Daqin Engineers

There is only one change today, and three changes will continue tomorrow.

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The connection with the Western Regions was much faster than Shen Bing imagined.

While Shen Bing and Yun Tian were still discussing how to build a silk workshop in Wuyuan and organize caravans to the Western Regions, Yan broke into the tunnel in spite of his personal guards:

"General, please ask the general to save our people!"

Shen Bing asked puzzledly:

"A member of your tribe? Are you talking about a man of high cars?"

"How can I wait to save your people?"

Yan answered:

"The general, who belongs to a tribe called Pu Lei, is located in the east of Baishan..."

"Shicai's subordinates ran into a few tribesmen among the slaves, only to realize that our tribe had been defeated by the Huns several times. At this time, they were running around with no home."

It turned out that he was recognized by those tribesmen when he was taking in slaves in the city, and only after asking about these things did he find out.

Yan was impatient, so he came to Shen Bing non-stop.

Shen Bing was stunned for a moment.

After thinking about it, I asked:

"Your ministry is in the Western Regions?"

Yan looked confused:

"The subordinates don't know where the Western Regions are, so they don't know whether our department is in the Western Regions, but they are indeed in the West."

Shen Bing put the map in front of Yan again, saying:

"Can you point out the location of your department?"

After looking at the map for a long time, he was not quite sure from the Yellow River to the west... Actually, the road to the Western Regions was not only the Hexi Corridor.

The other road is the business road called "Prairie Silk Road" in the Jiuyuan area.

It’s just that this road has to enter the hinterland of the Xiongnu from the grassland. Although the distance is short and easy, the Xiongnu and the Central Plains have been enemies since ancient times, so they are usually controlled by the Xiongnu... The Xiongnu, Mongolian and other nomads used this Silk Road to " "Bartering".

Then Yan specified a point and said:

"It's probably here!"

Shen Bing couldn't help fainting when he saw the location that Yan was pointing at. It was actually within the scope of the Western Regions... The Western Region people that Shen Bing always wanted to contact, did not expect to have one by his side all the time.

This cat category should be one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

It's just that the Central Plains still didn't know the Western Regions at this time, and as a member of the Western Regions, Yan didn't know that he was the Western Regions...everyone called him a man of high cars, so he didn't find out until now.

Shen Bing immediately asked:

"How many people are there in your clan?"

Yan answered:

"When I left, there were thousands of households with more than tens of thousands of people. I don't know how many people there are.

Speaking from the heart, he said sadly:

"Ask the general to send rescue soldiers, and the subordinates will go through all fire and water!"

Shen Bing replied:

"Do you know that the journey to the Western Regions is far away?"

Yan answered:

"Subordinates know."

Shen Bing asked again:

"Do you know what is the problem if I send troops to the Western Regions?"

After thinking about it, he said:

"The general is worried about the lack of troops in the North?"

Shen Bing shook his head:

"The war in the North has come to an end. From now on, the Wuyuan, Jiuyuan, and Yunzhong counties will echo each other in a distance, and the Xiongnu will not dare to attack for a while.

Yan said again:

"The general is worried... unable to defeat the Huns?"

Shen Bing shook his head again:

"Although I waited for less than half the strength of the Xiongnu, but it was not defeated, how could I be afraid of the Huns?

Yu Qidao:

"What the general is worried about..."

Shen Bing asked back:

"Does your clan have enough food?"

Yan sighed and replied:

"My clan has been looted several times by the Huns, I'm afraid it can no longer be wrapped up."

Shen Bing asked again:

"Can your ministry farm the fields and grow grain?"

Yan shook his head again:

"I have been hunting for a living for many years, and I have never farmed."

Shen Bing said:

"So, if I wait to send more than 10,000 troops to reinforce your clan, how can I make a living?"

It suddenly dawned on Yan, and replied distressedly:

"The general said it was true."

"If you rush to reinforce it, not only will it not be able to save our people from the fire, but it will harm the Qin army."

The reason is obvious.

This is not a question of military strength or combat effectiveness, but a question of food, equipment, and clothing for more than 10,000 people.

Regardless of the fact that the Northern Army has enough food and clothing in the Northern Region, it is because of Shen Bing's operations in the Northern Region.

If the army leaves the Northland to expedition to the Western Regions, it is another matter.

It's not that Yan didn't understand these principles, but he ignored them all in a hurry.

Then Yan said anxiously:

"But how is this good? I can't wait to transport food all the way to the Western Regions!"

"Then my people..."

After speaking, he sighed.

It is definitely not possible to transport grain. Most of the roads to the Western Regions here are mountain roads. In addition, the road is far away and you have to worry about gangsters... There will be situations in which one bag of grain is transported but two bags of grain are consumed on the road.

But it is not impossible.

Shen Bing said with relief:

"The school lieutenant need not worry too much."

"It is said that your clan has no fixed place at this time. Why not move it to the north to fight the Huns with me?"

When Yan heard this, his eyes widened:

"In the intention of the general, the North will accept my clan?"

Shen Bing replied:

"of course!"

"Not only are you willing to accept your clan, but those who are forced by the Huns to have nowhere to go, and even those who wish to come to the North can come here."

Shen Bing took this opportunity to make another wave of advertisements:

"The lieutenant also knows the situation in the North."

"The people who moved here from the Western Regions would like to graze grasslands, join the army of soldiers, or join us in farming and work."

"How does the captain think?"

Yan froze.

He wasn't because the Northland was not good, on the contrary, he felt that the Northland was like a paradise.

Because this is only a few months, hundreds of thousands of people in the North will not worry about food and clothing.

If there are any shortcomings, it is that wars with the Huns are extremely frequent.

But the point is that the Qin army has defeated the Xiongnu at this time and it is foreseeable that it is getting stronger and stronger.

So the Northland can be said to be a rare paradise. If there is a chance, how can it be unwilling to be here?

Shen Bing added another sentence:

"In the future, when we wait for strong troops and strong horses to have sufficient food and grass, we will definitely develop into the Western Regions."

"At that time, it's okay for you to return to your hometown and rejuvenate your country."

So what else was there to think about, he was so moved that he knocked his head a few times:

"General Xie's kindness."

Shen Bing hurriedly helped Yan up.

This is actually not a great favor, but mutual benefit.

And Shen Bing has planned everything.

Not all the people in the Western Regions are nomads. They also plant many crops, but the farming and irrigation techniques are not high.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty faced a severe problem after regaining the troops stationed in the Western Regions: insufficient food and grass had to be transported from the Central Plains, so it would consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

The solution to this problem is to farm in the Western Regions and bring the advanced farming and irrigation technology of the Central Plains to the local people.

When the local people become rich, the troops will be able to collect more military rations in the local area. At the same time, the military will also participate in the farming and harvest a part of it... so there will be enough rations to be self-sufficient.

At this time, Shen Bing recruited troops from the Western Regions, not only to use it to supplement the cavalry, but also to prepare for the future stationed in the Western Regions.