After sending away a group of Hu Shang envoys, Chen Xu thought about arranging someone to find Xiyue Hou.

To manage business in the Western Regions, a respected person needs to be the presided over. Xiyuehou was the Zuoping King of Yuezhi. He has enough appeal in the Western Regions and is proficient in Hu language. Since the Western Regions are finally completely included in the territory of the Qin Dynasty, he naturally cannot reject the Hu people as officials too much. Moreover, the Qin and Longxi areas were originally mixed, and there were many Qiang and Hu acting as bureaucrats in the local area. If Xiyuehou participated in this matter, it would be easier to operate.

In less than half a moment, Xiyue Hou came in a hurry, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he seemed to be very busy.

"Kang Qi pays homage to the left prime minister!" After the Maid came with the maid, Mr. Xiyue bowed respectfully to Chen Xu.

"There is no need for much politeness to the Queen of Xiyue. Please sit down and serve tea!"

Chen Xu nodded happily and greeted Xiyue Hou to take his seat, and then asked the maid to serve tea.

"What instructions does the Marquis urgently summon the young marquis?" After sitting down, the Marquis Xiyue bowed and asked with a little nervousness.

"Haha, it seems that Xiyuehou has been very busy in the market recently. He must have made a lot of money these days!" Chen Xu waved his hand and did not answer directly.

"I have to thank Zuo Xiang for this. Xiaohou's fur goods have always been good. However, sales have declined after the beginning of spring. In recent days, it has been very busy. Many Hu merchants from the Western Regions have found Xiaohou and asked to sell their fur goods on behalf of others, and... and..."

"Marquis Xiyue said it's okay. If there is any difficulty, can I help?" Chen Xu smiled and picked up the teacup to signal to Marquis Xiyue to taste tea.

The Queen of Xiyue quickly picked up the teacup and sipped it. She was as skilled as the Great Qin teacatcher. After a sip of hot tea, she smiled bitterly and said, "The Zuo Prime Minister is not aware of it. Because of the identity of Xiao Hou, many Hu merchants in the Western Regions, even tribal leaders and kings have found Xiao Hou and asked Xiao Hou to help with credit for some silk, porcelain, glass and other goods from the Central Plains. Some people even asked for a loan. It's okay if one or two of them are aware of it. However, in recent days, Xiao Hou has been unable to take care of it. Moreover, the Left Prime Minister should also know that there is not much money to lend, and he is not familiar with many wealthy merchants in Daqin. He is naturally helpless to buy goods from credit... Alas~"

"It seems that I did not find the wrong person this time, and this mission is Xiyue Hou!" Chen Xu put down his teacup and spoke with a smile.

"What the Zuo Prime Minister said..." Xiyue Hou secretly glanced at Chen Xu, and felt even more nervous.

"Haha, don't be suspicious, let alone worry. For you, this is an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune!"

"Promote and make money?" The Marquis of Xiyue was confused and was worried by Chen Xu's words without any beginning and end.

"A group of Hu merchants and envoys from the Western Regions just found this marquis, and also hoped that this marquis could help buy some goods from the Central Plains for credit. I thought that trading between the Western Regions and the Central Plains would become a normal state in the future. These Hu merchants came from thousands of miles away, and the journey was long and hard, and it was indeed not easy to get back. Seeing the dazzling array of exquisite goods in the Central Plains, this mood could be understood. Therefore, I wanted to find someone to deal with the requests of these Hu merchants. Xiyue Hou was originally from the Yuezhi family, proficient in Hu language and Central Plains, and his status was sufficient. I wanted to give this matter full rights to you to deal with!"

Chen Xu's words made Xiyue Hou even more confused. He didn't understand what Chen Xu meant at all. After listening, he stammered: "Little Hou is stupid, please tell me in detail!"

"This matter is not complicated. Given the sufficient goods and the needs of Hu merchants in the Central Plains, the marquis thought about it carefully and decided to ask His Majesty to set up a Commerce Bureau under the Ministry of Revenue. The main task of the Commerce Bureau is to manage the trade exchanges between the Qin and the territories and the princes. If these Hu merchants want to purchase goods from the Central Plains in credit, in order to ensure the interests of both parties, the court needs to designate an institution to complete the signing and follow-up matters of the credit purchase contract, such as checking for goods prohibited from trafficking, etc. Xiyue Hou is highly respected in the Western Regions, and the trade will become closer in the Central Plains and the Western Regions in the future. Therefore, if Xiyue Hou comes to take charge of this Commerce Bureau, it will definitely be easy!"

"Really...really...me...me..."

After a long time, Xiyuehou stood up, his expression was so excited that he couldn't help himself. His whole body was trembling slightly without being controlled. His teeth were gently knocked and his words were incomplete.

He is now a scattered marquis of the Great Qin Dynasty. He has dozens of servants in his family. With a little salary and the grain he planted, he only needs to fill his stomach. Fortunately, after the opening of Cuju Commercial Plaza, Chen Xu got a needle and got a thread to meet several Liao merchants and got a high-quality source of fur goods. Therefore, he earned a lot of money from this winter last year to this year, solving the temporary embarrassment. But today Chen Xu actually pushed him to the position of a third-rank office, which made him feel like he was dreaming in an instant.

The Yuezhi is gone now, and there will be no more in the future. Now the Yuezhi territory has become Liang Kingdom, led by the second son Ying Gao. According to what he saw and heard in Xianyang in the past two years, the ever-changing changes of the Qin Dynasty have made him have no idea about the Yuezhi. It is impossible to restore the country. According to the strength of the Qin Dynasty, the ten-Month Clan will not be able to withstand the attack of the Qin Dynasty when it was the strongest. If a war breaks out, according to the current population and material support of the Qin Dynasty, millions of troops can be mobilized in an instant. Therefore, the Yuezhi will only become a vassal state or even a county governor of the Qin Dynasty in the future, and finally, like many tribes such as Qiang, Rong, Yi and Yue, it will be completely integrated into the Qin Dynasty.

He was a marquis who was rewarded by the emperor, but he had no power or power and could only live and wait for death.

But if he could become a small official of the sixth rank and seventh rank, his descendants would still have the opportunity to enter the bureaucracy of the Qin Dynasty in the future. Even if he completely integrated into the Qin Dynasty, he would not have a miserable life in the future. However, in his own opinion, this hope was extremely slim, because no one was willing to help him a foreign clan. For him, Xianyang was completely unfamiliar with his place. He even gave many gifts to a prince, prince, prince or even royal relative, and could not get his son or grandson as a rank. Many prince, prince, prince, and minister were not willing to accept gifts.

But after he was completely desperate and gave up, he decided to run a fur shop well and became an ordinary merchant. Chen Xu suddenly summoned him to come and felt that the gods' fingers were bounced to the most sensitive part. The pleasure hit his heart one after another, and he was trembling and could hardly stand.

"If Xiyue Hou agrees, I will report to the emperor tomorrow. Although the Commerce Bureau seems to have little effect at the moment, it will definitely be the most important department in the court that is no less than the six ministries. It is also an indispensable and important department that supports our Hou's promotion of faster business development in the future. Therefore, it is crucial. The burden on Xiyue Hou will be very heavy in the future. Moreover, this is also a brand new department with no mature experience to learn from. The only thing this Hou can help is to allocate some assistants familiar with business..."

While drinking tea, Chen Xu briefly introduced the composition and work tasks of the Commerce Bureau Office, while Xiyue Hou listened and followed.

"Don't worry, if Kang Qiru took charge of the Commerce Bureau, he would definitely be heartbroken to repay the Marquis's support!" Marquis Xiyue bowed to Chen Xu to the end.

"Okay, as long as the Marquis of Xiyue is willing, the Commerce Bureau is a state affairs, and it is possible to take it well. In the future, it is possible to go first and think about what I am just saying. Tomorrow, I will invite Hu Shang to watch the show at Qinghe Theater in the afternoon, and at the same time, many merchants will also invite to participate. At that time, I will smooth out this matter with you. As long as the beginning is done, the matter will be much simpler in the future!" Chen Xu stood up and said.

"Yes, Kang Queered to leave!" Xiyue Hou's old face turned red with excitement. After saluting again, he left happily.

For Xiyuehou, this is definitely a matter of fillings falling from the sky.

For Chen Xu, this is also a bold and new attempt.

Now Daqin is working hard to expand out through two routes, land and overseas, and there will inevitably be huge gains in a few years. Although government departments such as customs have never paid attention to them in ancient times, they are a very important department to ensure trade and national security.

Although there are almost no countries on the entire earth that can threaten the Qin Dynasty, it is possible to control this kind of civilian and foreign business exchanges through a coordinated government department. The most important thing is to make necessary restrictions and management of many exported items, such as military standard bows and crossbows, such as sabers, saddles, methods of smelting steel, and even gunpowder and muskets. Although the Qin Dynasty has strict management, no one is allowed to secretly sell them for money. There must be a department to conduct necessary inspections of exported goods.

The Western Regions are already very close to India, and India is close to the Silent Empire in Central Asia. As long as these things are sold to the Western Regions, they can spread to West Asia and even Europe within a year or two. It will bring unpredictable dangers to the future colonial development of the Qin Dynasty. You must know that both the Silent and Rome are extremely rich countries. After the Eastern Expedition of Alexander the Great a hundred years ago, advanced Greek civilization has been widely spread in places other than China. After these things are spread, it is not difficult to imitate them. In order to reduce the unnecessary casualties of the Qin soldiers in the future colonization, it is necessary to restrict the export of some things.

In the following time, Chen Xu asked some merchants in Xianyang who were selling porcelain, iron, pottery, silk, tea and other items, and discussed with them the intention of credit to Hu merchants. Because Chen Xu came forward, these merchants did not have much resistance. After all, the identities of the Hou of Qinghe and Zuo Xiang were enough to make them feel at ease not to worry about not being able to collect the payment in the future.

Because once these Hu merchants do not pay back the money, the 20,000 troops stationed in the Western Regions are not vegetarians.

Moreover, this time it was just a trial transaction, and it was also a sudden incident, because no one would have thought that the Western Regions Congress suddenly sent such a large-scale caravan to Xianyang. Because the population of the entire Western Regions and Yuezhi was less than 2 million, according to Chen Xu's guess, this batch of goods will eventually be sold to Central Asia and West Asia through Dayuan and Daxia and other countries. In fact, this is also an opportunity to greatly promote the national strength of the Great Qin. When these exquisite objects arrive in Central Asia, it will definitely attract more merchants from West Asia and Central Asia. If the Qin Dynasty currently has 20,000 troops to attack Central Asia, the Pamir Plateau will be a huge obstacle.

When Alexander the Great advanced to the east ended at the Pamir Mountains.

Later, the Timur Empire expeditioned the Ming Dynasty in the east was also because of the Pamir Plateau. Of course, Timur was much stronger than Alexander because he had a map to the Ming Dynasty. However, because he was too old, he led hundreds of thousands of troops to successfully cross the Pamir Plateau and then arrived at the Ili River Valley. But he was greeted by a vast desert. Before he could get out of the desert, he died in the Western Regions. Although Timur was seventy years old at that time, he did step into the coffin with half his foot, the most important thing was that the geographical climate of the Western Regions failed in his eastern expedition.

The Pamir Plateau, Tianshan Mountains, and Takramakan Desert are the natural barriers that the Central Plains used to resist Western countries.

But this unique geographical climate also caused the Central Plains dynasty to expand to the West on land.

Western pioneers stopped at the Pamir Plateau, while Eastern pioneers stopped at the Yumen Pass.

No matter how awesome the gifted empires and kings in the East and the West are, if you want to travel through the Western Regions, the place of death, the first headache is the supply problem.

The same is true for the Qin Dynasty. Jiang Hu and Li Xin's army were unstoppable and recovered the countries of the Western Regions. However, facing the Pamir Plateau that was standing in front of him, he could no longer keep up before the plateau reaction occurred, so he could only stop moving forward.

If you do not have sufficient preparations to rashly cross the Pamir Mountains to face the Central Asian countries, it is very difficult for the Qin Dynasty to successfully seize a base. Therefore, you will first communicate with the Qin Dynasty and the Central Asian and Western Asian countries to exchange more information. As long as these merchants bring the powerful and prosperous Qin into Central Asian and Western Asia by word of mouth, they may be able to send envoys to negotiate with Dayuan Kangju Daxia and other countries to surrender. In this way, the army will have no obstacles to cross this land of death and peacefully penetrate the West.

Although it is difficult to cross the Pamir Plateau, for merchants who are seeking wealth everywhere, as long as they have money to make money, there are people who are willing to take risks. The Silk Road opened by the Han Dynasty in later generations basically has nothing to do with the army. A large number of merchants drove camels and horses to shuttle through the Hexi Corridor and the high desert all year round. Caravans from the East and the West were transiting and communicating in the Western Regions, achieving a world-famous business miracle.

What Chen Xu had to do was to forcefully open up this path by relying on force and actively expand the reputation of Daqin.

The highest level of war is to attack the enemy's plan without bloodshed.

Any militaristic empire will eventually fall on the road to conquer the world.

The larger the conquered area, the weaker the control will be. The fusion of different civilizations has always been a peace between blood and tears.

The huge Macedonian Empire, the Mongol Empire, the Timur Empire, and the British Empire that never set sun were all broken into pieces after endless glory.

The lessons of the past are the leaders of the future.

Since Chen Xu knew these unpredictable history, he would definitely try his best to bypass this militaristic military expansion and would rather use a more gentle means to conquer the world.

Now the Western Regions are already in the hands of the Qin Dynasty, and the time has come to face the West. In terms of population or national strength, the Qin Dynasty will not be much stronger than those empires that have just passed in history.
Chapter completed!