The Xiongnu was making the beast difficult, riding on his horse, he slowly walked out of the corridor of Xiaoguan.
A scene he had never seen when he came to the Han Dynasty last year suddenly appeared in front of his eyes - hundreds of Han people, holding various tools, facing the scorching sun, outside the Xiaoguan city wall, next to the straight road.
work on the land.
The wooden utensils were placed one by one according to strict proportions.
At first, Xu Bu Diao couldn't believe that this was some kind of trick played by a rich Han man.
But as he continued along the straight road towards Chang'an.
On the side of the long straight.
There are countless Han craftsmen and supervisors, and people are working everywhere.
On both sides of the road, buildings that have never been seen before are rising from the ground.
It's not easy to identify the Xubudiao. Those buildings obviously have functions similar to horse stables, which can be used for horses to rest, eat and take care of themselves.
"People of the Han Dynasty, what are you doing?" Xu Bu Diao was unable to understand.
Along the way, there were hundreds of workers and construction sites that Xu Bu Diao could hardly observe with his naked eyes, which meant that at least 10,000 people were building some kind of project along the straight road.
Obviously, this is no longer a huge project that any private individual can undertake.
In fact, except for the Han Dynasty, a country with almost endless wealth and manpower, it was impossible for any other power to carry out such a huge project.
"Perhaps the Han Dynasty people were building projects like water canals?" Xubu Diaonan thought to himself.
However, Xu Bu Diao Nan looked at the workers who were busy, feeling vaguely uneasy in his heart.
In this era, whether it was a mission sent by the Han Dynasty to the Huns or a mission sent by the Huns to the Han Dynasty, they were all written as missions and read as spies.
Collecting all the information about what you saw and heard along the way and sorting it out for the record is also one of the most difficult tasks.
Therefore, Xu Bu Diao asked the Han Dynasty official responsible for welcoming him to ask: "May I ask your noble officer, what is your country?"
The person responsible for welcoming Xu Bu Diao was an eunuch from Dahonglu.
The prime minister smiled mysteriously, cupped his hands and said, "Why do you care about such vulgar things?"
Then I decided not to express any opinions about it again.
This made Xu Bu Diao even more uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, the Han army has been monitoring the members of the mission along the way.
Otherwise, Xu Bu Diao Nan really wants to find someone to ask. What on earth did the Han people do to build such a project?
Xu Bu Diao Nan's intuition told him that this project was probably related to the military!
Since this time the envoy entered Xiaoguan and monitored his army, the number of troops was a generation larger than that of the previous envoys to the Han Dynasty.
Obviously, the Han people did not want him to do any prying behavior.
The less the Han people wanted him to know, the more Xu Bu Diao Nan wanted to know.
"I must find out, what are the Han people doing?" Xubu Diaolan thought to himself.
Just as the Han people had intelligence sources within the Xiongnu, the Huns also had intelligence sources among the Han people.
In this world, as long as you have money, there is nothing you can't buy!
It's a pity that Xu Bu Diao Nan will never think of it.
What the Han Dynasty wanted to hide from him was not the project under construction - the track carriage. This matter could not be hidden. Once it was completed, the people of the world, including the Huns, would inevitably know of its existence and operation.
What Liu Che really wanted to hide from Xu Bu Diao Nan was that at the same time Xu Bu Diao Nan entered Xiao Pass, another delegation from the Huns had already appeared in Chang'an City.
At this moment, Liu Che was in the Xuanshi Palace, looking at a long purchase list submitted by the mission.
"You really have a big appetite!" Liu Che sneered inwardly after reading the list.
Five thousand pieces of fine silk, one thousand stones of tea, five hundred stones of rhubarb, and one hundred stones of peppercorns. This was the price offered by the other party.
This is almost like a lion opening his mouth!
Five thousand pieces of silk are worth tens of millions of dollars even at Han prices.
Other tea leaves, rhubarb, and Sichuan peppercorns, combined, are worth about ten to twenty million.
However, the trading chips offered by the other party are not low!
Twenty or thirty carts were filled with all kinds of rare species.
All of them were not found in the Han Dynasty, including such sacred items as cotton.
There are even thirty stallions!
Even if these things are not included, Liu Che would be happy to do this deal just because it can cause trouble for the Xiongnu Chanyu!
Who said that this mission was led by Dalu of the Wusun Kingdom and joined by a group of losers in the Xiongnu's domestic political struggle?
Therefore, after just thinking about it for a moment, Liu Che wrote the word "ke" on the list and handed it to Wang Dao to convey it to the Shaofu Yamen.
For this transaction, Liu Che did not go to the treasury, but directly drew supplies from the Shaofu.
Anyway, there are a lot of things in the Shaofu, and it is inevitable that they will get moldy and spoil if stored in the warehouse.
It's better to exchange it for something.
Of course, Liu Che is not the one who is taken advantage of. Whatever others say will be whatever he says.
Liu Che would ask people to price the various materials in this transaction one by one, and then tell the price to the person coming.
If the Han Dynasty needs and uses something useful, it is natural to give a high price.
For things that don't have much effect, just give them a random price - in short, as long as the final price almost meets the other party's expectations.
In this way, the other party will definitely ship those high-priced goods during the next transaction.
Liu Che can use this to achieve many goals easily.
"Wang Dao, go and get those plates of flowers that the Wusun people gave me..." After Liu Che finished his work, he gave Wang Dao an order.
"No!" Wang Dao nodded.
Not long after, several eunuchs came in cautiously holding several trays of colorful and fragrant flowers.
These plates of flowers were given to Liu Che as "free gifts" by Wusun Dalu.
Basically, Wusun's Dalu wanted to use this extremely beautiful flower to please Liu Che.
I have to say, he did the right thing!
Liu Che is indeed very interested in these plates of gifts!
Liu Che looked at the plates of extremely beautiful flowers in bud, but his heart was extremely cold.
"The stems are straight and the flowers are not branched. The flowers are so gorgeous..." Liu Che sighed in his heart: "The flower of hell!"
Although he is not a botanist, he has never seen the legendary flower of hell that was popular all over the world in modern times and poisoned countless countries and nations.
However, for this devil's flower that originated from the third brother's family and then spread all over the world, it is really shocking!
Even if you have never eaten pork, you have always seen pigs running around, right?
And the characteristics of this flower of hell are so obvious!
Speaking of which, this plant actually only appeared as an ornamental plant in the beginning.
As it is now, it is being given away here and there as a pretty toy.
However, its medicinal value and deeper demonic properties have not been discovered yet.
"How should I deal with them?" Liu Che looked at these plates of flowers and fell into deep thought.
Obviously, Liu Che knew very well that he was now facing a Pandora's box.
As a time traveler, Liu Che knows very well that this kind of gift from the devil in hell is a double-edged sword.
It can kill, and it can also kill the user!
In later generations, during the heyday of the British Empire, this substance did harm many people.
But it also harmed its own people.
The big smokers of the British Empire, in terms of population ratio, are the eldest brother and the second brother of the Qing Dynasty.
However, at the same time, its huge medicinal value also made Liu Che unable to ignore it.
In this era, there is no anesthetic or insecticide more effective than this flower of hell.
With it, the parasitic diseases in the south and various diseases that afflict the people are no longer terrible.
Even many lives can be saved again!
The premise is that it can only be used in small doses, and the frequency must be strictly controlled.
but……
"hehe……"
"Is it under control?"
"Once Pandora's box is opened, who can stop it?"
Liu Che knew very well what those bored nobles would do if they discovered this thing.
Just look at the current ginseng.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was no shortage of 'romantic celebrities' who ate Wu Shi Powder and didn't even know who they were.
"Pass on my order to put these plates of flowers on the orchid platform of Weiyang Palace. Anyone who dares to come within a hundred steps of this thing without my permission will be killed without mercy!" Liu Che hesitated for a long time, but finally made up his mind.
He was determined to put all these flowers and their seeds on the Orchid Terrace, which only he, the emperor, could enter. He even issued a strict order to prohibit any approach or investigation.
For Liu Che, this flower, just like its appearance, is both beautiful and attractive, but also extremely dangerous.
He wanted to imitate Dupont, but he was afraid that he would not be able to control it.
It can only be put aside for the time being.
However, at the moment when he turned around, Liu Che suddenly thought: "By the way, if we make this thing into wax pills, and then recruit a group of Yi and Di warriors who are willing to die, and distribute these things to them when they go into battle..."
In the history of human warfare, stimulants have been used countless times.
The unreasonable monk can touch it, but the poor Taoist cannot touch it? (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
