The communication platform built by Guo Jia and Fu Zhizhi was built very smoothly, and more than 150 high platforms were built in just one month. A message equivalent to one hundred and fifty miles away can be transmitted to the Jingshi in half an hour, or even less.

Seeing that so many high platforms had been built, Han Zhan summoned Guo Jia, Fu Zhu and others back to the Jingshi and discussed with them about choosing an opportunity to test the effect of the transmission.

As soon as the two of them came to the mansion, before they had time to discuss with Han Zhan, Chen Zhi walked in from outside the main hall and reported to Han Zhan: "Lord Qiyu, Xun Changshi asks to see you!" ”

Han Zhan knew that this uncle of his was going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and since he had come to visit him in the mansion, there must be something important, so he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, please!" ”

A moment later, Xun Yu followed Chen Zhi into the main hall. When he saw that Guo Jia and Fu Zhu were also there, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He bowed slightly at the two of them, and then stepped forward to salute Han Zhan: "Subordinates see the lord!" ”

"Long history is exempt!" Han Zhan asked in a businesslike tone, "I don't know what is the important matter for Changshi to come to the mansion today?" ”

"Lord Qi, there is an envoy from the Great Qin State coming." Xun Yu replied: "The envoy must first visit the lord before entering the palace to see the driver." ”

"The envoy of the Great Qin State?" When Han Zhan heard Xun Yu say this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and thought to himself: Didn't the Qin Dynasty fall more than four hundred years ago, and where did an envoy of the Great Qin State pop up?

Just when Han Zhan was stunned, his eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Since the ninth year of Yanxi, the envoy of the Great Qin State went to Luoyang to visit the emperor, and now a full 27 years have passed. Unexpectedly, they actually sent a messenger again. ”

Han Zhan remembered that Yanxi was the era name used by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, but he didn't know what the origin of this Great Qin State was. Seeing that the three subordinates were all excited, Han Zhan asked tentatively: "Everyone, I don't know who can tell Ben Hou, where is this Great Qin Country?" ”

"Back to the lord's words," seeing that Han Zhan didn't know anything about the Great Qin Kingdom, he hurriedly explained: "The Great Qin Kingdom is in the extreme west, and according to my Great Han territory, it is tens of thousands of miles away. After Ban Dingyuan pacified the Western Regions, he once sent his deputy envoy Gan Ying to the Great Qin State to open up trade channels. ”

The far west, tens of thousands of miles away. Han Zhan linked these phrases together, and immediately thought of the Roman Empire in the same period, which was called the Great Qin State.

In order to figure out what was going on, Han Zhan said to Xun Yu after some thought: "Xun Changshi, the envoy of the Great Qin State came from thousands of miles away, it must be a saddle horse, and this marquis should only do his best to be a landlord. You immediately go back and inform him, and Ben Hou will pick up the wind and wash the dust for him in the mansion. ”

"Subordinates obey!"

After Xun Yu left, Han Zhan said to Fu Zhu: "Fu Jian Army, more than one hundred and fifty communication platforms have been built outside Yecheng, you can arrange manpower to test them as soon as possible, and see how effective the communication through the high platform is." ”

After waiting for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he reminded him: "Now that the communication station has only been built for less than two percent, and the test is carried out in a hurry, isn't the lord worried that the news will leak out?" ”

"The distance at which the message can be transmitted now is one hundred and fifty miles." Han Zhan had already considered this problem, so he replied confidently: "For this test, you only need to choose one hundred and twenty miles of uninhabited areas. By the way, Gong and, the training of signal soldiers is extremely easy, which Ben Hou is not worried about. But has this person who compiles the flag language trained properly? ”

"Returning to the lord," Fu Yu replied with some embarrassment, "It is not easy to train the people who compile the banner, and there are only five or six people in the current position. ”

Han Zhan originally thought that so far, none of them had been trained, but when he heard that there were five or six people, he nodded and said, "Five or six people are enough, you will personally take them to the test tomorrow." As for the details, you can negotiate with Bonghyo slowly later. ”

Guo Jia and Fu Zhu were sitting together, discussing the details of the test, Xun Yu came in from outside again and reported to Han Zhanyu: "Lord, the envoy of the Great Qin State has brought. ”

Then a middle-aged man wearing a leather robe, a burly figure, and a bearded face, walked out from behind Xun Yu, put his right hand on his left chest, saluted Han Zhan, and said in stiff Chinese: "Messenger Antonio, I have seen Lord Anyang Hou. ”

"Antonio?!" After Han Zhan repeated this name with strong Italian characteristics, he didn't bother to ask why the other party spoke Chinese, but asked curiously: "Are you from Campania?" ”

Han Zhan remembered that the name Antonio was the name with the highest renaming rate in Campania in the southern part of the Italian peninsula, so he asked such a question.

As soon as Han Zhan's words came out, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and the others were at a loss, but Antonio was shocked, he didn't expect that in the far east, someone could guess where his hometown was just by hearing his name. After a brief shock, his attitude became more humble: "Lord Anyanghou, you guessed so right, the villain's hometown is indeed Campania of the Roman Empire. But I don't know how the honorable adults guessed? ”

Han Zhan did not answer Antonio's question, but changed the topic in time: "Antonio, Benhou listens to your Chinese well, I don't know where you learned?" ”

"The villain lived in the Western Regions for two years," Antonio replied with a smile on his face, "I learned Chinese from the locals." ”

"Learning Chinese in the Western Regions?" Han Zhan looked at Guo Jia, Xun Yu and the others with a puzzled face, wanting to get some useful information from them.

Fortunately, Guo Jia understood what Han Zhan meant, and hurriedly explained to him: "Lord, since Ban Dingyuan sent an envoy to the Western Regions that year, and 36 people destroyed dozens of countries in the Western Regions, the Western Regions are proud to be able to speak Chinese. When he said this, Guo Jia's face showed a bit of pride.

Hearing Guo Jia say this, Han Zhan couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart, he really didn't expect the Han Dynasty to be so powerful, and even the people in the Western Regions were proud to be able to speak Chinese. If this can be sustained, then there will be no need to learn any headaches in future generations.

"Antonio," Han Zhan beckoned Antonio to take a seat, and then continued to ask, "I wonder which emperor of the Great Qin Kingdom sent you to?" When Han Zhan called the country Antonio was talking about, he did not use the name of the Roman Empire, but used the Great Qin State that Guo Jia and others were familiar with.

"It was Commodus, son of Aurelius, the greatest king of our country, beloved by the soldiers and the populace."

Knowing that the current Roman emperor was Commodus, Han Zhan closed his eyes and searched his mind for information about this emperor. Soon, he remembered a little bit about the emperor, Commodus as a dissolute, frivolous and indecisive figure. One of the first things he did when he succeeded to the throne was to conclude a peace treaty with the Marcomani and the Quades on favorable terms for the other side.

After returning to Rome, Commodus immersed himself in the pleasures of the capital, entrusting the management of state affairs to his favored retainers, the prefect of the Guard, Perenisus, and others. He often dressed himself as a gladiator and a hunter fighting wild beasts, and beat unarmed people and beasts in the arena.

Antonio said that Commodus was loved by soldiers and the populace, but not because of a murder plot in 183 AD. After the conspiracy was revealed, Commodus slaughtered the nobles, and curryed favor with the soldiers and the Roman people in various ways, such as increasing the salaries of the guards and allowing the Roman people to watch gladiatorial performances for free.

The reason why Han Zhan remembers the history of Commodus so clearly is entirely because he has seen a movie based on Commodus, which is listed as one of the top ten banned films, which greatly restores Commodus's life.

Commodus was finally killed in the gladiator barracks on 30 December 192 by the coup commander of the Guards, Letus, thus bringing an end to the Antonine dynasty.

"Antonio, Benhou asks you." Han Zhan silently calculated the time in his heart, Commodus should have died at this time, so he asked Antonio tentatively: "How long have you been away from Rome?" ”

"Five years!" Antonio stretched out five fingers and said, "Five years ago, I received the will of His Majesty the Emperor to come to the far east to meet the great Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, the guide took me to your capital, Chang'an and Luoyang, and found that the cities there were in tatters. ”

"Antonio, Benhou doesn't care what you are trying to achieve when you come to meet the emperor of my dynasty." Han Zhan looked at Antonio and asked, "But if you end your mission here and return to Rome, you find that the emperor has been replaced, what should you do there?" ”