A caravan can usually only afford to hire more than ten mercenaries to protect them, so the scale cannot be too large and there cannot be too many goods. Inviting multiple mercenary groups to protect them together is of course an option. However, whether mercenaries can cooperate with each other becomes a big problem, and sometimes they will backfire.

Now Liang Xiao intends to form a team of these elite mercenaries, and their strength will increase sharply. As long as they are well-done, they can fully perform larger escort tasks, traffic more goods, and make more profits.

Liang Xiao made it clear that this time he only faced Han merchants. In other words, this good opportunity was for Liang Xiao to repay the Han merchants who supported him. With the relationship between Liang Xiao and the officials of Dayuan, they could buy more and better goods at preferential prices, with more profits, enough to make a big profit in addition to paying commissions.

The Han merchants support Liang Xiao, the ultimate goal is to monopolize this trade route. Now, their goal has been achieved. As long as they cooperate well, this trade route will be contracted by several of them in the future, and others can only do some small businesses.

The monopoly profit is amazing. Guo Wenbin has seen the source of wealth.

For Li Shuyun, reprimanding Liang Xiao to the court was an excellent opportunity to show his life. If his name had the opportunity to enter the emperor's ears, it would be like opening up a direct channel for his career and gaining a chance to rise to the top.

In an escort mission, the two of them had their own gains, which was tailored. How could they not be happy? How could they not be grateful to Liang Xiao?

"Shu Yun, you must step up this period of time and become friends with these mercenaries as much as possible." Liang Xiao said: "If you take these people into your hands, it will be of great help to our future battles."

"Please rest assured, I will do my best." Li Shuyun was full of confidence.

Two days later, the spirit fox reached an agreement with the other leaders and was willing to accept Liang Xiao's unified command and form a larger mercenary group. Liang Xiao did not agree to them until they agreed to restrain themselves and abide by the constraints. Liang Xiao then let go and was willing to negotiate with Mei Cai and the merchants to arrange the caravan's protection tasks so that everyone could make more money as much as possible.

The mercenaries breathed a sigh of relief. Since they could make more money, more constraints were acceptable. Being mercenaries is just for survival. Whoever wants to live a nervous life every day can't even sleep peacefully.

Despite this, Liang Xiao did not accept the identity of the leader of the mercenary corps, and only agreed to send Li Shuyun to be responsible for their daily training and teach them some basic rules of the battle formation. In the past, they were fighting in groups at most, but now they want to fight like an army, and some rules must be used to. Especially those leaders must have certain tactical qualities and overall concepts, and cannot only have a sense of blood and courage.

If there is anything special, Liang Xiao and the seven second-class archers and eleven first-class infantry mercenaries signed a business separately. They were hired as entourages, commanded by Tu Niuer and Pang Shuo. They formed a team of exactly twenty people to be responsible for their safety issues during this period. In this way, they not only took the strongest 18 people into their own hands, but also reduced Li Shuyun's work pressure.

At the same time, Liang Xiao faintly expressed a meaning: Don’t be nervous, thinking that I want to subdue us. Apart from these eighteen people, I don’t like them at all, so you can rest assured.

Li Shuyun moved to the mercenary camp that day and ate and lived with the mercenaries. His original job was replaced by Guo Wu.

Starting the next day, the mercenaries no longer brag in the big tent, but under the leadership of Li Shuyun, they began their daily training like Greek veterans and young knights.

At the same time, Liang Xiao took the opportunity of chatting to discuss with Mei Cai how to make the business bigger and stronger, earn more profits, and give these mercenary groups more rewards. Mei Cai didn't take it seriously at all. He did the business for anyone, and he could do it even bigger and stronger, so he couldn't ask for it. He heard that Liang Xiao was interested in arranging a mercenary group to escort the Han merchants back to the Han Dynasty, so he took the initiative to make a suggestion.

"The road is so long, of course I have to sell some valuable things. What is the most valuable thing in Dayuan? Horses." Meicai smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will pick you dozens of stallions at that time to ensure that you have money to make money. There is another advantage of horses, which can be carried by themselves without carriages. You can carry things on your own. Once a battle occurs, you can also carry knights to participate in the battle and act as war horses."

Liang Xiao was overjoyed. The Han Dynasty was short of good horses. Later, Emperor Wu of Han launched a war for the Dayuan horses. Now Mei Cai took the initiative to send a stallion, so of course he couldn't get it. The profit of stallions was high, and one horse could match several horses. "Then please ask the deputy king to worry."

"Pack to me." Mei Cai took a lot of money.

While having a happy conversation with Meicai, Liang Xiao also negotiated with Ashana. He was not satisfied with the footsteps of Han merchants and stopped in Dayuan. He hoped that Han merchants could go further. The Yuezhi people controlled the intersection of several business roads. If they could not get the support of the Yuezhi people, they would not go far.

Ashana also agreed readily. Controlling the business road is to collect taxes. If Liang Xiao can bring more businessmen to Yuezhi, that is, more wealth to Yuezhi, why should he not be able to get over money?

Seeing Liang Xiao running around and doing business, everyone saw it, some were grateful to Guo Wenbin, and some were dissatisfied with Batu. Batu joked with Liang Xiao. "Is it because you are profitable or are you all Han people like this? Why are you, the envoy of the emperor, so enthusiastic about doing business?"

Liang Xiao laughed loudly and refused to answer. He didn't know what other Han people would think. In his own impression, the country's leaders had to talk about business when they visited. Why couldn't he, the messenger, talk about business? He wouldn't do that kind of thing that spends money to buy face and loses money to gain publicity.

In Princess Guantao's Mansion, Madam Liang got off the carriage and stood close to the carriage. Li Rongqing stepped forward, reported his name, and gave him another thousand coins. The servant in blue-clothed at the door looked at Madam Liang casually and said weakly: "Wait."

"Here." Li Rongqing smiled and watched the servant in the green robe sway into the door in one step and three times. Then she breathed a sigh of relief. She returned to the carriage and secretly looked at the guards holding halberds on both sides of the gate. "Mother, here is so majestic."

"Of course, my mother is the sister of the late emperor and her daughter is the queen of the current dynasty. Who else in the world can be more noble than their family?"

"Opening an account across the street and guarding the gate is so rich and powerful. I wish our Liang family could be so majestic one day."

Mama Liang glanced at Li Rongqing without saying a word. Although she had always longed for Liang Xiao to be a marquis and general, she did not dare to expect such a grandeur. Thinking of Liang Xiao, she was even more uneasy. She had no contact with Princess Guantao and his family, and didn't know why Princess Guantao suddenly asked her to come.

Is it a blessing or a disaster?

After a long time, the servant in green came out and pointed casually. "Get in through the side door and don't look around."

"Thank you." Mama Liang thanked again, asked the driver to drive the car farther away, and took Li Rongqing along the courtyard wall for a long time, walked into the alley, and walked forward an arrow before seeing a small door.

Li Rongqing stepped forward and knocked on the door. After waiting for a while, an impatient voice sounded inside. "Here, why are you anxious?" After a while, the small door opened, revealing a puzzled face. "Who are you, what's wrong?"

"It's true. My mistress's surname is Liang. The Tailor tells us to come. I don't know what instructions are."

"That's right, wait, I'll go and ask." The door slammed and closed again. Fortunately, Li Rongqing reacted quickly, otherwise her nose would have been knocked flat. She was so angry that her face turned red, but she didn't dare to get angry, so she was willing to bite her teeth.

The two stood at the door, and the wind was very strong in the alley. They blew away for a while, their whole bodies were cold, their hands and feet were numb, but they didn't even dare to stomp their feet. The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Li Rongqing stood at the upper wind outlet to block the wind for Mama Liang. "Oh, Chang'an is really a wealthy place, and it is not something that poor people can live in."

"Silly kids, no one is born rich." Madam Liang whispered: "If Emperor Gao had not promoted the three-foot sword to determine the world, where would the descendants of the Liu family have been rich? Wouldn't they hear Chen She's words, kings, princes, generals, and ministers, rather than a genius?"

Li Rongqing blinked. "But isn't Emperor Gao reincarnated by Emperor Chi?"

Mama Liang laughed and was about to speak when footsteps came from the door. She quickly pinched Li Rongqing's hand, put away her smile, and stood up straight.

The small door opened again, and a gorgeously dressed maid looked at Liang Kuo Mama with a stern face. "Come with me, don't let the Grandmaster wait." After that, he turned around and left regardless of whether Liang Kuo Mama heard or not.

Mama Liang hurriedly entered the door, accompanied him to be careful, nodded to the servant who opened the door, and asked Li Rongqing to offer the thank-you money. Then she held her breath and followed the maid. Her steps were fast and light, with a very small stride, and her clothes couldn't move, as if she was sliding on the ground. Li Rongqing was far away. Her steps were too big and she was always tied up by her clothes. She almost fell to the ground several times, her face was so nervous that she turned red, and a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.

The two of them walked through the corridor and were dizzy when they walked through the yard. They came to a main hall and saw Princess Guantao.

Princess Guantao stood in front of a plum blossom, surrounded by more than a dozen maids, all dressed in gorgeous clothes. Standing among them, she specially cleaned up Mama Liang and Li Rongqing, who had been as shabby as beggars before coming.

Mama Liang asked Li Rongqing to wait outside the yard, and stepped forward and gave a deep gift. "My concubine Mama Liang of Jiangdu has seen the eldest princess. May the eldest princess live forever and be prosperous forever. The descendants are rich and prosperous, and their lives will prolong their lives."

Princess Guantao chuckled, turned around, and glanced at Mama Liang. "I heard that you have seen the world. Are you really a weaver woman in Jiangdu?"

Mama Liang blushed, but could only whisper. "The eldest princess said, the concubine is the weaving wife of Jiangdu State."

"really?"

"I dare not deceive the eldest princess."

Princess Guantao turned around, walked to Mama Liang, stared at Mama Liang's eyes, and her face slightly darkened.

"I see you walking along the way, walking like a flowing cloud, and speaking calmly, as if you have learned etiquette. If you are really a humble weaver, how can you know these etiquettes? Your name is not the custom of Jiangdu, but a bit like the habits of Liang people. Who are you? Where did you learn this unique double-sided brocade in Liang?"

(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!