Devil’s Advent

Chapter 54 Western Piano and Eastern Erhu

Tuman City, formerly known as Tuman City.

If the history of the Yan Kingdom is taken out of the last hundred years, it is simply a history of wars against the barbarians. During the war years, Tuman City was the front line of the battle between the Yan Kingdom and the barbarians.

I don't know how many times, the men of Yan Kingdom set out from here to go on an expedition to the desert.

Either shroud the corpse in horse leather, or return triumphantly with the head of the barbarian.

A large part of the reason why the kingdoms in the Central Plains were so abandoned was that the Yan Kingdom relied on its own strength to block the threat from the north from the desert, and gave the three major countries in the Central Plains a chance to "sing and dance".

Of course, it doesn't mean that the monarchs of the Yan Kingdom were so selfless and willing to defend the border for the civilization of the Central Plains.

Why is their geographical location so bad?

Unless the monarch of Yan is tired of sitting on the dragon chair and wants to go to the desert to change to some kind of Wang Dangdang to live the life of a rancher who eats cheese and wears sheepskin, it is absolutely impossible to bow his head to the barbarians in the desert.

However, it has been nearly a hundred years since the gunpowder left Tuman City. This former frontier fortress's most important military town has now developed into the military, economic, political and cultural center of the entire Beifeng County.

Compared with Tumancheng, Hutoucheng is really a younger brother.

The commercial economy that Hutou City has always been proud of is actually just eating a little soup that has fallen all over the city.

Here, there are a lot of foreign merchants. They regard this place as their transit point. The caravans of the desert barbarian tribes, the caravans of the Western Regions, and even the more distant western caravans all gather here.

At the same time, the caravans of Yan, Jin, Qian, Chu, and a large group of small eastern countries also wander here all year round. It is really not an exaggeration to say that this is the "Shenzhen" of this world.

now,

In the street market of Tuman City,

A middle-aged man with a small beard and a white western-style coat was walking with a dog.

The dog leash is very thin,

It is so thin that it can be taken back to weave clothes for a handy woman,

But the dog on the leash is huge.

White and black hair, long tail, if fully puffed up, it is much taller than a normal adult man.

Rao is that the residents of Tuman City have seen the world, and they also respect this big dog at a respectful distance. Some children are not afraid, and have been chasing and fighting behind the big dog, but if you let them get close To pet the dog's head, these little dolls dare not.

If you look at it with the eyes of modern people, this giant dog looks a lot like a husky.

However, this size is comparable to an adult Alaska with sufficient bones.

One person and one dog wandered the streets for a long time, and then returned to the mansion.

Tumancheng is big, but its style is extremely rough. It is not like the capital city of Qianguo. It is divided into many squares and cities inside and outside. However, the masses naturally have their own settlements. Rich areas and civilian areas, according to different conditions Prices are very consciously divided.

There are also mansions built by businessmen from various countries. These mansions will become tourist and photo spots in later generations.

The courtyard in the mansion is very large. Although there is no embassy military officer similar to the later embassy on the surface, private guards in the caravan are indispensable, and the defense is quite tight.

In this regard, Tumancheng officials also allow it, because there is a Zhenbei Army barracks outside Tumancheng City. The Zhenbei Army has a town of 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they are stationed there.

As for this large Erha, the guards would not allow it to enter the city gate when it was inspected.

In this world, there are monsters.

Daze in Chu State, Tianduan Mountain in Jin State, and deep in the northern desert of Yan State itself are actually places where monsters haunt.

In some armies, there will be tame monsters to assist in the battle. The piscine beasts equipped by the officials and generals of the Yan Kingdom also fall into this category, but they are artificially bred.

If the monsters go crazy, especially in the city, the damage and impact will be too great.

However, when entering the city that day, the Erha performed a juggling act, proving that he is a big dog who can only do acrobatics, and was allowed to be brought into the city.

There was a charcoal basin in the room, and Wen Te took off his coat.

Two blond-haired and blue-eyed maids came over with hot towels, and squatted on either side of Erha, helping Erha wipe his feet.

After finishing their work, the two maids withdrew.

Winter poured tea, two cups.

Erha stepped up to the table, straightened his body, and sat on the chair. One paw stuck to the teacup, brought it to his mouth, stuck out his long tongue, and tasted the tea.

"The tea from Qianguo is really good." Wen Te praised.

"Indeed, in the past, tea was transported to us. The journey was far away, not to mention the freshness. After a long desert, it seemed that the tea was also contaminated with the astringent taste of sand."

Erha, spit out people's words.

"The best tea, the best porcelain, the best silk, and even the most beautiful women are all in Qianguo. This Qianguo is really enviable."

Winter sighed while sipping tea.

"There are barbarians in the desert in the country of Yan, in the country of Chu there are Daze and the Shanyue people in the Daze are rebelling, and in the Tianduan Mountains in the country of Jin, there are not only monsters haunting, but also savages.

Only this dry country, the land under its jurisdiction is suitable for human habitation, rich in land and rich in products. "

Wen Te nodded, and said, "Maybe it's because the geographical conditions are so good, but Qianguo is the weakest of the four eastern countries."

The most classic battle of Qian Kingdom was the battle of fame of the first Marquis of Zhenbei.

But apart from this, when Qian State faced Jin State and Chu State successively, it was always the master who was abused, winning less and losing more.

Erha put the teacup on the table with his paws, and said:

"I like the words of the wise men of the East very much: born in sorrow and die in peace."

"It's a pity, this east is indeed full of gold, but it's too far away from us."

"It's not just the long distance, do you still remember the disaster back then?"

Man disaster refers to a hundred years ago, after the barbarian tribe led by Wang Ting and Yan State experienced many years of fighting, the barbarian royal court's sweat had to admit that Yan State and the Yan State's iron cavalry were indeed not easy to eat. Stone, and was beaten to death by Yan people many times.

There is no way, since the road to the south is almost hopeless due to the existence of Yan State, that generation of Wang Ting Khan turned to command the barbarian tribal cavalry to plunder westward.

First they swept through the countries of the Western Regions and forced them to surrender, and then the barbarian cavalry drove further and directly broke into the western border.

The barbarians who were beaten up by the people of Yan on the border of Yan State instantly regained their self-confidence in front of the Western countries, and even defeated many Western countries, which greatly shocked the Western world.

Perhaps it was because the Khan, who had been oppressed by the Yan people since he succeeded to the throne, had been aggrieved for too long, so after invading the West, seeing that the situation was good, he began to waver.

He personally led the elite of the royal court and the army of the virtuous kings to attack Huanglong in vain. The sword pointed directly at the capital of the largest empire in the West at that time. new pasture.

As a result, the Holy See was dispatched. In that battle, all the Knights Templar came out, all the elites of the Western countries gathered, there were countless great magicians and fighters, and even the Western dark camp sequence seemed to be mobilized. Help out.

In that battle, the barbarian Khan who went deep into the army alone and the most loyal and elite royal elite around him were all ruined!

Although the barbarians still had extremely powerful combat power, they were driven back by the western countries again because the dragons had no leader.

Since then, the barbarian royal court has gradually become a kind of mascot similar to the future emperor because of its own heavy losses, and has no way to integrate and order the desert barbarians to obey their commands.

A hundred years ago, after receiving this news, the monarch and ministers of the Yan Kingdom were momentarily surprised that the barbarians who had been fighting against their side for so many years were actually defeated by the Westerners.

How terrifying are these western countries?

In the eyes of the Western world, my God, this group of terrifying barbarians came to us after being defeated by the Yan Kingdom in the east, but they are already so terrifying that the entire Western civilization is almost wiped out by its iron hooves ,

God, how terrifying is that empire called "Yan"?

Therefore, for a hundred years, because the desert barbarians were honest, the Belt and Road Initiative was established.

Both the East and the West think each other is scary and not to be trifled with.

With such an attitude,

Over the past hundred years, the exchanges between the East and the West have maintained a very good honeymoon situation.

Yan State attaches great importance to commerce and trade. Compared with the other three eastern countries, the territory of Yan State is really barren, and the royal family of Yan State has to face the situation where many local powerful people suck blood from their own empire. For the urgent need to safeguard their own business interests.

"A hundred years have passed, but the Zhenbei Army here is still strong."

Winter sighed.

In recent decades, the Roman Empire has re-emerged and become the well-deserved number one power in the Western world.

He originally thought that after such a long period of peace, Yan's terrifying war machine should have rusted away, but the facts told him that this army known as the Zhenbei Army was still extremely terrifying.

The empire wants to extend its tentacles to the east, and the barbarian tribes are easy to deal with, but the journey is too far away, and an expedition of hard work is already extremely stressful. Can it stop the charge of the cavalry of the Northern Army in the 300,000 towns of the upper and lower towns of Beifeng County?

"Rome wasn't built in a day, we just need to do what we do well.

Besides, isn’t the Zhenbei Army under the command of the Zhenbeihou Mansion and the Yan Kingdom’s court already divorced? If we can get the promise of the Zhenbeihou Mansion and reach a cooperation with them, the power of the empire will extend to the east. dreamed up. "

"Will those old antiques in the Senate agree?"

"Get things done first, and then consider the Senate. If you can reach a cooperation with the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the Senate must agree if you agree, or if you don't agree...hehe, they are not afraid of being bloodbathed by the generals below again. The Senate?"

"There's no need to rush this matter. The Princess has been refusing to see me. She should have sensed my identity. I'll try again in a few days."

"These orientals are like this. It doesn't matter how fierce their internal struggles are, but they are extremely guarded against foreigners like us. In their eyes, we are no different from barbarians."

"lets change a topic."

Winter interrupted Erha's words,

reach out,

He took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket, pulled out the cork, took a deep breath of the aroma inside, and with a look of great enjoyment on his face, he said slowly:

"How's the investigation going on with that group of people?"

"They only came to us, not to other firms."

"Didn't you find any other Western businessmen?"

"No, they only looked for us."

"How do I feel that they have seen through our identities?"

"You mean, they are secret agents of the court of Yan Kingdom?"

"No, no, no, no secret agent would come up with such a magical thing without doing his job properly. As for the thing called soap, don't you use it every day these days?"

Erha heard the words and said:

"It should be because I washed that thing too many times, and I lost a little hair."

"Hehe, when you go back later, take a bath with soap, and then spray this on your body, all over the empire, won't any s...

Erha grinned and smiled. Obviously, this scene has been fantasized and expected for a long time.

"The location of that group of people, are you sure?"

"Not yet. After they sent us this gift, they have been deliberately hiding themselves."

"Not a fool."

"They probably want something from us and want to negotiate with us," Erha said.

"If you want to negotiate, you have to be qualified to sit at the same table with me, otherwise..."

At this time,

A black shadow infiltrated from the door of the room, revealing a human figure kneeling on the ground.

"What is it?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, we finally found the location of those people."

Wen Te heard this, stretched his waist,

road:

"Go ahead, be quieter, catch the live ones."

"clear."

The black figure dissipated immediately.

At this moment Erha raised his paw and pressed a bell on the table.

"Jingle Bell…………"

Immediately, Erha lay down on the ground again, pretending that he was really just a dog.

Soon, footsteps were heard outside, and a man who looked like a man from the Western Regions walked in respectfully.

"Honorable master, your loyal servant Mamuti is waiting for your orders."

Winter glanced at Erha who was lying on the ground wagging his tail, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth,

road:

"Go and choose a female mastiff from the barbarian merchants I bought a while ago, and give it to her."

Wen Te pointed to Erha under the table.

Mai Mu nodded and said, "Okay, master."

"Oh, by the way, I asked you to find someone who can play the piano in Tuman City, any news?"

In fact, Winter didn't have too many expectations for this task. Even in the West today, there are very few people who understand an elegant instrument like the piano, let alone in the far East.

He likes to play the piano, but it's like meeting a bosom friend in the mountains and rivers. Without someone who understands the piano by his side, he feels that the sound of the piano has lost its original flavor.

"Reporting to the master, I found one. He said he knew how to play the piano, and he took the initiative to describe the appearance of the piano to me. Although there is a slight discrepancy, the general appearance is consistent with your piano, the master, but... "

"Oh? Really found it?" Winter immediately became happy, and said, "Just what?"

"It's just that he's a blind man."

"My piano teacher is also a blind person. A blind person has a sharper perception of music than normal people."

"Yes, master, you are right."

"Where is the other person now?"

"Already waiting for the master to call in the living room."

"Okay, let him in."

"Wow!"

Wen Te pointed at Erha lying on the ground with some disgust,

"Lead it out first and breed it."

"Wow~~"

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