Chapter 783: The Credibility of Foreigners The slanting sun put its pale yellow light through the cracks in the window, drawing several straight lines on the shadow on the ground, and several of them shone on the box. The gold inside immediately glowed seductively. There seem to be very few people in this world, regardless of gender, who can resist this light of temptation. Yang Shunhui looked at those big boxes, and the light in his eyes was the same color as the light reflected in the boxes. "That Peter said Sui is a giant dragon" Yang Shunhui sighed and looked away from the box with some difficulty. "How could he know that this giant dragon is now terminally ill." His tone was a little lonely and sad. Dong An, Yang Shunhui's most trusted aide, also sighed, and with more effort, he took his eyes away from the big golden boxes. He was silent for a while and said: "It should be that foreigners don't understand the current situation of the Sui Dynasty, so that's why Come up with a generous gift. I heard that the Opuru Empire has almost unified the land on the other side of the ocean. Is that a real dragon? " He didn't know, and Yang Shunhui didn't know, the dragon in the eyes of the Central Plains people. The dragon in the eyes of foreigners is not the same concept at all. In the eyes of the Sui people, the dragon was majestic, just and powerful. In the eyes of foreigners, dragons are greedy, cruel, and powerful Power is the only thing they have in common. If you want to make a greedy dragon spit out gold that can fill ten chests from its mouth, you should be wary of the dragon's purpose. It is a pity that neither Yang Shunhui nor Dong An, who thought that foreigners understood the Sui Dynasty, actually understood foreigners at all, did not have this awareness. "Actually, the current civil strife in the Sui Dynasty is not necessarily a bad thing." Dong An smiled and said: "If the Sui Dynasty is still as stable as before, the general will not be able to control this matter even if he wants to. Even if the foreigners come with these gold, The general must also submit all the matters to the court. As for whether to agree to the foreigners' request, it will take three to five months to come to a conclusion at the court meeting. It may take three to five years to argue. " "Nowbut It all depends on your thoughts, General. If the General thinks it is feasible, then the foreign merchant ships will be able to dock tomorrow morning. If the General thinks it is not feasible, then the foreigners will say nothing." Yang Shunhui smiled, as if he was worried. Take advantage of these words. "Then what do you think?" Yang Shunhui asked: "Should I send someone to discuss this matter with the people in the Mu Mansion? Anda while ago, the Black Flag Military Liberation Army specially sent someone to send a handwritten letter to let me be careful. Those foreigners. I have been wondering if Fang Jie has received any news. Otherwise, why would he remind me of this for no reason? " "The Black Flag Army don't pay attention to it." Dong An said, "Not to mention that Fang Jie is just a person. This little guy with unknown origins came into the palace by chance. Even if he comes from a famous family and is powerful, he has nothing to do with our Mou Ping's affairs. In my opinion, this person is just looking for an excuse to be closer to the general. Or maybe this is the ancient strategy of making friends with people far away and attacking those who are far away. Yang Shunhui was slightly startled: "If that's the case, he is quite a person." I thought that since he didn't have that kind of insight, the general could just ignore the Black Flag Army matter. If the people sent by Fang Jie asked to see him again, the general would just send him away casually. Be cautious. After all, the Mu Mansion was too powerful in the east of the Sui Dynasty. Since the civil strife in the Sui Dynasty, the people in the Mu Mansion seemed to be honest and loyal to the imperial court. They are all replaced by people from Mu Mansion. Now Mu Mansion¡¯s words are more effective here than the imperial edict.¡± ¡°But¡± Dong An¡¯s tone changed: ¡°If this matter is discussed with Mu Mansion in advance, even if you send someone to rush. Going to Mu Mansion in the Northeast, plus discussions, took more than a month. By that time, the foreigners would have lost their patience. General Muping was not the only city in Eastern Xinjiang that had opened trade Besides, If this matter is reported to Mu Mansion in advance, there are two things that will be detrimental to you, General." "What?" Yang Shun would ask. "One!" Dong An stretched out a finger and said: "If this matter spreads, it will have a great impact on the general. After all, you are still the third-rank general of the Sui Dynasty. In terms of official position and title, you are not as good as the one in Mu Mansion. "Hey, if you ask Mu Mansion for instructions on what to do, people will probably say something bad about you" "Secondly, if you inform Mu Mansion, then this gift from a foreigner" He didn't finish his words, but. Yang Shunhui understood immediately. He subconsciously glanced at the ten large boxes and fell into silence. "It's just that it would be a bit rude not to inform Mufu. After all, it was Mufu who gave the nod to garrison Muping. If the people from Mufu didn't nod, we would still be stationed in Lishan." Yang Shunhui said after a while. Dong An shook his head: "General, there is something I don't know if you have considered Now the world is in chaos, the Sui Dynasty has collapsed, the generals are destitute, and the people in the war-torn land are living in dire straits. The imperial decree cannot go out for five hundred miles, so it is better to The orders of the big family are effective. Although the armored general is fighting now, the armored army is only less than 20,000 strong. There are hundreds of millions of people in the world. These 20,000 people are like a drop of water in the ocean, and they cannot stop it after all. Following the general trend, is it possible for a drop of water to reverse the flow of the Yangtze River? " "So, General, you must make plans early to lead troops out of Chang'an and come to Eastern Xinjiang. This decision is extremely correct and wise for us. Everything depends on the face of Mu's family. To put it mildly, it's because you, the general, have a deep friendship with the person in Mu's family. To put it poorly, it's because of the charity of Mu's family. Why is Jin Shixiong so tired in the northwest? Is it because he alone has the final say whether the place is exhausted or not? " "My subordinates think that it is time for the general to consider expanding his strength. In the troubled times, he has the final say. Nothing is as reliable as having thousands of troops and horses. Even if the general has no ambition to conquer the world and has a strong army, no matter who sits on that chair, he will not underestimate the general. But we must develop now. What¡¯s missing ismoney!¡± Dong An said: ¡°If the coast is opened to allow foreign merchants to come over, the daily income will be a huge amount! Besides, if foreigners are allowed to do business, then those Dongchu merchants will also It¡¯s useless. When the general sends troops to arrest all the merchants from Dongchu in the city, the collected money alone will be enough to recruit 50,000 troops, not to mention 50,000, maybe 100,000!¡± Hearing this! , Yang Shunhui¡¯s eyes lit up. "As that Peter said, the foreigners are busy recovering now, and the first thing they have to do is business. We can make profits from it and develop much faster than the foreigners can recover! In less than three years, the general will be able to have Five hundred thousand soldiers. At that time, no matter what choice the general makes, won't you take the initiative?" Yang Shunhui was silent for a while and said, "Let me think about this again. You go back first and have more contact with that Peter. We also need to find out what is going on on the other side of the sea. I am afraid of attracting wolves into the house. " "Don't worry, General, my subordinates will definitely find out!" Dong An said and then left. After leaving the General's Mansion, Dong An couldn't help but smile as he looked at the setting sun setting in the west. He walked back along the street, looking at the proud-looking Dongchu businessmen on the street with pity in his eyes. He looked at the Dongchu people as if they were looking at lambs lying on the chopping board that had been scalded. So he was in a good mood, and he was in an even better mood when he got home. "Foreigners still have some credibility." He looked at the two boxes filled with gold in his dormitory and couldn't help but hold up a handful of gold coins and put them on his face. No matter what shape it takes, gold is always gold. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ Shops of Huotong Tianxia Xing Another day is coming to an end, and there are more and more pedestrians on the street. Before dark, businessmen from all over the country began to look for restaurants and brothels for entertainment, while those Dongchu people began to return to their camps with goods. In order to ensure safety, there was a special facility for Dongchu merchants in Muping City. 's camp. The people of Dongchu relied on the Sui people because they earned all their money from the Sui people. But they looked down on the Sui people. They found the temperament of the Sui people disgusting. The Sui people also looked down on the Dongchu people, because no matter how rich the Dongchu people were, they were stingy. They would not celebrate just because they made money, and they rarely went to brothels. If you meet a group of Dongchu people eating and a group of Sui people eating in a restaurant, you can quickly identify them even if they wear the same clothes. The one who orders a large table of dishes must be from Sui, and the one who picks and chooses with only a few dishes on the table must be from Dongchu. When paying the bill, the people who rushed to give money were Sui people, and the ones who all pretended to be stupid must be Dongchu people. Zuo Mingchan squeezed out of the crowd on the street and returned to the shop. After taking a look at Zhou Mingli, the two of them went up to the second floor in tacit understanding. "What did you find out?" Zhou Mingli asked anxiously. "There is something wrong with those caravans coming from the city!" Zuo Mingchan lowered his voice and said: "General caravans are not so heavily guarded. Even my men have a hard time getting past them, and it seems that those different caravans seem They were all connected. My people stared at them and found that the leaders of the caravan were in a restaurant.We met, but they quickly dispersed, so be very careful. It's difficult to find out where they came from in the city, so I plan to wait until they leave the city before taking action. The garrison in the city is not familiar with us, so we are unsure of how to attack in the city. " "I'll pick some good ones to go with you. " Zhou Mingli said. "Okay" Zuo Mingchan nodded: "I don't have many people, so I can attack a caravan. I'm afraid they have some backup. And I suspect that these caravans are not merchants at all. When I was staring at one of them today, the wind blew by, and the outer robe of one of them blew up, revealing the brocade clothes underneath. " "Jin Yi? " Zhou Mingli was stunned for a moment: "People from the government? " "There's nothing wrong with the people in the government. " Zuo Mingchan shook his head, with some worry in his eyes: "What I'm worried about is that he's from the army. "We must find out no matter what," Zhou Mingli said: "If people from the army are trading with Dongchu people, then it would be even more unusual." The goods of Dongchu merchants are of little use to the army, and there is no need for the army to spend a lot of money to buy back some messy things. " "You mean, what do they want to use the name of the caravan to hide? Are all the goods collected a cover-up? " Zuo Mingchan asked. Zhou Mingli nodded: "No matter what, we have to check it out. Since they are disguised, they are definitely not from Yang Shunhui. The army in the east of the Sui Dynasty is ninety-nine times in the hands of the Mu Mansion Is it necessary for the Mu Mansion to make a deal with the Dongchu people like this? Whatever the Mu Mansion wants, the people of Dongchu must obediently send it directly! Unless, what they bought was something shady Moreover, even Yang Shunhui wanted to hide it! " "Hiding Yang Shunhui? Why did you have to give Mu Ping to him if you wanted to hide it from him? " Zuo Mingchan suddenly thought of something, and the inspiration flashed away. It was so fast that no matter how hard he thought about it, he had no clue.