Jidu noticed Ablin's wandering eyes and hesitation. Although he did not have the "grand historical view" of Hongyi's later generations, in the face of the Rakshasa bandit army of different races, as the "orthodox" Manchurians of the Central Plains, he still had to treat all Chinese people as a whole.

"Looks like I'm right. If so, your example is inappropriate. The people of China, whether it is the Ming Emperor or the Qing Emperor, or the Manchurian, Mongolian and Han dynasties, we have lived on this land for generations. Brother Ni Wall can, or swords and soldiers meet each other, it's all their own family affairs, the so-called way of heaven. And you Rakshasa traveled thousands of miles, recruited troops, and ran to our territory, if you are good at saying good things, it is fine, if you have bad intentions, don't blame me China, I am powerful! After all, you're not monolithic! Speaking of the most important point, Jidu changed his vicious expression, which seemed to be intimidating.

"Ahh Dear Excellency, you have misunderstood me. Ablin's body trembled, and he had no choice but to give in.

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? Jidu asked.

"Actually, I'm not from the Rakshasa Kingdom! I am a merchant of Bukhara, a native of the Khanate of Bukhara, and like those poor Cossacks, I am only employed by the Grand Duke of the Rakshasa State. At best, I am just a merchant who has purchased some land in Tobolsk, and I have temporarily acted as an envoy between the Qing Kingdom and the Rakshasa Kingdom! Ablin was impatient to clear up his relationship with the Tsar, and used three "only" in a row. No way, the wall is down and everyone pushes it!

In fact, the Bukhara Khanate was indeed an independent Islamic feudal state at that time. It has not yet been annexed by Tsarist Russia. It was not until the end of the 19th century, more than 200 years later, that the declining Bukhara Khanate came under the protection of Tsarist Russia, and it continued until the Russian era in 1920.

However, Ablin's words seemed to remind Jidu of something, and the young five centurions were instantly interested, and a conversation began between the host and the guest about this little khanate that had never been heard of......

"How long has your Bukhara Khanate been established?"

"Your Excellency, my motherland has only been established for more than 100 years, and it is not the same as the Chinese Empire. But the founding monarch of our country, Shaybani. He is a descendant of Genghis Khan, a true heavenly khan, and a great monarch. Not only that, my Excellency, the history of our land is also very long, dating back to the Tang Dynasty of your country! My ancestors were Uzbeks. It has been engaged in trade with the Chinese Empire for generations. We are making our modest contribution to the connection between your country and the West. ”

Talk about the history of your country. Ablin was still a little proud, although he also knew that it was good to be free of flowers in the Tang Dynasty. Whether it is the Wudi State, it has long had nothing to do with the Bukhara Khanate in terms of blood.

In 1500 AD, the Turkic leader Shaybani led his troops to occupy Samarkand, overthrew the rule of Timur's descendants in Central Asia, established the "Shaybani Dynasty", and began the history of the Bukhara Khanate. The so-called "Uzbeks" in later generations gradually mixed the Iranian-speaking peoples who settled here in ancient times, and the Mongolian and Turkic nomadic tribes who moved here between the 11th ~ 15th centuries.

Our Excellency Ablin is a typical "Uzbek". The name "Uzbek" originated from the Muslim leader of the Golden Horde, "Yueji Behan", who sincerely believed in Sunnis and never changed his original intention. Even after decades of settlement in Tobolsk and the acquisition of large quantities of land, Ablin continued to act strictly according to the requirements of a Muslim.

Naturally, Jidu did not know what to do, and Ablin's belief in Islam was not unique. Even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbeks were the least "Russified" ethnic group among the Turkic peoples of the former Soviet Union, with about 98% of them claiming Uzbek as their first language.

"Oh? Indeed, your Bukhara state is not long. Is there a king before him? Jidu asked.

"Yes, Your Excellency. According to the history of your country, during the Han Dynasty, my motherland belonged to the Dawan Kingdom. ”

"Dawan? I see, no wonder you talk about the Tang Dynasty. In this way, when you were in the Tang Dynasty, you could be called 'Hezhong Mansion', but in fact, it was still the territory of the Tang Dynasty! Jidu suddenly realized. Who told him to have an emperor brother who admired Sinology? Following Fulin's light, Jidu, who is also a young man, is also a little involved in the "Historical Records", which is by no means comparable to ordinary reckless people.

"Uh......" Ablin almost wanted to suck his big mouth! With so many mouths, this young five-hundred-up realized a very thorny problem - his own Bukhara Khanate was actually a nominal vassal state of the Ming Empire!

Indeed, the Bukhara Khanate was the Republic of Uzbekistan in the 20th century,[1] located in the middle of the river in Central Asia. The so-called "Central Asian region in the middle of the river" refers to the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Darya valleys and the Zeravshan River basin in Central Asia, including the whole territory of present-day Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan. In ancient China, it was called "Hezhong", in modern times it was called "Hezhong Region", and in modern times it was called "Central Asian Hezhong Region". It is an important passage of the Silk Road, the main land trade route of ancient Europe and Asia, and since the Han Dynasty, the region has been ruled by the Xiongnu, Dawan, Turkic, Tang, Khitan and Yuan dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, it became a titular vassal state of China until the end of the Qing Dynasty - the beginning of the 19th century, with the colonial expansion of Western powers in Central Asia, Russia annexed the Bukhara Khanate, and established the "Turkestan Governorate" in the Transoxiana region, which was also called "Western Turkestan" or "Russian Turkestan" in the West.

"Your Excellency is right, our country is actually a vassal state of the Ming Emperor of your country......" Ablin lost the supreme sense of honor just now, and admitted it before the Chinese officer said it, so as not to lose face.

"Oh...... Oh...... You, just know the way! Jidu couldn't believe his ears, but he was surprised and wisely changed his words!

As a Manchu at the beginning of the entry, the Qing imperial family did not know how to inherit the Central Asian geopolitical legacy of the former Ming Dynasty - that was because the Ming Dynasty took care of itself and included many surrounding countries in the "canonization system". As the suzerain, almost all the surrounding countries have become "subject states", but according to the responsibilities and obligations they should fulfill, they are further subdivided into tributary states, vassal states, vassal states, subject states, tribute-giving countries, screen vassals, vassal screens, and other categories. The predecessor of the Bukhara Khanate, "Samarkand", as one of the "Xirong", clearly appears in the record of "Zhufan Kingdom and Siyi Tuguan Tribute" in the "Ming Huidian". That is, the country was recorded as a "vassal state" that fulfilled its tributary obligations.

It's a pity that the turmoil of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty swept away the prestige of the Central Dynasty, and now the vassal states of Shunzhi for 12 years are actually justifiable, only Korea and Ryukyu!

But Jidu has a unique eye and dug deep into this important information - the Bukhara merchants still think that they are the subjects of your Chinese Empire!

"Zhilu Dao, Zhilu Dao, my esteemed Commander of the Five Hundreds. How else would I be able to come to your country many times to do business? Isn't it the treatment that a subject of a subject deserves? Even the Moscow government knew this, which is why I was asked to meet the great Emperor Bogda. Ablin's self-righteous nonsense was unexpected, but the speaker had no intention, but the listener had the intention...... Unconsciously, he was sublimated from a "diplomatic" pioneer figure in the original official history of Russia and the Qing Dynasty to a "key" historical figure in the Chinese Empire across Central Asia!

In the end, Jidu, who had roughly figured it out, became friendly again to the "hired man" of the merchant of the Bukhara Khanate and the lord of the Rakshasa kingdom, and said with a smile:

"Naturally, the guests of my Qing vassal country cannot be neglected. How else would it be? You can prepare for the winter here with peace of mind, and we will hurry up to prepare to escort you to Tobolsk and Moscow, and when the spring of next year begins, I will arrange for my men to send you all the way back, so that you can give you a long face, right? ”

"This ...... ...... next spring"

"Yes. Oh yes, how many days will it take to get from here to Moscow as you are talking about? What stopovers can I make along the way? But is the biggest transit place you call Torot? There may be a complete supply there...... "Jidu quietly launched his own in-depth deployment - since you can't go, why don't you tell me how your Rakshasa Kingdom came to the east?" How are your supply lines arranged? It would be good to explain how the garrison along the route was distributed......

Poor Bukhara businessmen are reluctant to call them "big landowners" and "diplomats", but if you call them "strategists" and "military strategists", it is really in vain. Under the inducement of Jidu, with the infinite expectation of returning to the Tobolsk Governor's Office as soon as possible to explain the completion of the mission, Ablin "reported" in great detail the details of the line west of Lake Baikal and east of Moscow, especially on the line of Tobolsk and Tomsk......

(End of chapter)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding tears of joy

[1] Interesting "International Politics" knowledge point - after Uzbekistan broke away from the former Soviet Union, it became one of the two "double landlocked countries" in the world. What is a "double landlocked country"? A double landlocked country means that it is a landlocked country, and the surrounding neighboring countries, one of which is counted as one, are also landlocked countries. So far, only the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Principality of Liechtenstein are "doubly landlocked". (To be continued......)