"Newspaper~~"

Just when Chen Xu and the First Emperor were discussing Meng Tian's recital, a forbidden soldier hurriedly came to the outside of the Zichen Hall and knelt down on one knee to report it.

"What?" Qin Shi Huang turned his head slightly and spoke.

"Your Majesty, just now the Lieutenant's Mansion came to report that a caravan came from outside the west gate of the city, saying that it was from the Dawan (Yuan) country in the west of the Western Regions, and the envoys of the Dawan country came with the caravan, hoping to enter the city to meet Your Majesty!"

"Dawan!?" Qin Shi Huang was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on the globe on the desk, and he gently flicked the position that stopped in the Western Regions with his hand.

"Your Majesty, Dawan is here!" Chen Xu stood up and pointed to an area in the west of the Pamir Plateau, "Dawan is located to the west of the Green Mountains, just above the passage from the Western Regions to the West, but this passage is narrow and rugged, coupled with the bad weather formed by the snow-capped mountain plateau, it is still very difficult to travel back and forth, and it is ...... here."

Chen Xu's hand pointed down to the east of the Green Ridge, "Your Majesty, this is Shule, and the 10,000 elite cavalry led by General Jiang Hu are currently stationed here......

"Although Dawan and Shule are not far apart, it is extremely inconvenient for the plateau desert army to pass in the middle, the grain and grass are basically impassable, and the wind and snow period is very long, only between March and July and August is the best passage time, this Dawan caravan and envoys came, according to the time, they should have set off in the summer and autumn last year, and then it took half a year to slowly arrive in Xianyang......"

Chen Xu said this, and said to Qin Shi Huang: "Your Majesty, since the envoy of Dawan has come, it means that Li Shun's delegation must have been to Dawan, and when Your Majesty receives him, he can just inquire about the affairs of Li Shun's delegation by the way!" ”

"Aiqing is right, Li Aiqing led a team to envoy to the Western countries, and there has been no news for two years, I am really worried, and I also want to know the specific situation of the Western countries......"

Qin Shi Huang stood up and waved his sleeves and ordered: "Come here, pass on the news that the Pawn Office will carefully receive the Dawan envoys and caravans, and this news will be spread to the chief officials of the three provinces, six departments and above the three grades, and in the afternoon, I will receive the Dawan envoys in the court hall!" ”

"Oh~~" The forbidden army retreated, and a group of palace people waiting outside the door also went their own way, passing the emperor's order to the officials of the three provinces and six departments.

Because of the sudden arrival of Dawan's envoys and caravans, Chen Xu and the emperor could not continue, Chen Xu said goodbye and left the palace, only to find that the street was noisy and noisy, countless people rushed to the west of the city, and the buses along the way were about to be crowded.

Chen Xu felt a little strange in his heart, although he had never seen the Dawan people, but according to the distribution of races, the Dawan people should be similar to the people in Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and other places, and they are not strange shapes such as three heads and six arms, not to mention that in the past few years, the Hu merchants in the Western Regions have been running to Xianyang almost all year round, and those barbarians with high noses, deep eyes, yellow hair and red hair have also seen a lot, it stands to reason that the knowledge of Xianyang people should be very high, but why are they so enthusiastic to join in the fun this time?

Chen Xu muttered a few words in confusion and then ordered to go to the newspaper office.

Dawan's envoys and caravans came to Xianyang, which was the first Western country to take the initiative to arrange for envoys and caravans to come since the conquest of the Western Regions two years ago, and it was worth publicizing in the newspapers.

Moreover, the location of Dawan is very special, it is located at the junction of the Western Regions, Central Asia and the South Asian subcontinent, just on the throat road from Daqin to the West, so in the future, Daqin and the West must pass through Dawan, and it is very important to figure out the attitude of Dawan towards Daqin.

It is not easy to cross the green ridge to conquer Dawan, even if it is victorious, it will inevitably lose a lot, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to break the clamp of the Xiongnu and Dawan on the trade routes between the East and the West, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the general Li Guangli to attack Dawan several times, and only after paying a heavy price did he break through the capital of Dawan, but it was also this victory that made the prestige of the Han in the Western Regions and Central Asia greatly invigorated, and completely established the name of the strong Han, and the Xiongnu lost the treasure of Dawan after the feng shui treasure, the country became weaker and weaker, and then simply divided into two, and a part surrendered to the Han, Some of them ran away with their tails between their legs and went to the Middle East and Europe to plague the West.

The Han Dynasty's conquest of Dawan was almost the farthest victory in a foreign war in Chinese history.

Of course, there is not only one way to go to the West, but you can also walk around the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to walk the grassland Gobi, but the farther road is equally difficult, so in the comparison of the two roads, crossing the Green Mountains is the most convenient and direct way.

At present, Jiang Hu garrison Shule, Li Xin garrison Dunhuang, this is also Chen Xu's two-handed preparation, once the Western countries are not very obedient, then the two armies will be dispatched together, as long as Dawan snatches this place that also relies on cultivation as the main agricultural production, not only will you get a stable food supply point in Central Asia, but most importantly, you can also get a very good horse source and horse farm, you must know that Dawan horse is almost the best war horse, not only majestic and strong physical strength, born to adapt to the extremely harsh environment of the plateau hypoxia, It is better than the war horses of the Huns Donghu and Yue.

In fact, in Chen Xu's view, if Huaxia wants to break through the blockade and completely open up the land route to the west, the two key points of the Hexi Corridor and Dawan must be completely controlled in their hands, and both are indispensable.

Therefore, Chen Xu was also full of expectations for the arrival of Dawan's envoys, if he could make Dawan surrender without bloodshed and allow Daqin to send garrisons, the pace of colonizing Central Asia and West Asia would be much greater.

Although it is difficult to climb over the green ridge, but the ants move is also a method, as long as the military supplies are transported to the Western Regions, and then arrange the pack team to carry over the mountains and mountains for many years, it will be fruitful in a few years, and at the same time, you can also arrange craftsmen to open mines and factories to build weapons and equipment directly on the spot, and after three years and five years, the dove occupies the magpie's nest is a natural trend, and when the time comes, under the pressure of strong force, Dawan will only have a way to be destroyed except for surrender.

However, this arrangement must not be known, especially not to be known by Dawan's envoys, and it must be carried out secretly, and in order to cover people's eyes and ears, it is now necessary to vigorously publicize Daqin's friendly attitude towards Western countries through newspapers, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, and observance of the five basic principles of peaceful coexistence.

After spending an hour in the newspaper office, Chen Ping and others paid close attention to the situation of the Dawan envoys and the caravan, and published the news as soon as possible, so that the people of the whole country knew that there were envoys and caravans sent by the people of the country named Dawan thousands of miles away in the west to pay homage to the Great Qin Empire, which was a good means to enhance the reputation of the court and boost the people's support for the Great Qin.

Although the domestic contradictions have gradually subsided and subsided in recent years, in fact, the remnants of the six countries are still active in the people, so vigorously disseminating foreign news through public opinion propaganda can also divert domestic contradictions and attention, and after opening the window to observe the world, so that many ambitious people will set their sights abroad, over time, Chen Xu believes that there will be many explorers who will form teams to go to the West to brush money and land, and when the opportunity is right, Chen Xu can also suggest that the emperor open an opening to reward the princes, Let those good groups that mix in the West and overseas be canonized by the Great Qin Emperor, and finally become an overseas prince recognized by the Central Plains Dynasty, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people for overseas exploration and accelerate the expansion of Chinese civilization in the world.

In fact, now is the best time to expand globally.

The Macedonian Empire established by Alexander the Great fell apart, and for more than a hundred years, Central Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and other places were all in an extremely turbulent period, during which countless empires rose and collapsed.

Under the leadership of Emperor Ashoka, India got rid of Macedonian rule and achieved the most glorious Mauryan period in Indian history, but now Ashoka has hanged, and then the Mauryan Empire has actually begun to split, and the Mauryan Empire is just the largest state among them.

At the same time, the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Kingdom of Western Asia and the Middle East, the Kingdom of Carthage in the Mediterranean, and the Roman Republic of Asia Minor were still fighting each other.

The rise of Great Qin was just right, and under the impetus of Chen Xu, the threat of the Xiongnu had been dealt with for the Central Plains hundreds of years in advance, and the Western Regions had also been pocketed.

The so-called step by step, step by step.

Chen Xu believes that as long as Daqin remains stable and maintains the momentum of rapid development and expansion of China, there will be no problem in dominating the world in ten or twenty years, and the only problems are transportation and population.

Once the bullets and rifle cannons of gunpowder are successfully developed, you can begin to equip a group of gunpowder and artillery units, starting a long journey of conquest from both land and water.

With the continuous increase in food production and the improvement of the domestic environment, the population will inevitably double after 20 years, according to Chen Xu's speculation, it will reach at least between 50 and 60 million, which can be seen from the current population structure of Daqin, after the unification of the six countries, the results of Daqin's encouragement of fertility have already appeared, walking on the streets of Xianyang, there are piles of children playing and playing, and after ten years, these children will become young adults one after another, and become the main class to build and promote Daqin's global strategy.

And these teenagers who grew up in Daqin will inevitably have greater loyalty to Daqin.

"Come and see, don't regret missing it, I've never seen such a divine horse......"

Just when Chen Xu and Chen Pingqiu were drinking tea and chatting in the general affairs room, there was a sudden commotion outside, and after a while, I saw a young man with a press card on his chest sweating and knocking on the door and coming in, "Secretary Chen, go and see...... Uh, Master Hou......"

"What a system to shout about!" Fu An turned his head and gave the young reporter a chestnut, if he wore a friend's death device on his finger, it is estimated that the young reporter would die on the spot.

"Forgive your sins, forgive your sins, your subordinates don't know that Master Hou is here!" The young reporter covered his forehead and quickly apologized in fright, preparing to flee.

"Stop, what the hell is going on? Don't you know that you can't break into the general affairs office? Chen Ping slapped the table and stood up, his voice unusually stern.

If Fang Cai and Chen Xu were discussing important and secret matters, he was afraid that he would be broken, which made him very annoyed, and this young man had some connections with him, and he was a junior who came to him from his hometown, Chen Ping saw that he was smart and clever, so he let him take up his post as a reporter, but if this matter angered Hou Ye, he was afraid that he would not be able to afford it, so Chen Ping's face became very ugly.

"It's okay, Secretary Chen doesn't want to blame, tell me why the god horse makes you so excited?" Chen Xu looked at the young reporter with a timid expression and waved his hand to appease Chen Ping.

"A group of Westerners came to the west gate, claiming to be Dawan from the far west, bringing a lot of goods for sale, those goods are just ordinary things, including jade jewelry, leather feathers, beast horns, etc., but these people are all riding horses that are more than a foot high, the best of the gods, and they also have ten good horses for sale, there is no miscellaneous hair on the whole body, the four hooves are as thick as an iron plate, and one bite can bite off the hemp rope of more than an inch thick......" The young reporter blushed and spoke.

"Such a horse is really a miracle horse!" Chen Ping's face was instantly surprised when he heard this. ()

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