Li Zhonghan received an order from the King of Qin.

Khotan Bo was a foreigner of the Chinese Empire and should have obeyed the orders of Yanjing or Quancheng directly. However, because the journey was long and the road was difficult to move forward, in the future, Khotan, located west of Yumen Pass, should actually accept more orders from Saiye.

After all, the King of Qin was the leader of Khotan to attack his old enemy, so it was not unacceptable for Li Zhonghan to regard Shattered Leaves as the sect leader.

What's more, the King of Qin is also the royal family of China. His loyalty to the King of Qin is considered to be indirect loyalty to the empire, but it seems that he has fallen from his son to his grandson.

A small matter.

As for His Highness the King of Qin's order, the content was simple, requiring Khotan to be a vassal state of the Great Qin, to draw one of the three tribes, prepare horses, armor, weapons and ten-day food, and go to the Shattered Leaf to participate in the Qin king's reading in the royal capital.

Li Zhonghan thought about it and said that at present, the Kingdom of Khotan is not a slave, with more than 2,000 Dingkou and half Ding. If one of the three Dings is drawn, it will be almost the eight hundred people who sent troops last time.

For a small city-state with a total population of only more than 10,000 people, sending 800 troops is not a simple task. However, in the last Battle of Balashaguen, Khotan divided a lot of slaves and was taken to work in the fields, which could save a lot of labor to participate in this review.

In addition, last time Li Zhonghan also obtained a large number of weapons including 300 sets of Ma Kai and 500 sets of iron armor. With these things, Khotan could also gather the power of 300 armored cavalry and 500 iron armored soldiers.

The only problem is the food. Last time I was shopping for a woman who grabbed gold and jade, I got very little food, and the granary of Balashaguen was all in the hands of the King of Qin. It was almost impossible for Khotan, which had just been restored to the country, to support so many people and war horses, without foreign aid support.

Those 800 people are not easy to get food for ten days.

While thinking about how to collect 800 people for ten days of food, Li Zhonghan's eldest son Li Guihua came up:

"Ah Da, the king asked us three kids to take out the food for one more day. How can we afford it?"

"Well, so I have to buy some." Li Zhonghan said: "The broken leaves should have food. The uncle took the treasure of the Parce dog. We should buy it with gold and jade. We should buy it."

"Ah Da! The King of Qin wants us to send troops, but he still doesn't give us food. You actually want to buy it with gold!" Li Guihua shouted anxiously: "The King of Qin should give us food..."

Bang!

Before he could finish his words, Li Zhonghan slapped him.

With a lot of force, Li Guihua turned around on the spot.

"You have only had a few days of full meals? You dare to make the terms with your uncle!" Li Zhonghan scolded: "You are worthy of you! If you don't bring you troops that day, then you will be done!"

"But there are only a few Han people who are shattering Ye! They should be relying on us now..."

Bang!

With another slap, Li Guihua turned around.

"How many Han people are there? Five thousand! How many? Not many! Is there a lot? Not many!"

Li Zhonghan said viciously:

"At least enough to kill all the men, women, young and old in Khotan! The Great Kingdom of Dabai was destroyed! What are the ten thousand people in Khotan? Han Qianze is invincible! You think you are joking!?"

"Now, it is precisely because the Han people are not many here that we need us, so Khotan can restore the country! You boy can't even see this clearly. Do you want to die if you say those words?"

The son lowered his head and dared not speak anymore.

But he still looked resentful on his face.

"well……."

Li Zhonghan couldn't help but sigh.

It is normal for young people to be arrogant and arrogant. Li Zhonghan sent his son's eldest daughter and his sister to the harem of the King of Qin, which may also make Li Guihua very uncomfortable, which is understandable.

But even if you can't even see such an obvious situation now, you're stupid.

"I tell you, let alone the broken leaves and sell grain, even if I don't sell them, I will have to send troops to participate in the review even if I kill horses and camels!"

Horses and camels are the foundation of life in Western Regions, and this is already very serious, just like a Han farmer who said he would do something even if he eats seeds and grains.

"Since you are thinking about this now, don't go to Dayue this time!"

Li Zhonghan was afraid that his son would cause him some trouble, so he planned to let his son do another thing:

"The uncle gave you thirty letters of pardon. We can send thirty people and thirty camels to Chang'an for trade. You can lead the team to gain insights and see what the world of the Han family looks like!"

Li Zhonghan went to Xingqing Prefecture when he was young, where he served as a sanitation service for the pseudo-Xia emperor. At that time, he felt that Xingqing Prefecture was really the most prosperous place in the world.

However, when the Great Kingdom of Dabai was destroyed, he went to Chang'an to show his loyalty to the empire. After seeing this northwest city, he was immediately suppressed by this bustling and prosperous great city.

As the Han officials who were receiving, Chang'an was not the largest and most magnificent city in the empire. The empire also had the Spring City where the emperor was, Yanjing where the prince was, and many other metropolis that were not smaller than Chang'an or even larger than Chang'an!

"We are so ignorant of our knowledge," Li Zhonghan lamented: "That's why you kid has such a ruthless idea. Since that's the case, you go to the Han area to have a good look, learn and gain insight!"

"Yes." Li Guihua agreed deeply.

"Also, take your two younger brothers and let them go to Quancheng to go to school! No matter how much it costs! If you spend all the forty camel goods, you have to let them go! You have to go anytime you spend!" Li Zhonghan shouted: "Tell them, find a Han woman in the Han area! Don't care whether the woman's family is poor or rich, as long as it is a real Han girl! In the future, our man will only marry Han women, and women will only marry Han men! This is the family motto of our family!"

"I want to hold the Han people's thighs tightly for generations!"

"No, I want to become a real Han man!"

...

Xu Daixuan didn't know what Li Zhonghan and Li Guihua and his son were thinking. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

There is too much work that His Highness Qin has to do now.

There is no accurate letter to whether the Empire will give him food or not, so Xu Daixuan can only turn to the Imperial merchants who come to trade now.

The merchants promised to mortgage the Qin Dynasty's minerals and spoils to Xu Daixuan to provide 1.5 million stones of grain support per year.

This year is about to pass, but the first batch of 150,000 stones will be shipped before the end of the year, and the second batch of grain will be shipped after January.

Of course, there is not so much grain storage in Chang'an, but merchants can build farms in the northwest region. They organize manpower to cultivate land on their own, which is enough to ensure the completion of the contract with the King of Qin.

In this way, even if most of the food problem is solved, Xu Daixuan will recruit soldiers without stopping.

At present, the eight countries in the Western Regions and some small tribes can dispatch about 10,000 soldiers, and the local subway has about 10,000 soldiers who are not very reliable.

In addition, there are the original Han soldiers and foreign soldiers. Zhe Keshi, who was unable to arrive because they were not anxious and could not arrive. Wang Qinian and others would lead their troops to Saiye before the end of the year.
Chapter completed!