Chen Lian listened to Chi Zhenu's words, and there was no surprise on his face, but he mourned for the fox in his heart.

"This kind of news, second brother, how did you know about it?"

When Chi Zhenu Yun heard this, he immediately scratched his head a little embarrassed, looked at Chen Lian's face cautiously and said: "Sister Wang, I don't look at Yuanmeng as good-looking, so I keep people staring at it, Sister Wang, don't be angry, she can only be Prince Loulan's person in the future, how can the second brother not do anything harmful to Ruoqiang." ”

"As for this, it's no longer a secret in Loulan now. I heard that Qiuzi didn't want the Central Plains to make friends with Loulan, so he secretly made a stumbling block and spread the word about it. ”

Chen Lian didn't speak, and after taking a sip of wine, he closed his eyes and said: "This Song Sha came to Loulan, there must be his purpose, but no matter what the purpose is, now that the political situation in the Central Plains is unstable, he can't do anything he wants." ”

Song Sha was most likely not favored in the Central Plains, so he was sent here.

"Second brother, have you done everything I asked you to do?"

When Chi Zhenu heard this, he didn't care about the love of his children, so he stood up and walked out directly: "Sister Wang, don't be angry, I'll do it immediately!" ”

For another half a month, Chen Lian stayed in Loulan for a month, and then he went to Qiuzi and Yanqi again.

It took half a year before and after.

Along the way, perhaps because of his low profile, it was quite smooth.

As a result, on the way back to Ruoqiang, they encountered the famous sand bandits in the desert.

Or rather, about to encounter.

In the end, these Ruoqiang people have been with him for half a year, and he will not watch these people die at the hands of the sand bandits.

Before colliding face-to-face with the sand bandits, Chen Lian appeared directly in front of those sand bandits.

He flew away, and when he saw him like this, the mortal bandits were frightened and jumped around.

Chen Lian directly pinched an enchantment: "Where are you going?" ”

The sand bandits knew that they couldn't escape, and the leader cried directly, "Lord Youkai, we were wrong, we really didn't know that this caravan was yours, you have a lot of monsters, spare us!" ”

As soon as Chen Lian heard the leader's words, he was a little surprised, "Do you know what to say?" ”

The sand bandits had a look on their expressions, looking at Chen Lian's red-clothed bewitching, blonde and blue-eyed appearance, they felt that he was a monster from the Western Regions, and these people suddenly felt that they would definitely die.

Chen Lian saw their bitter and bitter appearance, and said: "You should tell me about what other sand bandits are on this Silk Road, besides you." ”

As soon as the sand bandits heard this, they had to do it, this was the rhythm of trying to catch them all.

However, do they dare not say it?

Don't dare!

So, in order to survive, these people directly sold their companions.

Chen Lian left a clone in the team, and he was not afraid of being discovered by Ruoqiang's people, so it took him more than half a month to capture all these sand bandits.

It's also funny to say that most of these sand bandits were supported by the forces on the Central Plains.

This kind of thing, in fact, is not surprising, and there will be no shortage of collusion between officials and bandits in all dynasties.

It's just that this Silk Road was opened up by the Central Plains people, but in the end it will be slaughtered by their own people.

"Go to Ruoqiang by yourself, and I'll look for you later."

The bandits were happy to know that they had saved their lives.

Someone dared to ask: "Do you want us to rob Ruoqiang?" ”

Chen Lian: "......"

After telling the bandits that they had a major task in the future, Chen Lian directly sent them with blue faces and swollen noses, and directly fanned them outside Ruoqiang City.

When he returned to the convoy, the convoy happened to meet the bandits.

The sand bandits who wanted to rob their convoy at the beginning immediately recognized this team and knelt directly.

Seeing this, the rest of the sand bandits also knelt down as if they understood.

Seeing this, he said to Chen Lian: "Princess, these people are dressed in tatters, and some of them still have wounds on their faces, I am afraid that they are fleeing, but such people can't enter our royal capital." ”

Chen Lian glanced at the sand bandits who were strong and strong, and they didn't look like they had fled.

"They can go in," he said. ”

The return of Chen Lian made King Ruoqiang and others very happy, and King Ruoqiang immediately ordered the whole country to celebrate.

Most of the celebrations in the countries of the Western Regions are bonfires and roasted whole sheep, followed by singing and dancing after spirits, and the royal family is no exception.

After half a year, Chen Lian is also completely accustomed to this kind of life.

When singing and dancing outside, Chen Lian had already discussed with the national teacher Qimude and King Ruoqiang.

"Bao'an, my father didn't ask you why you traveled abroad before, can you say it now?"

Qimude was also watching her from the side.

If he hadn't heard what the two of them said, maybe Chen Lian would have said it tactfully, and now he said very directly: "This time my daughter went abroad, mainly to observe the customs and folklore of some countries, as well as the commonalities and differences, advantages and disadvantages of the countries that must pass through the Silk Road." ”

"What did you find?"

Chen Lian said: "The advantage is that our four countries are extremely rich, there is no shortage of gold and silver, and the financial resources are abundant. But at the same time, there are many drawbacks. ”

"The area of the oasis is getting smaller year by year, the population is insufficient, and the combined army of a country is only a few thousand."

King Ruoqiang didn't think so, he said: "A few thousand troops is enough, and many of the surrounding countries only have a thousand troops. Anyway, our countries in the Western Regions don't fight often, and even if they do, it's enough. ”

That's what Chen Lian was worried about.

It's not just King Ruoqiang who thinks so, I'm afraid that the rest of the countries also think so.

As a result, sand bandits on the Silk Road were rampant, and no country would care.

Another point is that most of these sand bandits only intercept goods and rarely kill people.

Money, in the face of real war, is not as useful as a grain of rice.

Chen Lian didn't hope that saying this would make King Ruoqiang listen to him, if it was so simple, he wouldn't have spent half a year running around outside.

"Father, if the war that my daughter is referring to is not between the countries of the Western Regions?"

One sentence made King Ruoqiang and Qimu change their faces.

However, before they could ask again, Chen Lian had already said: "Those are not the most important thing, father, the daughter got a lot of things that were beneficial to Ruoqiang on the way, and asked the father to let his daughter participate in politics." In addition, the daughter also wants the whole people of Ruoqiang to participate in planting trees. ”

King Ruoqiang had already been frightened by Chen Lian's previous words, and when he heard Chen Lian's words, he couldn't help but be a little dizzy.

"Accurate!"

"Thanks to my father, my daughter begs her father to order the whole country to start planting trees in the Zhaozhou Delta, and the number of trees planted can be linked to tax reductions and exemptions and Ruoqiang household registration. If a foreigner plants a hundred trees per person, he can become a Ruoqiang person. ”

Although King Ruoqiang still did not understand Chen Lian's intentions, he would not refuse his proposal at this time.