Zhang Qian was a native of Hanzhong and became a Lang in Jianyuan... Qian applied for the recruitment of the Lang and sent Yuezhi and Ganfu, a slave of Tangyi, to leave Longxi... From Yuezhi to Daxia, he could not get the key points of Yuezhi. After staying for more than a year, he returned to Nanshan, and wanted to return from Qiang, and he was obtained by the Huns again.

——"Han Shu-Zhang Qian-Li Guangli 31"

About half a month later, Han Mo returned to Liaodong City, followed by a group of tails, which were his fellow brothers from the Mo Sect.

On the night he came back, Chen Jiao immediately had a party with Han Mo's brothers.

"Miss Chen, I have a few questions below. The letter from Junior Brother Han brought us said, "The light-emitting stone is like crystal, the largest is three or four parts, and its six edges are shining from the sun, and five colors are like neon lights." Therefore, it was suggested that the white light seen in daily life is made up of a mixture of other colors? Also, the girl said, "The roof is leaking and the shadow of the sun is like a plate. I once used paper to sign it, and pierce a small hole to make the sun shine a stone, which is suitable for its division; the hand gradually moves and rises, and the light gradually becomes larger than the stone; pierces four or five acupoints and shine them on the spot, and the four or five acupoints are light and shadows; the hand gradually moves and rises, and the light is combined into one, and the shadows of the four or five acupoints cannot be obtained again.

’, This is similar to what Master Mo Zi mentioned, ‘The person who is in the light of the scenery shines like a ray of light, the person who is under the light is high, and the person who is in the high is under the light. The foot is blocked with the light of the lower part, so the scenery is at the top, and the head is blocked with the light of the upper part, so the scenery is at the bottom. In the distance, there is the end and the light of the light, so the Jingkuan is the same, but it seems a little different…” The person who said this was Han Mo’s elder brother, Fu Ziche, who is over fifty years old this year, but before he finished speaking, he was immediately robbed by another person and said: “Miss Chen, you should tell me first what the ‘nitrosized cotton, *, ethyl medium-detergent’ you mentioned is, you said that you can make strong zha medicines by this.”

"No, no, it's my question first..." As such voices came one after another, the scene became chaotic, until Han Mo began to control the order of the scene under the instructions of Chen Jiao's eyes.

Chen Jiao looked at the "scientific madmen" who ranged from 30 to 50 years old at the scene, and was wondering why Han Mo could maintain the normal character. The group of ancient texts of the senior brother Fu Ziche almost wrapped her in. If she hadn't silently recited in her heart, "I just wrote a simple exploration of the rules of light scattering and small hole imaging," she might have traveled with Comrade Zhou Gong.

After finally settled everything, Chen Jiao finally started to speak. She coughed lightly and said, "Dear seniors from Momen, the little girl will answer your questions one by one in the future. Before that, you may have to ask you to stay here for a few more days."

Hearing her words, the "scientific madmen" all showed a embarrassed look, and finally sent their senior brother Fu Ziche to speak: "Miss Chen, this may not be very convenient. We still have some things..."

"The little girl knows that she can open a special place in the east of the city for you to live in. It is strictly forbidden for others to enter. In this way, she will not disturb you to do the experiment. How about it?" Chen Jiao naturally understood what they were worried about, and solved the problem that this group of people was most worried about in just a few sentences. The people led by Fu Ziche naturally had no objection when they heard this. After dinner, the host and the host were happy. Chen Jiao looked at the madman who was full of wine and had a smile in her heart. She used to worry that she could not keep you. Now that Yu Lei left the information, you would not be able to drive you away. With you, you can save me, a liberal arts student, and I will eat the technical achievements accumulated over thousands of years of civilization history. This transaction is very cost-effective.

After the dinner that night, Chen Jiao began to formally use the information left by Yu Lei to guide Han Mo's brothers in production and experiments. So cement, windmills, water wheels, glass, paper, etc., after Chen Jiao's guidance and the efforts of the madmen, appeared one by one in the experimental area east of Liaodong City. Han Mo and Li Xi were all surprised from all this, from the initial amazement to the numbness to the orderly arrangement of manpower.

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Chen Jiao looked up at the blue sky and took a deep breath. She began to walk towards the experimental area east of the city just like in the past month. As a result, as soon as she walked to the gate of the experimental area, she was called to the conference hall by the slaves, saying that Li Xi and Han Mo had important things to look for.

When he walked into the spacious meeting hall, he saw Li Xi, Han Mo and Gao Li, wearing a mask, sitting quietly waiting for her arrival. The atmosphere was very solemn. This made Chen Jiao's heart skip a moment, and she didn't know what big thing had happened.

"Brother-in-law, Jun Chang, what's wrong?" Chen Jiao spoke first under the gaze of six eyes.

"Miss Ajiao." Han Mo spoke first, and he now had a more respect. Although Han Mo was an impure disciple of the Mo Sect who broke out, he did not regard Chen Jiao's "invention" during this period as a strange trick. On the contrary, he did not dare to underestimate this woman. He got up and bowed at this moment, and then told the whole story one by one: "I wonder if Miss Ajiao still remembers that you and the senior executives discussed the caravans to find grapes in the Western Regions countries?"

"What's wrong? Are they news?" Chen Jiao knew the sings and knew that Yayi was immediately understood that today's party was related to the caravan. She was a little surprised and thought to herself: Didn't Gaoli say that the journey was long, and the small wars that occurred from time to time between the Huns and small countries were impossible to come back in a year or two?

"Yes, it's the caravan that has returned." Han Mo nodded.

This made Chen Jiao even more strange. She asked with a little hesitation: "They returned to the city so quickly, have they not completed the task?"

"This is not. It is precisely because they feel that they have completed the task and come back so quickly." The person who answered the conversation was Gao Li.

It turned out that after the caravan was sent out, they had difficulty in traveling because there were both the Han checkpoints and the Huns on the road. The Han checkpoints were strictly guarded, and it was the time when the Huns robbed the border to retaliate, so they even more searched the caravans passing by, fearing that the Xiongnu spies would come. This made them delayed for a few days at a checkpoint and left safely after giving away a lot of gold and silver. Although the Huns had no towns, the tribes scattered on the grassland were not very friendly to them, such as merchants. Fortunately, there were a large number of tea as pioneers, which made them still smoothly.

Later, they arrived at a Hun tribe. When they were staying there for a few days, a Hun came to the door. After chatting for a while, the Huns said that they had the grapes they wanted and would plant them. This surprised and happy the whole caravan. You must know that during the days after leaving Liaodong City, more than a dozen people had been injured and killed along the way. If they continued like this, everyone would be confident that they could complete the task safely. Now, the man told them that there was a possibility of completing the task now and how not to be surprised. However, the Hun man had one condition, which was to ask them to take him and his Han friends to leave the tribe.

The leader of the caravan was also a clever man. He knew that this man used such a big "pie" to lure them, and what he wanted would be difficult. Sure enough, after staying in that tribe for a few more days, they found out from some small herdsmen that this Han man was a prisoner handed over to their chief by the Right King of the Huns. He was said to be a high-ranking official of the Han Dynasty. Because he went to the Western Regions and the kings to make bad plans, it might be unfavorable to the Huns. It was quite difficult for them to take him away by a caravan.

The leader was worried for a few days, and after seeing a few more brothers who died of injuries, he finally made up his mind to stop their trip to the Western Regions. It was exactly the same sentence: "If you have the conditions, you have to go, but if you don't have the conditions, you have to go." The group of them began to inquire about the habits of the nobles of this tribe, and began to spend a lot of money to win their favor, began to investigate the surrounding terrain, and planned a route to escape. The heaven was pitiful, and finally took advantage of the fact that the adult men of the entire tribe went to the grass valley to tease the grass valley with the nobles, and they put medicine and got confused and brought the Han man back. The hardships along the way were naturally not mentioned. This morning, the group finally returned to the city. Only 103 people in the team returned home, and there were 25 people who left their lives in the vast wilderness outside the frontier.

Hearing this number, Chen Jiao felt ache and secretly blamed herself for not having enough estimates of the difficulty of traveling far in this era. The lives of twenty-five people were lost because of her rash order at that time. Seeing Chen Jiao's self-blame expression, Li Xi immediately guessed the thoughts in her sister's heart, and couldn't help but sigh and comforted: "Jiaoer, people will die. When they signed up for the voluntary registration, they had already prepared this mentally, and it was considered a place to die. But the dead were already there, and we should take good care of the living."

Although she knew this was just Li Xi's comforting words, it seemed to be the only thing she could do now. Chen Jiao nodded heavily. This was the first time she felt the weight of the lives of the refugees she took over.

"What's going on now?" Chen Jiao asked.

"The caravan came back when he came back. But the problem now lies in the Han man they brought." Han Mo said, "He claimed to be the envoy sent by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions. Now that he has returned to the territory of the Han Dynasty, he demands that he must pay homage to His Majesty."

"The land of the great man?" Chen Jiao looked at the four of them suspiciously.

"This is the root of our troubles. The caravans had already told the man on the way back that they were displaced by opening the Dragon Shou Canal. Because of your kindness, they opened the city to survive in the bitter and cold place in Liaodong. In other words, he already knew that you had gathered the refugees."

"Then..." Even though Chen Jiao no longer understands many of the unspoken rules of this era, after Li Xi's education last time, she vaguely felt that if the court knew about this, the consequences would not seem to be very good.

"If you just simply gather refugees, then the court's reaction is still between two people. On the better part, it is to be caring about the people, caring about the sufferings of the people, and taking care of the common people on behalf of the emperor, and filling in the government's political affairs. On the worse part, it is to be ill-hearted, deliberately mercy, and showing the great evil of the court with one's own small kindness, and his heart can be punished." Han Mo shook his head and looked at Li Xi with deep meaning, and continued, "But... if Miss Ajiao set up a city in Liaodong to gather refugees, the court will know. Then the first thing to ask today is how these thousands of people left the border under the strict control of the household registration system? How did those local officials transfer these thousands of people into business one by one? Once they are investigated at this level, then the crime of "great disrespect" will not be eliminated in the end."

"This..." Han Mo's analysis made Chen Jiao sweat coldly, because the charge was much more serious than she thought. When she looked up at Li Xi, she found that his expression was still very calm. Obviously, these consequences had been imagined one by one. Li Xi showed a sneer and said, "Mr. Han, what you said happened only when the court knew all this. And I know that just a simple method can make all these assumptions always just as assumptions."

"Authentic, but if Mr. Li planned to use the easiest method, I'm afraid I wouldn't inform Miss Ajiao at this moment, right?" Han Mo raised an eyebrow to Li Xi, and a strange temperament was added to his usual peaceful face.

"Yes, the key to all this is to make Zhang Qian shut up obediently. And the way to make a person shut up completely is just a sharp blade." Li Xi said, "But, I don't want to do this now."

"What? Zhang Qian?" Chen Jiao was surprised when she heard the name that suddenly spit out from Li Xi. Although she tried her best to keep her facial expressions in normal state, her voice still had a hint of trembling. Fortunately, everyone thought she was frightened by their analysis just now and didn't care much.

"It's the name of that Han man. That person is Zhang Qian, the man who went to the Western Regions in the third year of Jianyuan. Ten years later, I thought he had already died, but I didn't expect that he was still alive. It was rare." Li Xi shook his head unconsciously, as if he was sighing and regretful.

Chen Jiao felt dizzy in front of her eyes, and thought to herself: No, the future great Han Bowanghou was actually rescued by our caravan from the Huns. Where is this? This person is not easy to deal with. He is the first person in the Han Dynasty to open his eyes to the Western Regions at this moment. He has made great contributions to the future Han Dynasty and the Western Regions countries defeating the Huns. He must save his life no matter how hard he is.

"Brother-in-law, let's not kill this person." Chen Jiao murmured, but she was not sure whether Li Xi agreed. After all, this is a major event that concerns her wealth and life.

"Of course, of course he can't die." Li Xi smiled, "Jiaojiao, after all, we are trying to make this Liaodong city so that these urban residents can have hope of survival. We do not want to open the city as the main force and call ourselves a small country, right?"

"Um!"

"So, this Liaodong City is still the territory of the Han Dynasty after all, right?"

"That's right!" Chen Jiao felt a little bit like Li Xi's words, but she didn't touch them very clearly.

"Since that's the case, instead of waiting for the court to discover us, why not tell the court about our existence through Zhang Qian's mouth?"

"What? But, I didn't say just now, if the court knew..."

"Of course, there is a certain gap between the origin and the real version of Liaodong City that the court knows. As long as we negotiate with Zhang Qian, we believe that we can give Liaodong City a formal position in the court through him, and we don't have to worry about one day when the imperial army suddenly arrives."

"This..." Han Mo said with little confidence, "All this is based on Zhang Qianken's cooperation with us!"

"Don't worry. The trip to the Western Regions is not something that ordinary people can accomplish. Zhang Qian can save his life from there, which is more than just a little perseverance. Cooperating with us is his only way to live. If he doesn't understand the power of this, then I really doubt how he survived in the past ten years." Li Xi was very confident. He walked to the table, wrote down beautiful official script on the newly sent white paper this morning with a brush stained with thick ink. After completing it in a few seconds, he handed it to Gao Li's hand, attached it to Gao Li's ear and gave it this order, and then let him leave.

"Jiaojiao, my brother-in-law knows that you are kind-hearted, but he still doesn't want to hurt people's lives. However, the solution to this not hurt people's lives depends on whether Zhang Qian is suitable for cooperation. If he insists on refusing, his brother-in-law will not let him go at the risk of the court's knowledge. At that time, there will probably be some intense means. You must be mentally prepared." Li Xi looked at Gao Li's back and said to Chen Jiao lightly. He knew that this sister was good at everything, but she was too soft-hearted. Although she had experienced some things, she had not learned to speak ruthlessly, so he couldn't help but say more to her and lay a psychological foundation.

"My brother-in-law's analysis of Zhang Qian's personality should not be a problem." Chen Jiao was not worried at all when she heard Li Xi say this. She was more confident than herself for Li Xi.

"That may not be true. This is what I suddenly thought of. I don't know whether Cheng or not."

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Gao Li walked to the guesthouse in the city with the order given by Li Xi. When Chen Jiao asked the guesthouse to build the city, she also gave her the name, saying that it was for the guests to stay. However, because Liaodong City is remote and deliberately hides from people all over the world, Zhang Qian is the first to move in since the establishment of this guesthouse. After Gao Li came in, he asked someone to ask Zhang Qian's room and walked straight to the first room on the left. The door was wide open. As soon as Gao Li entered, he saw a man in light green clothes leaning on the windowsill, looking outside curiously. Gao Li coughed a few times and knocked on the door to call back the man's attention.

It was a man of bronze skin. Perhaps because of the lack of care and exposure to the sun in his previous life, the complexion of the skin on his face seemed a little uneven. Although his years of travel and escape made him feel a little weak, the excitement of entering the territory of his homeland made him feel very good.

"Mr. Zhang," said Gao Li, "My master will come down and talk to you."

"Please tell me the senior executive." Zhang Qian seemed very polite, and he was not as arrogant as the officials to the people at all. He made Gao Li believe that his master's analysis was not wrong. This is a person with a story and understands the way to extend his heart.

"This is what my master means. I think I already know the origin of this city. I wonder if you have thought about what will happen in the future once the origin of this city is known to the court?" Gao Li asked directly as Li Xi ordered.

"This..." Zhang Qian was speechless. When he was ordered to travel west ten years ago, he could be said to have left with enthusiasm. Over the past ten years, he has experienced many official events, whether it was the Huns or the Western Regions countries. He has seen many things. He was able to live safely until now, so naturally, these dark sides cannot be touched at all. On the contrary, he could see more clearly than anyone else to be able to use all this to survive. Although his memory of the Han Dynasty has always been in the beautiful impression of the past, he has come to rationality.

He understood that the private transactions he had seen in the Huns and the Western Regions countries, and secret forces were probably not missing at all in the Han Dynasty - his hometown. When he first heard the caravans say that they were refugees who were evasive people who were transferred to Liaodong by their benefactors to survive, he had already vaguely understood the meaning of this. This means that in the Han Dynasty, some people could smuggle these thousands of people out of the country under the strict control of the registered households and people, and still kept them secretly. This energy should not be underestimated.

Although the showdown of Gaoli today was somewhat beyond Zhang Qian's expectations, he calmed down and immediately replied: "I'm afraid your master will not be able to escape the crime of great disrespect."

"That's right. So for my master, the easiest thing to keep this secret is..." There is no need to finish the following words, and Zhang Qian immediately understood what he meant.

"Thank you for your master to show mercy." Zhang Qian bowed and thanked. Now Gao Li made it clear in front of him, and of course he no longer planned to implement the simplest confidentiality plan. Now there is something else to discuss.

"Mr. Zhang, my master intervened in this matter out of a moment of compassion. Of course, it is impossible to let go temporarily. But you can rest assured that we are absolutely loyal to the court. However, if you plan to go back, then the origin of our city is also asked to remember that God has the virtue of life and hide it for two." Gao Li said his purpose calmly, while observing Zhang Qian's reaction with cold eyes. Unfortunately, Zhang Qian's face was as deep as water, and he actually had a slight slightest.

The emotional fluctuations were not shown, so he had to continue, "Of course, my master will not let Lord Zhang suffer a loss. As long as I agree today, if I still want to travel to the Western Regions in the future, my master will naturally have a way to help me. I believe that Lord Zhang has known over the years that my Han Dynasty's name is not as useful as the name of the Huns in the Western Regions, right? But with the help of my master, although I dare not say that it can complete your mission smoothly, at least the smooth journey can be guaranteed."

Seeing that Zhang Qian was not very moved, Gao Li handed out the piece of paper that Li Xi had just delivered. Zhang Qian stepped forward and saw that Gao Li was holding a strange piece of thin and white, which looked like silk but not silk. After tentacles, he realized that it was not silk fabric, but something he had never seen before. He looked closely and found that it was written on it several lines.

"There are Dayuan and Daxia to the west of the Xiongnu. The dependents of Anxi are all great countries, with many strange things and natives, and they are quite the same as those of China. The soldiers are weak and they are valuable for Han property. The north is Dayuezhi, and the dependents of Kangju, with strong soldiers, and they can be bribed and set up a Li Dynasty."

Gao Li saw a flash of light in Zhang Qian's eyes, and knew that his mission today would be completed successfully. He could only hear Zhang Qian say, "If you agree to your master's request..."

"My master has something to say first, and those who help others will always help them." Gao Li's voice was a little light. Although he was covered with a mask, he could still imagine his happy smile at this moment.

"Zhang Qian is not a person who breaks his promise and becomes fat!" Zhang Qian bowed and said.

"It's so good!" Gao Li nodded, bowed back, and then turned back to report his life.

After Gao Li walked away for a while, a man broke into the room. Everyone was tall and big, and they were completely different from the gentle Zhang Qian. He said to Zhang Qian in a rough voice: "Sir, why should you agree to him?"

"Father Gan, why should we refuse?" Zhang Qian smiled slightly, looking at his companion who had experienced life and death with him for ten years, sighing that he still had this slight innocence, and sighing at his own changes.

"Don't talk about the people we are doing now. We should not reject him just by the benefits he can bring to us." Zhang Qian walked slowly to the window, and the wind blew his wide clothes. "Dayuan, Daxia, Anxu, Dayuezhi, Kangju, these countries are names that cannot be said by those who have visited them. How many people in the Han Dynasty would know these small countries in the Western Regions? If they hadn't known anything about these countries, how could Your Majesty send us on missions back then? How did we come here over the years? You should be very clear. Ten years have passed, a hundred people have left Beijing, and now you and I will survive... With the financial and material resources of our Han Dynasty, we have led the countries in the Western Regions to attack the Huns. This is what I have summarized over the years, and this person can say this, which shows that he is not simple."

Zhang Qian closed his eyes unconsciously. He seemed to be able to see the faces of familiar people and hear like-minded voices, "I told myself in my heart that I must not let these blood flow in vain. They died to open the Western Regions. Even if I devoted my life to the rest of my life, I, Zhang Qian, would have to achieve this wish for them. So I can't die here, no, I can't die before I accomplish this goal!"

Having said this, Gan's father was also silent. Although he was honest, he was shocked by Zhang Qian's momentum at this moment. He silently took out the Hujia and began to play. Just like many nights in the past decade, the desolate and sobbing sound of Hujia spread out through the window, transmitting a hint of resentment.

After listening to Gao Li’s return, Li Xi smiled with satisfaction: “Zhang Qian, it’s really not simple!”

"Brother-in-law, it's just a promise. Wouldn't it be too unsafe?" After hearing all this, Chen Jiao said that the purpose of preserving historical celebrities was to achieve it, but when she thought about it, she felt that there were too few things to guarantee for her side. As long as Zhang Qian left Liaodong City, they would have nothing to threaten him.

Li Xiluo looked at Chen Jiao unexpectedly. He didn't expect that this sister would think of this. Today's words were indeed not enough to restrain Zhang Qian. Rather than sending Gaoli to negotiate with Zhang Qian today, it would be better to show off to this sister to show her to calm her heart. Of course, he could not trust Zhang Qian so simply. Naturally, there were other secret tricks in private. This was just the first step. Li Xi touched Chen Jiao's head and said, "Don't worry, Jiaoer. Brother-in-law naturally has a way, not to let him ruin your big deal."

"Of course there is a way..." Chen Jiao recalled this sentence secretly, looked at Li Xi's gentle smile, and she had a conflict, not knowing whether she should explore the "methods" behind these.

"Jiaoer, don't you still go to the experimental area? Don't delay here, go first."

"Then brother-in-law, be careful when you act!" Although Chen Jiao knew it was unnecessary, she still gave her instructions before leaving.
Chapter completed!