In fact, later historical sources also prove that the Kingdom of Bactria once practiced a system of counties, the counties were called Eparchy, and the counties were called Hypachy. The county is divided into a number of post kioses (Stathmos), each with its own length [Note 9]. This system was exactly the same as that of Qin, and the Persian Empire, which had only a provincial system, did not have such a system at all, so it could only be transmitted from Qin or later Han.

Aristotle IV did not know that his actions had only accelerated the course of history, and when he arrived at the port of Zhongyi with the ship, he was immediately shocked by the crowds inside and outside the docks. Standing on the deck of the sea boat, there are trembling human heads everywhere you look, and there is no empty space at all. The crowd was surging towards the docks, which were then stopped by soldiers near the docks.

"The gods are above!" Not only Aristotle IV, but also his retinue Porus and others involuntarily shouted out the gods from their hearts. They had never seen so many people gathered together, not even at the Olympic Games at the foot of Mount Olympus. As everyone knows, since ancient times, the population of the East has been twice that of the West, especially in East and South Asia.

Countless Zhao people gathered here, the fundamental reason is because after the Qi State transported grain by boat, the war-torn Zhao State did not have so many boats and vehicles to transport grain inland, so Zhao Min could only rush here to eat. In the early summer, when the people were hungry, more and more hungry people came, how could the Qi country boat is also insufficient, the transportation of corn is intermittent, seeing that the grain is about to run out, ten huge Chu sea boats suddenly arrived, and everyone was excited for a while.

"Sima Xian meets the envoy of Chu." Sima Xian, the general of Zhongyi, had been waiting on the dock for a long time, and when he saw the Chu envoy who was accompanying the boat getting off the boat, he unexpectedly bowed down to the Chu envoy. Following him, the officials and soldiers, the old and weak, women and children behind him also bowed to the Chu envoy. "King Daren of Chu, there are countless living people, and my Zhao people have no teeth to forget."

"King Daren of Chu, there are countless living people, and my Zhao people are unforgettable." Sima Xian was overjoyed and grateful, and following him, the soldiers and hungry people also shouted with gratitude, and countless voices converged like a muffled thunder, sinking over the dock.

"Chu Zhao is the country of relatives, and the Empress Dowager of Yiyi thinks of her mother country every day, and she can't sleep at night, how can you thank each other." Jin Yi went to Zhao as an envoy, and he came to explore Zhao on the orders of the Zheng Dynasty. "The Zhao people have fallen to this point, and they are all given by the Qin people......"

During the three-year campaign, countless people died in the Zhao State, and the cities south of Fushui were burned when the Qin army retreated. As soon as Jin Yi mentioned the word 'Qin people', the hungry people kneeling beat their chests and feet, the men looked up to the sky and shouted, and the women howled and cried.

"General Sima, please get up." Zhao Ren hated Qin Lu, and Jin Yi didn't need to say any more.

"Xie Chu." Although Sima Xian got up, he still bowed to Jin Yi, "Please envoy Zhao enter the city." ”

The wharf is still some distance from Zhongyi, and there is no need for soldiers to open the way, and the hungry people automatically get out of the way. Following him, Aristotle IV and others on another sea boat also disembarked and entered Zhongyi City together. As soon as the passengers on the boat left, the squirrel cage crane on the pier began to lift the corn on the boat, and when the first bag of corn landed, the hungry people around it squeezed into a few feet. The people at the front all held a handful of silver coins in their hands and shouted earnestly: "General, general......"

It is one thing for the Three Kingdoms to transport grain to help the hungry, and it is another thing for Zhao to distribute the relief grain within the Zhao State. It's just that the Chu envoy is in Zhongyi, and there are mostly Chu State Zhou officials and sailors on the boat, and the general only feels a little hot when he looks at those silver coins.

"General, if you don't accept ......," a lieutenant next to him reminded in a low voice. Collecting money has become a rule, and this money is not obtained by the general alone, from the general to the groom in Zhongyi City.

"Accept it." The general closed his eyes helplessly when he heard the sound, and before he finished speaking, the prepared soldiers began to collect money in sacks, and handfuls of silver coins fell into the sacks, and the bags were filled and replaced with one bag. While the money is collected, the person who pays is put into the dock, and the corn on the dock is left to be carried away.

"Chief, please look at ......" The sailors on the ship saw this scene on the dock clearly, and soon reported the matter to the captain.

"This matter of Zhao State, I can't wait to interfere." The captains of the ships, all of whom had graduated from aviation schools, had been warned not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries unless the lives of the crew were in danger. His answer discouraged the boatmen, and the hard-earned corn turned out to be a profit-making asset for the Zhao people.

"Record this matter in the logbook and report it to Yingdu after returning home." Fortunately, the captain added another sentence, which made everyone's hearts calm a little.

Nothing was known about what was happening on the wharf, and Jin Yi was enjoying a banquet of the Zhao people in the city, while Aristotle IV and Baba were meeting with the Sogdian merchants who had arrived from Handan.

"The whole of Zhao Ni is starving," Fa Li said in Sogdian, as if fearing that the Zhao people would hear, and he spoke quietly. "Only the nobles and merchants had grain and meat, and they did not like the food to be brought from abroad, because it would affect their profit."

Aristotle IV could not understand Sogdian, but someone was translating for him. "Why?" He asked, puzzled. "The Chuni newspaper said that the rescue of Zhao Ni was to make Zhao Ni resist Spartanqin, and they did ......"

"My lord, the nobles of Zhao Ni only like beautiful women, precious stones and glass, and fine wine, and they used to need gold, silver, and silk to get all this. Now we no longer trade silk because the Chuni sea boat connects to Persia, so they can only exchange it for gold and silver. Fa Lihu has lived in Handan for many years, and his understanding of the nobles and people of Zhao can be said to be deep in the bone marrow. They seem to be born with an obsessive pursuit of luxury and are willing to give everything for this luxury. It's just that what he didn't explain was that in the past, the extravagance of the nobles of the Chu State was completely superior to that of the Zhao State-Chun Shenjun's disciple actually wore the pearls that only the nobles of the Zhao State had.

"If so, the citizens will no longer fight for this country." Aristotle IV whispered. However, he soon realized that under the Spartan system, there were no Greek citizens. Instead, he asks the question of the moment: "When can we get out of here?" ”

"Tomorrow." Fari had everything arranged before the fleet arrived.

"Not tomorrow." Aristotle IV shook his head. He saw with his own eyes weapons and armor being loaded at the lowest level of the sailboat, and he had to wait for all the food to be unloaded before he could remove them. However, he completely underestimated the efficiency of the wharf, and the next morning, ten Chu galleons on the wharf had anchored and returned, and more than 600 four-wheeled wagons were loading the weapons and armor under the command of the Sogdians. There were no mountains of grain on the docks, as if everything but weapons and armor had disappeared overnight.

"Don't take a step here, may the next step be safe." Aristotle IV was surprised by the efficiency of the docks, and Jin Yi's carriage stopped on the side of the road, and he was about to rush to Handan.

"Thank you very much. I will pay tribute to my King for the goodwill of your country. Aristotle IV bowed politely. This kind of words are the same as the apology to King Chuni, there is an indescribable disobedience, but for now he can only express his gratitude in this way.

"Where is the knight?" Jin Yi saw that Aristotle IV was left with only a few Sogdians wearing pointed leather hats, and there were no white cavalrymen. "I smell that there are many thieves in the grassland, if there are no knights ...... each other"

Jin Yi didn't plan to say goodbye to Aristotle IV, but since he met him, he naturally asked. Aristotle IV was a little surprised that he cared about his cavalry, and replied: "They have already arrived in Yunzhong County first, and I am sure that with their company, no barbarian will dare to offend our caravans." ”

"Don't pass it." Jin Yi made another move, and then got in the car and let Yushou drive west.

"The envoys of Chuni care about us very much." Aristotle IV bowed and suddenly had a strange premonition that something was waiting for him on the road ahead. This feeling accompanied him all the way to the clouds, to join Decayópolis.

"Maybe we have to do something." Regardless of whether the greetings of the envoys of Chuni were malicious or not, the barbarians on the steppe should beware.

"Bachelor, we need not fear any barbarian cavalry, except the Sagurs." Dicayópolis was unimpressed by Aristotle IV's fears. The whole caravan was protected by more than 800 Bactrian cavalry, and although they no longer rode the Sogdiana horse, but the most common pony in East Asia, he still believed that no steppe barbarian was his opponent.

Aristotle IV was not reassured by Decayópoli's assurance, and he always remembered that 'armies should not be averse to deceit' in the Art of East Asia, but Decaeupoli's next sentence made him fearful.

"The people of Sogdiana will laugh at us. We were already laughed at by them when we came. Dick Opoli whispered. After crossing the Syr Darya, the highly nervous Greek cavalry made a lot of jokes, and even shot their own people who urinated at night.

"So...... All right. Aristotle IV reluctantly agreed with him. May the gods bless us. ”

"In such a distant place, perhaps the gods will not hear our prayers." Dicayópoli laughed wickedly. He then said something else, "Bachelor, I think we've overlooked something important. The general here told me that the Chuni also have a kind of armor for war horses, and they don't sell it to us......"

More than 600 four-wheeled carriages were parked on the side of the road out of the jam, and Dicayópoli spoke of the chain mail of the horses. The horses ridden by the companion cavalry were either dressed in leather armor or only bronze cuirasses, which could only be regarded as half-mounted cavalry, and when he passed through Daidi, he saw the fully armored cavalry in Li Mu's army wearing chain mail, which he had never seen before.

As a cavalry general, Dicayópoli naturally paid attention to this never-before-seen way of equipping, and ignored the constant peeping figures around the caravan. These people even took advantage of Mite's inattention to reach into the carriage and grope for it, until they were found and drunk. This is just a retreat, as a border county, Yunzhong has always been chaotic, and in terms of appearance, there is no obvious difference between the Zhao people and the Qin people.