While Liu Yan was on vacation in the South China Sea, Wang Meng was riding a camel with a crowd of people walking in the Gobi.

　　 As an envoy, Wang Meng is certainly not the only envoy, the deputy envoy is Cai You's eldest son Cai Mian, and there are a total of 1,200 guards and entourages.

　　The Gobi they walked in was in the northern part of the Persian Sassanid territory, probably in Sanandaj in later Iran, and they were going to Iraq.

The territory of the Persian Sassanian is very large. Most areas belong to the plateau state. Due to the special geographical location, the climate is hot in the day and cold at night. In some mountainous areas, it will still snow in winter, and the places where it can snow are limited to At a certain altitude, it does not snow if it does not exceed that altitude. In addition, some peaks with too high altitude will be covered with ice and snow all year round, which is consistent with the situation of Mount Fuji on the Wa Islands.

When Wang Meng’s team set off, there were 1,500 people. The reason why there were only 1,200 people left was that part of the reason was that they could not accompany them because they were unaccustomed to water and soil. Others were assigned to perform other tasks, such as Escort the purchased slaves to a certain port, preparing to send them to the Pingman Captain's Department and then transport them back to the mainland.

　　 There are not only horses in the team, but also a lot of camels. The Persian Sassanid specially appointed two thousand people as escorts, and also sent guides familiar with the geography.

"There is no village in this Gobi, and no place to rest at all." Wang Meng saw that there were layer after layer of sand dunes everywhere, yellow sand reflected by the sun, and there was a kind of air wave that evaporated from the surface because of the heat. Ripple: "The guide said he would be able to get out after another long walk."

　　 Cai Mian is almost lying on top of the camel, drinking water but still showing chapped lips. He was seriously ill a few days ago, and even if he recovered, his body was very weak. He was supposed to stay in the town, but he tried his best to follow and set off.

　　 They landed from Gloucesteria and traveled all the way to the southeastern scenery of the Persian Sassanids to Tessie Fong. They were warmly treated by the current King Shapur II of the Sassanids.

　　 There is nothing new about Wang Meng’s credential to the Persian Sassanids. It is nothing more than a greeting from Liu Yan from a distant place to Shapur II, talking about the ancient friendship between the two nations, and looking forward to the friendly development of the two countries in the future.

　　 Han and Persian Sassan are now a partial alliance, not a comprehensive alliance between the two countries. Although they are all alliances, they have different meanings.

　　 To put it simply, Han and Persian Sassanid will only work together against the Gupta dynasty. What should be done in other places, even if there is a conflict in other places, it should not affect the common will of the two countries to deal with the Gupta dynasty.

　　 "The turmoil in their country is too frequent and serious." Cai Mian was very impressed by what he saw and heard along the way. He didn't want to stay in the town because of his insecurity: "It's like a dynasty that is about to fall."

　　 Cai Mian may be disappointed. The current domestic disturbances in the Persian Sassanids are indeed frequent and serious, but the Arabs and Yueshi people who are doing things also lick the troubles to the Persians.

　　 The current Arabs have not yet achieved great unity. They have their own clans and tribes, and no one intends to listen to them. Although it is unanimous to dictate the unhappiness of the Persian Sassanids, those Arabs who are themselves disadvantaged are also competing with each other, and they have to wait for the appearance of the Prophet Muhammad to unite the majority of Arabs.

Needless to say, the people of the Yue family, it is a miracle that they can live to the present, and the continuation of the two regimes of the Gidoruo Dynasty and the Guishuang (Hou Guo) is even more a miracle in the miracle. With the collapse of Yue's Guishuang Empire, and looking at their population, in fact, it really can only give the Persian Sassan an itch.

　　 "If the people of Daqin didn't have civil strife themselves, maybe they were." Wang Meng's vision improved after going abroad, and said: "The Sassanid aristocracy still obeys the leadership of Shapur II."

　　The current regimes of various countries in the world, in fact, as long as the nobles do not follow the chaos, then no matter what the civilians do, the situation will be broken and the dynasty will basically not be destroyed.

　　It’s a simple truth. On the one hand, civilians have few resources, and on the other hand, it is difficult to have a strong appeal. Finally, civilians have no relevant military knowledge. Even if they are able to sweep the country, they definitely do not do it under the leadership of one person. Each region has its own leader, and even multiple leaders in a region. There is no synergy and unification nature. How to fight the political power contest? The other most important thing is that they only see what is in front of them, and don’t even think about it. They will become the same nature as locusts crossing the border. They will damage them wherever they hit, and they have never thought about construction.

"His Majesty Meng heard a story. In that story, a disaster occurred in a huge empire, half of the country was in turmoil, and a chaos army was the most powerful. They successfully smashed into the capital of the empire and occupied it." Wang Meng turned his head to look. Cai Mian, who was listening attentively, asked, "Do you think that the dynasty has been successfully changed here?"

　　 Cai Mian will concentrate because the story comes from Liu Yan, knowing that there must be a follow-up.

“It’s indeed a change of dynasty, but it’s not the rebellious army that is holding steady.” Wang Meng was stunned when he heard Liu Yan tell this story: “The rebellious army occupied the capital of the empire. Looting and destroying like that. At this time, a general guarding the pass heard that the capital of the empire had been captured, and opened the fortress to allow foreign troops to enter."

　　 Cai Mian immediately showed a look of disgust, and said: "That general should be killed!"

Wang Meng also thought that the general should be killed, and continued: "The foreign army entered the border under the banner of revenge for the imperial royal family. The main force collided. The rebellion army collapsed in just one battle, and they still have a large number of control areas, but because they were destroyed too thoroughly by themselves before, there is no chance for a comeback."

Cai Mian understands that the rebellion army has not been separated from the nature of the bandit army from beginning to end. No matter how large it is, there will be no output without governance. If it continues to win, it will only be a continuous plunder. It was true that they succeeded in changing the dynasty and they also accepted a country that was ruined by themselves.

Cai Mian thinks about what the rebellious army has always been. Maybe there is no one who knows how to build. He obviously has conquered the capital of the empire and has not changed from a bandit to a governor. He feels that it is also true for them to sit in the country. Waiting for the people to die.

　　 "Whether they are Arabs or Yueshi people, they have been destroying and building, and even a pile of scattered sand." Wang Meng saw it all the way through: "Even...they are even more ruthless by killing those who are also opposed to Sassan."

　　 When the Persian Sassan suppressed the riots, at least not everyone was killed, but some leaders were killed, and the rest were made slaves.

Those who feel that they are in an uprising, they will kill them all. In addition to leaving young women as **** slaves, they often don't even let babies go from top to bottom, and their brutality far exceeds the Sassanid army that suppresses them. .

　　 Speaking of it, Wang Meng was very grateful to those people. Otherwise, how could he get to the Persian Sassanids and bought more than 50,000 slaves within two months, including as many as 40,000 female slaves.

　　 "Your Majesty came here specially." Cai Mian recalled what he had written, and said: "We have not found anyone who believes in that religion."

　　 Liu Yan treats that teacher like a beast, and doesn't want the teacher to go to Han. He couldn't remember when the teaching appeared, but it didn't prevent him from giving instructions to Wang Meng when he remembered.

There are many religions in the world now. Since most peoples are still in the Stone Age, the worship of primitive totems is more prevalent. The religion of Christianity has just been legalized and promoted in Rome. Taoism has just begun to take off. Buddhism is generally weakened. The religions with the largest number of people are India and Zoroastrianism.

Wang Meng was very impressed with the Zoroastrian religion. He definitely did not enjoy the saint sent by Zoroastrianism. It is because this religion has a very formal system and order, and the mythological background stories are also quite rich. Even those who rioted actually believe in this teaching.

　　 They only discovered one thing after they went abroad. It turned out that the crooked nuts are so true to the religion of the 1st religion. Then I think that they and others are also very serious about their beliefs, at least they are willing to work hard in defending the honor of their ancestors. The difference between the two is that the gods who Creepy Nuts believe in are fictitious gods, and the ancestors that he and others believe in are real ancestors.

There are clergymen from Zoroastrianism in the envoy. They are trying hard to develop believers in the envoy. It must be said that many Han people do not reject the Zoroastrian faith, and there are some People enter the church, but it makes those priests excited and happy.

　　 But soon the clergy from Zoroastrianism became unhappy. On the one hand, they found that the Han people were very casual about their beliefs, and on the other hand, they immediately quit when they talked about giving up their original beliefs. As far as any religion is concerned, the existence of Han people is a black hole in propagating beliefs. It is absolutely impossible for Han people to give up their respect and love for their ancestors and believe in a fictitious god. If they find so few who are willing to give up their ancestors Han, after careful study, apart from the appearance of a Han, the Han is actually not a Han at all, but a so-called banana person.

　　 "We will enter Iraq soon." Mawson Hadidan wrapped his whole body, including his head, with only one pair of eyes exposed. In fact, this is a serious desert dress. He said to Wang Meng wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts: "On the other side, we have arranged five thousand people. They will ensure your safety anytime and anywhere. If necessary, you can contact the surrounding garrisons."

　　 The current Iraq is just like the future generations. It is a place where there is no order. Attacks and deaths are happening all the time. Later generations of Iraq will do that, and the credit is of course the white-skinned race. The current situation in Iraq is like this. It was Rome and Persian Sassan who fought a few big battles here, and the two countries chose to withdraw. However, the locals did not want to live a peaceful life at all, and they started doing each other again.

It’s not that Wang Meng insists on taking the route of Iraq. It’s that they have all come to the northern borders of the Persian Sassanids. If they turn around and take a boat, the journey is too far, and they have to pass through several war zones again in the middle. Just take the route through Iraq.

　　Thinking that you can see a piece of green after passing the Gobi? That is nothing. The reason why I said that I passed through the Gobi and encountered an oasis, but the area of ​​the oasis is so small that the surrounding area is actually filled with yellow sand.

　　 There were people in the oasis before, but the Persian Sassanian army came first and drove away the travelers who had been resting here to facilitate the entry of the Chinese envoys.

I saw a small lake in the world full of yellow sand, and I also saw a few plants and trees. I saw enough yellow sand and the people who were tortured by heat, hunger and thirst cheered. People even rushed to the water source.

"No rushing in!" Mawson Hadidan was not restraining the Han, nor did he have the right to restrain him. He saw that the Han was still in a queue, but he felt a little embarrassed by rushing in. Annoyed into anger: "Whoever dares to step his boots into the lake will be hanged immediately!"

　　 Don’t you feel hungry among the Han people? Of course there are, but if they can be selected as a member of the mission, they must know how to restrain themselves, and people in a foreign country will also be more aware of the importance of unity and order.

The oasis was originally controlled by Sassanid soldiers. They became an irregular circle to surround the oasis. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com set up a tent, even prepared food and wine, and special arrangements were made. The woman waits on.

　　 There are not many people on the periphery, which resulted in a bunch of tents. They found that a new team came, and the number was quite large. They all walked out of the tent to wait and see.

"The rumored envoy of the Han Empire is this team?" Ibn Abdul has the exquisite facial features of the Arabs. In terms of modern aesthetics, he may be a beautiful man restricted from entering the country. It is a pity. He was blindfolded by the cloth: "Are they sure they are going to enter Iraq?"

Next to 　　 was Ibn Lahman, who also covered his face, nodded with certainty, and said, "It is the same as the message that has been delivered. There can be nothing wrong."

　　 This piece also means that the Han people do not have the habit of covering the whole body, or people who live in the Gobi environment for a long time will not wrap themselves up because of the characteristics of national costumes, but to prevent sunburn.

　　 Of course, many Han people actually use cloth to cover more of their skin. Some people such as Wang Meng and Cai Mian don’t need to do that if they have umbrellas.

"The puppet emperor sent two thousand people to follow for a long time, and another five thousand people were arranged on the Iraqi side. The Han people themselves have their own soldiers..." Ibn Lahman frowned and continued: "It is almost impossible for us to catch alive. ."

　　 "Then kill it." Mawson Hadidan chuckled a few times: "Even if it can't be killed, as long as it poses a real threat, the Han Empire will definitely condemn the pseudo-emperor."

　　 Yes, Shapur II is known as the great emperor, but the Han country corresponds to the king.

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