"Liu Kelangjun, how is your research going?" Ashlyu asked looking at the craftsman in front of him.
"No problem, we can cast them. If we add some ingredients, the purity of these silver and gold coins will be reduced by about 5% without being discovered. Compared with the cost of casting, the profit is not high, but it is worth selling." Liu Ke said road.
He is just a craftsman, and he only puts forward his own opinions based on his own expertise. As for what to do, it is not his turn to make the decision.
Ashru was a little hesitant. They encountered some problems in the process of exchanging silver coins. For example, Sasanian Persia mainly used silver coins. There was not much silver that was not minted into silver coins, and their gold was purely smelted. of gold bars.
According to the calculations of these craftsmen, the purity of Persian gold coins is about 96%, which is slightly lower than the gold bars in their hands.
However, they are not planning to ask for gold for the time being, so the purity of the gold coins naturally does not matter. However, the purity of their silver coins is somewhat low in silver content, so it is possible for the silver coins to be imitated.
"Ashilu, the latest news is that His Highness has arrived at the Harsha Dynasty." In this small city located in the Kingdom of Kamolubo near Sasanian Persia, a person quickly rushed into the courtyard to report.
"Great! Send a ship to take Mr. Wang Zheng to see His Highness, explain the situation here to His Highness, and ask about our next move." Ashru asked.
"yes!"
Their small city is also a port city, but it is not on the trade route and the port is not big.
It is not far from the Baling Peninsula. If you take a boat, it will only take about five days to see His Highness.
Li Ke didn't quite know where Ashlu was. Li Ke's original plan for him was to implement the exchange plan inland, that is, in a small border town between Western Turks and Sassanid Persia. In this case, the location of Ashlu could be confirmed. .
Communication in this era is almost impossible, but Ashlu and his team have 10,000 elite cavalry. When Sasanian Persia is troubled internally and externally, and the Western Turks are also experiencing constant civil strife among various tribes, these 10,000 fully armored elite cavalry are absolutely necessary. The biggest force at the moment.
No one can shake it at all.
What's more, no one knows how many cavalry Ashru has.
When he saw Wang Zheng, Li Ke was also a little surprised. Although he also sent people to notify Ashilu, in Li Ke's opinion, it would take at least twenty days to contact Ashilu. Who knew Wang Zheng would come so soon? Yes, calculated according to this time.
"Are you in a seaside city?" Li Ke was a little stunned.
"Yes, your highness, we just started in the border city of Western Turks and Sassanid Persia as your highness said. However, the current domestic situation in Sasanian Persia is complicated. Many rich people dare not trade here, especially land transportation. It was more dangerous, so we started to move towards the seaside." Wang Zheng took out a map and introduced it to Li Ke.
"We found that this area is not controlled by the state. It is filled with small tribes. As we moved forward, these small tribes immediately surrendered to us after seeing us until we advanced to this river. upstream of the entrance to the bay."
"Originally this was a small country with a small lord, but after the other party saw our army, they thought we were Western Turks, so they retreated decisively and ruled across the river from us. Now we are in this port city. Trade with Persian merchants.”
Wang Zheng said as he introduced the general situation to Li Ke.
Listening to Wang Zheng's words, Li Ke was speechless.
Damn it... Although I know that Third Brother's place is in a mess, after all, Wang Xuance can destroy the country with a thousand soldiers. The strength here can be imagined, but this is too messed up.
What does Wang Zheng mean? Putting aside the territory of Persia, there is no country in Afghanistan in later generations, and almost all exist in the form of tribes. Because of the barren land, these places were mainly nomadic and sparsely populated in this era.
When their army came over, these tribes naturally surrendered directly without any hesitation. This is the normal state of most grassland peoples, and this is one of the reasons why the Western Turks have such a large land area.
What's more important is that they continued to go south, that is to say, there was a small Sindh country in Pakistan in later generations. To be precise, this small country was a big noble originally from the Kamalupa Kingdom, but the current ruling class of the Kamalupa Kingdom is almost in name only, so This great noble basically founded a country on his own.
Then when Ashlu and the others came over, they didn't even fight. They just gave half of the territory to Ashlu and the others. Because Ashlu and the others' purpose was not to fight, they simply took over all these places.
The river across the river from Wangzhengkou was later known as the Indus River, the largest river in Pakistan.
At present, the land on the west bank of the river belongs to Ashlu. Well... it belongs to the Western Turks in name, but in fact... it belongs to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Ke was dumbfounded. Although he knew that the Western Turks and Third Brother were all bad at this time, this was too bad, just like a joke.
No wonder the Anxi Protectorate in later generations was able to control such a large area. The people here didn't want to fight at all.
Seeing Wang Zheng circle most of Afghanistan and half of Pakistan on the map, which is currently the territory they control, Li Ke was speechless.
Will your map be updated again?
"Your Highness, should we return these lands?" Wang Zheng was a little entangled, mainly because he felt that these lands were picked up for nothing.
"Why should you give back what you got with your strength?" Li Ke rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"But although we own this place in name, in fact, our control over this place is very weak. If we take these places, it will distract your highness from your energy. Those people are not well-fed." Wang Zheng looked at his highness and said. , "Unless you put in a lot of energy, but these people always feel that they are not worthy of your energy."
Li Ke pondered for a moment. To be honest, this situation was a bit beyond Li Ke's expectation, but the problem was not big and it was still within his control. The main reason was that there were only 10,000 elite cavalry, which he could afford as long as there was food.
Next to it is an important grain-producing area, and there is no shortage of food. With the current shipping power, it is not a problem to feed more than 10,000 elite soldiers.
"In other words, to the outside world, this place currently belongs to the Western Turks?" Li Ke asked, looking at the large area.
"Yes." Wang Zheng nodded.
