Chapter 172: Kushan, Rome

"My lord, I am fortunate to live up to my mission." Zhang Yi followed the guards into the administrative hall, and when he saw Qin Xiaobai, he immediately bowed his head, presented a sandalwood box with both hands, and his face was full of excitement.

Qin Xiaobai was overjoyed when he saw it, it seemed that Zhang Yi had at least gathered a silk remnant, as long as he could get together one, he could get the second one, every bit was progress, sooner or later, the water drops and stones would be worn and the Silk Road would be opened, so he hurriedly helped Zhang Yi to: "It's hard work, what is the danger of this trip?" ”

Zhang Yi saw that Qin Xiaobai didn't take the sandalwood box first, but helped him up first, and immediately felt grateful, and when he saw Qin Xiaobai asking, he hurriedly replied: "Report to the lord, trust the lord Hongfu, everything is smooth on this trip, and there is nothing dangerous." ”

Qin Xiaobai nodded when he heard this, and said with a soothing smile: "That's good, the Silk Road can be opened whenever it is, but if I lose one of my athletes because of the fast Silk Road, it will be very unworthy." ”

Zhang Yi is a bandit, a real thief with a rebellion value, and it is not safe to go out of the Wudu Peak of the Black Wind Mountain, and he also let him carry a lot of money and run around to buy silk remnants, which is indeed extremely risky.

"Thank you, Lord." Zhang Yiyan was even more grateful when he heard this, no matter whether Qin Xiaobai's words were true or false, but being able to say this was enough to show that Qin Xiaobai attached great importance to him, but in Zhang Yi's opinion, the Silk Road that the ancestors came out of step by step was much more important than him, so he hurriedly persuaded Qin Xiaobai:

"But my lord, the Silk Road is extremely important, leading to the countries of the Western Regions, the Kushan Empire is farther away, it is said that its territory is more than the Xiliang Prefecture, and I heard that there is a large empire called Rome in the distance, and its territory is not even weak throughout the Han Dynasty, I know that there are only three major empires in the world, and this road can connect the three major empires, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the best ancient and modern."

"And its interests naturally need not be mentioned, if the trade route connecting the two empires is opened by the lord, and I will recreate the prosperous era of the Han Dynasty, the lord's merit can be compared to Ban Chao."

Zhang Yi was originally a local tyrant, and he had lived in Xiliang for a long time in the frontier, so he was very well informed about foreign races, and he was a descendant of Zhang Qian, and his ambition since childhood was to learn from his ancestors, so he naturally paid great attention to the old silk road, so he knew that there were Kushan Empire and the Roman Empire further west.

"Kushan Empire, Roman Empire?" Qin Xiaobai was slightly stunned when he heard Zhang Yi's words, the former of these two words was a little unfamiliar, but listening to Zhang Yi's words, the Guishan Empire was larger than the whole state of Xiliang, so it should be very large.

You must know that Xiliang is being counted, and Yongzhou, which was split from Xiliang in later generations, will be counted, and then the Western Regions Changshi Mansion established by Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, Dunhuang and Jiuquan will be counted.

That territory is bigger, comparable to Yizhou, Jingzhou, but now the Qiang people, the Xiongnu disasters are frequent, the Eastern Han Dynasty court is gradually decaying, the control of Liangzhou is getting weaker and weaker, the Western Regions Changshi Mansion has long been deserted, Dunhuang, Jiuquan not to mention, even Zhangye has not been able to fully control it.

What can be called an empire will naturally not be a nomadic people like the Xiongnu who can only plunder, and they can be self-sufficient and have a certain economic base, which can be the object of trade.

And the latter term, but it is like thunder, the Roman Empire, is one of the largest ancient empires in the history of the world, and now should be the peak of its development, compared with the current Eastern Han Dynasty.

These two are behemoths, Qin Xiaobai has always dreamed of trading with the small countries of the Western Regions, compared to them, they are simply not worth mentioning.

If Qin Xiaobai can be strong enough to digest all the fruits of trade, it is to have the stamina of the two empires to support Qin Xiaobai, heavy supplies, grain, grass and soldiers, that is really a steady stream of stamina.

You must know that after Qin Xiaobai has a certain amount of power, although he can also trade with the entire Han Dynasty, everyone in the Great Han Dynasty, even the player, can do this after the power has developed to a certain stage.

However, to trade with the two empires, this is the only surname, Qin Xiaobai opened the Silk Road, so the two empires faced the merchants from the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was only Qin Xiaobai, who would sell him if he didn't sell him......

It's like a person who learns martial arts, and suddenly one day finds that the internal force in his body is endless, what will it be, not to mention the world, it's almost the same, as long as the moves are improved, it is possible to be invincible in the world.

Once you can trade with the two empires, unless someone can break through Qin Xiaobai in an instant, otherwise you will have to fight a protracted war with Qin Xiaobai, once you fight a protracted war, even if it is Cao Ying, who is in charge of most of the world, it is impossible to consume Qin Xiaobai, who has the support of the stamina of the two empires, if it is a big ear, it may be consumed to death......

Of course, these are all things that Qin Xiaobai heard about the names of the two empires, and in fact, the Silk Road has not yet involved the scope of the two empires.

The three blocks and three links of the Silk Road have been staying in the countries of the Western Regions, and there has been no major extension, and the Roman Empire, the Kushan Empire and the countries of the Western Regions have traded, which is barely related.

However, as long as the Silk Road has not touched Rome and Kushan, it will not be considered a real trade, and the trade will inevitably shrink significantly, and with the countries of the Western Regions as transit stations, the interests will also be greatly exploited.

How to extend the Silk Road This is a problem, and another problem is that Rome and Guishan are both large empires, unlike the Qiang, clans, Xiongnu, and this kind of mere clan, whether there are players among them, Qin Xiaobai does not know, if it exists, it must be a trouble.

In the game of 'Dominate the World', there is too little official information, even if Qin Xiaobai is such a reluctant internal research institute, he only has contact with the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he doesn't know much about places outside the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the end, Qin Xiaobai's current power is still not enough, and his apparent identity is only the peak master who occupies a peak in a mountain group in the land of a county, and his secret identity is not a single capital that leads the soldiers of a county.

Fortunately, the player who Qin Xiaobai was most afraid of had no threat to him for the time being, and he had not heard of that player force entering the town class, let alone attacking Wudu Peak, which even Xiaochi County could not capture.

Of course, with the speed of development of the player, as well as its immortality and locust-like advantages, you must always be far ahead of them in order to avoid being killed by their sea of people.

Now you have to hurry up to improve your own power is the main thing, otherwise there is no power, let alone the worry of the surname, even if there is an opportunity in front of you, even if you cherish it, it is useless, and this battle to aid the Baima Qiang clan is an opportunity to become stronger, Qin Xiaobai has a plan in his heart.

After calming down, Qin Xiaobai asked Zhang Yi the key: "Seeing that there is joy in the distance, this harvest will be abundant, I don't know how much the fragment patchwork has been completed." ”

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