"Zhang Qian, do you know anything about the Western Regions?"

Li Yunze warmly entertained his master father Yan and Zhang Qian, and even let Zhang Qian sit beside him.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven took the initiative to pour himself wine, Zhang Qian was really flattered.

He respectfully took the wine glass, and then saluted Li Yunze and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has only heard that there are many countries in the Western Regions, but I don't know how they are. ”

Just after meeting him, Li Yunze directly appointed Zhang Qian as his Lang official, and he could also be called a minister.

The master's father who was sitting on the side moved slightly, and then said with a smile, "The minister knows that there are many treasures in the Western Regions, and every time a caravan comes to the East Market, it will cause a commotion. ”

"What the doctor said is very true."

Zhang Qian nodded, "Some time ago, I saw a caravan from the Western Regions in the East Market, and the price of spices it carried was higher than gold, and it was sold out in half a day's effort. ”

In fact, as early as the Yanhuang period, the ancient Silk Road had been opened.

The caravans of the Western Regions sent jade to Middle-earth for sale, which was the earliest Silk Road.

Stretching for thousands of years, although it is intermittent, it does exist, and it is not as ignorant of the Western Regions as imagined.

"Spices or something, it's just a trail."

Li Yunze smiled slightly, picked up his wine glass and drank a glass, "The Western Regions are vast and rich, and they are the land that I must take from Middle Earth." ”

In history, Emperor Wu sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, the real purpose was to contact the Xiongnu's former rival Dayue Clan, and wanted to find allies to flank the Xiongnu.

Li Yunze here, he has absolute confidence that he can defeat the Huns, so he is not so concerned about finding allies or anything.

With that, he simply got up and dragged the map hanging from the wooden shelf.

"This is Chang'an." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and pointed to Chang'an City, which was obviously many times larger than the actual area on the map, and then pointed to the east, "The east is the Endless Sea, and before the shipbuilding skills are improved, it is not much fun to go to sea." ”

In the future, maritime trade prospered, but the premise was that at least all localities were developed, and mineral crops and everything could be produced.

And the overseas islands of this era were truly barren places.

It's like the people on those islands who have a good life, and they are still engaged in slash-and-burn farming.

If such a place is taken down, a lot of investment in manpower and material resources is needed to develop it, and all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation must be promoted.

Put simply, inputs are out of proportion to outputs.

Li Yunze's finger immediately pointed down to the south, "The south is a primeval jungle, where smoke miasma is rampant, and there are herds of tigers and leopards. ”

To the south of the Han is Nanyue, and Zhao Tuo is almost a hundred years old, and he has not died yet.

And because of the development of 500,000 Qin troops in South Vietnam, it barely has some appearance, which is still not worth mentioning compared with Middle-earth.

As for the further south of South Vietnam, it is really needless to say, all of them are primeval forests without roads, and the natives who live in them are no different from the savages.

Even if such a place is occupied, it is still not proportional to the investment and return.

Just look at South Vietnam, it took decades for 500,000 Qin troops to barely achieve something.

If Dahan wanted to go further south, he would have to invest millions of people, plus a long development time.

Li Yunze's fingers turned upwards and landed outside the Great Wall.

"The Northland grasslands are vast and vast, but the land is barren and difficult to cultivate."

The prairie may seem like a huge area, but in fact it is a barren land.

If you want to farm, you can dig out the sand in the ground with a few hoes.

As a land of herds, being able to feed millions of people is already at its peak.

If the sons of the Han family, who are good at farming, go, it will not take many years to turn the prairie into a desert.

Retracting his hand, Li Yunze's gaze fell on the northeast corner of the map.

The land is very fertile, but it lacks hardy food, and it is a real wasteland, full of muddy swamps and barrenness, and needs to be developed on a large scale from scratch.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Yunze's hand fell to the west outside the map, "The Western Regions here have abundant water and grass, fertile land, and more importantly, it has been developed for more than a thousand years, and it is a mature field. If it is in the big man's pocket, he can use it. ”

Li Yunze is not talking nonsense stupidly, it is really the Western Regions in this era, and it is indeed a good place with fertile land.

You must know that even Lop Nur, which was later known as the Sea of Death, was still a vast lake until the 20th century.

The snow water flowing down from the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains nourished the Western Regions extremely fertile.

Li Yunze turned to look at Zhang Qian, "Ziwen, would you like to take a trip to the Western Regions for me?" ”

Zhang Qian hurriedly got up and went out of the ranks, saluted Li Yunze, and said, "I am willing to die for Your Majesty!" ”

Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction and beckoned Zhang Qian to sit down, "When you go to the Western Regions, you have only one job, and that is to record the customs and customs, mountains and rivers, and rivers along the way." These things have a bearing on whether or not the army can win in the future, and it must be a good life

Work. ”

"The minister guarantees the head of the item, if it doesn't work, he will never return!"

Looking at the young but energetic Zhang Qian in front of him, Li Yunze sighed in his heart, "The people of the Zongheng family dare to take risks, change to rotten Confucianism, and they are scared to death, and they don't dare to go outside, they only dare to be powerful in Middle-earth, which is spurned by people!" ’

"Good life and good work."

Li Yunze raised his hand and patted Zhang Qian's shoulder, and said softly, "On the day of your return, I will not hesitate to reward the marquis." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Yunze's eyes fell on the Western Regions, in addition to opening up space, there was also a very important reason, that is, to open up a passage to the Western Sea through the Western Regions.

In this era, the black corn of Africa was still eating by picking, and the Indians of America were still living in tents and eating by the sky with stones.

In the true sense, the only ones who can lead the future are the Han in the east and Rome in the west.

Li Yunze did not regard the Xiongnu as a great enemy of life and death, and in his opinion, it was only a matter of time before the Xiongnu were eliminated.

After that, he wants to level the world island and let the whole world speak Chinese!

I heard that the Huns have been busy with infighting recently, and they have not come to invade on a large scale for a long time.

The imperial court is here to recuperate and reserve strength, and there is no large-scale use of troops, and a military general like Wei Qing is idle for a while.

Staying in the house all day long has nothing to do except read books and practice martial arts, Princess Pingyang is indeed very enthusiastic, but the enthusiasm is too much and a little unbearable.

On this day, Wei Qing took advantage of Princess Pingyang to visit Liu Yu who was imprisoned in Changle Palace, changed his clothes and walked out of the mansion leisurely.

There is really no place to visit in Chang'an City, this is either a palace or a prison, or the residence of the royal family and nobles.

If you don't go to places like Zhangtai South Courtyard, then you can only go to the East and West Cities.

Wei Qing came to the East Market and walked around, and then came to the place where the crowd gathered.

This place he knew was the place where the Son of Heaven decreed the holding of a hundred forums.

At this time, there was a famous bigwig giving a lecture on the stage, expounding the teachings of the famous masters, and many people listened to it with relish.

Wei Qing stood under the stage and listened for a while, and when he didn't understand it, he shook his head and prepared to leave, but when he didn't want to turn around and leave, he was stunned to see a few Huns listening to the lecture not far away.

As a general who had fought with the Huns, Wei Qing subconsciously touched the sword.

"General."

The accompanying servant hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It's the envoy of the Huns." ”

"Emissary?"

Wei Qing was slightly stunned, and then let go of the hand holding the sword, "Why don't I know?" ”

"The general hasn't been out of the house for a few days." The servant explained, "I came a few days ago, and I heard that I came to ask the Son of Heaven for help. ”

"Huh?" Wei Qing was surprised: "The Huns asked the Son of Heaven to help them? ”

"I heard that it was a messenger sent by the king of the Huns, who raised an army to rebel against the rebels, but he couldn't defeat them, and he came to ask the Son of Heaven for help."

Wei Qing was surprised, he had just not been out of the house for a few days, and there was such a thing.

The thing is indeed true, the messenger who came was sent by Yi Zhixi, the king of the Xiongnu Zuogu Li.

Since the military minister Shan Yu joined the big man, but he was beaten by Li Yunze to pee his pants, and his strength was greatly damaged, the ambitious Yi Zhixian began to do things.

The rule on the prairie is that the strong are respected, and the strength of the military minister Shan Yu has suffered a serious loss, so naturally someone wants to replace him.

Even if there is no Yi Zhixian, there will be others who will stand up and challenge.

It's just that although the military minister Shan Yu was beaten very badly by Li Yunze, he still has a lot of strength in his hands.

Yi Zhixian not only failed to seize the position of Da Dan Yu here, but was beaten and retreated.

In desperation, I had to look for helpers everywhere.

This even sent a letter asking for help directly to Li Yunze.

Knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Wei Qing nodded slightly and prepared to leave.

Turning around, I heard a Xiongnu envoy not far away, shouting in skilled Chinese, "Why are there no soldiers preaching the scriptures?" ”

The Han Dynasty is culturally prosperous and is the center of civilization in the Eastern world.

The Huns, who lived a nomadic life, envied the Han culture from the bottom of their hearts.

In addition, many Han people fled to the Xiongnu, so it was naturally not difficult for the envoy to speak fluent Chinese.

Regarding the costume of the Hun envoy, the surrounding audience did not pay too much attention.

Just as a large number of Han people fled to the Xiongnu, there were also many people who fled to the Han on the Xiongnu side.

Especially inside and outside the city of Chang'an, the Huns are not uncommon.

That is, Wei Qing has not fully adapted to the change of identity, otherwise he would not want to draw his sword when he sees the Huns.

was interrupted by someone, and the famous man's face was a little unswerving.

He glared at the Huns and said, "The Son of Heaven has a purpose, the strategy of the soldiers, and the work of the Mo family are not as good as the hundred pulpits." If you want to listen and learn, you want to find the Son of Heaven. Hurry up, don't mess with it here. ”

Li Yunze is not stupid, and of course what is really useful will not be made public.

For example, the soldier's military book, the important tools of the Mo family, etc., are not shown to others.

Especially the things such as the book of war and the tactics of war, if you want to learn it, you can only enter the martial arts hall that Li Yunze is preparing.

Obviously, in the martial arts hall opened by Li Yunze, people of different races will never be able to enter.

What 'if you enter China, you will be in China, and if you enter Yidi, you will be in Yidi', it will not work here in Li Yunze.

There is only one thing he pays attention to, not my race!

What those who entered China did in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, no one can know better than him.

Looking at the back of the Hun envoy leaving, the thoughtful Wei Qing immediately instructed, "Go to Weiyang Palace." ”

(End of chapter)