The envoys from various countries in Central Asia only arrived in Nanling today, and according to the normal order, they should first go to the Hongru Pavilion to register, and the Hongru Pavilion will make arrangements, and only after obtaining Lu Zhe's approval will they have the opportunity to meet one after another.

It's not a big deal, but there was a little accident when the Hongru Pavilion arranged the envoys of various countries, and several countries were very cooperative with the Hongru Pavilion in the registration steps, and they also followed the people from the Hongru Pavilion to place the luggage to the post house, but after putting the luggage, it was messed up.

Each country has its own customs, and its appearance and dress are also different, to be honest, it is difficult to distinguish who is who on the imperial side, and the Hongru Pavilion is relatively chaotic in terms of arrangement.

The Hongru Museum knows more about Parthia and Bactria, but it doesn't know much about it, and it is only because the two countries have visited before, and there are some materials to learn from in the records. New nations and tribes such as the Kashmir, Atropne, Arakosia, Scythians, Alans, Northern Sagas, and many others were blind.

In fact, the Scythians can also be called Western Sakya, which is clear to those countries or tribes in Central Asia, but the people of the Hongru Pavilion are not clear, so the Hongru Pavilion arranged the Scythians and the Northern Sakya people to a nearby house, and waited for the personnel of the Hongru Pavilion to leave, and it didn't take much effort for the Scythians and the Northern Sakya to do it.

The minimum size of the envoy group is nearly 500 or more, and the two groups of people fight is a scene of more than 1,000 people, waiting for the Hongru Pavilion to know that the envoys are fighting each other, they ran over and looked completely dumbfounded, so they could only panic and report to the top, and then the senior officials of the Hongru Pavilion ran to ask the city defense army to come.

It is simply that the Scythians and the Northern Sakya people still know how to restrain themselves in a foreign country, and they did not use weapons when they fought dryly, and when they waited for the city defense army to come and separate the two groups, although the two groups had been fighting for nearly ten minutes, no one died. The more serious injuries are nearly 100 serious injuries.

"There is a contradiction between the Western Sagas and the Northern Sakya, a big contradiction." She'a also came to Nanling again this time, and he shook his head at Jingju who rushed over: "They are originally the same ethnic group, and their ancestors were divided and divided. Recently, the Northern Sakya and the Yueshi have been fighting for living space, and the Scythians have also mixed in to attack the Northern Sakya on the same side as the Yue. ”

Jing Ju is one of the nine Qing pawns, pawns are the highest official position in the Hongru Pavilion, he was the one who came forward to receive the envoys of various countries, and he left after a set of etiquette and communication. If nothing major happened, his reappearance should be in the order of waiting for Lu Zhe to set the time of the audience.

There is a contradiction between the Stecis and the Northern Sagas. Then it is certain that they will be placed separately, and Jingju asked Shea some things again: "Other people, are there any contradictions among them?" ”

Shea looks a little dumbfounded? He touched his beard: "Yes, there must be." For example, there are contradictions between Alacsia and Kashmir and Bactria, and we have contradictions with the Alans and Scythians. The Armenians and the Alans, the Scythians, and we all have contradictions, but Atropene has good relations with Bactria. ”

Jing Ju started to have a headache, what is this, and the dog's teeth are more than this, right?

"Rest assured, only the Steki and the Northern Sagas don't know the general situation. Regardless of the occasion, a fight broke out. After saying with a little disdain, Shea changed his expression to a cautious expression: "Nothing bad will happen to the rest of the envoys, after all, we are in your empire." ”

In other words, each mission has its own set of specifications. Those who respect the rules are generally strong countries in the relative sense, after all, the importance of the order of the way to the strong country, the more chaotic the country, the less serious the rules will be. It is absolutely difficult for a country that does not abide by the rules to be strong, and even if it is strong, it will be like a flash in the pan. Shine in an instant and disappear into history.

In fact, having an order also means that there is a reasonable administrative team, and on this basis, the potential can be tapped. Historically, there have been tribes of their own kings. They can leave a mark in the history books, whether it is their own country or other countries will leave a record, this record will be relatively detailed, even if there is a record in history of the tribe without a king, it is estimated that it will only be a simple vague record such as a certain barbarian.

Is Lü Zhe's empire strong? It is difficult to say anything to the civilians living in the hinterland of the empire, they only know that everything is going in a good direction after Lü Zhe rose to power and brought his region under his rule; The civilians of Biansai will feel more clearly, and they will be able to witness with their own eyes that the invasions they would encounter before have been cut off, and recognize the strong side of the country; Civil and military officials and magistrates may have a vague understanding of whether the country is strong or not, but they can also know that the country they serve is strong, and the military attaché is a group that is relatively aware of the strength of the country.

It may be difficult to make a clear judgment on whether a country is strong or not, but it is relatively easy for a foreign country to make a judgment. In the eyes of many foreigners, this powerful and very powerful place in the East comes from the imperial army that they have seen, and it is also judged from the judgment of the imperial army's continuous victories in the wars with the steppe tribes.

If it was only known that the imperial army was constantly winning victories in foreign wars to judge whether it was strong before, what the envoys who came to Nanling this time only knew was the strength of the imperial army.

Whether a country is strong or not, force is an indispensable aspect, but the strength of force is only part of it, this time the envoys of various countries arrived, they basically came to the empire from the side close to Longxi County, and walked the "Hexi Corridor" of the Han Dynasty and even the Sui and Tang dynasties, so as soon as they entered the empire, it was the boundary of Longxi County.

It has been nearly two years since Lu Zhe took over Longxi County, but it is basically a joke to say that Longxi County has undergone any transformation in the past two years.

What did the envoys of various countries see when they entered Longxi County? In fact, it is a relatively desolate picture, all because a large part of the people living in Longxi County maintain a nomadic state, and the few envoys who have not been to the empire are wondering that the Eastern Empire will be a nomadic form of a large empire.

The closer you get to Qindi, the more your previous impression will inevitably be overturned, and there are many cities in the east of Longxi County, which has nothing to do with nomadism. Longxi County itself is a large county, but it is not very prosperous, and the largest size of the county is fifty or sixty thousand. In the eyes of some of the legaries, this is already a big city.

Entering the territory of Neishi County, the scene seen on the road became more and more prosperous, and the number of villages that appeared also shocked a large group of people from various envoys.

Many people come to the conclusion that there are many concepts of whether a country is strong, but it must be inseparable from the basis of whether a country has a large population, the more population a country has, the stronger the foundation, some people in the envoy group have already been to the empire Parthia and Bactria to find the answer, and the reply is that the eastern empire has a population of at least 40 million, so for a moment I don't know how many people almost dropped their jaws.

In fact, Qin Land is not very prosperous, and it will take less than a year for Lu Zhe to accept Qin Land into his rule, and it is false to say how much change Qin Land can be made in a year. However, the number of merchants who came and went to and from the road to do business was surging, and the merchants transported goods from the Yangtze River basin and even south of the Yangtze River to Qindi, and then bought materials from Qindi and sold them back.

Judging from the caravans coming and going on the road, the envoys who came to the Eastern Empire for the first time couldn't help but have a new feeling: "This country not only has a large population, but also is very prosperous in commerce, and you can see that the life of this country is very stable by looking at the caravans coming and going on the road. ”

That's not nonsense, it's absolutely true that there are many caravans on the road that represent stability, and that there will only be an environment for doing business in land with good security. If the road is full of robbers and bandits, even if they can do business, they will not be able to make commerce prosperous.

The envoys saw not only caravans coming and going, but also the troops they could see from time to time, which were some troops who had been ordered to move to a certain place, and they did not know that Qin had only been brought under Lu Zhe's rule for nearly a year. The movement of troops is seen as having a new conquest target for the Empire.

Shea told many of the friendly envoys that the empire was now in a period of expansion, constantly attacking the steppe tribes in the north and some jungle tribes in the south. In particular, he emphasized: "The country you have entered. She has an army of at least three million. The king could increase his army to five million at any time if he wished. Yes, five million. There will be more, not less! ”

A group of people were dumbfounded, and among the few envoys, the population of the country where they were located was not three million, or even one million. The standing army of this Eastern Empire is three million, and it can be expanded to five million anytime and anywhere? The first thought that pops into their heads is "What are you kidding!?" Then I couldn't help but shudder, "What an unimaginable behemoth!" Something like that.

They knew one thing very well, everything they saw and heard was clearly telling them: the soldiers of the Eastern Empire armed with weapons could be armed to the teeth, which was clearly affirmed by any army they saw on the road!

Entering the boundary of the Yangtze River Basin, many people finally understood what the prosperity that Shea said before was, not only the cities they saw, nor the number of caravans on the road, but also the comprehensive recognition of the almost all-round strength of the Eastern Empire.

Knowing what kind of country they were going to, at least they already knew it preliminarily, then they rushed to the capital of the Eastern Empire to see the ruler of the empire, and the more impatient they became.

I don't know how many times I have repeated the topic, that is, the people who came to Nanling for the first time were shocked by the city wall that was more than fifteen meters high, and then they were shocked again when they knew that the population of Nanling was close to two million.

Entering Nanling, the straight avenue coupled with the orderly urban planning, it looks simple with an almost paranoid sense of order, the higher the degree of civilization, the more people understand what it all means, and the barbarians who are not civilized will be subconsciously restrained by what they see.

There are a lot of envoys sent by Central Asian countries, and the scale is also large and small, and the specifications are also grand and arbitrary, of course, they also carry gifts, but the funny thing happens, they want to buy things, but the market currency of the empire only accepts standardized copper coins, gold and silver coins are not really circulated in the market, gold coins, silver coins are currently used as a high-value metal for large transactions or gifts back and forth.

Of course, the envoys of various countries did not have the copper coins of the Empire, and it was simply heartbreaking to see that good things could not be bought, but they could not be purchased under the condition of precious metals, and there was no more torturous place than this.

Later, Shea negotiated with Jingju, and Jingju accepted the exchange of precious metals to the various envoys after obtaining consent, Parthia had its own gold coins, Bactria was silver, and most of the other countries also had silver coins as their main currency, while the tribes had no currency but carried natural gold.

Jing Ju didn't really know much about the exchange value of precious metals, so in the end, he sent someone to help test the precious metals of each envoy to determine the purity and value of the metals, and then exchange them for copper coins according to the value of the imperial currency.

Changing currency, there was a traffic jam in the place where the Hongru Pavilion was located, all because there were too many carriages loaded with copper coins, and the various envoys who were unloading the goods could not get up quickly.

After getting the approval, they began to visit Nanling, and with the currency of the empire, it was really a group of hillbillies who entered the big manor, they first went to the parks everywhere to see the strange, and had an unexpected love for the fountains in the park, and then went to the North and West markets to buy everything they needed and liked with currency.

Someone reported to Lu Zhe that the envoys of various countries had squandered at least 1.7 million guan in just three days, and individual commodities in the city were directly purchased, among which the weapons that could be sold in the market were completely sold out in two days, and silk was second only to the most sought-after commodities in weapons, followed by porcelain, tea, and some other commodities.

"Asking you to come here requires you to get acquainted with the envoys of various countries as soon as possible." Lu Zhe looked at Liu Bang, who looked a little nervous: "They sent an envoy, and we also need to send an envoy to pay a return visit." After discussion, you are a suitable candidate to be the head of the visiting mission. ”

Liu Bang didn't know how he could be the most suitable person, and he was completely dumbfounded for a while. (To be continued......)