This is actually the essence of Gao Yue’s principle of “not arguing”.

After all, he doesn't want to be involved in the battle between the three imperial courts now.

The next day, many businessmen stood in the front yard of the government office with grimace, half of whom were foreigners, including Persians with high noses and deep eyes, chestnut curly hair, and big food merchants.

Persian merchants mainly sell jewelry and operate residences;

Dashi merchants mainly sell spices and also lend money.

Because Yangzhou was not far from the sea at this time, ships could go directly from the Yangtze River to the sea to the east, and there were frequent sea trade exchanges with Dengzhou, Quanzhou and Guangzhou. In the early years, Tian Shengong attacked Yangzhou, led troops to plunder and killed thousands of Hu Shang.

"This road will set up a Maritime Bureau in the city, and ask the court to send noble people to collect the money for ships and treasures from foreign ships, so we notify you in advance." Gao Yue straightened the way out.

At this time, a great Persian merchant with extraordinary demeanor came forward and saluted Gao Yue, and then said in half-baked Chinese sayings: "Oh, don't do this, respected Governor Duke, we came to Yangzhou, a beautiful and hospitable city in order to avoid the heavy taxes of Duke Duke Du in Guangzhou. If there is no Maritime Warehouse, I am the 'ban leader' you call me, and I wish to offer you 100,000 ounces to the Duke every year."

Gu Xiu next to him introduced that this is the "jewelry king" selected by Persian food merchants this year. Every year, the Hu Chamber of Commerce in Yangzhou held a "Treasure Fight" and the winner was the king and took office as the "Fan Chief". This Persian merchant has already given the Chinese name, "Hu Daoji".

"Why do you think of the surname Hu?" Gao Yue asked curiously.

Hu Daoji said, "We like to eat meat, so we have a strong smell that you Tang people don't like, so we have to cover it up with perfume. You Tang people say that they smell like foxes, so they call us Hu Shang, young people are Hu Lang, young daughters are Hu Ji, and they also say that we are all incarnations of fox demons, so we simply take Hu as our surname.

Gao Yue laughed silently and couldn't help but remember that he had been truly fox-like when he was in Bailiying Field.

In Yangzhou, the fox charm that appears in the legendary legend may be just this group of Persian aliens. The Han people in the Central Plains are curious about their strange customs and appearances, and they are obsessed with them, referring to them as fox demons.

After Hu Daoji made a statement, Japanese, Silla and Bohai merchants also hurriedly agreed and expressed their willingness to come and ensure safety.

Gao Yue said, after that, you are allowed to purchase land in the east of the city, and each tribe's temple priests cannot help but live in "Persian Fang", "Dashi Fang", "Sila Fang", etc., and are allowed to make a living in the city, but you are not allowed to intermarry with the Tang people, and you are not allowed to wear gorgeous clothes. You are exempted from the market, and you are paid for the goods, but you have to pay for money and land.

These foreign businessmen thanked each other and said goodbye in turn.

Then the merchants in Yangzhou City, Gao Yue spoke, saying that the court conquered Huaixi, and the men lacked food and clothing. Huaixi was surrounded by bandits and mountain sheds, which ravaged the river transportation in the Qihuang area, which also affected your business to the west, which was better than...

"I am willing to contribute 20,000 yuan in military money." Several merchants who were placed in Yangzhou in Shi Xingyuan took the lead and said with a sigh.

So other merchants knew that even if they were covered by the Jiedushi, they could not escape the knife when facing the Secretariat Gao Yue, so they bit the bullet and donated 10,000 or 3,500 guan.

Gao Yue asked Gu Xiu to register one by one, and now he raised almost 300,000 dan.

"Although the salt merchants in Yangzhou City all had a huge fortune and were full of energy, no one was willing to help the army." After nightfall, Gu Xiu talked to Gao Yue.

"This group of salt merchants have made a lot of money by relying on false estimates over the years. In fact, they have secretly handed over Huaixi, Xuanwu and other towns and secretly engaged in private salt trade." Gao Yue sneered, "There is this reason why Huaixi can last for so many years. However, their good times will not last long. I will take action first to defeat the group of toad-like merchants in Huaixi, and then deal with the salt merchants in Yangzhou."

"Huaixi merchants?"

"That's right..." Gao Yue suddenly pinched his fingers, as if he was calculating something. Then he smiled and said to Gu Xiu, "The news has already started, and the matters I arranged in advance should be stable."

What Gao Yue said is correct. At this moment, in Xingyuan, Xichuan, Xiangyang, Jiangling, Eyue, and Hunan, an unprecedented large-scale shipping is in full swing.

One month earlier, two generals of the Yining Army and two generals of the army, drove south along Chencang Road from Fengxiang Prefecture, and arrived at the Xingyuan Prefecture of Han Zhongzhong under the command of the military commander Fuyuhuai and Fan Xichao.

Then, the two generals of the Dingwu Army of Xingyuan, as well as all the cavalry, chariots and gunmen, and the Five Battalions of Feishan Cannons, Cai Fengyuan, Ming Huaiyi, Guo Zaizhen as the main generals, Su Pu, Zhang Xi and others as the deputy generals, and Qi Fuyuhuai and Fan Xichao had a total of 15,000 people, collected 500 thousand ships, set out along the Han River, and advanced towards Xiangyang City.

At the same time, Wei Gao ordered his general Zhang Fen to lead the troops of the two generals of the Fengyi Army to take a boat into the Yangtze River, cross the Three Gorges of Yuzhou, and head to Jiangling, Jingnan.

Of course, the most painful thing about the ships and soldiers of Xingyuan from the Hanchuan waterway was Ming Huaiyi. As a Dangxiang family, he was not familiar with water. He could only lie on the deck along the way, enduring the bumps of waves. The masts in his eyes were even higher and lower. As for the food, he was even worse, how did he get in and out of his mouth.

Finally, amid the cheers, the fleet arrived at the Hanyin Post Station in Xiangyang City.

Zhang Xi, who was a native of Xuanxi who was in charge of ships, announced that all his soldiers could rest on the dam in Xiangyang for half a day.

There is Hanyin to the west of Xiangyang, which is where the Han River enters the city; there are Baisha and Sanzhou to the east, which is where the Bai River passes the city; there is also Shukou to the south, which is where the Xiang River injects the Han River. It can be said that it is surrounded by three rivers. In order to prevent water damage, Xiangyang has spared no effort to build tall embankments. Over time, in addition to flood prevention, the embankments also have the functions of traffic and trade. Ships pass through it and shops are listed above, which is very cheap.

The soldiers from Dingwu, Yining and Baoda began to climb the embankment to "rest".

Behind the various trees on the embankment, there are all kinds of shops, including those who sell food, pastries, clothes, shoes and hats, and many charming women, including Hu Han. They stand there with passionate eyes and attract business.

This is the famous "Da Dike" in Xiangyang (the commercial circle, from Xiangyang along the Han River to Yicheng more than a hundred miles south, the Dadi is continuous). The poems about him by the Tang people are also very grand:

"He came to Xiangyang in the morning, and arrived at the dike in the evening. The daughters of the dike were all amazing. The flowers were beautiful and amazing."

"There are so many beautiful women in the south, and there are no more than girls in the dike. Their souls are filled with their own eyes, and their colors are so happy."

"A young man came to live in Xiangyang City. He was flirting with his son in the city, and he knew that he would get rid of Qin Zheng."

Even the old Master Meng Haoran, who has always been simple, wrote a erotic poem "When you are having fun on the dam, carriages and horses are galloping against each other... The prince holds pearls and bullets, and the wandering girl is holding silk stockings..."
Chapter completed!