Chapter 678: Don’t alert them yet
Bai Siqi was also very curious about Meng Xifan's question and asked, "Yes, we can send merchants to the Western Regions, and merchants from the Western Regions can also come to our Great Qin."
Gan Mao sneered and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if the merchants from the Western Regions come, they will come by themselves. Why should they follow us?
Or do you think that Li Si's caravan and Feng Quji's caravan are both good people who will bring a group of unrelated people to Daqin? "
"What you said makes sense." Meng Xifan said.
"It makes sense." Gan Mao retorted, "That makes sense, right? For them, are they willing to do such a thankless thing?"
Meng Xifan and Bai Siqi nodded slightly, which was indeed not something they would do.
Bai Siqi said: "So, they are really envoys from various countries?"
"The possibility is very high." Gan Mao said, "However, even if they are not envoys from various countries, they are still people from various countries in the Western Region.
If we want to know about the affairs of various countries in the Western Regions, we must not only ask the people in each caravan, but also ask this group of Western Regions people.
Especially people from the Western Regions. No one is as familiar with the situation in the Western Regions as they are. "
"This is reasonable and worthy of our waiting here. It's a pity that Your Majesty asked me to be in charge of the navy. Otherwise, I would send an army to the Western Regions now and incorporate the Western Regions into the territory of Great Qin." Bai Siqi said.
"Don't think about this." Gan Mao said, "The future Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Western Regions, but it was useless. In the end, the countries in the Western Regions separated from the Han Dynasty.
It's just that in the future, the competition between the countries in the Western Region will eventually turn into several large tribes, and finally become one tribe, so China will finally be able to completely conquer the Western Region.
Now if you want to conquer the countries in the Western Region, you can only let the countries in the Western Region fight among themselves first.
But if I want them to fight, I haven't thought of a way for a while. "
"As a strategist, what can you do?" Bai Siqi said with disbelief.
Gan Mao said with some pride: "Isn't it mainly because I am not familiar with the countries in the Western Region? I don't know who has enmity with whom, who is friends with whom, and which country is where.
Now even if I have thousands of strategies, there is nothing I can do. "
"Exactly." Meng Xifan raised the corner of his mouth, "Tell yourself like an imperial master."
Gan Mao said: "I dare not compare with the Imperial Master, but I am more than capable of dealing with those people from the Western Regions.
However, it is still not possible to conquer the opponent with force. We also need to use culture and economy to conquer each other. "
Meng Xifan said: "You are right, so I plan to talk about Confucianism with the other party.
It won’t be long before all the countries in the Western Regions will be filled with Confucianism. Not only that, I will also make simplified Chinese and Mandarin popular in the Western Regions. In the future, the Western Regions will be part of my Great Qin. "
"Ambitious." Gan Mao said. "I just don't know if Li Si will use business to control them."
"Don't worry, he will definitely do it, and he can't stop it. After this trip to the Western Region, everyone has benefited greatly. Who would give up this piece of fat.
It won't be long before the merchants from the entire Qin Dynasty will come to Xianyang City and then head to the Western Regions, and their final destination will be the Maurya Dynasty. .
Don't forget that His Majesty's ultimate goal is to rule the world. The Western Region is the first stop, followed by the Mauryan Dynasty, and then other places. Bai Siqi said.
He is in charge of the navy. Before he came, except for the Western Region, it was maritime trade.
Nowadays, the Western Region is dominated, and maritime trade has not yet completely exploded. When it does, I am afraid that Great Qin will truly rule the world.
Gan Mao and Meng Xifan nodded. The Western Region is the first stop, and the Mauryan Dynasty is the second stop. Moreover, this is a long-term strategy, which will take at least decades, or even a hundred years.
But only by opening up the road to the Western Regions could they send troops to the Mauryan Dynasty.
Just when Gan Mao and the other three were chatting animatedly, Feng Quji and Li Si rushed back to Feng Mansion.
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When people saw Feng Quji coming back, they immediately stepped forward to greet him.
"I've met the master."
Feng Quji nodded and asked, "Is there anyone in the house?"
"Yes." The servant said, "The three heads of the Meng family, Bai family and Gan family have arrived and are waiting for the master in the hall."
When Feng Quji heard this, he sighed and said, "It's still too late. We hurried and took our time, but in the end it was too late."
Li Si on the side said: "Prime Minister Feng, don't be discouraged. They may not know about the envoys from the Western Regions yet. Let's go see the three family heads now."
"We must meet, but we should meet those envoys first." Feng Quji said.
Hearing this, Li Si suddenly realized and said: "Feng Xiang is wise."
Feng Quji smiled briefly, and then asked: "Where are the people in the caravan arranged?"
"I live in the west courtyard." The servant replied.
"Okay. Take us there." Feng Quji said.
"promise."
Then the servants took Feng Quji and the others to the west courtyard.
In fact, Lu Feng Quji from the West Courtyard knew about it, but he was worried that if he walked over rashly, he would cause unnecessary trouble. But if a servant accompanied him, the other party would know his identity and would not arouse any suspicion.
Not long after, Feng Quji and Li Si arrived at the West Courtyard and saw many people and supplies in the West Courtyard, but there were no horses, and there were two guards guarding them.
When the two guards saw Feng Quji, they immediately bowed and saluted: "See you, sir."
Feng Quji nodded and said, "You're still at peace."
"Replying to the master, they are all calm. They just asked us for some water and food, but nothing else." A servant replied.
"Well, these people from the Western Regions are pretty well-behaved." Feng Quji said with great satisfaction.
Li Si on the side said: "Prime Minister Feng, ask the kitchen to prepare some wine and food and bring them here, but don't alert the three family heads, otherwise we won't be able to hide it here."
Feng Quji nodded and said, "That's right. How can we entertain guests from afar with simple meals? Let's immediately ask the kitchen to prepare some delicious delicacies and bring them to the west courtyard. Remember not to let the three heads of the family know."
"No." The servant immediately went to make arrangements.
Afterwards, Feng Quji and Li Si walked into the West Courtyard, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the West Courtyard.
"master."
A figure walked out of the crowd and came to Feng Quji.
Feng Quji said: "You have done a good job. Tell the envoys from various countries that I am here to entertain them on the order of His Majesty the First Emperor. At the same time, you tell everyone my identity and official position."
"promise."
This person is Sun Ke's deputy and Sun Ke's younger brother, Sun Bai.
After Sun Bai received the order, he immediately summoned all the envoys. There were only seven of them. They were from Wusun, Anxi, Dayuan, Yuezhi and other countries.
"Dear envoys, this is my master, the right prime minister of Great Qin."
