It is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and it may be more obvious for the country.

The Pishanites arrived the morning of the second day after the arrival of the Pelus, and they came with a thousand seventeen hundred cavalry.

The Yanqi also arrived on the second day of the Beilu people, and a thousand cavalry came.

Compared with Beilu, the troops of Pishan and Yanqi were not uniform in clothing, and the armies of the two countries looked colorful and gave people the feeling of a rabble.

"It looks poor, but it's actually relatively rich." Yu Fanjun commented: "There is no shortage of war horses in this beautiful place in the Western Regions, and their war horses look good at breed. ”

In fact, China is actually a mountainous terrain, and only a limited number of places are plains with flat rivers, but most of those plains have been reclaimed into grain-producing areas in a long history, and horse breeding cannot compete with guaranteed belly for land.

The Chinese ethnic group does have a nature, that is, when they encounter any good land, the first thought that comes to mind is "can this land be cultivated?" Even land that cannot be cultivated will be transformed in every possible way.

Perhaps it is because of the nature of attaching importance to the grain production area that the Chinese ethnic group has enough food to ensure their survival, and then because of the sufficient food to reproduce their offspring with peace of mind, the Chinese ethnic group has occupied more than 70% of the total population in the long history of the earth for thousands of years?

There are very few grain producing areas in the Western Regions...... Perhaps it should be more accurately described, that is, the grain production area in the Western Regions is almost negligible, in contrast to the pastures in the Western Regions are very large, so the Western Regions is not a place lacking horses at all.

"Say what is the confluence of Persia, India, and steppes. Cultures are collapsing with each other, and people and horses, horses and horses have been blending bloodlines. "Han Xin didn't expect to know this? He kept nodding his head: "So there are a lot of half-breed creatures, including horses." It's just that Wanguo horses and Wusun horses are relatively high-grade, and Wusun horses are second. ”

It is precisely because of the convergence of multiple ethnic groups that it has brought different cultures to the Western Regions, but also brought a mixed ideological impact to the people of the Western Regions, and because there are too many ethnic groups, there will be more conflicts, and even because of the need for exchanges and trade between ethnic groups, more collisions have arisen. The resulting phenomenon is that the situation in the Western Regions is unimaginably complex.

"Those guys don't look like soldiers, they look more like horse thieves or something." Liu Bang's eyes have always been poisonous, and he grinned: "I heard that it is very common for the state armed forces in the Western Regions to play cameo robbers. ”

Yu Fanjun rolled his eyes. thought to himself: "At least they know how to disguise that they are not national armed when they rob, we are wearing uniforms and robbing directly, which is not a grade at all." ”

Liu Bang found something in Yu Fanjun's expression and said, "We are stronger than them." The strong have priority over all good things. This is also recognized by the people of the Western Regions. ”

Not only do the people of the Western Regions recognize the concept of respecting the strong, in fact, no matter who they are, they all agree with this truth, but they are not so straightforward or even constrained in Huaxia.

There are two aspects used in Huaxia to restrain the self-discipline of the strong, one is morality and the other is law, and things that cannot be solved by morality are usually appendages of law...... That is, force is the solution. It is precisely because of this premise, and it has always been implemented well, that Huaxia can maintain stability. It's not the strong who are doing anything wantonly.

"So we're civilized." Liu Bang added as a matter of course: "At least treat our own people very civilly." ”

Before the order collapses, any country will maintain even a false civilization towards its own people. It's common sense. However, it can be said with great pride that among all the countries known in the world at present, only the empire is really embarking on the road of governing the country according to law, and many countries do not even have a relatively complete set of laws.

"Self-discipline is based on the fact that the cost of breaking the law is too great." Yu Fanjun pointed to those chaotic aliens and said: "They are not like us, we already know what a nation and a country are, they have no similar concepts, and they do not have a great emperor to lead them. ”

It may seem like a sycophant, but it's not entirely. In fact, if Lu Zhe had not appeared, Huaxia would have not learned the concept of the state from foreigners until modern times, and had previously used the imperial court as a cognition. Lü Zhe brought not only "advanced" stability to the people of more than 200 years BC, but also the concept of nation and state, as for expansion, it is more like an inevitable collateral effect.

"We're just going to stay here and watch, huh?" Yu Fanjun looked up at the sun, then picked up the water bag and poured a few sips: "Or the Beilu people are more sensible, are the Pishan people and Yanqi people civilized?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Bang let out a "snort! "According to some of the native languages that have recently become popular, the Beluls are seeking to move towards civilization because of their relative wealth. The Pishan people and the Yanqi people care more about having a full stomach, and then they think about civilization. ”

Three guys...... No, it should be said that as long as it is a person with a bit of status, Brati. In just one day and one night, he didn't know how many boxes of agate were sent.

Liu Bang, Han Xin, and Yu Fanjun needless to say, they received the gifts with peace of mind, and the Western Expedition Corps was a little hypocritical, and after Meng Tian took the lead, they were no longer reserved, in short, the people who should get the gifts were almost not left behind. Well, one by one, I sent some more things to Brati. Pray to Oria as a gift in return.

It is definitely not an exaggeration to say that the Bellu people sought the path of civilization, and before the empire appeared, the Belul people held the thighs of powerful countries such as Wusun, Qiuzi, and Cheshi, and sought to the west and south to gain knowledge.

While seeking knowledge, the Beluls are estimated to be one of the few countries in the Western Regions that have tried to establish a code of laws, and they have developed their own laws, and then carried out a series of reforms in the national armed forces, such as the uniform being one of them.

"Brati. Pray to Eyah and ask me if I can buy ordnance from us. When Liu Bang spoke, the ring on the middle finger of Bawan's left hand was a ring with an exaggerated green agate. He spun the ring. asked Han Xin and Yu Fanjun in a tone of discussion: "As long as it's not a standard ordnance, it doesn't matter, right?" ”

"Yes!" Yu Fanjun is not short-handed, he has already given a return gift. As for whether the return gift is equivalent or not, does it matter? "If I'm not mistaken," he said, "there were many merchants with a large number of ordnance with them, so that they could trade with confidence. ”

Han Xin was nodding, he meant the same thing.

There were so many caravans with the legations that not everyone would believe them, although the ruling government had given some guidelines on goods. There will always be some guys who think they're smart and like to go off the beaten path, and the result is that so far a lot of guys have regretted it and their bowels are almost green.

The merchants who regretted it were not idle, they were not trapped in the Western Regions and could not continue westward! Then send someone back quickly. Adjust your trading strategy based on what you have seen and heard in the Western Regions.

The march of the Western Corps into the Western Regions means that the empire's road to the Western Regions has a minimum scale, at least the security along the way must be improved. In addition, the army of the empire entered the Western Regions. It showed fierce combat power. What happened on the other side of the grassland also spread to the Western Regions, and some bandits and other groups basically didn't dare to attack the empire's caravans, but it wasn't that no one dared to do it.

"Yes, not only do they feel that the caravan is transporting the wrong thing to go back and forth, as long as a merchant has a plan to transport goods in a targeted manner, they have found that the weapons in this remote place in the Western Regions are the best to sell." Yu Fanjun smiled very happily, his family was also doing something similar, and said happily: "So." Even if you don't have an arms workshop at home, you can buy it locally. Then it was transported to the Western Regions, and the price was at least seven or eight times higher. ”

"It's a pity that large quantities of iron weapons are not allowed to be shipped out at the border checkpoints." Liu Bang licked his lips and said, "It's more than seven or eight times." ”

"It's not crazy, it's not risking a big reason, it's ignoring commercial profits." Yu Fanjun seems to be a person who understands business, he said: "The profit of bronze weapons is still seven or eight times, and a small number of iron weapons follow the concept of scarcity is more than a hundred times more profitable." Before squeezing the profits of clean bronze weapons, whoever dares to transport iron weapons in large quantities to the Western Regions market will not only violate the trade regulations of the empire, but also become the public enemy of all merchants. ”

The public enemies of all merchants are a bit exaggerated, but that's generally the case, after all, the profits of trade are there, and not everyone will abide by them, so the most important thing is that the law formed is to maintain deterrence.

"I don't think the Western Regions' dependence on the Empire's weapons will stimulate the local weapons manufacturing industry." Liu Bang touched his chin and said in a tone that was not so certain: "It seems...... Isn't it too complicated to apply for an arms workshop? ”

Yu Fanjun nodded and said: "There is a certain proof of assets, and then there can be no criminal record, itself is a nobleman who needs local endorsement, and non-nobles need to be guaranteed and endorsed by the locality." ”

Liu Bang thought about it and still felt that he was a nobleman, and local endorsement was a characteristic product of local construction, and it was basically a reasonable distribution of production capacity in each county or something.

There is a major premise that the empire does not stop the private production of weapons, and as long as there are enough raw materials for cold weapons, it cannot 100% stop the private people from manufacturing them on their own. Therefore, the empire adopted an open model, allowing the private sector to manufacture weapons within the license, and then control them from the source of raw materials.

Mineral resources are state-owned, which is something that has been made clear by Lu Zhe before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and in addition, salt is also an official exclusive operation, and the rest is more relaxed.

"If you can sell armor, the profits will be even more considerable!" Liu Bang said with obvious pity: "The problem is that it is not allowed. ”

Liu Bang was referring to an imperial rule that strictly restricted the sale of armor to foreigners in any form. This rule was established two years ago, and he heard that it was to maintain the advantage of something?

"It's an advantage for long-range weapons." Yu Fanjun patted the armor on his body: "Aliens generally don't have armor, and our long-range weapons have a great advantage in shooting." The arrowheads of the alien races are rarely made of metal, most of them are bone arrowheads or simply stones, and if they lack the advantage of armor, what a price......"

Liu Bang can only keep laughing, only when he has been abroad can he know the correctness of some things, for example, people who have not been abroad will not understand how there are so many countries outside, and even if he knows that there are so many countries, he can't imagine what it is like.

There is one more thing that needs to be known, and it is a truth that is absolutely difficult for those who can only fight in the nest to understand, and it is only when you are in a foreign country that you understand how important it is to be from the same race. Liu Bang has seen countless times with his own eyes that one ethnic group attacks another ethnic group, that is, it is a slaughter of men, women, young and old, as long as it is a hostile ethnic group, all because the killed are of the same ethnic group, and will not distinguish between who of that ethnic group deserves to die or not.

"It's finally here." Yu Fanjun is talking about the two gangs of Pishan and Yanqi.

The Yanqi and Pishan people are in Brati. Under the guidance of Qi Ya, because the empire has not been in contact with the outside world for a long time, and the time it has come to the Western Regions is not too long, and most of the people in the Western Regions do not have their own characteristic clothing, it is difficult to distinguish from the style of clothes, and it is even more difficult to distinguish from the facial features.

"Honorable Angel! Your servant sends you his sincerest greetings and wishes His Majesty the Emperor eternal health! ”

Liu Bang and others naturally can't understand the language of the chatter, and they need Brati. Pray for Eyah to translate.

"Deliberately or what?" Yu Fanjun said to Liu Bang in a certain dialect of Chudi: "Aren't all the nobles in this place all speaking Wusun dialect? ”

Han Xinke couldn't understand the Chu dialect, and looked at Yu Fanjun with a confused expression.

Liu Bang ignored Han Xin and looked at Brati. Pray for Oria and wait for the following.

Brati. Qi Eya made a shrug gesture and said, "We are not very familiar with Pishan and Yanqi, I was just asked to come and help translate. ”

Speaking of which, Pishan should be closer to Qiuzi, but Yanqi and Shanguo are a pair of happy neighbors.

"Pishan and Yanqi don't have any special products, they have prepared ten carts of furs." Brati. Qi Eya estimated that his impression of Liu Bang was that of a greedy person, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he explained: "The convoy is behind." ”

Liu Bang showed a disappointed expression as soon as he heard the fur or something, confirming that Brati. Pray for the thoughts of Eya's heart.

"Like us, they ask that you allow the people of the caravan to trade with Pishan and Yanqi, mainly some weapons, and they will be more welcome if they have arrows." Brati. Prayer Ya shrugged his shoulders again and said, "Both countries are better at riding and archery, and it will be of greater help to you." (To be continued.) )