"Mark, that's not how you pronounce it, and if you want to learn it well, you have to forget Latin."

"Oh, dear uncle, I could write a thousand more Latin letters, and I don't want to learn a single word for 'Han', my God, there is such a difficult language in the world to learn. ”

"That's because you haven't understood it yet, it's hieroglyphics, how amazing is it? They used it for more than a thousand years, and even the great Mongol khans were learning it. ”

A middle-aged man paused, then said, "That word is not pronounced 'Han', Marco, your pronunciation is biased, and you may come up with the exact opposite meaning." ”

"From an aesthetic point of view, I have to admit that these Chinese characters are indeed beautiful, and they are even used to decorate the walls." Sitting at the table was a young man with naturally curly black hair and brown eyes, and he shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the banner hanging on the wall, on which the words were dancing and could not be seen clearly.

He has been here for almost two months, and he has been learning the local language from his uncle, and every qiē in this country is contrary to what he is used to. The words are pictographic, the books are arranged, the reading is right-handed, and even the writing pen is soft, okay, the girls are still very beautiful, but they are rarely seen on the street, they are too conservative.

It was almost impossible to find someone who was proficient in Chinese and Latin, and they had to teach it themselves, but although it was difficult for the young man to speak, he was very motivated to learn, and he made more progress than he thought, at least for now he was able to go out into the streets and communicate with people simply, which was very useful, because the city they were in was so big that they could get lost if they were not careful.

This is the legendary East, and it is said that there is also a large country in the south, which has resisted the Mongols for more than fifty years and still has not perished, which is simply incredible. You must know that the Mongols went all the way to the west, and they did not know how many countries they destroyed, and almost hit his hometown of Venice as far as possible, so he also had a strong interest in the country called "Song".

It took him more than four years to get here from his hometown, and he grew from a teenager to the young man he is today, and all the way is the territory of this huge empire, and that's not all, my God, I'm afraid that the Arisan Empire and the Roman Empire, the most powerful in history, can't compare.

"When will we be summoned by the Khan?" The young man muttered to himself.

"At least until you can speak it fluently, whether it's Mongolian or Chinese." The middle-aged man mercilessly hit his self-confidence.

"Well, Uncle Matteo, what's next, the crooked Mongolian script? It's weird, but at least it's easier to learn than these characters, oh yes, a little like Saracenic script. ”

"No, no, it's time to pray, Marco."

The city has a high tolerance for religion, whether it is shamanism, Zoroastrianism, green religion, or God, they can freely believe, and the various religions get along fairly well. There wasn't even a directive religious decree in the city, it was a magical country, the young man couldn't help but sigh again.

Perhaps one day, a real church will be built here, and the glory of God will be spread to this land of innumerable people, and with this great ideal, the young people will follow their uncle and begin to pious prayer, which is their daily morning service, and only then can they maintain their mental peace while waiting day after day.

"Matteo, Marco, so you are here, good news, I found a line, caught up with a big businessman, I heard that he supplies the royal family, and may help us achieve our wishes."

A middle-aged man suddenly broke in, he and the two of them looked very similar, and when they came in, the two had just finished the ceremony, and they were stunned when they heard his words.

"Where's the bad news?"

"We'll have to move, but it's full of Saracens, and here they're called Semu, so we'll have to be careful not to provoke them."

"God, they're not going to burn us."

This is indeed bad news, you have to live in the middle of a group of green cults, if you run into fanatics, then you will die, although you haven't met such a person yet, but who knows? But when you think it's possible, that's probably the only option.

Now they live in a hotel in the city, the cheapest kind, the locals call it an inn, the Han people's words are still very accurate, isn't this for guests. And now, they are about to move to another place, which is said to be an upscale residential area in the city, full of merchants from all over the world, but unfortunately most of them are green cultists.

Walking down the street with simple luggage, the young man was a little excited, and although he had been here for many days, he was still dizzy every time he walked on the street. The wide roads, the clean streets, the lively crowds, except that the girls are not as enthusiastic as in their hometowns, this is simply a legendary paradise!

"I heard that the Khan is gathering his forces, and there may be a war soon."

The middle-aged uncle pointed not far away and said, there were rows of troops standing there, all of them looked like civilians, I don't know if they were conscripted or recruited, ready to attack the country in the south? The young man could not imagine how they could resist the invincible Mongols, and the number of people in the streets increased, and before they could come up with an answer, the three of them were carried away by the crowd.

On the waterway wharf outside Lin'an City, several official ships were slowly leaving the shore, led by a flat-bottomed double-storey ship, with no weapons in sight on it, and no tall masts. If you look carefully, there is a faint sound of sheng song and silk bamboo on it, and a tall figure stands on the second floor and waves frequently, and on his left and right are actually two women dressed in bewitching clothes.

Jin Ming has a smile on his face, if you get close, you can find that this smile is completely squeezed out, and he is acting very hard now. According to Liu Yu's plan, after staying in Beijing for a few days, he was finally urged to get on the road, and chose the slowest waterway, along the canal first to eastern Zhejiang, and then south to Guò Fujian Road to Guangzhou.

If it weren't for the flag on the bow of the boat, the ship would be like a painting boat on the West Lake, which made him very unaccustomed to it, and when the ship was far away, he hurried into the big warehouse. A group of men and women who were plucking the strings inside stopped, and the two women behind him did not look like they were all acting, just like Jin Ming.

"Two little ladies, I have to wronged you to stay for a few more days, and when you get to Ninghai, someone will send you to Ye Mansion."

"There is a command of Lao."

Ye Feng and Shu Yun smiled and blessed, including the people who played music, they were all borrowed from Liu's mansion, and the target of acting was naturally Pu's possible eyes and ears in Beijing, by the way, Jing Niang also wanted to bring the family letter and things to her mother, and these people happened to take a trip along the way.

They are not soldiers, Jin Ming naturally will not use military discipline to restrain them, these people are not very old, and some children are by nature, after they don't have to act anymore, they are all very excited about the rare long trip. Seeing them squeaking into a mess, Jin Ming couldn't help but shake his head, and went to his cabin to rest, there was still a long way to go.

On the wharf, there are not many people who come to see them off, and the highest grade should be Su Liuyi, the commander of the guards and infantry troops, followed by Liu Yu, and the others are some subordinates of the cardinal government and the military department, and they are familiar with the military generals in the former palace division.

"Waiter, don't come unharmed, Su has not had time to visit since he returned to Beijing, and he hopes to forgive his sins."

It seems that Liu Yu can be named the only one who can be named, the friendship between the two is very early, but then there is not much contact, and when they meet again, Liu Yu is no longer the little machine, and he is no longer a commander in the army.

"What did Bu Shuai say, you are a nobleman, but you went to Beijing first, and you didn't fulfill the friendship of the landlord, why don't you make an appointment another day?"

"According to the service system, I will definitely come to the door another day."

Su Liuyi hugged his fists and said goodbye to him, and followed those generals to get on the horse and go, not far from the west gate of Lin'an City, and it was only a few steps away. Therefore, Liu Yu neither rode a horse nor rode an ox cart, he stood for a while, and then prepared to return home.

The peace conference has ended, and he only needs to wait for the approval of the imperial court, and he, the deputy envoy of the peace conference, will be handed over, and what ministry he will get next, I don't know yet, Liu Yu didn't care, and he had his own seat on the left and right.

This is outside Lin'an City in the early morning, and on both sides of the canal are women washing clothes in the river, as well as boatmen who get up early, which is very noisy and lively. The women's faces were filled with excitement, and they were all sharing the gossip they had heard, and every now and then burst into laughter.

He looked at the river while walking, a little lady who was no more than ten years old and held an artemisia pole along the river, singing a mile song in her mouth, which had a very primitive local taste, and the specific words didn't sound very true, probably talking about the love affair between men and women. Could it be that when he heard such a bold tune, he couldn't help but be more serious, and he couldn't help but collide with a pedestrian coming from the opposite side.

"Official?"

Since he accidentally bumped into someone, he habitually apologized while helping people pick up scattered things. It seemed to be a few packets of medicine, but fortunately it was tightly wrapped and not spilled, and when he looked up, the other party suddenly stared at his face in a daze and screamed.

Hearing this word from the man's mouth always made Liu Yu a little unaccustomed, although he also knew that it was just a common title, which contained the meaning of elevating his identity. But in this way, it is inevitable to think of the famous Ximen official, who packed up and handed things back to the other party, and was stopped again before he left.

"The official's surname is Liu?"

Fang Cai may just be a general name, but since he called his surname, Liu Yu immediately understood that most of them had met an acquaintance. Stopped and looked at Dingqing, the other party was dressed in a moon-white robe, with a mattress, the clothes were a little shabby, and the person was very thin.

"You're the seventh brother!"