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There are too many different styles in the place where the Jiuqu Yellow River passes.

There are the raging waves of Tongguan, the green grass of Hetao, the Helan Mountain Rock in Yinchuan, the Jincheng Tangchi in Lanzhou, and the cool breeze of Shixia in Xining Prefecture...

The mission from Chang'an to Tubo crossed the Yellow River in Lanzhou, then went up the Huangshui River and continued to Xiningzhou.

They carried a lot of goods, and the convoy formed a long queue, with no end in sight.

Fortunately, there are many more ferries on the Jincheng Wharf in Lanzhou, and there are also pontoon bridges, which have sufficient capacity.

Yan Yunyun has traveled to many places since he became an official, but today is the first time he has crossed the Yellow River. Standing on a boat, he couldn't help but be moved by the majestic scene of the waves flying through the clouds.

This place was originally an important town on the Silk Road. Now that she wants to reopen the business road, she must understand it carefully.

Therefore, she, a high-ranking official, did not sit in the cabin, but went to the deck to chat with Li Fu and the boatman.

"Boater, there are so many boats at Lanzhou Wharf, so there are many people and goods to ferry on weekdays?"

"Isn't this the Gansu Road established by the imperial court? The government moved from Gongchang Mansion to Liangzhou, and it has been busy for more than half a year. The little old man can support his family just by punting on the Yellow River."

Seeing Yan Yunyun wearing a red official robe, although the boatman was surprised, he also trusted her a little more, dared to reveal his wealth, stretched out five fingers, and said with a smile: "The little old man has saved some money. At the end of the year, the old house will be repaired."

"Apart from the relocation of the government, are there many merchants who come and go on weekdays?"

"What do you mean? Compared with decades ago, there are not many. In the generation of the little old man's father, Lanzhou Wharf was only called lively. But if compared with more than ten years ago, this business route is very small. It's open."

Listening to what these boatmen said, Yan Yunyun could feel the changes in Gansu Road.

If Li Zengbo was stationed in the Hexi Corridor to defend against foreign enemies, Lian Xixian began to manage it to promote the prosperity of Gansu Road.

However, in such a sparsely populated place, it is difficult to thrive only by farming and grazing, and merchants must be used.

Today, there are three kingdoms in the world, Yuan has the land trade road, Song has the sea trade road, and Tang has the Silk Road, if they don't compete for business, they will only be trapped to death.

So last year Li Xia insisted on going to the Western Regions to contact various forces. Unfortunately, even if the Western Regions were cleared, further west would be the sphere of influence of the Ilkhanate.

We have to dig through Tubo again.In this way, the business and trade of the entire Tang country can be fully revitalized.

As for why not go from Sichuan and Shu?Because the high mountains to the west of the Dadu River are more dangerous and difficult to navigate.

The Tangbo road that Princess Wencheng entered Tubo is the smoothest of all roads.

When I reached the bank of the Yellow River, I looked up through the binoculars, and I could already see the snow on the Qilian Mountains in the distance.

The Qilian Mountains divide the front into two sides. To the north of the mountains is the Hexi Corridor, which is the road to the Western Regions; and to the south of the Qilian Mountains is the Hehuang area, which is what Li Xia called "Qinghai".

Xining Prefecture, where Yan Yunyun is going, is the center of Hehuang, the gateway to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the southern route of the Silk Road and the must-pass of the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road, the so-called "Key to the West Sea" and "The Throat of Sea Tibet".

The team brought too much cargo, and it took two days to wait for everyone to cross the Yellow River. …

Yan Yunyun then invited Hao Xiuyang to continue talking about his trip to Tubo.

Hao Xiuyang walked by it once, and the customs are easy to pick up.

"Hehuang is the area that Tubo and Tang fought repeatedly. After the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo unified the land of Hehuang for 200 years."

"So it doesn't take long for it to belong to Tubo?"

"It doesn't count, it doesn't count." Hao Xiuyang stroked his long beard and said, although what he said was just common sense, it gave people a sense of inscrutability, "After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Tubo was divided, and the land of Hehuang was surrendered to Song Dynasty successively. , Xixia, Jin, and Mongolia. Afterwards, Mongolia occupied Xining Prefecture and designated it as the fiefdom of Zhang Ji’s son-in-law.”

"What happens after His Majesty occupies Gansu?"

"My master of the Great Tang Dynasty did not enter Hehuang, and Hehuang naturally still belongs to Tubo. This is what Pindao said, 'It's also 99g."

"Then what does 'never count' mean?"

"Tubo has long been disintegrated and is no longer a country. Now nominally, it should belong to Mongolia. Therefore, His Majesty said that this is the 'Land of Qinghai Mongolia and Tubo'."

Speaking of this, Hao Xiuyang changed his hands from stroking to twirling, and murmured: "If you say, there is a Datong River that flows into Huangshui, and when we cross the Datong River, we will leave the border of the Tang Dynasty."

I thought Tubo was far away, but I didn't expect it to be there as soon as I left the house, which made people a little surprised.Of course, the real core Sakya land is still five thousand miles away.

Yan Yunyun asked: "Why didn't we capture Hehuang?"

"Taking it down? Going forward, we have trouble. The mountains are high and the road is far away. It is impossible to defeat the Tibetans when sending troops westward with heavy casualties. Instead, Gansu is disturbed. In the past few years, it is lucky that they did not come to disturb Wang Shi to fight against the Mongols. "Hao Xiuyang said. "To deal with Tubo, the main thing is to surrender."

At the end, he added another sentence, saying: "It must be known that the topography of Hehuang is extremely important, how can one understand the situation without knowing the topography."

Yan Yunyun asked: "Since we are out of the country, will they attack us?"

Hao Xiuyang shook his head and said: "The Tibetans worship Buddha and don't want to fight. I don't know if my Tang Dynasty is stronger than Meng Yuan. Why bother to fight for Meng Yuan? It's better to join His Majesty."

"Old Taoist Hao, are you sure you can persuade Chana Dorji to meet His Majesty in Liangzhou?"

Hao Xiuyang smiled, somewhat mysteriously, and asked, "Mr. Yan, does Mr. Yan know why the poor Daoist keeps urging him?"

"It's useless for the old Taoist priest to urge you." Yan Yunyun said: "It's not that His Majesty doesn't want to give Tubo New Year's Gift, but that he really doesn't have the energy to spare."

"Cana Dorje was only 27 years old at the time, and his Buddhist attainments were far inferior to that of his brother Bhaspa, and he had no opinions. It is not difficult to take this opportunity to convince him as soon as possible. But if you are facing Bhaspa, it is difficult to have the opportunity Surrender."

Yan Yunyun said: "Old Taoist Hao wants Chana Dorji to do more than just surrender?"

"That's right, Pindao still wants to accept him as a disciple." Hao Xiuyang was also frank, "In this way, Taoism and Buddha will become one family, Tubo will be stable, and the world will be more stable."

"Can?"

Suddenly another voice said, "The old Taoist wants me to give Chana Dorji medicinal powder."

The woman who spoke was dressed in black, with a black veil on her head, she was Asha Mast who had been sitting in the corner.

In fact, she has been here all along, but she didn't speak, so people ignored her. …

What I have to say is that these years, Asha had to do things with Hao Xiuyang, so she finally became less insane and spoke more clearly.

"The old Taoist is not a good person. He wants to use medicine to fascinate Chana Dorji's mind and listen to him." Ashani said again: "But it is difficult for me to do it."

Hao Xiuyang said without any shame, "You can do it. As long as Mr. Yan agrees to buy the great lord of the Sakya Sect, even if they see it, they won't say anything."

Only then did Yan Yunyun suddenly realize why Hao Xiuyang dared to promise in front of Li Xia that he would invite Chana Dorji to come to the alliance.

Looking at Hao Xiuyang again, not only was he not ashamed, but he also gave advice to Asha.

"Don't belittle yourself, your little Miaojiang secret technique is useless in front of a master like Ba Siba, but you can barely deal with Chana Dorje."

"Cana Dorji?" Yan Yunyun muttered the name in a low voice, and said, "Your Majesty has sent a military intelligence officer to accompany you. We need to get to know this person before we talk about it. Old Taoist Hao, don't worry..."

Right at this point, a small group of cavalrymen of more than ten people came up ahead and asked loudly: "Dare to ask, but Master Mingde and Mr. Yan are here?"

"What's the matter?"

"Wow! General Li Bing came here to convey the message under the order of Lord Lian. A few days ago, Lord Lian learned of the news of the mission and wanted to come to Lanzhou to greet him in person. However, after receiving the battle report, he heard that the main force of the Yuan army had arrived at the Xingxing Gorge on the northwest border of Gansu. Lian Gong Sui went to sit in the town at starry night, and sent the last general to lead the army to protect the mission to Xining Prefecture."

"Thank you, Mr. Lian, for your kindness." Yan Yunyun didn't resist, but still reminded him, saying: "Chang'an has a thousand troops accompanying it for protection."

Li Bing, who rode his horse and walked beside the carriage, was excellent in riding skills. He put his legs between the horse's belly and clasped his fists in his hands. He said, "The general will know, but the situation in the northwest is special, and we still need the protection of troops who are familiar with the terrain."

"What is the special situation? But there is another war?"

"Battles, large and small, have never stopped." Li Bing said: "The Yuan army on Ningxia Road has been trying to attack Xingqing Mansion before. It also crossed the desert to Gansu Road several times to sneak attack on our luggage."

Yan Yunyun's expression turned serious, and she began to worry about the large amount of supplies she was carrying.

"Can't you stop the Yuan army from entering Gansu?"

"Gansu is not like a country with four fortresses in the middle of the Guanzhong. The terrain is open, and troops can only be deployed in various passes and important towns, so that the large Yuan army dare not go deep. As for the small Yuan army, they cannot be blocked, but they are protected by the last general. Strictly speaking But don't worry."

"I'm not worried about my own life, but here in Xining Prefecture, there must be stability and peace, so that the Tibetans can return to their hearts."

Li Bing said again: "Don't worry, Mr. Yan, since your Majesty's alliance with the Western Regions, the main force of the Yuan army has moved westward. This time, I heard that Kublai Khan named his third son King Anxi and took command to conquer the Western Regions. The situation in Gansu has eased."

"is it?"

After Yan Yunyun sat back on the bumpy carriage, she spread out her map and looked at it for a while.

Although she didn't know anything about military affairs, she had a strange intuition that Kublai Khan suddenly sealed some Anxi king and ordered Anxi king to lead the army westward, in order to force Lian Xixian to go westward to deal with it.

Because of what?

In order to send a small group of soldiers to rob her of these supplies.

This idea is absurd, and it is obviously impossible for Yuan Ren to do this for her.

If she really said it, Hao Xiuyang would definitely want to laugh at her, but she just had this intuition, which came from a woman's delicateness and insecurity...

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