The merchant is the powerful brave man in this world.

As long as there are benefits, they can always give everything for the benefits, and they are happy to do it.

When they have accumulated enough assets, they begin to let others work for them for their benefit, and their caravans grow larger and larger, and they can go further and further.

I don't know when it began, but the merchants have long been operating in the Western Regions or beyond.

At the beginning, Zhang Qian was able to hire a guide to prove that someone had already walked this road as an employee, but the things they brought back were not promoted at the official level, not known to the literati, and they were not recorded, perhaps until one day, the land of the Han Dynasty was full of such plants or species, and they thought it was a local mutation, and happily presented it to the emperor, saying that it was auspicious.

Qian Rujun came to the Western Regions, although she was not appointed by the emperor, but she represented the high-level of the imperial court, and her documents were presented to the emperor through the central water tower area.

Before he embarked on this road, Qian Rujun did not know the status of this road, and after defeating the Xiongnu, it would definitely have a lot of impact on the people of this place.

This kind of impact may be very large, or it may be very small, but the layout of the entire Silk Road must be different from what Zhang Qian saw, not to mention anything else, the time when Qian Rujun came was at least a few decades earlier, and the time of several decades, in the place of war and chaos, it cannot be said that there has been no change.

Comparatively, the Southwest Silk Road, which leads to the poisonous body, developed earlier and was more stable, where there were many ethnic groups, but it was wonderful to produce a kind of stability and harmony.

Moreover, the environment there is complex, and a person who goes to a complex and unfamiliar environment is likely to have all kinds of accidents.

Qian Rujun had not dedicated the overview of the Silk Road to the emperor before, she had to go through it herself.

And the world map she gave to the emperor has the ancient civilizations that she knows and coexisted with the Han Dynasty, as well as the world map.

The rest, she was ready to step on it herself.

Of course, most of the time you have to fly, you can see the world more quickly, and it is easier to draw maps.

It's just that she just draws a simple picture, and most of the work has to be done by the students of Xuetang Island.

The map they made was a grid map, and the geographic center point was Chang'an.

He had no way to measure the latitude and longitude, but Qian Rujun taught them the method of time and time, and in turn speculated the geographical location.

Although it is not accurate, it is the most accurate measurement method other than satellites.

This is to give the Han Emperor Liu Heng a more accurate concept.

It also showed to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty that she was absolutely loyal to the Han Dynasty.

The Western Regions is the general name of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty.

A domain is a block area that represents the concept of a polygon.

It is divided into two parts, north and south, and these two parts are basins.

Most of the people lived along the basin by the oases of the foothills.

And gradually with the oasis as a unit, the formation of a city-state-like state.

The limitations of the geographical environment allowed the city-states to be generally formed in this place.

They live in a world where it is also very difficult to get to another country next door, and it is simply impossible for ordinary people.

Caravans and armies also have to take risks, and in the midst of countries, there are countless horse thieves, and they sometimes even destroy a country, just like the country and civilization of Wenliang.

Because of the geographical environment, the culture of each city-state has developed very personal characteristics.

This caused Qian Rujun's brigade to often stop at every oasis when they passed by.

"Their wine doesn't taste good?"

"You drank the liquor they stepped on with their dirty feet. ”

"I want to try it! After all, the princess makes good wine, but after we developed the juice pressing function, the princess will never make wine for us again. She said it hurt her mind. ”

"The princess made it because we love it, and she prefers fruit juice with sugar water. ”

"But since the princess started planting grapes, the grapes grown by Dahan are not as delicious as here. In addition to Jinmai City, there are also products produced by Qianjia Farm. ”

"You've eaten again?"

"Of course I've eaten, I've been a tax collector in Chang'an, and someone will send it to me to eat. I just barely ate it. ”

"Oh oh!

"No, it's a human exchange, it's all colleagues. Graduates of ordinary schools do not have so many resources as us, and their development is limited, but in fact, luck is really an important force for a person's development. ”

"There are still 36 countries on the south side of Nanyi, including Shanshan near Lop Nur, Mushroom Qiang, Jimo, Khotan, Shache, etc., we will call them the countries of Nandao, and there is Gushi on the northern edge, Turbo as the princess said.

Yuli, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Wensu, Gumo, Shule, etc., are located on the north side of Nanyi, at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and are called the countries of the North Road. In addition, the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains has the front and back pu forehead and the east and west and so on.

The Tien Shan Mountains themselves are also very large, with many glaciers on them, and they will slowly flow down and turn into clear water to irrigate the land.

The qanats that the princess spoke of were found in three places, but not as long as the princess had described. But there is potential for development.

They are small in size and are mostly desert oases, but also have valleys or basins. The population is not large, a few hundred people can become a tribe, a few thousand people can become a city-state, and tens of thousands of people are a respected country.

There are many people here, and there is really a lot of power, and horse thieves don't dare to intrude, but those city-states with thousands of people change city lords at every turn.

The people of the city have not changed, and it is still more important for this place that a city citizen can produce and fight.

The inhabitants are engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, belonging to the nomadic and agricultural peoples, they also produce cereals, the farming techniques are not good, but the yield is okay.

Some places are rich in grapes and other fruits and the best forage alfalfa.

Alfalfa can make the horses that are bred grow better after eating, forming a war horse with relatively strong combat power.

For the people of this place, the life of a horse is quite important and valuable, but the asking price is not as high as that of the Han Chinese. ”

"This is a matter of course, the proportion of Han Chinese and Ma population is too different. And horses can also be a tool for production. Scarcity is expensive. Of course, raising horses is even more troublesome in Dahan, and there is no such condition. ”

White clouds, blue skies and green grass, as well as donkeys, horses, and camels floating on the green grass.

In unknown places, there are also minerals such as jade, copper, iron, etc.

Some have been discovered, and the local population has already known how to cast weapons from copper and iron. Craft technology, and even some city-states have reached extremely high points.

But culture in the desert will eventually face the fate of disappearing.

Although the countries are very small, most of them have city outlines, which are important defense systems, and they are extremely important in the oasis, and the lives of those who live outside the city outlines are not guaranteed.

Their master was called the king, and below the king there were official offices and an army that made up a large proportion of the population.

Soldiers are particularly important here, and to support so many soldiers, local income is indispensable. The lord of the city, who was also the king, did not dare to reduce the army. Their army is not idle, often fighting horse thieves, or being struck by corpse thieves.

Only by eliminating the nearby horse thieves can the city be stabilized.

Before Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions, the power of the Xiongnu aristocracy extended here, but the times changed, but there will always be new forces in this land.

The new steppe peoples, or the Han Dynasty, began to have a new thirst for land.

Small countries here often have to tax powerful nations in order to fight for the right to survive.

The Otsuki clan is a famous "traveling country", with a population of 400,000, and this country is like a cloud, old, and grazing everywhere.

They lived between Dunhuang and the Qilian Mountains, and after being repeatedly defeated by the Xiongnu, they migrated to the Ili River.

The story of the Huns killing the king of the Yue clan and "using his head as a drinking vessel" does not know if it happened.

At this time, the records of the Gentiles were often obscure.

Zhang Qian emphasized that friendly exchanges should be strengthened with all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and Qian Rujun believed that it was important to have both the basis of rule and the support of foreign countries.

Unless the Han Dynasty made a move to destroy the country, this place was full of Han people.

At present, the number of Han people is not enough to fill the land of the Han Dynasty.

Qian Rujun sighed again, she couldn't show her skills like other traversers in the online article, she understood that all this was the fault of her personality.

"It's time to go to Dawan, Wusun, and Dayue to have a look. I heard that their horses are good. ”

Qian Rujun said to the students of Xuetang Island.

She didn't prepare tens of thousands of dollars, the other party was friendly, she was friendly, if it was too much, she didn't mind destroying the country.

In her eyes, the Han people are compatriots and can be treated by her, and others make her feel backward like a beast.

At this time, Da Wan, Kangju, Yueshi, and Da Xia don't know what kind of world it is, she should be able to see all kinds of hair colors and white-skinned people, right?

Do you want to get some envoys or slaves to go back to the emperor?

The question is who will be responsible for bringing these people back, and the road will be very difficult.

Do you want to send students from Xuetang Island to visit Anxi (Persia), Shenfu (India), Xiancai (between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea), Tiaozhi (a subject country of Anxie), and Lixuan (Alexandria, Egypt, which was attached to the Great Qin) to have a look?

Or do you personally walk through it with everyone?

The Persians were probably most interested in doing business with foreign countries, and they were most interested in transshipment of goods and large sums of money.

The transportation pipelines of the Western Regions, the Sabbatarians, that is, the Persians, have made great contributions.

After connecting with Wusun, the operation of the Western Regions has also gone further, and in the era of Emperor Wu, it seems that it is possible to be close, but now the Han Dynasty is no longer possible.

Jin Miao's mother, Mrs. Wang, I don't know if there is still a chance to be the emperor's mother, the times have changed!

But the waiter Feng Lian, can he still become a lady Feng who often holds the Han Festival and rewards the countries, and is deeply respected and trusted.

A woman can do such a thing, it is really lucky, and it is also an ability.

As slave owners, the Xiongnu exploited and oppressed all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, which was extremely cruel.

Hantong Western Regions, although it is not necessary for military purposes now, has slowed down the opening of the Western Regions, and Qian Rujun must do this instead of Zhang Qian.

The influence of the Western Regions of Jingying went far beyond the military scope, from Dunhuang in the Western Han Dynasty, out of the Yumen Pass, into the Western Regions, and then from the Western Regions to connect Central Asia through the east-west passage, must be connected through the communication of the Western Regions.

Otherwise, the merchants who go out of the jam will stop there.

This passage is the famous "Silk Road" in later generations, and it cannot be destroyed in her hands.

The "Silk Road" connected the Han Dynasty with many countries in Central Asia and promoted economic and cultural exchanges.

More than a dozen kinds of plants such as walnuts, grapes, pomegranates, broad beans and alfalfa in the Western Regions, although they have been cultivated by Qian Rujun before, have been widely distributed.

However, the music of Qiuzi and the huqin and other musical instruments, enriched the cultural life of the Han people, the Han army in Shanshan, Cheshi and other places when the use of underground communication through the well technique, known as "karez", is the source of the real karez, in the future in this place, will be greatly promoted, and form the umbilical cord of life.

In addition, Dawan's sweat and blood horse was very famous in the Han Dynasty, called "Tianma", and "the messengers looked at each other in the road to seek it".

At that time, there was no silk production from the west of Dawan to the rest of the country, and they did not know how to cast ironware, so they could let the Han people keep their technology secret and sell iron tools in large quantities.

Silk and iron tools have made great contributions to the development of human civilization.

Kangju (between present-day Lake Balkhash and the Aral Sea) was a fertile land where the people lived in peace and could live a happier life without the harassment of the Han Chinese.

"By the way, let's go to poison, that is, India!"

When Qian Rujun saw the specialties of Shu such as "Qiong bamboo cane" and "Shu cloth", he remembered that the Silk Road was not only this, but there was a road to the southwest to the body, and there was a steady stream of goods sent over, and these commodities had arrived in the Western Regions, which was really strange.

In order to make a detailed investigation of the Western Regions, Qian Rujun and the students of Xuetang Island also occupied a small oasis and built a city-state, and the people nearby said that their city-state was the city-state of the sun, with the most advanced and rich and delicious materials in the world, and the people here seemed to be all merchants, transporting the materials of southern Xinjiang to various places to sell, they were almost everywhere, but the horse thieves had no way to take them at all, and they were even looted, and the horse thieves who were looted were directly abandoned, and they were not looted back to be used and sold as slaves.

They were all surprised, but soon they felt that it was even more tragic not to be sold.

Taken away, they still have a bite to eat, and now they horse thieves have nothing, ready to eat people, and bury their bones in the desert wilderness.

They had no choice but to rob it quickly, but it made the law and order in the Western Regions even more corrupt, and many city-states raised their warnings.

"Princess, they seem to be very upside down. ”

"Well, if they don't have enough frieze, they won't want to deal with horse thieves, unless they become more arrogant. ”

"Princess, did you do it on purpose?"

"No, I'm just dropping by, you don't want these slaves in the place where you live!"

Qian Rujun peeled grapes for Wen Liang to eat, if it weren't for Wen Liang's habit of exercising all the time, and being fed delicious food by Qian Rujun every day, he was really worried that he would become a big fat pig, and when he heard their decision, he said:

"You are a local variable, and the longer you stay, the more far-reaching the impact. ”