I, who conferred the gods, was a faint king in Shang Dynasty The first thousand two hundred and forty-four chapters, the food country of the western land
The first thousand two hundred and forty-four chapters, the food country of the western land
After reading the letter, Zeng Hongshen's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Then, he frowned deeply.
After a while, he folded the letter paper and put it back into the envelope, and let out a long breath.
He looked up at Di Xin and asked, "Your Highness, is this all true?"
Although he asked, Zeng Hongshen just wanted to confirm that he had read it correctly, rather than doubting the authenticity of the letter.
Zeng Hongshen had witnessed with his own eyes the changes in Xizi from following Emperor Xin to the present, and knew that she would never deceive Emperor Xin in such a matter.
And he also knew Xizi's abilities.
Although she is a female figure, she is much stronger than most men.
If what was written in the letter was wrong, it would be impossible for her to deliver it to Emperor Xin in the capital at this time.
"It's true."
Di Xin obviously had the same idea.
Don't be suspicious of people you use.
There are many people he can trust in the Ancient Moon Realm, but there are not many people he can trust 100%, and Xizi is definitely one of them.
"The land of the West is far away from Dali. The personnel sent there have not yet sent back any information, but there are quite a few Western caravans in Dali."
Di Xin said: "With Shen Qianhua's cooperation in Northern Xinjiang, it will not be difficult for Xizi to open the mouths of those merchants."
"Besides Northern Xinjiang and within Dali, Zhao Quanyou is also a capable person, and his external status is more suitable for contacting Western merchants than Xizi, and will not arouse their suspicion."
"After two people's investigation, we finally got some clues from those merchants."
That is the content of the letter.
Although most of the Western merchants traveled between the two places in the name of private caravans, many people knew very well that those caravans were inextricably linked to the so-called royal families, counts, marquises, etc. in the West.
According to the rules of Western lands, power and money are always inseparable.
The owners behind the caravans that have the strength to cross the great distances from the Western Seas all come from those powerful families.
Therefore, the exchanges of these Western caravans actually represent the friendship between the Western Land and Dali.
Therefore, if you want to get some news from these Western caravans, you can only use roundabout methods.
However, this is not a difficult problem for Xizi and Zhao Quanyou.
Although the information extracted was vague, the general context was drawn after summarizing the information obtained from different Western caravans.
In a nutshell, it is.
In the land of the West, a great food country appeared.
Eaters are greedy.
When the Big Food Country first appeared, no one showed any surprise.
After all, in a place like the Western Land, where a castle and two acres of land can be called a country, the emergence and destruction of small countries are too ordinary.
It usually happens several times a day.
At the beginning, they also thought that this big food country was just a small country that had just been established.
It might be gone the next day, you never know.
However, the development of things was beyond everyone's expectation.
On the second day after the establishment of the Dashi Kingdom, they sent troops to raid the royal castle of a nearby small country, and then incorporated the land into their own territory.
And on the fourth day, another small country nearby was destroyed.
By the time two months passed, there were no small countries around the Big Food Country that could disappear at the first touch.
It was at this time that the expansion of the Big Food Country finally attracted the attention of those so-called "big countries".
In order to prevent this rising star from threatening their existence, these big countries united and prepared to carve up the newly emerged big food country.
Of course, before launching a war, these big countries sent envoys to the Food Country as usual.
Then he proudly told the royal family of the Dashi Kingdom that if they did not want to be destroyed, they would surrender and hand over the exaggerated territory during this period.
In this way, big countries like them can show kindness and let the big food country stay.
As for the territory that will be spit out, it will naturally be divided among these big countries.
In the past, these lands were divided into small countries. They did not send troops because they thought it was troublesome, not because they did not want these lands.
Now that someone has done this for them, they naturally won't let this opportunity go.
Of course, the messenger did not finish what he said.
After dawn the next day, the head of the proud messenger was returned to his proud master.
Then the war came.
But the final result was beyond everyone's expectations.
The coalition forces of several big countries were defeated and collapsed by the army of the Big Food Country in the first battle, and less than half of them even escaped.
Then, it was discussed that the envoys from the Great Food Country appeared in front of the royal families of those so-called great countries.
Then, due to the threat of the big food countries, almost all the big countries were forced to hand over one-third of their land as compensation.
In exchange, the Dashi Country promised to withdraw its troops.
Well, after Dashi Country accepted the land, it did choose to withdraw its troops.
Then he retired from the army for a year.
A year later, the Great Food Nation finally stabilized its political power in those expanding lands.
As a result, the Dashi Kingdom finally sent troops again.
By the time those Western caravans left for Dali, the territory of Dashi Country had expanded to two-thirds of the Western Land.
The original Big Food Country was also changed to the Big Food Empire.
The royal family also became the royal family.
The head of the empire is the emperor.
The emperor of an empire is obviously more centralized than the emperor of a dynasty.
In Dali, there were still officials who could regulate the emperor's behavior, but in the Dashi Empire, the emperor's orders could not be ignored.
However, these Western caravans did not reveal the existence of the Great Food Country, and it was not because of the emperor's order.
They were just worried that if the truth came out, the Dali Dynasty would not recognize their approach and prohibit the people from continuing to do business with them.
They were reluctant to part with Dali's silk and porcelain, and they were reluctant to part with their interests in Dali.
The reason is that in the past, those countries that could be called "big countries" in the Western Lands were all nominally vassal states of the Dali Dynasty.
Although Dali's exchanges with those great powers were limited to paying tribute every few years, the Western merchants traveling to and from Dali also knew the importance of legal principles in the eyes of the Dali court.
Those big Western countries are vassals of Dali, and they need to report to Dali afterwards when they fight with each other - although because of the long distance, unless a certain big country is destroyed, this rule is basically equivalent to nothing.
And if those countries that are not the vassal states of Dali destroy these big countries without saying hello, it will obviously be a slap in the face of the Dali court.
It's not that they fear for their lives.
The Dali royal family and the imperial court attach great importance to face and will not embarrass civilian businessmen like them.
But if they felt that they had been denied face and that their Western merchants' rights to do business in Dali were restricted, it would obviously be more uncomfortable than killing them.