"Anna, the eldest princess, is very beautiful and charming. But the resumption of the Silk Road is a big event, and the Great Song Dynasty needs to make more preparations. Zhao Huan explained with a smile.

Anna changed her Hungarian language to Humbert and asked, "Has my figure become unattractive after a journey of thousands of miles?" Or is it the wind and sand along the way, which makes my face more signs of aging? ”

"Why is this emperor of the Great Song Dynasty able to stop my charm?"

Zhao Huan looked at the subtitles in front of him helplessly, what language do you change to, can Lao Tzu's system translate well!

Humbert replied, "I heard that there are three thousand concubines in the palace of the Central Plains Dynasty. ”

"So many? Can he keep busy? Anna looked at the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty in surprise.

"How can there be three thousand." Zhao Huan shook his head helplessly and said, "After I discuss with the court, give the princess an answer." ”

"You still know Hungarian?" Anna's face was more than surprised. How can this emperor understand everything.

And Zhao Huan is too lazy to understand a little.

Yuwen said with a smile: "I also invite the envoy to go to the post station to rest." I'll let you know if there's any news. ”

"I look forward to seeing you again with Your Majesty." Anna politely left the Wende Hall.

"What do you think of sending an envoy to the Roman Empire?" Zhao Huan looked at Kanyutu and sighed for a while.

Yuwen nodded and said, "It's not that you can't. Prior to this, the Liao State had obtained a large amount of silk and tea through the Rongchang, which were exported to the Western Regions and Daqin, and in the absence of the Hexi Corridor, starting from Shangjing Road was also a good choice. ”

"Chen Dong?" Zhao Huan asked suspiciously.

Yuwen thought for a while and said, "It's feasible." ”

"I don't know the specific situation over there, so send someone to ask." Zhao Huan said.

"Ahh Chen Dong suddenly sneezed, he touched his nose, the wind and sand in the grassland were too big.

He looked at the Tianshan Mountains in the distance and took a deep breath, the official family sent him to test the defense of Qinghe City.

He accepted the defense of Qinghe City very smoothly.

Yelu Dashi ran very fast, and Qinghe City did not leave anyone to defend.

Chen Dong looked at the mountain pass in the distance, which was flanked by tall cliffs and lush trees, and beyond the mountain pass, there was a rushing river, and this river was called the Chu River.

In the upper reaches of the Chu River, there is a city-state, which is the former Tang Dynasty town of Broken Leaves.

And this Tianshan Corridor has an ancient trade road, which is a trade road that bypasses the Hexi Corridor, but there is a roadblock on this trade road.

That is Jerod Stone.

After Yelu Dashi was defeated by the Keree tribe near Zhenzhou, he completely withdrew from the east of the Tianshan Mountains, and while the Western Regions dominated the Western Regions, Broken Leaf City was also under the control of Yelu Dashi.

This locked the possibility that the Great Song Dynasty wanted to continue to explore the trade route westward.

"The official family is a liar! There is no mountain of gold here! It's all dug up by the predecessors! Chen Chong looked at the towering Tianshan Mountain and sighed.

Jinshan has been mined long ago in the former Han Dynasty. By now, it has been dug up and wiped out.

Along the Tianshan Mountain Range, you can go to Broken Leaf City, and enter the Seljuk Empire through Broken Leaf City, which completely opens up the trade route to the Western world, which is Chen Dong's plan to come here.

Although the trade route from Qinghe City to Zhenzhou to Datong was already very safe, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty were still blocked by the Khitans.

In the past, Shangjing Road was in the hands of the Khitans, and the goods transported to the Western Regions by the Great Song Dynasty were scraped by the Khitans, and now, Shangjing Road is in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and the commercial goods are scraped by the Khitans.

It's really hateful!

Chen Dong looked at the Tianshan Pass not far away, and asked Niu Gao beside him, "Commander Niu, do you think we can rely on these 5,000 people to take Broken Leaf City?" ”

Niu Gao nodded, looked into the distance and said, "I think it's okay." ”

Chen Dong laughed, hammered Niu Gao hard, and said with laughter: "Okay, don't dream." Let's go back to Qinghe City. ”

"What I'm saying is true, Daguan Chen." Niu Gao scratched his head and said with a smile.

Yelu Dashi's hands are all young and middle-aged Khitans, they have at least 50,000 cavalry, about 80,000 regular troops, more than 100,000 auxiliary troops, hundreds of thousands of horses, and only this kind of combat effectiveness can shock the Western Regions.

Niu Gao and Chen Dong, the 5,000 people in their hands, went to hit Yelu Dashi, and there was no doubt that eggs smashed stones and eggs hit stones.

Niu Gao sneered, reined in his horse, and returned to Qinghe City.

Qinghe City has typical Western style buildings, with towering minarets, oval roofs, towering stone pillars and arched buildings.

But it was a high-end building that only the servants of the gods could have, and the flat-headed people in the city did not even have a bungalow, so they dug a hole in the wall at will, and called it home with irregular bluestones.

The people here are living hard, and with the recent increase in more and more caravans from Qinghe to Zhenzhou, and then through the straight road from Zhenzhou to Datong Mansion, Qinghe City is a little more prosperous with the naked eye.

And Chen Dong himself is just a scholar, and the kung fu of horseback riding was only learned when he arrived here on the Beijing Road.

He looked at the taller and taller city walls and the caravans that kept entering the city at the city gate, frowned, and said: "If this can collect the city fee, it will undoubtedly be a gold mine, but the official family does not allow the city fee to be collected, it's a pity." ”

"If we collect the entrance fee, we will be driven away." Niu Gao shook his head and reminded.

Their role in the city is more like a manager than an owner.

The Han Chinese here are extremely rare, and the people who live here are Sogdians, who are brave and aggressive.

"Honorable Han envoy, I heard that you have visited the Tianshan Pass, if there is a need, please do not hesitate to give orders, Arslan is willing to obey the envoy's dispatch." A red-haired Sogdian blocked the path of Chen Dong and his party.

The Sogdians are good at doing business, they are famous merchants on the original Silk Road, and it is their nature to pursue profits.

The Sogdians had a more familiar name in the Central Plains, called Zhaowu Jiu.

And this Sogdian, named Arslan, was keenly aware of the owner of this city, and he was troubled.

This is an opportunity for them.

"Convincing Ju'er Khan to open a trade route to the Seljuk kingdom is our current problem. Prince Arslan, any great ideas? Chen Dong asked with a smile.

Arslan was half Sogdian, his mother was a Turkman, and his father was the king of the Seljuk Empire's vassal state of Hoxun.

And Huo Xunguo is what Chen Dong calls them, and they prefer to be called Flower Thorn Zimo.

Arslan humbly put his hand on his chest and said, "Angel Chen, I have a Chinese name, my surname is Shi Mingkang, and the word Lida. Our Huo Xunguo used to be a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, and was once given the surname Shi by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Dear Han envoys. ”

Shi Kang is the Chinese name of Arslan.

Chen Dong had dealt with this Shi Kang a lot, so he naturally knew his Chinese name, but the purpose of his name was just for the convenience of business.

"Respected Han envoy, are you worried that the caravan of the Great Song Dynasty will be intercepted by Ju'er Khan? Isn't it okay to pay a fee after passing through Broken Leaf City? Arslan helped Chen Dong get down from the horse and asked suspiciously.

It is the proper meaning to pass through someone else's territory and pay taxes to the other party.

The sovereignty of Qinghe City is disputed, so everyone does not pay taxes in Qinghe City, but when they go to the mansion of Zhenzhou or Datong Mansion, this tax will be made up.

Arslan didn't know why Chen Dong was worried.

Chen Dong glanced at Niu Gao and sneered: "Prince Arslan is really pretending to be confused." Who hasn't heard of it, anyone can pass through Broken Leaf City, but only the caravan of the Han people can't pass through Broken Leaf City? ”

Yelu Dashi completely experienced the destruction of the Liao Kingdom, and in this process, the role played by the Great Song Dynasty was very disgraceful.

Moreover, Yelu Dashi was once on Yanjing Road, with 3,000 against 100,000, and Tong Guan was hundreds of miles away.

This Ju'er Khan Yelu Dashi looks down on the Song people in his heart.

The current caravan of the Song people can only go to this Qinghe City, and as long as they cross the Tianshan Pass, they will be killed by the Khitans.

Therefore, the caravans of the Song people in Qinghe City would be handed over to the Sogdians to continue westward. And most of the profits were divided between the Khitans and Sogdians.

That's why Chen Dong said that Arslan was pretending to be confused.

Arslan smiled humbly: "Flies sipping honey will die in sweetness, today Ju'er Khan will attack the Song people, and tomorrow will attack the Sogdians." ”

"I'm willing to help Angel Chen once, I know a path that can bypass Shattered Leaf City and enter the Seljuk Empire."

Chen Dong looked at Arslan's determined expression and said with a smile: "You Sogdians have a famous saying, sometimes, a person pays a higher price for what he gets without spending money. ”

"I don't know what Prince Arslan wants?"

Arslan helped Chen Dong and said with a somewhat gloomy face: "The Seljuk Empire is an empire established by the Seljuk Turks and the Seljuks. ”

"Seljuk's grandson, Tughluk Berk, defeated the kingdom of Ghaznavid, Persia, and occupied all of Persia, and entered Baghdad. Tughluk Berk was revered as the Sultan, meaning king of the East and the West. ”

"Angel Chen, there is a saying in the East that if there is prosperity, there will inevitably be decline, and if the speed of prosperity and collapse is very fast, how can you say it?"

Chen Dong thought for a moment and said, "It's exciting, and it's also vigorous." His death is also sudden. ”

Arslan nodded again and again, and said, "It is worthy of being a scholar of the Eastern Dynasty, this is it." I haven't heard of Wang Hua for a long time, and I only have a few words left in my sinology to do business, which makes Chen Angel smile. ”

"Tuglukberk's Seljuk Empire was at its most prosperous, when the Seljuk Empire was even able to threaten Byzantium. But with his death, the Seljuks also quickly weakened. ”

"Forty years ago, the last king of the Seljuk Empire, Nizam Mulek. He was assassinated in Persian territory, the Seljuk Empire fell apart, and many royal heirs surrounded the city-states. ”

"It's not easy for us to find the country by fire, if one day the Great Song Empire can bring the heavenly soldiers to the Caspian Sea again, please help us find the country with fire."

"Exchanging the intelligence of a trivial path for the friendship of the Empire is a very good deal for me and my family."