When the procession of the mission arrived in Gaochang, they were warmly welcomed, and the king of Gaochang, Lu Boya, went out of the city to greet him in person; There was no way for Ko Boya, and Gao Changguo was overwhelmed by the deterrence of the Eastern and Western Turks. During the Kaihuang period, the Western Turks attacked Gaochang City, and even asked the Koji clan to be attached to the Turkic customs, which caused turmoil in the Manchu Dynasty, but in the end, under the pressure of the Turks, the Koji clan had to temporarily submit.

Gaochang State in the hometown of the original Cheshi country, when Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, built a military barrier, called Gaochang Wall, also known as Gaochang Base, set up Wuji Captain, ruled in Gaochang, in charge of Tuntian and military. The Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin followed its system, and Gaochangbi was subordinate to Dunhuang County, Liangzhou. Although it was ruled by Wuliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms, Gaochang was still a place dominated by Han Chinese, and the language was the same as that of the Central Plains, and the official script was exactly the same as that of the Sui Dynasty.

In order to get rid of the control of the Turks, Koji Boya has always wanted to find an opportunity to make friends with the Great Sui, and the arrival of Tong Yehu is a pie falling from the sky, and the Turks themselves sent the opportunity to Koji Boya. Seeing the Great Sui Mission, Lu Boya was very happy, but on the surface he was still respectful to Tong Ye Hu; Tongye protects his heart like a mirror, but now he is in power by Luo Khan, as long as Ko Boya does not harm his own affairs, he will be perfunctory.

Lu Boya is in his forties, with five locks of long beard, and his demeanor is a bit of Tao Yuanming's demeanor, but a pair of eyes betray him, and at first glance he is a person who is sophisticated and powerful. Lu Boya did not have the slightest slack because of Yang Chong's youth, the person who can get a sweaty BMW from Kangguo, and can let Tong Ye escort him personally escort him is by no means a master who can be despised ; Yang Chong and Lu Boya talked and laughed freely, and knew in advance from the mouths of Gu Dizang and Shan Fu that Gao Changguo believed in Buddhism, and Yang Chong also did some homework.

Yang Chong and his entourage stayed in the post house, and Tongye Hu had a special residence for the Turks. Inside and outside the post house, countless lanterns and long candles lit up, and Gao Changguo soldiers arranged double posts and a large number of patrol posts. Yang Chong found a reason to talk to Zhou Qian, and said very unhappily: "Old man, you still have something to say about Guiniao." ”

Zhou Qian smiled calmly: "You heard the news from Tong Ye Hu. ”

Yang Chong did not hide it, and told Zhou Qian everything that Tong Ye Hu said in 1510, Yang Chong put himself in a correct position, don't look at himself as an envoy, if Zhou Qian has an official identity, he must be far above himself. After Zhou Qian heard this, he really let out a long sigh and said: "Even the Tong Ye Hu knows so clearly, and he should know even more about Luo Khan and Dai Bi. Yang Chong, there is indeed something we didn't tell you, Gui Niao didn't come back with Da Zang, and he didn't hand over the secret recipe, because Gui Niao wanted to bring the remaining seventeen people back to Da Sui together. ”

Yang Chong can understand that Gui Niao has been in Persia alone for more than ten years, most of the time I am afraid that he has forgotten his identity, and even has no hope for the future, and the people who are with Gui Niao now are undoubtedly friends and comrades-in-arms who have gotten along with Gui Niao day and night over the years, living together, participating in riots together, and even more weight in Gui Niao's heart than his relatives in the Central Plains. Yang Chong asked with some puzzlement: "The Son of Heaven disagrees?" ”

"How so?" Zhou Qian denied it: "These people are all craftsmen of the iron factory, and they are the talents needed by the Great Sui, not to mention that among the leaders of the rebellion, there is also a Byzantine general Phucas, so the Holy Son of Heaven ordered that even people bring back secret recipes." At the same time as Wei Jie sent an envoy to the Western Regions, he also sent a caravan headed by the Du family, and mobilized several people in the Western Regions such as Changsun and Pei to assist, but a lot of people were inexplicably broken, the caravan was wiped out, and the people of the Du family in the Western Regions were cleaned up. ”

Yang Chong had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Is it still two ways this time, and Changsun Xian and Pei Yi are the other way?" ”

Zhou Qian nodded and said: "As soon as the Chijin Turks appeared, we knew that it was not good, and I didn't dare to let them scatter, so the eldest grandson Xian and them have been stranded in Gaochang, thinking that they were suspicious soldiers." Or are you a chess player, the opposite, at least get the sweat and blood BMW, we are so moving, on the way back, the return bird does not appear, it must be unwilling to appear, or there is an accident, there is no need to worry about it in the future, but it's a pity that the formula. ”

So that's the case, no wonder there will be such a big reaction from all sides, afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so Shatuozhai is pre-arranged, and he doesn't have much confidence in Guiniao, only people like Shi Daqian who are hidden in the dark will be Top Gun. Yang Chong glanced at Zhou Qian and asked, "Before the Du family's caravan failed, did you find any clues or send back any news?" ”

Zhou Qian took out a small cloth bag from his arms and said: "In that operation, only half a piece of cloth was sent back, but I couldn't read the text, and now I am still translating in Caotang Temple. ”

Yang Chong took it and opened it, there was a piece of cloth in Greek, and it was written intermittently about the process of steelmaking, Yang Chong took a cursory look and asked, "There is no one in the Caotang Temple who understands Greek?" ”

Zhou Qian nodded and said: "Shi Daqian is not bad at all, you are proficient in Greek, and we also found someone who understands to translate, but when you turn it out, you don't know what you are talking about." Even if you showed the craftsmanship of a craftsman at Yuwenkai's house, some people speculated whether you were one of the seventeen people, and one of the people who came back with Dazang secretly went to see you, and it was only after they were sure that it was not. ”

Yang Chong returned the cloth to Zhou Qian and said: "I have already read the text, but I can't figure out the content for a while, and I have to think about it carefully." You say so, how many craftsmen did Daizo and his party bring back? ”

Zhou Qian didn't think it was strange, if Yang Chong immediately said what the content was, he would be frightened, and replied: "Kang Guo was very strict at that time, and Dazang only brought back one person in an inexplicable way, and he said that the recipe was copied by Bill Gai, a steel mill supervisor who participated in the riot. The piece of cloth was not handed back by man, but the caravan hid the piece of cloth in a crevice in the stone of contact, and we got it. ”

Dead mailbox, Yang Chong couldn't help but think of the unmanned handover points in those intelligence activities in the TV series he watched, but he didn't expect the ancients to use it. Yang Chong asked tentatively, "What should I do later?" ”

Zhou Qian said without hesitation: "Let's go back first, it is estimated that the eldest grandson Xian and they have also bought all the goods that should be bought, and we will go back together." As for returning to the birds, think of other ways. ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said: "You are mistaken, what you have to do now is not a caravan, but to rebuild an intelligence network like Dazang, if Gui Bird and Phocas are not dead, in the absence of foreign aid, sooner or later their identities will be exposed, and they will be tracked down by those people, and the intelligence network can help them in the first time and grasp the dynamics of the matter." ”

As soon as Zhou Qian heard this, he knew that Yang Chong had a plan, and said with interest: "Let's hear it." ”