At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng laughed.

"You really have a bad stomach, tell me quickly, what else did you think of?"

"Kill the pack of wolves and devour the tiger."

Ma Yuan clenched his fist: "At present, His Majesty has the initiative, not the countries in the Western Regions. The countries in the Western Regions have seen the prestige of our joint caravan and dare not take the initiative to provoke Wei Wei. Then maybe we can take the initiative. Pay a negligible price, blame Wusun, and make things big."

Guo narrowed his eyes.

"Ayuan, what do you mean is to kill people and put the blame on Wusun, and then let Wen Lie mobilize soldiers and horses from all the countries in the western regions and mountains to attack Wusun, drive away the wolves and devour the tigers, and make both of them lose, while we sit on the sidelines." Watching tigers fight in the mountains, the fisherman will benefit?"

Ma Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Someone Guo took a deep breath.

"This strategy is not bad."

"It's pretty good."

Ma Yuan opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty is the co-lord of the countries in the Western Regions, and has the right to govern the countries. The Wusun and Sun tribes killed our Wei people because of the chaos. Your Majesty is angry to avenge our Wei people, and ordered Shanbei All countries sent troops together to attack Wusun under the leadership of General Cao, the protector of the Western Regions.

Your Majesty has a righteous reputation, and one thing is true. If the countries in the Western Regions do not follow, they will be rebellious, and they can be attacked first. At this time, if Your Majesty does not threaten suzerainty, when will it be?His Majesty gave an order, how dare the countries of the Western Regions not obey? "

That's a pretty good idea.

Guo smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"You're right. Anyone who doesn't obey will be courting death and will definitely become the target of public criticism. I'll just let Wen Lie lead the troops to destroy it. It's just a matter of standing up. I've been thinking about whether to find it in the Western Regions." A chance to fight..."

Guo has always felt that if he doesn't fight a war, and doesn't show the strength of the Wei Empire from the front, some guys may think that the Wei Empire is a paper tiger, and they can't help but make some small moves.

Before Emperor Wu of the Han attacked Dawan under their noses, these small countries in the Western Regions kept making small moves, which annoyed Emperor Wu of the Han.

"If Your Majesty allows, Your Majesty, I would like to do this for His Majesty. The caravans that joined the merchants in the Western Regions also included many caravans from local tyrants and scholar families. Let's do it secretly, murder and rob goods, and blame Wusun. Taking advantage of the trend to provoke a big war, who would know that this is something His Majesty has decided long ago?"

Looking at Ma Yuan's confident face, Guo nodded in satisfaction.

"I didn't let you read so many military strategies for nothing. Okay, A Yuan, I will leave this matter to you. I will give you the manpower you need. Within three months, I will start the civil war in Wusun , Within half a year, I want the allied forces of the northern countries to attack Wusun!"

Someone from Guo immediately issued important instructions to Ma Yuan, and Ma Yuan immediately expressed that he understood that he would definitely complete the matter according to Guo Peng's instructions.

Within three months, the civil war in Wusun will start.

Within half a year, the coalition forces of the countries in the north of the mountain are required to go to war against Wusun.

In this way, the military strength and war potential of Wusun and the major countries in Shanbei will be reduced, creating opportunities for a wave of flat promotion in the future.

Try to eat up the Western Regions within three to five years, establish a new state, fully control the first section of the Silk Road, and eliminate middlemen!

In this way, it may be possible to speed up the process of direct contact with the Roman Empire and obtain more opportunities to make money.

About seven days later, someone from Guo announced that he would meet the semi-official team of envoys from the Guishuang Empire and receive them in the Hall of Qinzheng.

Chapter 1026 One thousand and thirty-six They took out too much gold and silver

The envoys headed by Long Lihe originally thought that the outer city of Luoyang City where the Lifan Academy was located was the whole of Luoyang, and thought that Luoyang City was so neat and clean.

Unexpectedly, the inner city of Luoyang City, that is, the imperial city, is even worse than the outer city.

Fresh air is the most basic, the roads are smooth and the streets are spacious, patrol soldiers can be seen everywhere, the scenery is pleasant, and many green plants are distributed in the city for artistic appreciation.

There are some patterns on the stone slabs on the ground, which perfectly reflect the heritage of this ancient country.

Miyagi within the imperial city is even more majestic and majestic. You can see the power of a big country just by looking at it.

The black-armored troops stationed in the imperial city were tall and strong, imposing, and well-equipped. That kind of power really made people dare not confront them head-on.

What an elite soldier.

This feeling is stronger than that of the elite soldiers directly under the emperor in the Guishuang Palace.

Long Lihe feels that way.

Although there is no gold and silver as decorations, no magnificence, and no two words that can make people feel rich at a glance, but the simple and solemn atmosphere with strong power can make people feel what a big country is. What is an ancient country, what is pomp.

The envoys of the Guishuang Empire have never seen all of this at the core of the entire city.

Long Lihe did a little comparison.

One side is magnificent and luxurious, and the other side is simple, dignified and powerful. Although one can tell at a glance which emperor is richer, but in areas other than wealth, his own emperor is obviously at a disadvantage.

The army of the Guishuang Empire is said to have a large number of people, but it is really difficult to evaluate its combat effectiveness.

Under the leadership of that emperor, the army that swept Guishuang back then has become so depraved that even some vassal states can no longer control it.

The three kingdoms of Dawan, Huacizimo, and Kangju got rid of Guishuang's rule, but Guishuang was helpless.

But thinking about the emperor who likes magnificence and luxury, Long Lihe has nothing to do.

This interview was not of a formal nature, because they were not the real official envoys of the Guishuang Empire.

Like Emperor Guishuang's meeting with Ma Yuan before, a banquet was held and some important ministers in power were called, which can be regarded as the two sides reached a preliminary diplomatic intention with each other.

The other party has done this, and according to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, Guo should do the same.

So someone Guo attended the banquet in person and warmly entertained the group of envoys from the Guishuang Empire.

Different from the mentality of small countries in the Western Regions who just want to take advantage, the gifts brought by the Guishuang Empire are naturally different.

Just like the gift Guo asked Ma Yuan to bring, Guishuang's gift is completely different from that of a small country in the Western Regions.

These gold and silver and other real things.

Although it looks a little vulgar, it can really tell the elite rulers of the Wei Empire that the Guishuang Empire is really rich.

The rich have reached the point where gold and silver are used as currency in circulation.

The people in power in the Wei Empire wanted to ridicule these country bumpkins who had nothing but money, but the gold and silver they brought out was too much.

So those in power in the Wei Empire could only look at it and sigh.

Seeing the astonishment of those in power in the Wei Empire, Long Lihe's heart was filled with pride.

Along the way, he learned a lot from Ma Yuan.

He learned that Ma Yuan was very envious of the wealth of the Guishuang Empire, which could use gold and silver as currency, but the Wei Empire could not.

Because the Wei Empire lacked gold and silver, it could not be officially circulated. In the domestic market, only copper coins could be circulated.

However, copper coins are heavy and low in value, which is not conducive to long-distance bulk goods transactions, so people have to use silk or a small amount of gold and silver as currency for bulk transactions, which is quite inconvenient.

If only the Wei Empire had so much gold and silver.

Ma Yuan looked at Long Lihe with envious eyes.

Long Lihe felt very happy, especially on such an elegant and solemn occasion.

After feeling the inferiority complex of the inexplicable nouveau riche, the sense of pride and vanity caused by the bride price made him even more happy, and he even felt that he should bring more gifts like this, so as to surprise the elites of the Wei Empire.

Their goods are good, but they have little gold and silver and are relatively poor.

Long Lihe suddenly had such a feeling.

Money is the truth in this world!

Gold and silver are symbols of truth!

I have money, I am the truth!

Long Lihe yelled in his heart.

Guo is also greedy.

Seeing boxes of gold coins and silver coins, he was really greedy!

The golden and silvery brilliance stimulated his heart.

The conscience of heaven and earth, if he can have a railway now, he will immediately let Zhang Fei take [-] soldiers to Guishuang by train to rob them, and rob them of all the gold and silver from all over the country!

Gold!

Silver!

The image of the extravagant and generous emperors of the Western Han Dynasty in Guo's heart suddenly became extremely dark.

Especially Liu Che, tens of thousands of catties of 10,000+ catties are rewarded with gold.

Prodigal! ! !

Even if it is Han Jin, it is still a large sum of gold!

They were all rewarded, and then they were taken to the cemetery to be buried with them, making Guo's eyes red because of his lack of gold.

For a moment, he really wanted to immediately order the Linzi Camp to send a team to rob the tomb and go out for gold.

Take out all the gold that was taken underground and bury it and put it into circulation.

After struggling to hold back the desire to dig other people's ancestral graves, Mr. Guo became more and more determined in his belief.

No, the Silk Road must be opened, and large numbers of people must go out to do business in large quantities and earn real money back.

Mr. Guo wants gold and silver, a lot of gold and silver!

Compared to the boxes of gold and silver, other gifts seemed much more ordinary, and Guo didn't value them too much.

But for the sake of the boxes of gold and silver, Mr. Guo still received these guests from afar very kindly.

Receiving them with good wine, singing and dancing, and exquisite food made them feel that although the Central Empire did not have much gold and silver, its cultural soft power was unprecedented.

Sure enough, these guys were intoxicated by the elegant music and soft dance, watching those dancers dancing to the music, they couldn't move their eyes away.

They indulged in song, dance and women, and were sent away drunk after the banquet.

At this time, someone in Guo was thinking about what kind of goods should be used to harvest their gold and silver on a larger scale.

Silk can.

An iron pan is fine.

The former can become the communication necessities of the upper class, and can be sold at the price of gold.

The latter will become a necessity for businessmen, the army and other units and individuals who need to travel far. Not only that, but it may also be popularized to the civilian population in the future.

If we can spread the Chinese food culture and let them learn to eat with chopsticks and bowls, we can make another fortune.

Porcelain could, too, be a popular and money-making commodity.

Mr. Guo suddenly felt that he was full of treasures in his hands, but it would take a long time to exchange these treasures into money.

Money, money, Mr. Guo is about to have a nervous breakdown when he thinks about money.

All in all, before the commercial cooperation with Guishuang Empire is fully launched, all bulk commodities that can be exported nationwide must be arranged.

Representative products such as silk, porcelain, lacquerware, iron pots, and even incense can seize the markets of the Guishuang Empire, the Parthian Empire, and even the Roman Empire on a large scale, and export them in an all-round way.

Anyway, Mr. Guo definitely doesn't think that Chinese specialty goods can't be exported to make money.

And after these bulk commodities were settled, Mr. Guo suddenly thought of the great hero and legendary commodity that once created a high foreign exchange rate for ancient China-tea.

chapter 1027 one thousand and thirty-seven

Tea has existed in China for a long time.

However, the era when it spread throughout the country as a later national drink will be in the Tang Dynasty and the era after Tang Xuanzong.

After the Song Dynasty, tea leaves became familiar. Because of the iron pot, fried tea appeared, so drinking fried tea with water became the mainstream way of drinking tea.

Before the Tang Dynasty, tea had a strange status and various drinking methods.

The earliest tea was used as medicine for curing diseases and sacrifices for sacrifices.

People at that time did not have iron pots, did not know how to stir-fry tea, and did not know how to drink tea water by soaking. Naturally, they did not think of tea as a drink, but as a medicine.

During the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, tea began to gradually change from a medicine to a high-end drink. Some dignitaries in the court liked to drink tea in their own way.

The kind of tea soup with a lot of spices.