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Chapter 285 The Han of Chinese characters, the Han of the big Han, the Han of the Han people! (4.4K)

For the crop of winter wheat, sometimes the difference between the two places is tens of miles, and because of the inconsistency of the topography of the two places, there is a difference of more than ten days between sowing and harvesting.

And because the big man here has never been involved, he has no experience!

So Huo Shan thought about it for a few days, and with a wave of his hand, he directly set the date to August [-]th.

It happens to be around the autumnal equinox. Since we don't understand anything, let's look at the calendar.

The newly published "Taichu Calendar" not only sets the time, but also has the function of guiding farming. In other words, every calendar has this function, and it is also the main one.

It has absorbed and improved the 24 solar terms of the "Ganzhi Calendar".

Even if this world is different from that of the big man, the difference in the calendar will not be too much. Even if there is a problem, it will not be a big problem.

Moreover, Huo Shan originally planned to leave in early August, but it took another half a month. Before the [-]th, the grain had to go to the ground, and then he sent troops to Dawan.

Although it was necessary to spend the winter there, the delay was too late, and the weather became cold. No matter what, we had to finish everything in Dawan before November.

As for the defense of these military households after Huo Shan left, although there are still problems, there are no major problems.

In the past two months, so many people have not been idle except for land reclamation, how many people can be used for land reclamation!

A lot of ore veins have also been found, two iron mines, three coal mines, and a small salt mine, and when the wells were drilled, two oil wells were also drilled.

Huo Shan didn't seal up the oil well, although he couldn't refine it, he didn't understand this, but it can still be used as fire oil.

However, this thing has a low ignition point, and it is difficult to preserve it now, but it is not impossible.

As for the reserves of the ore veins, no one knows. The detection methods at this time cannot be compared with those of later generations.

Anyway, there are a lot of them. With the current industrial means, it will be no problem to dig for thousands of years.

Of course, this refers to the output. If we really want to dig with the current means, we won't be able to dig for so many years.

The more you dig the mine, the more difficult it is to dig, and you can only give up if you can't reach it.

So with iron and coal, at least there is no shortage of farm tools, blast furnace steelmaking, many craftsmen and manpower, and the output is still very good when it is in motion.

In addition to farm tools, a lot of weapons and armor were also made. The weapons are naturally ring swords, which are used by military households.

They're used to this, and they're not cavalry either.

As for the armor, it is very simple, just put two light iron plates on the body together.

However, the workshop is built on the oasis. Although it is more convenient to build it next to the mine vein, it is not easy to protect.

There is still a long distance between the ore vein and the oasis, so the ore can only be transported and stored here after mining.

The few ore veins found are still very easy to mine, so after meeting the workshop's usage, there is still a lot of leftovers.

This situation is very good, the more materials you save, the stronger your strength will be.

A lot of fortifications have been built around the oasis, some stone and simple concrete walls, and some ditches.

It was mainly used by the infantry to defend against the fortifications of the cavalry. After he left, everything had to be on their own.

Although Huo Shan planned to keep the 16 Huangzhong, the main force was still the [-] military households.

As for the land, there is nothing we can do. If the enemy comes to attack, who cares about the land!
It is also impossible to build fortifications next to the ground, which is not realistic.

.........

On the night of the first day of August, it was only half a month before the day he set for farming.

Huo Shan stood outside the big tent frowning at this moment, looking at the dark sky with no moonlight in the distance, wondering what he was thinking about.

Zhang Anshi and Tian Qianqiu ran over after a while, both of them frowned, but their expressions were different from Huo Shan's.

Huo Shan frowned because something worried him, and the two of them also frowned with doubts and ignorance in their hearts.

"How is it?" Huo Shan asked quickly when he saw the two people approaching.

"Returning to the Commander-in-Chief, as expected by the Commander-in-Chief, the soldiers and horses of these ten countries are all very vigilant. After sound inspection, half of them have not fallen asleep."

Huo Shan's face turned ugly after hearing this.

As for the situation, we have to start from the beginning.

Didn't Huo Shan let the lords of the Ten Kingdoms intend to submit to come here, and prepare to frighten them!

The lords of these ten countries were indeed more obedient, and after receiving the message from the envoys, they did indeed come.

But not only did they come by themselves, they also brought soldiers and horses from the country.

This is nothing, it's human nature, after all, no one knows if Huo Shan will mess with them, and it's normal to take soldiers and horses to protect oneself.

But the problem is that they brought all the soldiers and horses in their country, are you not afraid that something will happen if there are no soldiers in the country?

Huo Shan immediately realized that there was something wrong with this matter.

Although each of the ten countries is a small country, the total number of soldiers and horses is [-], which is not a small force.

And they are now in the oasis, which can be regarded as Huo Shan's hinterland. If an outbreak occurs, although Huo Shan is not afraid of them, because they are not far from the Yulin Tiger Ben, but it is still a trouble.

And these country leaders are too enthusiastic about him. Although this is a normal situation, it is too much.

Moreover, Huo Shan found that these people looked at him from time to time, something was wrong.

He couldn't explain this kind of look very clearly. It seemed like hatred and aggrieved. The main reason was that they had been here for seven or eight days at the earliest, and this situation had not dissipated.

This is a very abnormal thing.

You are a small country with a population of one to two thousand, even if you are dissatisfied and therefore have hatred in your heart, but seeing such a huge power, shouldn't you be in awe and fear?

Not to mention that they are a bunch of fools.

And there are other aspects, and there is a weirdness everywhere.

Huo Shan looked at Zhang Anshi, and asked again:
"How are the messengers? Any letters?"

"Back to the Governor, there have been no letters these days, and the situation is not much different from before, except for the sudden outbreak in Loulan a few days ago, beheading our envoy and causing some small turmoil in the country."

Loulan was destroyed once by Lao Zhao. These are a small country established by the remnants, but their power is much weaker.

It used to be quite powerful, but now it is a small country.

He also knew about this a few days ago, and he was very angry at that time. He never expected that there would be such a person who doesn't know what is good or bad.

And this incident really made him realize that something was wrong, and he thought there was definitely something wrong.

"There is no difference?"

"Exactly."

Huo Shan touched the nail of his thumb with his right hand, looked at the dark sky in the distance and muttered to himself:

"No difference is the biggest difference, no problem is the biggest problem."

Zhang Anshi and Tian Qianqiu looked at each other when they heard this, and they both saw the thought in each other's eyes.

After thinking for a while, Huo Shan turned to Zhong Gan who was sorting out the documents in the tent and asked:
"Zhong Qian, how is the situation in the army? Especially Li Ling's side?"

Zhong Gan got up quickly and walked out, and after saluting, he just said four words:
"It's calm."

Huo Shan frowned:
"It's understandable that the other places are calm and calm. You can elaborate on Li Ling's side."

"Returning to the governor, since the rear army captured the last batch of Hun cavalry ten days ago, the number of Hun prisoners on our side has reached 810.

Since then, no Huns have been captured, and the number of Huns' horses has decreased to a certain extent, about [-]%, but the lack of captives is not because of this.

There are many reasons for this because, after they saw our soldiers, they turned around and ran away from a distance without entanglement, so they had no chance. "

Having said that, Zhong Gan smiled:
"They should be afraid of us. Li Ling has been writing letters to complain these days. My lord is taking care of everything every day. Li Ling just complained a few words, and I didn't tell you."

Huo Shan was speechless at this moment, he really didn't know what to say!

Should Zhong Gan think of him?
Li Ling's complaints are really useless, and he is also clear about the situation in the army, but this is the army, and he must let him know about any news.

You help me stop, do you think you are doing it for my own good?
Looking at the performance of the three people present can clearly understand their abilities.

Zhang Anshi fell into deep thought after listening to Zhong Gan's words.

Although Tian Qianqiu was not as keen as Zhang Anshi, she also noticed something was wrong.

As for Zhong Gan, he has not yet realized the importance of the matter.

These news had nothing to do with it in the past, and Huo Shan would not take it too seriously, but when combined with other aspects, there will be a big problem!

Zhang Anshi is a great talent, Tian Qianqiu is not as good as Zhang Anshi, but he is also a talent, Zhong Gan is really not talented in these aspects.

His talent lies in the handling of military law and logistics, and he is very careful.

"In the future, no matter what happens, even if a soldier's horse dies, you have to report the situation to me, understand?"

Zhong Qian also realized the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly saluted and pleaded guilty. Huo Shan didn't have the heart to punish him now, so after thinking about it, he said:
"Zhang Anshi, go and bring me all the documents of the envoys, focusing on the ten countries, as well as Loulan, Wusun, Qiuci, and Gumo."

Dawan did not send envoys!
"Zhong Gan, bring me all the documents in the army for nearly half a month, Tian Qianqiu, go and secretly bring me the ruler of the Pulei Kingdom, as well as the translator."

"promise."

The three rushed to do it, Huo Shan waited for them to leave, and blew a whistle, Xiao Hei flew in from outside the tent, and Cang Ye also ran in.

Huo Shan began to order to Xiao Hei on the table:
"Go and search the area thousands of miles away to see if there are any pigeons that got lost or were eaten by raptors, understand?"

After Huo Shan's words and gestures, Xiao Hei nodded and left.

As for why he was not allowed to bring Xiaobai, it was because Xiaobai was busy with important affairs, and if there were no accidents, a few little black and white would be born in a few days.

"Cang Ye, take the pack of wolves and go around for five hundred miles to see if there are any traces of pigeons."

Ao Ye also turned around and left directly.

Huo Shan knew very well that this was basically useless work, and it was just a whim of his.

But it’s okay to be idle, why not let them go around, if there is a surprise!
After a while, Zhang Anshi walked in with two soldiers and a box of letters.

After saluting, Zhang Anshi picked and picked inside, picked out the countries Huo Shan mentioned, stood up one by one, and waited for orders.

Huo Shan smiled and sat down on the table:
"Today I will teach you the principle of two-handed preparation."

Then he ordered to the outside of the account:
"Find a brazier, bring another basin of water, and bring a few more buckets."

After a while the things came over, Huo Shan opened a letter and handed him the paper inside:
"Take it on the fire and roast it, and look carefully at the blank space."

Zhang Anshi didn't know why, but he still did it. After a while, his face was flushed from being roasted, and he asked in bewilderment profusely:

"Commander, there is nothing?"

"Then put it aside, throw it into the water when it's cold, and move on to the next one."

Zhang Anshi continued, and baked two more in a row. On the third one, Zhang Anshi's eyes widened after a while, and he shouted in surprise:

"Any word?"

Huo Shan smiled faintly:
"What word?"

Zhang Anshi leaned into the flames to take a closer look, and then his expression changed:
"It's a dangerous word."

Huo Shan was taken aback, and quickly got up to take a look. It was indeed a dangerous word. Huo Shan took a light breath, how should I say this!

Is it all effortless?
Huo Shan picked up the envelope and looked at the note on it, Loulan July 7.23, the letter from Loulan July 23.

According to the investigation in the past few days, it happened to be the night before the messenger's accident.

Huo Shan breathed a sigh of relief, and the uneasiness in his heart disappeared without a trace. Since he found out that there was a real problem, then things became much simpler.

Huo Shan put down the letter, smiled and said to Zhang Anshi:

"It's just a little trick. When you write with ginger water, it will become invisible after it dries, but it will appear when you bake it with fire.

Writing with milk will also become invisible, but it will only appear when placed in water.

However, in this method, the pen should not be dipped in water and milk too much, otherwise the paper will wrinkle after drying. This method is the best for silk, but the best silk is ginger, and the ginger water must be clean, otherwise there will be traces.

This is a method I give to the messengers to make sure that every letter will have it. "

It was precisely because of this situation that Huo Shan basically didn't know how to check it. When he read the letter, he just touched it, and he could feel the subtle difference, so he just felt that there were words.

But I didn't expect that Loulan's messenger delivered such an important information before he died, and made such a great contribution.

If it weren't for the uneasiness in his heart today, after thinking about it, he might not have verified it in the next few days to see if there is any news on these letters.

But now that it was confirmed that there was a problem, Huo Shan didn't worry anymore.

And this dangerous word, a simple word, actually reveals a lot.

First of all, Loulan's envoy must have discovered something, which made Loulan eager to silence it. It should be that the envoy and the others noticed something, and then wanted to probe deeper, and then was discovered by Loulan.

This was actually one of the reasons why Huo Shan felt something was wrong. Loulan would have had an accident long ago, and if it happened suddenly, it would be abnormal.

As for where the danger comes from, they are so powerful, let the messenger say this, where else can it come from, Huns!
The Western Regions are in a state of disunity, and there is no threat if no one takes the lead. They also know this. Without the participation of the Huns, the word "dangerous" would not be used.

Now, Huo Shan can be sure that they are probably going to be enemies of the entire Western Regions and the 30 tribes of the Huns.

As for why not the entire Xiongnu, it was because in April of this year, King Youxian, who had just become Shan Yu, died, and they were busy stabilizing everything, so they had neither the intention nor the strength to come to the Western Regions.

Therefore, it can only be the right part of the Huns, a tribe with a population of 30 near the Western Regions.

It is true that he caught up with all the good things. Li Guangli conquered Dawan, and the Xiongnu did not pose any threat.

Could it be that the Huns felt that he was too threatening?

Huo Shan thought about it and didn't think about it anymore, sleep well tonight, and prepare to start fighting the world tomorrow!
The Lord Pu Lei sent by Huo Shan turned his attention to Zhang Anshi again, pointed to the unbaked letter and said:

"All these have to be verified, and I will leave it to you."

Then he pointed to the baked letter and smiled:
"Would you like to try?"

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi excitedly picked up the paper and moved his body into the water.

"What word?"

"Chinese!"

With a confident smile on his face, Huo Shan looked to the distance outside the big tent and sighed:
"Yeah, Han, the Han of Chinese characters, the Han of the big Han, the Han of the Han people!"

(End of this chapter)