The beginning of a new story

The world did not stand still, while Dara was building his plots to young Lee Banu ... The Empire of "Bosa" wanted to crush the vassal principalities of the kingdom "CAO". And all because of what?

Because of the Silk! Who controlled the path, he controlled the life! Wealth, gold and silver, precious stones, technologies and methods for the production of textiles from wool, cotton, linen, silk, will go to those who controlled the trade routes. As well as the methods of manufacturing Damascus steel, the secret of the millennium! Who knows the new methods of forging super steel, that swords, spears, arrows and protective ammunition will be stronger, he will be the winner on the battlefield! He will be able to conquer all!

Principality fell ... Empire Bosses, all conquered, took a lot of gold, silk and precious stones, she was able to win with their skill and the number of brave warriors. Super warriors and super armor of several hundred knights of principalities could not resist tens of thousands of warriors ...

But victory in battle did not mean victory in war! To consolidate its success the empire could not. After a couple of months, the kingdom "CAO" with the support of the Tang Empire, was able to squeeze out the Bosses warriors from its territory. The Tang Empire had good spies and wise strategists ... the Cao warriors were as brave as lions ...

Strengthening the border, building new fortresses, introducing new forces, the kingdom of "Cao" was ready for new challenges!

Soon the world had to undergo great changes!

A year later, in the kingdom of "Cao", the old aristocracy was slaughtered, the chief minister was lucky that ten months before he had been sent to the village "terrible poverty as soon as you hear it run". Thanks to this, he managed to keep his entire family and clan. The new aristocrats, "forgot" about him, saving his life, as he suffered from the old aristocracy, but he was not returned to the capital Small An. Leaving away from the palace life. Since no one wanted to share power, and such a hardened intriguer, or rather a sage, in the capital would be a danger. It was dangerous to kill him, as his clan owned hidden information and could cause damage to the whole kingdom. And when his clan was not touched, but not brought closer, the status quo was maintained. Everyone was more or less satisfied.

Some twenty-two years after the dawn of the Cao kingdom, stagnation began, and then the slaughter began ...

The year before, in 629, Xuan-zan arrived in Samojiang from Tang Empire, he said that they had good horses, a strong army, good mail, strong cavalry, in Buhe ...

All this will be in the future, though not far ... but for now, Dara dressed in a silk robe with patterns of trees is red. The belt was made of silver, with the right hung a sword of steel, with a left dagger, as well as a large leather wallet full of gold coins. Under the bathrobe was a long shirt made of cotton, yellow with a pattern.

Lee Ban was dressed as his status in a light green robe. In those days, at the court of the emperor, officials wore robes of various colors that determined their rank.

Grandees close to the emperor had purple clothes, then went dark red, then green and then blue.

The hierarchical system, relationships, and clothing ... Lee was dressed in light leather armor, which consisted of a bib and a backrest, was dressed in a green robe with a stand-up collar and wide sleeves. On her feet were black leather boots. Belt with bronze inserts, Sogdian leather pants were under the bathrobe. An iron sword, a leather bag with coins hang on the belt. On the head, in accordance with the tradition of the Tang Empire, Lee had long hair that was tied in a small bun on his head. Lee had a small mustache and a very thin beard.

These travelers did not know what events were coming soon ...

... for now, each of them was engaged in his own thoughts ...