Xi'an is Chang'an in history, but the Chang'an city in history has long been destroyed by war. The current Xi'an city was actually a new city built by Han Jian, the governor of the Five Dynasties, and it was later renamed many times, such as Da'an, Anxi, Fengyuan, etc. If people who are not familiar with history, they may not know the original name of the city.

After the founding of Lao Zhu, General Xu Da advanced to Fengyuan Road and changed Fengyuan to Xi'an. This was the first time that the name Xi'an appeared in history and continued to later generations. As for the ancient name Chang'an, it could only exist in history books.

However, although Xi'an has been renamed many times, it is still the most prosperous city in the northwest region, and it is also the starting point of the Silk Road. Although this ancient trade route has been cut off many times, it has been opened up many times. Now the Ming Dynasty is strong and its trade with the West has flourished again, so the commerce here in Xi'an has also become very prosperous.

Even the Ximen in Xi'an formed a special market, where merchants from all over the world would trade in this market, many of which were from the Western Regions, just like the Western Market on the Great Wall in history. Even Xi'an directly copied the name Xi'an and directly called it Xi'an.

The West City is next to the West Gate, and you can come here as soon as you enter the city gate. Sometimes there are too many people trading in the West City, so the market is extended outside the city gate. As a result, over time, a market is formed outside the city gate, which is called an outer city to distinguish it from the inner city within the city gate.

The official roads from other cities are directly connected to the official roads, and officials and businessmen will pass by here, so some people like to stay here and wait for merchants to pass by here with goods, so they can come forward to learn about the news. As long as they start a business, it will be enough for them to eat for several months.

Among these past merchants, merchants from the Western Regions were the most popular because they usually brought some special products from the Western Regions, and the prices were generally not low. Moreover, many merchants from the Western Regions had no foundation in the Ming Dynasty. If they wanted to sell the goods in their hands, they generally needed to provide information with the help of the yamen, so the yamen also welcomed these merchants the most.

Wang Yaren sat on the small tea stall on the side of the road, looking for his own business opportunities. He was the most vicious and could tell the guests who were needed by some people from the crowd at a glance. Of course, this ability was not born with it, but it took years of experience to master it.

Wang Yaren was not very lucky today. He sat there all day but didn’t meet any decent guests. Seeing that it was getting dark and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, Wang Yaren was also planning to go back.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a heavy sound of horse hooves coming from afar. No, it should be the sound of camels. Although the sound of the two hooves is very similar, experienced people can still hear the difference.

This also shocked Wang Yaren, because merchants in the Western Regions like to use camels to get goods the most, so as long as a camel comes, it means that his chance comes.

So Wang Yaren also stood up quickly and stood on tiptoe to look at the official road in the distance. Soon a long team came from a distance. However, when he saw this team, the surprise on Wang Yaren's face suddenly solidified on his face.

Because the scale of this team is too large, not only camels, but also many horses. These tall horses can tell at a glance that they are good horses from the Western Regions, and each one is very valuable. Just from these horses, you can see that this team is not short of money at all. If the other party is a caravan, they will definitely have their own way of selling goods. A toothed man like him can never get a half-money out of such caravans.

Seeing this, Wang Yaren was also a little disappointed, but when he came, he didn't rush to leave, just pretending to be watching the fun. After all, a team of huge sizes like this is not common. The last time he saw such a team, several caravans from the Western Regions joined forces to the Ming Dynasty, which also had a considerable impact in Xi'an at that time.

As the team got closer, Wang Yaren suddenly realized something was wrong, because this team did not look like a caravan. Although most of the team were from Western Regions, their clothing was obviously much more expensive than merchants, and they also had a special banner. Although he did not recognize such a flag, it was definitely not a commercial flag, but more like a military flag.

Just as Wang Yaren was pondering, the team finally came closer to him, which also allowed Wang Yaren to observe this huge team more carefully.

The result surprised Wang Yaren even more. Although this team was huge, it was very organized when moving. The outer side was well-equipped guards, and the inner side was camels and carriages, which were filled with various cargo. The dust brought from the wheels of the carriage could be found, and the items on the car must be very heavy.

In addition, Wang Yaren also found a woman in a black robe from the team, and there were more than one. Some carriages were all sitting on people when they saw that the windows were also opened, and someone looked out curiously.

"This is definitely not a caravan. Could it be a mission from a small country?" Wang Yaren suddenly murmured to himself.

He had seen the missions of small countries in the Western Regions entering Beijing, which were somewhat similar to the team in front of him. However, the missions of those small countries were limited in size and could not be compared with the team in front of him. Not to mention anything else, he just calculated it roughly and found that the number of people in this team was thousands, horses and camels, and hundreds of carriages alone.

The reason why Wang Yaren thought that this team was a mission group was because only women were present in the mission group. After all, the caravan was too dangerous when traveling, and generally they would not take women, but the mission group was different. Some mission groups even gave gifts to His Majesty the Emperor. Of course, beauties are also one of the gifts, so it is normal for the mission group to have women.

Just when Wang Yaren was stunned, he suddenly saw a few more gorgeously dressed people riding on the horse at the core of the team. It can be seen from the clothes alone that these people must be the most noble people in the team.

But what Wang Yaren didn't expect was that among these core people, there was a teenager in the Western Regions. Although the other party was tall, his face was still childish. You could tell at a glance that he was not yet adult.

However, this underage boy was secretly surrounded by everyone, and his identity was obviously more noble than others. This made Wang Yaren doubt his previous judgment, because if it was a mission, the envoys sent were all officials of various countries, and generally needed to have rich diplomatic experience. It was impossible to be a young man who had not yet grown up.
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