Zhao Yao didn't take Zheng Qian's words to heart that he wanted to recognize him as his lord. In his opinion, Zheng Qian said angrily because he lost to him in chess.
He is just a six-year-old child who is not favored and does not have the support of any minister. How could a genius like Zheng Qian find him as his lord, unless his brain is broken. Besides, he is just an ordinary person, how can he be a genius lord?
It seems that he defeated Zheng Qian in chess and really hit Zheng Qian. I hope Zheng Qian can be more low-key and honest in the future and stop causing trouble for Zheng Rang and the others.
If it were him, he would be pissed to death if he had such a smart and trouble-making brother. Even if you won't be angry to death, you will be angry and your life will be shortened.
If it weren't for the fact that Zheng Rang's cooking and snacks were delicious, he wouldn't have interfered and agreed to help.
After leaving Zheng's house, Zhao Yao did not go to Li's house, but went directly to his second uncle's house.
Although Liang Run left with the caravan, Liang Guan, Uncle Zhang and others, as well as Dingyuan and Tongan, lived there.
Zhao Yao came by chance. Shortly before he arrived at his second uncle's house, a letter from his second uncle arrived.
There are post houses and escort agencies dedicated to delivering letters in Dazhou. The delivery speed of the government post will be slower, but the delivery speed of the escort office will be very fast. Liang Run asked the escort to deliver the letter.
Liang Run had a lot of things to say, and he couldn't explain it clearly for a while when he came to deliver the letter. After all, the letters they sent were all small slips of paper, and there wasn't much content written on them.
When Liang Guan saw Zhao Yao coming, he hurriedly handed the letter to him.
When Zhao Yao saw that it was a thick stack of letters, he exclaimed in his heart: Second uncle, how many letters have been written?
He opened the letter and first counted how many pieces of paper there were. There were twenty pieces in total, and every piece of paper was filled with writing.
Zhao Yao was shocked and thought about how many things his second uncle wanted to tell him. Did something happen when he went to Wusun? He did not dare to delay any longer and quickly read the letter.
When Liang Run and others wrote to Zhao Yao, they had already arrived in Wusun for three days. He wrote down everything they saw, heard, heard, and encountered during the three days in Wusun and told Zhao Yao in detail.
First of all, Anren did not lie to them. His relatives did raise a lot of horses. These horses were very good, and many of them were obtained from the Xiongnu grassland. Some of them were obtained from other countries in the Western Region. However, Wusun does not have a bloody horse. If you want a sweat-soaked BMW, you must go to Dawan.
Anren's relatives saw that they had come all the way to buy horses, and felt that they were very sincere. In addition, they bought a lot, so Anren's relatives gave them a very cheap price.
In addition to raising horses, Anren's relatives also raised many cattle and sheep. Liang Run bought some cattle and sheep from them and asked people from the escort agency to escort them back to Beijing. However, due to the long journey, some cattle and sheep may die or become ill along the way. Also coming back with the escort was the groom. This was given to them by relatives of the An family. Their groom is not only good at raising horses, but also training them.
Liang Run told Zhao Yao in the letter that precious medicinal materials that were very expensive in the capital were very cheap in Wusun and there were a lot of them. He has already bought a lot and will ask the escort agency to escort them back to Beijing.
The furs here in Wusun are very cheap. Rabbit furs, fox furs, wolf skins, tiger skins, bear skins, etc. can be found everywhere, and they are not inferior to the furs sent to the palace as tribute. Liang Run also bought a lot, but he planned to bring it back himself.
Various kinds of jerky are also sold locally. Liang Run knew that Zhao Yao liked to eat beef and bought a lot of beef jerky for him. I also bought some tiger and bear jerky.
In Wusun, you can eat all kinds of meat, but there are no vegetables here. Liang Run joked in the letter that he wanted to bring the business of selling vegetables in the capital to Wusun, so he would definitely make a lot of money.
Zhao Yao saw this and thought to himself: Second uncle, you can let your people grow vegetables in Wusun and sell them.
Liang Run also said that there are many spices here in Wusun, and these spices come from various countries in the Western Regions. However, the spices here are too rough and not as refined as Dazhou.
Before going to Wusun, Liang Run bought a lot of spices from Dazhou. After taking them to Wusun, they were all sold out. People from Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions like things from the Central Plains very much.
In addition to spices, Liang Run also brought cloth, porcelain, books and other things to Wusun to sell. These things are very popular in Wusun, they just put some out to sell on the stall, and they were all sold out very quickly. The locals also asked if they still had any. They were very happy to learn that they were going to open a store in Wusun to sell things from the Central Plains. Now the locals are waiting for Liang Run and his store to open.
Zhao Yao calculated the time and Liang Run and the others should have opened a store in Wusun by now.
In Wusun, in addition to the Wusun people, there are also many people from the Central Plains and many people from other countries in the Western Regions. In Liang Run's words, Wusun here is a hodgepodge, with everyone in it.
Oh, and there are some Huns. They fled to Wusun. As soon as Liang Run and others arrived in Wusun, they found out a lot of news about the Xiongnu.
Not long ago, the new Moton Chanyu failed to attack the Qiulin tribe.
The Qiulin tribe united with the Han tribe to resist the attack of the new Shanyu Xinmaodun, and severely attacked the knights of the new Shanyu Xinmaodun.
The knights sent by Shanyu Xinmaodun to attack the Qiulin tribe were not the most elite knights under his command. He underestimated the Qiulin tribe and sent his second knight corps to attack. Unexpectedly, he was severely damaged by the Qiulin tribe and the Han tribe.
Not long after that, Xinmaodun Chanyu sent his most elite knight corps to attack the Qiulin tribe again. This time, the Qiulin tribe also united with the Lang tribe. The three tribes fought against the new Maodun Shanyu army and won a complete victory.
Xinmaodun Shanyu's army suffered heavy losses. He originally planned to unite the Huyan, Lan and Subu tribes he had previously recovered to attack the Qiulin tribe. However, he did not expect that the Huyan tribe defected.
Fearing that the remaining Lan and Sub tribes would defect, Xinmaodun Chanyu had to temporarily give up his plan to attack the Qiulin tribe. He planned to capture the Huyan tribe that had defected. However, he did not expect that the Huyan tribe would cooperate with the Qiulin tribe.
The four alliances of the Qiulin tribe, the Han tribe, the Lang tribe, and the Huyan tribe posed a great threat to the new Maodun Chanyu.
When Liang Run wrote this letter, the four tribes of Qiulin tribe were preparing to jointly attack Xinmaodun Shanyu.
When Zhao Yao saw this, he murmured in his heart: I don't know if the Qiulin tribe and the other four tribes are currently fighting with Xinmaodun Shanyu. He hoped that the four tribes of the Qiulin tribe could kill Xinmaodun Chanyu, so that the Xiongnu tribes would not be merged for the time being. However, the new Maodun Shanyu has some abilities and should not be easily killed.
I hope they can fight this battle for a longer time, and it is best to fight in such a way that both sides suffer losses, so that all the tribes of the Xiongnu can be honest for a while, and the borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty can be safe for a while.
Liang Run told Zhao Yao in the letter that other countries in the Western Regions, seeing that Wusun and Da Zhou were on good terms, also wanted to have good relations with Da Zhou, but they still had a wait-and-see attitude. They were afraid that the Great Zhou Dynasty would be like the previous Xia Dynasty.
Seeing this, an idea suddenly popped into Zhao Yao's mind. In Zhao Yao's dream, there was a Silk Road in the history of that world, and it was also connected to the Western Regions.
Zhao Yao touched his chin with a thoughtful look on his face. Perhaps Dazhou could also build a Silk Road and make good friends with the countries in the Western Regions. This would not only make money, but also jointly defend against the Huns.
However, before building the Silk Road, I still asked my second uncle and his caravan to do business with the countries in the Western Regions and show the goodwill and sincerity of the Zhou people to the countries in the Western Regions. In this case, the countries in the Western Region will be particularly willing to have good relations with the Great Zhou in the future, and then work together to build a Silk Road of mutual help.
Speaking of the Silk Road with various countries in the Western Regions, Zhao Yao also thought of the Maritime Silk Road.
The benefits of the Maritime Silk Road are even greater. If you want to build the Silk Road, you must first have a fleet.
You have to build ships, and then organize a fleet to go to the sea and trade with various countries on the seaside, just like Zheng He's voyages to the Western Ocean in Zhao Yao's dream.
The fleet must be built and the Western Ocean must be sailed. He had to think carefully about this matter.
Zhao Yao decided to write a letter to his uncle first, asking carefully about things in Qingzhou and the situation in the sea area in Qingzhou.
By the way, he has to ask his uncle to send him some birds from Qingzhou, so that he can ask the birds from Qingzhou about the situation in the sea there.
This matter must be done immediately.
It would be great if he could go to Qingzhou in person, but it's a pity that he is still a child and his stinky father will not allow him to go.
Wait, he can go secretly.
No, if the mother-in-law knew that he secretly went to Qingzhou, he would definitely be beaten to death by the mother-in-law and his stinky father when he came back from Qingzhou.
When it comes to building a fleet, are the people in Yangzhou very good at it? There are many rivers there and there are many boats.
"Eighth uncle, does the Liang family have its own fleet?"
"Yes, the Liang family has a large fleet." Liang Guan heard Zhao Yao ask this and asked curiously, "Your Highness, what do you need the fleet for?"
"Does the Liang family have a fleet at sea?"
"A fleet at sea?" Liang Guan shook his head, "No. Your Highness, you should know that the sea has been banned since the previous dynasty, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is still banning the sea."
Zhao Yao did not expect this, "Did Zhou not abolish the forbidden sea?"
"No, but there are secret contacts with foreigners in those places by the sea."
"Why are there so many foreigners in Qingzhou?" Zhao Yao asked in confusion, "How can those foreigners come to Qingzhou to do business?"
"I don't know about this. As far as I know, it seems to have always been like this in Qingzhou." Liang Guan said, "Those foreigners can only go to Qingzhou and cannot go to other places outside Qingzhou."
"How is this going?"
"Not sure."
"I'll ask after I return to the palace." Is there anything special about Qingzhou?
He had to talk carefully to He Xiang and Taishi Liu that the sea could no longer be closed and the sea area had to be opened so that in the future, a fleet could be built to sail to the Western Ocean and a maritime Silk Road be established.
"Eighth uncle, how is the Liang family's fleet? Is it powerful?"
"The Liang family's fleet is well-known in Yangzhou, and it should be considered relatively powerful."
"Is there anyone in the Liang family who is good at shipbuilding?"
Liang Guan replied: "Yes, Your Highness, do you need someone to build the ship?"
"I want to build a maritime fleet and then do business with the countries on the coast..." Zhao Yao simply told Liang Guan his plan for establishing a maritime fleet.
After hearing this, Liang Guan said with a shocked look on his face: "Your Highness, my second brother is right. You are a business genius. If you weren't Your Highness, you would definitely make the Liang family's business number one in the world." His Highness unexpectedly came up with the idea. Maritime trade is really... amazing. "But, Your Highness, the Great Zhou Dynasty has forbidden sea."
"I know now, and I will find a way to get my father to abolish the forbidden sea." Zhao Yao said, "We can do some business in Qingzhou first."
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
"It's like my second uncle and his friends went to Wusun to open a shop." Zhao Yao said, raising his hand and slapping his forehead, "I didn't think of this before. It was really a mistake."
"Your Highness, this is a good idea."
"I'll write a letter to my grandfather later, and then a letter to my uncle, and let them make arrangements." He had actually forgotten how to make money through maritime trade.
"Your Highness, it's best for your uncle to go to Soochow to find some people who can build sea boats." Liang Guan suggested, "There are many places in Soochow that are close to the sea. People there make a living by the sea and often go to sea. For fishing, they should be good at building boats at sea."
"You are right. Boats on rivers are different from boats on the sea. You must find someone who is familiar with boats on the sea."
"Your Highness, it costs a lot of money to build a fleet." Liang Guan reminded.
"I know that my uncle's side and my second uncle's side should be able to make a lot of money, and they should be able to do it by then." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "It's not like we're going to build a maritime fleet right away. This matter has to be planned slowly. "
"It's good that Your Highness is aware of it." Liang Guan exclaimed in his heart, is His Highness really only six years old?
His Highness has done so many things that a six-year-old child cannot do, but even a sixty-six-year-old cannot do.
Zhao Yao said nothing and continued to read the letter Liang Run wrote to him.
Liang Run wrote a lot of delicacies from Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions in his letter, which made Zhao Yao salivate.
I really want to visit Wusun, but it’s a pity that he can’t go before he grows up.
At the end of the letter, Liang Run told Zhao Yao that they had met up with the people arranged by He Lianfang. Next, He Lianfang's people will take them to other countries.
He also said that Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions admired the Central Plains culture very much and they wanted to learn from it. The books they brought were regarded as treasures by the people there.
Seeing this, Zhao Yao thought that it was indeed the case. Then his plan will definitely work in the future.
After Zhao Yao read the letter, he handed it to Liang Guan for Liang Guan to read. He went to write letters to his grandfather and uncle. Of course, you must also write a reply to Liang Run.
"Your Highness, where should we keep the cows, horses and sheep that Second Brother and the others bought back? In the Dahua Village Villa?" Liang Guan said, "I'm afraid we can't raise so many cows, horses and sheep in the Dahua Village Villa."
"Didn't my father reward me with a villa some time ago? The land and mountains in the southern suburbs of the capital are mine." Zhao Yao originally planned to buy another piece of land, but he didn't expect the emperor to reward him with a villa. It saves him money to buy land. "When the time comes, we will directly send the cattle, horses and sheep there to raise them."
"By the way, you can go and have a look at that villa in the southern suburbs."
"Your Highness, are you worried about that?"
"No, there is nothing wrong with that village. I asked you to go over and see if there is anything else that needs to be added." Zhao Yao said, "All the fields on the other side of the village are mine. In addition to growing food, I also want to grow some other things." thing."
Liang Guan understood what Zhao Yao meant and said seriously: "In a few days, I will go over and take a closer look."
Zhao Yao suddenly remembered that there was still no news about the things he asked his uncle to ask the foreigners to look for. When can I find potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, etc.?
Without saying another word, Zhao Yao continued to write. After writing the letter, Liang Guan helped him deliver the letter to the escort agency.
When writing a reply to Liang Run, Zhao Yao asked him if he had bought him sea green or golden eagle, but he was still waiting.
Although Ling Yun listened to what he said, Ling Yun was his father's Haidongqing. He couldn't keep bothering Lingyun to deliver messages for him. He had to have his own Haidongqing or Golden Eagle to deliver the letters.
While he was still replying to the letter, he asked Liang Run to look for something called cotton in the Western Regions. He also specially drew the appearance of cotton.
Cotton is a good thing, so don’t miss it.
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