Hou Guang was a little puzzled. Since leaving the inn, they had done nothing but wander around the capital of Chang'an.
At this time, Hou Guang couldn't help but see that his head probably wanted to find the young man in green shirt, but why didn't he go when he was already at the door?
"Today is not the time yet."
Li Sixing shook his head and looked up at the sky.
He came out this time to explore the road in advance. After learning about the situation of Ye Tianming and the mountain guest, he already had a rough idea about his future plan.
For Ye Tianming, his eldest disciple in his previous life and the chief disciple of the Qinglian Sword Sect, Li Sixing needs to carefully plan an "accidental encounter"!
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At the same time, on the other side of the capital in Chang'an, Li Jing and Jiang Ye had left the inn where they stayed at some time.
In other words, after confirming that Li Sixing had gone away to do business, Li Jing dragged Jiang Ye and ran out secretly, or in other words, openly.
"I said, little senior brother, haven't you made a breakthrough in your cultivation? If you don't go into seclusion, why would you come out?"
It is said that Jiang Ye himself really wanted to stay in the inn and practice peacefully, but the task given to him by the headmaster was to watch Li Jing.
Li Jing was well aware of this and didn't want to run away, so he simply called Jiang Ye out.
"Hey, you don't need to call me senior brother when you meet me outside, just call me junior brother!"
Li Jing rolled his eyes and raised his arms to hug Jiang Ye's shoulders, with a cheerful expression on his face.
Because the sect was just established, there were still few disciples in the sect, and since everyone was an outside disciple, the seniority relationship among the disciples in Li Sixing's Fangcun Mountain was not very clear.
For example, if we look at entry time and status, Li Jing is undoubtedly the senior brother.
After all, Li Jing was not only one of the earliest disciples, but also a disciple that Li Sixing personally recognized and accepted as his disciple.
Just from the perspective of age, Li Jing is not superior, so in the past, some older disciples called themselves senior brothers to Li Jing.
Speaking personally, Li Jing doesn't care about titles.
Moreover, at the end of the outer sect competition, Li Jing defeated Hou Guang and established his identity as the number one outer sect disciple. Everyone was sincerely convinced of Li Jing, the senior brother.
"This, is not good."
Jiang Ye can also be regarded as the person in the sect who has the closest relationship and the most familiarity with Li Jing besides Xiaohu.
After hearing Li Jing's obvious words and seeing Li Jing's expression, he immediately became wary.
"well!"
Li Jing looked at the alleys and streets around him with an expression that seemed obvious to you, and said indifferently: "What's the matter? Let's just talk about it. Otherwise, why don't you call me senior brother?"
, I also call you senior brother."
Ah this...
Jiang Ye twitched the corner of his mouth. Not wanting to continue on this topic, he changed his voice and said, "Senior brother, what do you want to do?"
When Jiang Ye asked this question, Li Jing suddenly became interested and did not hide it. He said with a complacent expression: "I heard someone say two days ago that a group of Hu merchants from the Western Regions will arrive at the Western Region of Chang'an Capital today.
There’s nothing going on in the city anyway, let’s go join in the fun.”
"That's it, okay."
Jiang Ye groaned, nodded, and agreed to go shopping with Li Jing, mainly because he was very curious about Hu Shang.
Most of the Hu merchants in the capital of Chang'an came from many small countries in the Western Regions, and a small number came from many tribes in northern Xinjiang.
They brought a large amount of domestic commodities and treasures with them and traveled thousands of miles to the prosperous Western Tang Dynasty to do business and make friends. Many Hu businessmen were obsessed with the prosperous Western Tang Dynasty.
This is a scene not seen in Beiming, especially in Qizhou.
Firstly, because of the distance, Beiming rarely saw foreign Hu merchants from the Western Regions. Secondly, Beiming faced two major enemies in the border areas, one was the nomads in the northern border, and the other was the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea.
Neither the nomads in the Northern Territory nor the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea were as easy to get along with as the Hu merchants in the Western Regions, and they were always thinking about invading Beiming's territory.
At this point, the three major powers are actually facing the same situation. Each country is bordered by the four barbarians from two of them.
For example, the Northern Ming Dynasty was bordered by the land of the Northern Territory and the Land of the East China Sea, while the Western Tang Dynasty was bordered by the land of the Western Region and the Land of the Northern Territory. Finally, the Southern Song Dynasty had to face the problems brought by the lands of the East China Sea and the Southern Barbarians.
Coming pressure.
The vast land of China consists of nine states and four regions, among which state and territory actually mean the same thing, which is a collective term for a vast area. However, the land in one region is usually worth the land of several states, and it is not under the control of the Three Kingdoms. It is a barbarian
place.
For example, Northern Xinjiang is the endless grassland of Northern Xinjiang, spanning the Western Tang and Northern Ming Dynasties, and bordering the three states of Qin, Zhao, and Yan!
Among the Three Kingdoms, due to the terrain, due west of the Western Tang Dynasty was the plateau and snow-capped mountains, which cut across everything. There were many taboos and few strangers, while due north was the vast northern frontier.
Therefore, we can only reach the Western Regions by passing through the Hexi Corridor in Qinzhou, a narrow area and exiting the Yumen Pass in the west.
And once we leave the Yumen Pass and reach the Western Region, the place is huge. The entire Western Region is even larger than the three states of a country. It is the collective name for the vast area in the West, but it is not actually a comprehensive concept.
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Simply because there is no unified country in the Western Regions.
Throughout the Western Region, there are hundreds of countries, large and small, and various exotic religions and sects can be seen everywhere.
Moreover, there are deserts and Gobis everywhere in the Western Regions. There are several large deserts stretching thousands of miles across, and there are many oases and underground rivers in their hinterlands, creating a wonderful and exotic customs.
Not only the Western Regions, but also the other three regions, Northern Xinjiang, East China Sea, and Southern Barbarians, all have similar forms, with large and small countries, tribes, and sects. Unlike the Three Kingdoms, they do not have a unified political power.
If we talk about differences, the differences between the four regions are quite big, whether in terms of landforms, environment or customs.
The Western Region is a desert, the Northern Territory is a grassland, the East China Sea is an archipelago, and the Southern Barbarians are mountains and forests. Among them, countries large and small in the Western Region have begun to enclose their territories. There are many conflicts in themselves, and they have never thought of invading Kyushu.
In comparison, Northern Xinjiang, Donghai, and Southern Barbarians have always been dishonest.
Especially the nomads in the northern Xinjiang and the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea. Compared with the first two, the barbarians in the south are more honest.
It is also because of this that among the Three Kingdoms, the border area belonging to Beiming is under the greatest pressure, no more than the Western Tang Dynasty. The three states of Beiming are two states, of which Yan and Zhao are bordering Northern Xinjiang. The remaining Qizhou is also close to the East China Sea.
Since then, the frontier has never ceased.
Due to the situation, it was naturally impossible for the Northern Ming Dynasty to accept Hu merchants as much as the Western Tang Dynasty did, and to communicate with each other. This chapter has been completed!