I think this thing is interesting on the left, but it is actually a completely occupational disease. It is a unique greed in the circle of cultural relics and antiques!

Samuel's notebook was covered with quaint cowhide and tied with a belt on it. The thick notebook inside was made of good parchment paper.

The paper and cowhide cover can be removed and replaced. Looking at the wear and greasy cover of the cowhide, it can be seen that Samuel has written many notes, which should be hidden in his study.

Every note is a great fortune. For ordinary people, it is like a heavenly book, but when placed in the hands of the person on the left, it is an invisible treasure map.

"I really want to see it, I really want to get it..." The left kept thinking, but he couldn't open his mouth. This thing was indeed a taboo.

The two expedition teams communicated with each other for more than an hour. The darkness of the night was deep and the northwest wind began to increase the call, and the banquet in the main hall also became much smaller.

As Gordon was carried back, everyone here knew that he needed a rest. King Shangtai and the others said goodbye and returned to their house. Naturally, there were special maids who brought their face wash water, and the imperial chef with good skills prepared a midnight snack.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Zuo Zongtang started formally cooking military affairs, and the first thing he had to do was to cook these guests from afar.

The Master Long Live's intention is 600,000 taels... Although there is only 300,000 left in the end, it was used to fight the Rakshasa ghost to save his life. Zuo Zongtang would not be angry about this.

On the contrary, Zuo Zongtang wrote a memorial to thank An overnight and prepared a batch of local local products from the northwest, and sent them back to Beijing.

Guan Lu and Duoluo were asked to escort, but neither of them left. They insisted that Emperor Tongzhi asked them to come to fight and never return to the Central Plains.

Zuo Zongtang tried several times and found that these two were really not acting. Their words and deeds were missing the bad habits of those Eight Banners playboys, and they had a little bit of energy before entering the pass.

"Okay, since you are going to work hard, I'm not polite... But I agreed in advance that there are no special preferential treatments in my army, and everyone has to move forward desperately..."

"Thinking about recognizing a free position and raising a merit until the end of the war is impossible... Are you willing to be a pioneer in Liu Jintang's army?"

"I'm willing to serve the Grand Marshal!"

"Okay... Then you guards will gather at Liu Jintang's army. After passing Xingxing Gorge, there are some wars for you to fight!"

Doro and Guan Lu and his guards had all arranged the arrangements, and Zuo Zongtang began to arrange these British people. Since Doro and Guan Lu were unwilling to send gifts back to the capital, there were only Laugodon and Samuel.

Gordon's mission was to help Emperor Tongzhi investigate the military affairs of the northwest. The key was to take a look and ask... If you know the situation, you would immediately gather in the capital.

Of course, he could not fight with Zuo Zongtang, so he could only say goodbye to Duolu and his guards and part ways in Guazhou!

Gordon was preparing to continue moving towards Beijing with the expedition team, Zuo Zongtang's thank-you note and gifts!

But an accident happened at this time. Samuel Baker, who had a typhoid fever attack, and more than a dozen other British expedition members refused to leave with Gordon.

It turned out that during the chat last night, King Shangtai’s subordinates accidentally revealed that they were going to Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang and Crescent Spring!

When Samuel heard that there was a spring like a crescent moon deep in the desert, and a huge group of Buddhist caves, with a very long history in the late Three Kingdoms, before the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

That was 300 AD, that is, the fourth century!

God, Samuel went crazy when he heard this time. In the fourth century AD, Christianity was still a time when Roman regimes had just been forgiven, and that was not the time when God completely ruled the whole of Europe.

It was a transition period from the evolution of the old classical era to the dark medieval era, and it was one of the compulsory courses for studying European history.

If Samuel turned a blind eye to such a complex, he would not be considered an excellent and mature explorer!

"I want to stay, I have to stay... I want to go and see the Crescent Spring and Buddhist Cave Group with my own eyes... None of you can stop me..."

Gordon and Zuo Zongtang kept persuading him, but Samuel was determined to eat the weight and refused to leave despite his physical illness!

"My illness doesn't matter, it's just typhoid fever... I must go and take a look, it's a masterpiece of the fourth century AD!"

"Do you know? That era was a period of great transformation of the entire human civilization. The Roman Empire in Europe was invaded by barbarians, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was dominated by Han people in China, was also attacked by the nomadic peoples in the north. Aren't it lost all north of the Yangtze River?"

"In fact, Eastern and Western civilizations have a vague commonality. In the classical era, they will be brilliant together, and when they want to collapse, they will be collapsed together!"

"You have the Eight Kings Rebellion, and there are also barbarians in Europe!"

"I have to study, I really want to study... Please let me study the secrets in the rise and fall of this civilization! Please..."

After Samuel did not leave after his death, Gordon and Zuo Zongtang were also caught blindly. To be honest, Zuo Zongtang was unwilling to leave such a British man by his side, and he had to spend his energy to take care of him.

Zuo Zongtang could only say with a calm face, "Mr. Samuel, you must know that I am fighting here. Maybe after winter, we will enter the Western Regions..."

"The climate is bitter and cold, and the medical conditions are not good. If you have an accident... I really can't take charge!"

"Master, please rest assured. I can write a letter to my minister, indicating that I voluntarily stayed there. Even if there is any accident, it is my own responsibility!"

Well, since you have already taken the responsibility yourself, it doesn't matter if you can't rely on the Western Expedition Army at that time, and Zuo Zongtang is too lazy to care about these trivial matters.

Gordon and Samuel Baker parted ways!

Samuel left Gordon and Doro and other guards, so he was left with twelve team members, four of which were British soldiers, and the rest were his assistants.

Thirteen people licked their faces and found King Shangtai and the left, asking to join the expedition team. King Shangtai didn't care about any more money, and he couldn't spend all his money anyway.

But there was a ghost on the left, and he immediately talked about the conditions. He asked Samuel to share all the adventures and researches he had visited in China.

If you don’t hide your selfishness at all, then I will let you join in. If you have two intentions in your business, I guarantee that you can’t even touch the door of Dunhuang.

Samuel knew that on the left was trying to pick his fruit, and he didn't want to agree, but when he thought that it was the fourth and fifth century AD, he felt itchy and uncomfortable.

In the end, he agreed, but unexpectedly, this adventure became a thrilling historical mystery!
Chapter completed!