Khotan, together with Loulan and Qiuzi, is known as the top three in the Western Regions.

With the advantage of natural jade, its economic strength has faintly become the richest of the three.

Now that it has trade with Daqin, and as the only way to Dawan, the national strength is thriving.

King Qin has become their god of wealth.

For such a master, how dare the king of Khotan slack off.

"This king heard that King Qin has reached Jingjue, but he doesn't dare to get out of some wars in recent days, or he would have gone to Jingjue to meet the two monarchs a long time ago." The king of Khotan said with a smile, "The outer hall is a place to receive foreign guests, and I invite the two of you to enter the inner hall for a while." ”

Ying Zheng said a few polite words to him, and then took Wu Chan to follow the king of Khotan into the inner hall behind.

After a little greeting, Ying Zheng explained his intentions.

"Don't hide it from the king of Khotan, a superb migration is imperative." "But I don't want to let the vacancy that remains unstable." ”

Of course, the king of Khotan understood that if a piece of land was left vacant, it would inevitably cause a lot of competition among many forces, and if it was not handled well, it could lead to huge disputes, especially in the Western Regions, where there were many small states.

"I understand what King Qin means." The king of Khotan nodded, "I just don't know what problem I can solve for you?" ”

Ying Zheng took out a map, spread it out on the table, pointed to the southwestern border of Jingjue and said: "I want to hand over the territory west of Jingjue City to the king of Khotan, and give you the right to transfer the trade route of the southern road of the Western Regions." ”

The king of Khotan frowned, his heart was happy, and he asked, "Really?" ”

Wu Chan said: "The king of Khotan will never think that we have come so far just to joke with you. ”

The king of Khotan laughed and said, "If this is the case, it is too late for me to be happy, but I don't know what your conditions are?" ”

It is not so easy to only take advantage, you must pay the corresponding price, or meet the other party's conditions, how can the king of Khotan, who has always been wise, not know this.

Ying Zheng didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "I want a lower price of jade, and you have to accept all the items that you can't take away, and you are not allowed to lower the price, as for the tribes who are jealous of this matter, you can solve it yourself." ”

"That's fine." King Khotan said, "I can lower the price of jade by another thirty percent, and I also let the people buy it if I can't take it away, and I want to destroy the small countries in the south to live in peace." ”

The requirements made by the King of Qin turned out to be within his calculations.

"Don't be too busy to be happy just yet." Ying Zheng said, "I also have one more critical request. ”

"King Qin, please speak." The king of Khotan raised his hand and said.

"You know how powerful the desert is." Ying Zheng said slowly, "If it is not prevented, it will definitely cause endless trouble." ”

"At the moment, I have a rough plan, but it will take some time. If it is necessary for future generations to come to the Western Regions for further rectification, it is necessary to make the Western Regions unite and attach themselves to China. ”

"After all, if you want to manage the wind and sand for the vassal state, no one can say anything."

"Would you like to?"

The king of Khotan's brows moved slightly, thinking about Yingzheng's words.

If this is in normal times, if anyone were to make him submit to another country, then he would not turn his face on the spot?

But now it's different, King Qin can completely move the essence away from here, and then completely ignore the life or death of the Western Regions.

As for the so-called trade, it can be earned as much as it can, and who cares about future generations.

When King Qin said this, he was really thinking about the future of the Western Regions.

"Can you be specific?" The road of the king of Khotan.

Ying Zheng said: "Generally speaking, I may let my descendants establish a capital in the Western Regions, and then send an army to protect your safety, and to govern the desert. ”

"As for the power, it is still managed by yourself, Huaxia will not interfere in the slightest, let alone forcibly expropriate and expropriate, you may also know that what I value most is the suffering of the people."

The king of Khotan was silent for a while and asked, "You mean your descendants?" Thinking about it, that's been a matter of tens or hundreds of years, how can you be sure that you can do what you say? ”

Ying Zheng said sincerely: "I have arranged a millennium plan, which will control the general trend of China within a thousand years, but it is really hard to say whether it will get out of control at that time, just like you in Khotan, it seems that the fate of a hundred and ten years later is not easy to say." ”

The king of Khotan was silent for a while, then let out a long breath and said: "If you can really rectify the grinding plate of the sand, we will definitely welcome it in Khotan, even if it becomes a vassal of Huaxia, it doesn't matter." ”

After a slight pause, his voice suddenly became cold: "But if you use this as an excuse to seize the land of the Western Regions, the people here and the fish and meat, even if I destroy the country in Khotan, I will definitely resist to the death!" ”

Ying Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "A big desert, what is there to rob." If you don't want to take risks here, you can always follow me back to Daqin. ”

The king of Khotan knew that what Yingzheng said was true, and he had enough heart to accept them, how could such an emperor covet land that was not of much use to him?

"Well, I promise you." The king of Khotan firmed, "If you can really control the spread of the desert, Khotan is willing to pay tribute to Great Qin." ”

"It's not Daqin." Ying Zheng corrected, "It's Huaxia, after I unify the Central Plains, or sometime in the future, maybe I will change the name of the country." ”

He didn't dare to guarantee that his millennium plan could be carried out smoothly, if Liu Bang could take over smoothly, it would presumably be replaced by other country names at that time, if the Western Regions only recognized Daqin, the current words would be in vain.

(This arrangement of the King of Qin brought a young hero to the later Han Dynasty, and people only said that he was brave and invincible, but they did not know that the Western Regions actually had no intention of resisting, and only then did the Western Regions Protectorate, which is a later story.) ）

"A word, or a paperwork?" The king of Khotan asked.

Ying Zheng said: "The exquisite land transfer needs to make a document, as for our agreement...... It is good for you to pass down the holy order within the royal family. ”

"That's fine." The king of Khotan said, "For the sake of this promise of yours, I have decided to destroy the small kingdoms to the south, lest they will not listen to persuasion in the future." ”

It is indeed an indisputable fact that the fewer small countries there are, the easier the Western Regions will be to manage.

"After you have obtained half of the refinement, and then destroy Ronglu, Humi and other small countries, you should be able to control half of the Western Regions, right?" Ying Zheng asked.

"It's a little difficult." The king of Khotan said, "The Shache kingdom in the west is not weak, and the east is also a little difficult. ”

Ying Zheng said: "Shache, Shule and other countries in the west, all the way to Dawan, it is still mainly based on trade, as for the east and Mo and Wuqiang, I let the king of Loulan find a way." ”

The King of Khotan smiled and said, "If you guess correctly, the other half of the Elite Peer, including the Elite City, do you want to give that old boy to the King of Loulan?" ”

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"You guessed it right." Ying Zheng also laughed, "I do plan to do so, but the requirements for him may be more demanding." ”

The king of Khotan knew in his heart that Loulan's position was much better than his own, whether it was a strategic fortress or a business channel, Loulan was guarding the most critical position, and at the moment, even if the king of Qin handed over the entire essence to Loulan, it would not be too much.

And he has already got half of the exquisite bargain first, so what is there to be unwilling about.

"In this way, if Loulan also agrees to your request, then it will be possible for the Western Regions to submit to Huaxia." The king of Khotan analyzed, "Although the country of Qiuci is strong, it can't fight the alliance between me and the king of Loulan. ”

Among the three powerhouses in the Western Regions, Yingzheng was the only one who had never been to Qiuzi, but only heard from the king of Loulan that the people there also loved the goods of Daqin very much, and often went to Loulan to buy.

The Cheshi country between Loulan and Qiuci, in recent years, the strength is also good, but also more like the goods of Daqin, there are many herdsmen learning to do business, but gradually give up herding, changed to shuttle around the Tianshan Mountains.

It seems that we have to think of a way to conquer the Tianshan Mountains in the Northern Regions in another way, and Loulan is the breakthrough.

In Ying Zheng's plan, half of the essence was given to Khotan and half was sold to Loulan, so that he could sell more personal favors more powerfully, and it would be easier to control the north and south of the Western Regions.

After discussing some details with the king of Khotan, the king of Khotan held a banquet to entertain him.

However, the king of Khotan was not good at drinking, so he simply drank some, and Yingzheng took Wuchan back to the camp.

After calling the Mengjia brothers, Ying Zheng said what the Khotanese palace said that he wanted to establish a capital in the future.

Meng Tian has always been straightforward, and said directly: "Your Majesty, in the future, you will take the royal family to hide in the Nine Shadows, if Liu Bang successfully takes over the country, it will definitely be a chaos, how can you still have the heart to take care of this Western Regions, in my opinion, this is not a palace." ”

Meng Yi shook his head: "Big brother is short, what the king said is to make the Western Regions as a whole a vassal of China, and it will become a territory of the Central Plains, how can you care." Besides, with the barrier of the Western Regions, whether it is the Xiongnu in the north or Persia further west, if you want to fight our idea, you have to weigh it. ”

Ying Zheng said with a smile: "Meng Yi is right, if the Western Regions can become our help, then it will not be a good thing for Beidi and Xirong." ”

"Aren't the Xiongnu and Xiqiang making friends with us now?" Meng Tian wondered.

Ying Zheng said: "Between the two countries, there are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies, even if I have a good relationship with the King of Xiqiang and Touman, I will have a day to go west, who can know what their descendants are thinking, and if I help Liu Bang to ascend the throne, it is not easy to directly control the court in the future." ”

"What the king says is reasonable." Meng Yi said, "There are many tribes of the Xiongnu, and they all have their own hearts, isn't that the king of Xiu Tu the best example, and Xiqiang is not very harmonious with Ruoqiang, maybe one day Xiqiang is weak, and we will face the opponent on the plateau again." ”

Meng Tian nodded and said, "I understand, but there are many small countries in the Western Regions, and they are more difficult to control than Beidi and Xirong?" ”

"It's because there are more small countries that it won't cause too many changes." Ying Zheng said, "As long as we control the trade routes well and the supply of goods is sufficient, in the long run, the Western Regions will naturally regard the Central Plains as the parent of food and clothing, and once we get out of China, we will not be able to adapt to it." ”

"That's right." Meng Yi said, "Then let's contain the three powerhouses of the Western Regions, and those small countries will definitely follow." ”

Wu Chan said with a smile on the side: "Let you say this, it is obvious that the essence has moved away, but Daqin's control over the Western Regions has become deeper. ”

Although Wu Chan is a woman, after all, she has been a queen for many years, and her knowledge is many times higher than that of ordinary people.

Ying Zheng looked at her and asked, "Regarding the matter of Khotan, you have not expressed much opinion, in your opinion, is it appropriate for me to deal with it like this?" ”

Wu Chan smiled and said: "Didn't I say it before I came, now you are the backbone of the family and the court, and I will listen to you for everything." It's just that now the prince of Persia is still refined, do you want the king of Khotan to give Persia some privileges, let their caravans pay less taxes, and safety can be guaranteed, after all, it was the last people who helped take care of the caravan from Yangguan, but after I left, and the last king will inevitably have different intentions. ”

Ying Zheng slapped his thigh: "You reminded me right, I almost forgot about the end of the king, that guy is a thief and immortal, I will meet him this time." ”

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