Therefore, choosing an absolutely safe trade base is imminent for Qin Shaoyou.

On the one hand, this location cannot be too far from the pass. Secondly, it is necessary to ensure that it is not under the jurisdiction of the pass. Otherwise, the border troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty would not have many fuel-efficient lamps. These people do not care who is protected by your place. Being out of the jurisdiction of the court is Qin Shaoyou's best plan.

As for this most important point, Qin Shaoyou must have enough manpower to protect this stronghold and the trade route to the pass.

This is actually the best way to do it. It is just to ask this Lord Taishan to lead troops to protect him. After all, he is a Turkic Khan. He has 100,000 cavalry in his hands and conquered the various troops in the northern Mo area. However... such a relationship is obviously not very reliable. Therefore, Qin Shaoyou found the easiest way to solve the current problem - agent.

The so-called agent is that Qin Shaoyou controls the price of the first layer of pricing power, tea, sagema, and cloth. Of course, after he sets a more suitable wholesale price, all the goods are handed over to Gu Duluo for sale, while Gu Duluo controls the tea, sagema and cloth in the entire desert. He then sells these goods to various units and makes huge profits from it.

In this way, Gu Duluo not only earns money through these necessities or luxury goods, but most importantly, he can also strengthen his control over the desert through these tribes. If any tribe is dissatisfied with him, he can cut off the supply of tea as soon as possible. At the same time, because there was enough profit in trade, to put it bluntly, at that time, he wanted money and people. With an order, the tribes naturally gathered under his wings in order to get more tea and directly beat the dissatisfied people.

In this way, the interests of Gu Dulu and Qin Shaoyou were completely connected. Qin Shaoyou's trade with the desert was not only related to Qin Shaoyou's interests, but also had great benefits to Gu Dulu. Therefore, maintaining the trade route and protecting this stronghold became something he had to worry about, otherwise the tea stored here would be plundered and Qin Shaoyou was empty-handed. He was afraid that his life would be difficult.

After understanding this joint, Qin Shaoyou was not in a hurry to talk to Gu Dulu. After all, Gu Dulu was afraid that Gu Dulu had been thinking about this for a long time. The more Qin Shaoyou pretended to be indifferent, the more benefits he could get from it.

However, the tribes became more and more attentive to Qin Shaoyou. How could this extraordinary attentiveness not attract Gu Dulu's attention?

But Gu Dulu changed his view of Qin Shaoyou, but it was inconvenient to talk about this kind of thing, so he naturally asked Yuanzhen to come forward.

Yuan Zhen was in a very serious mood, he was not a fool. Now the ministries were suddenly very enthusiastic about Qin Shaoyou, just for this tea. It can even be said that when everyone realized the power of tea, whoever got the tea would be stronger.

After all, this thing can increase the average life expectancy, and population has always been a key issue in life and death among the various tribes in the desert.

It is said that when Qin Shaoyou was drinking with someone, he made a noise and wanted to "agent" the things. Yuanzhen didn't know much about such agents, but he understood one thing. In the future, there was only one tribe who sold tea and other goods on this desert, and there was no semicolon except that.

If this is the case, then the matter will be serious. The Turkic tribe was not without challenges within the desert. In the early days, the Khitan tribe was often unruly. This is a well-known thing. Although Qin Shaoyou was the son-in-law of the Khan, the tea should have been put on the Khan's agent, but who knows what changes would arise in the middle? He knew very well these southerners. Could this Qin Shaoyou be a fuel-efficient lamp?

So Yuanzhen tentatively posed Qin Shaoyou several times. Qin Shaoyou was always vague and sometimes asked anxiously. Qin Shaoyou said seriously: "My mission is now the imperial envoy. As the imperial envoy, the most important thing is the marriage between the eldest princess and the prince of the king. As for these private matters, they have to put them aside, otherwise they will be uneasy because of public or private abolition."

Yuan Zhen made a fuss. Although he was a Han Chinese from the Turks, he claimed to be Zhuge Kongming, who was cunning, but he was actually a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Qin Shaoyou. Qin Shaoyou was a man of two lifetimes and had been tempered in the Great Zhou court. The opponents he faced were far more scheming than Yuan Zhen. Yuan Zhen was not even enough to carry shoes for Zhou Xing and others.

What Qin Shaoyou used is Tai Chi that is most familiar to the Chinese people. In short, it makes you never mind.

Yuanzhen's heart was a little confused.

Gu Duluo asked him several times. When he spread his hands for the last time, he had to say to Gu Duluo: "Da Khan, I'm afraid that the tribes and Qin Qin envoys said something. I think someone is cheating. This matter is of great importance. I have to be careful. Whoever holds this tea leaves is the king of the desert. Dahan must not be taken lightly. In my opinion, Qin Shaoyou is Dahan's son-in-law after all, so it's better for Dahan to come forward."

Gu Dulu's old face twitched, and then sighed heavily.

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The Turkic people always make Qin Shaoyou feel strange when they treat their son-in-law. Could it be that the son-in-law will not kiss him?

This is a question that Qin Shaoyou has been thinking about, because from beginning to end, although Gu Dulu's attitude towards him has changed, he is still very distant in nature and basically has no heart to communicate. Qin Shaoyou always sighs, but he doesn't know whether it is because of the cold world or the custom.

But after three or two days, Gu Dulu finally took the initiative to find Qin Shaoyou.

As soon as I saw Qin Shaoyou, my attitude was beyond Qin Shaoyou's expectations. My father-in-law didn't say anything and directly gave Qin Shaoyou a bear hug: "Son-in-law, are you used to living here? Haha... Look at you, you are a little thinner than a few days ago. You have come all the way, but you should relax. This is your second home..."

Qin Shaoyou was busy taking a step back and saluted respectfully.

But Gu Duluo's face changed and said seriously: "What is this? You, my father-in-law and son-in-law, don't be so polite. Although there is a saying among you southerners that there are many people who are not surprised, but this is your own family. Ben Khan is your closest relative. This kind of custom is avoided. The weather is really cold. It is true that our Turks spend the winter. If you stay here until the beginning of spring, I will take you to hunt. When the water plants are abundant, there are wild animals near the den. Have you hunted wolves? Good guy, there is a water pond a few hundred miles north, and the wolf is half a person tall. If you are lucky, you will encounter a white wolf and peel it off and make a wolf leather jacket. This is a very warm thing. However, you bear the emperor's will of your southerners and cannot wait for that time. But this is not a big deal. At worst, Ben Khan went to hunt and asked someone to take it for you."

"Shan Tai..." Qin Shaoyou was influenced by Gu Dulu's enthusiasm and said busy: "How can you make such a truth? I feel ashamed of it."

Gu Duluo glared at his eyes and said, "What are these words? The family doesn't say two families. Ben Khan is such a person. At first, he had a prejudice against you, but now he has clarified the misunderstanding and treats you as his own child. Come and sit with me. Hey, you have the fragrance of tea here, but are you drinking tea?"

"Uh... Taishan wants to have tea, come..."

"No need...no need..." Gu Duluo smiled and said, "Ben Khan likes to eat tea very much. After eating tea, it warms up and feels refreshed all over. This thing is better than wine, but I don't want to eat it today. Your tea is a good thing. Have you ever thought about it? Take tea to our grassland for sale? If you want it, this matter will be covered by Ben Khan. In short, as long as you open your mouth, you and my father-in-law will have no reason to refuse."

Speaking of this, whether it is a picture of the picture or a dagger or a skylight or a bright word, Qin Shaoyou can no longer dodge. He smiled and said, "There are difficulties. If you want to sell tea, you must always have a place to communicate with each other..."

Gu Dulu came prepared and immediately said, "This is easy to deal with. Within a radius of two hundred miles from your border, there is a place called Wolf Fort. The place has a wide terrain and is well-connected. It was originally built by your Han army when the Shanyu Protectorate was there. It was originally used to hoard food and grass. At its peak, seven thousand official troops were stationed there, and many merchants were lingering there, and even the warehouses were available. However, it gradually became deserted and your official troops retreated. There were still many merchants, all of whom were traded with our Turkic tribes. In the future, the place will be controlled by a virtuous son-in-law. My Khan will allocate some slaves for you. I'll repair it. I'm fine?"

Qin Shaoyou frowned and said, "This is good, but you said that the terrain is open and there are all kinds of troops in the desert. It is said that there are horse thieves. Once my goods are transported, if they are targeted by those evil people, wouldn't they be lost?"

Gu Dulu said: "It's your problem within the barrier, but it's my business to get out of the barrier. I will transfer five thousand warriors to stay nearby and take on the responsibility of defending and escorting. If something goes wrong, I will penetrate my heart."

With this sentence, it was a guarantee. Qin Shaoyou knew that his father-in-law might have a more detailed calculation in other places, but he was definitely not a person who could easily confess his oath.

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Chapter completed!