Wen Bupo came this time with a learning attitude and did not plan to take credit. Therefore, Chen Xu was very enthusiastic about talking with him for nearly an hour, mainly explaining some business models in later generations and how Liang Kingdom should develop the economy according to local conditions.

Liang Kingdom is now sandwiched between the Western Regions and the Great Qin. Judging from the enthusiasm of Hus and merchants in the Western Regions to the Great Qin, Liang Kingdom, as the only way to go, still has great achievements.

Developing the economy on credit is just a temporary solution. In fact, in Chen Xu's view, in addition to vigorously developing agriculture to increase grain output, it can also rely on its unique geographical advantages to develop catering and accommodation. The best way is to build a road across the east and west like the Oriental Road, set up service stations and logistics markets along the way to provide complete services for caravans. The entire Liang Kingdom is thousands of miles long, and passengers who come and go must stay in the territory for one or two months. As long as there is perfect infrastructure and services, the merchants who come and go are naturally willing to stop and trade, especially the merchants in the Central Plains are unwilling to travel thousands of miles to the Western Regions, but as long as the road conditions are good, they will still not refuse to pull the goods to Liang Kingdom too much. In this way, a large number of Hu merchants in the Western Regions can trade within Liang Kingdom. After a few years, Liang Kingdom will inevitably gradually prosper.

Of course, this matter is not urgent, nor is it urgent.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, difficult at the end, and difficult at the end, but as long as you do it, the situation will gradually improve.

After a few words, after drinking three or five cups of tea, Chen Xu still felt a little dry mouth, but his face was flushed with excitement. He felt that this rash visit benefited a lot from him. It seemed that he suddenly saw a golden road with Hu merchants traveling between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, all spreading money on the road.

"Mr. Marquis, if you want to build a cement avenue like the Oriental Road, it will probably be expensive. Liang Guo’s national strength is weak and cannot support it. I wonder if Marquis can help you buy some cement for credit!" Hearing the excitement, he bowed excitedly.

"Puff, cough cough..."

Chen Xu shook his hand and almost poured a cup of tea into his nose. He put down the tea cup in a hurry and shook the tea on his clothes. After he got through the air, he shook his head and said, "The terrain of Liang is different from the Central Plains. The terrain is flat enough. It only needs to be leveled. Even if the places where cement is needed, there are only bridges built on some rivers. Moreover, a cement road that is more than 3,000 miles long is not enough to be built on Liang Country. I, Daqin, can't afford to build a cement road at the moment. Therefore, don't be too obsessed with building a cement road.

, At present, I, Daqin, are building roads all over the country, and I can’t use enough cement. You should think of more ways after you go back. The road is not about being smooth. As long as you can pass the carriage smoothly, set up enough service stations along the way to provide complete repairs, catering, accommodation, trading and other places, so that the business travelers can get enough convenience. Also, tax exemptions should be made as much as possible. Merchants can only go thousands of miles to make money, and everyone will go. If the business tax is too high, merchants will naturally stay away..."

"The Marquis' words made Bubobo suddenly enlightened, and it was true that the Marquis's knowledge was far-reaching!" Wen Bubobo did not show any displeasure about Chen Xu's refusal to buy cement for credit. Instead, he repeatedly thanked Chen Xu's proposal.

Overall, a group of staff members who brought to Liang Kingdom were not good at doing business, and the Yuezhi people were even worse at doing business. The business was done well by the Qin people and the Western Regions countries, and the Yuezhi people were good at robbery.

However, it is impossible to rob now. Once a Hu merchant in the Western Regions and a merchant in the Central Plains are robbed on the territory of Liang Kingdom, it is estimated that the Liang king's imperial guards will be chopped into meat sauce from heaven and earth.

Wen Bupo was originally a counselor, but now Ying Gao drove him to the shelves and became the chief official in charge of trade and trade. Wen Bupo was originally a little resistant, but since he came to Xianyang last time to see the prosperity and dazzling array of goods, he felt that he must have gone to the wrong place. This was definitely not the Central Plains he saw when he was studying in Zhao State. He hadn't come for just over ten years and could not recognize him at all. Xianyang seemed to appear out of thin air from another time and space. The flat cement road, running four-wheeled carriage, the newspapers and books sold, delicious and fragrant food, colorful clothing, bustling shopping malls, exquisite porcelain and glass, water wheel mills, factories, Weihe Bridge, Cuju Field, etc. Compared with the extremely prosperous capital of Zhao State, Handan, which used to feel extremely prosperous, and it was completely like a clown, and it was not an existence of the same era at all.

And Wen Bupo feels that he is also a clown.

At the beginning, he was ridiculously thinking that Yuezhi could bargain with Daqin to obtain an equivalent status, but he was soon ruthlessly crushed by the Qin army. Later, in Yuezhi, he repeatedly heard about the prosperity of Daqin, but he never saw it. After seeing it, he only had inferiority complex that penetrated his bones, and even had a confused mind blank for a long time before he slowly woke up.

After returning to Liang Kingdom, Wen Bupo completely became a loyal fan of Daqin. He felt that only by holding Daqin's legs tightly could the Yuezhi people have a bright future.

Therefore, after becoming the head of the Liang State's Commerce Department, Wen Bupo began to work hard for the development of Liang State, but his professionalism was not right after all, and the business of Liang State did not improve at all for more than a month. This put him under great pressure. He was repeatedly asked about business affairs by King Liang in the court. At the same time, countless ministers accused him of occupying the pit and not stooling, which made him a little worried.

An hour later, Wen Bupo stood up and said goodbye with great gratitude, and also left a car of gifts to express King Liang's gratitude to Chen Xu.

Chen Xu didn't care too much about Liang King's gift.

Because Yuezhi has basically no specialty that Central Plains people can like, except for rouge fur.

However, when I waited until the temperature broke, I opened one of the vine baskets to reveal more than a dozen round yellow-skinned and numb-patterned fruits inside, Chen Xu felt that he was kissed by a pig.

"Damn, Hami Melon..." Chen Xu's saliva was about to flow down.

"Mr. Marquis, this honey melon is produced from the edge of the desert near the Yili River. It is called Qionglong. It was brought by me by several Yiwu merchants..."

"Haha, very good, thank you Mr. Wen, thank you for your eight generations of ancestors. This honey melon man has been thinking about it for a long time!" Chen Xu held Wen Bupo's hand and shook it repeatedly, happily unable to stop talking.

Wen Bupo said with a smile on his face quickly: "Bupo also thanks to the eight generations of ancestors of the Marquis. If it weren't for the Marquis' help last time, Bupo would have the honor of today..."

Chen Xu:...

"I heard that the Marquis liked to collect various species such as fruits, vegetables, and vegetables. In order to cultivate fruits in the Western Regions, I even spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a greenhouse. This dome honey melon can grow well and be extremely sweet. The cultivated in the rest of the places are all bland. In the past, Yiwu relied on trading with the neighbors to obtain huge profits. However, the yield of this melon is very small and cannot be preserved for a long time. Only Qianghu, the Western Regions, can taste it. This time, when I came to the capital, I specially commissioned merchants to bring hundreds of them from Yiwu, but most of them were damaged and moldy on the way. In the end, there were no ten left. Some of them had been entrusted to the Marquis of Xiyue and His Majesty the First Emperor. All the rest were here. As long as the Marquis liked it, it would be fine to buy it!"

"Thank you, Mr. Wen is very considerate. This honey melon has indeed been planted, but it does taste light due to the soil and water. Now my wives are pregnant and just eat some sweet melons and fruits to make an appetizer. Come and go to the warehouse to get ten pieces of silk to give back to Mr. Wen!"

"No, no, how dare you let the marquis spend money on melons and fruits!" Wen Bupo quickly shook his head.

"Mr. Wen should not refuse. Ten pieces of silk are the right to thank you. It is not other intention. It costs a lot to transport Yiwu to Xianyang for four or five thousand miles, otherwise it would be a profitable deal if it could be transported to Daqin in large quantities!"

"What the Marquis said is that the loss of storage and transportation is indeed too great, and the loss is not worth the loss. Today, I have been bothering the Marquis for a long time, so I won't disturb you if you don't break it. Let's say goodbye for now and come back to visit again in a few days!"

Wen Bupo officially said goodbye and left after receiving ten pieces of silk from the servants of the Hou Mansion.

"Come here, send these honey melons to the kitchen yard, and count the remaining gifts into the warehouse!" After Chen Xu finished giving the order, he excitedly carried a cantaloupe melon and went straight to the backyard.

Just now, I was still thinking about who would thank his eight generations of ancestors if I got him a cantaloupe melon, but my dream came true immediately. Chen Xu felt that his luck was overwhelming recently, so he decided to give more advice to Wen Bupo in the future. Not only could he speak, but he also did things very carefully. He first gave it to the emperor before giving it to himself, so that he would not let others gossip.

Moreover, Wen Bupo made these cantaloupes not as simple and casual as he said. This cantaloupe is currently a semi-wild fruit with extremely low yields. It is definitely not easy to get hundreds of them at a time. It is even more unaware of how much manpower and material resources it takes to transport them to Xianyang thousands of miles away, and time is the biggest destroyer.

Therefore, the cost of these more than ten cantaloupes will not be lower than the value of ten silks, but it will not be equal in people's minds because the use is different.

"Mr. Marquis, how can there be honey melons in late autumn?"

Fan Caiying, who was sitting on the warm kang with a big belly, knitting a small sweater when she saw Chen Xu coming in with a honey melon, and quickly clumsily called two close-fitting maids to help him down to greet him.

"You are about to give birth, don't move. I heard that you have a bad appetite these days. This honey melon is the Western Regions honey melon presented by the envoy of Liang Kingdom. It is different from what we planted by ourselves. My husband will come to my wife to taste it later!" Chen Xu helped Fan Caiying to prepare it on the chair, and then instructed the maid to get the knives and fruit plates, and peel and cut them manually.

"Wow, Master Marquis, this honey melon is really sweet!" The moment the orange-red cantaloupe melon was cut, a rich sweet smell spread, and the two little maids couldn't help but cover their mouths and exclaimed excitedly.
Chapter completed!