In Jinsan Mansion, several officials sat around, drinking tea while discussing the matter.

Ren Yuanwai said: "I heard that within the past two months, the railway will be built to Juyan. If you don't take the Khitan Shangjing Road and change to Yizhou, and then take the railway to Juyan, it will save a lot of travel expenses and time. If you walk like this, you will lose the constraints of the Khitan."

Mr. Liu said: "Although the words are good, I am afraid that Gaochang will not want to do so. The Song army occupied Juyanhou, and Gaochang had always had a close relationship with the Khitan, but he ignored the Song army. The commercial route was changed to Yizhou, but it was different. Gaochang was pinned by the Song army."

Jin San said: "Mr. Liu said this reason! For us merchants, of course, we hope that the shorter the business road, the better the cheaper the travel fee. However, Gaochang is different. They first think about their own survival and death before they want to make how much money they can make. The business passes by Yizhou and the transportation between the two places is too dangerous for Gaochang. As long as the Song army increases its troops, Gaochang will be in danger. Therefore, they oppose the change of the business road and only want to continue to go on business."

Ren Yuanwai: "Can Gaochang hold back such a thing? Merchants seek profits are of course the shortest way."

Jin San sighed: "Our goods are gathered in Gaochang and Beiting. So what if we don't follow them? We can only follow Gaochang's instructions, otherwise, where will the source of goods come from? This matter can only be done for the time being, and it depends on the fate of all parties in the future."

Ren Yuanwai said: "With that being said, if Yizhou is there, there will inevitably be merchants who will transport goods there and then take the railway to Juyan. The freight on this road is much cheaper, and the price must be cheap. Will you still make money when you go to Jingdao?"

Jin San said: "What's the solution? Gaochang must have been closely watching in the early days. It's not easy to go to Yizhou! It depends on whether Du Jieshuai's means can be taken away by Gaochang after the Song army occupied Yizhou. The two countries are separated and cannot be merchants. We always have to find a way to go when doing business."

Ren Yuanwai shook his head and stopped talking. There were many ways for merchants to transport goods. If Jin San had not had any relationship with Gaochang, he would definitely not have maintained it like this. Most Western merchants had to rely on Jin San's trade network in the river and could not disobey.

Mr. Liu: "However, if the Song people occupied Yizhou, they would inevitably build railways there. If they built railways, they naturally hoped that merchants would gather. If our business roads were not taken there, would the Song people disappoint? With the current strength of the Song army, this is not a good thing."

Jin San shook his head: "You are thinking too much. When Du Jieshuai first came to Hequ Road, neither Khitan nor Dangxiang expected that he was so powerful. After suffering a lot, he was won by the Song army. Next, Du Jieshuai's army was demolished and no longer the same as when he first came. As far as I know, the current Song army will take a few more years to have combat power at that time. At that time, I know who will guard Hequ Road."

Ren Yuanwai said: "The Song army on Hequ Road is not as good as the combat effectiveness of the first time. This is a good thing. But after a year of training, the combat effectiveness of the current one cannot be underestimated. The most important thing is that once the railway is built to Juyan, the Song army in the Central Plains can continue to reach the Western Regions. Whether it is Gaochang or Hei Khan, can resist such a large army? In my opinion, as long as the railway is built to Yizhou, Gaochang will definitely not be like this again."

Jin Sandao: "Who knows. Anyway, the locations where we gathered goods in the Western Regions were Gaochang and Beiting, so we could only obey Gaochang's arrangements. When the Song army is strong and Gaochang bows his head, it will not be too late to go to Yizhou again."

Ren Yuanwai shook his head: "I'm afraid it's too late by that time. How many merchants are there in the Western Regions? If there is a chance, other caravans will inevitably catch them. If they do a big deal, will they allow others to get a share of the pie?"

Mr. Liu said: "The goods are now contacts from Jin Yuanwai and are transported to Gaochang. Where can other people have a source of goods?"

Ren Yuanwai shook his head, looking like he didn't believe it. Merchants value profits, and as long as there is interest to be profitable, how could there be no one to traffic? Now there are few merchants in the Western Regions who trade goods into the Central Plains. The business road is depressed, and Jin San is showing a monopoly. Once the Song army entered the Western Regions and occupied Yizhou, they were still worried that there would be no merchants selling goods there? Gaochang was a big force in the Western Regions. Facing the Song Dynasty and the Khitan, what was wrong?

Jin San didn't say much, but just told everyone that the trade routes would not be changed, otherwise it would be difficult to get goods from the river. As for the local merchants in Yizhou, what else do they have besides the local melons and grapes? Melons and grapes are also produced in the Central Plains, so what is the value?

Du Zhongxiao sat under the big tree in the yard, reading a book while eating a piece of melon. The Guahe East Road is delicious, I don’t know if it is available in the Western Regions and how it tastes like.

Tian Jing came in and bowed, "Jie Shuai, the descendants of Yuchi from the Kingdom of Khotan you have been looking for, there is news!"

Du Zhongxiao heard this and stood up and said, "What's going on? Tell me in detail. Now that the railway has been built in Juyan, it is about to enter the Western Regions. At this time, the people of the Yuchi family are so important!"

After saying that, the guards on the side took the chair and asked Tian Jing to sit down and talk in detail.

Tian Jing said: "The news recently received that after the Hei Khan destroyed the Kingdom of Khotan, the people of the Yuchi family became slaves. It has been decades since then. A few days ago, a merchant from the Western Regions said that someone from the Yuchi family was sold to the Western Hei Khanate and entered Gaochang and became a slave under a caravan."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "In the Western Regions, people often plundered as slaves, but this is normal. If they don't die for decades, they will have a great life."

Tian Jing said: "The Yuchi family is a wealthy family. There are always people trapping them in the Western Regions for more than a thousand years. But as time goes by, the population has withered, and there are not many people now. Especially the genealogy can be found, and it is confirmed that it is from the Yuchi family, so there are even fewer ones. The family mentioned now, the previous generation was sold to Gaochang merchants and has been reproduced. This year, the business is over 20 years old, and the merchant is unmarried and alone."

When Du Zhongxiao heard this, he couldn't help but frown: "Why is such a big family alone?"

Tian Jing said: "It was only confirmed that his elder was a close branch of the former royal family of the Khotan Kingdom. After the country was destroyed, it was sold several times and finally arrived at this merchant in Gaochang Kingdom. At that time, Khotan destroyed the country for more than ten years and married him, so he left his descendants. Now Khotan has been destroyed for fifty years, so it is not because of the search of Jishuai. This descendant of Yuchi is afraid that it will be difficult to get married, so the Yuchi family is cut off."

It is unlikely that the royal family that had been over a thousand years ago would be cut off. What is more likely is that most people were sold as slaves and changed their names at that time. Some of them escaped from the clutches of the devil, so they naturally changed their names to avoid the disaster. There were very few descendants of Yuchi who were truly passed down.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said, "Where is this descendant of Yuchi now?"

Tian Jing said: "I am still in Gaochang Country. There is a man from Hu Shang who came this time who is a relative of that Hu Shang, so I know."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "This matter should not be made public. Give the merchant some money and ask him to go back immediately and bring this descendant of the Yuchi family to Shengzhou. As long as you see someone, you will thank him very much! This matter is serious, please don't let him go out and reveal the news."

Tian Jing nodded and asked in a low voice: "Jingshuai means to use this person?"
Chapter completed!