Chang'an in May is a little muggy.

It is difficult to live and carve on the grassland for a long time, which is very unsuitable for the summer in Chang'an.

He wanted to leave the furnace-like Han Dynasty as soon as possible and return to the cool grasslands of the north.

But negotiations with the Han Dynasty reached an impasse.

The Han Dynasty stubbornly demanded that the Huns at least hand over the left bone marquis who led the attack on the Han Dynasty village, otherwise the mutual trade on the border would be cut off.

But this was a condition that the Huns could not accept at all.

It's just that cutting off the mutual market is also completely unacceptable to the Huns.

The level of metal smelting in the Xiongnu was very low, and it can even be said that there was no at all.

It doesn't matter what else it is.

Like arrowheads and bows, the Huns could make them from animal bones.

Whether there is metal or not, it doesn't matter.

But......

A sacrificial vessel needed to worship the gods of heaven and earth.

In the world, only the Han Dynasty can produce and supply.

And the Xiongnu have a lot of sacrificial activities every year.

In addition to the Dragon City Conference and the Tellurium Forest Conference organized by the royal court, other tribes also have their own sacrificial activities.

Like the Hutu tribe, every year they have to offer ten bronze golden figures to the gods and ancestors.

The huge demand led to the fact that the various tribes of the Xiongnu were actually very dependent on various metals obtained from the Han Dynasty.

In the past, the Huns used robbery to meet their needs.

Five years ago, King Youxian invaded the Han Dynasty and looted back tens of thousands of catties of various bronze products.

And when the Han Dynasty became strong, it relied on robbery. It's no longer possible.

Twenty years ago, every time the Han Dynasty was robbed, the Huns had to pay the lives of thousands or even thousands of warriors.

And the population of the Xiongnu was too small.

We simply can't afford such an expense.

So. will turn to the west.

In Chang'an, just arguing with the ministers of the Han Dynasty has been seven or eight times.

He was a little exhausted and miserable.

If it weren't for the mission of being alone, if you couldn't complete the mission, it would be extremely miserable to go back, which would. He's gone.

This makes it difficult to live and carve a little nostalgic Bank of China said.

At the very least, the Bank of China said that when Shan Yuting was in court, he dealt with the Han Dynasty. It never had to be that hard.

BOC, who was familiar with and understood the behavior and way of thinking of the Han Dynasty, could always think of a way to make the Han Dynasty compromise obediently.

"Fortunately, it's not without good things......" and Ju and Diao touched his nose, a little proud.

This time. His biggest takeaway was to know. The Great Xiongnu married the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and is currently pregnant.

This is undoubtedly the greatest achievement of this mission.

The nobles of the royal court have long been looking forward to the pregnancy of the Yan family.

Not to mention anything else, the future emperor of the Han Dynasty may be a person of Xiongnu blood, and this fact alone is enough to make the entire royal court celebrate.

It's just that after the pregnancy. It was immediately under the strict protection of the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention contact.

And it was difficult to live and carve in the Han Dynasty for so long, and it was only on the day of the presentation of the national letter. I met once from afar, and I was already the imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty.

Although there was no way to contact the Beihai clan, it was difficult to live and carve, so he quickly passed the good news back to the royal court through the channels of the mission.

After returning to the Huns, it was difficult to feel that he would definitely be rewarded by Shan Yu for this.

Thinking about this, and living and carving, I was a little brow-browed, and my mood improved.

"I heard that the Han people are going to take the exam again this year?" It was difficult to ask a few former Han Dynasty people who accompanied the mission.

"Yes......" The faces of the former Han people in these missions were a little embarrassed at the moment.

Now, the Han people in the Xiongnu are mainly in two parts.

Some of them were Han Chinese and nobles who were captured by the Xiongnu or surrendered or even surrendered voluntarily in the wars of the past 60 years.

The other part is some scholars and officials who are depressed in China, or who break the law, have no way to escape, and simply defect to the Xiongnu.

Some of these people are double agents, or even three-sided agents, smart people who step on N boats and bet on both sides or even three sides.

But most people don't have such a good life.

For them, after fleeing to the Huns, it is equivalent to giving their lives to the Huns from now on.

There is no option to return at all.

It's nothing for the diehards, but those wall grasses are embarrassing now.

Especially those who think they are full of talent, but the court just doesn't give them a chance.

Now, the bowels of repentance are blue.

After the rise of the examination, it represented that the Han family entered a new era.

As long as you are talented, you will definitely get ahead.

Although now, the scholars who have passed the examination can only be a small official of 200 or 400 stones.

But it is foreseeable that in the future, the important ministers and feudal lords of the Han family, the examiners will take the lead.

I don't know how many fleeing Han people of the Huns, after hearing the news, beat their chests and regretted it.

There are several such guys among the members of the mission this time.

"You go to Chang'an City, take a walk, take a look, and when you come back, report to me what you have seen and heard!" And it is difficult to issue orders.

The reform of the Han Dynasty is the focus of many people's attention in the high-level of the Xiongnu.

Even Shan Yu will ask from time to time.

This is what is bound to happen in international relations.

Just like during the Warring States period of China, as soon as the Wei State changed the law, the surrounding countries immediately noticed it.

After seeing the benefits of changing the law, they followed suit.

Even the state of Chu, which is known as the stubborn state of ten thousand years, immediately followed up.

Although the Huns were not as sensitive as the Warring States Heroes, they had no desire to learn and emulate the Han Dynasty.

However, the big guy in the neighborhood is starting to work on new toys, and no matter how dull the guy is, he will have the consciousness to lean over and see what the big guy is doing.

In ancient times, although communication was inconvenient. The speed of information delivery is slow.

However, any change at the national level can still have a huge impact on the surrounding area.

So. It is very normal for the Huns to be alert and vigilant about the changes in the Han Dynasty.

If they don't do anything, it's a ghost.

In particular, it is difficult to live and carve this year, and it is successfully squeezed out of the previous professional household carving difficulties of the Han Dynasty, and successfully ascended to the position.

Of course, I hope to make achievements in office. Prove that you are N times stronger than your predecessor.

In addition, the iron pot of the Han Dynasty was sent back to Shan Yuting. Please give instructions on how to reply to the emperor of the Han Dynasty! "It is difficult to live and carve, and he commands people.

Thinking of this thing called an iron pot, and it is difficult to live and carve, I also sighed.

Compared to the Han Dynasty. In addition to the cavalry, the Huns had many cavalry. The others are simply incomparable.

Not to mention, the skills and creativity of the Han craftsmen make it difficult to live and carve, and they are amazed.

The new iron pot is the best proof of this!

The craftsmen of the Han people, through their own wisdom and technology, creatively invented an iron pot that could be carried around and cooked regardless of the location. Maybe the Han people will think it's nothing.

But as a Xiongnu nobleman, he knows that it is difficult to live and carve. What this means.

This means that from now on, the continuous combat capability of the Xiongnu army will be greatly enhanced.

Even if it is an expedition of thousands of miles, the soldiers of the Huns do not have to worry about starvation.

Not to mention, that iron pot, after buying it back, as long as it is melted, it can be forged into a weapon.

And iron, now in the world, only the Han people can smelt and manufacture.

It's just that......

The price of the Han people for the iron pot makes it difficult for them to know that they can't be the master at all.

The Shaofu of the Han people, after showing him the iron pot, put it forward.

Suppose the Huns want to get the iron pot.

Then you have to exchange something.

A horse or a healthy adult slave for an iron pot.

And there's no price to talk about!

In the face of the Han people, the lion opened his mouth, and it was difficult to live and carve very clearly, whether it was him or Shan Yuting, he could only suffer this knife!

After instructing these things, it was difficult to live and carve, cheered up, and prepared to go to Shaofu to continue to fight with the Han people.

There is no way, the current situation is clear, that is, the Han people know that it is impossible for the Xiongnu to take any big action against the Han Dynasty now, but the Han Dynasty can take action against the Xiongnu.

The offensive and defensive dynamics have changed.

In this way, after pulling the skin several times, the Han and Hungarians finally reached an agreement on the border issue.

Between Han and Hungary, an agreement similar to a memorandum was re-signed.

The agreement reaffirmed the Han-Hungarian contract signed last year, emphasizing that beyond the Great Wall, the people who lead the bow will be governed by Shan Yuzhi, and within the Great Wall, the room of the crown and belt, and the rule of the Han Emperor.

The Xiongnu and the Han respected each other's status and authority in their respective fields.

We do not interfere with each other's actions and understand and support each other's freedom of action in their respective fields.

The Han family took a step back on the border issue and no longer demanded that the first evildoer must be handed over, but the evildoer must be punished.

And the Xiongnu also took a step back, no longer insisting on the attitude of 'nothing like this happened', and agreed to hand over the heads of ten evildoers to the Han Dynasty.

As for who the owners of these heads were, both the Han and the Xiongnu wisely did not mention it.

As a result, the Xiongnu and the Han each saved their own face.

After this agreement was reached, the Great Wall was reopened to trade with each other.

It's just that after the agreement was signed, he said to his own left and right: "Han and Hungary, within ten years, there will be a war!" ”

As a rare sober person among the Xiongnu nobles, and it is difficult to live and carve, I know very clearly that since the Battle of Pingcheng, the Xiongnu and the Han are very unconvinced by each other.

In the following decades, the war between the Han and the Xiongnu exacerbated this atmosphere.

The Han people have never forgotten the shame of Pingcheng and the humiliation of Empress Lu.

On the other hand, the Xiongnu were still immersed in their past victories and their own strength.

Before, it was difficult to live and carve, and there was no feeling.

He felt that the people of the Han Dynasty would come to the grassland if they had the ability.

As long as the Han Dynasty does not have the ability to attack the grassland, then no matter how much they have grievances, it will be in vain.

The Xiongnu cavalry was able to continuously attack the weak points of the Han Dynasty's defenses from the vast Han-Hungarian border.

But in these days of the Han Dynasty, it was difficult to live and carve and feel afraid.

He saw the carriage from Xiaoguan to Chang'an.

A heavy-duty transport carriage. At one time, thousands of stone of materials can be transported from Chang'an to Xiaoguan.

And the Han Dynasty now began to build a track from Xiaoguan to Jinyang.

Once this track is completed. This meant that the Han Dynasty had the ability to quickly reinforce the Great Wall defense line.

That's it.

What really makes it difficult to live and carve is the scale of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty.

He had heard the Han Dynasty's inland armies described by past emissaries.

Basically all are infantry, cavalry is rare.

But this time I came to Chang'an, and it was difficult to live and carve, and along the way, I saw many patrolling and training Han Dynasty cavalry.

Although their riding skills are rough. The tactics are also simple.

But quantitative change will eventually lead to qualitative change.

The most important thing is that it is clear that the Han people are a predominantly agricultural country. They rely mainly on human power to work.

The Han people in those missions also once told him that in the Han Dynasty, the cost of raising a war horse. It is equivalent to raising five soldiers.

Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Raising so many cavalry is not for decoration, right?

They spent so much money and energy to maintain and strengthen their cavalry troops, and they certainly did not use them as defensive forces.

Now the situation is already clear.

The Han Dynasty was preparing for war.

And Shan Yuting was ignorant of this.

This makes the mood of living and carving extremely heavy.

In this world, sober people are the most painful people.

And the same is true of the difficulty of living and carving.

He had a clear vision of the war ahead. However, he had no way to tell Shan Yuting: the Han Dynasty was preparing for war. Big order, please make a quick decision!

Because, the entire royal court believed that the Han Dynasty could not and was not capable of waging war against the Xiongnu.

The Great Huns controlled 400,000 Xuan, invincible in the world.

The tribes of the West are even more immersed in the conquest and enslavement of the Western world.

They did not want or want to draw their forces back to the south of the Makunan, and at the foot of the Great Wall, they fought with the turtle shells of the Han Dynasty year after year.

It is difficult to understand that if he says this, he will definitely be laughed at, even suppressed, and even ostracized.

Now it is only in the court, and westward expansion is politically correct.

Especially after knowing the whereabouts of the Yue people, westward expansion has become the mainstream opinion of Shan Yuting.

Anyone who proposes to go south will be suspected of opening his eyes to the Right Sage King and speaking for Yi Zhi.

Even, even the other Huns who were in the same mission also had very opinions on the difficulty of living and carving.

The Han Dynasty took the initiative to attack the Great Xiongnu?

Are you kidding?

The Great Wall of the Han Dynasty is the testicles of the people of the Han Dynasty, and the invincible iron cavalry of the Great Huns can take care of the cities and towns at the foot of the Great Wall in an all-round way 360 degrees all year round.

Once the war resumed, could the Han Dynasty afford such casualties?

In the Battle of Pingcheng and the Battle of Henan, the Han Dynasty had an advantage, but so what?

It's not just a good peace talk!

In this regard, it is difficult to live and carve, and scoffs.

If it had been before the Battle of Henan, or even three years ago, when the Han Dynasty was internally unstable, perhaps this would have been the case.

But unfortunately, after the Battle of Henan, the Huns lost their foothold in the Han Dynasty.

And after the defeat of Wu Chu three years ago, the Han Dynasty had no internal troubles, and was able to concentrate all its forces and concentrate on targeting the Great Xiongnu.

The current Han Dynasty is like a tiger cub, crawling in the grass, coldly watching the wolves prey.

The wolves thought it hadn't grown up enough to be a threat.

However, it is difficult to know that when the tiger cub emerges from its creeping grass, it will surely surprise the wolves.

Because, it's about to reach adulthood.

It wants to retrieve the lost crown.

After the Great Wall Army of the Qin Empire returned to defend China, it fell on the crown of the grassland, the Hetao.

From the Hetao area, attacking the Han Dynasty, the cavalry could advance to Xiaoguan in three days and nights.

But in the same way, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, starting from Xiaoguan, could appear in the Hetao three days later.

And the geographical location of the Hetao is too important, once the Han Dynasty controls the Hetao, the entire Munan, all the tribes, are within the scope of the Han Dynasty's attack.

It is easy to know that once the Han Dynasty started a war, the Hetao would definitely be their main direction of attack, or even the only direction of attack.

It's just that in the Huns, who will believe him?

Mo said that it was someone else, it was himself, if he hadn't come to the Han Dynasty in person and saw the changes and gradually stronger of the Han Dynasty.

If he was killed, he would not have thought that five years ago, under the blow of the Hun cavalry, this country could only passively defend, and even, in the end, humiliatingly accepted all the conditions of the Huns, five years later, earth-shaking changes have taken place!

He sighed worriedly, and then shook his head.

His status is too low, not to mention influencing Shan Yu, even if he is a big household in the king's tent, it is estimated that it will be difficult to meet alone.

"Could it be that my Great Huns are destined to be defeated in the hands of the Han Dynasty in the future?" It is difficult to push open the window and look at the scenery of the north outside the window.

Under the sun, the streets of the Han people are bustling and lively.

A platoon of patrolling soldiers walked through the middle of the street with neat steps.

Several men of Han nationality gathered under a willow tree and whispered.

And the eyesight of the dwelling and carving is very good, although it is far away.

But he still saw the faces of the men clearly.

The appearance of one of them made him look fused.

"Isn't this the slave who was sent to the Han Dynasty as a gift by Da Danyu?" And the carving is very unexpected: "How could he be dressed like this, how could he appear here?" (To be continued......)