Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 51 Can the Great Yuan Kobold Defeat the Fourth Wild Boar Prince?
"What kind of story is this again?"

Lama Wang was very serious, and Guo Kang was very speechless when he said this.

"Maybe this record is relatively unpopular." Wang Da Lama did not show much surprise to his performance: "Many people's impression of the north is the line between Mobei and Jurchen. In fact, there are still many places in the north. of."

"In the northern part of Liaoyang Province, there are many mountains and rivers. There are undeveloped wild mountains and swamps everywhere. Especially in winter, the climate is extremely cold, so there are few people. crops, and hunting around to make a living. These places are basically tribes and villages that speak the Jurchen language, and we collectively call them the Jurchen.”

"And the place further north than the land of Jurchen is called Nuergan. In this place, the planting industry has been completely unsustainable, but the local water network is well developed and there are many fish, so people live by fishing. But here is still In the territory that Datang once ruled, guides and merchants can be found there, and there are also paths for action.”

"The Yuan Dynasty set up a management agency here, and the Ming Dynasty also wanted to control it. This way, the control area can be extended to the northeast, near the seaside of the ocean, and the road to Mobei for merchants and envoys who conquered the eastern province will be cut off."

"But this is still not the northernmost." Lama Wang tapped the map with his fly whisk: "It's just that there is not much information on the northerly, so I don't know how to draw it."

"In the past, all dynasties basically waited for the tribute from distant tribes, but later, the Liao court was not satisfied with waiting for others to come to the door, and decided to send people to explore."

"The expedition team from the Liao Kingdom went all the way north, passed through more than 40 small countries and tribes, and arrived at a place called 'Dog Country'. It was extremely cold here, and the urine from the horses brought by the Liao people could directly freeze into ice lumps. The locals wear animal skins and live in houses made of ice and snow."

"The expedition team recorded that the local people did not keep horses, but a large dog that was abundant there. They would make wooden boards six inches wide and several feet long, and let the dogs pull them on the ice. These dogs were very useful. Therefore, the people of Liao directly call them Dog Country."

"As for Dog Country, if you go further north, you can't understand the language of the local people at all. You can't even find a translator, and you don't know their country, tribe, or what their name is."

"Later, the expedition team met a person who could speak some Tiele language. The man told them that further north, where dragons, snakes, beasts and demons were rampant, they could not go any further. The expedition team believed that they had already arrived. Go back to the end of the Northern Wilderness mentioned in the "Shan Hai Jing"."

"It sounds like a demon realm in a myth." Li Xuanying expressed doubts: "At the earliest time, people in the Central Plains thought that the desert in the Western Regions was the end of the world. , even ourselves, are outside this original 'world'."

"The person who can speak the local language and Tie Le language is probably also a businessman who travels back and forth. Is it because he wants to monopolize the business and does not want the Khitan people to explore business routes, just like the Persian profiteers who threatened Gan Ying and prevented him from coming to the Great Qin Kingdom?" ?” He guessed: “Or, the Khitan people simply didn’t want to leave anymore, so they made up a story and turned it over to the imperial court?”

"The story of the dog country is true, because there are similar records in the Tang Dynasty." Wang Da Lama explained: "It is said that in Zhenguan, there was a country of wandering ghosts in the north, and princes were sent to pay tribute. Captain. According to the records left at that time, the situation is similar to that of this dog country. Even if it is not a country, it is also an ethnic group with a similar lifestyle. So this place is actually the border of the Tang Dynasty. It is not too far away or too exaggerated. .”

"How big is your land of Tang Dynasty?" Otrifoss seemed to be dizzy: "Why is the land of Tang Dynasty everywhere?"

"Geographically, he is like this." Da Lama Wang said speechlessly: "What can I do? Can I still block others and prevent people from becoming vassals of the Tang Dynasty?"

"The main thing is that these stories sound, really too mythical." Borjan said: "It feels like a prehistoric superpower, his territory is everywhere. Beyond the border, there are monsters running rampant and chaos unknown." It's a magical world. This world... feels more suitable for magical stories."

"It can't be helped. Those distant places with little information are originally semi-mythical." Guo Kang smoothed things over and said: "Let's take a look and use it as a reference. Anyway, if we really take action, we must send people Careful investigation. At least, I don’t think the Khitan people are talking nonsense about the situation in that dog country.”

"I have already selected more reliable information. I haven't said anything that is farther and more magical." Lama Wang said: "Actually, according to the information from the Song and Liao Dynasties, in the Dog Country, it may be farther away. There is also a real 'dog country'."

"It is said that the local men have a human body but a dog's head. They don't wear clothes and rely on their fur to keep out the cold. They talk like dogs bark and eat raw food. The local women look like humans and can speak Chinese. Eat human cooked food, and communicate with Chinese who came from afar. These people marry each other, and the boys born are all kobolds, and the girls are all humans, so the family is passed on from generation to generation.”

"We can't be sure whether there is such a kobold tribe, or whether the merchants and explorers have made the dog kingdom magical by spreading rumors." Wang Dalai shook his dust and said helplessly: "But what is certain is , the local residents can indeed communicate and win over.”

"During the Yuan Dynasty, a hundred boats were built on Kaiyuan Road for the garrison troops of the Dog Kingdom. This is recorded in the history books. I can't tell you the specific details from the second-hand information here. But whether it was sent by the Yuan Dynasty The garrisons in the country, or the chieftain army organized by the Gou Kingdom, are all in a cooperative relationship with the local government of the Yuan Dynasty, and can use military supplies."

"Why do they want so many ships? They even organized an army? Where is this going?" Guo Kang didn't know that there was such a thing before, and he became curious.

"I really don't know about this." Lama Wang shook his head in a bachelor's way: "Anyway, I know that there is no problem with them being counted as the subordinates of the Yuan Dynasty. Since there was such a thing, let's go and fight with them." It should be possible to contact, right?"

Li Xuanying, Cao Jian and others looked at each other in blank dismay.They had never heard of such unpopular news before, and this statement was indeed unexpected.

"Then...maybe you can try it?" Li Xuanying wavered.

　In the past two days, all the graphics have been released.By the way, continue to ask for tickets

　　
　
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