All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 330: Chen Xuanzang's Journey to the West
"I heard someone say recently that Your Majesty can be called the Heavenly Khan?"

Chen Ran laughed non-stop. "Look carefully at how big the world is. If you call yourself the Khan of Heaven, would you blush?"

Li Er didn't blush, but he was furious.

His beard kept shaking, and his hair and beard were all standing on end, just like the fierce Zhang Fei in the world.

"I want to be called the Khan of Heaven!"

Li Er was so angry that he was shaking. "The bigger the empire, the better. We really want the Tang Dynasty's cavalry to march all over the world and become the real Heavenly Khan!"

"it is good."

Chen Ran applauded and said, "Your ambition is commendable. Don't worry, I will help you."

"How can I help?" Li Er asked immediately. "I'll just listen."

"First, the map." Chen Ran pointed to the map under his feet. "With the map, you will know how big the world is and where to go."

“The second is to provide logistical support.”

"Go north, it's freezing cold and you need cotton clothes."

"We are heading west. The journey is long and we need horses. I will improve the feed for the horses."

"The soldiers need to eat well and use things well. I will provide innovations in food, clothing and daily necessities. Not only the quality must be good, but the quantity must also be guaranteed."

"We have food, meat, eggs, and oil. Over time, there will be more. But the soldiers are still short of one thing."

"Oh?" Li Er was a little surprised. "I don't know what food the army is short of."

"sugar."

Chen Ran simply stated, "Sugar is a key necessity for human activities. With enough sugar, combat capability and endurance can be greatly improved. Sweetness also makes people feel happy, which plays an important role in boosting morale."

Li Er's eyes lit up. "Do you have anything to increase sugar production?"

The sugar these days is mainly maltose.

The so-called 'sweet as honey' actually refers to maltose.

In fact, sugarcane has existed for a long time. Qu Yuan once said, "Boiled turtle and roasted lamb, there is some mulberry juice in it."

And zhè is sugarcane juice.

It’s just that the quality of sugarcane in this era was not high, and the sugar-making method was primitive and backward.

Not only is the output low, but the quality is also poor.

The nobles mainly ate honey, while the common people only tried maltose occasionally.

"Of course there is." Chen Ran said with a smile, "I heard that some time ago, a monk named Xuanzang sneaked west?"

Li Er was a little surprised. "He can make sugar?"

Chen Ran shook his head. "The place he is going to is very suitable for large-scale sugarcane cultivation."

He pointed to a piece of land in the south of Tubo with his hand. "It's here, Tianzhu."

"There is plenty of rain here, and the land is fertile. The area that can be cultivated is incredibly large. The food and other crops produced here are enough to feed everyone in the entire Tang Dynasty."

Gold, silver, jewelry and the like are not very attractive to an emperor who aspires to achieve great things, because he has no shortage of these things at all.

Although land and other things are good, their use also depends on their purpose.

The most attractive thing is undoubtedly the large tracts of arable land.

Li Er was indeed interested. He carefully observed the map for a while before asking, "How are the military preparations here?"

"You wouldn't believe it if I told you."

Chen Ran laughed again, "The people of this place have been constantly invaded by foreign races for thousands of years, and have been reduced to low-level slaves time and time again."

"They have forgotten their culture and heritage, and can do nothing but work."

"As long as we defeat the upper-class rulers here and replace them, we will not only be able to harvest large tracts of fertile farmland, but we will even have labor."

"With high-quality seeds and brand-new technology, it can immediately become the most solid forward base, providing close-range logistical support for the westward army."

Li Er stroked his beard and thought for a while. "How to get through? I have seen this map. Going through Tubo is quite a bit higher than 4,000 meters. The plateau is about 1,000 to 2,000 feet high. If you think the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can get through, then it's okay to go through Tubo."

"Do you have any good recommendations?"

"Send a large army to follow Chen Xuanzang. Wherever he goes, the Tang army will follow."

Chen Ran squatted down and stretched out his hand to draw an arc on the map. "First, recapture the Western Regions, then cross the plateau and enter India from the Khyber Pass. After sweeping across India, use this place as a logistics base for continuing westward."

"As for Tubo." Chen Ran pointed his finger at the position of Tubo. "It's troublesome to fight with Tubo. It's not that we can't defeat them, but there's a lack of oxygen in the mountains and the terrain is restricted. I have a plan to defeat Tubo. Jia Xu would call it unscrupulous. I wonder if Your Majesty dares to use it?"

Li Er narrowed his eyes and said, "As long as we can win, you can even ask me to pray to the gods!"

"No need to pray to the gods." Chen Ran smiled even more. "Fang Yiai likes to study chemical compounds. His research results can be incorporated into the goods of the caravan and traded to Tubo."

“The specific operation will be shown on site when he returns.”

"good!"

Chen Xuanzang has been very troubled recently.

He was denied a visa!
When the Western Regions countries saw him coming, they all politely lifted him up, threw him out of their borders, and resolutely refused to allow him to enter.

The reason is very simple. As long as Chen Xuanzang goes in, the Tang Dynasty’s army will follow in, and then one small country after another will disappear.

No one dared to kill him, so they had to refuse the visa.

With nowhere to go, Chen Xuanzang hesitated and even thought of returning to the Tang Dynasty.

He thought it would take a long time to go back, and had no idea that as long as he turned back, it wouldn't take long before he would be in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

That night, Chen Xuanzang, who was camping in the wild, met a team of Tang cavalry who came specifically to look for him.

"Master Xuanzang?" After the leading general confirmed his identity, he took out a pass and gave it to him, "This is given to you by His Majesty, officially confirming your identity as an envoy." Chen Xuanzang had smuggled out of the country, and the countries in the Western Regions could legitimately refuse him entry.

Now that the identity has been confirmed, things are different.

"The Western Regions do not allow me to enter." After receiving the customs clearance document, Chen Xuanzang smiled bitterly and replied, "The Western Regions do not allow me to enter."

The general said with a smile, "You can enter other countries the same way you left the Tang Dynasty. Don't be afraid. If anyone dares to harm you, our army is right behind you and will avenge you immediately!"

Chen Xuanzang was speechless after hearing this and could only respond with a wry smile.

"Oh, right." The general called over a man who was leading a white horse, carrying a monkey on his back, and a piglet in his arms. "This is the follower that Taoist Chen arranged for you."

Chen Xuanzang'(￣︿￣)'

He could understand the white horse following him, but what did the monkey and the pig mean? !

No one gave him an explanation, and the Tang cavalry quickly left, leaving Chen Xuanzang and his follower speechless.

"You are."

"My name is Zhao Wenhai." The man replied, "I studied at Lanqiao Posthouse. I know a little about medicine, astronomy and geography, life knowledge, military tactics, and so on."

Chen Xuanzang was confused when he heard this. He just thought that this person was here to monitor him.

But soon, Zhao Wenhai proved his ability.

He can accurately find directions and roads, is proficient in wild survival skills, and can even raise pigs and monkeys.

Next, they used the method of smuggling to sneak into various countries in the Western Regions.

The Tang army would then use the excuse that "a Tang person has disappeared here, and we want to enter the country to search for him" to forcibly enter the Western Regions.

Now that the army has come in, things will be easy.

Chen Xuanzang followed Zhao Wenhai in a daze all the way, passing through one Western Region country after another.

Many times, even when camping in the wild, you can hear the sound of fierce fighting in the distance.

"Don't panic, elder." Zhao Wenhai, who was fiddling with the fire, explained, "It's just the horse thieves causing trouble."

Chen Xuanzang was speechless.

He was not blind. Although it was dark, he could always recognize the torches.

What kind of horse thieves could there be tens of thousands of them?

With such a scale, why would you be a bandit? You can just establish a country directly.

Chen Xuanzang kept walking westward, and the border of the Tang Dynasty also moved westward.

Naturally, there were various battles, big and small, along the way.

As a result of the fighting, not only did a number of small countries in the Western Regions along the way disappear, but even the Western Turks who were behind the trouble also fell apart.

What’s even more exaggerated is that the Tang Dynasty’s caravans even traveled farther than Chen Xuanzang.

There would often be caravans coming and going on the road, greeting Chen Xuanzang.

When he was almost in Tianzhu, he suddenly realized, "I have been walking for so long, why are there so many people from the Tang Dynasty around me?"

He thought that the environment would be better after entering India.

Unexpectedly, the Tang Dynasty's army changed one after another, but they always followed him.

It was not until Chen Xuanzang entered Nalanda Monastery to study that he achieved peace.

When he started his journey of studying, Zhao Wenhai left the white horse, monkey and pig and said goodbye and left.

Chen Xuanzang originally thought that he was going back to the Tang Dynasty, and he was filled with emotion for a while.

I never thought that after a few months, he would come back.

Chen Xuanzang was dumbfounded. Can you fly? How can you be so fast?

"This is the cornmeal I brought back from Chang'an City."

While taking the gift, Zhao Wenhai explained with a smile, "We captured so many prisoners to build the post road. It will be much more convenient after the road is built."

"There are plenty of horses in the Tang Dynasty. The cheapest ones can be bought for only a few coins."

"We can get back to Chang'an in a month at most by riding horses."

"Your Majesty asked me to tell you something. Focus on studying the Buddhist scriptures and don't worry about other things."

Chen Xuanzang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I'm just a monk. What can I control?"

Within two years, local monks from the temple came to him and asked him to help get the temple property back.

"The Tang people love life and are fierce. All monks must re-issue their certificates of ordination. Only with certificates of ordination can they have meritorious deeds. Each person can only have a maximum of 30 mu of land."

"There are so many monks in the temple, most of them don't have certificates of ordination, and the temple's property and merit fields have almost all been taken away by the government~~~"

Chen Xuanzang was confused. "Which government is this? Why should we obey the orders of the Tang Dynasty?"

"The government of the Tang Dynasty." The local monk was puzzled. "Don't you know? We have already been under the control of the Tang Dynasty!"

Chen Xuanzang, who turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside, walked out of Nalanda Temple trembling.

What you see is the familiar cornfield.

"how come."

He really couldn't understand how the Tang Dynasty, which was far away in the world, became the government in India!
The locals also couldn’t understand why the Tang Dynasty, which originally existed only in legends, swept across India like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, and then they became the subjects of the Tang Dynasty and had to farm for it.

Resistance is inevitable, but I have never heard of anyone winning.

Some people once went to the mountain to look for Tibetans for help, but those who came back were as surprised as if they had seen a ghost, saying that there was no one on the mountain!
Chen Xuanzang traveled west and entered a temple to study. He was surprised to find that he had returned to his country as soon as he left.

(End of this chapter)