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At this time, there was a middle-aged merchant with a flat nose on the table next to Yang Hao. He seemed to talk about pepper with a hooked nose.

The nose was mixed with a nasal sound, and the accent was a bit strange: "In the desert, horse thieves were rampant. I heard that five caravans were stolen last month. Three people and goods were lost, and one of them transported pepper."

He drank a bowl of wine and said in a muffled voice: "A caravan was also robbed. If he had happened to encounter a patrol by the border army, he would have scared away the horse thief. I'm afraid I would not have seen Brother Wu."

Brother Wu was also worried: "The horse thieves in the Western Regions are rampant, and I heard about it. The Hexi Business Road is fine. Although there are Tuhui people and Turkic people invading each other, at least there are garrison troops invading them, they dare not be too presumptuous."

He said in a deep voice: "I heard that Yangguan had not only Tuhun people and Turkic people, but now there were more Tubo people. They wandered around the business roads and killed people and looted people when they saw the business trip. The countries along the way did not dare to fight against it, and the border troops were beyond their reach. What would happen?"

Hunting his nose was surprised: "Why haven't you heard of Tubo people before?"

"I heard that they came from Tuyuhun. However, some people also said that they came from the plateau south of Kunlun Mountain. Perhaps they were driven down by other tribes above."

Hearing this, Yang Hao felt a sudden heart.

Yes, Tubo was the old enemy of the Tang Dynasty. Once the Tang Dynasty, he was entangled with Tubo almost the whole time.

The two countries are in love and kill each other.

There are wins and losses throughout the whole process.

I heard the hook nose say again: "It was finally peaceful in the Central Plains, but the Western Regions were in chaos. These monsters and monsters seemed to be coming out in full bloom, which really made people not live anymore.

Brother Wu, with a Jiangnan accent, sighed in a low voice: "Not that. To be honest, Wu was robbed two months ago, and only one guard came back alive. It was a heavy loss. He wanted to buy some pepper to bring it back to Yangzhou, which was a good idea, but it was a priceless one."

The two of them were drinking a lot of wine and talking about pepper.

Yang Hao could hear it.

I heard the nose hooked and said, "I also wanted to sell some pepper and take some leather ginseng to the Mariner's room."

Brother Wu nodded and said, "It's easy to set off at this time. When you arrive at Hebei Road, the ice and snow melt. If you are lucky, you might be able to collect some pearls."

"I'm just planning. But if I don't have the pepper, this industry may not be as good as I want."

Is pepper so powerful?

Brother Wu said: "After the winter, heavy snow fell in the northern part of the Mobei region. I think it is difficult to leave in the Turkic territory now. Moreover, Turkic people have been rampant in recent years, and business men, Khitan, Shiwei, and Goguryeo, are they one tael of gold and one tael of pepper. Unfortunately, they have prices but no market."

Yang Hao listened, thinking.

Brother Wu said again: "If I exchange pepper for ginseng this year, I will make a bigger profit. It would be a pity."

When Yang Hao heard this, he asked the waiter to call another pot of sake.

He stood up and said to the two, "Two gentlemen, Yang is abrupt. I heard that the horse thieves in the Western Regions are rampant, and I feel sad. I think that Yang returned from the Western Regions not long ago and encountered horse thieves three times along the way. Fortunately, God pleaded with mercy and the ancestors protected him, so he returned safely."

I heard that he had encountered a horse thief three times along the way and was able to come back alive.

Both the hooked nose and the collapsed nose were surprised: "Yang Langjun escaped from the horse thief three times. How could he be both wise and brave?"

There was no faith in the words.

Yang Hao smiled and said, "It's a mistake. In fact, Yang returned from the Western Regions east, but he was not a businessman. He only had a donkey and a man. He was flexible when he encountered a horse thief.

"Once outside Qiemo City, Yang collided with a horse thief. Once, he was walking with a caravan and encountered Turkic horse thief near the ancient city of Loulan. Once, he happened to ambush the Tuhun horse thief. Three times he encountered a horse thief. It was also considered that Yang knew the opportunity early and fled the place where the Forget Horse thief was not conducive to the action of the horse thief."

He heard his words be plain and without any ostentatiousness. His nose and flipping and flipping have changed from completely disbelief to half-believing and half-doubting.

At least, in the Qiemo, the place name like Loulan Ancient City is not known to most people. Those who can say this are at least those who understand the Western Regions.

"Yang Langjun is alone? If you don't dislike it, you might as well be with someone." He glanced at the collapsed nose and said with a smile.

"The two men invited each other, Yang is honored. How could he be disgusted?" Yang Hao held the wine pot and the table, poured wine for the two of them, and whispered. "Yang just heard from the two of you saying that you wanted to sell pepper?"

He thought to himself that the nose is hooked and the nose is flat, and it is indeed here.

They are all people who travel around the world. Yang Hao just spoke deliberately and knew that he had something to do.

Now when Yang Hao opened his mouth, they said in their hearts: As expected.

But to their expectations, Yang Hao took out a small bag from his sleeve and placed it on the table. He also untied the bag.

The two of them didn't know what they meant.

Yang Hao lowered his voice and said, "Look at me, this is quite satisfactory."

When I heard that the nose was hooked and the nose was covered, my eyes flashed with light and vigilance flashed.

The two looked at each other, picked up the bag with their noses, opened the bag and took a look.

Although he only had one handful, it was indeed pepper. He took a small handful of it from the bag and put it in his palm and smelled it.

When I saw the nose of the collapse, I took the bag and pulled it open and smelled it.

Strong and pure spicy flavor

It's indeed a top-notch pepper.

Yang Hao said: "This is black pepper produced in Tianzhu. The quality is of high quality."

He raised his nose and lowered his voice and said, "Yang Langjun, this is not the place to speak. If Yang Langjun can trust him, you and I will find another place to discuss in detail."

He also hopes that Yang Hao has really got pepper, but he is also afraid of competition from others.

Yang Hao nodded and said, "Then, it's better to go to a certain guest room." Anyway, if you can sell pepper, it's okay. It's okay if you can't sell it.

Both noses nodded at the same time.

When I arrived at Yang Hao’s suite, I had more trust. I could rent such a large yard in the inn and be rich.

I saw the yard full of carriages and carriages full of goods.

If you have a hooked nose and a flat nose, you will believe that Yang Hao is a big businessman, and you may really take out pepper.

Seeing that a child with only one and a half years old was optimistic about the goods, they didn't think much about it.

I only thought that the security in Chang'an City was good, so I left only one person to take care of it. The others lived elsewhere.

Seeing Yang Hao's strength, the two became serious and formally introduced themselves.

The hooked nose has Western ancestry, but it has been settled in Luoyang for several generations, and is called An Fusheng. The collapsed nose comes from Jiangnan and is named Wu Fan. The two met in the previous dynasty.

Yang Hao naturally introduced himself.

He smiled and said, "You don't have to be suspicious. I just talked with you, and the main thing is to take action on two big boxes of pepper."

"Two big boxes?" Wu Fan suppressed his surprise and whispered. "Yang Langjun, where are the goods now? When can I see the goods? If the quality is good, Wu is willing to buy them at a high price."

"An is also willing to buy at a high price. The more you have, the better."

When Yang Hao heard this, his mind turned around and said, "The two are generous. To be honest, Yang just brought a few boxes. One box is about 100 kilograms. If the price is appropriate, Yang has some ways and can get some."

Each box is about 100 kilograms? How many boxes are only a few hundred kilograms. This amount is indeed enough for An Wu and the others.

Meat is mostly fishy and muttony. Seasoning with pepper can remove fishy and muttony.

In addition, when cooking tea in the south, pepper is also added. Some people even use pepper to make incense.

As for pepper, I only know that it exists in Tianzhu and Daqin. I need to bypass the Western Regions and travel thousands of miles to reach the Central Plains. Even if the trade route is smooth, pepper is priced at gold.

Now that the Turks are in great power, the court is unable to open up the business path for a while. The price of pepper continues to rise, and merchants with goods are also in the habit of rare goods.

That leads to the price of pepper.

If they can buy a batch of pepper and take it to the south or to the north, the price will be higher.

"Langjun Yang, let us discuss it."

Yang Hao nodded and said, "Please give me some advice. You can also reply to Mr. Yang tomorrow."

He is really not clear about the market conditions of pepper now. Now he meets such two people, he can only pretend to behave. It depends on whether he can cheat the best price.

Now they are going back and discuss it first. He also has a buffer to inquire about the situation of pepper.

He really didn't know if he didn't ask. He went to the inn shopkeeper and found out.

A pound of pepper was sold at a high price of fifteen jin. The price of gold was less than ten jin.

In other words, a pound of pepper is actually worth more than one or two taels of gold?

Yang Hao: It's so crazy...
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