When Li Fan and the others bowed their heads to discuss, Wang Huaqiang had already arrived nearby, Li Fan hurriedly closed his mouth, and a trademark smile appeared on his face: "Brother Wei Chi, are they all arranged?" ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "It's arranged, I'll ask Steward Duan to take everyone back, the next time Gongzi Lu comes over, it will be Steward Duan, President Li, how to connect when the time comes, how to make an appointment, my eldest brother will let Liu Fucai contact you." ”

Li Fan smiled and said, "My brother's soldiers are brave and brave, I really look at it." He glanced at Duan Da and the others who were busy in the distance, and asked casually: "Look at these guys of my brother, all of them are brave and abnormal, are they all related to your southern expedition?" ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart moved, he knew that Li Fan had been staring at these strong men these days, I was afraid that he had already been suspicious, otherwise he would not have resolutely blocked these people in the pass. If this question is not answered well, it may affect the entire plan for the rest of the year.

Wang Huaqiang's heart quickly went over the words, and said: "These are the strong men under the command of General He Ruobi during the Southern Expedition, all of them are from Guanzhong, and many of them are the pro-soldiers of Brother Liu and other big brothers. ”

Li Fan and the other three looked at each other, looked at those people twice, Li Fan said: "Sure enough, they are strong men in the army, Yulin Tiger, it's just that these strong men made war exploits during the Southern Expedition, and they should also be rewarded, why do you still want to be this miscellaneous soldier in the caravan now?" Isn't that too condescending? ”

Wang Huaqiang laughed: "This is not a talent at all, President Li should know that the people of Longyou are strong, all ethnic groups live together, and there are many bandits and horse thieves, even under the rule of Yang Jian, it cannot be completely eliminated, the army of the imperial court must defend against the Turks in the north and Tuguhun in the south, no one cares about it in this desert no man's land, and we are smuggling iron ore this time, and we can't take the normal trade route at all, so it is dangerous." ”

On the way from Guanzhong to Guzang, we fought two battles with Qiang thieves and bandits, injured seven or eight brothers, and killed dozens of strongmen. ”

The flesh on Li Fan's face jumped, and he squeezed out a smile: "Brother Wei Chi really has a good plan, maybe in the future, our business group will ask these guys from Brother Wei Chi to escort them." There are more bandits in the Western Turkic territory who have left the customs, and presumably these brothers of the elder brother also have a place to play. ”

Wang Huaqiang casually said: "Oh, then will President Li take them out of the customs this time to see?" ”

Li Fan secretly scolded himself in his heart for damning, and left a handle to speak, but his eyes rolled, and he laughed: "Well, this time, forget it, Brother An Xian's subordinates often take this line, and it will be fine, and if there are many people, the goal is big, and it is easy to attract the attention of Datou Khan." We've been working together for a long time, and there will be opportunities in the future, right? ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly: "That's right, there will be opportunities in the future." ”

An Xinggui suddenly interjected: "Brother Wei Chi, what are you going to do in the East-Turks this time?" I don't know if it's convenient to report. ”

Wang Huaqiang still had a smile on his face, but his mouth was not leaking: "It's something that has nothing to do with business, that is, Brother Liu and Dulan Khan are just messengers." ”

An Xinggui wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Li Fan's look, Li Fan looked at Cao Zhen: "Brother Cao Xian, I have unloaded more than half of the goods, you go to the gate to make arrangements, and we will quickly pass through the gate in a while, so as not to have any accidents." ”

Cao Zhen nodded, arched his hand casually towards Wang Huaqiang, and saluted, then turned his head and rode his horse, and took the hundreds of cavalry away.

Wang Huaqiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and with Li Fan's shrewdness, he would definitely send someone to Daxing to check his details, and before Gao Xi started to arrest Liu Jushi, he had to arrange an identity for Duan Da and others that could match his statement.

But now Wang Huaqiang didn't have time to explain these things, thinking that only after he got out of the customs and left the sight of Li Fan and others could he have the opportunity to write to Gao Xi, and what he had to do now was to follow An Xinggui to the outside of the pass to see An Suiyu, and then turn back to the East-Turks, in this process, the biggest danger came from Datou Khan, in case he let his people bump into the transaction, then things would become very tricky.

Thinking of this, Wang Huaqiang said: "President Li, this time in the customs is quite smooth, is there really no problem after leaving the customs?" I don't know much about the Western Turks, so will a caravan of our size meet Datou's men along the way? I haven't been to the Western Turks, but I know that the Western Turks don't build cities and set up outposts like our Sui Dynasty, but nomadic cavalry patrols around, what if you run into them? ”

Li Fan didn't respond directly, but turned to An Xinggui on the side: "Brother An Xian, you can explain." ”

An Xinggui secretly scolded Li Fan in his heart, and he immediately transferred the responsibility to himself, but Li Fan pushed it cleanly, but there was no way, who let him be responsible after leaving the customs, so An Xinggui smiled and said: "Brother Wei Chi, you can rest assured, I have been out of the customs for many years, and I know the route of the ranger patrol here in the Western Turks, and there will be no accidents."

Brother doesn't know, our current location is the westernmost end of the entire Hexi Corridor, after getting out of Yangguan, it is a desert of seven thousand miles, deserted, only through this desert, can we reach the nearest kingdom in the Western Regions, Gaochang. ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart moved: "Gaochang? Isn't the closest place to us in the Western Regions a charioteer? ”

An Xinggui smiled and shook his head: "Brother Wei Chi is reading the "Historical Records" and "Book of Han", the current Western Regions are different from four hundred years ago, since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the chaos in the Central Plains, our Central Plains forces have retreated to Yangguan, and they have been isolated from the Western Regions for hundreds of years. At that time, the 36 countries of the Western Regions, after hundreds of years of attacks and conquests, were completely different from those years.

After the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the homeland on the grassland was occupied by Rouran, and the two countries began to compete for the Western Regions, and the last dynasty in Liangzhou was the Northern Liang of the Huns, which was originally set in Guzang City, and built the country of the Great Buddha Temple of Tianti Mountain, which was originally supported by Rouran against the Northern Wei Dynasty, at that time, the Northern Liang took the opportunity to cross the desert and captured the Western Regions Cheshi State loyal to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

As a result, within two years, the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty broke through the Northern Liang, when the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was a generation of war god Tuoba Tao, who fought all over the world in the past few decades, and even the Rouran Iron Cavalry was also beaten by his thirteen expeditions to the desert, beaten to the point of not being human, and the two Northern Expeditions of the Southern Dynasty were pushed back by him.

So Beiliang soon lost the entire Liangzhou, the rest fled to Gaochang, relying on the barrier of the 7,000-mile desert, temporarily escaped the pursuit of the Northern Wei Iron Cavalry, and then Rouran saw that Beiliang had lost its use value, and Gaochang people were also dissatisfied with these Huns, so they simply sent troops directly to destroy the Fuqu clan, and set up another person as the king, more than 100 years later, Rouran himself was finished, and the current king of Gaochang was from the Central Plains. ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart moved, and he lost his voice: "What, the current King of Gaochang is a Han?" ”

Li Fan smiled: "Brother Wei Chi doesn't seem to have walked the line of the Western Regions, and he doesn't even know this." The ancestor of the Koji clan was originally a native of Jincheng, moved to Gaochang in the early years, because of its literacy and hyphenation, high level of education, and business, was established as a long history by the Gaochang king Ma Ru, and later Ma Ru was killed by his subordinates, this Koji Jia was supported as the king, that is the Northern Wei Dynasty Taihe years, a hundred years ago.

When Lijia called the queen, he also sent a messenger to the Northern Wei Dynasty to ask for the "Four Books", "Five Classics" these Han classics, the Northern Wei Dynasty also sent a doctor of Guozixue to educate, so many years Gaochang has been paying tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Western Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou, but after the rise of the Western Turks, they broke through Gaochang and forced Gaochang to be their own vassal country, and now Gaochang is the descendant of Lijia as the king. ”