Zhang Liao stood on the bank of the Niya River, unconsciously stroking the head of the elephant dragon, thinking about the affairs of Jiangdong, when suddenly the elephant dragon snorted, followed by two crisp calls like bells from behind them:

"Father!"

"Father!"

When Zhang Liao heard this voice, a smile suddenly bloomed on his sad face, and when he turned around, he saw two little girls with pink makeup stumbling towards him, it was his two daughters Zhang Si and Zhang Pan.

Zhang Liao picked up his two daughters one by one, and smiled at the group of warblers and Yanyan who followed behind him, Tang Wan, Cai Yan, Su Wu, Yin Yue, Mi Zhen, Cai Ying, Dong Bai, as well as Gu Caiying, Diao Chan with a large group of female guards.

A few months ago, after the initial decision of the Western Regions, Zhang Liaosi and his wife and daughters were inevitably bored at home, so they wrote a letter to ask Gu Caiying and Diao Chan to escort them and take the opportunity to open up a business route to visit the Western Regions. After all, the scenery of the Western Regions is rare, that is, they are in the Western Regions, otherwise they may not have the opportunity to come over in this life.

Although the environment in the Western Regions is a little difficult, but with Zhang Liao, the backbone, Tang Wan's wives and concubines and two daughters are having a good time, but unfortunately the two sons Zhang Qi and Zhang Zhen did not come, and the Confucians did not let go, and the two poor guys were left in Hedong to study, and Zhang Liao could only sympathize with them.

On the side, Xianglong was also very familiar with Zhang Si and Zhang Pan, and came over to play with them, and the two little girls saw that Xianglong liked it very much, and secretly glanced at Tang Wan's mother who came over, and whispered in Zhang Liao's ear: "Father, we want to sit on Uncle Xianglong." ”

The elephant dragon seemed to understand the words of the two cute little girls, and leaned over to rub them affectionately.

Zhang Liao looked at the expectant eyes of his two daughters, laughed, and hugged the two little girls on the elephant dragon.

The Tang Wan girls who came from Na saw Zhang Liao let the two girls ride horses, and they all showed disgusted looks, they were very strict with the two little girls on weekdays, and the two little girls were very well-behaved in front of them, but as soon as they met their father Zhang Liao, they became jubilant, naughty and naughty. I think that when Zhang Liao just came back from the expedition and saw his daughter, the two daughters were still alive, but now they are so close that they can't help but be jealous.

But looking at Zhang Liao's doting on his daughter, they felt very warm, no matter how majestic and famous this man is outside, but at home, he is always a tender and caring husband, and a funny and loving father.

For Tang Wan and Cai Yan, Zhang Liao's husband is a little different from what they imagined when they were girls, not bad, but so good that they can't imagine it. Only the people around them can most deeply understand that their husbands are different from others, they can't say what is the difference, they don't know that this is Zhang Liao from later generations, the behavior concept is different from the people of this era, there is no too strong concept of the three outlines and five constants, and they will not regard their wives as clothes, they respect women very much, attach great importance to their families, and cherish their children, so the feeling they bring is completely different.

This family is very warm, there is no intrigue, not only are they all well-read, pure in nature, and women who don't like to fight, nor only Tang Wan, the wife, is doing well, but the most important thing is that there is Zhang Liao, the backbone, which makes them cherish this family and this husband very much.

Diao Chan and Gu Caiying came over to protect the two girls and rode on the elephant dragon, and slowly ran along the bank of the Niya River.

Tang Wan and the women hugged Zhang Liao and walked along the banks of the Niya River, Zhang Liao didn't want to spoil the happy mood of the women, so he didn't say anything, but all the women's hearts were on him, and he quickly noticed that his mood was not very good, after all, Tang Wan opened his mouth and asked: "Husband, what happened?" ”

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly and sighed: "Jiangdong Sun Bofu was assassinated. ”

Cai Yan is the most intelligent, and immediately understood: "Is my husband going back?" ”

Zhang Liao nodded, all the women didn't say anything, for them, although the Western Regions are good, but after all, the wind and sand are too big, it's good to be here in this life, Zhang Liao wants to go back to the Central Plains, and they naturally have to go back to the Central Plains.

Among the women, only Su Wan, or the new exquisite queen, showed sadness in her bright eyes.

This time, Su Wu returned to the Exquisite Country, her mother, the original Exquisite Queen, gave way to her, and wanted to follow Zuo Ci's divine stick, Su Wu is now living happily with Zhang Liao, and naturally she is not willing to be a Superb Queen. But after following Zhang Liao in the Western Regions for a while, she knew that her husband attached great importance to the strategy of the Western Regions, and the Elite Kingdom was very important to the location of the Silk Road, so she finally decided to succeed to the throne as the Queen of Elite to provide greater help to her husband.

Of course, she had already made up her mind in her heart that as long as she straightened out the Western Regions with the help of the power of the Elite Kingdom within a year or two, she would abdicate and change the Elite Kingdom and the surrounding countries into a county under Zhang Liao's command, and she would return to Zhang Liao's side.

Although she had already made up her mind, she was very sad when she learned that Zhang Liao was leaving and that the separation was imminent.

The women also knew Su Wan's mood, but it was impossible for them to stay in the Western Regions to accompany Su Wu, only Mi Zhen opened a trade route and would stay in the Western Regions for a while.

Tang Wan whispered in Zhang Liao's ear: "Husband, before leaving, you have to accompany Sister Su and Sister Fu more." ”

Zhang Liao glanced at Tang Wan, couldn't help but nod her forehead, and said with a smile: "You, this eldest sister is really thoughtful." ”

Tang Wan gave him a rare cute look.

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Shache country, located in the west of the exquisite country, is a rare country in the southern province of the Western Regions for a hundred years has been close to the Xiongnu country, this time Zhang Liao to the Shache country is to implement the policy of destroying the country, breaking the Shache country, killing the king of Shache, capturing all the soldiers who can fight, and setting up the queen of Shache.

Almost no one knew the identity of the new Queen of Shache, except that Queen Shache had always worn a delicate golden mask that obscured her forehead and upper face, revealing only her beautiful eyes, rosy lips, and fair and delicate lower cheeks.

Wearing a mask was unusual for the Han Chinese, but it was not uncommon among the Western Regions, and the Shache people did not know who the new queen was, but they could tell from only half of her cheeks that she was very beautiful. And the mystery of the queen wearing a mask also made them feel awe.

In addition, there is also a national teacher in the country of Shache, called the blackhorn immortal, which is said to be the master of the new queen, the immortal who practiced in Kunlun Sacred Mountain, and established Taoism as the state religion.

This black-horned immortal is naturally Zuo Ci, and the queen of Shache is really Fushou. After Zhang Liao pacified the Western Regions, Zuo Ci suggested that Zhang Liao establish Fushou as the queen of Shache, and Zhang Liao was already guilty about what happened to Fushou, so he naturally would not object.

At the same time, Zuo Ci saw that Buddhism from the Kushan Empire was prevalent in the Western Regions and had a tendency to spread to the Central Plains, so he decided to spread Taoism in the Western Regions to compete with Buddhism.

Zhang Liao was happy to see it, so he asked Zuo Ci to be the national teacher of Shache, just to support Fu Shou, the queen of Shache, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

In the early morning of the Shache Palace, Fushou Zhang Liao finished combing his hair and snuggled in his arms, his eyes showing reluctance.

Zhang Liao stroked Fu Shou's hair, his heart was full of tenderness, and he said softly: "Isn't it tiring to govern a country?" ”

Fu Shou shook his head and said, "The prestige of the eldest brother is still there, and the people of the country are very docile now. ”

"Prestige?" Zhang Liao laughed and said, "It's a murderous name, right?" ”

Fu Shousu grabbed Zhang Liao's arm, and his eyes showed admiration: "Maybe at first they were afraid of the murderous name of the eldest brother, but the words that the eldest brother said when the monarchs of the countries met were very respectful to the countries of the Western Regions. ”

After that, she imitated Zhang Liao's tone at the time: "What the Huns brought was conquest, barbarism, exploitation, and treating you as slaves and even livestock, while what my Han brought was civilization, win-win, and wealth, and treated you as friends and even people...... The eldest brother said it so well, a word is better than a hundred battles. ”

Zhang Liao laughed: "I'm going to be blown up by your little girl." He shook his head again and said, "After the opening of the trade route, it can bring common benefits to the countries of the Western Regions, and the common interests can maintain peace, but it is not the best means." ”

Fu Shou blinked and looked at Zhang Liao with bright eyes: "Big brother teach me." ”

Zhang Liao smiled and asked, "Xiao Shou'er, do you know what is the most important achievement of the First Emperor?" ”

Fu Shou pondered: "Is it to unify the six countries?" ”

"It's not to rule the world, in the land of China, the first emperor doesn't rule the world, sooner or later someone will rule the world." Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "The greatest merit of the First Emperor is the book of Tongwen. ”

"The same text?" Fu Shou thought about it.

Zhang Liao said: "Books are the same as texts, so that the words are unified, and then the language is unified, and the culture and customs are gradually similar, or even the same." Only when the culture is common can there be a common nation, and the common culture is the key to assimilating other ethnic groups, and it is also the key to the unity of China for hundreds or even thousands of years, but it has always been unified. ”

One of the important factors is that the Chinese have not changed for thousands of years, and the Western countries have formed a great empire, but they are still fragmented in the end, and the lack of a common document through the same text is one of the important factors, and the same language brings the same way of thinking and the same culture, and then forms a long-term and unchanging national cohesion.

Looking at Fu Shou's brighter and brighter eyes, Zhang Liao said: "I have protected the land to promote the unification of writing and Confucianism in the Western Regions, you just need to cooperate with him, as long as the text is unified and the culture is common, I think after a hundred years, this land will really belong to the Han Dynasty." ”

Zhang Liao paused, and then said: "As for Zuo Lao Dao, I have already suggested that he take medical skills as the basic doctrine of Taoism, as long as he teaches a group of Taoist disciples who can help the world, and truly save the dead and help the wounded, I think there are many people in the Western Regions who agree with Taoism." ”

"Big brother knows a lot." Fu Shou tightly protected Zhang Liao, and Sakura lips blocked Zhang Liao's words.

Zhang Liao turned over and pressed Fu Shou back, he didn't expect that when the woman who was once knowledgeable and reasonable came here, she burst out with such enthusiasm and charm in her bones, which also made him fascinated.