After experiencing the shock of the mines and smelters, the Western Region mission began to turn to the southeast.

After a month and a half of travel, the Western Regions Mission truly realized how big the Han Dynasty was.

How big is the population?

And against such a powerful empire, everyone felt endless fear.

Their previous guess was correct. The dilapidated houses they saw in Wuwei were just temporary residences.

And here, although the house is not that good, it is still better than theirs.

We even saw some brick and tile houses that we had seen in Luoyang.

It really makes people envious...

After arriving in the Eastern Industrial Zone, everyone clearly felt something was different.

Although it is not as prosperous as Luoyang, there are many vendors.

Although there are not as many people as in Luoyang, there are always people buying goods.

From time to time, you can see huge courtyards, and no one knows what is going on inside.

But looking at the long queue of motorcades at the door, we can also see some problems.

The environment here is better and the people are more beautiful.

Compared to other places, this place is the second most prosperous place in the entire Han Dynasty.

So, a group of people were upset again.

Their cities are not comparable to ordinary counties in the Han Dynasty, let alone places like Luoyang or the Eastern Industrial Zone.

Even some of the towns we passed along the way were more luxurious than theirs.

Likewise, what shocked them even more was more than that.

"Envoy Lu, I have a question that I don't understand..." Envoy Loulan found Lu Jia after careful observation for several days.

Others can be reserved, but he cannot.

The Han Dynasty was too close to Loulan, and the first stop for the Han army to leave the customs was Loulan. Loulan had no room for buffering.

The form now is obvious.

The Han Dynasty must definitely attack Dawan, because they dared to attack the Han Dynasty's envoy. This is an unforgivable sin.

Wusun was struggling, while Qiuci was waiting to see what Wusun would do.

The three major kingdoms in the north each have their own plans, but the small countries in the south don't have the financial resources to build them.

Similarly, many small tribes and small countries in the southern part of the Western Region are also watching Loulan's face.

Who puts you at the front?

Anyway, you will die first, but if you surrender directly, then I'm sorry, I will surrender too.

But if Loulan resists, I'll be sorry. When you can't defeat me, I will definitely be the first to surrender.

"Please tell me!" Lu Jia said with a slight smile.

This trip was requested by Lu Jia.

Firstly, he is familiar with these people, and secondly, he urgently needs to understand how far the big men have developed now.

However, facts told Lu Jia that the development of Han Dynasty had long exceeded his imagination.

But luckier than these envoys, Lu Jia was followed by officials from the Ministry of Rites. Anything he didn't understand would be explained immediately by the officials from the Ministry of Rites.

On the contrary, these envoys from the Western Regions trusted Lu Jia more, so they took the initiative to ask Lu Jia more questions.

"I saw someone coming here alone and taking away a large amount of goods. I also saw a lot of empty trucks lined up. It seemed that they were not brought by them. Don't you need to carry coins when doing business in Han Dynasty?

Can they rest assured that the goods are transported by these strangers? Aren't they afraid of something happening on the road?" the Loulan envoy asked.

"Well, this problem is actually easy to explain. First of all, the environment in Dahan is absolutely safe. As long as you take the main road, there is basically no problem. Officials from all over the country will often patrol here. In Dahan, blocking the road and robbing is

Felony."

"As for doing business, of course you need money, but the Han Dynasty has banks, which is very convenient and safe. The businessman only needs to send a sum of money to the bank at the place of departure, and after paying a certain handling fee, he can have one by himself

You set out, and by the time you arrive at your destination, your money will already be here."

"You don't even need to handle it. Like the textile shop in front of us, because the shipment volume is large, everyone who does this business will send money directly here, and the bank only needs to send specialists here to receive the orders.

Just confirm the authenticity and that’s it.”

"Those convoys are actually convoys organized by the government. They are cheap and safe. You can go with the convoy or go alone."

"If you are really worried, you can even insure the value of this batch of goods, which means paying a certain amount of coins to ensure that your goods will not suffer any loss."

"The general meaning is that I bought ten pieces of silk and satin and shipped them to Luoyang from here. I spent ten yuan to insure the price of these ten pieces of silk and satin. But when I arrived in Luoyang, when I received the goods, I found that a batch of silk and satin was damaged during transportation and could not be replaced.

If it is used, then the fleet responsible for transporting this batch of goods will have to compensate me for this piece of silk."

"It is precisely because of this guarantee that more businessmen will hand over the goods to the transportation team for transportation after receiving and inspecting the goods, while he himself can play, eat and drink along the way, and go back to pick up the goods calmly.

, from now on long-distance trafficking is no longer a pain, but an opportunity to travel."

"..." Messenger Loulan looked confused. How could he still play like this?

How do the heads of Han people grow?

How can you even come up with such a magical method?

Isn’t this amazing?

Gudun...

A mouthful of sweet saliva was swallowed.

"Well, Ambassador Lu, if I transport goods to Loulan, can I use this method?"

Lu Jia was stunned for a moment and looked at the Loulan envoy in surprise.

Are you afraid that you are thinking about shit?

How far is it from Loulan?

Do you know that the transportation team of the Han Dynasty only travels from this county to Linxian?

It is completed by handover transportation, and every time it arrives, the goods need to be inspected and accepted before being shipped out.

If there is a cargo owner following, there is no need to inspect the goods, or even unload the truck, just exchange for livestock, and then go back with other trucks.

I'm going to Loulan now, where can I transfer in the middle?

"This model can be used for reference, but how to operate it specifically needs to be studied by the Ministry of Commerce. However, compared with this model, the other model is definitely more suitable for long-distance people like you." An official from the Ministry of Rites

He quickly took the call.

It's all about etiquette. How can we not see that Lu Jia doesn't know how to answer this question?

Besides, I have never told him about this matter, so of course I should take up the topic appropriately.

"What mode?" Loulan envoy became interested.

"Set up a point in Luoyang responsible for contacting Loulan. If Loulan needs any goods, they can send someone to inform you, and then you are responsible for purchasing here, and the debt can be deposited from Loulan's bank, and then in Luoyang, or

Take it out from the place of origin.”

"The advantage of this model is that it eliminates the need for a large number of people to run back and forth. Only a few people are needed to send messages each time. If there is no rush, the message can even be entrusted to a transport team to bring it back."

"However, due to the distance from Loulan, whether it is transportation or sending money, the price will definitely be high." The official of the Ministry of Rites said calmly.

This model has actually been realized, and several large households have sent their family members to purchase yards here.

Every time I need to make a purchase, and my family is responsible for sending money at the same time, I have someone notify me and send me the shipping invoice. After I get the shipping invoice, I start to place the order directly according to the requirements.

How should I put it, although the overall economic situation is not at its best yet.

But now there are still limited workshops capable of mass manufacturing, and their business is very good.

These people who are permanently stationed here are also responsible for building relationships, hoping to get the goods as soon as possible.

Although this will inevitably cause some corruption, it is also inevitable and can only be strictly prohibited and conducted undercover and undercover inspections.

In fact, this set is the set of things from the planning era. There is no need to worry about selling the products. They are all planned products. If I can make them, I can sell them. If you want it, you can’t do it without a plan.

But there is no plan these days, but whether it is now or in the future, if you want to get priority in picking up goods, you have to have a good relationship with people, or you have to be a big deal.

Otherwise, they are all strangers, so why should they adjust the shipping order for you?

In any era and in any system, it is impossible to avoid this kind of queue-jumping behavior.

For businessmen, this is also a good method, a way to save costs and increase profits.

"But we have no money..." Messenger Loulan spread his hands and thought of a very serious problem.

Even if they can get the goods at the market price of Dahan, the transportation cost itself over such a long distance exceeds the value of the goods themselves.

And Loulan is not a rich country. There are only so many rich people, and the market is actually not big.

It seems that even if it is shipped to civilians, they cannot use it.
To be continued...