Loulanku City.
It's still as prosperous as ever.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The vendors doing business in Loulan have long been ready to celebrate and reunite their families.
Since the King of Loulan came to power and vigorously promoted public schools and education, the mood in Loulan has no longer been as barbaric and hostile as before.
To know.
Countries of this kind of nation have been vying for power and position since ancient times, engaging in all kinds of barbaric behavior, sons occupying fathers and concubines, and all kinds of unethical things.
But now.
With the beginning of universal education, the people of Loulan finally began to "be educated and reasonable" and finally understood how to restrain their desires and their bestiality.
The more stable the environment, the more people are willing to do business.
This is a virtuous cycle.
Businessmen of different skin colors and goods from all over the world began to appear in Loulan. It seems that this place has become a transit center for goods from all over the world.
Xiang Chenglin is no longer the small businessman he used to be.
Now, he has a distinguished status in Loulan. The King of Loulan has just given him the official position of "Loulan Senior Official". This made Xiang Chenglin instantly famous and became the business leader of this city.
Although this official position doesn't sound like that.
But in fact, this "membership" was indeed a relatively prestigious official position in ancient times. Yuanwai Lang, Yuanwai Sanqi Shilang, these were important positions at that time!
But later, why did this foreigner give people the feeling of a rich man and a landlord?
Because in the Song Dynasty, Yuanwai became a kind of official outside the official establishment, that is, the so-called contract worker and temporary worker. Therefore, a large number of wealthy businessmen, in order to improve their social status, paid for the title of Yuanwai. This is why "Yuanwai" became synonymous with landlords and old wealth in later TV series.
but now.
This person is a serious official.
And Xiang Chenglin is also a member of Loulan!
Would you say it's majestic or not?
"Are all the weapons and equipment in place today?"
Xiang Chenglin, whose face was glowing and full of momentum recently, came to Loulan's warehouse for inspection.
"Executive officers have arrived."
"Excellent officers, has Mo Dao arrived?"
"God's Arm Crossbow, I want God's Arm Crossbow! This time I came to Loulan, the pirates I met were too arrogant!"
"There are also wolf traps, are they available?"
As soon as he appeared, there was a group of vendors waving Yinzhou coins outside the huge logistics warehouse, rushing to be the first and shouting.
Xiang Chenglin chuckled and said: "Everyone, line up according to your number, line up according to your number. As long as you have Yinzhou coins, let alone Langzhen, this time, I will give you all the Yinzhou ships used by Liu Zhizhou to show off his power and turn the tide. Get it for you!”
Everyone became excited when they heard it.
"real or fake?"
“Young Master is so awesome!”
"What kind of background is this!"
Xiang Chenglin said proudly: "That's natural. I, Xiang Chenglin, am a prominent family in Hanzhong. In this battle of Hanzhong, Liu Zhizhou..."
The crowd roared with laughter.
Except for this big man, it started again. Ever since the Battle of Hanzhong, this guy didn't feel tired of talking about this when he saw someone, and he felt proud.
"Hey, hey, what kind of attitude do you have? If you don't listen to what I have to say, no one will be able to buy anything!"
at this time.
A flying pigeon delivered the message.
Xiang Chenglin opened the letter, took a look at it, and his eyes widened: "Hurry, hurry, follow me to the palace!"
After a while.
Loulan Palace was in a quarrel.
"Queen Mother, this must not be done!"
"The Yinzhou Army is coming fiercely and wants to take advantage of Loulan. Who can guarantee that he will not have evil intentions?"
"Your Majesty..."
Reguli, who was in her thirties and still very charming, was still lying on her side on the golden chair. When she heard this, she said coldly: "Young Master Liu is my Loulan Protector. He has made great contributions to Loulan. He is just borrowing a way. What’s so hard about it?”
"Your Majesty, this is wrong."
A Han minister came out and said: "Since ancient times, there have been very few people who used the road to go to war to protect the country. If Loulan really used the road to protect the country, if..."
He paused for a moment: "What if he occupies it and won't leave?"
"Yes, the Queen Mother must not act on impulse."
"Your Majesty!"
A group of ministers stopped him one after another.
Harry looked at his mother and had no idea for a moment. Although he is now the King of Loulan, in this Loulan, Queen Mother Reguli still listens to politics behind the curtain, and she has the final say.
Reguli looked at a group of ministers and sneered: "Yinzhou's 150,000 troops, do you really think we can stop them if they want to come?"
"this……"
The ministers were all speechless.
There is no danger to defend Loulan, and the number of troops is only one hundred thousand.
If the Long Yan Dynasty really comes to conquer, and with the Silk Road at this time, Loulan really can't stop it.
Reguli said calmly: "In the letter from the Protector of the Country, he only said that he would borrow Loulan, but he did not say that he would build the Protector's Mansion in Loulan. Don't you understand what this means?"
Everyone gasped.
These people thought that the Queen Mother was a nymphomaniac again. When they saw that Liu Zheng was coming, they ignored everything and wanted to have a romantic and happy time with him...
Who would have thought that if Reguli could become the Queen Mother, how could she be an ordinary person?
She had her own judgment and said with a faint smile: "My lords, please don't forget that Loulan is just a small country in the Western Region. Even with its rapid development in these years, it is only a small country among the thirty-six countries in the Western Region!"
A flash of light flashed in her beautiful eyes: "The expansion of Loulan started from Shancheng and ended... Then Qiuci, Cheshi, and Gaochang are eyeing Loulan..."
"and."
"Don't forget..."
"Why has Loulan been unable to set foot north of the Tianshan Mountains all these years?"
Reguli stood up with great momentum and sharp eyes.
At this time, she was still the silly Baitian who was obsessed with Liu Zheng's male beauty. She looked like a majestic queen. She looked around and said: "My lords, the Longyan Dynasty has not expanded its territory for hundreds of years."
"What about me, Loulan?"
"Loulan is connected in all directions, with prosperous commerce, prosperous cities, popular education, and strong military strength."
"If there is such an opportunity, why can't Loulan get involved in the northern western region?"
The whole audience.
Silence fell.
The countries in the Western Regions are bounded by the Tianshan Mountains. To the south of the Tianshan Mountains, Loulan is the strongest, leading other small countries. To the north of the Tianshan Mountains, the charioteer was once the most famous... However, for some reason, just a few decades ago, the charioteer suddenly became the most famous. Become low-key. Even Kucha began to isolate itself from the rest of the world.
Loulan was very surprised and sent scouts and even troops to investigate.
Who would have thought.
All gone forever.
Over time.
A mysterious and terrifying rumor began to appear among the people.
That is, there is a ghost army in the desert at the junction of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains!
According to legend, this ghost army is the ghosts of soldiers, traders, and passers-by who died in the desert. They lingered for a long time, and then formed a ghost army to poison the world.
This ghost army, as undead, is immortal. Appear at any time, disappear at any time, and have unmatched combat power.
If you encounter this ghost army in the desert, there will be almost no hope of survival.
It is this ghost army that isolates the north and south of the Western Region.
Lou Lan does not believe in evil.
Several military expeditions were sent, but the results were the same. Gone never to return.
Later, Loulan felt that it was not worthwhile and the internal struggle became increasingly fierce, so he gave up the idea of conquering the Northern Western Region.
After that, the legend of this ghost army spread among the people. Some people said that the army of the Longyan Dynasty was devoured by this ghost army, which added a bit of mystery and terror to this ghost army.
But this time...
Long Yan sent troops to fight again.
So Reguli thought.
Since Long Yan wanted to go, why not let him go?
Among the countries in the Western Region, Loulan's national power is already at its peak, and it is waiting for an opportunity to expand. If someone goes to die, we can just pick it up, right?
All the ministers paid homage to him one after another.
Reguli smiled slightly: "So, my lords, it is not a bad idea to take advantage of Loulan... However, the Protector of the Country can only be stationed a hundred miles outside the Kucheng, and Yinzhou is on the Silk Road. The logistics warehouse is the way to the North Western Region."
She paused and continued to smile: "I think Liu Zhizhou's vision is probably not so low. Although Loulan is small, he still has an army of 100,000 to protect the country, and there are also small affiliated countries that can rush to help. His Longyan army has 150,000, So what?"
Everyone was shocked.
At this time, Reguli was domineering and convincing.
"The queen is wise!"
"Loulan Eternal!"
Everyone followed him and knelt down.
However, at this time, stars began to appear in Reguli's eyes: "Oh, hurry up and find me some nice clothes, I want to go out of the city to meet Liu Zhizhou!"
"Tell me, did he bring any gifts to anyone this time?"
A group of people were all stupid.
Suddenly a black line appeared on his face.
…
"Ghost army?"
Leading the army and walking on the Silk Road laid by himself, Liu Zheng couldn't help but smile when he listened to the words of the casual "logistics boss" Du Biao.
I see.
It turns out that the Northern Western Region has been isolated from the world since decades ago. No wonder no one mentioned the Northern Western Region when he went to Loulan last time.
Jiang Xuan took a breath and looked horrified: "Brother Du, is this ghost army really from the undead?"
Du Biao was convinced and nodded: "I didn't believe it before, but I heard from the young master that Long Yan still lost 500,000 yuan. It seems that he must be the ghost army!"
Liu Zheng laughed loudly when he heard this: "Don't listen to these nonsense, what a ghost army. If they were really that strong, they would have unified the Western Regions long ago. Wouldn't it be better to turn the entire Western Regions into their ghost country?"
Everyone was stunned and then laughed.
Qingyang Shuo looked at the young master with a smile: "What do you think, young master?"
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "It's actually very simple. Has this ghost army fought in other places?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Never heard of it.
Liu Zheng continued: "Why, does this lonely wild ghost have to choose a place? Being restricted to a certain place? This is unreasonable in itself. Then, this ghost army that makes the people of the Western Regions frightened probably just took advantage of a certain person. The unique geographical location and climate environment of the place create a mirage!”
Mirage?
Several people looked at him one after another with puzzled expressions.
