Having been in this era for so many years, Feng Yong has completely adapted to everything in this era.

If a big man living under the leadership of a prime minister wants to become a qualified bureaucrat, he can't do it without paying attention.

For example, if you want to be the governor of Yuexun, you not only need to know the current situation of Yuexun, but also the history of Yuexun and even its origin.

As a captain protecting the Qiang, you must quickly collect information about the Hu people in Liangzhou, and even the evolution of the Hu people in the history of Liangzhou.

If you want to be a good governor of Liangzhou, you must at least understand its history from the time when Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty opened up the Hexi Corridor and completely connected the Western Regions.

As the captain of the Qiang Protector and the governor of Liangzhou, Feng Yong was about to turn over the parts about Liangzhou and the Western Regions in the two finely printed "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" he had.

When talking about Liangzhou and the Western Regions, there are three people who cannot be avoided.

One is Emperor Xiaowu, which is necessary.

One is Huo Piaoyao, which is also necessary.

There is another one, that is Zhang Qian, which is even more necessary.

As a pioneer of the Silk Road, Zhang Qian is well known to later generations.

In later generations, everyone knew about the Land Silk Road, and some people also knew about the Maritime Silk Road.

But there is another Silk Road, which relatively few people mention.

This road is the Southwest Silk Road.

From the records in "Historical Records" and "Han Shu", Feng Yong can infer that this Southwest Silk Road is even older than the Silk Road starting from Chang'an.

Because the "Book of Han" records it very clearly, Zhang Qian said it himself:

When I was in Daxia, I saw Qiong bamboo sticks and Shu cloth, and asked: How can I get this?

The people of Daxia said: My people are going to the market of Shendu Country, which is thousands of miles southeast of Daxia.

In other words, before the Silk Road was opened by the Han dynasty, things from Shu had already been sold to the point of being poisoned.

In order to completely open up the Southwest Silk Road, Emperor Xiaowu sent Zhang Qian to Qianwei County to take charge of the southwest barbarian affairs.

Finally, Yelang became arrogant, and at the same time, the Han Dynasty further expanded its territory to the southwest.

However, there is a but.

Even Zhang Qian, the most famous explorer in Chinese history, failed to find a direct road from the southwest to Shendu.

During the period of Emperor Xiaowu, the most expansionist emperor of the Han Dynasty, this matter was not completed, so it goes without saying what happened next.

The Han Dynasty was able to bring Yongchang County (now western Yunnan and northern Myanmar) under its management, which was the limit of this era.

All subsequent dynasties were basically unable to exceed this limit.

Strong men are really awesome, not just bragging.

Therefore, in Feng Yong's opinion, if something from Shu can reach the body poison, it must have changed hands many times in the process.

Of course, it may be two or three trips, or even one or two trips.

This depends on the extent to which those guys in Shu who want money at the expense of their lives will go to great lengths to sacrifice their lives for money.

However, as the eunuchs and relatives alternated in power in the middle and late Later Han Dynasty, internal corruption led to continuous Huyi rebellions from the northwest to the southwest for more than a hundred years.

Not to mention anything else, just in the southwestern Shu region, many of the original official roads were interrupted or even destroyed due to the rebellion of the barbarians.

When Feng Yong was the governor of Yuexun, the flat road from Yuexun to Jincheng was re-opened, but it was interrupted for hundreds of years due to the rebellion.

If it weren't for the ghost king's halo, which had a subduing and coercive effect on the Yi people, he wouldn't have known there was such a road leading directly to Jincheng.

Therefore, except for the five-foot road that still existed in the main trunk, Feng Yong had already given up any hope for the other plank roads and mountain roads in Nanzhong that Qin had begun to build hundreds of years ago.

Because it has been discontinued for more than a hundred years. No matter how good the quality of the project is, it cannot withstand the ravages of more than a hundred years.

What's more, it's still in a ghost place like Nanzhong.

Even if you can still find traces, where can you find someone who knows the way?

Unexpectedly, Guan Ji actually told herself now that Hua Wan has the ability to do business in the south!

How could Feng Guiwang not be excited?

He couldn't help but call softly and affectionately: "Xijun..."

"Um?"

Guan Ji hid in Feng Yong's arms, her voice was nasal and a bit lazy, like an extremely docile kitten.

"Well, the relationship between Hua Niang and you still seems to be very good. Can you see if you can..."

Before he finished speaking, the docile little kitten immediately turned into a female leopard with explosive hair. Fortunately, Feng Guiwang was well prepared and rolled over to avoid the fatal blow.

"Shameless!"

It was hard to see the expression on General Guan's face clearly in the dark night, but you could tell that these two words were definitely squeezed out from between his teeth.

But how could King Feng Gui admit that he was shameless:

"Xijun, you've just said that. I just wanted to ask her where in the south she could go. Why is she so shameless?"

General Guan is not as thick-skinned as King Feng Gui, so how can he have the nerve to mention the old story of being betrayed by that guy?

But there is also a ready excuse:

"After all, you are a majestic prince. Others may not be able to earn the property under the Xinghan Society for several generations. Now you want to take advantage of a young lady's family property. Are you ashamed?"

Ghost King Feng "tsk" and said righteously:

"Xijun, you and I have been sleeping together for many years, and yet you still don't know me? Am I such a villain? How could her little family fortune be accomplished without me? How could I even notice it?"

If it were anyone else, Guan Ji would naturally not believe it.

But who is Ghost King Feng?

In all these years, he has been the only one who has led others to make a fortune, and I have never seen him make a fortune relying on others.

King Feng Gui is well-known for his reputation on this matter.

"Then why do you still need to know about their southern route? Didn't the people in the meeting in the past two years already help the cavalry reach Yongchang?"

Before Yuexun Ranch did not mass-produce Yunnan horses, Yongchang and Yunnan counties relied on Wang and his wife Lu Kai (i.e. Yongchang Fu Cheng and Wu Guan Ping Gong Cao, who stayed in Yongchang during the Nanzhong rebellion and refused to surrender to the rebels).

The local relationship between the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Only in this way can the nominal rule of the Han Dynasty be maintained.

It was not until Yuexun mass-produced Dianju that Dahan's transportation and delivery capabilities to Nanzhong were greatly improved. At the same time, coupled with the continuous development of Nanzhong, normal connections with Yunnan and Yongchang were established.

This kind of normal contact means that we can communicate with each other and at the same time deploy a small force. As for those who want more, that's not possible.

Unless it is like the Southern Expedition, using the power of the imperial court to advance forcefully regardless of casualties and losses, it is possible to allow the army to enter.

"I want to ask her something, and if possible, let her do a favor."

As Feng Guiwang said this, he tentatively crawled to Guan Ji again.

"What help?"

Guan Ji said curiously.

With the current power of the Xinghan Society in the Han Dynasty, it would be enough for Hua Wan to ask the Xinghan Society for help.

"Find me some seeds."

"Huh? What seeds?"

"I heard that Linyi is rich in rice, which is different from the rice grown in the south of the Han Dynasty, so I want her to help me find some Linyi rice seeds from there."

The so-called Linyi actually refers to Champa, which is the southeastern part of the Southeast Peninsula in later generations.

It was originally Xianglin County in Rinan County established by the former Han Dynasty.

During the period of Emperor Shun of the Later Han Dynasty, the son of a meritorious official in Xianglin County led thousands of people to rebel, killed the county magistrate, broke away from the Han Dynasty, and established the Linyi Kingdom.

At that time, the Later Han Dynasty was in a period of decline in national power and was unable to conquer. It could only watch as Xianglin County became independent for nearly a hundred years.

Champa rice, this famous star crop, is named after it is produced in Champa.

Feng Yongyong didn't know whether the rice from Zhancheng came out at this time, but it was always right to hit two shots with or without dates.

The two most significant features of the Little Ice Age are the continuous decrease in temperature and the southward shift of the isoprecipitation lines.

The so-called southward shift of the equal precipitation line means, to put it bluntly, the decrease in annual precipitation, making severe droughts more likely to occur.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Hebei, Central Plains, Guanzhong and other places have experienced severe droughts almost every two or three years.

Even in the south, insufficient rainfall causes paddy fields to turn into dry fields and rice cannot be grown.

In addition to its high yield and short growing season, Champa rice can also be grown in dry fields and is one of the good crops used to reduce the damage of small glaciers.

"That's it..."

There was some hesitation in General Guan's tone.

It's not that she doesn't want to help, but what happened in Yuexun County that year left a certain shadow in her heart.

She thought for a moment and suddenly said:
To be continued...