Before leaving, Sima Ji of course had to have a basic understanding of the current situation. This was not a speculation on the situation of the Persian Empire or the Roman Empire, but a concept of the current Silk Road business. He now took the memorial from the Chief of the Western Regions Mansion and was waiting for someone to come to the door.

According to the memorials sent by Zhou Ji, the Jin merchant team recorded by the Chief of the Western Regions was about a scale of 1,000 people. This should be the entire Jin merchant team on the direction of the Silk Road. No matter how far away the other party was separated from the jurisdiction of the Chief of the Western Regions, Sima Ji believed that there would be no Jin people. From the perspective of business practice, conservatism was not a problem for a dynasty of the Jin Dynasty. Conservatism was the basis of various dynasties, but some were lighter and some were heavy.

Just like looking at merchants, the foundation is based on a low status. Some dynasties are very obvious, while others are not so obvious. As estimates before the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Hu Shang in the Jin Dynasty was about 10,000 people, and there were all states and counties. In the past year, due to the fewer wars, this number has now recovered.

"According to the situation that villains know, there are thousands of Hu shops in the capital, and there are about 5,000 Hu merchants." The person who came was Sun Cheng. Since Sima Jig dropped all his opponents, Sun Cheng, who was beaded curtained, returned to the capital and continued to be his own businessman. Not only did he control the Hu merchants who entered the Jin Dynasty, but also officials depended on the comprador merchants of the Yan Prince's Mansion. The murder of the prince was over.

Sima Ji only knew at a rough glance that his judgment was absolutely correct, and the scale of both sides was indeed not on the same level.

"This kind of trade seems very unfair." Sima Jiyi spoke intently in front of Sun Cheng.

Sun Cheng was stunned, savoring the words of King Yan, and carefully said, "Do you need to impose some restrictions on the law?" The status of merchants in Dajin naturally understands. Merchants themselves are professions to attract hatred. In the knowledge of ordinary people, they are people who buy low and sell high, and it is not surprising that they are hated. Once something happens, merchants must be asked to sacrifice for the country first. This happened during the Eight Kings Rebellion.

"As long as there is a demand, the laws are useless." Sima Ji shook his head slightly. The insult to the merchants was abolished after he came to the capital. Many dynasties had similar laws. In people's impression, I was open enough in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, the laws of the Tang Dynasty had clear laws, which restricted the scope of activities of Hu merchants and did not allow the people to establish a trading relationship with Hu merchants.

The so-called opening of our Tang Dynasty is just a comparison with other dynasties. Many Hu merchants have this illusion. Moreover, the slogans on the surface are shouted, but in fact, the practice of restricting is not very new.

"In the memorials of General Zhou Ji, who was stationed in Gaochang, mentioned that the size of the caravans in the Western Regions under the control of the Changshi Mansion was about a thousand people, and there were 5,000 Hu Shangs in the capital, not counting other big cities. The comparison of this number is too great. Although I am not a merchant, I feel that this lacks initiative." Sima Ji instinctively felt that this was not a good thing. Even if you don't suffer any losses, the possibility of taking advantage of the situation should not be big.

This is not the case that the most merchants of the Jin Dynasty went to the Western Regions, and there were not many merchants in Kushan and Persia in the Jin Dynasty. Thinking of this, the feeling of my great Jin Dynasty suffering from this kind of trade was lingering.

Of course he had reason to think so. If the Jin Dynasty did not suffer any losses in this trade, it would definitely appear from some aspects. First of all, China has been a country lacking precious metals since ancient times, otherwise it would not use copper as currency. In fact, even copper coins have been barely enough for a long time, and it is not considered surplus at all.

Not to mention the era of separatist rule, even the Song and Ming dynasties had money shortages. If it weren't for the inflow of silver in the Ming Dynasty, the money shortage was also very serious in the records left before. But Persia and Rome should have been lacking in precious metals. Gold and silver were used as currency for a long time.

When silk was popular in the West, there was also a large amount of H gold outflow in the Roman Empire, but the H gold outflow from Rome, a consumer, was not in China at all. Otherwise, foreign silver would solve the problem of local money shortage just like in the Ming Dynasty. The precious metals from the Roman Empire were not in the hands of the Jin Dynasty. Then wherever these H gold and silver were, we can estimate. Anyway, it was either South Asia or West Asia. As a producer, I did not receive much from the Jin Dynasty.

If the population continues to grow and the amount of copper coins is still the same, there will be a shortage of money after the Jin Dynasty. Of course, Sima Ji knew that there were huge copper mines on the Philippine Islands in later generations, but they have not been defeated yet. Besides, it will take time to find them, right? Who knows whether the shortage of money comes first or the copper mine is discovered first?

"That villain doesn't know what King Yan means!" Sun Cheng didn't dare to say more, but according to his understanding, if the King Yan felt that he was at a disadvantage in one thing, he would definitely have to make up for it.

"I will solve this problem by myself. Isn't it just the Western Regions? It's not very far away." Sima Ji waved his hand and asked Sun Cheng to go down.

Sima Ji felt that the unfairness of this trade was not difficult to solve and was easy to win. Because both the Han and Wei dynasties and the Great Jin dynasties had lost for a hundred years, and no matter how bad it was, it would not be so bad that it would maintain the status quo.

"It's time for me to be great again! These middlemen must spit out the wealth belonging to the Jin people. Great Jin is preferred!" Sima Ji suddenly stood up and began to prepare for the escape of the cicada. He ordered the Dragon Que Camp to return to Jicheng with him. After entering the capital, Sima Ji separated the Dragon Que Camp and the Jinwei Chongqi. It would be best if the heavy cavalry was the most threatening on the border. It was really a l-cost resource to place it in the restoration of the capital.

However, he had to have always been following his confidant elites, so the Dragon Crown was left behind. Since he had decided to use the golden cicada to escape while the whole country was paying attention to the southern expedition, of course, he would have to bring the most elite power.

"Go to Shenzhou and ask Li Shan to select the most resolute and courageous Eight Banners soldiers, which requires 20,000 people. Also, let the four feudals prepare, and I will go to Cyuan!" Before the person left Luoy, Sima Ji first asked someone to spread the letter.

It is naturally not enough to make Xianbei NV really prepare. No matter what, the Hu people can only serve as a support. They must show that they are very capable of fighting. Returning to Jicheng is also mobilizing elite border troops, and together with Xianbei NV really form a powerful army, so now we have to pass the letter to the other party first.
Chapter completed!