Chapter 681 Gan Mao stays
For this caravan going to the Western Regions, Feng Quji organized a caravan of more than 2,000 people. However, the caravan of 2,000 people was not his alone, but a group of nobles from Xianyang City who gathered together.
Of course, it was only the nobles who were close to Feng Quji and the others. Other powerful nobles formed their own caravans.
Basically they are caravans of 100 people, but there are also caravans of 500 people. Meng Baigan's three families are caravans of 500 people.
Among Feng Quji's two thousand caravans, Feng Quji had 500 people, and Li Si also had 500 people.
Therefore, Sun Ke and Li Qiang will know each other's affairs.
In the end, Li Si stayed to entertain the envoys from various countries, while Feng Quji left the room.
Just opening the door to the room, he saw Bai Siqi, Meng Xifan and Gan Mao. The three of them looked at him with contempt.
Feng Quji suddenly felt like he had been caught having an affair. He couldn't help but smile awkwardly and said, "Three heads of the family, please come and be fine."
"Humph, didn't you come back?" Bai Siqi sneered.
Gan Mao said: "We can understand that Prime Minister Feng may have something to do and it is not convenient for him to see us, but you didn't say a word and left the three of us alone. This is a bit too much."
The word "excessive" made the voice a little heavier.
Feng Quji heard their ridicule and anger, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "Three family heads, please listen to my quibbles, no, please listen to my explanation."
When they heard the word quibble, the eyes of Bai Siqi and the other two people changed. Damn it, did you just blatantly say quibble? I really don't take them seriously.
Fortunately, the explanation was changed in the end, and Gan Mao and the others tentatively believed that Feng Quji had made a slip of the tongue.
Immediately, Feng Quji led the three family heads out of the West Courtyard and explained in the West Courtyard, which would probably be heard by envoys from various countries in the Western Regions.
After leaving the Western Courtyard, Feng Quji said: "Three heads of the family, I have received orders from His Majesty the First Emperor to entertain envoys from various countries in the Western Regions."
"Is there really an envoy from the Western Region coming?" Gan Mao said excitedly, no longer caring about Feng Quji's concealment of his return.
What they care about now is the envoys from various countries in the Western Regions. With these envoys, they can completely open up the market in the Western Regions. With the market in the Western Regions, their family status will be more secure.
Feng Quji nodded and said, "It seems that as I expected, the three family heads have already guessed it. In this case, I would like to ask the three family heads not to make any announcement about this matter."
"This is a great thing, why don't you make it public?" Bai Siqi asked.
Feng Quji sighed and said: "Master Bai, there are many people with mixed eyes. Once the merchants from various countries in the Western Regions learn of your Majesty's ambitions, leading to the alliance of various countries in the Western Regions, it will also be a very important thing for us, Great Qin.
Therefore, His Majesty does not want too many people to know about this matter before hearing the news from the countries in the Western Region.
However, the three family heads have already guessed it, so now they have two plans. One is to pretend that they don't know anything and go back to the house directly.
The second one is to join me to understand the situation in the Western Region, and then go to see His Majesty with me to let His Majesty decide how to deal with us. "
Gan Mao and the other two men immediately looked at each other. They never thought that they would have to report to His Majesty for participating in this matter.
Doesn't this disrupt their plan? They don't want His Majesty to know about it at all.
Finally, Gan Mao said: "Lao Bai, Lao Meng, you can go back. You can't participate in this matter. I will stay and receive the envoys from the Western Regions together with Prime Minister Feng."
"Why did you stay? Why did you stay?" Bai Siqi said unhappily.
Meng Xifan on the side immediately grabbed Bai Siqi's arm and said, "If Lao Gan doesn't let us participate, we won't participate. Let's go back."
"But……"
"There's nothing good to do, let's go... go back, let's go back." Meng Xifan pushed Bai Siqi and left.
Gan Mao then said: "How about it, Prime Minister Feng, can I go with you to meet with the envoys from various countries in the Western Regions?
sure. "Feng Quji said, "Please come this way."
Gan Mao nodded, followed Feng Quji back to the west courtyard, and then entered the house in the west courtyard.
When Li Si saw Feng Quji coming back, he stood up, but found Gan Mao again, so he stepped forward to greet him.
"Prime Minister Feng, the head of the Gan family." Li Si said hello and introduced to all the envoys, "Emissaries, this is one of the largest nobles in the Qin Dynasty, the head of the Gan family, and the father of the Zuo Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty.
Now that I'm here, I definitely want to do business with you. You are welcome. "
Immediately, an envoy from the Western Regions stood up and said: "Dear Lord Gan, I am the envoy of the Dawan Kingdom. I hope that our Dawan Kingdom can have business contacts with the Gan family."
"We in the Wusun Kingdom are also willing to have business dealings with the Gan family."
"The Yuezhi Kingdom welcomes people from the Gan family to come to Yuezhi to do business."
"..."
For a time, envoys from seven countries in the Western Regions wanted to do business with the Gan family, not only because the Gan family was a large family in the Qin Dynasty, but more importantly, Gan Mao's grandson was the prime minister Zuo. .
From the conversation just now, they already knew that the most powerful person in the Qin Dynasty was the First Emperor Ying Zheng, followed by the two prime ministers on the left and right.
Both prime ministers have the power to speak in the court. As long as they have this power, they can do a lot of things in the future.
Gan Mao was a little confused. It was just an introduction from Li Si. The envoys from various countries were like little bees that had smelled the nectar. They swarmed up and surrounded them.
"Thank you all for your kindness." Gan Mao said with a smile, "As long as you can let me know more about the Western Regions, I will definitely form another caravan and go to your country to do business.
And on behalf of Daqin, I welcome you to do business in Daqin. "
Feng Quji smiled and said: "Master Gan is right, as long as we know more about the Western Regions, we can form more caravans and travel to different countries.
To be honest, the countries in the Western Region are not our destination, our destination is still further away.
You will know this later, but knowing it now will be of no use to you. "
The Yuezhi envoy said: "Prime Minister Feng, who says we don't know that there are thirty-six countries in the Western Region, and further north is a cold place, very desolate and rarely visited.
But it's different going west. There are many countries there, including the Mauryan Dynasty and the Persian Dynasty.
These two dynasties were also very powerful and wealthy. Of course, compared with Da Qin, they were a little behind, but their territories were still very large, perhaps even larger than Da Qin. "
"How familiar are you with these two countries?" Feng Quji asked curiously.
Gan Mao asked, "Wait a minute, you said there are thirty-six countries in the Western Region, why do I only see...seven, and only seven of you?"
"Master Bai, haven't you asked anyone from the Bai family's caravan?" Li Si asked in surprise.
