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Wang Gen glanced at Wang Chong as he conte its sternness The Silk Road to the as also the famous Road of Gold Countlessthis road, bringing with them silk, spices, jewels, jade ware, porcelain, caionsused this road
The ioods of the east and west had resulted in i rise to many extremely wealthywere all fabulously wealthy Pearls, agate, jade ware… they treated them like earthen tiles
The products they traded in were all staples, and the fortunes they had accumulated were so vast that it was ireat clans felt inadequate before such wealth In terms of importance, the road to the as the world’s number one, far more important than the famed Tea Horse Road of the southwest
Fro owed no small part of its current prosperity to the Silk Road that connected it to the various other countries
"Big Uncle, the lands of Zhao truly are decent, but it’s stagnant water The most revenue it can make will be two hundred thousand, but the Silk Road to the west is different Whether it was the Great Han Dynasty, the previous dynasty, or this dynasty, the first thing they did after uniting the realm was to reopen this Silk Road that connects the east to the west One can easily iine the importance hich the e declared with confidence
"Big Uncle, you also know just how affluent the Hu merchants of the capital are Those Hu ions, the spice merchants from the Abbasid Caliphate, and the jewelvast distances to reach the Great Tang, all of the Uncle ever thought about just how h this trade route every day, with all thesethis road?&8221;
"This…&8221;
Wang Gen had nothing to say He knew even reat i Iard was inspired solely by the Sage E, not inside or outside the court, would ever dare to question the Sage Emperor’s decision
This hy that trade route had re was also correct in that this road to the west truly was bri ealth Even the Bureau of Revenue of the Imperial Court found it difficult to calculate the ah it each day, -er, you intend to snatch some of this trade route’s wealth for yourself?&8221;
"Maze profound and his expression appearing to gaze far into the future
"But this ill be fruitless The east-west trade is the exclusive business of those Hu merchants, and they don’t permit anyone else to enter In the past, when the Silk Road was opened, no sreat clans and noble houses eyed this trade route Even a few of the princes of the imperial household participated But they quickly realized that we couldn’t understand the languages of the Western Regions, Arabia, and Charax Spasinu Adding onto that the fact that the Tang view learning barbarian languages with conte and arduous journey required to reach Arabia and Charax Spasinu, and our unfamiliarity with the environment, those efforts were essentially all failures After failing several tiave up on the idea
"Chong-er, it’s not that I want to reject your idea It’s a rather good one, but carrying it out is quite i Gen shook his head and looked worriedly at Wang Chong Wang Chong’s ambition to use the Silk Road to the west and take sos too siet a cut of the profits, then in all the years since the founding of the Great Tang, the nuo partitioned up the profits How could this situation have lasted until it was finally the Wang Clan’s turn?
In the southwestern war, Wang Chong truly had revealed an extraordinary talent for the art of war But the art of as different fro didn’t see both fields at the sa Uncle, you’veunexpectedly s e the Abbasid Caliphate or Charax Spasinu to buy and sell The road to the west isIn one year, you can at most run one or two caravans The ti&8221;
"Return on invest Gen’s eyes, but he coained his co statehs last laughs best’ was known by everyone in the capital
"If you don’t plan to enter this business, then what is your plan?&8221;
Wang Gen was truly rather confused The most profitable venture on the road to the as the trade of silk, spices, and ge himself in this trade, then how did he plan to h his nephew
"Haha, I naturally plan to build a city there andsht his tea cup down onto theit on the Silk Road ThisGen stared in a daze at that cup on theChong pushed back his chair and stood up
"The road to the west is a place of great fortune, but the road is long, and as they say, a long night brings ued by bandits, and the complexity of the terrain makes it difficult for the Imperial Court to restrain the been forced to return in failure
"Previously, for the sake of the Hyderabad ore, I ordered Li Siye to destroy the largest bandit group on the Silk Road, the Black Dragon Bandits But the Black Dragon Bandits were only one of the groups Before theon Bandits, the Black Flaroups in the future As long as there are profits, this situation will continue to crop up no ine for a moment if there was a city on the ard road All the traveling merchants could obtain protection and supplies there Would they be willing to co to the west all have massive caravans with hundreds ofthis nificant expenditure What if we let thes without fee there? Would anyone be willing to start a business there? And the enerous in this aspect
"And once a lot of these people gather, we can start collecting a tax How does Big Uncle think such a city will fare? After all, this is an exclusive business!&8221;
Wang Chong turned and gave a faint s Gen