Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 303 Borrowing Treasure from Loulan

A group of people successfully entered Loulan City. The city here is made of earth and looks gray, without the feeling of a majestic national capital.

Don't say that compared with great cities like Chang'an and Luoyang, even among the county governments of various counties, this city is nothing.

However, after trekking for so long, I couldn't even see a ghost, and now that so many people suddenly appeared, it still made everyone in the team a little excited.

It's okay for Luo Zhongkan, after all, he is a son of the Luo family, and he has the stigmata to suppress him all the time, but the others are normal people, and he has accumulated countless irritability in this kind of life for a long time.

However, no matter if it is Luo Mo or a brave warrior, discipline is second to none. According to Luo Zhongkan's arrangement, everyone stayed in the inn for travelers and merchants, and then began to try to get in touch with various information of Loulan Kingdom.

Luo Zhongkan came to the Western Regions not to play, but to collect the local customs, draw a map of the Western Regions, record the special products here, and see what the Central Plains can get from here.

These are very important political tasks, and the most important thing is that he needs to find a stronghold in the vast Western Regions that is suitable for the Luo family to survive. Luo Ling clearly told him in the letter that he wants to establish a similar Strongholds like Luo Village.

The Western Regions will definitely be included in the rule of the Central Dynasty in the future, and each generation will send a son of the Luo family to the Western Regions to assist the then Central Dynasty management organization.

The first thing to do when entering the Western Regions is to learn the local language, so that you can get rid of most of the troubles. Among the 300 people, Luo Zhongkan deliberately selected some people who are good at words.

These people are gifted in language, and within a short time after entering the Western Regions, they learned a mouthful of Western Region dialects full of dialects.

Of course, the Western Regions do not have the common language of the Central Plains Elegant Language, but many of the languages ​​here are very close, that is, the intonation is very weird, but basically understandable.

After entering Loulan City, Luo Zhongkan relied on his language proficiency and began to chat with the locals. He spoke pure Loulan dialect. No one thought that this would be a person from the Central Plains. Luo Zhongkan said that he went to a distant place for business and had not returned for a long time. , and then under the offensive of money, a lot of news came out.

Loulan Kingdom is much bigger than he imagined, whether it is the population or the size of the oasis, then Luo Zhongkan got the news that King Loulan is cutting down the trees on the oasis in order to plant more food, or get more of livestock.

This made Luo Zhongkan a little startled and angry.

Although he has only been here for a short time, Luo Zhongkan has already deeply felt that this is really a very beautiful land, and the oasis is completely no different from the Central Plains.

As a result, King Loulan wanted to cut down the tree now!

The oasis is surrounded by desert. If the trees on the oasis are cut down, won't the oasis be destroyed?
In the Central Plains, it has indeed been through thousands of years of slash-and-burn farming, and large tracts of forests have been felled, but the situation is completely different. Even when King Su was cutting down forests, he clearly formulated many rules.

For example, trees in a large number of mountains are not allowed to be felled, for example, trees near water sources are not allowed to be felled.

"The roots of the forest are used to stabilize the water and soil in the ground, and the water and soil are the foundations for all things to grow. Only by protecting a certain amount of forest can the land be cultivated for a long time, especially in the land of Fenghao. generational guarantee that there are enough forests on the plateau.”

Because of this rule, the Zhou royal family did not cut down trees from the surrounding area to repair the palace, but obtained them from more distant places.

This is still the case in the Central Plains, let alone the natural conditions are far inferior to the Western Regions in the Central Plains?

Luo Zhongkan can already imagine that if King Loulan keeps cutting down like this, this oasis will turn into a bare desert sooner or later. If another river dries up halfway and the water volume decreases, within 20 years, this oasis will be turned into a barren desert. Sand buried.

"The mere King Loulan dared to destroy Zhu Xia's land!"

Luo Zhongkan's eyes showed a fierce look, and he immediately wanted to rush into Loulan Palace and cut off the dog's head of King Loulan.

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A dozen miles outside Loulan City, Luo Zhongkan greeted the brave warriors to leave quickly, with scattered corpses behind him.

Don't get me wrong, Luo Zhongkan certainly wouldn't kill King Loulan just because he chopped down a tree.

After all, we only brought 300 people this time, so we still have to maintain a polite state of etiquette. If there are 3000 people, Luo Zhongkan probably really did it directly. He can't be polite to a black sheep like King Loulan.

Although Luo Zhongkan didn't do anything, conflicts broke out within the royal family of Loulan Kingdom, and the prince launched a rebellion against King Loulan. In such a city, the entanglement of interests is still very complicated.

It is said that the prince's wife was a beautiful woman, and then she was taken by Loulan King, so Prince Loulan held a grudge, and staged a farce of fatherly kindness and filial piety.

It's a bit like what the prince said in the past to kill Zhou Tianzi.

Luo Zhongkan had to sigh with emotion that there is really nothing new under the sun, and such strange things can be seen no matter where they are.

Luo Zhongkan would of course do something about this kind of heaven-sent opportunity, such as the national information of Loulan Kingdom, such as the population, distribution of troops, production, etc., as well as the books of Loulan Kingdom.

Although it is relatively backward here, these things are still very important. Luo Zhongkan led the people to receive these materials openly.

In this process, it is normal to sweep away all the treasures of Loulan Kingdom.

Of course, it is understandable to accidentally catch fire after borrowing something, but the Loulan people hold on to such a normal thing, as if Luo Zhongkan and the others did something wrong.

But there is no way, the host doesn't welcome him. As a polite and civilized person, Luo Zhongkan can only leave. Facing the aggressive host, he has no choice but to kill a few people as a deterrent.

This move was really effective. The new King Loulan looked at Luo Zhongkan and others who were leaving in horror. He had no idea where these people came from. The news of the Han Dynasty was still circulating in the Hexi Corridor. It spread to the south of Tianshan Mountain.

"Let's go to the next country. Loulan is such a small country, and there are really many treasures. These things have never been seen in the Central Plains."

Luo Zhongkan was playing with some exquisite jade in his hand, someone came over and said, "Young Master, the Patriarch said that the Western Regions are treasure lands, and there is really no lie.

There are too many things that cannot be seen in the Central Plains, and many things that are common in the Central Plains are missing.

If the unique things of the Western Regions can be brought back to the Central Plains for sale, the family will become extremely rich. If they can secure their status in the Western Regions, control the business routes between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and eat at both ends, it is not a lie that the rich can rival the country. "

Luo Zhongkan froze as he rode on the camel. Although he didn't know much about business, he still knew about buying and selling. Rare things like jade from the Western Regions would definitely attract the nobles' attention when they arrived in the Central Plains.

The camel bell sounded melodiously, as if it was really a horse team of merchants. Luo Zhongkan said softly: "If you want to communicate with the Western Regions, relying solely on the power of the family will not be worth the loss. It needs the full help of the court, but the family can indeed grab benefits from here. , I think the elder brother also means the same."

For Rock's, making money has always been an extremely important thing, after all, there are too many places for Rock's to spend money.

There has always been a saying about the works of the prosperous age, and the Rock family needs to continuously invest countless money in order to maintain its cultural hegemony.

In terms of force, brave fighters are faith on the one hand and money on the other.

Whether it is training, maintaining combat effectiveness, or even various benefits, a lot of money is needed.

The reason why Luo Guogong can afford it is because the money used by the nobles for enjoyment and extravagance is spent on the people of the country. In the fashionable saying of later generations, the wealth redistribution is done well.

But no matter how good the distribution of wealth is, it doesn’t work without a source. Before, there was a country as a tax, and now there is only one city of Zhao.

It is simply impossible for such a city to train warriors of the level of [-] brave warriors, so the Luo family has always been doing business to subsidize the huge consumption.

After walking for a while, Luo Zhongkan pondered and said: "We should send someone back to deliver a letter to Eldest Brother, and give a preliminary account of the situation here, and see if Eldest Brother thinks it is necessary to send someone again.

We are in the Western Regions, so we don't know the situation in the Central Plains, so this may not be conducive to the elder brother's decision-making. "

Although Luo Zhongkan thinks that it is impossible to send people to the Western Regions due to the current exhaustion of the Central Plains. After all, dispatching a large army is completely different from their small team, but what if the elder brother thinks that more people should be sent?

So a five-person team led the local guide back with Luo Zhongkan's letter. Luo Zhongkan didn't ask them to hurry up, the most important thing was safety, even if there was no problem for three to five years, as long as the people were fine. .

It took two full years for the first letter to be delivered to Luo Ling. For Luo Zhongkan's description in the letter, Luo Ling was indeed very interested, whether it was the fertile land, the rare products, or the frailty. Luo Ling regards this piece of land as his own.

In particular, Luo Zhongkan emphatically mentioned that King Loulan is gradually destroying the environment of Loulan Kingdom. These people don't know how to make the land fertile, and their farming skills are not high, so they should make plans as soon as possible.

Luo Ling touched the God of Four Seasons in his bosom, thinking in his heart, it would be great if this artifact didn't need to consume family heritage, it would be perfect for Yongzheng Western Regions.

In the letter, Luo Zhongkan also said that the Western Regions are too vast, and I am afraid that the brothers who came out with him will stay in the Western Regions within ten years, so I hope Luo Ling can allow the brave soldiers to take concubines in the Western Regions .

From the moment the brave warriors appeared in the world, they have always been clan soldiers. They used to be members of the clan, but now they are members of the clan. So their weddings and funerals need to be taken care of by the Patriarch of course.

But generally speaking, as long as it does not violate morality, the family allows free love, just report the person to the head of the house, and the head of the house will give a piece of property, but taking concubines, especially taking barbarians as concubines, requires the consent of the head of the house, after all, the bastard It is also a public family, and it is still a member of the family, which has to be cautious.

(End of this chapter)