The caravan of Conwood set off early the next morning. Li Zhen and others sent them off. Jiu Zhi began to think that Kang Rui was black and fat and was not careful enough to do things, so he knocked the milk over him.

I am also glad that Uncle Kang Er did not agree to marry his daughter to him yesterday. His nonsense angered Kang Dazhuang, and the two almost started a fight.

When they had lunch, they finally waited for the caravan coming from Chang'an. This was a huge Sogdian caravan composed of thousands of camels.

In fact, it was made up of seven or eight small caravans, so that they could resist the harassment of horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor.

The arrival of the caravan made Liuyuan Town lively, and all the shops ran out to compete for customers.

Li Zhen and Kang Dazhuang squeezed over from the group, and Kang Dazhuang waved to a Sogdian man who looked like an old man and shouted: "Uncle Ban!"

Uncle Ban is only over forty years old, but his long-term business career has made him look very old, looking like he was sixty years old, with white hair and wrinkles on his face.

Seeing his old appearance, Li Zhen then understood why Uncle Kang had to settle down in Dunhuang.

"It's Dazhuang! Why are you here? Oh... I understand, your father asked you to pick up the goods, right!"

Kang Dazhuang scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "My father is in a hurry to deliver the goods, so he asked me to come first. Didn't Uncle Ban say he wouldn't go to Dunhuang?"

"I originally didn't plan to go to Dunhuang, but there was a temporary change. I wanted to rush to Gaochang first. Some people there were also in a hurry to ask for goods, so I still took the Dunhuang South Line, but I didn't have to go into the city."

"Then we're going all the way."

Kang Dazhuang introduced Li Zhen to Uncle Ban, "This is my good friend, named Li Zhen, the best person in Dunhuang, this time I will accompany me here."

Although the Sogdians were enthusiastic and helpful, they strictly abide by the rules in business. They were divided into business merchants and businessmen. Uncle Ban belonged to businessmen and had been running on the Silk Road for many years. Dazhuang's father, Conmead, belonged to businessmen and was fixed in a certain place.

Merchants cannot do business directly with customers. Their goods must be sold to Sogdians and then deal with people from other ethnic groups. It is this thousand-year rule that has made the Sogdians' business activities continue.

So Li Quan's so-called investor actually bought and sold goods in the name of Conmaide, and finally Conmaide gave her capital and profits.

The Sogdians respect the martial arts people the most, which is directly related to their long-term risky career. I heard that Li Zhen was the number one master of riding and shooting in Dunhuang, a trace of respect suddenly flashed in Uncle Ban's eyes. They are all real businessmen, and maybe they will get help from Li Zhen in the future.

Uncle Ban gave Li Zhen a greeting and said fluently in Chinese: "Just Li Shaolang just calls me Lao Ban, I hope we can become friends too."

Li Zhen replied with a smile: "Da Zhuang praised me too much. I really want to have friends like Uncle Ban."

Uncle Ban laughed, took out a small glass bottle from his arms and handed it to Li Zhen, "This is the necessary awakening bottle for us businessmen. When we are tired, we will smell it gently and feel the spirit. This is new. I have never used it before. I will give Shaolang a meeting gift."

Li Zhen had seen this exquisitely crafted awakening vial in Uncle Kang's shop. It was actually sniffing salt inside, fifty dollars per one. Although it was not worth it, it made Li Zhen feel the enthusiasm of the Sogdians.

"Thank you for your gift!"

"Dazhuang, you have never seen how much you blackmailed from the uncle since you were a child, so I won't give it to you."

Uncle Ban laughed loudly and asked someone to lead a camel. The camel carries two boxes of goods, which is the musk bought by Conmaide and Li Quan. This batch of goods will bring Li Quan her first commercial profit.

Looking at the two boxes of goods, Li Zhen felt a little regretful. He had known that one of the four pack horses should have been left behind.

Kang Dazhuang seemed to know Li Zhen’s thoughts and whispered to him: “This camel is also from my family.”

Li Zhen suddenly realized that no wonder he had not seen the camel from the Kang family during this period. It turned out that he had been transporting goods. He was very happy. In this way, even the problem of animal power on Xiaoxi's return journey was solved.

.........

After resting in Liuyuan Town for a day, the Pangda Caravan set off again. They took the Silk Road South Line to Gaochang and had to pass by Dunhuang. However, they no longer entered the city and went straight to Yangguan west of Dunhuang City.

Li Zhen and the four of them walked together with the caravan. On the way, Li Zhen found Uncle Ban and asked, "Is Uncle Ban familiar with Gaochang City?"

"Haha! I have to go through Gaochang twice a year. It has been more than twenty years. Do you think I am familiar with it?"

"Can you invite a brewing maker in Gaochang City?"

"Of course, but it's very expensive to hire a truly capable winemaker. Last year, I helped my friend hire a winemaker in Gaochang, which costs 40 jin a month, which is the lowest price."

"Can't you get twenty trump cards per month?"

Uncle Ban smiled, "You can also get five jin of money, but you probably don't want to drink this kind of wine brewed by a winemaker."

Li Zhen felt a stir in his heart. His eldest sister planned to open a winemaking workshop and planned to hire Gaochang's brewing master, but the eldest sister could only afford a maximum of twenty trump cards of wages.

If a bad craftsman is invited, he will not only not be able to make money, but also lose his capital. Fortunately, he met this Uncle Ban today.

At this time, Uncle Ban smiled again and said, "Is Li Shaolang preparing to make wine?"

"It's my eldest sister who wants to open a brewery."

"Oh!" Uncle Ban thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have a suggestion, which was told by others. I wonder if the young man would like to listen?"

"Uncle Ban, please tell me!"

"In fact, the key to making wine is raw materials and climate. You must master the methods of identifying raw materials and climate by yourself. Try not to rely on others. Asking for a winemaker is just a bad idea.

You can first go to Gaochang to learn the most basic method of brewing wine. Gaochang has a specialized school, which is easy to learn.

Then you spend a few hundred jin of money to buy the secret recipe for brewing, which also includes methods to identify raw materials and climate, and then explore and learn by yourself. In at most two or three years, you can become a famous brewing craftsman.”

Li Zhen nodded. Uncle Ban said it very reasonably. Unless a powerful businessman like the Suo family can invite a famous wine brewing craftsman, the eldest sister will open a small wine brewing workshop, but the core technology is in the hands of others, and it is easy to have problems.

Li Zhen had enough lessons in his previous life, at least he understood that the core business secrets of small companies must be in the hands of entrepreneurs.

"What if I spend hundreds of cents of money but buy a fake winemaking secret?"

Uncle Ban laughed, "I have no choice but to do this. Sometimes I have to rely on luck. If I am really cheated, there is no way, so I have to know a little, or someone is willing to help you."

Li Zhen smiled bitterly, it seemed that the eldest sister's winemaking career was not so easy to achieve.

.........

When he returned to Dunhuang City, the rest was as expected. Li Quan quickly got the capital and the profits of the goods.

The goods were delayed for a month, and Conmad felt sorry for it and gave her more profits. In addition to the five hundred stagnant of capital, she made a net profit of 700 stags.

Li Quan was ecstatic. She immediately redeemed the land and went to the Sogdians' residence to exchange all the copper coins for Roman gold coins. She exchanged 300 coins for one Roman gold coins. Only then did Li Zhen realize that Conwood did not actually take advantage of them.

However, Li Quan did not mention opening a winery workshop anymore, but just told his younger brother that she had new plans. Li Zhen was not surprised that his eldest sister had always been like this, and she changed her orders every day, which was a common problem for women.

The escaped Tubo scout was captured by the cavalry sent by Wang Xiaojie and obtained information from the Tubo scout that the Tubo and the Turkish coalition had appeared in the Hani Lake area, on the plateau about 300 miles south of Dunhuang.

Wang Xiaojie immediately led an army of 50,000 to the south, while Zhang Ting led the Doulu army to provide logistics support.

Although Wang Xiaojie left, he did not forget Li Zhen. He sent someone to send Dayuan BMW and a letter of recommendation, and also left a letter to Li Zhen, hoping that he could continue to practice martial arts and literature hard and be admitted to the martial arts Jinshi in the Ministry of War Military Examination held next spring.

As for the eunuch Gao Yanfu they rescued on the road, there was no news after they came back, and Li Zhen did not take it seriously. After all, Gao Yanfu repeatedly said that he would pretend that he had not happened when he was attacked by the Tubo army.

But Gao Yanfu will remember his life-saving grace, and he will never thank him for his great grace. Li Zhen also remembered this sentence.

At noon that day, Li Zhen came back from training outside the city. After several days of running-in, he and Dayuan BMW were gradually able to communicate with each other.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the alley, Li Quan came up in a panic and complained to him, "Why did you come back?"

"What happened?"

"In the morning, the governor Li sent someone to find you and asked you to go to the state yamen after you come back. I waited for you for almost an hour, and my neck was sore."

"Now?" Li Zhen was really hungry before lunch.

"Go quickly! Go quickly! He asked you to come back and find him. He is the governor. If you come back and have lunch, you won't starve to death."

Li Quan urged him repeatedly, but Li Zhen had no choice but to turn his horse and go to the prefecture. Li Zhen had no intersection with the governor Li Wuqing, but he said a few words when he was performing riding and shooting, but Li Zhen also wanted to get why Li Wuqing came to him.
Chapter completed!