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Chapter 73

Jin Sanqing raised his sleeves and poured tea for Ren Ze opposite him, saying, "I haven't entered the Central Plains for 20 years, but I don't know that such a good tea has been released. Although the taste is light, it is sweet. It is really a rare and good product. It is the most suitable for us to drink tea and chat like this."

Ren Ze said: "It's not just tea. I've been wandering around the shopping malls across the street every day these days. It's really a lot of good things, which is dazzling. In the past, there was a mutual market in Tanglong Town in the south. I lived there for many years and haven't seen so many goods."

Jin San nodded repeatedly: "In the past, when doing business with the Central Plains, the bulk was nothing more than silk, and the rest of the goods were not worth it. Now it seems that many businesses can be done and can make a lot of money. With the railway, the road is no longer difficult, and there is no need to sell only light goods in the future."

Ren Ze took a sip of tea and said to Jin San: "Mr. In the Song Dynasty, the new Hei Shui City is in the middle of the Song Dynasty. I heard that if you want to build a railway, do you think this is really the case? The railway uses iron to pave the road on the ground. It is unimaginable that even though the Central Plains are in the country, can this be done?"

Jin San smiled: "Ren Yuanwai, although you were in Tanglong Town for several years, you didn't know the current market. The iron in the Central Plains is very cheap, so cheap that you dare not believe it. I can't see it here in Shengzhou because it is a border area and copper and iron are not allowed to be sold."

Ren Ze nodded, shook his head again, unable to imagine how cheap the iron in the Central Plains was and how to make it so cheap. Dangxiang, on the other hand, suffered a great loss in the last battle, gathered all the strength of the whole country to build cannons and collect a large amount of copper and iron. It did not produce these things in its territory, and the Song Dynasty did not sell them to it. The Khitan was no longer bordered and could only buy them from the Western Regions and Tubo. Not to mention the high price, the freight was expensive, and it was gritting its teeth from top to bottom to buy. Dangxiang can be said to be sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, and at all costs, it had to create enough cannons. However, after the cannon was built, no one knew whether it could defeat the Song army on Hequ Road. No general dared to say the words of revenge on the Song army. Anyway, it was to build cannons with all their might.

After drinking tea for a while, Ren Ze told Jin San: "If the railway is built to Heishui City, it will be not far from Gaochang. Heishui City is only more than a thousand miles from Yizhou, and there are roads connected between them. Not to mention horses or camels, even big trucks can pass. At that time, when you come from the Western Regions, you don't have to go to Heishui City directly. The official has connections in Gaochang, and the business is much easier."

Jin San shook his head: "Our businessmen naturally only talk about business, how could the government be like this? In the past, Gaochang State praised the Khitan, but it was not so easy to pay tribute to the Central Plains for many years, and the business road was not so easy to operate. The Song Dynasty occupied Hequ Road for several months, and Gaochang's envoy was slow to pay tribute, alas--"

Speaking of this, Jin San drank a sip of tea, remained silent for a while, and said, "I have sent someone back to Gaochang to talk about the matter in this area, and also the situation of the Song Dynasty, Khitan and Dangxiang. I hope to send envoys to come early. The business road is not open, so we can only go to the north road, Fanshan to Hezhou, and then take the railway to Shengzhou. Just wait for the court here to open, and the business will be started."

To the north of Gaochang is the Shangjing Road of Khitan. Although it is thousands of miles away from the core, the natives are not Khitans and there are not many Khitan troops, but their power is still there, and Gaochang dares not be willing to be irresistible. He has not dared to send envoys to the Song Dynasty. Bi Yi has lost contact with the Central Plains for hundreds of years. The Khitan army has actually entered Gaochang, and Gaochang was beaten miserably.

Ren Ze moved forward and leaned closer and whispered: "On your opinion, if the Song Dynasty occupied Heishui City, how would it deal with the countries in the Western Regions?"

Jin San said lightly: "Twenty years ago, I went to Beijing to pay tribute and was the deputy envoy of Khotan——"

Ren Ze was shocked: "The official said that the Song Dynasty might help Khotan restore the country? In that case, the Karakhanate would be in trouble!"

Jin Sandao: "We are businessmen, how can we speak well these things? Think about profitable things more, and it is better to stay away from these things that will cause trouble."

Ren Ze nodded and never mentioned this topic again.

Jin San had a wide connection. When he heard the news, Du Zhongxiao was looking for descendants of the Yuchi family of the Khotan royal family. However, he was alert and was a person who was too the deputy envoy of Khotan. He just pretended not to know the news and would never mention it to Gaochang and Karakhan.

The founding of Khotan for more than 1,200 years ago, not only did the country last for a long time, but it also had always been obedient to the Central Plains dynasty and had close relations. Not only did the merchants in the Western Regions like to use the name of Tantan when they went to the Central Plains, but even many local governments liked to use it. Once the Song army entered the Western Regions, they would of course look for the people of Khotan. This was almost inevitable and obvious.

Gaochang and Kara Khan were both Uighur regimes, but their religion was different. Gaochang was a Buddhist country because the main body of the country was Xizhou during the Tang Dynasty, which was also called Xizhou Uighurs. Kara Khan Khan was the Green Church, which means black in Chinese, so it is also called the Black Khan Kingdom. Twenty years ago, the name used was the Black Khan King of Khotan Kingdom. The Song people did not know that the Kingdom of Khotan had been destroyed, so they called the Black Khan King of Khotan.

The founding of Khotan was a long time ago, not the Uighurs, but the indigenous regime in the Western Regions. After the Tang Dynasty, the Uighur forces in the Western Regions and Daxing of Hexi. No matter what purpose they were, if they wanted to return to the Western Regions, Khotan was a natural ally. During the Tang Dynasty, a princess married, and countries such as Khotan and Gaochang all believed that they had a relationship with the Central Plains as the country of nephew and uncle, and called the Central Plains Emperor the Han uncle's official family.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Wang Yande was ordered to go to the Western Regions for three years. At that time, Gaochang was both polite and alienated to the envoys of the Song Dynasty. Being polite showed respect for the Central Plains, and alienation showed independence and no longer had a judicious relationship with the Central Plains.

As soon as the Song army entered Heishui City and bordered Gaochang, their interactions with each other had different meanings. The first choice was Gaochang, and his attitude towards the Song Dynasty might affect the fate of the kingdom.

Jin San is a businessman, and he is naturally aware of these things. If a businessman wants to make money, he will certainly not participate. The farther away the better.

At this moment, a follower quickly walked in and bowed to Jin San and said, "Mr. Wait, today the General's Mansion in the city has revealed the list of documents and posted them everywhere. The list of documents sets the rules for us to do business here. As long as we submit a letter to the General's Mansion, we can trade."

After hearing this, Ren Ze hurriedly stood up and said, "There must be such an important listing in the mall. Insider, let's go and watch it together!"

Jin San shook his head, signaled Ren Ze to sit down, and said, "Of course someone will do such a small matter, so why should I go there in person?"

After saying that, he said loudly: "Supervisor Yan, I sent someone to the list article outside, copied it carefully, and took it back to watch it for me!"

Manager Yan, who had been standing there not far away, hurried to the back, and called a writer hired by the shop to copy the list papers.

Jin San said to Ren Ze: "Staff, this place was built and hired to do things. There is no need to go to everything by yourself as in the past few days. We have different identities, so it is so polite to run around! Just sit down and drink tea and let the people do it."

Ren Ze sat down again and couldn't help but envy Jin San. Compared to Jin San, he was a small businessman, so there was no such show. If he hadn't been in Tanglong Town for a few years, he wouldn't have been together. A few days ago, he felt that Jin San was no different from him. When he rented this shop and hired many people to come, he obviously felt that it was different.
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