Dunhuang County, governing Dunhuang County. It belongs to the Liangzhou Thorn History Department. In ancient times, it was called "Guazhou". According to the report, it was originally the territory of "Rong surnamed Yun". Also contained: "Dunhuang ancient melon state also, the state tribute to the good melon."

Dunhuang, for the grand meaning, at the end of the Qin and early Han Dynasty, for the residence of the Dayue clan. The Houyue clan was chased by the Xiongnu, and the Dunhuang area became the territory of the Hun evil king. In the second year of Emperor Wu's reign, the Xiongnu were defeated and fled. Since then, the Han Dynasty has placed two counties of Wuwei and Jiuquan in Hexi, and built the Great Wall with Yumen and Yangguan as passes. Ten years later, in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhangye County and Dunhuang County were separated, and Wuwei County and Jiuquan County were called "Hexi Four Counties". The residents who moved in the interior guarded the fields and gradually gained popularity.

Later, there was Ban Dingyuan who ran the Western Regions all his life. Homesick in the twilight years, begging to return. Zeng Yan said: "The minister does not dare to look at Jiuquan County, but he wishes to be born into Yumen Pass." ”

Dunhuang was originally just a small county on the side.

Lingdunhuang, Ming'an, Xiaogu, Yuanquan, Guangzhi, Longle, six counties. It is bounded by Shenshui and Jiuquan County to the east. In the present Han Dynasty, Yuanquan County was changed to Pinquan County. Because it was an important place for customs clearance on the Silk Road, people came and went frequently, so the two Han Dynasty developed rapidly. Foreign trade is very prosperous.

Since Emperor Wu "listed four counties" and "according to two passes". Dunhuang was the military, commercial and cultural town and transportation throat of the Central Plains leading to the Western Regions. The Central Plains Business Brigade started from Luoyang, Chang'an and other Tongdu Dayi, and went all the way to the west. In Dunhuang, the north and south roads are divided: or out of Yangguan, take the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain. Or out of the jade gate, go to the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Later, it passed through the Western Regions and extended as far as present-day West Asia, Europe and North Africa.

Thereupon. Yumen Pass and Yangguan Pass, one north and one south. For the two leading to the Western Regions, it must pass through Xiongguan. The two customs clearance routes in the north and south are collectively known as the "North-South Silk Road".

Dunhuang then became a transit point for caravans, people and animals and commodities.

Since it is a transit station, it is reasonable to resell silk to wealthy merchants in the Western Regions.

This is one of the reasons why people believe what the rich businessmen say.

The second reason is that those Kushan gold coins that you see with your own eyes.

Successive Kushan kings liked to have their heads printed on gold coins. Beautifully crafted and unforgettable. But the Central Plains are not in circulation. And it is not a large trade with the wealthy merchants of the Western Regions, and it is not visible. After all, there were silver and copper coins in the Western Regions that were equivalent to the five-baht coin. Except for bulk trade, there is no need to settle with gold coins. On the Silk Road, the largest trade was silk.

In addition, Linxianghou is famous. Recently, Dongqiang has indeed been a lot of peace. So the pursuit of advantages and the avoidance of disadvantages became the last straw that crushed the camel.

Why is it all silk? It's simple. If you don't sell silk, how can it be called the Silk Road?

Joke. The reason why it's all silk. There are many considerations.

First of all, silk has a high value. Nowadays, cloth is equivalent to currency. And in terms of logistics costs, silk is much lower than other goods.

In later generations, logistics and transportation were divided into heavy cargo and bubble cargo. Bubble goods are also called light goods. With the same load, there is no doubt that silk will have to be transported more. And with the same loading, silk is lighter.

And the cloth is not easy to deteriorate and be damaged. Even though the journey to the west is difficult, the value retention rate is still very high.

Therefore, Xia Jing drove the silk to find the whereabouts of her brother Xia Fu; Knowing Zhao E's martyrdom, he often greeted him with a silk bow.

Compared with gold, which is too profitable, cloth is more popular with scholars.

Such a huge silk caravan traveled westward. How can it not be obtrusive.

However, at present, everyone's attention in Chang'an City is in the Huya camp. Unless there are people with ulterior motives.

Since Yan Xing and Koji Yi, they have both been selected. Pick up the cash box and return three days later. In front of the three-layer Chang'an fathers inside and outside, he was appointed by Liu Bei as the Marquis of Junqu. The rank ratio is six hundred stones. Sixty times in the valley of the moon, seven hundred and twenty stones a year. Discount 216,000 dollars. It is only slightly lower than the rank of 600 stone warriors in the state thorn history.

Only then did everyone realize that the Linxianghou was not recruiting soldiers, but asking for generals!

How can the standard be the same as the Jianghuai recruitment? No wonder it's so harsh, one in a million.

Yongliang's father, the knot is fully solved.

After Koji returned to his hometown, he said that more than 1,000 people from the clan had rushed to apply. Although only four brothers came today, a large group of people came one after another. This is the first person to become famous. Liu Bei must accept them all no matter what.

It's a pity that I have a word with Your Majesty first. Only 360 people were brought to dredge the Western Regions. Therefore, more than 1,000 people were temporarily fostered in the Huya camp. All expenses were paid by Liu Bei. The training is also a family member in the countryside. Save for later use. It is not too late to dredge the Western Regions and bring them back to Linxiang.

Without the first deceased, how could Yuan Benchu win against Gongsun Bogui?

I learned after a deep conversation with the Koji brothers. In the early years of His Majesty, the Pingyuan Ju clan took refuge in Xiping and changed his surname. Later, he became a local surname, and Koji Yi grew up in Liangzhou since he was a child, and he was proficient in the Qiang people's tactics. Shanke cavalry.

And what Liu Bei didn't know was.

When it comes to the Three Kingdoms. The Xiping Koji clan rose up against Cao one after another, and Koji Yan, Koji Guang, Ko Ying and others are all famous figures in history.

Saying. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to sit on the "Han thief". In order to support the Han Dynasty, there are heroes in various places. Xiping Koji Yan and Zhangye Zhang Jin, Jiuquan Huang Hua and others made an appointment to raise troops. Although the army was defeated and killed, the rebellion of the Koji clan against Wei this time shocked the entire Hexi. After the koji performance, there were Koji Guang, Koji Ying and other heroes of the Koji clan, who rose up against Cao one after another.

But they were all bloodily suppressed by the Cao Wei regime.

In order to prevent the koji clan from rebelling again. During the reign of Emperor Wei Ming, he ordered the Xiping Koji clan to move to Jincheng. The reason is that Jincheng is relatively close and easy to control.

After moving to Jincheng, the Koji clan tried his courage after decades of lying on his back. It is listed as a wealthy family in Xizhou along with the Jincheng You clan. There was a nursery rhyme in Jincheng County: "Koji and swimming, cattle and sheep are not counted." Open the Zhumen in the south and look at the Qinglou in the north. ”

Tang recorded: "The formula is Ju Xiping, the eleventh generation of Sun Jia, and the Shi Fuqu clan." "The eleventh generation of koji style Sun Jijia was an official in Beiliang. After the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Northern Liang, Lijia followed Fuqu Wushu across the desert and occupied the lands of Shanshan and Gaochang in the Western Regions. Later, he died of illness, and Koji Jia was proclaimed as the king of Gaochang by the people. Since then, the "Koji clan has been passed down to the ninth generation" and ruled the Gaochang Kingdom for one hundred and thirty-four years.

So, from Liu Bei's standpoint. Xiping koji clan can be described as full of loyalty.

It is consistent with his three views, and it should be reused.

Silk is expensive and light. The light car can travel 300 miles a day. The caravan arrived at the entrance of the Hexi Corridor in a few days.

The Hexi Corridor is sandwiched between the Qilian Mountains and the Heli Mountains, Longshou Mountains and other mountain ranges. It is long and narrow and straight, shaped like a corridor, and is called "Hexi Corridor" because it is located in the west of the big river.

The corridor runs from southeast to northwest, passing through Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang counties in turn, and extends to the vicinity of Yumen Pass. It is more than 2,000 miles long and several miles wide to hundreds of miles.

The convoy refueled a little and then set off from Jincheng. After crossing the flood pond ridge, a horse is flat, and it officially enters the Hexi Corridor.

Meanwhile. Dozens of riders who traveled all the way also arrived at their destination.

"Drama history, this is the ancient city of luxury."