I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Jiu'er nodded and agreed.

The blacksmith was a little surprised: "Da Lang, this is not a small amount of money. The price of a bullet is at least five or six yuan..."

Paper shell bullets are not very valuable, but the bullets are made of iron.

"Oh, so what?" Yin Xuan glanced at it and smiled slightly, "Money is not a problem, I need someone who can use it."

With that said, he took over the gun from Jiu'er.

"If this thing is made, if no one knows how to use it, then what's the use?"

The blacksmith nodded sullenly.

I just hope that Mrs. Dao can find some clever, smart, and quick-handed apprentices for herself, otherwise such a heavy work falls on her, and this old bone will be exhausted!

Yin Xuan glanced at the environment here, and said softly: "If possible, find a place outside the city, it's too unsafe here."

It does not mean that the fire may ignite the gunpowder, or the lack of oxygen.

Yin Xuan was very worried about the dust explosion.

After the road from Chang'an to Changle is built, and then they are resettled in Changle, they can do something extravagantly in their own territory.

Ok…

I have to talk to Li Tai.

He and Lu Shangshu are fully responsible for the road construction now.

After waiting for Jiu'er to play with the gun excitedly for a while, Yin Xuan brought the rosy Jiu'er home.

The next step is to consider how to arrange the branches outside the territory of Datang.

to be frank……

If it wasn't for the consideration of the future market, Yin Xuan would not have opened branches in those places. He doesn't even care about Datang's current per capita production value, let alone those countries that are still backward than Datang.

But... from the overall strategic point of view, now is the most appropriate time.

Maybe you can exchange guns for something.

Looking back on the world map, I now have two choices, one is to hold the Silk Road, and the other is to hold the port to the sea.

After thinking about it, the port is not a very urgent matter, and going to sea is not a goal that can be achieved in a short while.

Now Datang's technical strength is not yet capable of long-distance voyages, and this is not something Yin Xuan will be able to promote in a while.

Then the only choice is the Silk Road.

The Silk Road is now in its most prosperous period, and so many foreign merchants traveling to and from the Tang Dynasty are enough to prove this point. If the only problem is that the Anxi Protectorate has not yet been established.

But soon...

It seems that it happened in the early ten years of Zhenguan.

Where was the Anxi Protectorate Mansion established?It seems to be called Kucha Town?Yin Xuan's memory is not very clear, and he threw out an order to the system to set up a branch in Guizi Town.

The system reluctantly reported the word "yes", and marked the location of Qiuci Town on the map as usual.

Yin Xuan is in a good mood, it seems that he remembers correctly.

He used the system again in vain, which made him want to drink three bowls of burnt knives... Forget it, let's not drink, if there is still some left over from what Li Lizhi and the others stepped on, he can force his mouth to eat.

After paying the money, the branch was established.

Although the town of Kucha in the Western Regions is marked as a "town" in the system, it is not just a simple town, it is the capital of the Kucha Kingdom.

Kucha State is a vassal of the Western Turks and also a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. As a grasshopper, he is very good.

But it is precisely because of its sloppy behavior that although this small country has existed since the Han Dynasty, and it has been glorious for a period of time, its territory is now as small as a county of Datang.

In Kucha Town, on the busiest street, a small two-story building was built.

The Kucha people who came and went were very surprised.

It is difficult to see such a grand building in a place like them, especially when the two-story building is gradually being renovated, this rare Jiangnan ink color is even more amazing to the people of Kucha.

The sign is up.

The four big characters "Tongfu Restaurant" are written in Chinese, and the characters of the Western Regions are used to mark it below, which fully demonstrates the attributes of this two-story building.

This is something that the Kucha people did not expect.

Such a beautiful house is actually a restaurant and used for business, instead of being built by merchants who came back from the Tang Dynasty to live in?
Nadur had noticed this two-story building early in the morning.

He is the son of Nali, the Prime Minister of the Kucha Kingdom. Apart from the sons of the King of Kucha, he is the most powerful and respected group of people in the Kucha Kingdom.

After the decoration of Tongfu Restaurant was completed, he specially invited a few merchants who traveled to and from Datang and Kucha to open his eyes.

"Do you know what that Tongfu restaurant is?" Nadur looked at the kneeling merchants tremblingly and asked.

The merchants trembled.

How do they know what Tung Fook Restaurant is?They do business between the West Turks and the border of the Tang Dynasty, and have never been to Chang'an.

Just when Nadur was about to get impatient.

A businessman said tremblingly: "Little man, I have heard the name of this Tongfu restaurant before."

Nadur frowned: "Then why didn't you speak just now, forget it, let's talk about it now, what exactly is this Tongfu Restaurant."

"I don't know if my lord knows about Zeluo." The merchant asked a question.

Mentioning this name, Nadur gritted his teeth: "Of course I know!"

A few years ago, he spent a lot of gold and silver to buy some colored glaze objects from this merchant named Zeluo, but who knew that this year, there was a news that Datang had mastered the method of making colored glaze cheaply!

These glazed objects that he regarded as treasures depreciated a lot in an instant.

Fortunately, the merchants from farther places in the Western Regions did not know the news, so he quickly disposed of it at a low price, otherwise he would have lost money.

After losing money, he still wanted to settle accounts with the merchant named Zeluo, but he could no longer find any trace of that person. It is said that he had already packed up his belongings and brought his family to Datang to live a comfortable life.

"Zeluo once mentioned Tongfu restaurant when he was in Chang'an." The businessman continued to introduce, "It is said that it is the most famous restaurant in Chang'an, and the people who come and go are some nobles."

"He once wanted to go to that restaurant to eat, but was stopped by others, saying that he was not worthy of going to that kind of place because of his status."

Nadur frowned: "Why did the most famous restaurant in Chang'an come to my country of Kucha?"

The merchant shook his head, how could he know the reason.

"Are you sure that's Chang'an's restaurant?" Nadur asked again.

The merchant hesitated: "I don't know, but when Zeluo talked about the Tongfu restaurant, he always looked respectful. It is said that the owner of the restaurant is a county man from Datang. Ordinary merchants should not have that kind of attitude." Dare to pass off his name."

Nadur nodded thoughtfully, and waved away these people.

The merchants fled quickly as if they were relieved, and they were pleasantly surprised that they were not dead when they saw Nadur!