Green Ridge.

The Lingling, now known as the Pamirs, was the westernmost point of the Tang Dynasty's Silk Road, spanning Tajikistan, China and Afghanistan, and was the confluence of several major mountain ranges in Asia, with an average altitude of 4,000 to 7,700 meters. Climb high and look into the distance, only to see the mountains undulating, continuous, snow peaks standing, towering into the clouds.

In winter, the green ridge is covered with snow.

Under Gonger Peak, the highest mountain range in the Green Mountains, a gently undulating slope is covered with gray tents, which are particularly eye-catching on a silver-white earth.

In the middle of this tent, there is a large tent, a big red flag is erected in front of the door, and there are many guards with armor standing around, this is the big tent of the Chinese army of Li You, the Xuanfu envoy of the Western Regions.

"Gu Du Du", a round charcoal stove, set up a large copper basin, the hot soup in it kept tumbling, making a slight sound, steaming up clumps of water vapor.

Next to the copper basin, sat Li You, Bai Hu, Gao Tong and a general in his 30s, and Wang Liao and others served them.

This general is Mi Huai, the governor of the Western Regions Governor's Mansion of Bishadu, and has jurisdiction over Pishan City, Gucheng City, Kira Town, Hu Xuan Town, Kan Town, and Lan Town. He looked at the scene in front of him with interest, not knowing what kind of way it was eaten.

At this time, Wang Liao and others placed a wooden shelf on the side of the copper basin, on which there were more than a dozen plates, which contained thinly sliced mutton, tripe, shutters, various vegetables, and even seafood.

Then, in front of them was a plate, a small bowl filled with sesame sauce and sprinkled with fried crushed peanuts.

Li You picked up the mutton with chopsticks with his own hands, put it in the copper basin, quickly took it out, and ate it with the seasoning in the small bowl, he said to Mi Huai: "General Mi, come and taste it." ”

Seeing that the prince had started eating, Baihu and Qualcomm, who had already been drooling, also began to start, and a sound of chewing suddenly sounded in the tent.

Mi Huai followed their example and took a bite, but he was scalded by the mutton, which caused everyone to laugh.

Hot pot existed in the Han Dynasty, but it was not popular, mainly because the smelting technology was not up to par, and the rice was cooked with a heavy tripod, which was inconvenient to eat hot pot.

Mi Huai is the first time to eat hot pot, it is not uncommon to make jokes, he quickly mastered the way to eat, that very refreshing feeling, he was amazed. He said: "Your Highness, I heard that you are a gourmet, and today the minister has seen it. ”

Li You said with a smile: "General Mi said it elegantly, I am delicious, I am a foodie." ”

Seeing that the prince was so easy-going, Mi Huai secretly liked it in his heart.

The white tiger poured them wine, and said a little ostentatiously: "The first advantage of following the prince is to enjoy food every day, there is no better food in the world than the Qi Palace." ”

Li You picked up his wine glass, drank with Mi Huai, and asked, "How is the food in the army here?" ”

Mi Huai said: "The climate here is not good, the summer is hot, the winter is cold, the beef and mutton can be eaten, and the vegetables are difficult." ”

Li You said: "This is not difficult to solve, I will guide you to build some greenhouses this time to solve the problem of vegetables for the winter of the army." ”

"This, the relationship is good, thank you, Your Highness." Mi Huai said.

Li You asked, "How is the economic development here?" ”

The bureaucratic system here is different from that of the mainland, and as the governor, Mi Huai is in charge of both the army and the people. He said: "Your Highness, the environment here is not good, the conditions are poor, the cultivated land is small, and the food gap is very large, so it needs to be transferred from the Metropolitan Protectorate every year. ”

Li You said: "Economic development does not necessarily focus on growing food, but should be adapted to local conditions. As the saying goes, the mountains eat the mountains, and the sea eats the sea. Giving full play to the advantages of local natural resources can also develop the local economy. ”

Mi Huai scratched his head and said, "Your Highness, there are really no resources to take advantage of here. ”

Li You said: "Actually, there are wild medicinal plants here, such as licorice, rue, wolfberry, Suoyang, codonopsis, seaweed, rhubarb, green orchid, ephedra, etc., which can be planted in a large area." As for the market, you are guarding the Silk Road here, don't you have a way to sell it? ”

Mi Huai shook his head and said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid this matter will not work, now the Persians and the big cannibals are fighting, even in peacetime, most of the Hu merchants in the past are dealing in porcelain, silk and other goods, and almost no one deals in medicinal materials." ”

Li You understood that medicine was underdeveloped in this era, and the market for medicinal materials was relatively small. "I can arrange for someone to come and buy it," he said. ”

Mi Huai said happily: "If that's the case, then the relationship is good." The minister also knows that these medicinal materials are produced here, but there is no market, so he did not use this brain, if you can help solve the market, the minister will definitely be able to organize the people to produce. ”

Li You said: "You not only have pharmaceutical resources here, but also mineral resources, including coal, iron, mica, lead, gold, zinc, clay, copper, limestone, beach salt, gypsum, of which the reserves of coal reach tens of thousands of catties, which can be mined for 500 years. ”

"Is this true?" Mi Huai was very excited and a little confused. He has been here for several years, and how did His Royal Highness King Qi know about these things that the locals don't know?

Qualcomm had been eating hard, and when he heard that Mi Huai was suspicious of the prince, he was suddenly a little unhappy. He stuffed mutton in his mouth and said vaguely: "The prince said that there is, then there must be." ”

Li You said: "I will send someone to help you do this." ”

Mi Huai picked up the wine glass and said: "Lord Wang, the minister has long heard that you are the God of Wealth, and you can bring wealth there wherever you go, and the minister thank you for the people here." A toast to you. ”

The crowd continued to drink and chat.

It was snowing again outside, and the soldier guarding the edge of the camp was covered with snowflakes, and he was too lazy to clean it up, looking into the distance through the snow curtain.

Suddenly, a black dot appeared in the distance, and the black dot moved, getting bigger and bigger. Soon, a fast horse came galloping from afar, and then a scout approached the camp. The soldiers of the guard did not stop him, dodged the way, and let him continue his advance.

The scout came to the front of the big tent of the Chinese army, turned over and dismounted, handed the reins of the horse in his hand to the guards at the door, bowed to the inside, and said, "Lord Qiqi, the guest has arrived." ”

Soon, the white tiger came out and said, "Come in with me." ”

Li You looked at the scout and asked, "Are the people here, where are they?" ”

The scout said, "Back to the prince, the guests have arrived at the valley mouth in front, and it is still three miles away from here. ”

Li You said happily: "Go, go out with me to greet you." ”

Li You and the others got out of the big tent, got on their horses and ran with the scouts.

Li You and the others walked not far before they saw a group of Persian knights escorting a young man wearing brown-red armor and wrapped in a high head.

Li You waved his hand and whipped it, stepped forward, and shouted from a distance: "Lao Ha." ”

The young man also galloped over and shouted, "Lao Li." ”

When the two horses approached, they took hold of the reins of their horses, jumped off their horses, and hugged each other tightly.

Li You and Hamid hadn't seen each other for two years, and after hugging, they looked at each other.

Li You is now a mature man, he has a mustache that is fashionable in the Tang Dynasty, and he looks majestic and calm.

Hamid grew a half-foot-long beard, and his face was still handsome, but with a sense of vicissitudes.

After looking at each other, the two hugged each other again with a face full of surprise.

Hamid smiled: "Lao Li, is there anything to eat, I'm hungry." ”

Li You smiled: "Yes, when I saw you, I suddenly became hungry again." ”

The two laughed together.

The two got on the horse and rode together, and the two have maintained close communication for the past two years, and there is no strangeness to each other.

Hamid said: "Lao Li, you have three children now, I envy you very much." "He's been so busy fighting all these years that he doesn't have the heart to think about these things.

Li You asked, "It's not all, Qing'er is already pregnant with another one." ”

After the reception, Hamid immediately briefed Li You on the situation in Persia, despite the fatigue of the journey.

The news brought by Hamid was bad.

Between the Persian Empire's Angart Province and the Great Food Empire, there was originally a Turro country, a powerful country with 120,000 soldiers. Hamid's spies received news that there was a war between the Great Cannibals and the Turro Kingdom, and Hamid was worried that the Turro Kingdom would be annexed by the Great Cannibals, so he decided to cede Angot Province to the Tang Dynasty as a barrier to his northeast.

The Tang Dynasty transferred troops to take over the province of Angot, which would take at least three months. Hamid was also not too worried, because he thought that the state of Turro could hold out for at least that long.

However, the Great Cannibal was so powerful that in less than a month, he defeated the Turro Kingdom twice in a row, and forced the Turro Kingdom to surrender.

The Great Cannibal is now digesting the fruits of this victory and will soon march on the province of Angot. On the eve of Hamid's meeting with Li You, large cannibal rangers had already appeared north of Kabul, the capital of Angolt province.

Hamid's main forces are currently in the southwest, with only 5,000 regular troops and tens of thousands of militia in Angot Province, and he cannot resist the attack of the cannibals.

The Tang army must take over Angot Province as soon as possible, otherwise once it is preemptively entered by the Great Cannibals, and the Tang Dynasty wants to recapture these places from the Great Cannibals, it will be a real war between the two countries.

After listening to Hamid's introduction, Li You was a little dumbfounded, he looked at the map and was in a daze for a long time.