escorted the baggage before.
So after seeing Kou Ji escorting a large amount of grain and grass, he actually took the initiative to provoke Kou Ji.
Kou Ji sat on the horse and frowned slightly as he watched the leader of the patrolling horse guard drain the blood of a horse thief with a short knife.
He looked at Liu Heng who was reading a letter at the side.
Liu Heng glanced at the letter sent by the horse thief roughly, and laughed out loud to Kou Ji: "There is a horse thief leader named Eagle King who sent a letter to us saying that as long as we are willing to keep half of the food, he can guarantee that
We have no obstruction in Qingtang and Huangtou Huihe."
In Liu Heng's eyes, the words of the bandit leader named Eagle King were just a joke.
Not to mention the 10,000 Qingtang soldiers led by An Ziluo, with only 3,000 Japanese soldiers, they were enough to kill the man named Eagle King into a dead chicken.
Kou Ji still needed to rely on the troops of Qingtang and the five thousand elites of Danshan City to ensure that he could safely pass through the territory of Huangtou Huihe.
The little bandit leaders actually boasted that they could ensure that Kou Ji and his party could travel unhindered in Qingtang and Huangtou Huihe.
"It's just a scam, don't pay attention to it."
Kou Ji frowned and said.
Liu Heng smiled and nodded, "In the Song Dynasty, others were the fat sheep in our eyes. Unexpectedly, when we arrived in the Western Regions, we actually became the fat sheep in the eyes of others.
If we hadn't been in a hurry, I would have really wanted to see how he ensured that our journey back to Qingtang and Huangtou was smooth."
Kou Ji said calmly: "You don't have to feel unhappy. Someone will take care of them later."
Liu Heng knew that Kou Ji was not a good person.
The man named Eagle King threatened Kou Ji, so Kou Ji naturally asked Zhang Yuan and Yu You to destroy them.
Liu Heng put away the letter and laughed in a low voice: "Speaking of which, this person's cursive writing is beautiful. Could it be that he is from the Song Dynasty?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "Running script?!"
Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Not bad, running script."
Kou Ji's face turned slightly cold, "You take a thousand Japanese troops, mount your horse, and go kill them and rescue our people."
Liu Heng said in shock: "Our people?"
Kou Ji said coldly: "Even those of us who have learned my Chinese since childhood may not be able to write beautiful running script, let alone a horse bandit leader. If he is really from the Song Dynasty, he will be able to write beautiful running script just by relying on his extraordinary running script."
It is enough to have a decent status in our Song Dynasty. Why did he go to the Western Regions to become a bandit?
What's more, it is impossible for a Song Dynasty person to become a bandit leader in the Western Regions without support.
It must be a soldier or clerk in our Great Song Army who was captured by him."
Liu Heng muttered: "It's very possible..."
Kou Ji said with cold eyes: "Quickly lead the people to kill us. No one will be left except our own people."
Liu Heng nodded solemnly.
Just when Liu Heng was about to leave, An Ziluo came over on horseback.
After An Ziluo bowed his hand to Kou Ji and saluted, he said with a gloomy face: "I personally led the army to accompany us, but there are actually horse thieves who want to target us. I am really impatient.
Does Kou Xiandi know who the other party is?
Just tell me and I'll have people kill them without leaving a single piece of them alive."
An Ziluo shocked Qingtang.
He believed that he personally escorted Kou Ji and his party, and no one dared to cause trouble for Kou Ji and his party.
Unexpectedly, when I was about to leave the Qingtang boundary, I was slapped in the face.
Kou Ji said calmly: "I have already sent Liu Heng to take care of a guy named Eagle King. No need to bother Brother An to take action."
An Ziluo frowned when he heard the words Eagle King, "No wonder he dared to threaten us. It turns out to be Kebineng."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand to Liu Heng, who was about to leave, signaling Liu Heng to wait.
Then he stared at An Ziluo and said, "Brother An knows this person?"
An Ziluo nodded and said: "This man is from Huangtou Uighur. He used to be a noble of Huangtou Uighur. He was compared with Kebineng, the leader of Xianbei during the Three Kingdoms period, so he named himself Kebineng.
It's a pity that this person has great ambition but little talent. He has ambition but no strength.
When he was young, he led his tribe to start a rebellion in the Yellow-headed Uighur territory.
It was quickly pacified.
This man took part of the remnants of his troops and fled on the border between Huangtou Huihe and Qingtang.
Now more than ten years have passed.
This person still has three thousand people who can control strings.
It's just that this person has always been entrenched in the Crook Lake area.
Why do you appear under the snow-capped mountains?"
The Koruk Lake mentioned by An Ziluo was located in the Qaidam Basin in later generations.
It is quite far away from the Qilian Mountains.
Kebin can always stay in the area of Keluke Lake, which means that the first generation of Keluke Lake has something he needs to survive.
Such as table salt.
The Qaidam Basin is known as the world's largest salt mine and is known as the world of salt.
Many places in the Western Region are short of salt.
The fact that Kebin can stay in the area of Crook Lake shows that he has been relying on selling salt to survive.
He can abandon the salt he depends on for survival and run to the bottom of the snowy mountains to occupy the mountains and become king.
That means there is something far more important than salt under the Snowy Mountains.