After Xuan Liang and the three of them set out, Xiao Yiran had the intention to stay in Mengyue River, and wanted to wait for Xuan Liang and the three to return to the capital together. first lived in Mengyue River for fifteen days, and then came to Longshan accompanied by Xiaochun. The most successful should be Wei Long, now Xiao Yiran only has Wei Long as a personal guard, so Wei Long can always accompany Xiao Yiran. not only sleeps every night, but also accompanies Xiao Yiran to the sauna for two or three days each. Life is seldom pleasant.

Longshan has always been Xiao Yiran's favorite place. This is not only the place where Xiao Yiran spent the most difficult years, but also the place where Xiao Yiran formed the Dragon Clan and was successfully elected as the patriarch. At the same time, it is also the first time to completely give his body to Xuan Liang and conceive Xiao Ming.

It's just that this time, Xiao Yiran only lived in Longshan for two days, and then he received a letter sent by Li Yu in Wangshan City.

"Emperor, according to the report of the soldiers who went to Yinshan to transport saltpeter, they found some strange-looking people there, due to the language barrier, they did not know what ethnic group the other party belonged to, they could only communicate through guò gestures, and knew that the other party was from behind Yinshan. I have ordered Tian Yuan's intelligence department to send someone to investigate, and when there is a detailed report, I will send someone to report to the emperor. ”

Xiao Yiran naturally didn't believe that Yin Mountain was followed by Yin Cao Difu, as for the strange-looking people mentioned in Li Yu's letter, Xiao Yiran first thought of the Mongolian people, that is, the Hu people recorded in the history books. It's just that although there is a gap between the appearance of the Hu people and the Han people, it is not a strange look. What kind of race could it be? Could it be the ancestors of the Uyghurs? The ancestors of the Uyghurs were a branch of the Europa people, and their appearance was very different from that of the Han Chinese. If you say it looks weird, it's more consistent.

Since Li Yu's letter did not say how many such people there were, nor did he say what those people were doing when they crossed Yinshan, Xiao Yiran thought about it and decided not to wait for Xuan Liang and them, and returned to Wangshan City first.

Because Tianli and the others had not yet returned, Wei Long had to stay and garrison Mengyue River, and Xiao Yiran only took the guard platoon and set off on the road. Three days later, Xiao Yiran returned to the palace in Wangshan City. Li Yu came immediately.

"Li Yu, do you have a detailed report?"

"Emperor Qiyu, Tian Yuan's scouts haven't sent back the news yet."

"How many strange-looking people have been found?"

"According to the soldiers, there were only four people."

"What was the purpose of their crossing the Yin Mountain to the grassland?"

"Because of the language barrier, I didn't figure it out."

"Okay, let's wait for Tian Yuan's follow-up report. Inform the soldiers transporting saltpeter, as well as Tian Yuan's intelligence department, that if you find those people again, bring them back to me. ”

"Yes, Emperor. I wonder what happened to Xuan Liang's expedition to the southwest? ”

"When I came back, there was no news yet. There are hunting dogs and explosives packs, and there should be no accidents. ”

After more than a month, it was already close to the end of the year, and the scouts sent by Tian Yuan came back. Really brought back those four strange-looking people. was summoned to the palace by Xiao Yiran as soon as possible. When the four people stood in front of Xiao Yiran, there was no need to doubt that they were typical Europa. Brownish hair, white skin, blue eyes, high nose bridge. They were also dressed in animal skins.

Xiao Yiran tentatively said a word of English to them:

“howareyou?”

“oh，mygod！ whydoyoucanspeakinenglish?”

“pleastellmewheredidyoue?”

Li Yu, Tian Yuan, and the four Europa soldiers who accompanied the emperor in the palace, as well as Xiao Ju, were all stunned when they saw that their emperor could not only understand the other party's language, but even communicate with the other party.

Through guò communication, Xiao Yiran knew that the other party was just a nomadic who migrated from the European continent little by little. It was a pure coincidence that he crossed Yinshan, and he had no intention of occupying the grasslands south of Yinshan at all. From the four of them, Xiao Yiran knew that the other party's Europa ethnic group was less than 400 people, because they had been wandering and their lives were not rich. After coming to Wangshan City, seeing that the clansmen here were all very wealthy, the four of them begged Xiao Yiran instead, hoping to take in their clansmen and let their clansmen cross Yinshan and join Xiao Guozhong. And claimed that he was willing to be a subject of Xiao State.

Xiao Yiran did not answer their request immediately, but only told the other party to give them a reply after discussion.

Since he had never considered that there would be guests, there was no guest house or anything like that in the capital, so Xiao Yiran had to order Li Yu:

"Let the guards give up a room, and ask the four of them to stay first."

After Li Yu sent people to arrange the four of them, Xiao Yiran held a meeting to discuss the matter of the four people's request to lead the clan to join the Xiao State. It's just that Li Yu and the others can't say whether it's better to agree with them to join or not. For different races, in the consciousness of Li Yu and others, they still have no concept at all, they just feel that these people look weird and don't understand the language, since they are not dangerous to Xiao Guo, it doesn't matter whether they accept it or not.

In the end, it was Xiao Yiran who decided to take them in.

"Li Yu, inform Xiao An that in the west of Zhao County, near the grassland, set aside a place for these people to live in. However, these people must obey our leadership and abide by our rules and regulations. ”

"Yes, Emperor."

Xiao Yiran's purpose in wanting to keep them was nothing more than wanting to expand the number of clansmen. No matter what kind of race it is, as long as it can obey the management and not pose a threat to Xiao Guo, it is a force to take it in after all. The exchange of different races and cultures will also promote the development of Xiao culture.

The next day, Xiao Yiran met with the four again and told them that they had agreed to their request. When the four of them heard Xiao Yiran's answer, they were a little overjoyed. Xiao Yiran guessed that this wandering Europa must have suffered a lot of sins during the migration, otherwise they would not have asked to join an unknown ethnic group.

The four of them immediately decided to leave two of them behind, and let the other two go back to report to the patriarch of their own clan, and lead the clansmen over. Xiao Yiran immediately sent someone to send all four people to Zhao County and let Xiao An arrange it. Considering that Xiao An didn't understand the other party's language, Xiao Yiran had to go to Zhao County in person when the Europa tribe came over.

Due to the escort of cavalry, the two Europa men were also equipped with war horses, and soon came to the foot of Yin Mountain. The cavalry was ordered by the emperor to send two people to the foot of Yin Mountain, and was not responsible for sending them over Yin Mountain.

A month later, Xiao Yiran received a report from Xiao An of Zhao County that the Europa tribe had arrived in Zhao County and arranged for them to settle down in the place set aside in advance.

Xiao Yiran set off for Zhao County to meet the patriarch of the Europa tribe.