PS: Darius I's Inscription on Behiston: "The following provinces: Persia, Elam, Babylon, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, Coastal, Lydiye, Ionian, Medes、...... Khorezm, Bactria...... Twenty-three provinces belonged to me, and I became king of them by the will of Ahura Mazdah. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" (Lin Zhichun, editor-in-chief: Selected Materials of the General History of the World (Ancient Part), pp. 187~188)

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"The battle of Hot Springs, King Xue was blocked by thousands of Greeks, more than 20,000 casualties were able to take the pass, although the king of Sparta was killed in battle, but King Xue was also frightened, did not dare to attack Sparta again, so he moved to Athens. However, Athens emptied its cities, and its king's subjects fled to the island, and King Xue was furious, burned his capital, and ordered 800 sailors to pursue the Athenian boats. ”

At that time, King Xue sat on the top of the mountain, sitting on a gilded throne, ordering the ministers on the left and the Persian historians on the right, watching the Persian battle to destroy Greece. However, although the Athenian navy had few ships, it was good at water warfare, and the ships were sharp, with two hundred enemies and eight hundred, they became more and more courageous, and from early morning to sunset, the Persian sailors were defeated, half of them were captured, and the sea was full of wrecked ships and planks, and tens of thousands of people died...... Seeing this, King Xue's heart was like a knife, and he couldn't help beating his chest, and cried in a lost voice......"

He described it vividly, fully presenting Xerxes's chagrin, and Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but laugh.

However, what he was most concerned about now was whether Yanagishita had a chance to meet with the Greeks. You know, there has always been a saying in later generations that after Egypt and Lianghe, the two oldest civilizations, from the first millennium BC to after BC, three classical civilizations emerged: China, Greece, and India. This period is known as the Axial Age, and the greatest contribution was made by several religions of India, not to mention Greece and the Central Plains, which can be called the leaders of the East and West, leaving behind the spiritual and material civilization that laid the world pattern for the next two thousand years.

If Zhao Wuxian is not mistaken, Socrates, Plato and other great powers have not yet been born, but the Pythagorean school already exists, and this school has deep attainments in geometry, natural science and philosophy.

However, it is a pity that Yanagishita Yue is a guest, but he is actually a prisoner, and he is watched by the Persians, and he has no chance to go to Greece to walk around, so he follows Xerxes back to Persia.

"After the defeat on land and water, King Xue had no desire to fight, so he left a small number of troops to guard the strait, and the army withdrew."

Suffering this defeat, King Xue was very inward-looking, and he did not dare to say anything about the Eastern Expedition to the Central Plains, and was even more afraid of the Silk Kingdom and Greece being caught between the east and west. Then he let the ministers return to the east, claiming that the king of kings in the west was willing to be friends with Zhao Tianzi in the east, sent envoys, exchanged ideas, and also gave ten Persian women, ten camels, ten horses, and ten catties of gold......"

Seeing that Zhao Wuxian was obsessed with the small Greek state, he added: "The minister returned to the east in the following year (479 BC), and before he returned, he heard that the combined forces of the Greek states had defeated Persia again, and almost drove the Persians back to the east coast of the Western Sea. Now, Greece has become the great enemy of Persia, the trouble of the henchmen, seeing that Persia can not even conquer Greece, some counties and subject countries of Persia also rebelled, King Xue went around to quell the rebellion, exhausted, now it seems that although this Persia is large, but the counties are still not stable, the counties are different shapes, the language is different, and even the ghosts and gods are completely different. According to the ministers, if the system is not changed, this Persia will fall apart sooner or later. ”

Zhao Wuxian also felt something: "Why is this not the case in the Central Plains? It is easy to annex the princes, but it is difficult to be strong. ”

Persia was fine, at least for more than 200 years, but from the beginning to the end, Persia was only a federation of different counties, far from a true empire. Later, Alexander's empire suddenly rose and suddenly split, and the Qin Dynasty was the same, the only difference was that the Central Plains were divided and reunited, but West Asia and North Africa were difficult to completely knead, and they are still fragmented.

For this reason, Zhao Wuxian couldn't be clearer: "It is only ten years to conquer the world with the way of war, but if you want to condense the world with the royal road, make it the same track, the same book, and the same line, it will not be effective for a hundred years!" ”

The unification of the world is the trend of the times, but how to avoid the danger of the death of Qin is the most difficult problem for the rulers.

He smiled helplessly and asked again: "So, it took Ziqian four years when he left, and only two years when he returned?" ”

"From the Persian capital to Bactria (Bactria), the road was safe, and it took only a few months. Later, because he was afraid of being plundered by the Cypriots again, the minister listened to the words of the Great Xia people and changed to the southern route of the Western Regions. ”

He pointed out to Zhao Wuxian on the map: "Chendong went out of Great Xia, first arrived at the nomadic Xihu, entered the desert and passed through the two city-states of Shache and Zhusha, and then passed through the white jade mountain country rich in beautiful jade, and the locals called themselves Khotan, and then traveled along the eastern Kunlun Mountain, and returned to Loulan, and then returned the same way." ”

In this way, Liu Xia Yue explored both the southern and northern roads of the Western Regions, and also drew a map back, which is really valuable.

But when he said this, his face turned gloomy again, and he pleaded guilty to Zhao Wuxian: "However, when I passed through Xiqiang again, it coincided with the war of the Xiqiang tribes, and the minister's subordinates were separated again, and the sweat and blood, gold, and Persian women brought by him were plundered by the Qiang people, and the minister was alone, and was detained by the Qiang people for more than a month, and intimidated me many times in the name of the envoy of the Zhao State, and the Qiang released me, and the minister heard that the prince was attacking the Qin State, and he did not dare to enter Qin rashly, so he could only turn to the Wu clan first, and then he could see the prince ......and the prince."

Zhao Wuxian didn't think it was wrong, and said with a smile: "It's okay if people are fine, Ziqian has completed the feat of hollowing out foreign lands, and the widow is too late to be happy when he sees you return safely!" As long as you keep a useful body, you will have the opportunity to trade in the Western Regions in the future and buy back what you need! ”

Liu Xia Yue thanked again, but remembered something, and hurriedly took out a small blanket around his waist, holding it in both hands and offering it to Zhao Wuxian: "The Qiang people are greedy for gold, famous horses, and women, but they are not interested in some inconspicuous things hidden by the minister, and this is also the only property that the minister brought back on this trip......"

Zhao Wuxian took it and took a look, but saw that it contained a bunch of brown plant seeds, and some seeds had white flocculent fibers on their husks......

Déjà vu, he shook and asked, "What is this?" ”

Liu Xia Yue said: "This is a kind of grass and tree in the area of Daxia and the Western Regions, its seeds are like silkworm cocoons after they are mature, and the white silk in the cocoon is delicate, and the local people use it to weave cloth, calling it white stacks...... Seeing that it could be used to weave cloth, but it was different from silk and linen, the minister thought that the prince asked me to pay more attention to the local crops, so he brought some back. ”

"Cotton, this is cotton!"

Zhao Wuxian carefully observed, compared with the kind of plants that could be seen everywhere in the north in his previous life, he felt that there would be no mistake, he suddenly laughed, patted Liu Xia Yue and said: "The Qiang people don't know the real treasures, Ziqian, those gold, famous horses, and women are not as expensive as this seed gold, this is the treasure that can be clothed in the world!" ”

He didn't care about Liu Xiayue, who was a little stunned, and immediately ordered: "Let the agricultural officials of Feng Yijun come to see me quickly, this thing should be tried to be planted in Chang'an, Jingyang and other places immediately, if it can survive, all the agricultural officials will be given the title of third-level!" ”

After the excitement subsided, Zhao Wuxian was still happy in his heart, rubbing his hands and walking around the room, he was full of expectations for the first blooming cotton on the land of the Central Plains.

At the same time, a thought crossed his mind.

"Draw several copies of the map of Persia in the Western Regions that Ziqian brought back and keep it, and then let Qin Bo come to see me!"

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The next day, when he entered the Dazheng Palace again, Qin Bo felt a sour feeling in his heart, this was originally the place where the monarchs of the Qin State were governed by generations, but now it was occupied by Zhao Wuxian.

When he walked to the center of the hall, he saw Zhao Hou standing in front of a huge newly drawn map with his hands behind his back, examining it for a long time.

"Zhao Thorn has seen the uncle...... "Qin Bo Thorn, who has been completely changed to the Zhao family, made a small sect to see the big sect at the back of Zhao Wuxian.

"The thorn is coming? No need to be polite, just get up. ”

Zhao Wuxian turned around, Zhao Thorn saw that his face was still flushed with joy and excitement, such Zhao Hou is extremely rare, under normal circumstances, his face is as heavy as water, which makes people unable to see through his mind, what's wrong today?

"Zi Thorn, the people of Yongdu Qin have not kept their promises, they have not accepted surrender so far, and the generals have suggested that I send troops to conscript, what do you think?"

Zhao Thorn suddenly became anxious: "Those Qin people are only more than 100,000, so let them guard the western region for the prince, isn't it?" Why bother to kill them all! ”

"Guarding the West? The widows are only afraid that they will collude with the Rong people and endanger the Yongzhou frontier, these Qin people are unruly wolves, and they must have a good dog tamed by the Zhao State to lead, so that they do not become enemies with the big state. ”

"Uncle refers to ......"

Zhao Wuxian's meaning, Zhao Thorn understood, but he still couldn't believe it, in his mind, he would probably be detained somewhere like Zheng and Lu's fallen monarchs, guarding the spiritual throne of the monarchs of the Qin State in the past dynasties and waiting for death, in the name of keeping the blood food Sheji, in fact, there is no difference from a prisoner, and now, Zhao Wuxian wants him to go to Longxi!?

He is now a caged bird and a fish in a net, once Zhao Wuxian lets him go, it will be like a bird flying high in the sky and a fish entering the sea!

But will it be a temptation? Zhao Thorn hesitated in place, unsure of how to answer?

"Zithorn, you have to be careful."

Zhao Wuxian beckoned to him, asked him to walk to the sheepskin map, and said to him: "Do you know why it is difficult to dominate the Central Plains with the wisdom of Qin Mugong, Baili Xi, Jian Shu, You Yu, Gongsun Zhizhi, and the courage of the three generals of Meng Xibai?" ”

It's not because of Jin Guo, it's not because of Zhao Dun!

thought so in his heart, but Zhao Thorn gritted his teeth and said, "Thorn, I don't know ......"

"This is because the Qin State has gone in the wrong direction, it is difficult for Qin Mugong to go east, once he goes west, won't it be easy to dominate Xirong?"

Zhao Wuxian pointed to the vast area west of Longguan on the map and said to him:

"That's right, now the widow has taken eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, but as compensation, the widow will also send you thousands of miles of Guanhe!"

PS: There is one more chapter in the afternoon or evening