Zhao Tuo died, and the Nanyue Kingdom quickly fell into turmoil.

It was not only his descendants who fought for power and profit, but more of it was the conflict between the local barbarians and descendants of the Central Plains.

These struggles and conflicts usually gradually subside over time.

But the problem is that Wang Xiao did not intend to give Baiyue the time and opportunity to adjust himself.

Wei Qing, who was stationed on the south side of the ridge, received the news that Zhao Tuo died of illness, immediately opened the last tip Wang Xiao gave him.

There are only three words written on the note inside, "Destroy Nanyue."

Wei Qing immediately sent troops and attacked passes in Lingnan.

Before Zhao Tuo died, he was guarding against the raid from the great man, but he was too old. After he was seriously ill, he couldn't even speak, so the so-called arrangement would naturally not be implemented seriously.

In addition, since he surrendered to the Han Dynasty on the surface, the pass that had been closed for many years was opened again, and caravans in the north came in a constant stream, and the power of the Han Dynasty had already spread throughout the South Vietnam Kingdom.

This time, the caravans of Zhuo Wangsun and others began to wander around Nanyue while Wei Qing was waiting, buying and provoking military intelligence to do anything.

When Wei Qing's army started attacking, several passes even chose to surrender.

In this era of imperial power supremacy, Zhao Tuo was the heaven of the Nanyue Kingdom.

His death will inevitably lead to chaos for a certain period of time, and Wang Xiao knew that he would be at a loss at this time, so he seized the opportunity of this chaos to deal with Nanyue in one fell swoop.

Wei Qing did not disappoint him. After breaking through the barrier, he was as powerful as he was, and he went south and headed straight to Panyu.

Although the South Vietnamese Kingdom spans thousands of miles from east to west, its true core and essence is still in the Zhujiang Delta region, and all the important figures are basically concentrated in Panyu City.

After taking this place, the South Vietnam Kingdom was basically equivalent to the death.

If Zhao Tuo is not dead, it is really hard to fight. Because his prestige is too high, he can mobilize the entire Nanyue Kingdom to concentrate on fighting in minutes.

Coupled with the special geographical environment of South Vietnam, the Han army had to pay a huge price even if it was forcibly attacked.

But Zhao Tuo is dead, and everything is empty when he dies.

The dead Zhao Tuo did not have any threat, and because he had been in control of Nanyue for too long, Nanyue fell into chaos in a short period of time.

Faced with Wei Qing's fierce assault, the South Vietnamese Kingdom, which was in chaos, could not even make a decent counterattack.

When the war in the south was in full swing, a hero returned to Chang'an City.

In Weiyang Palace, Wang Xiao was teaching Huo Qubing to learn to read. When he heard the eunuch report, he asked in surprise, "Who?"

"It's the Langguan Zhang Qian who is back."

‘Bang!’

Wang Xiao slapped the table with a slap, then suddenly stood up and walked outside.

However, after walking a few steps, he turned around and picked up Huo Qubing and went with him.

"Uncle." Huo Qubing, who was young, had a look of confusion. "Who is it?"

"A hero."

Wang Xiao smiled and said, "If you grow up, you will be a hero like him."

Huo Qubing nodded vigorously, "Yes."

When Wang Xiao saw Zhang Qian, he was also moved. Heroes are not so easy to be.

When he set out a few years ago, Zhang Qian was still a handsome young man. But now when he saw him again, his face was full of vicissitudes, and he had been exposed to the sun for a long time, which turned his face into purple-red.

After experiencing wind and rain, Zhang Qian's skin color was obviously much rougher. Even his temples had white silk.

Alone in a distant unknown place, not knowing what risks you will encounter on the road, but also working hard to complete the characters assigned by the emperor. When he was exhausted, he developed white hair at a young age.

Wang Xiao put down Huo Qubing and walked to Zhang Qian.

"His Majesty."

Zhang Qian, who was polite, choked up a little, "I'm back, I'm back."

"good."

Wang Xiao helped him up and patted his shoulder hard, "Okay."

In history, Zhang Qian was captured by the Huns when he first went out of the frontier, and it took more than ten years.

This time, with Wang Xiao's detailed guide and map guidance, he successfully avoided the Huns and walked around the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Qian began to explain his work. "I went out of the Hexi Corridor, entered Yanqi, and then went west of the Tarim River, passed Kuche, Shule and other places, and crossed the Pamir Mountains to reach the Dayuan Kingdom."

This lecture was almost two hours later, and it was getting dark outside.

Wang Xiao invited the eunuch to dinner and took Huo Qubing, who was listening ignorantly, to accompany Zhang Qian to have dinner.

“Huh?”

Zhang Qian looked at the exquisite dishes in front of him on porcelain plates and expressed his surprise.

After only three or four years of walking, the way of eating in my hometown has changed after I came back.

"This is a dish made from stir-frying, stir-frying in an iron pot." Wang Xiao has done a lot of things in recent years, including the eating habits of this era.

The emergence of iron pots gradually made traditional steaming and cooking lose their color, and soon became popular in and around Chang'an City.

For the time being, it is only popular in Chang'an City and the surrounding towns. Because iron pots are of great value, ordinary people are really reluctant to spend a high price to buy an iron pot.

However, as the iron production continues to rise, I believe that iron pots will gradually become popularized on a large scale, just like iron farm tools.

Eat and drink, and talk about the Western Regions.

Zhang Qian was in a very poor condition, but he was extremely excited.

I have been out for several years and have been under unimaginable pressure. But now that I have returned from my success, all my efforts have become meaningful.

"Your Majesty, I have brought back many seeds from the Western Regions. Some of them have been said by Your Majesty, and some of them do not know what it is."

"It doesn't matter if I don't know." Wang Xiao smiled and pushed a big chicken leg in front of Huo Qubing. "There are a lot of open space in Shanglin Garden. You will know what it is if you plant it. Have you found all the most critical things I want?"

Wang Xiao wanted both the West and the West, but there were a few extremely important ones, the sooner they got, the better.

"The alfalfa grass mentioned by Your Majesty has been found and brought back the seeds."

Alfalfa is a perennial herb with strong adaptability. It is drought-resistant, cold-heat-resistant, high yield, and can improve soil and can be planted all year round.

This is a top-notch forage grass, rich in livestock and poultry nutrition. It has extremely high strategic value for the great men at this time.

This thing can be planted as long as it is a single land, even in saline-alkali land.

After planting a season of crops, plant alfalfa for another season. This will not only not damage the ground force, but will instead enhance the ground force.

Moreover, this thing can be used to breed large-scale livestock and poultry on a large scale.

Needless to say, large animals are the main force in battlefields and transportation. Cattle are the most important labor force in arable land, and even sheep can provide a large amount of meat.

If poultry is available, every household can feed it. Without paying too high breeding costs, you can continuously replenish meat and egg materials.

Eating is always the first major event in Tianzi. It can increase the nutritional supply of meat and eggs, and you can pay any price.

Alfalfa is the famous king of forage grass.

"Good done." Wang Xiao nodded with satisfaction. "Has he found it in Dayuan?"

"Your Majesty's wiseness was indeed found in Dayuan."

The origin of alfalfa is in Asia Minor. When Alexander expeditioned the east, he brought alfalfa to Central Asia.

Dayuan was a Greek colonial country established by the remnants of Alexander's eastern expedition, and naturally it was planted.

"This merit alone is enough for you to be a marquis."

As soon as Wang Xiao said this, Zhang Qian's tears fell from excitement.

"I also brought back courgettes, garlic, carrots, coriander, broad beans, grapes, pomegranates."

"Okay." Wang Xiao nodded with satisfaction, "That Hu Gua doesn't sound nice, it's just that it's changed its name to Cucumber."

"Here."

"These seeds must be kept properly and sent to the Shaofu for them to start planting. If anyone wastes precious seeds, I can't spare them."

China itself is naturally rich in resources, but there are also a lot of crops, fruits, vegetables and other crops introduced from abroad.

Two large-scale introductions in history, one was when Zhang Qian went to the frontier, bringing a large number of crops originating from the Western Regions and even in Europe and Asia Minor to the Central Plains.

The second time was after discovering South America, the corn, pepper, tomato, strawberry, pineapple, etc. came to the Middle Earth through the Maritime Silk Road.

Wang Xiao will not reject these good things. Even if it is foreign, as long as it can enhance national strength and provide convenience and nutrition for the people, it is good things that need to be taken care of carefully.

After saying this, the topic began to turn to the results of this diplomaticism.

After dinner, Zhang Qian said after saluting, "There are countless small countries in the Western Regions, and most of them hate the brutal exploitation of the Huns. They treat their ministers very enthusiastically, and most of them express their hope to send envoys to pay homage to His Majesty."

Wang Xiao glanced at Huo Qubing, who was still fighting against chicken legs beside him, shook his head slightly and said, "There is no hurry to do this, I will talk about it after I take down the Hexi Corridor."

"Here."

Zhang Qian responded, and then said, "I met Yuezhi people in Dayuan Kingdom. They were not interested in counterattacking the Huns and avenge them. I originally wanted to go west to find the Lord of Yuezhi, but it was heard that the Huns were pursuing my team's whereabouts. I dared not delay too much with my many seeds, so I returned from Dayuan before I went west."

"Yuezhi people?"

Wang Xiao showed disdainful expression on his face, "Their king's head was cut off by the Huns and made into a wine vessel. He had been scared by the Huns for a long time. When he met the Huns, he would only run away. It would be better to expect them to deal with the Huns. He would rather eat too much lead powder and he would be done by himself."

Zhang Qian didn't quite understand what Wang Xiao said, so he could only agree with each other.

It is no problem to unite with the former enemy of the Yuezhi people, the Huns, to attack on both sides strategically.

However, the Yuezhi people were completely unable to help them, and they had long been shattered by the Huns. They really couldn't count on them, and they still had to rely on themselves to fight the Huns.

He pulled Zhang Qian and spoke until the moon was on the willows. Only then did Wang Xiao let him go home to rest without any satisfaction.
Chapter completed!