Chapter 676: You have made a meritorious service
The two leaders didn't know what to say for a moment, and they all looked at their heads.
Feng Quji said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this is not the place to talk. Why don't we bring the two of them back to the palace and talk to you slowly?"
Li Si immediately said: "Mr. Feng is right, Your Majesty, the trip to the Western Regions is definitely a big deal. They can all come back safely. This shows that the map given by the emperor is very useful. Otherwise, it will take a few days to explore the way." Years, more than ten years, and he may even die on the way."
Li Si's caravan leader said: "My master is right. The caravan did encounter dangers on the way. The first was the Huns. We were almost captured by the Huns. There was also a lack of water in the desert and we almost died of thirst.
And the most terrifying thing in the desert is not the lack of water, but also the sandstorms, for which we sacrificed several people. "
"We also encountered it." Feng Quji's caravan leader said, "We also encountered bandits, and they wanted to rob our goods when they saw them.
Fortunately, the owner of the house made arrangements in advance, otherwise we would never be able to come back. "
Ying Zheng couldn't help but frown and said, "Oh, Feng Quji, what are your plans?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I just let a group of people with high martial arts skills serve as bodyguards. I once heard from the emperor's master that Zhang Qian was captured by the Huns and imprisoned for ten years.
Wei Chen was worried that our caravan would also be captured, which would be a huge loss to Great Qin.
Because we don't know what happened to them. "
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "The necessary guards are still needed. Go back to the palace. After returning to the palace, you two should tell me what happened on the way.
I want to record all of this. By publishing a book for you, I want you to leave your name in history. "
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The excitement in the hearts of the two caravan leaders was beyond words.
Later, Ying Zheng arranged for Gan Luo to receive the group of caravans at the city gate. He said it was a reception, but in fact, he asked Gan Luo to be responsible for arranging the caravan.
This time the caravan returned so early, Ying Zheng had doubts in his heart. It couldn't be at the same time, there should definitely be a time difference.
After Ying Zheng and others returned to the palace, Ying Zheng immediately arranged a banquet. It was just a small banquet. Only the two caravan leaders and Li Si, Feng Quji and a few people attended.
Li Si and Feng Quji were used to it. They had attended such banquets many times.
But the two caravan leaders were so excited that they ate with the First Emperor, which was like smoke from their ancestors.
Ying Zheng picked up his wine glass and said to the two caravan leaders: "I'd like to toast you. You are the heroes of Qin and China."
"I don't dare." The two caravan leaders carefully picked up the wine glasses.
"You are the heroes, there is no doubt about it." Ying Zheng said, "Your return proves one thing. There are countries in the Western Region other than the Xiongnu, and they are still rich in products."
Li Qiang, the leader of Li Si's caravan, said, "Your Majesty, we are guilty."
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Sin? You are heroes, what's your crime?"
"The villain did not follow the instructions on the map and deserves death." Li Qiang said.
Ying Zheng asked: "Why don't you take the road on the map?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to go, but the roads on the map are all wrong, so we got lost. Fortunately, we met in the Yuezhi Kingdom, and heard the news of the Huns' defeat. Soon, everyone Back together.
Your Majesty, please forgive me. We didn't do it on purpose. "
General Li Si said: "Your Majesty, Li Qiang and the others have done a good job. Between Da Qin and the Yuezhi Kingdom, there are the Xiongnu, Wusun, Dayuan, Kangju, Yancai, Anxi and other countries.
It can also be regarded as opening up a way for the Silk Road. For Da Qin, it has taken a step closer to the world. "
Feng Quji then said: "Your Majesty, what Li Shangshu said makes sense. Although we have not reached the place we expected, the Yuezhi Kingdom has arrived, which is already very good.
Now that the Xiongnu have been defeated by Meng Tian, they have retreated again. In the past, we would not
They knew where the Huns were, but now they knew it through the caravan. "
Li Qiang said immediately: "We know that they have retreated across the board and begun to attack the Yuezhi Kingdom.
King Yuezhi also sent an envoy to Da Qin, hoping that Da Qin would send troops to attack the Xiongnu and attack the Xiongnu from both front and rear. "
"Where is the Yuezhi Kingdom's envoy?" Ying Zheng asked.
Li Qiang immediately said: "In the right minister's caravan, there are not only Yuezhi Kingdom, but also envoys from Wusun Kingdom, Anxi Kingdom, Dawan Kingdom and other countries." Kansula
Sun Ke, the leader of Feng Quji's caravan, immediately knelt down and said, "Reporting to your majesty, the little people were afraid of being discovered by the Huns, so they did this on purpose.
Currently only two of us in the caravan know. "
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "Get up. Not only are you not guilty, you have also made meritorious service. If you just went to the Yuezhi Kingdom and not to other countries, I will definitely kill you.
But you used a map full of errors to reach the Yuezhi Kingdom, passing through many countries on the way. This is enough to show that there are many countries in the Western Region.
Moreover, the Western Region is just the beginning. In the future, Great Qin’s goal is Europe. "
Europe?
Li Qiang and Sun Ke looked at Ying Zheng in confusion.
Ying Zheng waved his hand, indicating that the two of them should ignore it.
Li Qiang and Li Qiang stood up and sat in their seats.
Li Si and Feng went to Jiji to see that Ying Zheng had not mentioned the matter of envoys from various countries, so they did not mention it and walked to their seats and sat down.
"Now you tell me some interesting stories about your journey to the west, and I will have someone record them." Ying Zheng said.
Then a eunuch took a pen and paper and started to prepare notes.
Li Qiang said: "Reporting to your majesty, I set out with Sun Ke from Xianyang City, passed through Longxi, and entered the Hexi Corridor. This is a dry land, but the scenery is unique, with deserts and snow-capped mountains contrasting each other.
Our team met the Huns' cavalry here and started a desperate fight with the Huns' army.
Fortunately, the other party knew that we were from the Qin Dynasty, so they became timid psychologically. In addition, they were not many in number, so we annihilated them all. As a result, we got more than 300 war horses, which added to the caravan's harvest. .
The first country we arrived in was Dawanguo.
There is a thousand-mile horse there that sweats as soon as it runs, and the Huns' war horses cannot catch up with it. We call it a sweaty horse.
In order to buy a hundred bloody horses, we sold more than half of the goods to the horse dealer.
There were also three hundred Huns war horses. "
"What, you actually exchanged so many commodities and Huns war horses for a hundred bloody horses?" Feng Quji said in shock.
Sun Ke immediately lowered his head and said, "The villain has made his own decisions, please ask the master to punish him."
"No." Feng Quji said, "I don't mean to blame you. What I want to say is why don't you sell all the goods and buy a bloody BMW?"
