Li Nan walked into the tent that emitted a fishy smell, and the merchants of the Western Regions took out some ornaments very carefully after rummaging through the baggage on the side.

These ornaments are of different styles, and Li Nan picked up a bead chain and looked at it curiously.

This necklace is a bead necklace composed of more than 100 gemstones of various colors, and there are four drum-shaped "dragonfly eye" beads, compared with traditional Chinese jewelry, the foreigners of the Western Regions prefer to use bright colors and bead shapes to show the layer, and the size of the beads is also staggered, which looks extremely beautiful.

The merchants of the Western Regions took out a lot of exquisite ornaments, and there were as many as four or five styles, Li Nan immediately ordered someone to take a few bags of gold coins and directly bought all his goods.

It is estimated that this merchant from the Western Regions did not expect to meet this generous guest, so he bought most of the goods he brought at once, and under great joy, he hurriedly took out fruits and drinks to entertain Li Nan.

Compared with other emperors in history, Li Nan is much easier to eat, because he is not poisonous, so he does not need to test for poison from people, and besides, he also met this merchant in the Western Regions, so he didn't care.

Picking up a red and glamorous date, Li Nan praised after tasting it: "This should be called a date, right?" It seems that you are from the desert of the Far West? ”

The merchant of the Western Regions didn't expect Li Nan to recognize the dates, and hurriedly said: "My lord is really knowledgeable, my name is Aimeni, and I am a Bedouin. ”

"Bedouins?"

Li Nan pondered the origin of the Bedouins, and he asked with some uncertainty: "Are you Bedouins a great cannibal who believes in the *** religion?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Aimeni nodded repeatedly, "You Huaxia people like to call us big cannibals. ”

The Great Cannibals are also known as the Arabs, who historically relied on religion to establish a great empire across Asia, Europe and Africa, that is, the Arab Empire.

When the Arab Empire was strong, it even had a confrontation with the Tang State in China, but it was not a hundred days of prosperity, and the empire gradually became weaker.

It was rare to meet a businessman from Arabia who could also speak Chinese fluently, and Li Nan, who was very curious about the current world situation, chatted with him.

Ameni, a merchant who was able to come to China from Dashi, had to cross the Indian continent and pass through countless countries along the way, so he naturally had a very wide range of knowledge.

According to Ameni, the situation in the Arab Empire is not very good as it is now fighting against the forces of the Christian churches in Western Europe against the crusades launched by the other side.

After starting from his homeland, he had to pass through the Seljuks, the Khorasan Empire, and the Gur Dynasty before he could enter the territory of the Tibetans and finally reach China.

In addition to these larger countries, there are more than a dozen smaller countries on the continent to the south.

Although Li Nan knows the map of the world and the distribution of countries in later generations, he does not know much about the history of countries in this era.

The people and ministers of the empire are still paying attention to the Jin Kingdom and Mongolia in the north, or the Western Xia and Tubo in the west, but Li Nan is different, he has a vision beyond this era, and he wants the whole world!

In the east of China is the vast Pacific Ocean, and after the Indochina Peninsula in the south is taken, there is basically no room for development, so if the empire wants to continue to develop, it must march to the north and west.

The purpose of Li Nan's trip this time is to observe the current state of the Tibetan people, and if he can, then the next move of the empire is to take down this uncohesive nation and include the entire Tibet region in the empire's territory.

After occupying the Tibetan region, if you go west, there are several countries established by the Turks, and in history, this ethnic group has a lot of experience in dealing with China, and has been driven out several times during several invasions, and it is estimated that there will be some tough battles to be fought.

As for the more than a dozen countries established on the southern continent that Aimeni said, Li Nan knew that he was talking about the Indians living on the Indian continent, but he really sneered at the Indians.

From a global perspective, as long as it is a country with a little cohesion, even if it is a small country, in the face of foreign invasion, it will fight to the end and will not give up until the last moment.

The most typical China is difficult to be conquered, even if the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty completely conquered it have paid a heavy price, and the island countries of later generations have tried their best to take China, and India, which is also an ancient civilization, their experience is actually a history of blood and tears conquered by foreign peoples.

For thousands of years, about 80 percent of the time of the development of Indian civilization was in a state of extinction, in a state of foreign conquest.

In the long course of history, more than a dozen ethnic groups such as Aryans, Persians, Central Asians, Macedonians, Turks, Mongols, Afghans, and even Kushans and Uzbeks came to India one after another, and without much effort, they completely conquered India, established a country, and ruled for hundreds of years.

Judging from the history of Indians, India basically did not resist foreign invasions, and many foreign ethnic groups, as long as they arrived in India, could immediately gain a firm foothold. Later, the British Empire also easily occupied India after coming to India, and such a thing is almost impossible in other countries and peoples.

According to the research of Indian history in later generations, many experts and scholars have given some reasons.

First of all, the Indians do not feel that the country is invaded at all. Because Indians have never been a country, Indians have never been a dominant nation, there are hundreds of nationalities there, so there is no sense of belonging to the country, there is no sense of national identity, for them, whoever rules is the same.

The second is because of the caste system in India, which is the basic system that stabilizes the Indian continent. For a long time, there was a rule led by the high caste families of India, and each region was basically a few families or princes, and the vast number of Shudras and untouchables were negligible. Therefore, if the invading army gets rid of the local princes and family bosses, it actually takes care of the whole of India.

The last reason is that the Indians are very weak in combat, and even in later generations, laziness is a characteristic of this ethnic group. It lacks both a sense of resistance and the ability to fight, so it can only be a submissive nation.

These are all a bit far away, and what Li Nan talked to Aimeni the most about his experiences in Tubo, Qingtang and Western Xia.

Although the Imperial Intelligence Agency also sent a lot of secret spies out, it was rare to meet such a businessman who did not belong to any force, so Li Nan wanted to get some neutral views from him.

Ameni traveled among the worlds, and because of his status as a merchant, he had dealings with the Tibetan royal family and nobles, as well as with the common people and serfs at the bottom.

Nowadays, the Tibetan tribes are in the process of transitioning from slavery to feudalism, and in the process, Buddhism has re-emerged in Tibet, forming many sects such as Nyingma, Kadam, Kagyu, and Sakya.

In the land of Tibet, the secular feudal forces in various places were combined with different sects, fighting openly and secretly with each other, and in addition to resisting the attacks from the Tanguts, they also waged long-term wars against each other.

The troubled times brought greater harm to ordinary people and serfs, so a large number of low-level Tibetans hoped to end this life as soon as possible.

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