"Ganasis, I think your legion is not very good at fighting. It still looks old and weak." Li Jue was with Ganassis at this time. When he saw Ganassis' headquarters at the Arc de Triomphe, Li Jue complained on the spot. got up.
"Compared with your Xiliang cavalry, most of the legions are not very capable of fighting." Ganassis was not angry because of Li Jue's words. Instead, he smiled and said, "The positioning is different. My legion is mainly In order to suppress and assist in defense, strong combat power is not required.”
"It's better to fight some. At least this way when you are broken into the headquarters, you still have some resistance." Li Jue advised from the perspective of a good personal friend.
"It's actually impossible for most opponents to hit my headquarters." Ganassis said helplessly. When he fought with people, he usually did a good job of investigation, and the legions were deployed in a targeted manner. He was hammered by Li Jue. That time, it was purely an accident.
"Is it still mainly about suppressing bows and arrows? Next time I will bring my brother over for you to show you." Li Jue recalled the rain of arrows in the sky by Ganasis back then and said with some displeasure. The Iron Headquarters still suffered. Rain of arrows.
"Mid-to-long-range suppression, scheduling crossover retreats, and reducing engagements." Ganassis's tactics are very simple, and they belong to the type where if you win, you fight, and if you don't win, you run away.
"The damage of light arrows is too low. When encountering heavy cavalry, they can only deliver food." Li Jue explained casually.
"It is indeed the case." Ganassis did not deny this. "But everything is fine in the Eastern Province now. I mostly farm there, and I don't need much preparation. I can trust you Hanshi." , we don’t need to fight, right?”
Ganassis's words made Li Jue very comfortable, and he nodded accordingly. Thinking about it, after the fall of Anxi, the eastern province of Rome advanced to the Zagros Mountains, and Ganassis, who managed the two river basins, was more It's like farming.
If a war breaks out, even if Li Jue's empty brain is used to think about it, it is impossible for the Han Dynasty and Rome to conflict in the Media area in the short term. This is unrealistic.
"So it doesn't require too many changes, which is good." Ganassis said with a smile, "Let's do some small business when we have time. Do you have any silk or something over there? There are a lot of them in the Eastern Province. We are in need of silk. I heard that you want horses, and I have a few divine horses here..."
Li Jue's big elbow directly grabbed Ganassis. If you have a divine horse, tell me earlier. The three of you don't have a divine horse yet. Even if the divine horse is smaller, it can't compare to the Shire horse, a divine horse with internal energy separated from the body. It is also something that can be encountered but cannot be sought.
The price reduction of silk did not reduce the number of gold coins consumed by Rome as a whole on silk. On the contrary, there was a considerable increase. This was almost the same as Chen Xi's previous estimate.
After all, silk used to be a luxury item for the Romans, but because it was a necessity for the nobles, the Roman nobles could only spend money to buy it.
But now the situation has changed a lot. The so-called luxury goods are a matter of class and circle. The actual plate is not big. But after the intervention of the Han Dynasty, the price of silk dropped and Roman citizens could afford it. This is It has become a necessity.
After all, the Mediterranean climate is only suitable for wearing silk products, and Rome itself does not produce silk. Therefore, after the trade between the two sides started, the price of silk dropped, but the demand exploded. So far, silk supply is still in short supply.
For this reason, there are currently a large number of mulberry gardens, water-powered silk reeling and other messy sericulture industries in the Central Plains, but they still cannot withstand the consumption of Rome.
This time, Ganassis also came to Italy to participate in the conference because the silk quota in the Eastern Province was insufficient. He tried to solve the problem. As a result, Pompianus pulled up a long list, making Ganassis realize that it seemed that everyone's quota was It's not enough, so I still have to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and I also plan to hook up with Li Jue and others.
As for smuggling or not, Ganassis doesn't care. He is a Duke of a border county, but he still cares about this? Even if I get the silk, it will be digested in the eastern provinces, and it is impossible to interfere with your domestic sales channels.
The only possible hidden danger is that the scale is too large, and then the financial officer said that Ganassis embezzled state-owned assets or something, it doesn't matter, I can file the tax, I just file the tax manually, as long as the tax is paid, it is not smuggling, it is done based on connections Taxes are paid on the supplies that come in. This is special channel distribution data, okay!
In this Roman Empire, apart from tax inspections that can be traced to Ganassis, it is impossible to trace anything else, okay, so don’t panic, let me open the channels today.
"What are the divine horses like? How big are they? How many are there?" Li Jue hugged Ganassis, looking like an old brother he hadn't seen for many years.
"You have also seen our Roman war horses. The quality is good. I recently heard that your Han Dynasty has this one that is relatively rare. There are no three of them, so I found three in the eastern provinces." Ganassis smiled and expressed his wonder. The foal is not the problem.
Ganassis found a dozen divine horses instead of three. Due to the climate in Europe, European cold-blooded horses have always been the top war horses in the world. Andalusian horses were definitely top-notch war horses in the Han Dynasty. , in Europe, it can only be said to be of the highest level.
With such a good foundation, there are actually quite a lot of divine horses in Rome. Just like what Odenatus said to Adou at that time - ah, there are three horses in my stable that can separate their inner energy from the body. However, the Romans did not ride these things much because they were too conspicuous.
Ganassis searched around the eastern provinces and found a dozen of these things, intending to do some small business with the Han Dynasty and open up channels.
"Well done, good brother, go back to your side. It's really hard to find a divine horse over there." Li Jue patted Ganassis on the shoulder, like a brother.
"It's like this. This horse itself is prepared for you. You can just ride it away later." Ganassis said with a smile. The horse is not important. There are many more in Spain and Portugal. Silk is the most important.
"You are indeed our most iron-clad friend. If you give me another one, we, the Four Heavenly Kings of Liangzhou, will still have one less." Guo Bang still has some integrity. He at least knows how to fight for Hua Xiong. After all, they are the Four Heavenly Kings of Liangzhou. They cannot The three of them rode the divine horse, but Hua Xiong didn't.
"Ah, that's not a problem. I'll look for it later. It shouldn't take long." Ganassis didn't care. He didn't ride such a thing anyway. "Actually, it's like this. I want to find a channel for silk to enter. You also know that there is a big gap in silk here. A group of regular troops in the Eastern Province can accept silk in lieu of food and salary, but I don’t have enough silk here."
Before Ganassis finished speaking, Li Jue and the other three began to take care of everything, "No problem, no problem. We can collect some silk from major aristocratic families every year and transfer it to you when the time comes."
Ganassis was silent for a while. What you collected is not enough.
Tacito overturned San Sha's warehouse. The silks were all top-quality products. The problem was that they only amounted to a small amount. To distribute them to the citizens of the eastern provinces, what was important was not the grade, but the quantity.
"It's like this, what you received is not enough at all. What I mean is, why don't you help me matchmaking and find a large chamber of commerce." Ganassis sighed and said, the little you received is just enough. It’s enough to fill my teeth. I need a chamber of commerce that can ship on a large scale.
"Ah, that's it. Then I'll find one for you, the Wu family. The Wu family specializes in the Sichuan brocade business." Li Jue felt that he could help because of his relationship with Ganassis. Anyway, it was just a matchmaking. He and the Wu family were still It's quite familiar. That Wu Yan has been staying there for a while. Okay, just introduce this person to Ganassis.
"Wu family? Are you in the Sichuan brocade business?" Ganassis nodded after hearing this. That's good.
"The Wu family is one of the five wealthy merchants of the Han Dynasty. They do a lot of silk business. If Duke Ganassis is interested, he can indeed get in touch." Chunyu Qiong, who was eavesdropping on the side, also said slowly, "Of course The Yuan family also produces silk, but the output is average."
The Yuan family is also engaged in the mulberry sericulture industry in the Ural Mountains. In fact, the core of the ancient small-scale farmer economy was mulberry farming. The Yuan family is just pushing ahead instinctively. However, the environment here is not suitable, and it can only engage in one industry. Spring silkworms, silk production cannot increase.
"It's not up to me to decide the deal with the Yuan family." Ganassis said with a smile.
In fact, the small-scale trading of high-quality silk between the Eastern Province and the Yuan family has never stopped. Ganassis even specially formed a law enforcement team for this purpose. If they were caught, they would confiscate them all on the grounds of smuggling and confiscate them into the treasury. But If you think about it carefully, if the transaction was really prohibited, what would happen like this?
Are you kidding me? If it were true that no transactions were allowed at all, Ganassis's ability to manage the Eastern Province would not be like this anyway. This situation only shows that Ganassis himself is indulging. There's a good chance Ganassis himself is doing some dirty work.
Those who were caught probably didn't clear the checkpoint completely, at least they didn't have the goods reported to Ganassis. Otherwise, with the Yuan family's shipment volume, can it be called smuggling? Even if the group at the top didn't speak, at least they maintained a tacit attitude.
Otherwise, just being in Niger in Eastern Europe would be a trouble for those engaged in the silk business.
Therefore, Chunyu Qiong, whose core ability is to make wine and rice bags, instantly understood what Ganassis meant. Isn't this because other aspects are not in place? Understand, they understand this very well. As long as there is a need, it can definitely be done. No matter what, it is easier than having no desires and no demands. There are too many, too many things.
