"Report~~"

Just as Chen Xu and Emperor Shi were discussing Meng Tian’s memorial, an imperial guard hurried outside Zichen Hall and knelt down on one knee to report.

"What's the matter?" Qin Shihuang turned his head slightly and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the Lieutenant's Mansion has just arrived. A caravan came outside the west gate of the city, saying that it was from the Dayuan Kingdom west of the Western Regions. The envoys from the Dayuan Kingdom came with the caravan. I hope to come to the city to pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"Dayuan!?" Qin Shihuang was stunned for a moment and his eyes fell on the globe on the desk table. He gently tilted his hand to stop in the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, Dayuan is here!" Chen Xu stood up and pointed at an area west of the Pamir Plateau. "Dayuan is located west of the Pamir Mountains, just above the passage from the Western Regions to the West, but this passage is narrow and rugged. In addition, the bad weather formed by the Snow Mountain Plateau is still very difficult to get around, here..."

Chen Xu pointed his hand down at the location east of the Pamir Mountains, "Your Majesty, this is Shule. Currently, the 10,000 elite cavalry led by General Jiang Hu are stationed here..."

"Although Dayuan and Shule are not far apart, it is extremely inconvenient to pass through the army of deserts between the plateau and the desert. The food and supplies are basically impossible to pass. The wind and snow period is very long. Only between March and July and August is the best time to pass. This Dayuan caravan and envoys came. Judging from the time, they should have set off in the summer and autumn season last year, and then it took a full half a year to slowly arrive in Xianyang..."

Chen Xu said this and bowed to Qin Shihuang and said, "Your Majesty, since the envoy of Dayuan has arrived, it means that Li Shun's mission must have been to Dayuan. When Your Majesty met, you can just ask about Li Shun's mission! "

"I'm right. Li Aiqing led his team to the Western countries. It took two years to go without any news. I am really worried, and I want to know the specific situation of the Western countries..."

Qin Shihuang stood up and waved his sleeves and ordered: "Come here, the Dianke Office carefully received the envoys of Dayuan and the caravan. The news also spread to the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries and above. In the afternoon, I will meet the envoys of Dayuan in the courtroom!"

"Here~~" The imperial guards took the order and retreated. The group of palace servants waiting outside the door also left, passing the emperor's orders to the officials' houses of the three provinces and six ministries.

Because of the sudden arrival of Dayuan envoys and caravans, Chen Xu and the emperor could not continue chatting. Chen Xu said goodbye and left the palace, but found that the streets were very noisy and noisy. Countless people rushed to the west of the city, and the buses along the way were almost crowded.

Chen Xu felt a little strange. Although he had never seen Dayuan people, according to the distribution of race, Dayuan people should be similar to people in Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and other places, and they are not strange shapes such as three heads and six arms. Moreover, in recent years, the Hu merchants in the Western Regions have been running to Xianyang almost all year round. There have been many barbarians with high noses, deep eyes, yellow hair, and red hair. Logically speaking, the people in Xianyang should have a very high level of experience, but why did they join in the fun so enthusiastically this time?

Chen Xu muttered a few words and then ordered to go to the newspaper office.

The envoys of Dayuan and the caravan came to Xianyang. This was the first Western country to take the initiative to arrange envoys and caravans to come after conquering the Western Regions two years ago. It is worthy of publicity in the newspapers.

Moreover, Dayuan's location is very special. It is located at the junction of the Western Regions, Central Asia and South Asia subcontinents, and is just above the throat of the Qin Dynasty to the West. Therefore, in the future, the exchanges between the Qin Dynasty and the West must pass through Dayuan. It is very important to figure out the attitude of Dayuan toward Daqin.

It is not easy to cross the Pamir Mountains to conquer Dayuan. Even if you win, you will inevitably suffer a lot of losses. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, in order to break the Xiongnu and Dayuan's control of the East-West trade path, Emperor Wu of Han sent general Li Guangli to attack Dayuan several times, and then paid a heavy price to break the capital of Dayuan. However, it was this victory that greatly boosted the Han Dynasty's reputation in the Western Regions and Central Asia, and completely established the name of a strong Han. After the Huns lost the Feng Shui treasure land of Dayuan, the country's power became weaker and weaker. Later, they simply divided into two parts, part surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and part ran to the Middle East and Europe with its tails to the Middle East and Europe to cause trouble to the West.

The Han conquered Dayuan Kingdom was almost the farthest victory in the foreign war in Chinese history.

Of course, there is not only one road to the West, but also the grassland Gobi can be walked around the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but it is also difficult to get farther. Therefore, in the comparison of the two roads, crossing the Pamir is the most convenient and direct way.

At present, Jiang Hu's troops stationed in Shule and Li Xin's troops stationed in Dunhuang were also two-handed preparations made by Chen Xu. Once the Western countries are not obedient, the two armies will be dispatched together. As long as Dayuan is settled to seize this place that also relies on farming as the main agricultural production, it will not only obtain a stable grain supply point in Central Asia, but also have a very good horse source and horse farm. You must know that Dayuan horses are almost the best war horses, not only majestic but also have super physical strength. They are naturally adapted to the extremely harsh environment of the plateau's oxygen deficiency, and are better than the war horses of the Donghu and Yuezhi of the Xiongnu.

In fact, in Chen Xu's view, if China wants to break through the blockade and completely open up the land route to the West, the two key points of Hexi Corridor and Dayuan must be completely controlled, and neither of them is missing.

Therefore, Chen Xu was full of expectations for the arrival of the envoys of Dayuan. If Dayuan could surrender without bloodshed and allow the Qin Dynasty to send troops to send troops, the pace of colonizing Central and Western Asia would suddenly become much greater.

Although it is difficult to cross the Palaciori, moving ants is also a way to move. As long as the military supplies are transported to the Western Regions, and then the carrying team will be arranged to cross mountains and rivers for years, it will definitely achieve remarkable results in a few years. At the same time, craftsmen can also be arranged to start mining and factory to build weapons and equipment directly on the spot. After three or five years, it will be a natural trend. At that time, under the oppression of powerful force, Dayuan will have only one way to destroy the country except for surrender.

However, this arrangement must not be known, especially if it cannot be said that it is known by the envoys of Dayuan. It must be carried out secretly. In order to cover people's eyes and ears, we must now vigorously promote the friendly attitude of Daqin towards Western countries through newspapers, communicate and make no interference in each other's internal affairs, and abide by the five basic principles of peaceful coexistence.

After staying in the newspaper office for an hour, Chen Ping and others were asked to pay close attention to the situation of Dayuan envoys and caravans, and to compile the news into a press release as soon as possible, so that people across the country knew that there were people from the country named Dayuan thousands of miles away from the West to send envoys and caravans to worship the Qin Empire. This is a good means to enhance the reputation of the court and boost the people's support for the Qin Empire.

Although domestic conflicts have gradually faded and calmed down in recent years, the old and young people of the six countries are still constantly active among the people. Therefore, through public opinion propaganda, it can also divert domestic conflicts and attention. After opening the window to observe the world, many ambitious people will turn their attention abroad. In time, Chen Xu believes that many explorers will team up to go to the West to spend money and territory. When the opportunity is right, Chen Xu can also suggest that the emperor open a channel to reward the princes, so that those groups who are good at the West and overseas can be enthroned by the Emperor of the Great Qin, and finally become an overseas prince recognized by the Central Plains dynasty, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of people to explore overseas and accelerate the expansion of Chinese civilization around the world.

In fact, it is the best time to expand globally.

The Macedonian Empire established by Alexander the Great fell apart. Over the past hundred years, Central Asia, West Asia, Middle East, Europe, North Africa and other places have all been in an extremely turbulent period, during which countless empires have risen and collapsed one after another.

Under the leadership of Ashoka, India broke away from Macedonia's rule and achieved the most glorious Mauryan period in Indian history. However, Ashoka has died now, and the Mauryan Dynasty actually began to split. The Phalaenopsis was just one of the largest states.

At the same time, the Ptolemy Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Kingdom of West Asia and the Middle East, the Carthage Kingdom of the Mediterranean, and the Roman Republic of Asia Minor were still fighting each other. After hundreds of years of melee, Rome and Anxu gradually rose, and some other large empires were constantly falling apart.

The rise of the Qin Dynasty was just right, and under the promotion of Chen Xu, he had already dealt with the threat of the Huns for the Central Plains hundreds of years in advance, and he had also won the Western Regions.

As the saying goes, one step is fast.

Chen Xu believes that as long as the Qin Dynasty maintains stability and maintains the rapid development and expansion of China's prosperity, there will be no problem in dominating the world in ten or twenty years. The only problems are transportation and population.

To completely conquer the earth, strong ships and powerful cannons are essential, and all of this is being gradually promoted. Once the fixed-packet and rifle cannons and cannons are successfully developed, a batch of muskets and artillery units can be started, and a long journey of conquest can be started from both land and water.

With the continuous increase in grain production and the improvement of the domestic environment, the population will inevitably double in twenty years. According to Chen Xu's speculation, it will reach at least between 50,000 and 60 million. This can be seen from the current population structure of the Qin Dynasty. After the unification of the six countries, the results of the Qin Dynasty encouraged childbirth have long been revealed. Walking on the streets of Xianyang, there are piles of children playing and fighting everywhere. Ten years later, these children will gradually become young and middle-aged people, and become the main class for building and promoting the global strategy of the Qin Dynasty.

And these teenagers who grew up in Daqin will inevitably have greater loyalty to Daqin.

"Go and see it quickly. Don't regret missing it. I have never seen such a divine horse..."

Just as Chen Xu and Chen Pingqiu Chengfu An and other officials of the newspaper office were having tea and chatting in the General Affairs Office, a noise suddenly sounded outside. After a moment, a young man with a reporter's ID on his chest was sweating and rushed in, "Secretary Chen, go and see... Uh, Marquis..."

"He Taitong!" Fu An turned his head and gave the young reporter a chestnut. If he had a friend's death device on his finger, the young reporter would probably have died on the spot.

"Forgive me for your sins, I don't know that the marquis is here!" The young reporter covered his forehead and was so scared that he quickly apologized and prepared to escape.

"Stop, what happened? Didn't you know that the General Affairs Office cannot break free?" Chen Ping slapped the table and stood up, his voice extremely stern.

If the important secret matters we discussed with Chen Xu just now, I would be knocked out, which would make him very annoyed. Moreover, this young man still has some connection with him. He was a junior who came to join him in his hometown. Seeing that he was smart, Chen Ping made him a job as a reporter. But if this matter angered the Marquis, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, so Chen Ping's face became very ugly.

"It's okay, Secretary Chen, don't blame me. Tell me what the magic horse makes you so excited?" Chen Xu looked at the young reporter with a timid expression and waved his hand to comfort Chen Ping.

"Just just now, a group of Westerners came to Dayuan, which claimed to be from the western gate. They brought a lot of goods to be sold. Those goods were just ordinary things, including jade jewelry, fur bird feathers, wild beast horn teeth, etc. However, these people were all horses more than meter tall, with a very divine horse, and they also brought ten good horses for sale. There was no miscellaneous hair on their bodies, and the four hooves were as thick as iron plates, and they could bite off the hemp ropes that were more than 1 inch thick and thin in one bite..." The young reporter stammered with a red face.
Chapter completed!