Send Fatima back to Uzhu and let Uzhu continue to take them to pick up sheep dung and eggs, and then Lu Chen recruited the Persian merchant Abraham under the pretext of paying attention to the progress of the glass factory.

Abraham also has some strength, and if he really has sent people to the west to find craftsmen, and here, he has already commanded the Han workers to build a rough factory, and the efficiency is okay. However, it was far from the process of producing glass, so he only thought that this young general was in a hurry, so he patiently explained, most of them were not painful, only later he was ready to lead the Han workers alone to experiment with the plan of firing glass before the Persian craftsmen arrived, which made Lu Chen a little interested.

After a while, after the report was completed, Lu Chen rewarded Abraham with an official position to manage the workers and officials of the glass factory. Of course, it was only part-time, after all, Abraham was a businessman. Abraham stroked his chest and bent over in thanksgiving.

Then, Lu Chen smiled and said, "Okay, it's just that we're done talking, let's have a chat." ”

Abraham glanced at Lu Chen strangely, under the impression that this young general was very knowledgeable and didn't like to waste time, I heard that for the sake of the overall situation of Yanmen, he even postponed his wedding date again and again, how could he have time to chat?

"Personally, I'm interested in history and geography, I believe you have a detailed map of the Western Regions, please help collect some, and in addition, can you tell me how Fatima's father's kingdom was destroyed?" Lu Chen took a sip of tea and said.

His eyes are not just staring at the mainland, on the contrary, Lu Chen, who came from later generations, is more willing to radiate the great Han civilization of this era. Just like the Caucasians of later generations. For the two great empires of Arabia, Lu Chen was not afraid, even if he could not seize the Han world, as long as he could occupy a corner of Guanzhong, he would have the confidence to subdue the Western Regions. Without him, Ban Chao made a note on the Western Regions a few decades ago, big, rich, but weak, hehe, they used to be the fierce enemies of the Xiongnu, when they were closest to the Han Dynasty. Hit Dunhuang. Later, they were defeated by the Xiongnu and were driven to the Western Regions, and they began to bully the soft-egg Indian Asan and established the Kushan Empire. At its strongest. There are populations of millions. More than 200,000 soldiers. There is a fallacy here, a million people cannot organize 200,000 soldiers, they do not count slaves as people. Even if it is 200,000 soldiers and horses, compared to the big Han, it is just a drizzle.

The only regret is that the level of productivity was too low back then, and the Han did not have the ability to support the logistics support of a large number of troops, so it was not able to expand unrestricted to the Western Regions. At that time, the king of the Kushan Empire, that is, the Dayue clan, once asked for the princess of the Han Dynasty, but was contemptuously rejected by Ban Chao, and the other party was angry and sent a general to lead an army of 70,000 to intercept Ban Chao, but was killed by thousands of Han troops under Ban Chao and lost his armor.

"Dear General, although I am a friend of the old king, in reality I am only a down-and-out nobleman, and after all, I am a merchant. I've been doing business in Tianzhu before, and I don't know much about the details, but in a few months, someone will be there to answer your questions. You asked me to help you set up a glass factory and bring in skilled workers from Persia, and I have already sent someone to contact you. In addition, along with the craftsmen, there were a number of other people who were the dowry of Fatima. These people will answer your doubts and die for you. Abraham deliberately whetted Lu Chen's appetite.

"Eight hundred cavalrymen from the kingdom of Khorezm. Among them, there were 12 heavy cavalry and more than 700 light cavalry. In addition, there were more than a thousand Han cavalry. Abraham said pretending to be bland.

"Han cavalry?" Lu Chen was surprised, although he knew that Abraham deliberately provoked his curiosity, he couldn't help but be surprised. You must know that Khorezm Lu Chen is no stranger, it is the hinterland of the Middle East, located at the southern end of the Aral Sea. Where did the Han people come from? Not to mention the Han cavalry! Moreover, there are more than 1,000 Han cavalry, which is not a small number!

"It started a hundred years ago...... Abraham said, holding his beard.

It turns out that this is related to the loss of the Eastern Han Dynasty's control over the Western Regions, since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the national strength has been declining, the Western Regions have been oppressed by the Xiongnu, and the Western Regions have been in war for many years, and the Eastern Han Dynasty has no ability to control the Western Regions. In the end, many Han soldiers stationed in the Western Regions were unable to return to their homeland and went into exile. These Han soldiers and horses had taken root in the Western Regions, and their families had also moved to the Western Regions, but after the Xiongnu cut off the way back, some of them were forced to move west. This is mainly because the combat effectiveness of the Dayue clan (Kushan Empire) and Parthia (Anxian Empire) is much lower than that of the Xiongnu, after all, persimmons have to be pinched softly.

Eventually, more than 1,000 Han cavalry and their families arrived at the Kingdom of Khorezm, the capital of Fatima's father's kingdom, Mulu. Because the old king knew that the 70,000 troops of the Dayue clan were abused by thousands of Han troops, he encircled these Han troops, and these Han troops temporarily lived in Khorezm and became mercenaries of Khorezm. Moreover, this mercenary army was indeed able to fight, and with the number of 1,000 cavalry, it successively defeated the cavalry regiment of 15,000 people of the Kushan Empire, and later forced back the personal conquest of the Emperor of the Anshan Empire. Unfortunately, in the end, the Emperor of the Rest Empire pretended to reconcile with Khorezm and invited the old king to a banquet, but he poisoned the old king and instigated the nobles of Mulu City to rebel, which finally took Khorezm.

From then on, the Han cavalry and the old king's clan, which had repeatedly blocked the Emperor of Anxi, were bloodily suppressed. However, the cavalry of 2,000 people, with their strong combat power, finally escaped from the pursuit of the cavalry of the Rest Empire, bypassed the Aral Sea, temporarily moved from south to north, and then from west to east, and came to the Kangju country in the Syr Darya River valley to settle temporarily. However, the Kangju Kingdom is threatened by the Resting Empire, and it is impossible to shelter them for a long time, and eventually they will have to leave. However, the Western Regions were ravaged by Wusun and the Northern Xiongnu, and they could not travel overland to Dunhuang and Chang'an. Therefore, the princess Fatima secretly passed through the entire territory of the Kushan Empire under the protection of her personal entourage, because the appearance of the Han people was different from that of the Western Regions, so no Han army came with them. He came to the port of India to find his father's friend Abraham, and with his help, he finally came to China.

In other words, Fatima and even Abraham learned the Chinese from the wandering Han cavalry, and it was precisely because of the strong fighting power of the Han people that they abandoned Rome and came to China for help. After all, the Roman Empire invaded the Anxi Empire five times, but failed to win, on the other hand, the Han cavalry made great achievements, and with these wandering Han cavalry, they believed that they could gain more favor from the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, when Fatima went to Xuchang, the capital of the Han Kingdom, she learned that the emperor had become a puppet of a bald man, so she immediately gave up and came to the north.

"How many such Han cavalry are there in the Western Regions?" Lu Chen asked in a deep voice, if it was just beauty or temptation, Lu Chen would definitely receive all the money and money, but he would never contribute. However, when it comes to the abandoned Han soldiers and civilians in the Western Regions, his thoughts are different.

"According to General Li, there are no less than tens of thousands of people, and there are more than 5,000 soldiers, but they have been scattered all over the country and cannot be contacted." Abraham replied. (To be continued......)