The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"I haven't thought about this issue yet. The king is also returning to Guanzhong from the Western Regions, and will discuss this matter soon." Yang Duanhe said.

"It's just that there is another telegram. This telegram is from Li Xin. He asked how to deal with the prisoners of war in their hands," Yang Duanhe asked at this time.

"What prisoners of war?" Wang Jian felt that this matter was even more strange.Because the Qin army seldom mentioned the situation of prisoners of war before, most of the prisoners of war were usually sold on the spot to slave traders who followed the Qin army, or they were directly dragged to a nearby market to sell, and all the proceeds from the slave trade belonged to the officers and soldiers themselves. Keeping it is considered their trophies seized, such things are usually not reported by telegrams, because such things have become the norm.The ministries did not treat this matter as a big deal.

"This Li Xin, what do you want to do?" Wang Jian thought that Li Xin was bothering the staff with such trivial matters as prisoners of war, so Wang Jian felt very displeased.

"The situation is not what the general thought. Their prisoners of war come from some Anxi country." Yang Duanhe continued.

"What is Anxi Kingdom?" Wang Jian asked.

"I don't know, I don't even know where this country is." Yang Duanhe said.

"The telegram said that he had captured these Parthian prisoners of war for a long time. It said that they might be special envoys. If they were held for such a long time, there might be a big disaster. Therefore, he hoped that the staff could solve it for him. This matter." Yang Duanhe said.

"Special envoy, the special envoy of the Anxi Kingdom," Wang Jian asked.

"Yes. The problem is that we don't know how to solve any situation here. This matter is not under our control. The Anxi Kingdom has not hit us, how should we solve it," Yang Duanhe asked.

"That's right. This matter is not something that our staff can manage. I think this matter should be handled by Meng Yi. After all, this is the special envoy of the Parthian Kingdom. We only care about fighting and negotiating things. Only they can do it, we can't be the master at all." Yang Duanhe said.

"It is true that if there is any major incident of hostility between the two countries, it is beyond our control whether it is fighting or fighting." Yang Duanhe said.

"Li Xin also reported this incident indiscriminately." Wang Jian complained a little dissatisfied with Li Xin's actions.But it's better for them to know about such things.

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"Anxi country, what kind of country is this?" Meng Yi didn't know how to understand it when he received the report from the staff department.

"Do you know what this resting country is?" Meng Yi asked the assistant.

"I don't know, Prime Minister." The assistant replied.

"En. The staff said that they captured some special envoys from the Western Regions, some special envoys from the Parthian Kingdom. We don't know where, where, or how big this Parthian Kingdom is." Meng Yi frowned.

"It seems that there are too many things we don't understand." Meng Yi said.

"Then, Prime Minister, what do you plan to do? If this Anxi country is a country in the Western Regions, we need to find out more about it, and we don't even know what the situation in the Western Regions is like." The assistant said.

"That's right. At present, we can't determine where the border of the Western Regions is. And we don't know what the surrounding situation is like. The report also said that a large number of translators are needed. These people's The language is extremely difficult. They can only know the meaning of a few words, and then analyze and draw conclusions based on the meaning of these words." Meng Yi said.

"It's not good for us to go on like this." Meng Yi said.

"Yes, Prime Minister, we need to understand the various countries, customs and various situations around the border when we conduct trade at the border. However, if you look at us, we can't understand them at all. We only know our border The line is there, but we still don't know what kind of tribes there are in the surrounding land. The last time there was a war in the Qilian Mountains. We thought our opponents were just the Qiang people. Who would have thought. The difference between the Qiang people and the highland Qiang people , There is such a big difference between the two." The assistant said on the side.

"En. That's right. We should have paid attention last time. We haven't paid enough attention this time. It seems that we need to adjust our focus on diplomacy. Qin has a large territory and many neighbors We don't know. We don't know whether these new neighbors are enemies or friends. For example, in this Anxi country, we don't even know where the other party is, and how much they know about us." Meng Yi said.What Meng Yi said was indeed a big problem.

When Shang Wen established the cabinet, there was no special post of foreign minister.It’s just that a brand new post of Secretary of State has been established, and Meng Yi’s understanding of Secretary of State is not at the diplomatic level, and Shang Wen has no unique explanation. Coupled with Fan Zeng’s inaction, the Qin cabinet has fallen into a state of no diplomacy. The embarrassing position of the Ministry.Many things require other departments to temporarily perform the functions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or to act as a temporary representative. In addition, the expansion of Qin State was too deep at the beginning, and military power played a big role. Under the strong military inertia, the role of the military It is far greater than the role of diplomacy. The role of diplomacy is very limited, and the role of military is so strong that diplomacy cannot play a role. In addition, Qin State does not understand the northwest, the speed of expansion is accelerating, and the population loss of local people is serious.Diplomacy naturally doesn't play much role.However, with the passage of time, especially after Qin State changed its previous military-oriented strategy, the role of trade became more and more important, and the ensuing diplomatic issues began to come to the table, but Qin State did not cause any serious problems at all. Sufficient attention is actually still caused by the strong inertia caused by powerful military power.

But now that border trade is unfolding, Qin has to re-emphasize the role of diplomacy.And had to make up for Qin's slack diplomacy. Qin faced many problems.Especially the language barrier, Qin State will need to spend a long time to make up for it. After all, the distance between Qin State and this Anxi State is too long and there is no communication.The language barrier between the two countries has caused great communication barriers.

In the southern border area of ​​Qin State, Qin State's border trade is not very peaceful.

"Hide here, don't come out. You will shoot when you see us shooting later." A man with a long beard and dressed in cowboy clothes said.There are two revolvers on his waist, and there are several people in the distance, all of them are sitting on horseback, holding a pair of guns in their hands.

"Da da da." At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from a distance.A team of horses is approaching them because of the dust.The Qin people here couldn't tell how many of them there were.

"The whistle just sent a message. They have more than 100 people." A man with a connecting gun said immediately.

"Well. I see." The bearded man said.

It didn't take long before the team came to the bearded man.

On the opposite side was a group of people dressed in typical Western Regions. Among them, a man with a long beard and a thick scarf wrapped his head clasped his hands in gesture.They are learning the etiquette of the Central Plains people to say hello to each other.Although the two sides do not communicate much in language, both sides are more eager to learn.At this time, the bearded man put his right hand on his left chest, making a salute like a man from the Western Regions.

"Something. Did you bring it?" asked the bearded man from the Western Regions.

"Things. Here." Long Beard said.As he spoke, he stepped on a few boxes underneath and said.

"En. Very good. This is your stuff." The bearded man from the Western Regions signaled his men to take some large wooden boxes from the horse.

"Clatter." The box opened.It was full of gold objects of all kinds.

"This is your stuff. We're going to take our stuff." The bearded man from the Western Regions said.

"En. Not bad." The bearded man looked at the several boxes of gold wares with bright eyes at this moment.

"Let me show you." The bearded man turned over and opened the box under his feet.People from the Western Regions also relaxed their vigilance at this time.

"Bang bang bang." That's when they thought the deal was going to be done.The bearded Qin countryman suddenly pulled out his gun and shot at the opponent frantically.

"Bang bang bang." The other Qin riders also shot at each other when they saw the hands on the side.

And the people who had ambushed in advance also came out on horseback at this time, blocking the opponent.

"You are villains." The people from the Western Regions were caught off guard, only a few of them were holding flintlock guns, and the other party suddenly attacked.For a time, many of them were beaten down.The cheeky man from the Western Regions cursed loudly in his not-so-fluent Central Plains dialect.

"Bang bang." And those cowboys who raised their guns and fired didn't care about these crazy shots, leaving no one alive.They have no mercy at all for these people.

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"There are gunshots ahead, sir." A patrol team of the Qin Army happened to pass by here and they heard dense gunshots. A second-class soldier said nervously.

"En. Got it." A leading lieutenant nodded and said.

"Let's take a rest. We'll be on our way there in a while." Said the lieutenant and let people down. The cavalry consisted of 32 men, each equipped with three horses, and several camels to carry their supplies.

"But, sir, there's gunfire over there," the private continued.

"Get off your horse and rest." The lieutenant ordered solemnly.

"Yes, sir." The private nodded.After the second-class soldier dismounted.A corporal came up to him and said.

"There is nothing wrong with listening to the commander's order. Don't be so nervous." After the corporal said indifferently, he found a shady place to eat, and some soldiers sat around drinking something together, which should be wine.The private guessed.

And some cavalry left quietly, they were on guard, and the lieutenant sat in a shady corner by himself, listening to the intensive gunfire in the distance.

After a while, the gunfire slowly stopped.

"Get on the horse, hurry up." The lieutenant shouted loudly at this time, the other soldiers got on the horse quickly at this time, and the second-class soldier was a little flustered.

"Hurry up." Wei urged loudly.

The second-class soldier got on his horse so quickly that he didn't even have time to carry some of his belongings.

"Hurry up. If you're slow, you won't be able to catch up with anything." Wei shouted loudly, and he was the first to rush out.The soldiers behind followed frantically, and they chased frantically like a good thing.

Second-class soldiers can only follow these people forward.