After a long silence, Natalia suddenly asked, "Can Xia Kingdom replace Rose and become a ally of Lu Mei?" Her eyes widened, as if Zhao Xingde was the envoy of Xia Kingdom. "Xia Kingdom was originally a ally of Lu Mei, and this is also the reason why we came here to serve Your Majesty." Zhao Xingde recited the answer issued by the Marine Department, and felt a little ashamed.

"If Dashi and the Turks come to attack us, will Xia send troops to help?" The big eyes stared at Zhao Xingde, as if trying to distinguish any sign of lies in his eyes. Zhao Xingde sighed and said, "No help between countries is free. There are no eternal allies, only eternal interests."

"This sentence should be said by the Latins." Natalia curled her lips. The Latins in the Lumei people refer to the people in the old Lumei country, especially the merchants in Venice. These people have become partially barbarians and are particularly profit-oriented.

After returning to the Imperial Guard Camp, Zhao Xingde immediately pulled the marching Sima Huang Zongdao and asked, "Do you know who Natalia Blinius is?" Huang Zongdao looked puzzled: "What Natasha, is he a famous singer nearby?" Jin Changtai, who was next to him, heard it and smiled and said, "This is a famous little beauty, the only daughter of the Princess Taiping. What do you ask about her? The marriage custom of this Lumei people is that a man and a woman is just a couple. One more cannot be done. You already have a family, unless you stop your wife and marry another one, otherwise..."

"Bah, his grandmother," Zhao Xingde cursed: "You stopped marrying another wife." Thinking in his mind, the little princess seemed to think that she didn't know her identity, but could draw some of the true thoughts of the nobles of the Lumei Kingdom for the Xia Kingdom and the Ross people from her, especially the one who had a huge impact on Emperor Lumei and the state affairs, Princess Anna's thoughts.

The next morning, Zhao Xingde received another famous letter from Chen Xizhai, saying that the owner of the merchant fleet specially held a banquet in Wangdonglou, and Xie Minghong was the one who helped him protect this time. Chengying Camp walked around and had many places to deal with these merchants. Zhao Xingde was inconvenient to refuse and asked Jian Cheng and another tenth trooper named Du Tang to stare at the camp and take Chen Yongqi, Du Chujiao and other eight other tenth troopers to the banquet.

When Lumei people were feasting, guests and guests were often half lying on the bed. Xia people felt that it was not solemn, so they sat in a dangerous position. Wangdong Tower opened the screen partition between the two accords, and could accommodate the guests at this big table. Chen Xizhai smiled and introduced the owner of the merchant ship cargo to Minghongdu officers. Kang Wendu's fur business was carried out, and the fur from the northern part of Xia Kingdom was sold. Huang Shenwei was a big tea merchant, Tan Shiyong sold wool velvet, and Qiu Bosun specialized in high-quality porcelain. Li Yong was planning to open up a business road south through the Hot Sha Sea. He had been traveling in Dashi for seven years and could speak to many Dashi officials and princes along the way. He heard Chen Xizhai say that the Zhao army envoy in Minghongdu was a knowledgeable man and came to meet him.

Chen Xizhai introduced the Zhao army envoys from Minghongdu to this group of merchants. Zhao Xingde introduced the ten men and women one by one. After watching the plate and drinking, he also came up. A piano player and a singer were there to entertain him, and the atmosphere gradually became more and more lively.

"This business was thanks to the Zhao army envoy and the soldiers' bravery that the Chamber of Commerce lost all its money." Kang Wendu raised his glass and smiled. He was the leader of the caravan and had a place in the guild. The Chamber of Commerce has always been interested in making friends with Chengying Camp, which protects merchants and roads. Because pirates have been rampant since the beginning of autumn, they have brought together a large number of goods to transport them. If this trip was robbed, not only would the trouble be in vain for more than half a year, but the guild would also make up for the losses of some goods to merchants. The wool was released on the sheep, and everyone would have to make some blood. If it weren't for the laws of the Zhuguo Mansion that prohibited officials and soldiers from accepting gifts from merchants in private, these businesses would have agreed to offer a large gift of thanks.

"This is just a matter of duty." Zhao Xingde gave in and heard Tan Shiyong laugh, "The Zhao army was young and promising, and the magic arrows were amazing, which made the young people frightened. It was comparable to the Han Dynasty's flying general Li Guang. We specially made a plaque to express our intentions." We waved our hand and asked the clerk to lift a plaque with gold-patterned silver, and wrote four big characters "Li Guang's rebirth". This compliment was really numb. Zhao Xingde almost squirted out a sip of wine, and could only smile and be humble. The ten men looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all smiled and said nothing. From then on, Zhao Xingde had a nickname of "General Li", but he laughed more.

Li Yong's face changed slightly. This group of businessmen was not familiar with poetry and books. It was said that Li Guang was difficult to enthrone. He compared the officer to Li Guang, and was suspected of cursing the other party to being unable to become a general. The Zhao army envoy was well-read and would definitely think of this. If he was a narrow-minded person, he would be afraid that he would have a grudge at that time. Seeing that Zhao Xingde seemed to be unconcerned, he secretly observed and felt that this person was not cunning, but rather magnanimous and a person who could be friends. Thinking of this, Li Yong also held a wine glass and said, "I and the Zhao army envoy got the same thing as before, and I got this cup first." After saying that, he covered the wine glass with his left sleeve and drank it all in one go. After Zhao Xingde had also drank it all, Li Yong leaned closer and said, "I am preparing to sell a batch of goods through the sea of ​​hot sand. If this trade road is opened, there may be some things to bother the Zhao army envoy in the future."

Zhao Xingde remembered that Jin Changtai once said that trafficking a piece of salt through the sea of ​​hot sand can be exchanged for a piece of gold. He said intimately, "If this is a golden road, it will be a great wealth." He smiled and said with a smile on his face: "Where is the shopkeeper Li's words, wherever the camel caravan of the trading company goes, our soldiers' swords will accompany them, and each will do their best and perform their duties, all for the country." Li Yong was not overjoyed when he heard that he agreed to expand the southern trade route, so he intended to make friends and introduce to Zhao Xingde the customs and customs of the princes in green clothes and food, and even the north and south of the Resha Sea.

After drinking, the merchants also started to talk about it. Kang Wendu took advantage of the drunkenness and said to Qiu Bosun: "Bosshop Qiu, you sold Chang'an workshop to Qiu Tianrui from Guandong. This business is not authentic." In the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce Autonomous, many large merchants in Guandong are buying industries, setting up workshops to manufacture goods, and selling them to the northern desert and the Silk Road. This situation has become more and more intense in recent years. In the area of ​​Chang'an Chamber of Commerce Autonomous, many owners behind the workshop have been replaced. I really don't know how these Guandong merchants are so rich and like to spend a lot of money in Chang'an. But these people's character is not very good, and they often trick some refugees from Guandong to make cattle and horses in the workshop. In the Chamber of Commerce Autonomous, as long as the tax is paid sufficiently, the government generally does not interfere.

Qiu Bosun smiled and said, "It's too expensive to burn porcelain in Chang'an. I've long wanted to close the workshop. Qiu Tianrui's offer is high and asked me to specialize in the sales of porcelain in his workshop. This price is really comparable to my old workshop."

Kang Wendu said in a deep voice: "Don't you know that Qiu Tianrui is a guild rule? The refugees he recruited were treated as cows and horses. He could not learn crafts for three to five years, and he used them to waste them. He deceived a group of people. Only in autonomous places like Chang'an Chamber of Commerce can he be able to accommodate the scum of Guandong like him." Qiu Bosun smiled disappointedly and did not refute. He simply sold the workshop because he could not compete with the workshops of Guandong merchants in terms of goods price. The life of those craftsmen in the Kanto workshop was really hard. They had to work for seven or eight hours a day, but they were also controlled by the workshop owners in various ways, and there were even rumors of abducting young children to be servants. Some merchants in Xia State also had a tangle with him, which made Kang Wendu's duty merchants very dislike him.

Although Kang Wendu was a businessman, he was quick-talking. He realized his tongue when he said it. He said to Huang Shenwei next to him: "Old Huang, I'm not talking about you." It turned out that Huang Shenwei was also a businessman from Kanto. He was a little unhappy. He smiled and said, "It's okay, Qiu Darui is also a scum in the southeast." After that, he sipped the wine in the glass. Kang Wendu smiled, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, muttering: "I'm sorry, apologize." After a pause, he said, "But your big merchants in Kanto are too generous. They all spent a lot of money to raise prices, and they all made the shops and workshops too high."
Chapter completed!