With such a beautiful dream, Suning embarked on the journey early, and he even left Attila, the newly appointed Aries Festival Envoy, behind, and embarked on a journey to the next destination, Gaochangguo, with only a thousand pro-soldiers accompanying him.

The location of Gaochangguo, roughly equivalent to the Turpan Basin after 1800, is known for its abundance of fruits, and Suning, who loves fruits, naturally refuses to miss the scenery here.

After advancing along the north-northwest for five days, Suning finally left behind his large group of personal soldiers, and only took thirty or fifty people, pretending to be merchants, and marched towards Gaochang Kingdom in the distance.

There are many Han people in Gaochang Kingdom, and a few decades ago, they were also subordinate to Dunhuang County in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but unfortunately the Han court declined, and these remote places slowly lost control.

In the original historical context, after the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, it still returned to the control of the central court, but it didn't take long for the Central Plains to fall into chaos. Although a predominantly Han regime was established here a few hundred years later, the Han language of Gao Changguo did not last long, and even in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yuxi's policy was very different, and Han did not become the main population here. After all, during the 300 years of the Tang Dynasty, the Han people in some areas of the northwest and northeast had a rare phenomenon of Huhua in history, and as for the later Song Dynasty, it was even more incapable of protecting the relevant interests of the Han people in the Western Regions.

However, now that Suning is here, it will not let that happen.

He led the group to continue walking, but inadvertently, he ran into two groups of people who were arguing. It can be seen from the style of their clothes that one of them belongs to the Han Dynasty here, probably they are descendants of the Tuntian army, while the other group of people looks more like locals, although the clothing customs of the Western Regions that are in contact with Suning Houshi are not the same, and there will be no other people here.

Listening to the politics of both of them, the people used are Chinese, and you will know that the influence of the Han Dynasty here has not completely dissipated from here, but I heard one of the Gaochang people say: "I said brother, everyone who understands can see that you are still arguing and it will be over, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion has been put down, but your emperor is really too disagreeable." Officials like Chen Tan and Liu Tao who dared to speak the vernacular were all forced to die by him in prison, and the few loyal people in the court, such as Yang Ci, have also died this year. And the dog emperor didn't know how to rein in, Hunan collected taxes all over the country, and also established Mantian near Henan, and even the grain stored in Sinong Temple was also taken to the West Garden by him to be turned into private ownership. I really don't know where he is going to use the food for relief when the world is in famine. And I also heard that there has been a rebellion in the south, and there have been rebellions in Jiaozhi and Yizhou in the west. When I went to Liangzhou to do business, when I saw the soldiers there, they all looked nervous, and they all felt like they were ready to go to war at any time. Therefore, you Han people, don't save money here, I think you might as well join us and do business with us, our wine business here, whether it is to the Kushan Empire in the west or the Xianbei tribe in the east, has a good market. Especially in your Han Dynasty, it is regarded as a treasure. A few years ago, the Thorn Shi Mengtuo was originally an incompetent person, but he relied on a wall of wine in exchange for the high position of the Thorn History of Liangzhou. If you follow me, as long as you behave well, I will also give you a bucket of wine, and when the time comes, you will also go and dedicate it to Zhang Rang, maybe, you can also make a history of assassination in the future. Speaking of which, your Emperor His Majesty has already started to sell official positions, and there is a guy named Cui Lie, who has already exchanged his gold, silver and copper foil for the position of Situ. Master and apprentice, that's a high position among the three princes. ”

Suning, who was standing on the side, quickly understood their conversation, it turned out that this Gaochang man wanted to persuade these Han people to give up their work in Tuntian and join their caravan instead, because one of their important lifelines was to trade in the Han Dynasty's ruled areas around Liangzhou, and if there was the help of this group of Han people, they would obviously have a lot of convenience. However, these Han Dynasty people are obviously reluctant, they seem to be still insisting on the mission left by their ancestors, and want to continue to Tuntian here, so this Gaochang man began to list the recent decline of the Han Dynasty, especially the emperor's personal virtue, which became the target of his key attack. Judging from the rumors in his mouth, most of them were heard from the Liangzhou area. However, Suning has been very busy recently, and he hasn't had time to pay attention to the rumors and rumors in the market, and he hasn't had time to read much of the serious news that can be published in the newspaper. But according to the original historical context, Cui Lie did use money to buy the position of Situ this year, and this year's peasant rebellions are also one after another! Although he did not break out directly in the core area of the Han Dynasty like the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but the rebellion frenzy set off from the south made the Han Dynasty feel disappointed, because the rebellion in the Xiliang region directly threatened the Sanfu region, so the imperial court sent the troops of traditional Chinese medicine in the direction of the western front, so the rebellion in the south could only adopt a policy of appeasement, so that many officials in the south, many of them fell into the hands of the Seventh Army, and many of them were killed. However, it should be noted that the rebellion in the south has also brought a lot of suffering to the people in the south, and judging from the current situation, it is impossible to restore production order in a short period of time.

These things, Suning has a rough idea in his heart, otherwise he would not choose to launch a westward expedition at this time, because the forces that may threaten him in the Central Plains have almost been entangled in rebellion, so no one will dictate his actions, and no one will have enough strength to stop him.

It's just that an anecdote just said by this Gaochang man caught Suning's attention, a few years ago, in Wenshang, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Mengtuo actually relied on a bucket of wine to obtain an official position, which really surprised him. If this trick can also work, he wants a few of his subordinates to sit in some high positions in the imperial court.

So, Gaochang's wine is a very worthwhile commodity.