"Hu Shang's main target is the grassland, and we are different from them."
Hu Liang thought for a while and expressed his opinion.
"What exactly do you mean?" Puda suddenly became interested.
He is now the Minister of Household Affairs of the Kingdom of Israel, so he must consider this.
Zhaojiazhuang has indeed allocated funds, but that can only guarantee basic operation.
But his request is different. It is that the Kingdom of Israel continue to develop, grow and thrive.
But in front of him, Zhaojiazhuang suddenly produced the cold-proof items and clam oil that had just been produced, allowing him to see the financial resources of the Kingdom of Israel.
Hu Liang pointed to the map and said: "The Western Regions, the Silk Road."
"The Western Regions." Pu Da read and looked at it while looking at it: "I heard that Hu Shang is also traveling to the Western Regions."
Hu Liang shook his head: "Now that Hu Shang has the grassland, the Western Region is no longer their focus."
"It's impossible. The Silk Road was created by Hu merchants," Puda said.
Hu Liang pointed in the direction of the grassland and said: "The Silk Road is too risky. It would be better if the grassland is stable."
Pu Da shook his head: "How could the barbarians let go of the Silk Road?"
"The Silk Road was about silk, but this is not silk now. Silk is light and sweaters are heavy. How far can it be transported?" Hu Liang said his reason.
Pu Da thought for a while, looked at the map again and again, and said, "Let me think about it."
"Pugong, don't hesitate, the sooner the better." Hu Liang was anxious.
Pu Da glanced at him and said calmly: "Why do you do this?"
"We have the right time, right place and right people. It's such a great opportunity. If we miss this mountain, we won't have this store." Hu Liang bowed his hands and said his reasons.
"The time, place, and people are favorable?" Pu Da couldn't help but be startled after hearing this, "I would like to hear its good fortune."
Hu Liang counted on his fingers and said: "It is late autumn now, frost has fallen, this is the right time. The location is favorable. We are in Xi County, and the Hu people are still in other places. This is the location. His Royal Highness is the chief registrar of Xi County, and his son-in-law is a little saint. , it’s people and people.”
Puda nodded first, then shook his head: "The Kingdom of Israel is small and weak, and the Silk Road is extremely dangerous. It's difficult! It's difficult! It's difficult!"
"Isn't the Kingdom of Israel a vassal state of Zhaojiazhuang? Since it is a vassal state, the little saint must protect it." Hu Liang became anxious, and his voice became louder unknowingly, "His Royal Highness, you can ask the little saint."
Pu Da thought for a while, looked at the map repeatedly, and finally gritted his teeth: "Let's find Prime Minister Ye Gong and meet the king together."
Hu Liang couldn't help but sigh. Pu Da was too timid and even criticized the Prime Minister Jehovah Yonghua.
"Ye Gong is the prime minister, we cannot bypass him in this matter." Pu Da saw Hu Liang sigh and understood what he was thinking.
Hu Liang thought for a while and nodded: "After all, you and I are just ministers, and Pu Gong is the head of hundreds of officials."
Jehovah Yonghua and Meng Lang, Minister of War, were training soldiers at the Zhaojiazhuang barracks. The Kingdom of Israel was too small, and it was only established in name only, so it had to borrow the barracks in Xi County.
Without a boss, oil, salt, firewood and rice are expensive, Jehovah Yonghua now deeply understands.
Not to mention anything else, just military training, the expenses have skyrocketed.
You know, he has only trained a thousand soldiers, and he has already used up his lack of financial resources.
Not to mention that big expenses are still to come. The real battlefield also includes war horses, swords, leather armor, iron armor, war horses, gunpowder, grain, medicine, etc.
Only now did he know that Zhaojiazhuang was so powerful that it could not only support hundreds of thousands of troops, but could also defeat the Hu people again and force the real Hu people to negotiate for the last time.
The thigh of Zhaojiazhuang is indeed thick and powerful enough, and the Kingdom of Israel is sure of it.
Fortunately, the Kingdom of Israel can now rely on Zhaojiazhuang for everything, including military training.
Jehovah Yonghua took his shamelessness to the extreme and used everything from Zhaojiazhuang for military training, including food, clothing, weapons and gunpowder.
Fortunately, no one in Zhaojiazhuang interfered with him.
Sure enough, Zhaojiazhuang's great benevolence and righteousness truly embodies the demeanor of a great country.
The two came to the playground. The infantry soldiers were killing the dummies again, and the cavalry were cutting down the wooden stakes.
"What, you have found a source of wealth?" After hearing Hu Liang's explanation of his purpose, Jehovah couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Ye Gong, the Silk Road must be guarded, otherwise we will encounter horse bandits." Hu Liang answered while expressing his worries.
Pu Da watched the soldiers training and came to Meng Lang and asked, "May I ask how strong the soldiers are now?"
"We have just been training for less than a month, so how can we talk about combat effectiveness?" Meng Lang said while watching the training, shaking his head.
Pu Da came to Jehovah with a troubled expression on his face: "Jehovah, we haven't formed an army yet, so our guards are weak."
"Isn't there still Zhaojiazhuang?" Hu Liang and Ye Yonghua looked at each other, and Ye Yonghua spoke in a relaxed tone.
There is already a palace of the Kingdom of Israel in Xi County, which can be used for the king and ministers to live and work, covering an area of about fifty acres.
Fei Sifu's family has officially moved in here and officially works here.
However, Fei Sifu had two identities, one was the registrar of Xi County, and the other was the king of the Kingdom of Israel.
Sometimes he works here and sometimes in Xi County.
Now he was working in the palace, and the two of them happened to run into Fei Sifu.
After hearing the four people from Jehovah Yonghua explain their purpose of coming, Fei Sifu couldn't help but rub his forehead. Everything is difficult at the beginning.
No, now the four people want to come forward to plead with the little saint.
He originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw the four pairs of pleading eyes, he had no choice but to nod.
"What, you want to take the Silk Road?" Zhao Ping stood up from his chair and came to the map on the wall.
Fei Sifu nodded: "I am here, and I hope the little saint will support me."
"This road is not only difficult to walk, but also extremely risky." Zhao Ping looked at the map and looked back at Fei Sifu.
Fei Sifu also looked at the map and explained his reasons: "It is precisely because the road is difficult that Hu Shang did not pay attention."
"Hu Shang is not a fool. Although their focus is on the northern grasslands, how can they ignore this traditional road." Zhao Ping looked over it repeatedly.
"Right now, wool is not produced in large quantities, and quotas are implemented, so Hu merchants may not pay attention to Tibet." Fei Sifu answered cautiously.
Zhao Ping nodded, glanced at the Tubo map, looked back at Fei Sifu and asked: "The Tubo Hu merchants may not be able to endure this hardship. Can you endure this hardship?"
"Of course I can bear the hardship." Fei Sifu replied bravely.
Zhao Ping nodded: "Okay, I will support you."
Xu Te, who had fulfilled his mission as envoy to Hanzhong Mansion, was called in, and Zhao Ping assigned him a new task.
Xu Te has now been promoted to battalion leader and has 500 soldiers under his command.
"This time you lead your men, disguised as businessmen, firstly to act as guards, and secondly to get familiar with Tubo and the Western Regions." Zhao Ping pointed at the map and said to Xu Te.
Xu Te couldn't help being overjoyed and asked excitedly: "Does the little saint prepare to attack the Western Regions? Want to restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties?"
"We have that plan, but that is for the future. Now that the Kingdom of Israel is weak, the focus is on protecting their caravans." Zhao Ping solemnly emphasized.
Although Xu Te was a little disappointed, after thinking about it, since the little saint had a plan, it was finalized.
My task now is to understand the terrain of the Western Region through business methods and prepare for the future.
Marshal's Mansion, Hanzhong Mansion.
Wu Lianghetai looked at Zhao Ping's letter and couldn't help but frown.
He handed the letter to Zhang Ming, stood up from his seat, and looked at the Hexi Corridor on the map.
"Could it be that Zhao Pingxiang wants to expand his business to the Western Regions?" Wu Lianghetai asked without looking back.
Zhang Ming put down the letter, came to the map, and looked carefully at the Hexi Corridor on the map.
Zhang Ming thought for a while and shook his head: "Zhaojiazhuang's business is simply worried about sales and has no energy to go through the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions."
"Then why did Zhao Ping write a letter?" Wu Lianghetai asked in confusion.
Zhang Ming thought for a while, pointed to the letter and said: "I heard that there is a small vassal state in Zhaojiazhuang called the Kingdom of Israel. I want to do business in the Western Regions. I hope the Khanate will not embarrass them."
"I have never heard of the Kingdom of Israel." Wu Lianghetai asked warily, "Zhao Ping will not borrow troops from the Hexi Corridor."
Hanzhong Prefecture belonged to the Song Dynasty before. In order to destroy the Jin Kingdom, the Hu people once borrowed troops from Hanzhong Prefecture.
Zhang Mingyang read the letter and said: "The Kingdom of Israel existed more than a thousand years ago, and was later destroyed by the Qin Dynasty. Their citizens exist everywhere, and there are very few people in the Khanate."
Wu Liang Hetai felt amused and shook his head: "A small country that existed more than a thousand years ago still wants to restore its country. Who are they? There is also a khanate?"
"They are the Zhuhu people. It is estimated that there are only 20,000 people in the Khanate." Zhang Ming also felt funny.
Wu Lianghetai couldn't help but laugh: "A slave with only tens of thousands of people who have subjugated the country wants to restore the country. Let's just dream."
"Commander, do you agree to do business with the Kingdom of Israel?" Zhang Ming asked cautiously.
Wu Lianghetai laughed loudly and asked, "When did the Khanate ban business?"
"Commander, this time the small country merchants are selling products to keep out the cold." Zhang Ming reminded carefully.
Wu Lianghetai drank up the tea cup in one breath, still laughing: "As long as they have the ability, the Khanate will not prohibit it."
"Commander, will you guide them?" Zhang Ming thought for a while and asked.
Wu Lianghetai nodded and said: "Give it, why don't you give it? I want to see what kind of atmosphere this small businessman has in subjugating his country?"
Alibaba, Barbaris, Xinxinda and other Hu merchants gathered in Hanzhong Mansion.
"This thing is really warm. It is not only lighter than fur clothes, but also close to the body." Alibaba couldn't help but sigh after putting it on.
Barbaris shook his head: "It's warm, but it's too expensive. It costs two."
"Why, you still lack this small amount of money, it's just a drop in the bucket." Xianda looked at the sweater on Barbaris and asked in confusion.
Barbaris shook his head, arranged his clothes and said, "Of course you and I are not short of a little money. It's just that the herdsmen on the grassland really can't afford the money."
"What's the point of asking for money if you can't get it out? Don't you have sheep?" Xin Daye laughed loudly while arranging the clothes that had already been put on sweaters.
Alibaba nodded: "Although those herders on the grassland have no money, they do have sheep, and they are willing to exchange ten sheep for one sweater."
"It's easy to make money, but what quotas are implemented in Zhaojiazhuang? Don't they want to make money?" Barbaris asked in confusion.
Alibaba thought for a while: "I heard that Zhaojiazhuang's production capacity is limited. Now Nanman merchants, Dali merchants, etc. are rushing to buy goods, so that we have no goods."
"Zhaojiazhuang is not short of supply, but there are people competing with us." Barbaris took a sip of tea and couldn't help but sigh.
Alibaba's eyes were as wide as bull's eyes. He took a sip of tea and slammed the tea cup on the coffee table.
He used too much force and the teacup shook a few times on the coffee table, but it still failed to stand still and fell onto the coffee table with a bang, and the tea flowed down the coffee table.
He didn't care about this at all, stood up from his seat, looked at Barbaris and asked: "Who is so blind that he dares to compete with the merchants of the Khanate for things to keep out the cold?"
Barbaris shook his head, thought for a moment and said, "I heard it was a businessman from the Kingdom of Israel that I had never heard of before, and they actually asked for 30% of the quota."
"Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Israel." Alibaba muttered, thinking desperately.
As a result, after thinking for a long time, he could not think of such a country.
Alibaba asked fiercely: "What country are they from and why have I never heard of them?"
"It is a country established by the Zhuhu people, but this small country has been extinct for more than a thousand years. Now they are using this banner, but they just want to restore the country." Barbaris explained.
"The Zhuhu Khanate only has 20,000 people, and the Zhuhu people of the Southern Barbarians are only about 40,000. A group of subjugated slaves actually want to snatch food from the tiger's mouth. Are they tired of living?" Alibaba said with a fierce look in his eyes.
Xianda directly threw the teacup in his hand to the ground. With a bang, the teacup broke into pieces and the tea splashed on him.
His eyes were red and he shouted: "Taking people's money is like killing your parents."
"I heard that they said they would not compete with us for trade routes, not to take the Western Region, including the Silk Road." Barbaris pointed at the map and said.
Hu merchants also had maps, but they were much simpler.
Xianda couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Don't the Han people have a saying? If you don't take the road to heaven, there will be no way to hell. If they come to the territory of the Khanate, aren't they going to die?"
"They have already considered this and asked the commander for guidance. This is difficult to handle." Barbaris looked troubled.
Xianda and Alibaba looked at each other and laughed: "What if they encounter horse bandits?"
