Li Jie tolerated Hou Jie so much, on the one hand, because Hou Jie was related to him, Li Yuer's matter, he was still ashamed of Hou Jie, and on the other hand, in two years, Hou Jie, who was in Horasan was indeed very good. [This site has a new domain name. initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]

In the deal with the Arab Empire, the Arab Empire ceded Khorasan, the birthplace of the unconquered Persian Empire, to the Min State, and since then, the territory of the Min State has advanced hundreds of miles from the remaining Himalayas in the Punjab and deep into Western Asia.

However, this is not a good place, most of the area is in the remnant hills of the Hindu Kush Mountains, with the Amu Darya River in the Pamirs to the northeast, the Sistan Desert to the south, and the vast Kavir Salt Desert to the southwest.

And the Arab Empire is not so kind, and the Khorasan given is also incomplete, close to the Caspian Sea, the rich agricultural areas around the Aral Sea are completely under the control of the Arab Empire, and almost all of the poorest and driest areas are given to Fujian.

A truly barren land.

Fortunately, what Min needed was the people of the Persian Empire, not land, and with this as a channel, nearly three million Persians were introduced into Tianzhu, diluting the Tianzhu people, and the millions of subjects of the state who followed the Brahmin rebellion, or Punjab refused to submit and integrate into the Min State, were driven here by the Min State.

At this time, the small half of Punjab has really become a chicken rib for Fujian, the shipbuilding industry is developed, Fujian can completely take the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea for trade, abandon the road, but this is indeed a corridor in and out of West Asia, once the Fujian army enters Persia, it is still a necessary connection point, it is a pity to throw it, and the food is tasteless.

Simply, the Min State did not bother to establish rule in an area full of non-subservient people, but completely left them to control themselves, and the Min State established a fetter rule, which is very similar to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, with many states and wars, in order to compete for limited water sources, arable land, and grassland oases, the deportees and the small states composed of local tribesmen fought day and night, especially around the extension of the landing Silk Road here, the competition was even more ferocious.

Ruling this piece of land can test the ruler's skill, but in this two years, Hou Jie has lived a happy life, several times with only a few hundred horsemen to smash the alliance against Fujian, the black hand of the Arab Empire back, the most famous one, bewitched by the Arabs, once more than 30 tribes of Khorasan gathered in Turanzaming, intending to get rid of the clamp of Fujian, attack the Himalayan fortress, to the north Tianzhu to plunder.

Without waiting for these tens of thousands of people to reach an agreement, Hou Jie took the lead in ordering several people to infiltrate Turanzamin, and practiced assassination and provocation at night, provoking a civil war among more than 30 tribes, and finally the envoy sent by Arabia died in this chaos, and as soon as Turanzamin's melee ended, a thousand Punjabi light horsemen seized the opportunity to kill the city, and easily slaughtered the survivors of the rebel tribes.

Because most of the shots are at night, every hit must hit, and Hou Jie has won the title of the god of death in the night.

In view of his experience similar to bathing in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Li Jiehe gave him the task of leading a small group of men and horses to rescue the Byzantine princess Anna.

It was also during this time that Hou Jie actually believed in Islam, and it is said that Hou Jie killed the Arab envoy and suddenly had an epiphany from the "Koran" he picked up, but no one dared to ask him about this.

Today's Himalayan Pass is no longer the ancient city of Mohenjo Daro, but like the Himalayan remnants that extend for more than 100 miles, a new checkpoint was built at the exit of the mountain road, named Xinhangu Pass.

In fact, it is really very similar to Hangu Pass and Tongguan in the Guanzhong, between Hangu Pass and Tongguan, there is a narrow mountain road of one hundred and forty miles called Hangu, Hangu Pass is located at the eastern exit, Tongguan is located at the west entrance, during the Warring States Period, the prestige of Hangu Pass is prominent, because the Great Qin in the Guanzhong is in an offensive situation, with Hangu Pass, it can be attacked and retreated, once the princes control Hangu Pass, it blocks the road out of Daqin.

After the Han Dynasty, Hangu Pass declined, but it was the rise of Tongguan in the West, just because Tongguan was close to Chang'an, good supply, Guanzhong needed to defend against the attack of Kanto, and there was no longer a need for Hangu Pass to go out at any time, so the change of offensive and defensive attitude, Hangu Pass appeared less and less in historical materials, but more and more Tongguan.

In the past, the Yugoslav Federation was established, and it was necessary to use Mohenjo Daro in the East to defend, but now after obtaining a part of Khorasan, in order to protect the Silk Road on the road and the offensive posture of the Arab Empire at any time, the Fujian State needs to push out the front, and Xinhangu is also the ambition of the Great Qin to sweep away the six countries.

After a five-day journey, along the newly built Tianzhu Chi Road in Fujian, Hou Jie led Li Que and Wu Yuanqing, who was deceived into getting on a thief ship, and finally returned to Xinhan Valley.

Even if the war does not affect the progress of commerce, although there are many less, but the big merchants who are closely related to the various sects of the Arab Empire carry more bulk goods such as spices, and even the two countries are hot, there are still Byzantine merchants who come from far away, compared to the Tang people everywhere in Beijing, the Tang style smoked those Tianzhu, the Persian nobles were quickly Tang, leaving behind the Brahmin Zoroastrian classics, studying Confucianism, compared with the exquisite cultural atmosphere, here is the rough exotic Hu style.

Countless merchants of various nationalities pulled camels and loaded goods and scolded and cursed at the city gate in languages that were difficult to understand of various ethnic groups, and the Chinese and Xia nationalities in all armies of the Fujian State accounted for the majority, but here, the black-haired and black-eyed people became a minority, but the brown-haired, bearded bearded people were everywhere.

For the distant tribes who have traveled thousands of miles in the desert, Shinhan Valley is both a paradise and a hell, with abundant goods, a handful of spices can be exchanged for warm accommodation, delicious food, sweet wine and even the most enchanting woman, if you have no money, thirst, hunger, and fear are also waiting for you.

Leaning on the root of the city wall, a large group of strong men of various ethnic groups crouching on the ground, holding swords and sticking straw sticks is a good proof, a few copper coins can hire outlaws to shed blood for you, following the caravan to become a guard is the normal life of many people here, the wounded, sick, disabled, weak can not be sympathetic at all, just waiting to die in waiting, every day the Fujian Punjabi soldiers stationed here can put away a pile of corpses and throw them outside the city, the boundary between life and death is very blurred here.

However, leading the horse all the way to the Governor's Mansion bought by Xi Jun, Li Que nodded again and again along the way, although because of the rebellion of Scar Liu, the mercenaries of Punjab were very poor in Fujian, but the Punjab soldiers of Greek or Tocharian descent patrolling back and forth were indeed fierce and extraordinary, and the army stationed here was a little more awe-inspiring and murderous than the elite of the Beijing Division under the perennial battle.

No wonder Hou Jie didn't want Li Jie's elite, if the elite was recruited here, it would be better for the team of all alien Hu people to pass through the vast West Asia, walk through Asia Minor, and arrive in Constantinople.

Of course, if there is no guy next to him, it would be even better, Li Que is quite depressed looked at Wu Yuanqing, who sighed and sighed along the way, full of sweat, this guy has not had a good word since he left Jingshi, Li Que really wondered why Hou Jie dragged such a dead fat man.

"You wait here first, I will go to General Xi first to pay the order, who knows that the King of Min suddenly sent this drudgery." In front of the Governor's Mansion, he was also muttering with resentment, Hou Jie went in by himself after speaking, but the sergeants on both sides obviously knew Hou Jie, the evil star, and hurriedly bowed and greeted.

The standing posture is very sassy and standard, Li Que naturally stared at the big sun near the equator and waited there, but the sweat on his head was almost like rain, Wu Yuanqing was like a leech under the sun, going back and forth, and in less than two minutes, he pulled Li Que and chattered.

"I said, girl, put a big pot lid on your face, aren't you hot?"

glanced at Wu Yuanqing, the fat man, Li Que simply looked to the side and ignored him, touching a soft nail, Wu Yuanqing didn't care, and continued to talk cheekily.

"Haha, girl, you must be ugly, this master is too experienced, the girl under Lao Tzu, a little acne on her face has to be covered with a handkerchief, for fear that those benefactors will see it, what is this called, women are pleasing to themselves, hahahaha."

Wu Yuanqing said happily, but Li Que rolled his eyes even more when he heard it, and simply kept looking ahead when he didn't see it, but after laughing for a long time, Wu Yuanqing's expression suddenly fell.

"Hey, I used to have a friend like you who was as punctual, as stubborn, as wood-like, most of the time with an ice cube face, and only when I was familiar with it could I smile at you, but last time, when the Brahmin barbarians were in trouble, she, she, hey~"

Li Que's delicate body, which stood straight, trembled slightly.

"Forget it, what are you talking about at this time, brothers, let's have a drink, I'll have a treat, how about it?" Shaking his head, Wu Yuanqing became happy again, gestured his hands highly, listening to his words, the dozen or so Punjabi soldiers who followed Hou Jie around all moved, but they looked at Li Que hesitantly.

She is a high-ranking general from the Min Palace, and these local soldiers all have a sense of awe of inferiority, seeing Li Queyin's real ice cube face, Wu Yuanqing couldn't help but wilt when he figured out the relationship, but he didn't want to be unkind Li Que actually nodded this time.

"Since Boss Wu broke the bank, it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate."

Although it is at the border gate, the restaurant also looks simple, and the food in it is not inferior to the Beijing Division, even the famous crispy roast duck of Fujian has it, and there are high-quality grapes, these things can not afford to be eaten by the officers and soldiers of Punjab, and the rare delicacies are not taken into account by a bunch of soldiers.

Drinking the sweet and high-grade red grapes from the Western Regions, Li Que couldn't help but look sideways, the things here are a few points more expensive than those of Jingshi, Wu Yuanqing ordered a big table, and every time his eyelids blinked, Hou Jie brought him here, wouldn't it be to bring a big money bag.

As everyone knows, Wu Yuanqing is also very depressed when he looks at her, Li Que's mask covers the whole face, and he has eaten alone in the past two days, this time Wu Yuanqing still wants to wait for her to take off the mask to get a glimpse of the whole picture, but he doesn't want Li Que's mask to be delicate and bring a mechanism, and with a slight pull, he folded the small mouth part, but he still didn't see it.

In Wu Yuanqing's hot bragging, more than a dozen people ate a meal quite warmly, even the cold Li Que turned his head, until he was almost finished, Hou Jie came back from the Governor's Mansion with a white turban, in the end, it was important to get down to business, Li Que, who had been silent, stood up first as soon as Hou Jie came back, and asked eagerly: "How is it?" When are we going to select elite operators from the Punjab elite? ”

Unexpectedly, Hou Jie glanced at her vermilion lips, then casually picked up the wine glass, poured a glass of grapes and drank it, and immediately waved his hand to the dozen or so subordinates around who were still gnawing on duck bones: "After eating, you will return to the camp, and when you are not here, you will be dispatched for the time being." ”

Out of the Yuelai Inn in the border tavern, Hou Jie and his party were actually left with three more people.