Emperor Zhenguan

Oh oh oh!
"Wind and sand~ you blow slowly, the big girl is flying in the sky~"

Tang Yi really couldn't stand Tang San's strange voice, and couldn't help cursing: "You are crazy, dogs won't listen to what the hell you are singing."

A group of people marched in the wind and sand in Liangzhou, their faces were wrapped in cloth scarves, followed by a long team of horseback riders and many camels.

Tang San pulled off the cloth towel and was about to answer, but he ate a mouthful of sand as soon as he opened his mouth, and immediately pulled the cloth towel again.

"Brother, it's a long road, and if you don't sing something, how will you relieve your fatigue."

"It's a long night." Tang Er ruthlessly criticized his wrong words.

"It's all the same." Tang San began to sing again to himself.

Lu Dongzan, who accompanied them on the mission to the Tang Dynasty, was very interested in listening to Tang San's out-of-key songs, and asked about the meaning of the lyrics from time to time.Along the way, I almost vomited on Lu Dongzan.Within a month, he climbed the high plateau, high mountains and crossed the desert, and finally he was going to get close to the legendary Eastern Land Tang.

At this moment, he was already looking forward to facing that distant country in his heart.

After the group left Liangzhou and entered Yuanzhou, they were immediately interrogated and searched by the guards of Xiaoguan.The identities of Tang Yi and the others are top secret, so it is naturally impossible to expose themselves because of such a trivial matter, so the benefits that should be given to the guards are no less.

"Hey, fresh face, where were the slaves captured?" The guards looked at Lu Dongzan and other Tubo people behind Tang Yi and others, and said, "The treatment is not bad, it doesn't look like Kunlun slaves."

In the cognition of the guards, only the Kunlun slaves who were captured and used as personal attendants were treated slightly better, and the other slaves were basically treated like pigs, dogs and livestock.

Lu Dongzan is very smart. During this period of time, he studied Chinese with Tang Yi and others, and made rapid progress. He can understand the meaning of the guards.

"I'm not a slave. I'm Lu Dongzan, the envoy of the Tubo Kingdom. I was ordered by Zanpu to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Tang Dynasty."

"Tubo?" The guards were stunned, obviously not knowing this country.

"Have you heard of it?"

"No." The others shook their heads.

"Hahaha, it's another small foreign country." The soldiers laughed.

Lu Dongzan's face turned red, and he was about to explode, but in the end reason prevailed.He ordered people to take out the credentials and motioned for the soldiers to watch.

Although the guards are arrogant, they will not commit suicide. Naturally, they will not take the initiative to check the credentials. He waved his hand and warned: "When you enter the pass, be honest with me. You must abide by the laws of the empire. If you don't obey the rules , be careful to move your head. Go there!"

After speaking, the soldiers moved out of the way.

Lu Dongzan breathed out softly, put away the credentials, and left with Tang Yi and the others under the monkey-like eyes of the soldiers.

At the same time, the news of the Tubo envoy's coming to the DPRK was also sent to Chang'an by the governor of Yuanzhou as quickly as possible.

Needless to say, the Guanzhong Road is a flat concrete road, making it very comfortable for a group of people to walk.

Lu Dongzan stared at the weird and flat concrete road, and was immediately shocked speechless.When he came here, he thought that he might be surprised by something in the Tang Dynasty, but he never thought that he would be shocked before entering the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty.

...

"What road is this?" He asked Tang Yi.

"cement road."

"What is a concrete road?"

Tang Yi rolled his eyes, "I don't know, it's called cement road."

I'm a scout, you ask me about the concrete road?

After going back for three days, they finally arrived at Jingzhao Mansion and rested in Wugong County.

Entering here, Lu Dongzan began the journey of silent observation.Sometimes he would also ask about the situation of the place, such as the population. Once Tang Yi was annoyed by his questions, and told him directly that the population of Chang'an had exceeded [-], and he told Lu Dongzan to shut up completely.

In addition, the rail carriages parallel to the cement road would haul a large amount of stones and wood and quickly pass by from time to time, causing Lu Dongzan to fall into deep self-doubt.

And when he saw the slaves oppressed by the Tang people to build roads and mines by the roadside, he would shudder again.Because he heard from Tang Yi that those were all former enemies of the empire.After losing to the emperor of the empire, these enemies have become the slaves of the entire empire.

When the team approached Chang'an, they were questioned by patrolling Tang Qi all the time.

boom!
There was a loud noise in the distance, and Lu Dongzan looked over subconsciously.I saw a huge black mist rising into the sky in the distance, billowing thick smoke, like a fire raging to the sky, the towering chimneys, row upon row of waterwheels by the river, one after another, Lu Dongzan was completely confused.

Are Tubo and Tang Dynasty really in the same world?
He can't understand, really can't understand, he can't even understand the road under his feet.All he knew was that Tang Dynasty was different except for the people who looked a bit similar to them.

For example, the plate armored cavalry who stopped them in front.

That terrifying full body armor made Lu Dongzan nervous all over.

After investigation, Lu Dongzan and others set off again, and finally arrived at the post station in Chang'an City to rest in the evening.

"Lu Dongzan, we won't be traveling together on the next road. Tomorrow you will go directly to the city, and the soldiers at the gate will lead you to Honglu Temple. That is the place where I specially received envoys from the foreign countries. When you get there, That's it."

"Thank you for leading the way." Lu Dongzan imitated the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty and thanked him.

"No need." Tang Yi waved his hand, turned and left.

After sending Tang Yi away, Lu Dongzan closed the door and began to record the information along the way.

The language used for the records is Sanskrit. At present, Tubo does not have its own language. Historically, when Songtsan Gampo became the overlord of the plateau, he sent his minister Tunmi Sangbuza to study in Tianzhu, and finally created the ancient Tibetan language. .

But when recording the information, Lu Dongzan suddenly found it difficult.Because he is not proficient in Sanskrit, it is so-so, and there is no way to fully express what he sees and hears.

gap!

He finally felt the gap, and this gap was not an intuitive feeling, but a small but creepy gap.

On the way to the Tang Dynasty, he also studied Chinese. After comparison, he found that the Chinese language is profound and profound, and its characters and grammar are extremely perfect, which is not comparable to Sanskrit.

"Ugh!"

He put down the pen and rubbed his face, feeling very depressed.

No wonder the Tang people look down on themselves, Tubo and Datang are incomparable.Starting from the most basic language, Tubo is incomparable.What kind of country is a country that doesn’t even have its own written language?
No, after returning to Tubo, Zanpu must find someone to create Tubo's own characters.

He was a tough guy, and after a period of loss, he immediately started recording information.Even if the record is not accurate enough, he will try his best to record it.

After entering Guanzhong, what he saw and heard along the way was like entering another world to him, a world he had never seen before.

He wrote:
'In the communication with the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, I got information that this huge empire, the land in the east and west, even close to the sea.I asked the merchant what the sea is.He told me that the sea is boundless and no one knows how big it is.Forgive me, I have never seen the sea.

I asked him again, how does the sea compare with Namtso Lake?
He told me that in front of the sea, Namtso Lake is like the feathers of birds to the endless snow-capped mountains.

I don't believe it, but I can't prove it. '

Emperor Zhenguan