Chapter 2595: Changes in Nanzhong, Kunming, the southern capital
Since Daqin and Nanman are not bordering each other, there are only two ways to go to Nanman.
The first is to take the water route. You need to go to Beihai Navy from Luoyang first, then take a boat from Beihai Port, go around Qing, Xu, Yang, Guang, and Jiaozhou, and after arriving at Qingmei Port in Annan, then take the land route to Nanman.
Although taking the water route is a safe way, it takes a big circle. After landing, we still have to take the land route, which will take at least one and a half months. It takes too long.
Countries must compete against each other for diplomatic relations, not to mention that Li Jing's 100,000 troops are still waiting in front of Yangping Pass. Naturally, it is impossible for Zhang Yi to walk slowly for a month and a half.
Therefore, Zhang Yi chose the second route on his mission to the Southern Barbarians this time, taking the overland route.
Taking the land route requires passing through the two countries of Chu and Shu, and these two countries are still enemies of Qin, so the risk is still very high.
Once discovered by the people of Shu and Chu, if Zhang Yi, who was trapped in the enemy's territory, could not be hunted down and escaped in time, it would be like a meat bun beating a dog with no return.
But even so, Zhang Yi still decided to take the land route. After all, Shu and Chu are not small countries. As long as they carefully avoid crowded areas and don't delay too much, they are basically unlikely to be discovered.
Ying Hao didn't want Zhang Yi to never come back, so he not only sent the New Seven Swordsmen and seven masters to protect Zhang Yi's safety, but also secretly sent Ying Gou to protect the group.
Under the protection of the seven masters of the New Seven Swords, Zhang Yi encountered no setbacks in the early stages of his trip. Starting from Luoyang, he went through Nanyang, Xiangyang, Jiangling, Changsha, Wuling, and Zangkeliu in just ten days. County land.
However, after entering Yizhou County, Zhang Yi and his party encountered Da So He.
The blame for Liu Bian's death was passed to the Five Poison Sect by Liu Yu. Although the Five Poison Sect has been wiped out by Wang Yue, after all, it has been rooted in Nanzhong for hundreds of years, and there are still many affiliated forces and closely related people. .
Naturally, these people also need to be dealt with, so during this period of time, a large number of Da Hehe spies gathered in the southern and south central areas of Yizhou, just to eradicate the remnants of the Five Poison Sect.
Zhang Yi and his party naturally didn't want to cause trouble, but they couldn't help but take the initiative to cause trouble for them.
When Da Hehe was chasing Lan Fenghuang, the remnant of the Five Poison Sect, he happened to encounter Zhang Yi and his party who were on an envoy to Nanman, so naturally he inspected them as usual.
If Zhang Yi and others asked someone to check, their identities would be exposed 100%, and if they refused, they would be exposing themselves.
However, considering that they are now in Yizhou County, it is not too far away from the Nanman. As long as they enter the Nanman territory, they will be safe, and they can go back by water.
After considering this, Zhang Yi stopped worrying too much and directly gave the seven people a wink.
After realizing this, the seven masters immediately drew their swords and killed all the fifty Da Hehe they encountered in three strokes, five by two, and five by two.
The direct consequence of doing so was to attract the pursuit of hundreds of people, as well as the pursuit and interception of thousands of troops.
After all, there were fifty big men. This was a very strong force that could even wipe out some small sects. However, all of them died within the country. This is not a trivial matter in any country, so they were quickly alarmed. Liu Yu arrived in Chengdu.
Although Liu Yu didn't know who specifically did it, at the point when he was about to proclaim himself emperor, someone committed such a big crime in Shu. This was a silent provocation in his eyes.
Liu Yu immediately ordered the local garrison to block all major arteries, and at the same time sent Wang Yue to investigate, just to find out this group of thieves who were so audacious that they dared to provoke him before he ascended the throne.
However, because Zhang Yi and others moved in time and did not leave any movement traces, by the time Wang Yue and his men arrived in Yizhou County, they had already entered Yongchang County.
"Master, the thief has already eliminated all traces, and now he has gone to nowhere."
Shi Meng said in a deep voice that he was Shi A's younger brother, but he did not join Cao Wei with his brother. Instead, he followed his master Wang Yue and served the Shu Han.
"It seems we are late." Farmer Tian Hu sighed.
"Not too late, not at all late."
Wang Yue stared at the mutilated corpses on the ground and said solemnly: "Only these three mutilated corpses were found, but no other corpses were found. It seems that they must have been disposed of by the corpse water.
There were no second wounds on these three corpses, and the wounds were flat and smooth, indicating that they were all killed by a sword, and even though it had been so long, the sword intent still remained in the wounds.
This shows that those who attack are all masters, and the weakest one is also a master swordsman, maybe even a grand master.
However, judging from the sword marks and sword intention, there should be more than one person taking action, and the number of opponents should be around four or five, otherwise not even one of them would be able to escape.
The total number of master swordsmen from all the sects in Yizhou might not be enough. It seems that they are all outsiders.
The only one in the world that can gather so many master swordsmen is Da Qin. "
After saying that, Wang Yue closed his eyes, pressed his fingers on the wound, calmed down to feel the sword's power, and then said: "On these three corpses, I felt fire, ice, thunder and lightning, three completely different types of energy. Sword intent, and the Seven Swords of Great Qin happen to possess these three sword intents."
"So it's the hand of the Seven Swords of Great Qin?" Shi Meng asked.
"Huh, isn't that obvious?"
Tian Hu snorted coldly and asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"
Wang Yue did not answer. What he cared about now was not why the Seven Swords of Great Qin committed an offense in Yizhou County, but why the Seven Swords appeared in Yizhou County.
As the ace of Heibingtai, Seven Swords, and Wang Yue, as the leader, naturally had to deal with them a lot.
If there are only five people, Wang Yue can still beat him, and six can draw with him. If the seven swords are used together, even Wang Yue, the great master, will have to go around.
To be able to dispatch four or five people from Seven Swords, or even all of them, it must be someone with a very high status or an extremely important person who needs the protection of Seven Swords.
Why would Great Qin send such a person to sneak into Yinan at this time? The answer is self-evident, most likely they are here to contact Nanman.
"not good."
Wang Yue's eyes widened for a moment, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. He quickly wrote a letter in handwriting asking Shi Meng to return to Chengdu, reminding Liu Yu that Da Qin might join forces with the Nanman.
As for Wang Yue himself, he chased at full speed to the Nanzhong area alone. After all, he had already guessed this. Even if there was only a slight possibility, he could not let the Qin envoy go to Nanzhong.
However, Wang Yue also knew that if all seven swords were present, he would not be able to defeat him even if he caught up, so he prepared to call in some helpers.
Liu Yu was also worried that when he proclaimed himself emperor, masters from the Qin Dynasty would come to cause trouble. After all, the ten great masters of the Qin Dynasty made a big fuss in Chang'an, which frightened all the kings in the world. All the great masters were invited to Yizhou.
At this time, hundreds of great masters, including Zhuang Zhou, Sakyamuni, Manjusri, Ke Liusun, Mo Zhai, Huang Chengyan, Meng Ke, Xu Xing, etc., were all in Chengdu. In addition, there was also Hou Qing, a big man who was on par with Zhu Long as his guardian. to ensure that the enthronement ceremony would not be disrupted.
Naturally, Wang Yue could not be called the great masters of Chengdu, and it was too late to do so. However, as far as he knew, Lu Chunyang of the Taiqing sect and Jiang Ming of the Shushan sect happened to be in the south of Yizhou, and they sent urgent messages. The two of them should be able to catch up.
After Zhang Yi and others left Yongchang County and entered Nanzhong, they thought they were safe and sound, but they did not expect that the three great masters Wang Yue, Lu Chunyang and Xu Xing would pursue them into Nanzhong.
The New Seven Swords alone, or even the combination of the Seven Swords, is no match for the three great masters combined.
At the critical moment, Ying Gou, who had reached the peak of Grand Master, appeared in time and blocked the three Grand Masters' joint efforts by himself, allowing Zhang Yi and others to take the opportunity to escape into the hinterland of Nanzhong.
Wang Yue saw that Zhang Yi and others had fled far away. If he continued to go deeper, he was afraid that they would alert the Nanman masters. Moreover, the three of them could not defeat Ying Gou together, so he had no choice but to retreat to Shu.
Ying Gou didn't stop the three of them. After all, he was in the enemy's country and he didn't know how many helpers the other party had. If he really pushed the other party to the point of burning up his inner strength, he wouldn't be able to get away with it.
After Zhang Yi and others entered the hinterland of Nanzhong, they immediately identified themselves to Nanman officials and received a warm welcome from local officials and people. They were then escorted by the army to Kunming, the capital of Nanman.
It was Zhang Yi's first time to come to Nanman, and he did not intuitively feel the changes in Nanman. However, among the New Seven Swordsmen who were the escorts of the mission, there were members who had been here before.
"Is this really Nanman?"
Gao Jianli and Ye Gucheng both looked shocked. They had been to Nanman many years ago, and Nanman at that time was still very primitive.
Most of the people made a living by hunting, and food was in short supply. Most of them were starved of food, had sallow complexions and thin bodies, and did not have enough clothes to cover their bodies. The few who could wear clothes basically used animal skins for clothing.
But now farming has become the main way of survival for the people of the Southern Barbarians. The people have rosy complexions and strong bodies. They don't look like they are hungry, and most of them have clothes to wear.
In addition, in the past, the Southern Barbarians had no cities at all. The people were tribal groups and lived in villages, but now they have built cities close to the mountains and rivers.
Zhang Yi and his party passed through three counties: Yuanmou, Wuding and Fumin.
Although the scale of these cities is not large, and the walls are also very thin, they cannot block the impact of the battering ram at all. They are basically at the same level as Uburg's defense, but this is already a great improvement for the Nanman.
Zhang Yi and others looked at each other, all surprised by the changes in Nanman, but what shocked them even more was seeing many Han people in Nanzhong.
It is said that the feud between the Nanman and the Shu Han is as deep as the sea and will never stop until death. However, the Nanman people do not hate the Han people in their territory, but respect them very much.
After Zhang Yi and others learned about it, they realized that the Han people in Nanzhong came from all over the Central Plains, including people from Wu, Chu, Qin, Ming, Wei, Song and other countries, but they were all hired by the Southern Barbarian King Chi You to help the Southern Barbarians develop. .
These people may not have outstanding abilities, but they all have special skills, and they are all frustrated in their own countries. After coming to the Southern Barbarians, they have money, status, and women, so most of them are naturally unwilling to go back. .
It is precisely with the help of these Han people and the strong support of the Qin Dynasty in the past two years that such great changes have occurred in the Southern Barbarians.
After learning this, both Qijian and Zhang Yi felt deep admiration for this southern barbarian king they had never met before. After all, he had truly benefited and changed the entire ethnic group by himself.
"When you get to Kunming, be careful. Don't call me Nanman Nanman. It doesn't sound good. People call me Nanguo now."
Zhang Yi warned with some worry, and the seven people naturally nodded in agreement.
When they arrived in Kunming, all eight of them looked shocked.
If the county towns encountered along the way were only at the Wubao level, then this southern capital city would be at the Zhongyuan County Government level, which is enough to show how much effort the southerners put into the city of Kunming.
Before Zhang Yi and others entered the city, they found that someone was already greeting them at the city gate, and the leader was none other than the Southern Barbarian King, Chi You.
Chi You opened his heart, made a hug, and said with a smile on his face: "Friends from the Qin Dynasty who have come from afar, the Southern Kingdom welcomes you."
Seeing this, Zhang Yi quickly dismounted and saluted: "Zhang Yi, the Minister of Rites of the Great Qin Dynasty, has met His Highness the Southern King."
"Your envoy does not need to be polite. Da Qin is the most noble friend of the Southern Kingdom. Speaking of which, the name Kunming was obtained by His Majesty the Emperor of Da Qin."
Zhang Yi and others were all shocked. The capital of the Southern Kingdom was named after his Majesty, and the Southern King Chiyou actually adopted it. Is the relationship between Qin and Nan really so good?
