Zhao Hanzhang left Zhang Yu in the court as an official, and asked him to bring his son to Luoyang to study.

Then Zhang Mao not only sent his wife and children, but also his own daughter, entrusted her to his brother, and let them study together in the capital.

With the help of this ladder, Zhang Yu and Zhang Mao brothers got back together.

The various seeds brought back by the Western Regions mission are of great significance to the country, especially the cotton seeds, not only Zhao Xin, Zhang Yu and Shan Feng and other members of the mission have also been rewarded, and those who have not been able to come back have been given bereavements and rewards.

The courtiers discussed for a long time, and after the competition of the thorns in various places, the cotton seeds in the court were redistributed.

It was directly distributed to the Sinon Temple in each state and county, and they cultivated the first crop of cotton in each state.

Among them, Xiliang, Youzhou, Bingzhou and Jizhou get the most seeds, because these four places are the coldest.

Although Xiliang has a batch of seeds in his hands, he sent a lot of them to Luoyang for He Mingming's birth last year, even if he cultivates them for another year, the ones in his hands are far from enough to distribute them to the people of Xiliang.

Gifts are still exchanged, and peach is reciprocated, this time Zhao Hanzhang also listed Xiliang.

Moreover, in terms of cotton cultivation, Xiliang's technology is not as good as Luoyang, this time, she not only divided the seeds, but also sent an official from Sinong Temple to serve in the past, so that he could preside over the technological changes in Xiliang's animal husbandry and agriculture.

Among the four states, the most cotton seeds are obtained in Youzhou and Bingzhou, as much!

Wei Jue, who is delicate and frail, has long used cotton, and he is the first person to use it, so he knows how warm this thing is.

As soon as the news came out, he went to the book with Shi Le, and in order to grab more cotton seeds, he went back to Luoyang in person, coughing while begging for seeds with Zhao Hanzhang.

For the sake of Wei Jue dragging the sick body, Zhao Hanzhang gave Youzhou a lot of seeds.

Beigong Chun is different, he can't speak, taking advantage of the fact that His Royal Highness He Chang is one year old in the capital, he appears in front of Zhao Hanzhang three times a day, smiles at her, and then invites her to go to the martial arts arena to practice guns and ride horses.

He also said to Zhao Hanzhang: "When His Royal Highness grows up, the minister is willing to teach her the marksmanship of the Beigong family." ”

Zhao Hanzhang gave him more when he distributed the seeds.

Zu Ti: ......

He didn't say a word, and when he returned to Beijing to deal with the affairs of the military department, he met Zhao Hu on the street several times, and asked him every time, "Hasn't the caravan sent by the Seventh Master to the Western Regions come back yet?" ”

Zhao Hu: ......

His heart ached.

It's been three years, and he doesn't want to get the bounty money from Zhao Hanzhang anymore, he just hopes that the caravan can come back safely, and it would be better if he could bring back cotton seeds, even if he couldn't get the bounty, they could make a lot of money by growing cotton themselves.

Zhao Hu has a lot of dry land in his hands.

After meeting a few times, Zu Ti and Zhao Hu had some friendship, and he only then got a promise from Zhao Hu that if his caravan could bring back cotton seeds, he would definitely share some of Zu Ti.

Zhao Hu is still very polite to Zu Ti, he is the assassin of Jizhou, and he is the secretary of the military department, if he can be kind to others, he doesn't have to worry about that little profit, Zhao Hu thinks that Zu Ti is also a bold person, and he will not let himself suffer.

Zhao Hu was even more curious, "They haven't returned for three years, and the mission has only come back after a lot of hardships, why does Zu Shangshu think that they can return safely?" ”

Zu Ti smiled and said: "Officials have official ways, business has business ways, the seventh master is a good player, he should know better than so, the vendors are pawns, they have their own survival wisdom and ways, I can't say, they brought back only a lot more things than the mission, and there are only a lot more people who return safely." ”

Zhao Hu raised his eyebrows, he didn't deny this, he also had such confidence in his caravan, even if they hadn't heard from him for three years.

They don't have the same heavy responsibilities as the mission, and in a critical moment, even goods and money can be discarded, as long as they save their lives.

Unlike Zhao Xin and others, they are the Chinese Mission, even if they die, they must first maintain the dignity of the country and the emperor, and they have many concerns, but they are not as durable as his caravan.

However, this also means that they will choose to stay and not risk returning to Beijing in order to save themselves and maximize their benefits.

Zhao Hu said sadly: "I don't know if they can come back when I am alive......"

Zu Ti said meaningfully: "The Seventh Master is blessed, he will definitely see it." ”

Within a few days, Zhao Hanzhang ordered Zhao Erlang to return to Chang'an to order troops, cooperate with Xiliang, and advance to the Western Regions in two ways.

Along the way in the Western Regions, there are small countries, or some tribes gathered together, and they are not even considered countries.

Yongzhou and Xiliang suddenly sent troops and caught them off guard.

Zhao Erlang didn't fight for a long time, but this time he was accompanied by the reunion of the Beigong Palace, and he wanted to fight better, so he led his soldiers and horses to gallop forward, and ran 2,000 miles in five days, subduing three tribes along the way, and laying countless dock forts.

Zhang Maocai set off less than 500 miles to the north, fought two battles with the Northern Xiongnu, and heard that Zhao Erlang had completely opened the road from Xiliang to Chang'an, and the army had arrived in Zhangye.

Zhang Mao couldn't help but look sideways, "Sure enough, the young talent, Zhang Ye went to Chang'an for two thousand miles, and there were many mountain bandits and horse bandits along the way, and after a few years, we couldn't clear it out, just because they had the secret support of the dock forts and various tribes behind them, I thought that this time he would bypass these dock forts and go west, but I didn't expect him to beat them all." ”

Not only that, Zhao Erlang also directly led his troops to rush into Xiqiang's territory, he felt that it was too far to go from Xiliang to the Western Regions, and directly tore off all the north of Xiqiang Golmud, he and Zhao Hanzhang said: "Sister, when the time comes, you will expand my Yongzhou here, and the mission will take this road when it goes to the Western Regions, I dare to guarantee that they will not encounter horse bandits again." ”

Zhao Hanzhang looked at Zhao Erlang's battle report and was speechless for a long time, the piece he laid down was equivalent to the northern half of Qinghai in later generations, how could such a large place be merged into Yongzhou?

But......

"What's going on with Xiqiang, there is no resistance at all?"

Yuan Li immediately asked people to check.

But the news of Xiqiang is difficult to query, there are high mountains, wide land, sparsely populated, a large area belongs to the plateau area, people on the plain will have difficulty breathing in the past, difficult to move, although Yuan Li is also expected to send spies there, but the information that can be collected is very limited.

After a long time, Yuan Li received the news, "Yao Yizhong is very prestigious, in recent years, several tribes in Xiqiang have thrown themselves to him, with the intention of serving him as the master, Deng Zhiqiang was also willing, but this year for some reason suddenly started a fight with the Yao family, when the king of Qin County attacked Xihai County, they were fighting among themselves, and they had no time to support Xihai County." ”

It is also that Zhao Erlang's speed is too fast, and the Qiang area is vast and sparsely populated, sometimes he may not be able to see a village in a day, he made a quick decision, and before the news spread, he had already penetrated the northern part of Xiqiang.

Zhao Hanzhang naturally didn't think it was just luck, and praised it: "Erlang is really a general!" ”

This kind of luck is also ability!