The sky is blue and the white clouds are lingering. The grass is lush and the breeze blows, blowing green waves and rippling towards the distance.

On the grass slope, cattle and sheep were eating grass quietly, their ears moved slightly, and they looked up from time to time, staring at the crowd not far away.

The grassland in summer is a harmonious scene of peace and quiet.

On the border wall of Shangjun, the guards were guarding the garrisons from a high place to look out at the vast green outside the frontier, and unknowingly dissipated the loneliness of guarding.

General Meng said it well. Without their silent guards, there would be no peace and prosperity for the mainland Guizhou leader.

"Hey, someone is here?"

In front of the Pou Nu Fortress on the Great Wall of Shangjun, the garrison soldiers saw two horses spreading their hooves and running towards the fortress.

"You stop, don't get through the barrier!"

After the war between Meng Tian and Touman Shanyu, the two sides made peace. In recent years, the Huns have not invaded the border of Shangjun. As long as the Qin caravans did not bring prohibited materials to the pass, the Qin army was not in a dilemma, but Meng Tian had strict military orders, and those entering and leaving the border must have identity certificates issued by the Qin army.

"I am Shi Ganluo, the chief of General Meng's mansion."

Seeing that a Qin crossbow was set up on the gate, Ganluo quickly pinned his mount and shouted loudly.

"Chief Gan?" Guan Duwei stretched his neck and looked closely. It was a bit similar.

At this time, Gan Luo had lost the childishness on his face, dark skin, strong figure, and looked very capable. He wore the Hu clothes on the grassland, if he didn't speak Guanzhong, he wouldn't be like a Qin person.

"Ipal, after passing this Great Wall, I will arrive in Qin State. I will buy you a big house in Xianyang and compensate you well."

Ganluo carried the whip in his hand, turned his head and looked at the woman on another horse gently.

This woman is tall, with long hair and waist, very pale complexion and a beautiful Hu face.

"Ganluo, I don't want a big house. As long as I'm with you, I'll be satisfied."

Ipal smiled happily, his mood trembled with excitement, and finally arrived at the city full of land and rich and powerful Qin State in Ganluo's mouth.

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"General, Gan Changshi is back!"

On the first day of mid-July, Meng Tian was studying the map of Chu, and he heard Meng Hu's sings from afar.

Meng Tian’s two personal soldiers, Meng Hu seemed more calm and steady, and rarely had any time to lose his composure.

But this time, Meng Hu started yelling rarely.

"Ganluo is back?!"

Meng Tian suddenly pushed open the door, took two steps at a time, and rushed to the front yard. He happened to see Ganluo and Ipal entered the gate of the Mongolian Mansion.

"Ganluo, you're back! I thought it wasn't true for so many years, without news about you, I thought......"

Meng Tian rushed forward, looked at Ganluo carefully, and punched Ganluo on the shoulder.

"I have become much stronger. It seems that I have insisted on exercising. Who is this?"

At this time, Meng Tian noticed the Hu woman Ipal around Ganluo.

Ipal's face is very different from that of the people in the Central Plains. Some of them looked like Uyghurs in later generations, but their skin color was whiter, which was close to that of the whites in Europa.

"This is Ipal, from Loulan Kingdom, and now I am my wife."

"Loulan Kingdom? A country in the Western Regions."

"The general is right, Loulan Kingdom is located west of the Yuezhi."

"You went to the grassland to investigate the situation, why did you meet Ipal from Loulan?"

A concubine had already come to lead Ipal to rest. Meng Tian took Ganluo into the study room of the inner courtyard and asked about Ganluo’s experience over the years.

After leaving Shangjun, five or six years have passed. Meng Tian asked Wuhuai's caravan to go to the grassland to inquire about Ganluo.

Wuhuai found out that the little king of the Xiongnu wild boar tribe in the Henan grassland died drunk. Nuha's younger brother Nuchi killed Nuha's son and seized the throne of the tribe.

But there was no news about Ganluo.

"This is a long story."

After sitting down, Ganluo took a sip of water, took out a wooden board, and wrote and painted.

After a while, a rough map was presented in front of Meng Tian.

This map is very rough and can only see a few directions in a blur, but Meng Tian, ​​who has received map training, can see what Gan Luo wants to express at a glance.

"General, please see, the grassland facing Qin and Zhao is the power of the Huns. There is the Donghu to the east of the Huns and the Yuezhi to the west. When I was in the Wild Boar Tribe, I heard that there were many countries to the west of the Yuezhi. The Huns' weapons manufacturing technology was transmitted from the Western Regions."

Ganluo pointed to the Xinjiang border in later generations, thinking that Meng Tian didn't know what was going on here, and introduced in detail: "I happened to meet a caravan from the Western Regions. I went back to the Western Regions with them and found that there were many countries here, just like many small feudal countries in the Spring and Autumn Period......"

Meng Tian listened to Ganluo's story and looked at the map drawn by Ganluo carefully, which was both emotional and appreciation.

People don’t know about ancient society, transportation conditions, what the world looks like, and what the world outside the Central Plains is. The huge world has been explored by countless people from generation to generation.

Meng Tian had a long understanding of the world terrain, but Ganluo was in chaos, as if he was walking in the dark, and he went deep into the cold land of the Western Regions and brought back information outside the Central Plains. It was really not easy.

It can be said that if Ganluo’s experience and hearing were popularized, it would be like a great geographical discovery of this era and would greatly expand the horizons of the people of the Central Plains.

"When I arrived in Loulan Kingdom, I was penniless and in a difficult situation. I happened to meet Ipal, who was in his prime. Her family has been doing business for generations and heard of Qin in the East. Seeing that I looked unusual, I took me back."

Speaking of this, Gan Luo's face blushed slightly: "When I decided to return to Qin, Ipal quietly left Loulan City without telling his parents."

"Haha, you Ganluo, after you go out of seclusion, you actually abducted and trafficked good women..." Meng Tian joked, "But since they are so sincere, they will hold the formal wedding in a few days."

In this way, Meng Tian doesn't have to worry about Gan Luo's marriage.

"Then thank you general."

Ganluo breathed a sigh of relief in secret.

Ipal was not from the Central Plains. Ganluo originally thought that Meng Tian would not allow him to marry a foreign woman, but now it seems that Meng Tian does not have such prejudice.

"Ganluo, in recent years, you have lived outside the Great Wall for so many years, visited many countries, and saw different customs and cultures. You have to record them in detail."

Ganluo had just rushed back to the Mongolian Mansion and had a discussion. It had almost an hour passed. When Ganluo left, Meng Tian ordered: "Just like the various schools of thought written and published books, you can also write a technique."

"As for the title of the book, it can be called "Travels of the Western Regions".
Chapter completed!