Vol 2 Chapter 604: Juyan

The wall of Juyan City is made of earth, but it is only two feet tall, and the gate hole is extremely small. This makes some people who are accustomed to the Hancheng Lake a little uncomfortable. Not to mention the Changcheng City, it is the ordinary city wall of the ordinary county. More imposing than this.
"There are a lot of goods." Looking at the city, Liu Yi smiled bitterly.
He brought with him goods such as silk and porcelain. Among the countries in the Western Regions, that was something that the royal family could only enjoy. Judging from the scale of Juyan City, he didn't think King Juyan could consume much.
Since coming as a merchant, Liu Yi cannot naturally go to the post office and arrange for the guide to take someone to find a place to stay. According to the guide, although Ju Yan is small, there are many merchants, so there are many The post is now in the winter, when there are the least merchants, it is said that two posts can not be placed to live, after all, there are more than 200 people on Liu Yi ’s side. The post can accommodate so many people.
While someone was going to arrange accommodation, let the two brothers Wei Chang and Wei Rong lead the team not to run around, waiting for the news, Liu Yi took Lu Lingqi and several female guards to hang out on the street, and also to understand the public feelings of Ju Yan.
Juyan City is an important hub from the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Region to the Han Dynasty. Here you can see merchants from various countries. The official language of the Han Dynasty, even if you do n’t say it, most people here can understand it. After all, Juyan has been separated from the Han Dynasty for more than ten years. Time, but not much will be said.
As for transactions, most of them are barter and barter. Five baht money is not easy to use here, but one thing, Liu Yi found that there are a lot of jade articles here, and even very common. Ordinary people will bring one or two pieces, and it looks like This is not a rare thing.
"What is the husband looking at?" Lu Lingqi saw that Liu Yi's eyes had been chasing a tall woman until she disappeared, and she was somewhat dissatisfied in her tone.
"Did your wife find that there are too many jade here?" Liu Yi turned to look at Lv Lingqi, let alone a woman, men will be equipped with jade ornaments.
"There are many jade mines in the land of the Western Region. Doesn't the husband know?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi doubtfully.
"I know, but I didn't expect such a flooding point." Liu Yi nodded, then shook his head and smiled: "No wonder so many businessmen run here every year."
Yunnan also produces jade, but the mining of jade in Yunnan is not very attractive. More silver is used by people in Yunnan. The truth is similar. In Yunnan, silver is not a precious thing. Yu's estimate is also the price of cabbage.
But in the Central Plains, the jade was very valuable. Liu Yi learned a little. A good piece of porcelain can be replaced with a hundred pounds of jade here.
"Is the husband going to sell jade?" Lu Lingqi smiled.
"I have this idea." Liu Yi seriously considered: "These jade carvings will be sent to the Central Plains area for sale. I won't have to worry about money in the next few years, but I am more interested in this city now."
"Juyan?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi puzzled.
"Yeah." Liu Yi nodded. "The north-south hub, the prairie throat in the east, and the desert in the south, is a great place."
"If it's to seize the city ..." Lv Lingqi looked around and smiled: "Although there are not many two hundred guards, now that they have entered the city, it's not difficult to defeat Ju Yanjun."
Although there is no detailed information on such a small city, the army is no more than a thousand at most, and the parties are scattered. As long as the Juyan King is controlled in time, it is not difficult to win the city.
"Inappropriate!" Liu Yi shook his head and said: "Too rude, and it is not difficult to seize residence, but this will make the countries of the Western Regions vigilant, but it will hinder the future naturalization of the Western Regions. . "
"Oh?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi curiously: "How is the husband going to move?"
"Don't worry, let's talk about the next place as our foothold." Liu Yi shook his head. Now he knows nothing about Juyancheng. Now he has no good conclusions. There is nothing left and right. He doesn't want to experience it again. The Gobi Desert is very cold. Before the spring, it happened to be here.
Lu Lingqi was puzzled and continued to hang out with Liu Yi. Ju Yancheng was not very big. It was only a turn to make a lap. After the two of them circulated around Ju Yancheng, the guide had found a post.
"Secretary Zhuang, who lives in Yancheng but is a projectile place, dare to call the country?" Wei Chang said disdainfully.
"That's the Pinghan Kingdom you haven't seen in Hanhan." Liu Yi smiled and said: "This is a lot more prosperous than in Hanhan."
Xiaohan is located in a corner, although the population is not less than or even more in the Qiang land, but in terms of potential, Juyan City is backed by the countries of the Western Regions, east of the grasslands, south of Zhangye, and the desert as a barrier The geographical advantage is much stronger than that of Yanhan. If you really wield troops to fight, the endless Gobi Desert is enough to choke.
"Then I don't know the next step ..." Wei Chang looked at Liu Yi, eager to try, and entered the city so easily, so as to be the elite of the soldiers. It was not difficult to seize this Juyan. In the Western Regions, they now have more than two hundred people. Sikong is also a warrior.
"Not in a hurry." Liu Yi smiled and said: "Now there are no external problems, it's not too much to push." ​​Liu Yi shook his head: "What is the first thing to march to war?"
"Know yourself and know each other!" Wei Chang said quickly.
"Information!" Wei Rong followed.
"Now that you know, you shouldn't be so rash!" Liu Yi took a sip of tea and said: "Go to rest, come here for Juyan, don't be too nervous."
"Well!" The two brothers bowed and bowed, leaving.
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Early the next morning, Liu Yi selected two shops in the city, one is responsible for selling the porcelain brought by this trip, and the other is called Tiangongfang, whose meaning is naturally self-evident.
On the same day, someone came from Juyan Palace and selected a batch of porcelain to exchange with jade and gold beads. It is worth mentioning that the gold beads at this time are actually copper beads. There are already gold in this era, but because of their preciousness, Few people directly use it as a currency transaction, as does the Western Regions.
A piece of porcelain can be exchanged for a hundred pounds of copper, and if it is cast into a copper coin, you can get 10,000 yuan.
It ’s also a hundred pounds to change to jade, but if these jade are sold to the Han, even without any carving, one hundred pounds of jade can be exchanged for 100,000 yuan. If it is carved into jade, the price ca n’t be defined, Liu Yi If you shot it in person and threw it in the Central Plains, the jade made of 100 kilograms of jade would be sold at a bid of over 100 million yuan.
But copper is also useful, so Liu Yi did not refuse it. If Ju Yancheng won it, these are all recoverable, and there is no need to worry too much at this time.
However, apart from the royal family, although some people come to ask for prices, but not many are willing to buy, only some vendors in other countries in the Western Region will buy a few. After they are brought back to China, these porcelains can be sold at high prices, or they can be dedicated directly The king can also gain power, depending on how it is used.
Liu Yi let people send those coppers to Tiangongfang to start coining.
At the same time, Tiangongfang began to take over business. In the next few days, people gradually discovered that the things made by Tiangongfang had more magical effects, and they were not big in Yancheng. The news spread quickly. The craftsmen from Dahan The tools have a magical effect, and the price is not expensive. Even at the end of the month, Tiangongfang came out to help the nobles in the city to build a mansion, but it was completed in ten days. It is said that the mansion can withstand the severe cold. Among them, the warmth is like spring, and the name of the Han dynasty's magician also began to spread in Juyan City.
Liu Yi bought another shop, made food with the food brought, and distributed food and some clothes to the poor people in the city every day. The reputation in this Yancheng city gradually spread, and at the same time, people began to teach children They learn Chinese.
"The owner, Ju Yancheng's current military strength has been figured out, not counting the guards of the palace, there are only more than 700 people, and there are more than 1,600 households in Ju Yancheng, with a population of about 8,000, including many resident here. People in other countries are not included, and there should be tens of thousands of people together. "Wei Chang laughed:" These years, Juyan, as my Han state, has developed well. "
Liu Yi nodded ~ EbookFREE.me ~ If you count the guards of the palace, Ju Yan's strength should be around a thousand people. According to the state of the Western Regions recorded in historical records, this number can be ranked among the Western Regions. The upper level is pretty good.
"Zhuangzhu, we will not do business here all the time?" Wei Rong looked at Liu Yi with a bitter smile.
Dahan is a big agricultural country, and business is not developed. They are not interested in business, and even feel ashamed of it.
"It should be soon." Liu Yi smiled and shook his head. "But there is one thing, don't underestimate business, scholars, agriculture, industry and business. In fact, there was no competition at the beginning."
"Zhuangzhu!" The accompanying guide came in and bowed to Liu Yi with a bow: "Juyan Palace sent someone to speak, and King Juyan summoned him."
"Oh?" Liu Yi looked at the guide and said, "What about King Juyan's messenger?"
"After the order, I left." The guide bowed.
"Huh ~" Liu Yi smiled and shook his head, said: "Do not care about him."
"Zhuangzhu, why don't you see it?" Wei Chang looked at Liu Yi doubtfully.
"If you are only doing business, then you have directly explained your intentions and discussed the transaction, but now that King Ju Yan has summoned me, I wait for it to be the Han messenger, and this attitude towards the Han messenger is light." Liu Yi looked at Wei Chang smiled and said: "Despite the civil strife, the big Han is not the king of Xiaoyan Juyan who can continue to do his own thing."
"Hello!" The two brothers Weichang thought it was right, and they promised to leave now.
"Is this what the husband has to wait for?" Lu Lingqi came out of the back hall and sat next to Liu Yi, helping him pour tea, and laughed.
"Almost, King Ju Yan is about to meet." Liu Yi nodded and said: "But this King Ju Yan obviously doesn't value me right now. Even if he goes, he won't pay attention, so he needs some more reputation, At the same time, it secretly provoked public outrage and internal divisions, so I could shoot. "