Plateau.

Xiangxiong country, the capital.

The Dome Silver Castle, the city is as magnificent as the golden Dapeng bird with wings spread.

Because of the opening of the Great Qin Silk Road, this ancient plateau city has been injected with new vitality, and it is no longer only a holy place in the hearts of Bon believers, but also a transit station for merchants from all over the world.

At the foot of the mountain in the capital, there are one after another Bon practice caves, and the inns, inns, and restaurants that have opened on the roadside reflect each other.

Li Mixia, the king of Xiangxiong, was looking at a delicate cup in his hand, this was one of a set of white porcelain cups from the Great Qin Xing kiln, and it was also fired by the royal kiln, which was exquisite and exquisite, and it was simply a work of art. Crystal clear, as thin as white paper, and even through light.

"Good thing, it's many grades higher than other white porcelain, and it's really not much for a horse to exchange such a white porcelain cup."

At first, Li Mixia was reluctant to open the Silk Road, but due to the pressure of Daqin Lianping Tuguhun and the Western Regions, they had to agree to open the Silk Road, but who would have thought that this Silk Road could bring such great benefits.

Qionglong Silver Fort became more and more lively, not to mention, Li Mixia sent people to set up a card on the Silk Road, put away tariffs, and even began to do resale trade, saying that the daily income and gold were still too little.

The Zhangzhung Silk Road, compared with the roads in the Western Regions, is obviously faster and safer, leading to the Tianzhu countries in the southeast and Persian Sassanid in the southwest.

Now not only the merchants of the Qin State gather here, but also the merchants of Tianzhu, Persia, Rome, etc., have also been transferred by merchants from all over the world.

Sitting on the ground to collect taxes, and then buying low and selling high, Li Mixia's wealth is increasing day by day.

In his court, countless good things began to be added.

With money, it is natural to train more soldiers and equip them with better equipment.

"Great King, the Son of Heaven of Qin sent an envoy to deliver an edict and let us send troops to Tubo to help quell the chaos, what does this mean?"

A group of Xiangxiong courtiers sat in the hall and asked incomprehensibly.

Li Mixia smiled.

"It's a good thing, someone will send a pillow when you fall asleep, this king is trying to send troops to Tubo, but Emperor Qin asked us to send troops to help Tubo quell the chaos, isn't this a great thing?"

"King, is there any fraud in this?"

Last time, they sent people to raid the Tibetan embassy in Luoyang City and plotted to assassinate the Tibetan princess, but in the end the matter was revealed, and they lost a number of dead soldiers, not to mention, and finally attracted the reprimand of the Qin Emperor.

I wanted to provoke hatred between the Tibetans and the Qin people, but who would have thought that in the end, he would shoot himself in the foot.

The Tibetan Zanpu sent an envoy afterwards to preach revenge.

Since then, the Tibetans have also been recruiting troops and actively preparing for war, obviously preparing to attack Zhangxiong. In any case, Zhangxiong's strength was not as good as that of Tubo, which made Zhangxiong panic, and even sent envoys to Beijing several times, begging the emperor of Great Qin to mediate.

No one could have imagined that the king of Tubo was actually poisoned by the old nobles, and then the great rebellion of Tubo followed.

"The Qin Emperor has sent someone to canonize the five-year-old son Qizong of Nangri Ronzan as the new Zampu, but those old nobles in Tubo will not quell the rebellion and be loyal to Qizong Nong."

"Great King, the civil strife in Tibet, this is more beneficial to Great Qin, right?"

"That's why Emperor Qin will issue an edict for us to send troops to help quell the chaos."

As soon as Li Mixia said this, everyone immediately understood, it turned out that the so-called Qin Emperor's so-called Xiangxiong sent troops to quell the chaos, and he didn't have a good heart.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Tubo once offended the Qin Emperor, and finally had to pay compensation with the princess to calm the anger of the Qin State. But this is only the surface, Emperor Qin definitely didn't have such a good talk, but for the time being, he was still using troops in Xishan Zhuqiang, so it was just to temporarily appease Tibet. Originally, the Qin people pacified the Xishan Zhuqiang, and eventually they would conquer Tibet, but now that the Tibetans themselves are in civil strife, how can the Qin people let go of this opportunity? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Son of Great Qin is hinting that we will take revenge on Tubo, and with the permission of the Son of Great Qin, we can take a few pieces of meat from Tubo, then it depends on our own ability."

All the ministers were excited.

Someone shouted, "On the bank of the Zhangxiong River under the Qionglong Silver Castle, there are still too few caves there, and there are not enough slaves in them. ”

"Yes, build bigger altars and build more Bon temples!"

"Let the Tibetans be our slaves!"

Li Mixia put down the porcelain cup in his hand.

"Let's make Tibet more chaotic, we are friendly neighbors with Tibet, and of course we must help them calm down the civil strife. Hahaha! ”

"Hahaha!"

"It's better to mess up in Tibet, so that the trade route in Tubo will be blocked, and then it will have to be transferred to our side, and then our Qionglong Silver Castle will be even more prosperous and lively."

"yes, we can collect more tariffs again."

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Without the edict of the Great Qin Emperor to send troops to quell the chaos, King Xiangxiong would have to hesitate.

But now that Emperor Qin has an edict, what are you waiting for.

Li Mixia stood up, and he raised the King's Staff of the Golden-winged Roc Bird in the air.

"This king orders that domestic soldiers and horses be immediately recruited and prepare to enter Tibet eastward!"

The Vault Silver Fort ordered the cavalry to go out in all directions and gallop on the plateau.

The silver castle made of stone high above is so dazzling in the morning sun. At the foot of the castle, Bon devotees sit in a cave where they can only hide, and meditate with their eyes closed and unaware of what is going on outside the window.

Farther afield, there were caves everywhere, and there were countless Zhangxiong slaves, numb and unsympathetic to the Silver Fort of the Dome high in the distance.

Liu Wenjing, a member of the Ministry of Rites and an ambassador to Zhangxiong, walked in the slave area with a team of entourage, dressed in a dazzling green Central Plains Han-style Yuanli official robe.

The embassy of the Tang Dynasty in Zhangxiong is naturally also in the high dome silver castle, but Liu Wenjing will come to this slave area every three or five days.

He would select the slaves of Zhangzhung craftsmen, most of whom were craftsmen who had been passed down from generation to generation, some were skilled in carving Buddha statues, some were proficient in building castles, some were proficient in carving Buddhist scriptures, and some were proficient in making utensils, but these people were only generations of slaves.

They worked in the craftsmen or homes of the slave owners, and at night they returned to the slave quarters and lived in the caves. The Elephant Male was not afraid of them escaping, because there was only one entrance and exit to the entire slave area, and it was guarded by Elephant Male soldiers.

"Ambassador, King Zhangxiong has begun to recruit soldiers." Retinue military attache Dao.

Liu Wenjing stopped in front of a young Zhangxiong female slave and looked at the woman carefully.

"How much?" He asked one of the royal stewards of Zhangzhung who was following him.

The steward saw the gesture and stepped forward, first checked the tag on the slave girl's neck, then looked at the brand on her body, and said with a smile after confirming her identity, "This is just an ordinary slave girl, she doesn't know any skills." ”

Liu Wenjing said with a smile, "The official looks at her very pleasing to the eye, I want to buy it back and serve tea and water, how much is it." ”

The steward held out a finger, "A silver tiger." ”

"It's not expensive, I bought it!"

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