I am the king of the dead

Chapter 451 Prosperity and Freedom

The mission from the Great Qin State walked out of Jiayuguan, which is a long and narrow passage.

The south side is Qilian Mountain, the north side is Heli Mountain and Longshou Mountain, here is the Hexi Corridor.

The Qilian Mountains on the south side are covered with snow. Sitting in the car and looking over, you can see the strange peaks piercing into the sky. The melting glaciers have merged into dozens of rivers, large and small. From west to east, several large rivers have been formed.

Rivers collect rainfall, cut canyons, deposit plains, carve Danxia colorful hills, and nourish forests, grasslands, land and people.

Looking at the continuous mountain peaks outside the window, Nikolaoz said with a smile on his face: "Timerer once led an army of 30 people, said to be 100 million people, and planned to enter Hami from the Tianshan Ancient Road, and then divide into two groups to attack Daming. "

"All the way is to go directly east from Hami to Hetao, and all the way is to rush from Hami to Jiayuguan, which is the pass before us, and attack the corridor under our feet."

"Zoe, do you think this is possible?"

Elena was admiring the beautiful scenery. He pointed to the grand pass behind him and said in surprise, "Are you going to hit that pass that can't be seen at a glance? How long will it take? Ten years, or 20 years?"

"And the road under our feet, with so many cities along the way, how to attack? This seems like a really stupid decision."

Prosperity is Elena's fifth impression. There is only one city within a hundred miles here, and each of them is built in a dangerous place.

She couldn't figure out how the pass was conquered. You must know that Constantinople had been besieged for more than ten years, and the Ottomans couldn't wait to enter, but they still couldn't take it.

How long does it take to get to Jiayuguan?
Nikolaoz nodded and said, "Later, Gaisuyeddin, he was a diplomat of the Kingdom of Timur."

"He told me: I have to admit that the great emperor (Timur) was a lucky thing to die on the way to the Eastern Expedition, which allowed him to preserve his fame all his life."

The Eastern Expedition was Timur's last stubbornness, but this stubbornness lasted for three days.

After two court coups, Shah Ruth became king of Timur, and sent envoys to Daming many times to resume paying tribute.

"Do you think it's prosperous here?" Nikolaoz asked with a smile.

Elena nodded and said, "Although I don't want to admit it, it is much more prosperous than the provinces of our Roman Empire."

Nikolaoz said with a full smile: "If we walk faster, we can see their Gansu Town tomorrow, which is the administrative office of their Shaanxi Xingdu Division, which is roughly equivalent to our provincial capital."

"In this remote province, their capital has 25 households and [-] people."

At its most glorious time, there were about [-] households and more than [-] people in Constantinople.

But in the long run, the average household in Constantinople is no more than 25, or about [-] people.

And there are 25 people in the important border town of Ming Dynasty, Gansu Town, the seat of Shaanxi Xingdusi.

Population is an important indicator of prosperity.

Looking at the stretch of official road, Nikolaoz said with emotion: "The emperor of Ming Dynasty built an official road post road in the Hexi Corridor, and around the official road post road, there are dots of camps all over."

"These forts were the first military operations, and the subsequent establishment of their administrative institutions was a political operation."

"Now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has set up Chaoguan in Jiayuguan to encourage business and eliminate robbers, and there is economic activity here again."

"This is a strategic location, and Daming has managed it very well."

Elena nodded half-understood, Nikolaoz knew China very well.

Nikolaoz said with a strange expression: "Gansu Town is nothing, Daming has two capitals, and that is the real prosperity."

"Our royal family always likes internal fighting, and their royal family is no exception. There was some friction between the uncle and his nephew. In the end, Emperor Yongle sat on the throne and moved the capital to the north."

"Did uncle win?" Elena asked after taking the conversation.

Nikolaoz nodded: "Yes, uncle won."

"They call it the capital in the south and the capital in the north. One is called Nanya and the other is called Beiya. The capital of Nanya is 240 miles away from the city wall alone. I once walked through that section of the city wall, and it took me four days. time."

"There are nearly 40 households and more than two million people in the Southern Yamen, and nearly 20 households and more than one million people in the Beiya Yamen. I'm talking about the population in the city, not the land under their jurisdiction. Zoe, can you Understand the difference."

Elena asked a little sluggishly: "Then isn't their city full of feces?"

"No, no, no..." Nikolaoz waved his hand and said, "Dung is a business. They will load the dung into the car, then transport it outside the city, and scatter it on the farmland."

"So their cities will be very clean, there will be no feces everywhere, and there is no need to wear high heels and wide-brimmed hats to solve the problem of feces."

"The tenth emperor of Zhao Song Dynasty was named Zhao Gou. He monopolized this business in his own hands and made a lot of money."

"Da Ming's high heels are for aesthetics."

Nikolaoz claimed to be a master of China, but it was still difficult for him to understand the concept of reincarnation of destiny and five virtues in this land, so he understood Zhao Gou as the tenth generation of Zhao Song.

The dung tyrant's business started with Zhao Gou, and then the similar store collapsed house business, grain road, and livestock road business all have the same reason.

This is Nikolaoz's understanding of this kind of business.

Bureaucrats use their power for profit.

Elena finally has a new understanding of the word prosperity, this place is like a kingdom of God in the sky.

Nikolaoz sat in the car and looked out the window. It was already late autumn and winter was about to come, so the surroundings were dominated by gray-brown mounds, empty and majestic.

Elena asked suspiciously: "Governor, does Daming also have high heels?"

Nicolaus said with a smile: "Da Ming's high heels are mainly beautiful. The front is decorated with red feathers, and the back is cut with gold leaves to look like clouds. The height of the heels is about the length of a middle finger."

"They call this kind of shoes Wanxia, ​​a very poetic name, which means to walk slowly and to leave your feet later."

Elena hadn't seen it, but she thought she could.

The mission soon arrived at Gansu Town, and Elena finally saw with her own eyes what the city of 25 people looked like.

But as missions, they couldn't leave the station easily. This prosperity was so close to her, yet so far away.

"Da Ming is so strange." Sitting in front of the window sill of the inn, looking out of the window, Elena said with emotion: "I saw Nestorians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Taoists. stand up."

The governorship of Nikolaos is both an official position and a priesthood, so Elena finds it strange that so many sects here live in peace.

Nestorianism is a branch of the Orthodox Church in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Nikolaoz stood on the second floor of the inn, looked at the bustling streets of Daming in the distance, and said with a smile: "Nestorianism, it was introduced to the land of China around the time of Li Tang IX."

"Great Qin Nestorianism is popular in Chinese monuments. They call us the Great Qin Kingdom, saying that Nestorianism came from us. This statement is correct, but Nestorianism is different from our sect."

"Emperors of Ming Dynasty don't share power with Pope because they don't need it."

China is the official name of the Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang and built Zhou, and King Wu of Zhou announced to the heavens, saying: "The rest of my house is here for China, and I am here for the people."

This kind of emperor does not share power with religion, which is completely different from many countries in the Western Regions.

This is what makes Elena feel very strange. You must know that among the disputes between the Roman Empire and the European barbarians, there are religious disputes, and they have been torn apart for many years because of this.

But here, it seems to be more free than in Rome. No matter what you believe in, you can speak out boldly. Taoist temples and temples are actually opposite each other. This kind of thing makes Elena very confused.

How could they live in peace?

Freedom is Elena's sixth impression.

"I don't believe that there are angels in the world. We prayed so devoutly, asking for the Lord's forgiveness, but no angels flew down from the sky to drive away those damned Ottomans." Elena said angrily.

She used to be a devout believer, but no matter how devout a believer is, in the face of surging enemies, artillery, muskets, and bows and arrows are useless.

Nikolaoz shook his head and said, "Believe it or not, it's all up to you. Believe it or not, it's all about peace of mind."

Nikolaoz traveled many roads. He walked from Rome to Beijing, from Beijing to Nanjing, traveled around the Ming Dynasty, and then went north to Beiya to participate in the hunting parade.

Finally, he returned to Tianfang from Nanya Hailu and returned to the Roman Empire.

The more he travels, the more he sees. Believe it or not, just seeking peace of mind is his understanding.

He doesn't believe that there really are angels. Even if there are, it has nothing to do with a hypocrite like him. He is not devout enough.

Elena is a devout believer, but the situation in Constantinople is so dangerous that no matter how much she prays, there is no answer.

Of course, it may be that Elena is not pious enough, or God does not have many teachers.

The car continued to drive, they left Gansu Town, headed towards Yongchangwei and Liangzhouwei, and when they arrived at Yongningwei, they came to Jingtai County.

Jingtai County belongs to Lintao Prefecture, and more than half of the residents here are herdsmen from the Songshan tribe, belonging to Tatar.

After the Ming emperor conquered Hetao, the army gave the Songshan Department two options, one was to migrate back to the Tatar Department, and the other was to break it up on the spot and belong to the Ming Dynasty.

The three major tribes of the Songshan tribe sat together to discuss and finally chose to be Ming people instead of Tatars. Even though their leader was surnamed Borjijin, how could they survive if they left here?

After repeated deliberations, Sannu Chief changed his surname to Bao, allowing Daming to break up the parts into wholes and disperse them into many farm laws.

This choice is not difficult to make. There are not many opportunities to become a member of Daming without having to go to Daming to become a black householder and wait for the amnesty.

Jingtai County extends in all directions. Its land is between Rongxia and Xia. It is a throat, Lujing in the east, Zhuangliang in the west, Gaolan in the south, and Shaqi in the north. It is Longyouxiong Town. Twenty miles of brick and stone city.

In order to show the importance of this place, General Shi Heng and Governor Yu Qian unanimously decided to name this place Jingtai County and put it under the jurisdiction of Lintao Prefecture.

"I want to buy a rabbit, just the red one." Elena was delighted when she saw Lie Xin, she saw a brown rabbit, the hair was close to dark red, it was very small, only the size of a palm, with its neck curled up and curled up in a cage.

Nikolaoz thought for a while and said, "Do you want to eat rabbit meat? I can tell the officials of Ming Dynasty, but don't have high expectations."

The bunny is so cute, it would be delicious if you add more chili, but unfortunately there is no chili in Daming at this time.

But as a kind of livestock, rabbits naturally have many delicious cooking methods.

Naturally, if they wanted to eat delicious rabbit meat, there wouldn't be too many problems, but Nikolaos wasn't sure if they, as messengers, would have rabbit meat to eat.

Elena waved her hands again and again and said, "It's not about eating, it's about raising it, it's so beautiful."

Hearing this, Nikolaoz smiled all over, shook his head and said, "Listen Zoe, we have no money."

"In China, red rabbits are auspicious signs, which only appear when the emperor is very moral."

"Its coat color doesn't look bright red, so it is sold."

The red rabbit, the king Shengde comes, is one of Fu Rui.

Nikolaoz was extremely helpless. Obviously, this rabbit was not selected as an auspicious sign, so it was not expensive. The problem was that he had no money.

That Ming traitor from the Kang Kingdom stole their last piece of gold.

Five days later, they finally came to Jinglu Mansion from Jingtai County, which is one of the three prefectures of Jing'an Province in the Ming Dynasty. They entered the territory of Jing'an Province from Ningxia Wei. A new sign was hung in front of the gate of Jing'an Mansion Well, Jing Kuang stopped.

This is the meaning of the name of Jing'an Province, which means that every day will be peaceful, and Jingkuang will stop.

Nicolaus and Elena came to the Jinglu Mansion's office anxiously, wanting to see the busy Xu Youzhen.

Nicolaus told Elena: "We want to see Xu Youzhen, governor of Jing'an. You can understand the position of governor as a provincial governor, but these provincial governors are sent by the emperor, and they belong to the emperor."

"The characters we want to meet are not ordinary, there are only fourteen in Daming."

In fact, there were seventeen, but when Nikolaoz left, Daming had two capitals and fourteen provinces, and now it has two capitals and sixteen provinces, and there is a separate Songjiang Prefecture.

The cargo collection and distribution of the 20-mile waterway of the Yangtze River swallowed up by the shipping department of Songjiang Prefecture has an extremely special status, and it cannot be simply divided into the scope of Jiangsu Province.

All the officials of Songjiang Prefecture are equal to those of Zhili Prefecture, and the prefect rank of Songjiang Prefecture is equivalent to that of Jiangsu Sanshishishi.

And Xu Youzhen is the governor of Jing'an Province, responsible for the large and small government affairs in the Hetao area, and at the same time counseling the military affairs of the Siwei Regiment Battalion.

Xu Youzhen was very busy. He came to Jinglu Mansion to arrange to blow up the ice surface of the Yellow River in spring to break the ice flood. This required the cooperation of the Siwei Regiment.

At the same time, half of the military guards in Gansu moved to Hetao, which greatly relieved Xu Youzhen's management pressure.

Xu Youzhen sat on the main seat, and said with a smile: "You two have come from afar. My Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, so I naturally have the way to treat guests, but I ask the envoys of the Great Qin Kingdom not to make mistakes."

Xu Youzhen was referring to the lawlessness of Japanese envoys.

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