Chapter 398: Dima City
Su Meier left.
Tang An sat alone in the carriage, his eyes staring at the vast grassland outside, his heart filled with emptiness.
She is like an unreal dream, so that the person who walks into this dream knows that he is in a fantasy world, but he is willing to immerse himself in it and is unwilling to extricate himself.
Compared to other men, he is undoubtedly lucky. Getting a goddess on high to open her heart is not something that everyone can do. Although the time to fall in love is so short, the experience of living and dying together in the past few days is enough for him to reminisce for the rest of his life.
In particular, last night's madness seems to be far away, but it seems to be close at hand. She is like a wild horse that has escaped, wantonly squandering the flesh of youth, making Tang An realize the greatest happiness as a man, but also a little weak.
"My lord, the city of Dima is almost here."
Just as Tang Anwu was reminiscing about Su Mei'er's moving body, Ali's discordant voice came in. Compared with ordinary Xia people, Ali, who has been traveling between Tang and Xia all the year round, can communicate with Tang An in Chinese with ease.
"Dima?" Tang An got out of the carriage, pulled his eyes and looked into the distance, and said, "Tell me about the situation there." ”
After a few days of getting along, Ali's admiration for Tang An is not limited to the surface. He knew that there were also many Han people in the Xia Kingdom, but having lived in the Western Regions for a long time, they had long forgotten their original language.
This complex language made Ali suffer for an unknown amount of time. You know, he spent countless efforts studying this knowledge to get to where he is today. But listening to people's pronunciation, it is called a word that is correct and round, and Ali, who is familiar with the northern and southern guests of the Tang Dynasty, even heard a little Beijing flavor from it.
Thinking about Su Meier's method of killing eighteen people in a row, and then thinking about her respectful attitude towards this man, it is not difficult to guess that the martial arts of this man named Tang An must be even more unfathomable.
Young, handsome, "strong in martial arts", enviable "language talent", and the dedicated service of stunning beauties...... The qualities of all excellent men are concentrated in one person, how can Ali not lament the injustice of Immortality?
As if to balance himself out a bit, Ali blames everything on the innate talent of the "Devil's Messenger". But in any case, Ali couldn't afford to have the slightest idea of going against Tang An.
The more a person has status, the more he will not lose his desire to live, and as the most famous and wealthy Huke in the Dima region, Ali knows how to live better. So in trying to be as humble as possible, even humble, he tried to show off his knowledge as much as possible. Because he found that Tang An was very interested in all this.
Very much in line with the character of a dirt bun who came out of the swamp.
Ali smiled flatteringly, and his brown eyes with the characteristics of the Western Regions were bent into the shape of a crescent moon: "Honorable lord, if you find Ali who has nothing to do, you can be regarded as asking the right person." The area north of the Swamp, west of the Tang Dynasty, and east of the Kaze Grassland is collectively known as the 'Dima Region'. It used to be a natural pasture that sent countless war horses to the empire, but because it was far from the center of power, the orders of the royal court were not well carried out here. Fortunately, the tribes here are mixed and the forces are scattered, and the various tribes have been fighting continuously for many years, and they are not a threat to the royal court, so the emperor will let the situation here go. ”
Tang An slowly digested the news in Ali's words and said: "In short, to describe the Dima region in one word, it is a 'chaos' word, right?" ”
"Smack!"
Ali clapped his hands, with an expression of "I don't know how to describe it but I was in your words", and his facial features were crowded together with "admiration": "Oh, my respected lord, how can you describe it so accurately?" This is a word tailor-made for Dima, why can't I think of it? ”
A slap in the face of self-deprecation made Tang An like the ten maidens of the night, waving his hand lightly, and said, "This is nothing..."
"What's it called? Oh my true God, for the first time in your life, Ali felt so small in your light... If I had met you earlier, I am afraid that the god that Ali admires the most may not be the immortal heaven. ”
Ali had smeared ten catties of honey on his mouth, until he was a little blushing when he mentioned Tang An, and then he coughed and said, "It's not enough to worry about it, it's really not enough to worry about it." That one... Where did we go? ”
"Dima."
"Yes, Dema." Tang An came back to his senses, "Dima City is the center of the Dima region, isn't it?" ”
Ali clapped his hands again: "That's so right! I never imagined a person could be as smart as you..."
Can a fool think of that?
Tang An rolled his eyes and said, "Let's talk about the point." ”
"Your wish is my direction." Ali suddenly lowered his body and said, "Dima City is the largest market in the entire Eastern Frontier, and it is also the only place in the Dima region where order must be followed. There, you can buy anything you want, and you can go from being a lot of money to being penniless in an instant. Cows, sheep, women, slaves, or porcelain, silk, and tea from the Tang Dynasty, as long as you have money, you can do whatever you want there. ”
Tang An didn't take the latter words to heart, thinking of the unchecked balance in the Dima region, and asked, "Who established the order in Dima City?" ”
Ali smiled bitterly: "Who else?" The Huns and the Tielers. Where there are interests, there will be their shadows, although they are the two strongest lions in the Xia Kingdom, but because they are too far apart, this little force sent to the eastern frontier is nothing to the entire Dima. Sadly, we Dima are disheartened and scattered, and pose no threat to those two behemoths. ”
Tang An frowned and said: "The Xiongnu and Tiele are blatantly expanding their power, and King Xia doesn't care?" ”
"How?" Ali shook his head and sighed, "To put it bluntly, our King Xia is also a Han person, and when it comes to playing power tricks to balance left and right, no one in this world is an opponent of the Han people." Because of this, the various tribes that were working independently were infiltrated by him one by one, and finally united to form a Xia Kingdom that intimidated the world. However, this kind of monolithic situation can only be seen by outsiders, such as the Xiongnu in the middle of the day, and the gradually rising Tiele, are they really willing to let a Han person sit on the country? Apparently not. ”
After many years of traveling from south to north, the eyes of this young man who came out of a backward tribe flashed with wisdom. Ali continued: "Dima's situation is just a microcosm of the entire Xia Kingdom. The emperor wished that the Xiongnu and Tiele would fight for their heads, and the more they fought, the more stable the emperor's position became. Wait until one day they don't fight, then the emperor should be afraid. ”
Tang An said: "Dima borders the Tang Dynasty, and there are many tribes, so King Xia hasn't thought about it?" ”
Ali didn't notice that Tang An was referring to "King Xia" instead of "Emperor", and analyzed: "Why hasn't it moved? However, firstly, it is difficult for the people in Eastern Xinjiang to be united, and secondly, we are not willing to easily intervene in the royal court disputes. At that time, there was a tribe that wanted to take refuge in the Xiongnu, but as soon as the news leaked out, the clan was exterminated by Tie Strangle. Besides, Dongjiang is far away from the royal court, and if there are any variables, it will be difficult for the distant water to solve the near fire, and it will not make any substantive sense to win them over, so the emperor simply let it go. ”
Tang An dragged his chin and said: "According to this, although there are many forces in the eastern frontier, they are independent, and the city of Dima, which is the center of the Dima region, is actually half of the country occupied by the Xiongnu and Tiele, is that true?" ”
Ali put one hand on his chest and performed a standard aristocratic salute: "Your wisdom always makes me feel ashamed!" ”
Fuck, who said there are no minions in the Western Regions? There's a sycophant in front of me - but I like it!
The chaotic eastern frontier, the complicated situation, the Xiongnu and Tiele, who are on the same page, assassinate the leader of the Shenwu Sect......
This lot of information is intertwined, making Tang An seem to have found a way home. It was not an easy road, but it gave him a glimmer of hope.