Looking at Wang Zheng eating melon, King Jiang Quhu's face twitched. He, Nuoqiang, is a small country. Although it has been inherited for hundreds of years and has quite a lot of wealth, this wealth is different from those big countries. These are his, King Jiang Quhu himself. of!
The entire Nuqiang belongs to him! Now that he has said that, what does he mean by what he said? How can he still not understand?
The question is, can I not give it? It's okay to give him a head iron, but if he doesn't give it, the final outcome can be imagined. The population of the Nuoqiang people is only 10,000, and the Tang army will be wiped out in a single charge.
What's the use of asking for money after someone dies?
"Your Majesty the Envoy, then I will personally go to Chihai to explain to His Highness the King of Qin, and then I will bring all the wealth of Nuoqiang with me." King Jiang Quhu gritted his teeth, and then said decisively.
"That's right, think about it, you, the Cross Qiang, are close to me, Tuyuhun... Oh, no, now Tuyuhun has been renamed Xizhou. You, the Cross Qiang, are close to me, Tang Xizhou, and you have established a good relationship with His Highness. Just a little bit of it exposed between your Highness's fingers will be enough for you, Lu Qiang."
"And you don't have to worry about others daring to do harm to you in the future. His Highness is very generous to his own people." Wang Zheng said with a smile.
King Jiang Quhu was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately and said: "I understand, then, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Highness likes it? Gold?"
"Well, gold and silver, His Highness likes this. Of course, if you have good jade here, that's fine too." Wang Zheng nodded.
"I understand, then I will set off with the envoy immediately." Jiang went to King Hu in a straightforward manner. There was nothing less than straightforward. This was the only way a small country wanted to survive.
If the money is gone, it's gone. Although the gold has always been there, he hasn't spent it much. A lot of the gold has been around for two to three hundred years, so it's just for looking at.
"Okay." Wang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and the mission was successfully completed.
"Your Majesty the Envoy, I heard... you are still the shopkeeper of Yuelai Trading Company?" King Jiang Quhu asked tentatively.
"Yes, Yuelai Trading Company is the asset of His Highness King Qin." Wang Zheng nodded lightly.
King Jiang Quhu was shocked. It turns out that this is the case. He was afraid of the Tang Dynasty, but he did not dare to neglect the Yuelai Trading Company. The influence of the Yuelai Trading Company in the Western Regions was very large. It was different from Yanqi and other larger countries. It has something to do with young nobles.
Not to mention offending His Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, if the Yuelai Trading Company was offended, no one would dare to sell grain to them, the Nuoqiang. You must know that the Nuoqiang relied heavily on grain from Qiemo and Yanqi for their survival.
When Jiang went to King Hu to prepare the gold and silver treasures and prepare to take them to Chihai, Li Ke had ordered Yuelai Trading Company to spread his news to the entire Western Region.
A tamed golden eagle or falcon carried the news and quickly spread it to the entire Western Region through the caravan within Yuelai Trading Company.
Here in the Western Region, Yuelai Trading Company has hundreds of falconers, but they are actually training eagles or falcons, but they all call them eagles.
The Tang Dynasty already had carrier pigeons as a means of transmitting messages, but on the grasslands here in the Western Regions, carrier pigeons were not very useful. The main reason was that there were too many falcons, gyrfalcons, golden eagles, etc. Pigeons here were at the bottom of the food chain. , far less convenient to use than the mainland of Datang.
Therefore, it is faster and more convenient to use eagles to deliver messages. However, Yuelai Commercial Bank always delivers messages simultaneously. The birds in the sky deliver the messages first, and the ground personnel will also be sent out to avoid accidents to the birds and the messages are not delivered in place. The people on the ground Although it is slower, it is foolproof.
As for the message conveyed by the falcon, don't worry, people in this era can't understand it. Li Ke still knows some simple cryptography. The simplest thing is to find a book to use as a code book and compare it with each other.
The news delivered by Li Kerang was very simple, that is: Tuyuhun had been annihilated by the Tang Dynasty, and was officially renamed Xizhou, and the Protectorate of the Western Zhou Dynasty was established. The former King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty and now His Highness the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty served as the Protector of Xizhou. In addition to the restraint of the Xizhou Protectorate, the weapons written by Li Ke during his expedition also spread throughout the Western Regions.
And the implication is very clear. From now on, Xizhou will also be the land of our Tang Dynasty. Anyone who dares to invade Xizhou will be the fate of the former Khan of Tuyuhun.
This news quickly spread throughout the Western Region through the Yuelai Trading Company located in the thirty-six countries of the Western Region, and also began to be transmitted further west to Sasanian Persia, Eating Arabia, bypassing the Harsha Dynasty outside the Himalayas, and other countries.
At this moment, Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun, Qibi Heli and other generals who had crossed the Altyn Mountains and entered the Xizhou territory naturally received this news from the scouts.
They all looked at each other a little bit, but it didn't matter. This was their Highness, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing was in charge of this matter, which had nothing to do with them.
The message sent by the scouts also included asking them to treat the prisoners better and try not to let them die. Your Highness would be useful.
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Fifteen days passed by in the blink of an eye, and Li Ke was naturally ready for what he promised Murong Shun.
Today is a rest day for Tie Hammer. Your Highness is kind and gives these people fifteen days and one day off. Not to mention rest, they are also given food during the rest time. When Tie Hammer and his eldest son came back yesterday, they brought them all back. Got today’s rations.
Although it was not much, it was just their daily meal, but Iron Hammer had the urge to die for His Highness. Unfortunately, His Highness did not need them to fight. After all, His Highness had a more elite army.
After resting today, Iron Hammer is going to go out to see if he can hunt prey. After the boats were transported into Qinghai Lake a few days ago, they can catch a large number of live fish every day. His Highness calls this kind of fish Qinghai Huangyu. This kind of fish has no scales and a lot of fish bones, but when stewed with salt and some mushrooms, it tastes very delicious.
I've been eating a lot of iron hammers these days, so it's a good idea to pay attention to the fish bones when you eat them! Eating meat is better than having no meat at all!
But they had food to eat. Although some of the meat and dairy products at home were preserved, there was not much food left! So while taking a rest, Iron Hammer prepared to hunt and see if he could get some rabbits and the like, dry them into dried meat, and keep them for the winter.
As soon as they rode out, Tie Hammer met a man who was also riding over from a distance. After seeing the other person, Tie Hammer's face turned cold. This man's name was Zalin. He used to be in charge of managing their tribe. His family ancestor was once a Tuyuhun. Although the little nobles are lonely, their lives are better than those of ordinary herdsmen.
Although he was considered fair and had never bullied Iron Hammer or the others, he was still a noble once.
Seeing Tie Hammer, Zarin had a smile on his face and said with a smile: "Tie Hammer, where are you going?"
"Don't talk to me, I'm afraid His Highness will misunderstand." Tie Zhui said directly and without politeness. Now this is His Highness's world, and of course he will no longer be afraid of Zalin.
Zarin didn't take it seriously and said quickly: "Don't get me wrong, I'm going out. I'm also working for Your Highness. I just have something to ask you."
"You work for His Highness?" Tie Zhui looked at Zarin with suspicion.
