Wang Jin, deputy director of the Western Regions Intelligence Station of the Tang Academy, at the same time, is also the first batch of Tang spies to come out of the Academy, that is, he has more than ten people, in the year of graduation, he went to Central Asia to establish the farthest intelligence station of the Tang Dynasty, and in the following years, their intelligence circle of influence expanded from Persia to Dashi and even Europe, and even Egypt and Central Asian countries are also within the scope of their intelligence monitoring.

When Wang Xuance arrived in the Western Regions, he received great help from it, so that he could enjoy the most abundant intelligence resources, so that his work could be carried out smoothly in Central Asia. Everything between the Tang Dynasty and Europe has been turned into written records and maps, and now there are no less than ten of them in the Jinju Academy, each of which is more detailed than the other, so that the Tang Empire's understanding of the Western world is also deepened.

Invited Wang Jin to sit down, I personally served tea for Wang Jin, took a sip of fragrant tea, Wang Jin sighed slowly, very satisfied expression, saw me looking at him, smiled a little embarrassed. "Xiaguan hasn't been able to drink the good tea of our Tang Empire for a long time, those traders, the tea sold to the Western Regions, can even be exchanged for the same weight of gold, as well as those glazed products, and they are sought after by the rich people of the Western Regions, every time there is a VIP visitor, only then take out the display and turn ......it over" Wang Jin looked proud, and described to me the popularity of various goods in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, needless to say, silk of good quality is also exchanged for gold of equal weight.

The most precious thing is the glass mirror, a mirror about half a foot square, if it can be transported to Central Asia, it can be exchanged for half a tarrent's gold, if it can be transported to the Byzantine Empire and the regions to the west, it can be exchanged for at least one tarrent's gold, or countless possessions.

Among them, a half-foot square mirror was sold to the Frankish kingdom in Western Europe through the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and it was exchanged for gold from the five towers, and it also won the title of nobility of the Frankish kingdom, and the nobles of the entire Frankish kingdom were crazy about it, hoping that this merchant could bring them this priceless treasure. Unfortunately, on the way home, this satisfied merchant was killed by a group of Western barbarian thieves in the Danube River area, and his property was plundered, but several of his bodyguards escaped the poisonous hand and fled back to the sphere of influence of the Tang Empire in Central Asia, and the news spread half a month before his king's return.

------------------------------------------------ can be seen from this the popularity of the goods of the Tang Empire in the West. Hearing this, my son's anger was full of smoke, and he slapped the desk angrily: "How can this be reasonable, my businessman of the Tang Dynasty would suffer this on the territory of the barbarians, is there no king law in those places?" ”

Wang Jin smiled bitterly: "What kind of royal law can there be in those places, it is a war all day long, it is more chaotic than Central Asia, today this one is allied with this, and tomorrow that one will fight with this, all in all, I am afraid that it will be a little more chaotic than when we were in the Warring States period." Even if it is the Frankish kingdom, although it is a kingdom, but in fact, it is still a mess, today this candidate fights with the other, and tomorrow the candidate ......"

Wang Jin is worthy of being an elite selected by Ben Gongzi that year, and he has traveled between Central Asia and Europe for many years, recording in detail many events that he heard and saw, which made me understand the chaotic history of Western barbarians during this period.

With the destruction of the Western Roman Empire by the Germanic peoples, a number of barbarian states emerged one after another. A large number of kingdoms such as the Franks, Lombard, Odoac, Burgundy, and Visigoths were founded. Wars between kingdoms continued, among which the Anglo. The kingdoms of Sarkson and the Franks existed for a relatively long time.

The Franks, a Germanic tribe, defeated the Gallic army more than a hundred years ago, and Clovis established the Merovingian dynasty. Through his alliance with the Holy See, Clovis occupied all of the Roman Empire's territory in Gaul.

With the continuous expansion of the Frankish kingdom, by a hundred years ago, it conquered some tribes of Burgundy, Thuringia, Bavaria and Sakosun, becoming the most powerful country in Western Europe at that time, and established a feudal fiefdom system. The city-states were playing with each other, and there seemed to be no hope of peace except war, and in addition, another branch of the Germanic peoples, the Anglos, the Saxons, and the Jutes, climbed into the British Isles, and now formed seven kingdoms, which strangled to death all day long, as if war were the instinct of these Western barbarians.

Listen to my big head, grandma's, this can also be called a kingdom, worthy of the territory of the Western Barbarians. Look, it's dark, it's too dark. But it makes me quite happy, and the more chaotic they are, the more comfortable we feel. It's better that the Western Barbarians can kill each other, so that Ben Gongzi can do it.

However, things will never be as good as imagined, although those Western barbarians fight with each other, but in fact there are still restrictions, or they all know that they should fight under the condition of preserving their strength, hundreds of people, nearly a thousand people fight from time to time, but the war of more than 10,000 people seems to make it difficult for them to imagine, this is understandable, those Western barbarians have no strength at all, and they do not have the ability to launch such a large-scale war.

"However, this is really worrying, my Datang traders have been plundered by them, do they just ignore it locally?" Yes, this son is also a die-hard member of the Tang Empire, a hardcore supporter of the Tang Dynasty imperialism, and a fanatical practitioner and believer in the global integration of the Chinese nation, how can he not be angry when he hears this news? !

What else is not easy to grab? Don't say that you rob tea, even if you rob silk and porcelain, my son will at most express his regret and reserve the right to pursue the next step, but these guys dare to grab the supply of Ben Gongzi's house? Well, although he didn't grab our products, the problem is that he has violated the interests of his son, and it is very likely that the Tang Dynasty or the merchants of the Western Regions will be afraid, and they are not willing to send our goods to the west.

This is a big deal, something related to the thousand-year-old plan of the Datang Fang's chaebol, and the impact of the Fang's chaebol group on global trade, which is also too hateful. According to Wang Jin's words, the impact of this matter is too bad, although it is announced from one side that the precious surname of products such as glass and mirrors and the impact on trade, but the problem is that it is very likely that some Tang merchants will lose the courage to go west, which is not good, this makes me angry.

------------------------------------------------ "Xia Guan knows a little bit, the location where the merchant was killed is within the territory of the Duchy of Bavaria, although Lord Wang is also quite dissatisfied with this matter, but the problem is that after all, we are separated from the Duchy of Bavaria by the Great Food Empire and the Byzantine Empire, and there are several barbarian kingdoms that do not know the name. If you want to provoke for this matter, is it too big, so you can only send you responsible. However, when the lower officials returned, the envoys had not yet returned. Wang Jin said flatteringly.

"Well, it doesn't matter, anyway, this account, the official will settle it with them in the future, by the way, this time when you come back, have you brought any news?" I nodded, put this aside in advance, and asked about the business first.

Wang Jin took out a thick envelope from his bosom and respectfully handed it to my hand: "Your Excellency, please take a look, this is what Lord Wang ordered the officials to hand over to your lordship." ”

I took a deep breath of the newspaper and took this deep envelope, rare, too rare, from Central Asia to Chang'an, the heart of the Tang Empire, this is even thousands of miles away, just looking at the thickness of this envelope can be seen, the thickness of the letter here is almost equal to a book, how much time and energy it takes to write, which shows Wang Xuance's respect for me from another side, as well as his conscientious attitude.

I didn't open it immediately after I took it, but asked about the situation of Wang Jin's entry into the Western Regions, during this period of time, there have been many confrontations between the Great Food and the coalition forces in Central Asia, which can be described as winning and losing each other, and the war is in a state of stalemate, and the tens of thousands of elite expeditionary forces of the Tang Dynasty have become a powerful military force in Central Asia.

Every time they fight, with their existence, it is as if the glory of the god of victory will always shine on the banner of the Tang Expeditionary Force, the most successful battle is the defeat of the Persian and Central Asian coalition forces last year, and the 10,000 Tang elites who guarded the retreat of the army let the defeated soldiers pass the defeated army, and 2,000 Mo swordsmen lined up in the middle of the valley to hold the passage.

It is these 2,000 Mo swordsmen, with the elite of the Tang Dynasty on the valleys on both sides, who strangled the nearly 10,000 iron horsemen pursued by the Great Food Empire with victory, and achieved the myth of the elite of the Tang Dynasty.

(To be continued)