The promise is true, and the impermanence of the world is also true.

Gu Qing didn't want to deceive a poor man whose country and family were ruined, but the future was difficult. Facing the coming troubled times, he was not sure whether he could fulfill his promise.

Troubled times are like chaotic chess. I just hope that Anxi can maintain peace. Even if nothing can be done, at least there will be a piece of pure land.

"Can Lord Marquis really rehabilitate the nine surnames of Zhaowu and restore the country?" Kang Dingshuang looked excited.

Gu Qing nodded and said: "The nine surnames of Zhaowu are innocent. Everything was done by Gao Xianzhi personally. In fact, the Tang Dynasty has no hostility towards you. Gao Xianzhi destroyed the Shi Kingdom and Tuqishi, but the Chang'an court did not give Gao Xianzhi any reward. From this point of view

You should be able to guess the attitude of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty towards Gao Xianzhi’s move to destroy the Shi Kingdom.”

After sighing, Gu Qing added: "Of course it is a mistake, but the court cannot lose its authority. Even if it is a mistake, it can only endure it. Therefore, the pardon issued by me said that you will be pardoned for your sins. You should be forgiven."

Not guilty, but I still have to announce my pardon to the outside world. It means that I have found a way for myself on behalf of the imperial court, and also paved the way for you to regain your independence in the future. Do you understand what I mean?"

Kang Dingshuang was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "I can understand the painstaking efforts of the Marquis. The culprit is Gao Xianzhi. I don't blame the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, nor do I blame the Anxi Army."

Gu Qing added: "The culprit is Gao Xianzhi, but you can't kill him. If you kill him, all the promises I just made to rehabilitate and restore the country will be invalid. You will be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty from now on, and you will never be able to defeat him for generations to come.

body."

Kang Ding shuangshuang, lowered his head and said: "Yes, I will not kill Gao Xianzhi, and I will even salute Gao Xianzhi when I see him."

Gu Qing sighed: "In this world, it is not easy to achieve the satisfaction of one's grudges. There are too many fetters, and there are too many fetters. You should take action but don't dare to take action. For the sake of the word 'pros and cons', the good, evil, joy and anger of human nature are wiped out. Is it painful?"

"pain."

"This is life."

Kang Dingshuang raised his head and couldn't help but ask: "Have you ever seen a person who is happy with grudges? A person who doesn't care about anything for the sake of good and evil? Have you ever seen him?"

Gu Qing's eyes became misty and he sighed: "I have seen them. They are a group of real men. For the sake of morality and justice? They don't care about their own lives at all. In the face of the enemy's swords and guns, they went forward without hesitation and fought with dignity until death.

Smiling..."

Kang Dingshuang was shocked and murmured: "What kind of people are those?"

"Are they just ordinary people? But they want to do something for the people while they are alive. Even if nothing can be changed in the end, they do it after all."

Gu Qing looked lost. Suddenly he thought of his strange parents.

Before they died, were they thinking of a great hero? Or were they thinking of a helpless child in a remote mountain village in Shuzhou?

Kang Dingshuang looked hesitant for a long time and said softly: "I would like to assist the Marquis. I will ask the Marquis not to forget it for five years."

Gu Qing nodded: "Okay, five years later, the court will rehabilitate the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and I will help you restore the country."

Kang Dingshuang emphasized his tone and said: "After the restoration of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, are you still willing to regard the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain state? Pay tribute to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty every year? Do it as a courtesy to the Tibetan ministers."

Gu Qing continued: "The Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty still protects the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu? No matter if any enemy dares to attack the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu, the Anxi Army will send troops to help."

Kang Dingshuang stood up and bowed: "Master Hou, Kang Dingshuang will serve you from now on."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "From today on, all the business affairs of the merchants in the four towns of Anxi will be handed over to you. Your task is to help me make money. I have a general management plan. I will send it to you in a moment. Follow the instructions

My plan is to follow the instructions. Within two years, I want all the income from the four towns in Anxi to meet the needs of the army and people in Anxi, and the money earned will be used to hoard grain, grass and weapons for ready use."

Kang Dingshuang asked curiously: "Stock up food, grass, weapons... Is there a war in Anxi recently?"

"Perhaps there will be a war in the near future. It is right to prepare for a rainy day after all..." Gu Qing added: "By the way, I will leave the business affairs to you, but I will still handle the matters regarding the Tibetan businessmen personally."

"Why?"

Gu Qing smiled mysteriously: "The Tibetan merchants are different. What they do is big business, very big business."

Seeing that Gu Qing avoided answering, Kang Ding said with a clear conscience: "Yes, I will not interfere with the business of the Tibetan merchants."

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As expected, the Tibetan merchants came again.

The first batch of Tibetan businessmen Lazarwang and three others to taste the sweetness returned and soon organized a huge caravan to come to Kucha again.

This caravan has hundreds of camels, which are loaded with various Tibetan medicinal materials, mainly Tianshan snow lotus and rhodiola, but also some gentian and bald lily.

The speed at which businessmen inquired about information was astonishing. Razawang and the other three returned to Tubo and were searching for various medicinal materials from all over the world. However, they heard from somewhere that Kucha City was in urgent need of a large amount of Tianshan Snow Lotus. It is said that this medicine is very effective in treating gynecological diseases.

efficient.

In the spirit of seeking truth from facts, Razawang was doubtful and spent a lot of effort to find a doctor from the Tang Dynasty in Tubo. The doctor told him that Tianshan Snow Lotus has hot medicinal properties, has the effect of warming the palace, and can treat women's dysmenorrhea.

Gong Han is indeed curative.

With the doctor's affirmative answer, Razawang and the other three finally made up their minds, and started buying Tianshan Snow Lotus locally.

Not only did he acquire it, but Razawang also changed all the land under his name to Tianshan Snow Lotus, and tried hard to persuade other powerful landowners to also switch to Tianshan Snow Lotus. Their reason for persuading the landowners was very simple, just to settle their accounts.

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How much can one acre of Tianshan Snow Lotus produce? How much can one acre of highland barley land produce? The price of selling one acre of Tianshan Snow Lotus is at least worth ten acres of highland barley. Can’t you use the money from selling Tianshan Snow Lotus to buy food yourself? Eat it.

Tired of highland barley, don't we spend money to eat wheat and rice produced in the Tang Dynasty?

Isn’t it fun to buy one acre of grain with ten acres of land, and use the remaining nine acres of profit to buy a few beautiful women to put in your house?

The calculations were very clear and easy to understand, and the landowners quickly understood them.

But what the landlords hesitated about was the price of the medicinal materials. Maybe the Tang Dynasty urgently needed this medicinal material this year, but what if it doesn't need it next year?

Razawang told the landowners with certainty that if it were purely used to treat Tang Jun's injuries, he might not be able to guarantee whether there would be such a generous price next year, but Tianshan Snow Lotus is for women, and as we all know, women's problems

It occurs every month. It is impossible that women in the Tang Dynasty will undergo mass menopause next year. Therefore, as long as women still bleed every month, there will definitely be a market for Tianshan Snow Lotus and it will definitely be sold at a good price.

When the landowners thought about it, it made sense.

Medicinal materials for military use are indeed unreliable and may be discontinued at any time, but there is no market for medicinal materials for civilian use. The price may fluctuate slightly, but the demand must be long-term.

In the world, only the plateau climate of Tubo can widely cultivate Tianshan snow lotus. The landowners of Tubo accidentally discovered a monopoly business. This is going to happen.

Later, a group of Tibetan businessmen came back from Qiuci City one after another. Their faces were all red and they asked them if they had made a lot of money. The businessmen were laughing and laughing and looked mysterious and did not want to say anything, but it could be seen from their faces that they were on this trip.

Kucha City must be making a fortune.

As batch after batch of Tibetan businessmen returned to Tubo from Kucha City, watching them hurriedly purchase medicinal materials, the wealthy landowners in Tubo could not sit still.

What does buying and selling rely on? It’s monopoly, it’s something that everyone owns and I only own.

There are only a few wild natural medicinal materials. After searching once or twice, they have basically been dug out. However, the demand in the Tang Dynasty has been long-term. Do you still expect to dig up wild medicinal materials?

After weighing the pros and cons, the Tubo landowners immediately decided to plant medicinal materials. The medicinal properties of the medicinal materials grown by themselves may be a little worse than the wild ones, but the appearance is not bad.

Moreover, I heard that the officials who purchased medicinal materials from the Tang Dynasty said that they disliked the wild medicinal materials because they were ugly, small in size, and with wilted leaves. The cultivated medicinal materials were supervised and cared for by dedicated personnel, and their appearance was much better. Tang officials also

We only care about cultivated medicinal materials, so why are we hesitating?

As soon as a group of businessmen who returned to Tubo stirred up the excitement, the landowners in Tubo could not sit still. A large number of landowners were hesitant and still waiting and watching, but a few landowners who dared to take advantage of the situation have ordered the land under their names to be replanted with medicinal materials.

Making money will kill the brave and starve the timid. By the time everyone grows medicinal herbs, the day lilies will be cold.

Raza Wang, who returned to Kucha City, stood in front of Gu Qing with beaming expressions and a proud look on his face.

This time he came back in high spirits, because he brought enough medicinal materials, a hundred camels, and a caravan of more than 200 people. The huge caravan brought huge goods, which meant huge profits were about to be obtained.

The Bodhisattva asked him to do it, but he didn't dare not do it. Not only did he do it, but he also wanted to do it in a big way.

Last time I received a beating from the generals of the Tang Dynasty, the beating was worth it, and the price/performance ratio was very high.

"What are you happy about? Is a hundred camels a lot? Do you know how many thousands of soldiers and horses our Anxi Army has? On average, each person can't get a single medicinal leaf, so what are you proud of?" Gu Qing said to Raza Wang rudely.

I poured a basin of cold water on my head.

"Master Marquis, I have tried my best, but I can guarantee that the quantity of medicinal materials will be more and more in the future, but I am afraid that the Marquis cannot afford the price." Razawang said with his head held high.

Gu Qing sneered: "Gui'er has a bad tone, and I don't have enough money to give you. Even my farts from the Tang Dynasty can feed you Tubo for half a year."

Razawang's cheek twitched and he said aggrievedly: "What the Marquis said was so rude..."

"With this temper, what can you do to me?" Gu Qing glanced at him and said, "The price this time can't be tripled. You know why the price tripled last time."

Razawang was anxious: "We have worked hard to travel thousands of miles to solve the Lord Marquis's urgent needs. We have transported so many medicinal materials, and the price cannot be low."

Gu Qing thought for a while and thought: "I will pay you double the price. I will pay you double the price in the future. If you are not satisfied, just send the medicinal materials back. To be honest, there are many Tibetan merchants in Qiuci City. They have all received the news and are now in Tibet."
Chapter completed!