Jiang Wei sat upright in front of the desk, looked at the account book in his hand, and glanced at the man standing in front of him. The man had a high nose and deep eyes, obviously not a Han person, and was different from the common Hu Shang. He had a curly black head.
hair.
"You traveled west from then on last autumn, did you?" Jiang Wei put down the road rumor, stared at the Hu Shang, squinted his eyes, leaned on the desk, held his left arm on the desk, and stroked his right hand on his leg.
The knife ring around the waist is very close.
This was a sign of his vigilance. Several tall and tough guards around him immediately clasped the ring knife in their hands and surrounded Hu Shang.
"Yes, the general is such a person with amazing memory." The man was a little nervous, with a little trembling in his voice, but he could understand the words of Luoyang's official language, probably because he had lived in Luoyang for many years.
"Eragalarus? Severus?" Jiang Wei did not say this Roman Han, but instead said the real name of this man in a slightly stiff Qin language. "If I remember correctly, you were at that time.
I once said that you will not come back."
The Romans were shocked and looked at Jiang Wei in surprise. The Han people were proud. In their eyes, any aliens were uneducated barbarians. They disdained to learn the language of barbarians and were more accustomed to calling their Chinese names.
An Xiangdong, he lived in Luoyang for four or five years, but no Han people could call him a Roman name. The Han general in front of him was the first, which made him even more unbelievable. He only relied on a year ago.
A brief meeting.
Jiang Wei stared at An Xiangdong's eyes, but there was a smile in his eyes. He made a warning gesture, just to oppress the Hu man so that he would not dare to lie. Now that his guess has been verified, he has already remembered who this man is
And what I remembered was the name of Daqin and his prominent identity.
An Xiangdong was a real Roman, not the Hu merchants who reselled Han silk in the middle. He was the real Qin royal family. When he came to the Han Dynasty, it was better to say that he was an envoy rather than doing business - a real envoy,
Instead of trading in the name of contributions. He lived a pretty good life in Luoyang, but later Chang'an was taken away by Shu Han, and Cao Wei had no interest in having any relationship with Rome, so he went back to Rome.
When he left the autumn of the previous year, Jiang Wei had seen him, but he didn't expect that he would meet this person again just a year later.
"Why go back?"
An Xiangdong's face turned dark: "I went back to my hometown because I felt that your Han wars were frequent and I missed my home for a long time, so I decided to go home. However, my hometown is even more chaotic than your Han, and it is everywhere.
War, so…”
An Xiangdong briefly explained the situation of the Qin Dynasty. Only then did Jiang Wei realize that the Qin Dynasty, which was thousands of miles away, was like the Han Dynasty. Now there was a constant battle. Not long ago, the emperor's destruction was similar to
The Northern Army's personal guards controlled the imperial power and even were auctioned. The higher the price was obtained. The Severu family had lost the throne. An Xiangdong was afraid of being liquidated, so he had to return to the Han Dynasty again.
Jiang Wei was very curious, but he was not concerned about these things, but taxation. The Romans brought significantly less things this time, of course it was not only him, but the caravans traveling between the Western Regions and Chang'an were obviously not as good as in previous years.
At least one-third of the reduction, which seriously affected Jiang Wei's income. Jiang Wei gained a foothold here and wanted to win over the Xianbei and Xiongnu people, he would have to pay a lot of taxes.
Therefore, he has always been in charge of the commercial taxation of Hu merchants.
An Xiangdong sighed: "General, don't you know that between the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, an empire called Sassanthemum appeared. They occupied the business road and collected heavy taxes. Many merchants felt that this was unprofitable.
I changed to the sea route.”
"Haidao?" Jiang Wei was surprised: "Go to Jiaozhou?"
An Xiangdong thought for a while and nodded, "It seems to be."
Jiang Wei was a little confused. He waved his hand and asked An Xiangdong to leave. He was driven out of Guanzhong by Wei Ba and Li Yan, and tempered his body and mind in the desolate Dunhuang. Although he lived a hard life, he was also at ease.
Because there is basically no news about Wei Ba here, he no longer has to compare with Wei Ba at all times and bear tremendous pressure from Wei Ba.
However, he did not expect that he could not be separated from Wei Ba from Dunhuang. Jiaozhou, controlled by Wei Ba, was unknowingly absorbing the profits of the Western Regions business roads, and he was still in the dark.
Jiang Wei returned to the backyard, and his wife Qiao Yue was directing a group of Hu women to clean the backyard and set up a rack of roasted lamb in the courtyard. Seeing Jiang Wei enter the door, she smiled and greeted her, handed over a bowl of water, and saw Jiang.
Wei's face was not good and asked with concern: "General, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing." Jiang Wei took the water, drank it all, and sighed, "Outside the Western Regions, another Sassanid Empire appeared, and I wanted to compete for profit with me. Now, for safety, Hu Shang has left
It's seaway."
"It must be far away."
Jiang Wei thought for a while, "Hu people said that it takes half a year to walk the aisle to reach his eastern territory."
"It's so far." Qiao Yue stuck out her tongue and didn't ask again.
"Why do you want to roast lamb again?" Jiang Wei looked at the rack of roast lamb and asked in confusion: "What's the matter?"
"A guest is here." Qiao Yue said with a smile.
Before Qiao Yue finished speaking, a middle-aged man walked in from the side yard, and from a distance he bowed and smiled, "Boyue, official business is really busy."
Jiang Wei took a look, was shocked, and rushed forward to salute. The person who came was Liu Min, who was Jiang Wan's cousin, General Yangwei, and should be in Shangqiu and be with Wang Ping at this time. How could he be
Suddenly appearing in Dunhuang? Jiang Wei thought about it and was immediately happy. Liu Min suddenly appeared here, probably because the Prime Minister finally remembered me again.
Liu Min and Jiang Wei came to the hall, and said with emotion that the journey was hard, the customs and folk customs of Dunhuang, and praised Qiaoyue as a virtuous woman, but never talked about the serious matters. Jiang Wei did not urge him, and responded enthusiastically, as if Liu Min
Just visiting relatives and friends.
After talking for more than half an hour, Liu Min finally got back to the point and said with a smile: "Boyou, it seems that the Prime Minister is right to let you come to Dunhuang."
Jiang Wei bowed and greeted: "The Prime Minister's deep meaning, Wei dared not speculate. He just tried his best to do his own thing with his original intention."
"Well, sometimes, it's good to endure some hardship and suffer some setbacks, but it's not necessarily a good thing to go all the way."
Jiang Wei didn't know what Liu Min wanted to say, so she was not easy to answer, so she just listened quietly.
"You know what Wei Ba is going on?"
Jiang Wei nodded. Although Dunhuang is far away, it is also the territory of the Han Dynasty. The newspaper of the Chengdu court was delivered here, but it took a long time and the news received will be delayed. Of course, the newspaper of the newspaper was written.
It's very simple. It's not clear how much the loss is. Based on those simple words, Jiang Wei did not dare to believe that Wei Ba suffered, but just thought he had a small setback and was not as big as before.
Win a complete victory.
"The Prime Minister summoned him and Li Yan and Lu Xun to Chengdu to discuss matters. Li Yan used the excuse of disrepair of the plank road and delayed it. He delayed it for a month before he arrived in Chengdu. However, Wei Ba pretended to be deaf and dumb, saying that the envoy disappeared and did not receive the edict."
Liu Min told Jiang Wei the latest news he got before departure: "Now, the Prime Minister sent Chen Xiaoqi to Jiaozhou, in order to join forces with Wei Ba, to promote His Majesty's personal expedition and unify the world. Wei Ba's cavalry was frustrated and could only show off his might at sea.
This land thing…”
Liu Min smiled and pointed at Jiang Wei: "It fell on Boyue's shoulders."
Jiang Wei was ecstatic and he bowed deeply: "Why dare not follow the Prime Minister's order? When will he start?"
"No hurry." Liu Min stroked her beard and breathed a long sigh: "If you want to go out, there will be a lot of resistance. The Prime Minister will have to go through some trouble. As for Bo Yue, it is even more a sharp blade that can only be released at a critical moment.
The sheath should not be easily known to others.”
Liu Min took out an edict: "From now on, Bo Yue will be transferred from Dunhuang Prefect to Jincheng Prefect, and will also be the captain of the Qiang Guardian."
Jiang Wei nodded, took the edict with both hands, read it carefully, and put it in his arms.
...
Wei Ba stood on the dock, with his hands placing on his chest and bowing slightly, which was the etiquette of the juniors to welcome the seniors.
As soon as the big ship Chen Zhen was on landing, Wei Ba quickly met up. The symbolic surnamed picked up the cable, then jumped onto the boat, walked up to Chen Zhen, bowed and said, "I see you, boy from the same county,
Mr. Xiaoqi.”
Yiyang originally belonged to Nanyang County, Chen Zhen was from Nanyang. Theoretically, Wei Ba and him were in the same county. Since that is the case, then the younger generation is more respectful to the seniors, which is what they should be. In normal times, maybe Chen Zhen would not
Treat Wei Ba as the same county. Even when Wei Yan was alive, Chen Zhen rarely had contact with the Wei family. In this regard, just as the people in the capital looked down on the people in the border areas, Chen Zhen was still a little proud as a native of Nanyang.
.
But the situation is different now. Chen Zhen knew that the task he came here this time was very heavy, and he did not dare to delay Zhuge Liang's major affairs because of his pride. Since Wei Ba took the initiative to meet with his future generations with courtesy, he certainly had to repay his kindness.
"General, how dare I take it?" Chen Zhen greeted him with a smile and gave a greeting.
"Mr. I have worked hard for you, so I admire you." Wei Ba said with a smile: "What kind of big thing is there to ask a senior like Mr. Xiaoqi to come to Zhuya from thousands of miles away? A decree passed on to me to Chengdu.
Yes."
Chen Zhen smiled bitterly, thinking that it was not that there was no edict, but that even the edicts were thrown into the valley by you.
"Some words cannot be written, so people can tell me, and I am worried that I will not express my intentions, so I have to let me go." Chen Zhen looked at Wei Ba: "General, may I want to say it here, and let me turn around after I say it?"
”
Wei Ba slapped his forehead and smiled and said, "It's rude, sir, please come to the bichai first to see the scenery, taste some wild game, and then say it's not too late."
As he said, he enthusiastically welcomed Chen Zhen to the case. The two walked and chatted and laughed, looking extremely intimate. Chen Zhen was not in a hurry, and was in a mood to enjoy the scenery on Zhuya Island and the novel fruits and trees I saw along the way
Everyone should ask clearly. Wei Ba answered one by one, saying everything he knew and said everything he said.
"How many household registrations are there on the island now?" Chen Zhen suddenly asked.
"There are about 70,000 households and more than 400,000 people." Wei Ba responded slowly: "The victorious soldiers are about 120,000."
Chen Zhen was surprised: "So much?"
"They are all barbarians, they are usually very brave and healthy, and they are in good health." Wei Ba shrugged and smiled, "But they are all mobs. It is very laborious to reorganize the army. They are not as gentle as the people in the Central Plains.
Be obedient. You can't get on the formation without three to five years."