In Guangchengze Qingshu Palace, Elbrus and Tam were carefully introducing the news about the Bukharatin discussion.

Before this, Shao Shude had just given a generous reward to the Persian messenger who conveyed the message.

He really worked hard. He ran over from Bukhara, but did not replace the horse or the person, and his half-life was completely worth his life.

"This is a very joyful thing." Elbrus gestured for his eyes, and Tam said with a smile: "Bukhara will send professional mathematicians and architects to help His Majesty design a new palace. This palace is very majestic, far beyond His Majesty's beloved Shangyang City and Ziwei City. It will surely become the most eye-catching building here, standing for thousands of years."

Shao Shude's face showed joy.

"Yes, I heard that there are ready-made stones in the south of Luoyang. Your Majesty only needs to recruit manpower, cut the mountains and get the stones, polish them, and then transport them to the place where you want to build the palace, and then you can start construction." Elbrus said.

Shao Shude's smile became even more intense and he asked, "How much manpower do I need to prepare?"

"If Your Majesty intends to complete the work within five years, I think it's better not less than half a million people." Elbrus said: "If you want to complete it within three years, it's better to mobilize one million people. Open the mountains to get stones, polish them, transport them, and most importantly build them, and provide logistics for all of them. One million people is reasonable, and it will allow the noble Majesty to see the majestic palace at the fastest speed."

"It's so good." Shao Shude said: "I wonder how many scholars came to Luoyang? How capable are they?"

"There are twelve people in total, with books of thirty camels, which His Majesty specifically requested." Tam said: "There are some people who have raised objections to Bukhara, but Davizi disagreed with the public. He believed that if His Majesty knew the civilization and greatness of Persia, many things would be much easier."

The books of Twelve People and Thirty Camels are actually not a big deal, at least lower than Shao Shude's expectations. But when I think about it, it's actually very good, after all, the relationship between the two countries is so bad.

Another point is that the Persians probably didn't take these too seriously.

Things in the world are so bizarre. If you regard things as treasures, others will not say they are abandoned as worn-out shoes, at least they don’t value them too much. If you think something is very ordinary, others will think it is a rare treasure.

The Persians could take the initiative to send the designer team over, and they brought a lot of books with them, so they knew each other. Otherwise, they would have to pretend to be sweating heavily on the grassland.

"I wonder how these books compare to the Wisdom Palace in Baghdad?" Shao Shude asked.

"It's worse than that." Tam answered truthfully.

How did the books from the Palace of Wisdom come from? It’s actually very simple, grab them!

Although the Arabs were born as horse bandits, they were very strange and attached great importance to knowledge. Most of the books of various countries and ethnic groups they stole were properly kept and then translated into Armenian.

A bunch of pagans in the Wisdom Palace were doing scientific research, and the Caliph provided funding, and religious courts were not allowed to harass them.

This style made Shao Shude doubt whether there had been time travelers there...

As a very ancient civilization, most of the books and even artworks of Persia were stolen by the Arabs. However, it was a bit incense and was given a little feedback. Samman Persia was allowed to copy some books from the Palace of Wisdom and bring them back to Bukhara. In addition, the exchanges between scholars and some knowledge and books were slowly spread, so this batch of books is actually very valuable.

At least, the mathematical works written by Hua Lazimi plus more than 800 collections of examples are in it.

"When will the books arrive in Luoyang?" Shao Shude asked.

He asked Wang Yanfan because once he entered Daxia, the Persians couldn't help but regret it. They must have to "protect" the whole process, whether it was people or books.

"Your Majesty, it may take half a year to enter Shule before it has been introduced." Wang Yanfan replied.

"Half a year... I can afford to wait. When I arrive in Luoyang, I will go out of the city to greet me in person." Shao Shude said.

Wang Yanfan was shocked. This specification was too high.

In the past, Emperor Taizong of Tang heard that Master Xuanzang had returned after seeking scriptures, and welcomed Xuanzang in Ziwei City. Sitting with him, it was amazing.

Now Persian scholars come with thirty camels, and the saints personally welcome them. This is another journey to obtain the scriptures in the West.

"This is what it should be." Shao Shude said: "I respect the truth. After entering Daxia, the government will send state soldiers along the way to escort the state soldiers and treat them properly without any mistakes."

"Abide by the order." Wang Yanfan replied.

Shao Shude looked at Elbrus and Tam and smiled and said, "Your country has shown sincerity to help me build a palace. I am very happy. Now all the rest are trivial matters, and I believe it will be resolved quickly. At that time, the two countries will be harmonious and always be in a good alliance. Isn't that a good story?"

"Your Majesty has such a broad mind and such outstanding insights. When sent back to Bukhara, everyone will praise you." Elbrus said: "I just don't know when I can start my journey?"

"It's enough to wait for more than a month." Shao Shude laughed, not wanting to let them go so soon, and he had to see Persian scholars and books appear in Shule.

Elbrus was a little depressed.

In early February, Xia Kingdom dispatched troops to the west again, as if they were going to rotate.

He could hardly imagine how great damage it could cause for more than 30,000 Gulams. In short, the faster the truce, the better. Bukhara's internal problems are very serious and must be solved.

*******

That night, Shao Shude read a letter sent back by the Khasa people in the Qingshu Palace.

The letter was written last May, nearly ten months away from now.

They spent the whole winter contacting and communicating with the Ugus people. After everything was agreed, they paid the toll and then spent two months entering the territory of Khasa Khanate and received quite enthusiastic reception.

This letter was written almost at that time, and then it was taken by the messenger of the Khasa people to bring Daxia - in terms of efficiency, it is actually not low.

"Unknown to me, I have been on a mission for two years." Shao Shude sighed.

The Li Shouxin delegation was pretty good. The group of people who set out from the sea were faster, but there was no news so far, and I don’t know what happened.

After putting aside these boring thoughts, Shao Shude continued to read the letter.

Li Shouxin mainly talked about the general situation of the forces in the west of Gongtuo King and the possibility of reopening the complete Silk Road.

Regarding the situation of the Khasa people, what Li Shouxin found was slightly different from what Tam said, but it was roughly the same.

He also attached a very rough hand-painted map to the letter, which was said to have been bought from a certain Khasa merchant.

Shao Shude looked at it and compared it with the map of later generations. He found that the territory of the Khasa Khanate was probably in the lower reaches of the Don River, the lower reaches of the Volga River, and the Caucasus Mountains. I heard that it was not only so big before, but now it is really only so much left.

The losses in the territory were mainly attributed to the Ugus and the Ross.

The Pecheneg people were originally a Western Turkic group, but were beaten by the Gloro people and fled westward to the Aral Sea area. They were then defeated by the Ugus and continued to go westward. As a result, they suddenly became powerful, defeating the Khasa people and occupying a large area of ​​their territory. At the same time, they drove the Magyars, the vassals of the Khasa Khanate, to the west, which was the Magyars originally lived on the north shore of the Azov Sea.

The Pechenegs were not satisfied with this, and they continued to attack the Magyars to the west and drove them to the lower reaches of the Dnieper and Danube.

A Turkic tribe who was beaten by the Geluo people showed great power to the west, which was simply incomprehensible.

Are Geluo people very strong? It’s better to compare with each other!

I heard that the Magyars were a little worried that the Pecheneg Turks would come to fight them again and wanted to continue to go west. Moreover, some of them had already done this. Wherever they went, they had won consecutive battles and won't be brave, which was even more outrageous.

The Magyars were the ancestors of later Hungarians. They moved westward from the Sea of ​​Azov and were chased and beaten by the Turks. They finally gained a foothold in Hungary, which is melodious.

The Pecheneg Turks who chased them were unable to survive in Central Asia and were expelled by the Geluo people, and the Geluo people were conquered by the remnants of the Uighurs who moved west...

Shao Shude saw four words from it: It’s so useless.

The more west you go, the more degraded you are!

On the current southern Russian prairie - basically this area of ​​Ukraine - the Pecheneg Turks and Magyars are roughly divided equally, and the Khasa forces have been gradually expelled, leaving only some parts of Crimea.

The Ross drooled in the north and coveted the fertile black soil of Ukraine, but they did not dare to go south yet, for fear of being beaten. The Khasa people and the Pecheneg Turks often plundered the Ross as slaves and sold them to Persia to eat.

"A group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals fight each other..." Shao Shude patted the table and wanted to laugh a little.

In the letter, Li Shouxin mentioned that due to the long-term war with Persia and perhaps the construction of the three cities in the northern desert, the reputation of the Supreme Emperor had appeared sporadically on the prairie.

He did not mention his contribution to his mission. But Shao Shude believed that their journey would definitely greatly enhance his reputation.

This is beneficial.

Fame can actually be monetized, mainly reflected in business.

Just like the tea he is very concerned about, do foreigners drink it? Very little. The big cannibal did not purchase it at all before, but a small amount was purchased decades ago, but now it is a little more, but overall, it is still very rare.

Tubo, which is close to the Central Plains and the northern grasslands, have the habit of drinking tea, but it is not popular enough. As for countries further west, there are even fewer, infinitely approaching none.

If you want others to buy your tea, you must first enhance the country's influence or soft power.

The influence of soft power is great. It’s delicious if you fart, and others are still scrambling to smell it. Things in the world are so outrageous.

Later generations of Chinese tea was sold to Europe on a large scale because the Portuguese princess married the British king. The princess herself liked to drink tea, and the British royal family also learned to drink tea. Subsequently, the British people slowly promoted tea with the powerful influence of the winners of the three British-Dutch Wars, which caused the Qing Dynasty tea exports to surge year by year.

When the Boston tea dumping incident occurred in North America, a British colony, and Americans changed to drinking coffee for national self-esteem, the unparalleled influence of the United States gradually made coffee sales soar over more than a hundred years, and the Caribbean Islands and even Brazil experienced a prosperous coffee economic cycle.

Without love for no reason, everything is influence.

"If the Silk Road is to be smooth, the southern line needs to rely on Persia and Dashi, but they now prefer to walk on the sea route." Shao Shude's index finger tapped the table and thought silently: "The northern line needs to deal with the Ugus and the Khasa people. If these two places are connected, there will be basically no problem."

He subconsciously ignored the imperial guards.

Li Shouxin mentioned this group in his letter. They are also Turkic species, originated in the middle reaches of the Ertzis River and are a branch of the local Kimak Turks. Of course, some people say that they originally lived in the Ob River Basin, but this is not important anymore.

After the Qinzha moved westward, it was distributed in the north of the Khasa Khanate and the Ugus tribal alliance. It was widely scattered and lived by nomads.

In history, after the Ugus moved westward in the 11th century, they defeated the Pecheneg people on the southern Russian grassland, and were then defeated by the western Chicha people. At this point, the Chicha people became the only master of the southern Russian grassland.

In the 12th century, some Mongolian-speaking tribes with close ties to the Khitan migrated from the northeast to the Volga River and Ural River basins. Because of their strong strength, they gained dominance, but then accepted the lifestyle of the Turkic-speaking tribes and were assimilated.

After the Mongolian expedition, the Qinzha people were completely destroyed.

This "highway" on the Asian and European grasslands is called the "road of endless conquest" for reasons.

Tribes moved westward, and later generations could always defeat those who went first and seize the fruits of victory.

But the imperial guards are not worthy of attention now. They do not have a unified regime and have a good attitude towards business and travel, so there is no need to tease them.

Shao Shude thought about it, and suddenly became interested. He spread out his paper and pen and wrote a few letters.

He planned to take it back when the Khasa messenger returned to his country, one of which was given to Li Shouxin - if they could be found.

According to the Kossa messenger Jacob, in the autumn of last year (919), Joseph Khan personally escorted them south to Baghdad, with a very enthusiastic attitude, but he didn't know what was going on now.

Shao Shude couldn't help but stand up and his eyes turned around on the map.

How vast is this world.

He was like a later revolutionary who won the civil war and began to manage the international situation. The disadvantage is that the communication efficiency and transportation capacity are extremely low, and it took several years to send a mission.

After all, good things are anxious.

This is actually a career that is passed down from generation to generation by father and son, and it is useless to be anxious.

"Let's clarify the Silk Road first, there's no hurry for the rest." He pointed at the map, and the location of the Aral Sea suddenly collapsed...
Chapter completed!