Ojeed hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please see. The Han envoy said in the letter that we burned the tea and slandered the reputation of the Han commodity. They were supposed to be guilty. It was their Emperor who was kind and could not bear to hurt his life. If your Majesty does not agree to mediate, the two sides will inevitably meet each other."
Getta has a grumpy temper and yells angrily: "It sounds good, he hasn't come first! Father, we must not be caught by the enemy's tricks!"
Caracalla was already scared by the Han army’s "demon method", and said quickly: "My father, now our army is newly defeated and has no fighting spirit. Besides, the Hans suddenly appear here. Obviously, they are already prepared. It's better to put it aside for now. Bing, when we find out what the Han people are in the future, it will not be too late to come back for revenge!"
Putimius pondered: "Since the Han people have proposed to mediate the war between Daqin and Parthia, what conditions do they have?"
Then Ojeed got up tremblingly, and bowed his head and said: "The envoy of the Han Dynasty asked the villain to bring back three conditions. First, my Daqin army withdrew back to the original border and returned Tai Xifeng and Seleucia to Parthia. . Second, apologize to the foreign caravans that were bloody cleansed in the city of Rome."
Putimius nodded and said: "These two conditions are not excessive, you can promise them, then what is the third condition?"
In fact, Putimius knew very well in his heart that he took eight legions with him this time. Among them, the two main legions, the Gaul Legion and the Germanic Legion, were almost completely annihilated, and the other four legions were also maimed. Of the 400,000 troops, there are no more than a hundred thousand people who can continue to fight, and they may only encounter the vanguard of the Han army, and this battle cannot go on. Even if he wants to fight, he has to wait until he returns to Rome and reorganizes into enough troops.
When Omid heard Putimius' promise, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and continued: "Third, the Dahan's caravans are allowed to pass freely in Daqin, and they enjoy the same treatment as Daqin merchants in terms of taxation and other aspects."
Putimius said flatly: "No, this one cannot be agreed!"
Getta asked puzzledly: "My father, the first two can agree to them. Why can't you agree to such a simple request?"
Putimius, who has been emperor for many years, is no longer the brave man of the year. He shook his head and said: "If the businessmen of Dahan are allowed to enjoy the same treatment as the businessmen of Daqin, I am afraid that the businessmen of Daqin There is no way to survive."
Ojeed hesitated: "Then your Majesty will not agree."
But I heard Caracalla say: "Father, let's agree to it first, and wait until the secret of their demon method is found out in the future, then it will not be too late to turn our faces!"
Putimius sighed: "Oh, it can only be so."
In fact, these requirements are nothing at all. According to Liu Xin's original intention, they must at least make compensation to Dahan and Parthia. It's just that the big man has just calmed down from the chaos of the war. It is the time when he needs to recuperate, and the leased land is in urgent need of consolidation and development. Liu Xin needs a peaceful external environment, which lowered his requirements.
After a great battle gradually subsided, Putimius returned to Rome with his remnants and defeated generals. The title he had just won the "Greatest Parthian Conqueror" seemed to be a farce.
After returning to Rome, Putimius became depressed, and his whole body was gradually losing weight. Within two months, he was finally bedridden.
After Vologis returned to Tessie, he also sent someone to ask Putimius for his wife and daughter, but Putimius did not return the spoils on the grounds of the three conditions put forward by the big man. Pay attention. After being defeated by Daqin for the second time, Volojis had self-knowledge and knew that he could not compete with Daqin Empire by his own ability, so he had to swallow his anger.
However, with the reopening of trade routes between the East and the West, a large number of caravans passed between Daqin and Dahan through Parthia, which also brought unprecedented prosperity and a large amount of taxation to Parthia. Life is getting better again. With the increase in wealth, he restarted his life of spending time and wine. And his two sons Ardaban and Arshak, in order to fight for the position of the crown prince, began to fight back and forth. Ardaban, who had no military power, also took this opportunity to start forming an army loyal to him.
The only beneficiary of this war was Liu Xin. The Han Dynasty occupied a large area of leased land at the junction of Parthia and Kangju. Although it was far away from the Han area and was an enclave, it was close to Kangju, but it solved a major problem.
The relationship between Kangju and Dahan is now unbreakable because of the mother and son of Ban Stealing. Relying on Kangju as a logistics base, it can easily provide all kinds of materials needed to the concession. Three new cities stand up in the desert area of the concession. These three cities are in the shape of a product, and they are no more than a hundred miles apart. They are horns to each other. They are stationed with heavy soldiers. They can rescue each other in case of trouble. Basically, they have controlled this enclave. It's just that it is too far away from the big man, and the road is very difficult, it is impossible for the soldiers to stay there for a long time.
For this reason, Liu Xin expanded the establishment of the Western Region Army from 60,000 to 100,000, and included all the troops stationed in the Kangju and Parthian Concession in the Western Region Army. Moreover, the soldiers of the Western Region Legion are no longer limited to the Han people. The people of the Western Regions under the jurisdiction of the Western Region Protector and those with Han nationality in the concession can sign up for the Western Region Legion.
Of course, the majority of the Western Regions Legion is still Han. This is also to ensure that the Western Regions Legion will not break away from the control of the Han Dynasty. But at the same time it also brings a problem. Many soldiers are far away from their hometowns, which inevitably breed homesickness. In order to solve this problem, Liu Xin licensed the soldiers of the Western Regions Corps to have three months of vacation every year, and the payment of silver during the vacation will continue as usual.
The salaries of the Han soldiers were originally very high, but now they can enjoy three months of "paid leave". The recruitment office of the Western Regions Corps is naturally crowded. The newly added 40,000 soldiers were full in less than five days.
With the regular army resident in the concession, and backed by Kangju, the rule of the Han Dynasty in the concession gradually stabilized.
Since this place has become a site directly controlled by the Han people, many big Han caravans would rather go a little bit more, and are willing to use this place as their final foothold. Gradually, the three new cities that were originally built as defensive constructions evolved into new trading centers shortly after the commercial roads were reopened.
Because there is an obvious sense of security here, not only the caravans of Dahan, but also those from Kangju, Dawan and other countries sheltered by the Dahan are willing to come here to do business. Some savvy businessmen discovered business opportunities and began to build inns and wine shops in these three new cities. The business continued to prosper, and the three new cities became more and more prosperous.
Although this concession of Han Dynasty seemed very desolate and the three new cities were built in a hurry by the Engineer Corps, because Liu Xin attached great importance to this place, Jia Xu, the protector of the Western Regions, stayed here personally to handle various affairs. The Corps of Engineers also left half of them and continued to expand the new city and build various fortifications.
There are many small tribes on this land. These tribes are still in a very primitive state, and the chiefs of the tribes are equivalent to earth emperors. In order to give these small tribes a sense of belonging to the big man, Jia Xu deliberately built a mansion for them in the city, opened a school, and encouraged the children of these chiefs to learn the culture of Han in the school. And promised that after they finish their studies, they can also serve in various functions in the jurisdiction of these three new cities and even the entire Western Regions Protectorate.
With such favorable conditions, the chiefs have moved into the city one after another, and relatively speaking, the conditions in the city are much better than in the countryside. Most of these tribal chiefs are simple-minded, and they are completely unaware that they have quietly become hostages of the Han Dynasty while they are enjoying a better life than in the past.
These chiefs have extremely high prestige in the tribe, as long as they are controlled, their tribe will not be unrest. And Jia Xu has a further move, which is to encourage past caravans to hire local villagers. These villagers mainly rely on farming and hunting for their livelihoods, but the land here is barren, and the harvest has been owed for ten to nine years. As for hunting, they can only catch small prey such as foxes and rabbits. And for those caravans to hire workers, one month’s wages are often more than their income from farming and hunting for a year. In this way, the problem of food and clothing for the villagers can be solved, and the villagers can understand that as long as they follow the big man, they will live a good life.
In addition, Jia Xu also took many other measures. He believes that when the one-year deadline he originally set has arrived and the household registration is re-registered, all the people living in this concession will agree to become Han nationality.
In a blink of an eye, half a year passed, and the caravans traveling from north to south did not affect the interests of Daqin's own merchants. On the contrary, their business gradually improved. At the same time, the tax revenue of the Great Qin Empire doubled compared with the past. But Putimius' mood didn't improve, but his body went from bad to worse.
This fiasco was something he had never seen since he took the throne of God. What makes him even more anxious is that the literati and nobles who were driven out of the Senate by him have recently become more and more active, and they are in a good position to restore the rule of the former Yen Senate. Putimius desperately needs a victory to dispel the people. Doubts to consolidate his rule.
Putimius is not short of money now. He looted a large amount of gold and silver from Taixifeng, which is enough to make up for the difference in trade with the big man in the past two years. In half a year, the six legions that were maimed or even annihilated have been rebuilt, and three teams that went to Chang'an to inquire about the "demon law" have also been sent out, and a new war is being intensively prepared. However, at this time, a major event occurred in Chang'an.