Xun Yu learned that the two sides had negotiated, so he organized people to rush to the inn overnight and bought all the food in Mi Fang's hands. In exchange, Xun Yu made an exception to allow Mi Fang to publicly sell some of the paper and white porcelain. In order to show his sincerity, Xun Yu, who is a literati, also took the initiative to buy a batch of Xiang paper, but as for white porcelain, he was not interested.

At the same time, most of the fine works lurking in the inn also withdrew, but in order to be able to grasp Mi Fang's whereabouts in time, Xun Yu still left a few people in the inn, but he didn't have to pay attention to Mi Fang's words and deeds as before.

After making such a big business, and being allowed to openly sell some of the Xiang paper and white porcelain in Puyang, Mi Fang really smiled, but no one knew that the real reason for his happiness was that he had successfully completed the secret task assigned by Liu Xin.

Smuggling grain is also a task given to him by Liu Xin, but this task is not difficult at all, as long as the grain is transported across the border, even if it is successful, there is no need to travel thousands of miles to Puyang.

Of course, Liu Xin is now selling grain to Cao Cao because of his "sinister intentions". Cao Cao has a lot of capable people, and in order to prevent them from seeing this "sinister intention" prematurely, it is normal for Mi Fang to play a trick. But as the war in the north dragged on, this "sinister intention" would definitely be discovered by them. However, even if Cao Cao discovered Liu Xin's "sinister intentions", he could only continue to be led by Liu Xin's nose, because the lack of food was his hard injury.

Since the task of smuggling grain to Cao Cao was so simple, Mi Fang probably didn't need to go to great lengths to come to Puyang, but he still came, because he had another more important task, that is, to find a way to get Kong Rong's family to Xiangyang. And Liu Xin's ultimate goal is naturally to help Kong Rong get rid of Cao Cao's control, and now he has taken away Kong Rong's family, and with the power of the phantom spy lurking in Puyang City, Kong Rong can get out alone at any time. As for why Liu Xin rescued Kong Rong, was it just because he had a relationship with Kong Rong in Luoyang? Liu Xin didn't say it, and others wouldn't ask, Mi Fang only knew that he had now successfully completed the task and could return to Xiangyang in style.

And Liu Xin, who waited for Tuburo to help select the slaves of Great Qin, stayed in the city for three more days, and finally got a reply from Tubro, in the entire slave market in the city of mud, he only found three slaves from Great Qin. To Liu Xin's regret, these slaves are all very old, although they are from Great Qin, they have been away from Great Qin for many years, and they don't know much about the current situation in Great Qin.

Regret is regret, these Daqin slaves are not all useless, if you want to deal with Daqin in the future, someone must understand their language, Liu Xin ordered the three Daqin slaves to be sent to Xiangyang and handed over to Hou Qinu, who is the most talented in language, so that Hou Qinu can learn the language of Daqin.

At this time, Huang Zhong led a large number of troops of the Fifth Army into the mud city. Therefore, Liu Xin handed over the task of clearing out the horse bandits in Shanshan and building a formal garrison barracks to Huang Zhong, and he himself led the team on the journey.

In the past few days, Princess Liya of Loulan will come to the temporary military camp of the Han army in the east of Huni City every day to learn dance skills with Minchan. Because of the assassination of the Black Whirlwind last time, Minchan never left the barracks one step further, but got along with Liya very happily.

Knowing that the team was about to start, Liya suddenly said, "I'm going to go with me too!" ”

Liu Xin was surprised: "What are you doing with you?" ”

Liya leaned close to Minchan and said, "I want to learn dance from my wife." ”

Liu Xin looked at Minchan, but saw that Minchan nodded slightly. Liu Xin had no choice but to turn to Hani again and asked, "What does King Shanshan mean?" ”

Since Hani saw the military power of the Han Dynasty and Liu Xin's martial arts, he has been in awe of the Han Dynasty, but he is happy to see his sister close to Liu Xin, and said happily: "Liya is older, I can't control her as a brother, she can go wherever she wants." ”

Liu Xin had no choice but to let Liya move forward with the team. Although Minkchan's carriage was wide, it couldn't squeeze so many people, but fortunately, Laniel's injuries had all healed, so she got out of the carriage and changed horses, giving up her place to Liya.

The march in the desert was very difficult, and although they did not encounter any enemies along the way, they had to fight against the sand, heat, and lack of water. However, Minchan and her entourage sitting in the carriage can avoid this pain, because the roof and four walls of the carriage are double-layered, which can not only block the wind and sand, but also insulate the heat and keep warm, and the car is also prepared with a variety of food.

It is indeed very comfortable to sit in such a carriage, but Liya seems to be preoccupied, and she is also talking to Minchan upside down, and suddenly a sentence comes out: "Seventh Madam, you said that the black whirlwind will sneak attack us halfway?" ”

Although Liya is named a princess, and Diao Chan is only Liu Xin's concubine, how can a princess from a small country in the Western Regions be compared to Liu Xin's concubine? Although Minchan felt that this girl had a good temperament and loved her very much, she had told her many times, and everyone was called sisters, but Liya never dared to change her words, and Minchan had no choice but to let her go. However, hearing Liya mention the Black Whirlwind, Diao Chan's face couldn't help but become solemn, the situation that night was still fresh in her memory, and even Liu Xin let her stay in the barracks all the time, which shows that the Black Whirlwind is a very powerful opponent.

Minchan looked out of the car, a team of soldiers braved the scorching heat, the wind and sand, but their steps were still firm, and they couldn't help but put their minds at ease and said: "Sister don't worry, this is surrounded by battle-hardened warriors, if he dares to come, it will be like a moth to a fire." ”

Liya listened to Minchan's words, but instead of being happy, she sighed deeply.

As Minchan expected, after more than half a month of trekking, the whole team successively passed through the end, the exquisite, and the detained, and arrived at Xicheng, the national capital of Khotan, not to mention the black whirlwind, and never saw a horse bandit at all.

Whenever Liu Xin goes to a country, he will stop for a while. With the experience in Shanshan, the negotiations went quite smoothly, and the kings of all countries agreed to Liu Xin's conditions of opening trade routes and staying in Han troops, and Liu Xin would also give them silk and white porcelain respectively. Whenever Liu Xin and his entourage left, Huang Zhong's Fifth Army had already caught up in time and began to clear out horse bandits and build camps in the local area. The Khotan in front of him was already Liu Xin's fourth stop after leaving the mud city.

When the king of Khotan received the news, he had already brought a cadre of civil and military officers to greet him outside the city. More than 100 years ago, Khotan was a staunch supporter of the Han Dynasty, and once sent troops to assist Ban Chao in attacking Gumo, Shache, Shule and other cars, and was one of the powerful countries in the Western Regions. When it came to the generation of Xianxiang, the Han Dynasty's control over the Western Regions gradually weakened, and Khotan began to take a wait-and-see attitude. When Jia Xu visited the countries of the Western Regions last time, he did not make a clear statement on whether Liu Xin supported or opposed the rebuilding of the Western Regions Protectorate. However, looking at the posture of presenting the elephant to welcome the crowd today, his position has changed significantly.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw Liu Xin, he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down to the ground, and said in a loud voice: "Tens of thousands of people in Khotan are willing to return to the rule of the Han Dynasty!" ”

Liu Xin was very satisfied, dismounted and helped him up, and said: "The king of the elephant is deeply aware of the righteousness, and Liu is very relieved. Someone came and brought the gift that Liu gave to the elephant king. ”

Two guards had already stepped forward, each holding a large vase. A voice of surprise suddenly sounded in the team that came to greet Liu Xin. In fact, since Liu Xin's team left the Yumen Pass, the news has spread throughout the countries of the Western Regions, and the countries have also been paying attention to Liu Xin's movements, after all, the rebuilding of the Western Regions Protectorate is closely related to their interests. The promises made by Liu Xin in the four countries of Shanshan, Jimo, Jingjue, and Kumi, as well as the news of selling some silk and white porcelain to the shops, also spread, and of course, the news of Liu Xin's defeat of the Black Whirlwind Bandit Gang was also indispensable.

It was only after receiving these news that Xianxiang made up his mind to return to the rule of the Han Dynasty. After all, if the countries of the Western Regions want to live a good life, they can't do without trade routes, and with the arrival of the Han army, the street markets of Shanshan and other countries have become obviously lively.

Seeing the gift given by Liu Xin, Xianxiang was even more excited, because according to the news he received, the porcelain that Liu Xin gave to several other kings was not so valuable, which is enough to show that Liu Xin attaches great importance to Khotan.

Of course, Liu Xin attaches great importance to Khotan, because further on are Pishan, Shache and Shule, Pishan is a small country, and Shache and Shule also helped Dawan send troops to attack his team a few days ago. It is not difficult to get Pishan to bow down, but it will take a lot of effort to get Shache and Shule to surrender. Pishan was too small, and only the powerful Khotan could be used as a base for the conquest of Shache and Shule.

Of course, Liu Xin's plans were not clear, he stroked the two exquisite vases, and only after a while did he order his entourage to accept them, and then let someone hold a wooden plate, present it to Liu Xin, and said: "Lord Liu, these two stones contain beautiful jade, please don't dislike them." ”

Khotan is one of the most developed agricultural countries in the Western Regions, but the most famous thing in Khotan is jade, and Liu Xin has a considerable appreciation for jade antiques. ”

In fact, there are carved jade in the treasury of Khotan, but Xianxiang took out two uncarved stones, just to show it in front of Liu Xin and tell Liu Xin that the Khotanese people also have strengths. If Liu Xin dismisses the two stones, he can cut open the stones on the spot and let Liu Xin see the real jade.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xin just picked up the stone and looked at it at the sun, then accepted it with satisfaction, and talked about the characteristics of these two stones, so that there was nowhere to use the power of the image, and hurriedly invited Liu Xin to enter the city to catch the wind and wash the dust for them.

Liu Xin was able to try his hand in the field that he was best at, and so far, the offering of images has been convincing to Liu Xin.

The team entered the western city and came to the palace of Khotan, and suddenly saw a chamberlain hurriedly greeted him, whispered a few words to the elephant, and the face of the elephant changed abruptly.