Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 127 Chapter 130: Three Silk Roads
After seeing off Li Ping, Li Hao heaved a sigh of relief, and returned under the sun umbrella triumphantly, but seeing the four girls looking at him with strange eyes, Li Hao immediately felt a strong smell of acetic acid, and before they asked questions, he smiled and said Explanation: "You may not believe me, but this little girl admires my handsome looks and outstanding talents, and she wants to promise me with her life, and she also said that I have no choice but to marry, all kinds of stalking, ha ha, Who am I, the most beautiful man in the Tang Dynasty who loves flowers to bloom, how could he fall in love with such a small chest... Ah bah, how could he fall in love with a stinky girl with such a small face..."

Seeing that the eyes of the four girls were still so unfriendly, he continued: "Besides, there are four peerless beauties in my family, and one is gentle and elegant, well-educated..."

Qin Su blushed when she heard this, rubbed the hem of her clothes and turned her head away, not daring to look at him.

"A man with extraordinary martial arts, a woman who does not give way to a man..."

Turandot raised his head triumphantly: "Hmph, you have some knowledge."

"There are also two Persian sisters with various styles and excellent massage skills!" Li Hao gave two thumbs up to the Persian sisters.

Gu Lina and Elena were so happy that they couldn't find the north, they hurriedly pulled Li Hao to sit down, and graciously handed over a piece of watermelon.

Li Hao took a bite of the watermelon, and sighed in his heart: "Oh, it's not good to have too many women. When you lose your temper, you have to think of all kinds of words to coax them. I'm really tired."

After resting for a while, Li Hao announced to set off again, so the brigade started slowly and continued heading north. Their team was not big, and they didn't have a lot of luggage. More than 80 miles away.

Their route was to start from Lantian to the north, bypass Chang'an and turn to the northwest. In the evening, they arrived at Baqiao Station and rested at Baqiao Station.

Baqiao Station is only a few miles away from Chang'an City, and it is two or three times closer than Lantian. However, no big boss came to visit Li Hao tonight. Thinking about it, the farewell at Changting is just a farewell etiquette. The most important thing is superficial skills. Anyone who dares to come to see Li Hao now will really offend Li Chengqian.

However, there was still someone who came to see Li Hao off tonight, and that was Cheng Chumo.

Cheng Chumo didn't go to Changting Pavilion to see Li Hao off this morning, but chose to come at this time, because he knew that most of the big bosses who went to see Li Hao off this morning didn't really want to see Li Hao off, and he also felt disgusted This kind of superficial etiquette, that's why I chose to say goodbye to Li Hao alone at night, drink some wine, and have a skewer or something.

To be honest, the arrival of Cheng Chumo moved Li Hao very much. After living in Chang'an for the past few years, the only friend that Li Hao could admit was Cheng Chumo. To be friends with Li Hao is not for Li Hao's talent, nor for Li Hao's money. This is the real friendship.

Li Hao and Cheng Chumo were drinking in a dilapidated pavilion in the post house. Cheng Chumo knew that Li Hao was not a good drinker, so he drank immortal wine, while Li Hao drank wine.

The parting was imminent, and Cheng Chumo, who was always carefree, was also a little sad, took a sip from the wine bowl, and said depressedly: "Shikuang, after you leave, I don't know when you will come back. It will be extremely difficult to see you in the future."

"Don't say these unlucky things." Li Hao deliberately smiled heartlessly in order to ease the atmosphere, "How long can such a powerful person like me stay in Tingzhou? Believe me, His Majesty will call I'm going back to Chang'an."

"I hope so." Cheng Chumo nodded, apparently not having much confidence in Li Hao's words.

"What do you mean by wishing so?" Li Hao opened his eyes wide and started talking endlessly, "Can you have some confidence in me? Have you forgotten who I am? I am Li Hao and Li Shikuang. How many myths have been created in Chang'an in the past few years? I solved the plague in Henan, the drought in Guanzhong, I invented Quyuanli, the horseshoe, spirits, toothpaste Maybe I invented the perfume and soap, maybe I invented the glass mirror, maybe I invented the food in Taibailou, maybe I wrote a hundred poems in ten days..."

Li Hao counted his achievements over the past few years, and Cheng Chumo was stunned for a while. Although he always knew that Li Hao was very good, he never thought that Li Hao had done so many things in the past few years. A little surprised, but after the surprise, he asked in a daze: "You have said so much, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Isn't that obvious enough?" Li Hao cried out with his eyes wide open, "I'm a genius, a genius, what is a genius, a genius is like gold, it will shine wherever you put it! I've already made a plan. After the state, first find out the traitors in Tingzhou, and then use your extensive knowledge to lead the people of Tingzhou to become rich and go straight to Xiaokang. Don't ask me who Xiaokang is. When the time comes, my achievements will be reported to the emperor, and the emperor will be very happy, saying Maybe they will call me back to Chang'an."

Cheng Chumo scratched his head and said, "Shikuang, do you know where Tingzhou is?"

"In Xinjiang." Li Hao blurted out, and then realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said, "Ah, there is no Xinjiang yet, it is at the westernmost... of Longyou Road."

Cheng Chumo sighed softly, took out a map of the Tang Dynasty, laid it flat on the table, and said, "Look for yourself."

Li Hao stared at the map and said, "That's right, it's on the westernmost side of Longyou Road."

"Look carefully again." Cheng Chumo reminded.

"Damn it..." Li Hao glanced again, and suddenly cried out in shock, because he found that Tingzhou did not border on the Tang Dynasty, but was still in the north of Gaochang, sandwiched between Gaochang and Western Turks, like a city isolated island.

"What's going on here?" Li Hao looked a little confused, and asked Cheng Chumo in shock, "Why is Tingzhou there? Is there something wrong?"

Cheng Chumo shook his head: "Tingzhou is sandwiched between Gaochang and Western Turks. The Western Turks have swept many countries in the desert over the years, becoming stronger and stronger, and their ambitions can be seen. But fortunately, they have never attacked Datang. As for Gaochang, it is because of its remoteness. , and backed by the Western Turks, they have repeatedly robbed and killed Silk Road caravans over the years, even my Datang caravan, it is obvious that they have a heart of disobedience, poet mad, you have to guard against it."

Li Hao suddenly had a feeling of falling into a pit. He thought that he had resolved the crisis perfectly and gorgeously, but he never expected that he would be in the tiger's mouth right after he got out of the prison. What kind of war did Tang launch, but the world is unpredictable. Who knows when the tiger mouth formed by Gaochang and Western Turks will close and swallow Tingzhou. Tingzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. Even if Li Shimin gets the news and sends troops to help , It is estimated that his body is not decomposing much.

"How could this happen! How could this be..." Li Hao walked around in the pavilion anxiously, like an ant on a hot pot.

When a person is in a mood of agitation, his temper is naturally bad, so is Li Hao. He turned around for a while, then suddenly pointed at Cheng Chumo, and complained, "Why didn't you show me the map earlier! You're only postponing it now!"

Cheng Chumo asked innocently: "If I had shown it to you earlier, you wouldn't have gone?"

Li Hao was taken aback when he heard the words, yes, the imperial decree has been issued, he can still resist the decree, he is not unreasonable, he went back to the stone bench and sat down, and asked depressedly: "Then what do you mean by letting me see the map now? "

"Remind you to be careful." Cheng Chumo frowned and said, "We must beware of Gao Chang. They have repeatedly intercepted and killed passing caravans and destroyed the Silk Road. Now the Silk Road is gradually diverted."

"Silk Road diverted?" Li Hao was surprised again when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "Where did the Silk Road change?"

Cheng Chumo said: "The Silk Road originally had to go through Gaochang. In recent years, Gaochang has imposed high tariffs and frequently intercepted caravans. This route has gradually declined. Someone opened a new route from the south. The southernmost route On the southern edge of Tulun Moraine, from Puchang Sea, through Ruoqiang, Qiemo, and Hotan, and then enter the Western Regions." He said and drew the route on the map with his fingers.

Li Hao looked at the map carefully for a while, and exclaimed, "Are you crazy? That's Kunlun Mountain! And it belongs to the semi-plateau area. The mountains are poor and the water is bad, and the climate is changeable. It's more terrifying than the desert!"

"No way, it's all forced by Gao Chang." Cheng Chumo then pointed to the map and said, "This second one is on the northern edge of Tulun Qi, from Puchanghai to Korla, Qiuci, Aksu, and then leads to the countries of the Western Regions."

Li Hao glanced at the map, unable to be surprised: "This time it's the fucking Tianshan Mountain."

"Yes, it's Tianshan Mountain." Cheng Chu nodded silently, "These two routes are newly opened. Although the road is difficult and dangerous, and the weather is bad, at least they don't face obstacles like Gaochang, so now some caravans have chosen these two routes. way."

Li Hao asked again: "Is there any more?"

"The rest is the one that passes through Gaochang." Cheng Chumo continued to draw on the map with his hands, explaining, "This route is connected to the second route in many places, and the purpose is to avoid Gaochang, although it will be more in vain. It's a lot of road trips, but it's worth it to save your life. You see, from Yizhou to Xizhou, this is connected to Lop Nur. Of course, you can also go to Tingzhou from Xizhou, or you can go directly from Yizhou to Tingzhou Although it is far away, Gaochang can be bypassed, but the Tianshan Mountains must be crossed during the period. The mountains in that section are not low, and it is a bit difficult. You must bring enough water and food supplies..."

Cheng Chumo talked endlessly about the Silk Road to Li Hao. This road is really complicated. Finally, he came to a conclusion that Tingzhou is really crucial on this route, and this road is relatively The safest road, although this route is the farthest from the map, but this route passes through the least mountains, and although it passes through deserts during the period, they are all small deserts, at the speed of a caravan Generally, it can be crossed in ten days, and the risk factor is not high, unless there is a storm.

After listening to Cheng Chumo's explanation, Li Hao looked at him in surprise, then gave a thumbs up to Chen Zan: "Okay, fat man, how long has it been since I saw you, you are so good at it, you know the Silk Road so well."

"Hey, I'm ashamed." Cheng Chumo said with a smile on his face, "Actually, I have been researching these three routes for a long time, in order to transport our spirits to the Western Regions for sale. Of course, silk tea pottery and so on It is essential, the profit of the caravan is not a little bit."

"Then did you take any action?" Li Hao asked.

"Oh, don't mention it." Cheng Chumo waved his hands and said, "The two routes in the south are unreliable, the weather is too cold, and the pottery and spirits jars are frozen and cracked as soon as they arrive there, which caused me to lose thousands. .”

"Then you are going to take the Tingzhou route?" Li Hao smacked his lips and said, "Speaking of which, my problem has not been resolved yet. Gao Chang's mouth is going to live in Tingzhou, and he can swallow Tingzhou by closing his mouth. What should I do after I go, I can’t sleep even thinking about it.”

Cheng Chumo shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Be careful yourself, I can't help it, my father asked me to tell you a word, he told you to be careful in everything."

(End of this chapter)