Faced with Ma Yuan's careful inquiries, Putiai said that he didn't know very well.

But even so, he knew that the conflict between the emperor and the powerful faction such as the nobles was still quite large.

The Kushan Empire was very large and it was not easy to rule. It was impossible for the emperor to rule the entire territory alone.

Moreover, the reason why the founding leader of the Kushan Empire was able to establish the foundation of the Kushan Empire was because he was good at fighting and was supported by other powerful factions, so he established this empire.

Therefore, in addition to imperial officials, there were also some military generals and nobles in the territory of the Kushan Empire. The land of the land was semi-autonomous, and their power was not small.

Even in the central government, there are many nobles who hold actual power and have a lower status than the emperor, but they still have power that the emperor cannot easily shake.

The emperor is the supreme ruler, but not the master of everyone. The emperor also has to face the siege of aristocrats and local powers.

Putiai also told Ma Yuan that the prestige of the Kushan emperor is not high now, at least not as powerful as that of a certain emperor in the past. If the emperor's prestige is not high, it will be easily constrained.

Because he did not show his military capabilities, no one obeyed him.

Ma Yuan understood.

The Kushan Emperor is very similar to the former Zhou emperor.

It is not quite the same as the warlord separatist in the late Han Empire. The warlord separatist in the Han Empire has been an open division. The warlord separatist in the Kushan seem to be at the primary level. It can only be said to be at the political level and has not transitioned to the military struggle level.

So it should be the feeling of the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Xuan of Zhou, and King You of Zhou.

The Zhou royal family still has prestige and strength, and the local princes' power is expanding, but it has not yet expanded to the critical point where annexation wars can break out.

The Kushan emperor naturally had real power, but of course this power cannot be compared with Mr. Guo.

Mr. Guo is the emperor of the horse. No matter what constraints arise, he has prestige. Prestige is one of the sources of power, so the emperor's power will definitely not be weak.

This Kushan emperor seems not to be the case now.

To put it bluntly, the Kushan Empire was more like a joint-stock group at the beginning. The Kushan Emperor was the chairman of the major shareholder, and the other powerful factions were members of the board of directors, each with their own forces and groups.

This is very interesting. A Kushan Empire with relatively strong local forces and central forces are not enough to completely suppress it.

Such a country cannot become a military rival to the Wei Empire that has completed its unification. If it is really started, without looking at the geographical location, Ma Yuan can be sure that the Wei Empire can defeat it.

Guo Peng's power and prestige were enough to pass his orders to all over the world, and no one dared to disobey.

And this Kushan emperor may not be like this.

That's good, not dangerous.

After reaching such a conclusion, Ma Yuan was very happy that he believed that his mission had been initially completed.

And he also successfully promoted the iron pot here.

He led the caravans to stir-fry dishes and stew meat in the house where he lived, and invited Kushan merchants such as Putiai to eat together. They expressed surprise when they saw the iron pot.

They felt novel about this kind of food utensil that can be used for stir-frying and stewing, and after using it personally, they said it was very wonderful.

Then they realized that the iron pot is indeed a very useful thing for merchants or military traveling far away. Compared with fragile pots, this iron pot may be more practical.

After further learning that this iron pot was an important kitchen utensil used in the army of the Wei Empire, Kushan businessmen became more interested and rushed to buy it.

But Ma Yuan only brought 300 people, and after they were snatched away by these merchants, they invited them to go to the Wei Empire to buy and sell them.

I have to say that at this level, Ma Yuan is a natural business expert.

After staying in Lanshi City, the capital of the Kushan Empire for half a month, Ma Yuan chose to say goodbye to the Kushan Emperor.

He left the Kushan Empire and embarked on a journey back to Wei.

The Kushan Emperor sent his confidants to say goodbye to him and gave him many precious gifts from the Kushan Kingdom as a symbol of his friendship with the Wei Empire.

Ma Yuan expressed his gratitude.

When they came, they came by themselves. When they went back, seven Kushan merchants took their entourage caravan and followed Ma Yuan.

Their number of people was more than 700, and only more than 500 people came with the horses. The number of people in total was more than 1,000, as well as a large number of camels and horses and carts. Obviously, this was a huge walking caravan.

Ma Yuan never thought that one day he could become a bridge for exchanges between the two great empires, but in fact he was.

It is really wonderful to have a long and dangerous journey that has been to Kushan across thousands of mountains and rivers, and to take a group of Kushan merchants back across thousands of mountains and rivers.

And we can also learn about unknown things outside the surface of this country, and the value of this kind of intelligence should not be lower than that of commercial interests.

Perhaps His Majesty, the emperor he beloved, likes this value even more.

Ma Yuan was very happy.

If Mr. Guo heard this news, he would definitely be very happy, because the essence of the Kushan Empire was a mess, and the empire's centralization was not perfect, and it was only equivalent to the weakened Han Empire. The construction of grassroots regimes could not be compared with him.

War is not the battleground victory or defeat between two armies.

This is called war, not war.

War is a competition for population and resources, a competition for survival space and war potential. When there is no generation difference in the technological level of both sides, the competition is mobilization and resource mobilization, and it is the specific application of national strength by the highest commanders of both sides.

Ma Yuan felt that the world was so great that no one could compare with His Majesty the emperor he loved.

The Kushan Empire could not compete with the Wei Empire. Even if it really started a fight, he was not afraid.

His Majesty the Emperor has been through many battles to wipe out all the heroes, and has encountered enemies that are stronger than this Kushan Emperor. So what? Isn’t the one who won and established the Wei Empire still His Majesty today?

Ma Yuan's thoughts drifted to Luoyang City thousands of miles away with this idea.

His Majesty the Emperor, what are you doing now?

We should be working hard for the development of the empire day and night, right?

We should be frowning and thinking hard for the people of the empire to be able to eat and wear warmth?

To be honest, Ma Yuan really feels sorry for His Majesty, the emperor he loves.

At this moment, Mr. Guo was indeed working hard and frowned.

How to deal with more than 200 beauties from Western Regions who jointly paid tribute to the Western Regions?

This troubles Guo.

More than 100 Western Region beauties who were sent to him by the Western Regions, who joined forces to send him to Luoyang, were quite popular, so it naturally attracted some attention.

Previously, Cao Xiu sent 38 beauties, which triggered Guo Peng's revision of the garrison policy.

Mr. Guo also sent their family to the Western Regions to reunite with them, so that the lives of the Western Regions garrisons would not have to be so boring, and at least they could have more children.

This policy was supported by the army, and Cao Xiu expressed his gratitude to Guo Peng.

However, the countries in the Western Regions obviously did not think they had nothing to do, so in order to express their apology to Emperor Wei, they immediately searched for domestic beauties to send them to Emperor Wei, hoping that Emperor Wei would not be angry.

When he learned the news, Guo Peng had not had time to enjoy the three foreign beauties he liked.

Because there are still a lot of things on hand, I never had time to go to the harem. I occasionally went there a few times and I would accompany Cao Lan or her concubines to sleep and talk, and I didn’t have any extra time to open up new routes.

So we continued to let senior palace maids who were more capable in the inner court strictly re-educate them.

The remaining dozens of people who received re-education from the inner court were rewarded by Guo Peng to the high-ranking officials and senior generals they were interested in.

Guo Peng left three of the things he liked the most, and rewarded the others to their important subordinates, so that they could taste them, enjoy the appetizers, and feel the care of His Majesty the Emperor.

Be blessed to share.

The emperor still has many ways to win over people's hearts, which is very good, with good results and low costs. Compared with political resources, it seems to be of good quality and cheap, and is particularly cost-effective.

The subordinates who received the reward expressed their gratitude to Guo Peng.

This time, more than a hundred came, nearly two hundred, and there were a large group of Yingying and Yanyan, each with its own beauty. Seeing that Guo was frowning and unable to stretch his eyebrows.

Are these guys hoping that my body will be hollowed out so that I can die soon?

Mr. Guo, who is no longer young, speculated on the small countries in the Western Regions with full malicious intentions, and was even more determined to destroy them and annex the entire Western Regions as soon as possible.

If the small countries in the Western Regions knew that Mr. Guo thought so, he would probably cry.

They really didn't think so, they just wanted to make Mr. Guo happy.

They were reluctant to enjoy some of these beauties themselves, and they endured their heartache to send them to Mr. Guo, just to please Mr. Guo.

Mr. Guo is not really not understanding, so since these beauties have all come, they cannot return them.

Otherwise, it would be a bad idea to make them think randomly and cause chaos in the Western Regions.

Just accept it, soothe people's hearts, and make them think they have been forgiven by Mr. Guo, that's fine.

Looking at the more than a hundred exotic beauties, after thinking about it, Guo, who didn't know what beauty was, used his own arbitrary and prejudice to pass the three exotic beauties who were receiving re-education.

Then, from the newly arrived batch, we selected two of the most pleasing.

It is worth mentioning that Mr. Guo still can't tell who is beautiful and who is not beautiful.

He didn't care whether he was beautiful or not. He was blind and could not recognize him. The reason why he chose this was because of his obsession.

The waist is slender, the skin is delicate, fair and tight, the eyebrows and eyes are attractive, and the legs are long and thin, so the eye will naturally be fine.

The waist is not thin enough, the skin is not delicate enough, tight enough, fair enough, thin eyebrows and eyes, short and thick legs, so there is no eye contact.

The standard of the emperor of the Celestial Kingdom to look at people is so simple and boring.
Chapter completed!