Yang Chong's Greek is not good enough to easily understand the manuscript, the Greek language has changed a lot over the thousands of years, and the person who transcribed it probably does not understand Greek either, but just draws a scoop according to the gourd, and many letters are described in a plausible way. Yang Chong struggled to read, but the first three pages of what he could understand had already made Yang Chong break out in a cold sweat, and he even got up from the bed to see if the door was closed.

This note, which I don't know if it's true or not, is about a man named Sui Chaozi, when he was young, he explored the country of the Western Pole where King Mu of Zhou went, first met the Yueshi people, and finally arrived at a place called Cyrus City, and met a Caucasian man with a tall body, a prominent forehead, and a high nose bridge. The Sui dynasty lived in the city of Cyrus for fifteen years before returning to the Central Plains with two craftsmen. Although Yang Chong didn't know where the city of Cyrus was, he knew that there was a Cyrus Emperor in history in Persia, so Yang Chong concluded that this city of Cyrus should be somewhere in Central Asia, the occupied area of Persia.

Yang Chong's first thought, will this person named Sui Chaozi be the same as himself, he traveled through the past alone, and traveled alone in the Western Regions during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, even Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty was not as good. Yang Chong patiently looked down and found that there were some academic debates and studies written on the back, which was very confusing, but he saw the names of two craftsmen, one was a Persian, whom the Sui Dynasty called Yangong, and the other was a person from the Peacock Dynasty, called Mu Yu.

Early the next morning, Yang Chong went to the Snow Mountain Inn to find Ji Buxu, and the innkeeper politely told Yang Chong that the old man and Wuwei'er had left, and they left yesterday evening. Yang Chong knew that the pair of masters and servants wanted to avoid him, so he stopped looking for them, went to the cabinet to exchange for two copper coins, and ate a bowl of noodles and half a catty of stewed mutton on the street before returning to the Che Dealership Inn; In the afternoon, I slept in my room, and when I got up, I continued to read the manuscript.

Seeing the back, Yang Chong saw something familiar, Yangong talked about the warriors of Spartak and the Trojan Horse Scheme, and Sui Chaozi thought that it was not necessarily true, and he should praise these two stories very much; The three of them also brought back two knives, and the city of Cyrus had a kind of iron as bright as the stars, and the knives were extremely sharp. Yang Chong thought about it for a while, and felt that it should be the Wuzi steel often mentioned in cultural relics, a kind of ancient crystalline pattern steel.

Yang Chong suddenly thought, if he has a steel mill, even if he can't make Uzi steel, at least he can make Tang Dao appear ten years earlier, isn't it the technology of 100 forging steel and Baotou steel; Yang Chong immediately patted his head, this is impossible, steel has always been the pillar of the country, and in ancient times, it was controlled by the gate valve and the royal family, how could he give himself a chance, it was time to wash and sleep.

Yang Chong was not reconciled in his heart, he traveled to the Sui Dynasty, how could he make a little contribution to Huaxia, Yang Chong was still thinking about this while lying in the carriage later. Yuan Jiu drove the car easily and joked with Yang Chong: "I have never seen you like this, dozens of silver cars were given away with a wave of his hand, but in order to save two copper coins, he was exposed to the wind and the sun." ”

Yang Chong said disdainfully: "I call it the realm, you don't understand." ”

"I don't understand." Yuan Jiu said in a lonely voice: "The old and the old, the young and the young. ”

Yang Chong sat up all of a sudden and asked, "Brother Yuan, are you a person who has read books?" ”

Yuan Jiu slowed down the carriage and said, "What's the use of reading, it's useless to be a scholar." I am the concubine of the Yuan family, except for being able to read some books, I am not as good as the servant of the Yuan family in other aspects; And the officialdom of the Great Sui is occupied by people with five surnames and seven hopes. Alas, it's better to catch a car, at ease. ”

Yang Chong asked softly, "Are you the Yuan family member of the Tuoba Wei clan?" ”

Yuan Jiu paused for a moment and said, "There is no Tuoba Wei anymore, they are all the people of the Great Sui." ”

Yuan Jiu's answer was equivalent to admitting his identity, Yang Chong sighed, and was about to lie down again, when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "How did Wei Darttou get to the car dealership?" ”

Yuan Jiu looked back at Yang Chong strangely and said, "In order to avoid the re-conscription of the army, he took the initiative to become a slave and made a part of the Yuan family. By the way, what are you going to do when you arrive in Chang'an? ”

Yang Chong perked up and said, "I'm going to have a good time first, and then find something to do." ”

Yuan Jiu smiled and said, "You should relax and relax, but those fun places spend a lot of money, I advise you to go less." If you don't plan to go back to Lingnan and don't want to be an official, after you arrive in Chang'an, you can open a workshop, or buy some land and become a small landlord. ”

Yuan Jiu was vaguely telling Yang Chong that when he left the army, he didn't think about being an official, and he didn't want to do other people's affairs, he could do a lot of things. Yang Chong smiled gratefully at Yuan Jiu and said, "I myself am a person who has been separated from the caravan, I will do some business in Chang'an to see if I can meet the caravan and come back; When you make enough money, you will go back to Lingnan. ”

Seeing that Yang Chong had accepted his advice, Yuan Jiu was happy in his heart, flicked his long whip, and urged the carriage to run forward.

There are still more than 2,000 miles from Zhangye to Chang'an, but the road is wide and flat, the speed of the convoy is obviously much faster, Wei Wentong is not worried about horse thieves and missing the city, even if he runs until midnight, he can find a market town to rest, so he can run four or five hundred miles every day, and he will arrive in Chang'an in six days. In the afternoon, when the sun was still there, the convoy entered the city from the northernmost Kaiyuan Gate of the west wall of Chang'an City, and then turned into the Changfeng Carriage in Yiningfang in the south.

Yang Chong got out of the carriage, Wei Wentong said that he wanted to go to Wei's house in the south of the city with Yang Chong to settle the bill, Yang Chong waved his hand and said: "Don't work Brother Wei to run around, I'll just pay it myself." ”

Wei Wentong gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Yang is very knowledgeable. When you set out, you gave me ten taels of silver, and then you gave me a tael of pepper. ”

Yang Chong handed a tael of pepper to Wei Wentong, took Wei Wentong's receipt, walked out of the car dealership with his baggage, and went out to the east along the south gate of Yining Fang, strolling as he walked; Knowing that there was a curfew in Chang'an City at night, Yang Chong quickly found a mansion and stayed there. Didian is a kind of new hotel, Yang Chong heard Yuan Jiu say on the way, in addition to providing food and lodging for merchants like an inn, there is also a role of warehouses and cabinets, allowing merchants to stock and trade.

Sure enough, no one bothered that night, and the next morning, when the guy delivered breakfast, he asked Yang Chong: "This guest officer, are you here to buy goods, or are you here to sell goods?" ”

Yang Chong smiled: "Don't worry, I just arrived in Chang'an, let's play for a few days first." ”

The guy nodded and said: "The guest officer is very knowledgeable, if you like to be lively, just go shopping in Daxing City, eat, drink and have fun, as long as there is something in the world, Daxing City has it." If the guest officer wants to see the monuments, go out of the north gate to the side of Longshouyuan, the old Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty is the most suitable, and there is a story wherever you go. If you have valuables, you can store them in our store, the weight is less than 10 catties, and you don't need money. ”

Yang Chong has been to Xi'an in modern society, the dragon head was originally the boundary between the Han Chang'an City and the Sui and Tang Chang'an cities, the Tang Dynasty Daming Palace palace group is located, after thousands of years of vicissitudes of life, most of the Longshou Yuan has become cultivated land, the terrain is gradually stable, but the basic terrain can still be distinguished. On a whim, Yang Chong beckoned to his man and said, "Tell me how to get to the north gate." ”