More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Ying Zheng accompanied Wu Chan around and learned about the exquisite folk customs.
There are quite a few foreigners in Jingjue territory, and many of them came here to do business earlier. Over time, many people settled here.
It can be said that Ying Zheng already understands most of the national customs of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
When walking west, they also visited the territory of Khotan. Since they did not go deep, they only had a preliminary understanding of this big country in the Western Region.
Returning to King Jingjue City, Meng Yi hurriedly handed the two letters to Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, this letter is from King Qiemo." Meng Yi said, "The other letter is from Li Si."
Ying Zheng first opened Li Si's letter and read it.
It had been three months since he left Xianyang. Ying Zheng naturally missed the government very much. If he hadn't temporarily signed a peace treaty with Zhao and South Korea, and sent Gong Ziyu to Xiang Yan, he might not have been able to come out so comfortably.
Most of Li Si's letters were about government affairs, but from reading between the lines, Ying Zheng felt that Lord Changping's ability was still inferior to that of Lu Buwei.
The letter also mentioned that Han Fei was not too active in helping Zheng Guo build the canal, but he was not slack either. Han Fei spent most of his time reading and writing.
Ying Zheng immediately picked up his pen and wrote a reply, explaining how to arrange the government affairs.
After writing a reply to Li Si, Ying Zheng wrote another letter to Zhao Gao, because although he had just married a new wife, he also remembered his harem and several children.
However, no matter which lady I write to, it seems partial, so I might as well write to Zhao Gao.
After writing these two letters, Ying Zheng opened the letter from King Qiemo.
However……
can't read.
King Qie Mo had learned some Chinese language, but he could not write well, so he had to write to Ying Zheng in exquisite writing.
Ying Zheng expected that there was news about the bloody horse, so he asked Meng Yi to find Zhehuai.
At this time, Ying Zheng's words were already equivalent to Wu Chan's. Zhe Huai dared not delay, but after Bing understood Wu Chan, Wu Chan also followed.
After reading the letter, Zhehuai said: "My lord, the letter says that King Qiemo has persuaded King Dawan and agreed to sell the bloody horse to you."
Wu Chan clapped his hands happily and said with a smile: "Haha, they agreed."
Ying Zheng just smiled lightly: "As expected."
Wu Chan's smile froze, he turned to look at Ying Zheng and said, "Why, you expected that they would agree?"
"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "You think, then King Qiemo has a very deep plan. If he is not completely sure, he will not find Dawan's envoy to wait here for me. And if it is not with that Dawan Special envoy Wan has already secretly discussed it, and he will not follow him to Dawan, so I only think that this is expected."
Wu Chan chuckled, looked at Zhehuai, and asked, "What else was said in the letter?"
"The letter said that the sweat horses also come in different colors such as black and brown. They asked us what kind of horses we wanted and what the ratio of males to females was. Dawan could sell us ten at most," Zhehuai said.
Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Ten is a little short. I haven't seen the color with my own eyes, so I don't know how good it is."
"Then what should we do?" Wu Chan asked, "How about we send someone to take a look in person. After all, it's better to be cautious about such a valuable thing."
Ying Zheng looked at Zhehuai and said, "Brother Zhehuai, you have been helping Wu Chan take care of the maple leaves in the palace for the past few years. You must be familiar with the advantages and habits of sweaty horses. Why don't you deign to take a trip."
Zhehuai nodded and said: "Your Majesty, you are welcome. For such a big matter, Zhehuai is bound to do it."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Thorin shouting anxiously from the side: "I'm going too."
Ying Zheng knew that he loved horses very much, and this time he came mainly for the bloody horses, so he smiled and said: "Why, my dear brother, aren't you afraid of encountering many difficulties and dangers on the long journey?"
"I'm not afraid." Thorin replied decisively, "As long as I can buy back the bloody horse, I won't be afraid no matter how difficult or painful it is. What's more, going to Dawan can also increase my knowledge."
"But I still feel uneasy." Ying Zheng said with difficulty.
"Brother Wang, please lend me some manpower and let me go." After saying good things to Ying Zheng, Thorin gave Qiang He another wink.
Qiang Yu understood it and said helpfully: "Yes, Brother Wang, I will accompany him to ensure that these bloody horses are transported back safely."
Ying Zheng originally used the hard-to-get strategy, so he finally nodded and said: "Okay, you guys go together, but you two must listen to Zhehuai."
The two looked at Zhehuai and said in unison: "This is natural."
Zhehuai also nodded to the brothers.
"I will leave you a thousand soldiers and ask them to disguise themselves as elite soldiers to protect your safety." Ying Zheng said, "I will go back to prepare military rations for trading purposes."
"Accept the order!" Thorin and Qiang Yu replied in unison.
Wu Chan said with some reluctance: "What, brother, are you going back now?"
"Well, after collecting the military rations, I'll come over again." He said.
Although he was reluctant to let Ying Zheng go back, Wu Chan knew that it was important to raise military rations and it was inconvenient to force him to stay, so he said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise such a large amount of rations for a while."
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "I have already made plans. The treasury in Xianyang is very sufficient, and a lot has been shipped to Jiayuguan. After all, there will be immigrants there, so I have made preparations in advance."
It doesn't matter even if Ying Zheng empties the treasury, because in autumn, after the original grain seeds are harvested, he will use these second-generation original seeds to exchange for grain and seeds in the hands of the people.
After deciding on the next plan, Ying Zheng arranged some details and wrote a letter to Xu Wan, the guard of Jiayuguan, instructing him to quickly transport the general rations to outside Yangguan in Loulan. Since the rations did not have to go to Loulan City, they could take a closer approach. road.
After settling in, Ying Zheng followed Wu Chan into the palace.
Thinking that the newlyweds would be separated soon, Wu Chan felt a little depressed. Of course, Ying Zheng knew what was on her mind, so he kept talking to Wu Chan to relieve his boredom, and sometimes even told jokes.
The next day, Ying Zheng took two thousand "our troops", dressed up as a business brigade again, and got ready to go.
Wu Chan brought the elders to say goodbye.
The two led the horses and came to a tree.
"Brother, I'm a little reluctant to let you go." Wu Chan murmured.
Ying Zheng took Wu Chan's hands and said softly: "I will be back after collecting the army rations. If I leave quickly, it will only take more than half a month."
"Can I get it outside Yangguan?" Wu Chan asked.
"If nothing else happens, it should be possible." Ying Zheng replied.
Wu Chan rolled his eyes and said, "Then take me with you. We've traveled all over Jingjue during this period, and it's time to go to Loulan."
"good."
Wu Chan made an impromptu decision and followed Ying Zheng to Yangguan, leaving the government affairs in the hands of the great elder.
All the way from Jingjue to Yangguan, we must pass through Qiemo's territory. Fortunately, King Qiemo is now in Dawan, so he is less verbose.
Ying Zheng led his troops and galloped forward very fast, as if they were going to fight.
Along the way, the couple mostly rode side by side, talking and laughing, just like having fun.
On this day, the team arrived outside Yangguan City.
After traveling east for another two days, a large number of caravans appeared in front of them, but they were arranged very neatly. They were obviously not ordinary business travelers traveling together.
After sending someone to pass the news, it was learned that Xu Wan himself came with an army disguised as a business traveler to deliver food.
Ying Zheng was overjoyed and quickly summoned Xu Wan to the tent.
After receiving the gift, Xu Wan cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, we have brought all the food and grass from Jiayuguan. Brothers can only eat meat when they go back."
The implication is that the old man in the city is empty.
, I have to add something.
Ying Zheng laughed, then wrote a letter to Xianyang and stamped it with the imperial seal.
"You send someone to give this letter to Sima Jie, and he will transport a large amount of food and grass. Then you can keep some of it and send it all to Jingjue. When I return, I will inform the guard of Yangguan. It will embarrass you."
After receiving the order, Xu Wan went out to hand over the grain and grass.
The next day, Ying Zheng took Wu Chan and a caravan full of grain and grass back to Jingjue.
When passing by Qiemo's territory on the way, he saw a group of people in front of him.
Ying Zheng ordered the entire army to be on alert, and Wu Chan sent guards to investigate.
Not long after, the guards responded. In front of them were several elders from Qiemo. It was said that they had received a letter from King Qiemo and wanted to follow them to Jingjue City.
Wu Chan always knew that King Qiemo was very cunning, so he said to Ying Zheng: "Brother, see if Qiemo has any evil intentions."
"Gene Era"
Ying Zheng laughed and said: "King Qiemo gave us a deal through the Dayuan Horse. I guess he asked some people to transport the oil and water back. Don't worry about it."
After hearing what Ying Zheng said, Wu Chan felt relieved and ordered the Qiemo people to follow behind and not get too close.
After traveling for several days, I returned to Jingjue City, only to see Solin and Qiang Yu had just returned to the city. I learned that King Qiemo had also returned here, bringing two sweaty horses with him.
Ying Zheng asked Wu Chan to return to the palace first, and then ordered people to invite King Qiemo.
Before the king arrived, he laughed and said, "Hahaha, King Qin, I am back."
Politician Ying made some excuses, gave up his seat, and then said: "I went to get food outside Yangguan, but I didn't expect King Qiemo to come back first."
"Oh?" King Qiemo's eyes flashed, "How many have you retrieved?"
Ying Zheng said: "This time we took the food and fodder from the Liangzhou garrison, but it was less than half of the agreed amount. I have already written a letter and will set off to deliver the rest immediately."
"Where are the seeds and weapons?" King Qiemo asked.
"Everything is available." Ying Zheng responded.
"Good!" King Qiemo praised, "The King of Qin is indeed loyal. This time when I arrived in Dawan, I said a lot of good things for the King of Qin and guaranteed that the King of Qin would do what he said. Only then did the King of Dawan give way. I brought two horses out to see what they were like."
Ying Zheng knew that he was selling favors again, but he did not tell the truth. He pretended to be surprised and said: "This is very good, let's take a look."
King Qiemo led the way, and when he arrived at his temporary station, he saw many soldiers in strange clothes guarding the surroundings. It was expected that they were sent by Dawan to escort King Qiemo.
Ying Zheng asked Zhang Yong and other guards to guard outside, and only followed King Qie Mo into the gate with Suolin and Qiang Yu and walked towards the stables.
The stable seemed to have been renovated not long ago, and there were actually more guards around it than outside, which showed that Dawan valued the sweaty horse.
King Qiemo gave an order, and the two grooms carefully led out the two horses.
The one on the left has a well-proportioned body, red skin, red mane, and long and strong kicking legs, very similar to a maple leaf.
The one on the right has shiny black fur, tight flesh, and is quite strong and powerful.
The two horses, one black and one red, stood upright as if they were descended from heaven, as if they would bow down and worship even if there were thousands of good horses in front of them.
Upon seeing it, Ying Zheng couldn't help but admire him secretly.
I only heard King Qiemo say: "This black horse is a male horse. It was specially selected by King Dawan to give to King Qin. This red horse is a female horse. It was selected by this king and given to Queen Wuchan. Now the military rations have arrived. , King Qin, let’s change him now.”
Ying Zheng thought to himself: This King Qiemo is indeed rough but fine. Knowing that Wu Chan gave Maple Leaf to me, he picked a red horse similar to Maple Leaf to make up for her.
After laughing, Ying Zheng said: "In this way, the first step of the deal has been concluded. King Qiemo will accompany my subordinates to transport grain."
Immediately, Ying Zheng signaled to Suolin and Qiang Yu, and each took two horses and ran towards Jingjue Palace.
