The golden slanting sun stretched the figure walking in the wind and sand, and the cold cold did not bring a trace of moisture.

Ying Zheng sat on a sand dune, looking at the sinking sunset and seemed thoughtful.

That direction is the direction of the center of the desert.

"Uncle Thumb, do you say that this sand mill has some magic?"

Thumb also looked in that direction and sighed: "Maybe, if there is no magic, how can it rotate and expand." ”

"Maybe it's not magic." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice, "Maybe it has life, or it follows some rules." ”

Thumb shook his head and said, "Whatever it is, we can't compete with it." Human beings are too small in front of nature. ”

"Nature is also man-made." Ying Zheng's eyes brightened, "It shouldn't be out of people's control." ”

I think that when Pangu led the Protoss to completely transform this planet, there was a vast ocean, towering mountains, fresh air and mild sunshine.

Of course, for ordinary people, those are just illusory legends, because the technical level is too far and too far away from that level, so no one will believe that it is true.

But Yingzheng is different, as the heir of the Tiancheng lineage, he knows the history of human development very well, so he doesn't believe that the planet transformed by the Protoss will have no way to curb its shortcomings.

But these things, as the thumb of ordinary people, of course, don't know what is going on.

"Uncle Thumb, my original idea was to go to the center of the Sand Mill to have a look." Ying Zheng said, "But now it seems that even if you go there, you can't find any clues, but there will be danger." ”

Thumb said: "Don't take the risk yourself, Lord, since we can't stop it from spreading, just move away." ”

"I don't want to go to the center of the desert, but I want to go to your forbidden place again."

Thumb frowned: "It's easy to say that we went to the forbidden land, we originally planned to go there, but what does that have to do with this desert?" ”

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "I'll go and beg the mountain god, maybe he has something to do." ”

He wouldn't tell Thumb that what he was looking for was Gluttony, and as the guardian beast here, maybe Gluttony really knew what to do.

Thumb believed it and said: "Then we really should go, discuss it with the mountain god, even if we move away, we can't watch this desert swallow up the entire Western Regions." ”

"That's right." Ying Zheng pandered, "It wouldn't be good if it spread to Great Qin one day." ”

After chatting for a while, the light gradually dimmed, and the two of them turned around and ran back to the army with the guards behind.

The team repaired overnight and continued on its way the next day.

Out of the confines of the desert and into the territory of the Elite, there are snowflakes floating in the sky, although they are very scattered, but they also have the appearance of winter.

On this day, they finally entered the city of Jingjing, and the people welcomed the triumph of the army.

Although there was no actual battle in this time, it was fortunate that there were no casualties among the army.

What the people want most is not necessarily the high achievements of the military, but often the safe return of their relatives.

Knowing that King Qin had returned together, the people were even more jubilant and rushed to tell each other.

Of course, Yingzheng will not miss this opportunity to win people's hearts, and ordered the Tiger Ben Army to distribute the spoils obtained by the Yueshi to the people one after another, and announced in public that the Yueshi country was destroyed, the Hexi Corridor was stable from then on, and the trade road was unprecedentedly smooth.

This move is also a hint that the elite ordinary people have been cleared the road to the east and can travel unimpeded.

Back at the palace, Wu Chan hurriedly settled the little princess, the temperature has dropped in the past few days, she has been worried about the child catching a cold, and she has been staying by her side for a moment.

"You really shouldn't have brought her out." Ying Zheng said pityingly, "Or, you shouldn't come out and watch the child in the palace." ”

"I'm not worried about you." Wu Chan said, "Besides, now that the child can't do without me, I'll take her out." ”

"Fortunately, my little princess is in good health and doesn't have any cold." Ying Zheng said, "Otherwise, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Wu Chan looked at the little princess, then at Ying Zheng, and said slowly: "Husband, I've been waiting for you to come back and name her." ”

Ying Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "This time I came to help the entire Elite Clan migrate, so it is better to call her ......"

"How about calling her Eastward?"

Migration to the East?

Migration to the East?

How does it feel so strange.

Although Wu Chan felt a little awkward, he still obeyed: "Okay, let's call it Dongmig." ”

(Later, the royal family surnamed Ying was hidden, and Ying Dongmigrated his name upside down, followed Xu Fu to an island in the east, and actually achieved another civilization, which is a later story)

Seeing that the little princess seemed to be asleep, Ying Zheng pulled Wu Chan aside and said softly: "When I was in the desert, I mentioned to Uncle Thumb that I wanted to go to your forbidden land to visit the mountain god again and ask if there is any way to clean up the desert. ”

"Didn't you ask last time you went?" Uzen asked.

"I didn't ask in detail last time." Ying Zheng said, "If we move away this time, we may never come back, no matter whether it has any methods or not, I have to go to visit and see the ancestral tomb you built by the way." ”

Wu Chan nodded and said, "That's right, the god doesn't allow us to worship, so you can replace us." ”

"But you have to prepare me more beef and sheep and cooked jerky and so on." Ying Zheng smiled, "I promised the gods last time, and next time I will bring more styles to it." ”

"How much does it take?"

"The more the merrier." Ying Zheng said, "Its appetite is very big, so prepare more and keep it for it to enjoy in the future." Besides, those old and weak livestock are not suitable for long-distance migration, so it is better to make delicious food for them, and I will make up for you when you return to Daqin. ”

Wu Chan knew that what he said was not unreasonable, such a large-scale long-distance migration, the personnel were not well taken care of, not to mention the livestock, even if it was a strong cattle and sheep, when they arrived in the Qin State, they would surely be as thin as a blade.

The best way is to sell all the gasping ones, and then take the money to Daqin to buy it again.

At this moment, the Great Elder of the Elite asked to see him.

In the past few days when Wu Chan went on the expedition, the exquisite political affairs were handed over to the great elder, although he was usually in charge of government affairs, but since Wu Chan came back, he had to play some court affairs.

After talking about a few things that were not very important, the Great Elder took out a letter of state, saying that it was a letter sent by the Great Wan Kingdom.

Wu Chan unfolded it, and saw that there were indeed some strange characters on it.

Of course, Yingzheng didn't recognize these words, so he had to wait for Wuchan to read them before he opened his mouth to inquire.

"The letter said that you are going to come to the exquisite news, and the caravan that went to Dawan last time had already informed them." Uzen said, "They will come with the Persian envoys to see you." ”

"Persia?" Ying Zheng was taken aback and said, "Isn't it the Persia that is further west than Dawan?" ”

"Exactly." Wu Chan nodded and said, "Persia and Dawan have always been good friends, presumably after your goods were transported to Dawan, Persia took a fancy to them, so I wanted to come to discuss with you." ”

Ying Zheng smiled: "There is really such a possibility." When will they arrive, if they come next year, I can't wait for them. ”

Wu Chan said: "The letter said that they set off immediately, thinking that they should already be on the way, and it should be less than a month's journey from Dawan to here. ”

"Did they say what goods they brought with them?"

Wu Chan shook his head: "I didn't say what goods I brought, I just said that I brought some gold and silver." ”

"That's good." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "Then I will immediately ask the King of Xiqiang to transport the goods from Jiayuguan." When he came out, he brought a lot of goods, all of which he wanted to sell to the Western Regions, but when he left Jiayu Pass, he encountered war, so he asked Xu Wan to hide the goods in the pass.

Xu Wan was afraid that Jiayu Pass would be lost, so when he mobilized the defenders of Suzhou, he transported the goods back to Suzhou.

"By the way, what do those Persians look like?" Ying Zheng asked curiously, "Isn't it also two eyes and one mouth?" ”

Wu Chan smiled: "Look at what you said, is it possible that they can still have three heads and six arms?" But I've only met them once, and they are all straight-mouthed and thick-haired. ”

Ying Zheng didn't bother to think about it, turned to the Great Elder and said: "There is Elder Lao, spend some silver money to buy more cattle and sheep, in a few days I will worship the mountain god, it is best to make some more jerky, meat cakes and the like, the money spent, I will let Meng Tian give it to you when I go back." ”

Before the Great Elder could reply, Wu Chan said: "What kind of money to mention, it's good to spend all the treasury, so you don't have to move it to Great Qin, and besides, don't you want to make it up to me when you get to Qin State?" ”

The Great Elder laughed: "What my king said is reasonable, the lord's money will be kept for the time being, and when it comes to Daqin, it will be more than enough to spend on us." ”

Ying Zheng said bitterly, and said in his heart that if he didn't have any family background, he really couldn't afford to support these hundreds of thousands of mothers' family.

"By the way, it's best to send someone to greet the envoys of Dawan and Persia, and it also seems that we have courtesy." Ying Zheng said, "The most important thing is to explore their reality in advance." ”

"That's fine." The Great Elder agreed extremely happily, and then seemed to think of something, and asked, "By the way, Lord, the old man listened to his thumb and said, you brought back ten Ice Gu Seed Worms, but is it true?" ”

A few days ago, when Thumb came back to move the rescue soldiers, he mentioned it to the Great Elder, and then followed Wu Chan to Loulan with the army to rescue.

But he didn't want the Great Elder to be fast-talking, and the matter had already been spread.

Ying Zheng nodded and said: "I brought back a nest, and I gave it to Thumb when I was in Lishan, so I guess he has already placed it." ”

The Great Elder laughed and said, "That's good, that's good!" In order to serve the ice Gu insect, I don't think any cub still doesn't agree to migrate. ”

Ying Zheng: "......"

The Great Elder laughed and left.

Seeing that he was so happy, Ying Zheng asked suspiciously, "That Ice Gu Seed Worm, is it really so important to you?" ”

Wu Chan glanced at him and said, "Didn't I tell you earlier, that Ice Gu is the totem of our Ghost Cave Clan, it is our faith, with them, we can be called the ghost hands of the Ghost Cave Clan, not to mention the insects." ”

"If it's really that important to you, I'll go get you another basket back." He quipped.

Wu Chan blinked and said, "You can really still find it?" I want to go with you too. ”

"Then we'll have to wait until we get back."

In the next few days, the elite court began to buy large quantities of cattle and sheep from the people, and then sold most of them to Loulan, Khotan, and other neighboring countries.

Some of the rest, according to Yingzheng's instructions, slaughtered some of them, cooked the bones and internal organs to make smoked sauce, and made the fine meat into jerky.

Those who are not slaughtered are fed with fat intestines.

Ying Zheng was not idle, and went to the Exquisite Ancestral Tomb twice.

This ancestral tomb is very similar to the Tomb of King Wu, that is, less than thirty percent of the size, and there are not so many complicated organs in it, which can be said to be able to save money.

But it's small, but the structure is not ambiguous at all, and although it didn't take too long to build, it was also sturdy and durable.

It seems that the nine-story demon tower in Wu Chan's mouth has finally been completed, and it has indeed fulfilled one of her thoughts.

On this day, Wu Chan connected hundreds of cattle and sheep with hemp rope end to end, and sent ten horse-drawn carriages, loaded with full meat, to escort Yingzheng to the periphery of the forbidden land.

Ying Zheng looked at these cows, sheep and carriages, and secretly smiled bitterly in his heart: This feast prepared for gluttony is really rich, how many people's blood and sweat is this!

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