At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

"Lord, since the alliance has been established, I wonder if you can make the decision on behalf of Your Majesty and allow small countries like us to trade with the Han Dynasty and purchase ironware, tea, fine salt, sugar, silk, etc.?"

"Of course. We are willing to exchange cattle, sheep, fine horses, gold, silver, jewelry and other things." Prince Minglan spoke at this time and asked Xu Qing.

The other kings also looked at Xu Qing.

What Prince Minglan asked was also what they were concerned about.

"This..." Xu Qing hesitated for a moment, finding it difficult to make a direct decision.

You know, ironware, fine salt, and sugar are all prohibited items that are prohibited from being sold to the Western Regions.

Just when Xu Qing was having trouble speaking, Ren Hao spoke up: "I will ask His Majesty to allow the opening of the official market and allow you to send envoys to the Han Dynasty official market for direct trade."

"Then thank you, Lord Sikong." Prince Minglan was delighted and bowed to Ren Hao. Although his movements were very irregular, they looked like the real thing.

The other kings followed suit and bowed their hands and clasped their fists in salute.

Although they didn't know what the so-called official market was, they could buy a large amount of supplies from it, so they didn't care whether it was an official market, a busy market, or a private market.

In this era, there was no concept of trade between countries, and all trade and commerce depended on private individuals.

What Ren Hao calls an official market is direct trade between countries, with all profits nationalized and no middlemen making a profit from the price difference.

After the kings of various countries had left, Xu Qing said worriedly, "Brother Ren Hao, this is a serious matter. How can you agree so rashly?"

"I'm afraid this will only bring harm to us." Xu Qing sighed worriedly.

"Brother Xu Qing, you worry too much. We have already formed an alliance with them. If we don't give them some benefits and just use our fists to intimidate them, how can they willingly become our vassal?"

"What's more, trading with them has more benefits than disadvantages. We can obtain endless wealth from it." Ren Hao comforted him.

"But what if they become stronger one day and turn around and bite us back?" Xu Qing worried.

Of course he knew that trade with these small countries could bring a steady stream of wealth to the national treasury, but the large outflow of materials and technology was not necessarily a good thing. What if they were all ungrateful and could not be tamed? Then he would suffer greatly.

The constraints of the covenant will only be obeyed by others when you are strong.

If you're weak, or if they all rise up, this alliance order will be less effective than a piece of toilet paper.

Toilet paper can at least be used to wipe one's butt, so what can this bundle of orders be used for? It can't be used to wipe one's butt, and no one will listen if you tell them, so it's completely useless.

"hehe."

"If they really dare to bite us back, I would be more than happy about it."

"Then we will be able to conquer the Western Regions in one fell swoop and incorporate the entire Western Regions into our territory." Ren Hao was not panicked at all, and he had even planned it out long ago.

If these small countries had been more honest, he would have quietly annexed them all, letting them disappear in the long river of history and become part of the Han Dynasty.

If they don't behave themselves, we will let them taste the power of Thunderbolt and leave no land for them.

"Brother Ren Hao, what's the point of coming to this kind of barbarian land? This place is either desert, Gobi or mountainous, and the climate is so bad." Xu Qing asked in confusion.

What's more, the Han Dynasty had tigers in front and wolves behind. Even if the Western Regions were incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty, there might not be enough troops to garrison them.

Ren Hao didn't blame Xu Qing for being too narrow-minded. After all, from the perspective of his era, the situation was indeed like that.

As an agricultural nation, only places that can be cultivated are suitable to be included in the territory. Places that cannot be cultivated are useless wastelands.

In his original world, the Han Dynasty had only driven out the Huns since the time of Emperor Wu of Han and had not thought of incorporating the Western Regions into its territory. It was not until Zhang Qian returned from his mission to the Western Regions and identified where land could be cultivated that the Hexi Corridor was opened up and the Western Regions Protectorate was established.

However, as modern people who have traveled through time, we should occupy this precious land of the Western Regions as early as possible. The sooner we occupy it, the sooner we can explore its precious resources.

"Brother Xu Qing, you have to take a long-term view. Although the terrain and climate here are very bad, you can't deny that this is a treasure land."

"What kind of treasure land method is this?" Xu Qing asked puzzledly.

"Not only can we farm here, there are also rich mineral resources, and..." Ren Hao stopped talking here. After all, Xu Qing didn't know anything about oil and natural gas.

"Anything else?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

"It also has great strategic significance, and its impact is far greater than you and I can imagine."

"You'll understand later." Ren Hao pursed his lips. After all, they hadn't reached that step yet. It would be useless to tell Xu Qing too early.

"What do you mean you'll understand it later?" Xu Qing caught up with Ren Hao in confusion, but Ren Hao remained tight-lipped and refused to reveal a single word.

In the end, Xu Qing could only go back to the bedroom to sleep in boredom.

As for Ren Hao, he returned to his bedroom and wrote a letter to the Emperor who was far away in Hanjing. The content of the letter talked about the formation of an alliance to fight against Wudun Chanyu, and the most critical official market.

In the letter, he explained the pros and cons in detail and requested His Majesty to allow the Ministry of Revenue to open an official market, trade directly with member states of the alliance, and open up the Silk Road.

After Ren Hao finished writing the letter to His Majesty, dawn had already broken.

Ren Hao simply rubbed his dizzy eyes, found a Hanjing cavalryman, and asked him to ride the horse as fast as he could to deliver the letter back to Hanjing and hand it over to His Majesty.

"Here."

The Hanjing cavalryman took the letter from Ren Hao and left Minglan Kingdom at full speed.

However, not long after he left Minglan Kingdom on horseback, he saw from afar a huge cavalry army attacking Minglan Kingdom.

This cavalry army consisting of 100,000 people was none other than the Northern Hu cavalry led by Chanyu Wudun himself.

In this attack on Minglan Kingdom, Wudun Chanyu not only led 100,000 Northern Hu cavalry, but also transported ten catapults, siege vehicles, and a large number of cattle and sheep.

These catapults and siege vehicles were also purchased from the State of Wei by Wudun Chanyu using a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry.

The Emperor of Wei was able to confidently sell such important military equipment to Chanyu Wudun because he was confident that the Hu craftsmen would not be able to imitate such large and sophisticated military equipment.

As for the cattle and sheep following the army, they were their supplies.

The supply logistics of the Hu people is to graze wherever they fight.

If all the cattle and sheep are eaten, they will directly rob the small countries and tribes along the way.