Sean Knight laughed. It's common knowledge that Xinjiang is vast, but those who haven't experienced it firsthand truly can't grasp it. The widest part of Xinjiang spans 1,900 kilometers.
When he first went out to school in the coastal region, he could reach a new metropolis every two hours by bus, like from Nanjing City to Shanghai, or from Shanghai to Suzhou, and so on.
But in Xinjiang, two hours would, at best, take you from Yining to Xinyuan Nalati, or from Yining to Chauncey, just traveling within a single prefecture.
Back in the day, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was quite remarkable, and of course, so were his generals. He sent 10,000 men from Chang'an City straight to Dawan Country, that is, the current Central Asian countries!
