The word "Great Eclipse" is derived from the transliteration of the ancient Persian word Tajik, which was used to refer to Arab tribes when the Persians ruled the Arab world. Later, through the ancient Silk Road, the word also spread to China, so the Chinese collectively called people from this region the big cannibals. The Han Dynasty called it a branch, and the Tang Dynasty called it a big food.

Fang Jun didn't know much about the Great Food Country, but he knew that Muhammad, the Muslim-recognized prophet of Islam, was considered by Muslims to be the last messenger sent by Allah to mankind......

The founder of the Great Food Country was born in Mecca, on the red coast of the Arabian Peninsula. When he was a child, he was poor and a servant, and when he was forty years old, he thought of new teachings, and went to Mount Hira near Mecca day and night, and tried to think about it with all his might, seeking the art of saving the soul. When he tasted it on the mountain, he saw a figure, and thought that it was the shadow of the angel Glabriel. He was influenced by Jews and Christians who created their own monotheistic Protestantism to replace the old Arab polytheism, later known as Islam.

Its essence is to obey the destiny of heaven and love mankind in order to seek world peace, and China is also called Islam. Later, the number of believers gradually increased, and they were not allowed to live in their hometowns, but they went north to the city of Yathlib, when 622 A.D., and Islam took this as the first year of the era. Later, he raised an army and flattened the Arabian Peninsula.

After the death of Muhammad, his power became more powerful, breaking Persia, invading India in the south, and becoming enemies of the Tang Dynasty and Tibet in the east, establishing the Abbasid dynasty that was once tyrannical.

"Tajik" is pronounced like "Oi Ke", so Da Shi should be pronounced "大yi (four tones)" instead of "大shi......

The name "Hussein" is very popular among Arabs, and even Fang Jun knows that the black president of the later Midi has these three words in his name.

Fang Jun felt that the name Hussein seemed to be a long time in his previous life, and he once had the meaning of Baidu, which said that the original meaning was "a handsome man"......

However, to his surprise, the bearded man in front of him looked at the vicissitudes of life, but his voice was clear and majestic, and he was very angry, although his voice in Chinese was inevitably weird and ugly, but it didn't sound very old.

Fang Jun couldn't help asking, "I don't know if Your Excellency is Gui Geng this year?" ”

After traveling for a long time, he always shouted to the cultural people, and Fang Jun's words also subconsciously crepe. As soon as the words came out, he realized that it was wrong, the word "Gui Geng" was afraid that a crooked nut could not understand, and he just wanted to ask "How old are you?" again, but Hussein had already replied: "I will be twenty years old this year." ”

It's actually a China expert......

This is more than the huge difference in appearance and age, which surprised Fang Jun: "It seems that Your Excellency has not come to Datang less?" The Chinese language is so good, but it is surprising. But Hussein is your name, I don't know what your last name is? ”

Fang Jun had been sitting behind the bookcase, and his appearance was extremely rude, but Hussein obviously didn't care, and he replied respectfully: "I was born in the Hashemite family in Medina. ”

it!

Fang Jun was in awe.

That's Muhammad's family!

The oldest and most prestigious family in Arabia!

Fang Jun was shocked and asked, "Aren't you going to war in China now?" Has Baghdad been captured? Did Damascus take it? Has Jerusalem been occupied? It's unbelievable that you, as a member of the Hashemite family, actually ran to the East? ”

Fang Jun didn't know exactly when Muhammad died, but he had read an article about Arabia before, and it seemed to be in the early Tang Dynasty. After Muhammad's death, his position was inherited by the "Four Great Caliphs", and from that time on, the Great Food Kingdom began to expand in the southern and northern wars.

During this period, they unified the Arabian Peninsula, occupied Iraq, wiped out the Sassanid dynasty in Persia, ravaged Jordan, Palestine, and Syria, captured Jerusalem, then defeated the Byzantine army and captured Damascus, followed by an invasion of Egypt and the occupation of Alexandria......

It can be said that the Great Food Country of this era is an invincible existence in West Asia.

And what is a son of the Hashemite family, who does not fight for his family on the battlefield, but runs to the far east?

Business?

Fang Jun did not think that the Hashemite family was so poor that they needed to come to the East to do business and earn military expenses......

Hussein's eyes widened!

How could this unruly Tang nobleman know that the great Arab Empire in the far west had captured Baghdad? How would it be known that Khalid ibn Welid, known as the "Sword of Allah", the bravest and wisest Arab general, had led the Arabs through the inaccessible Syrian desert, annihilating 50,000 Byzantine troops on the banks of the Yarmouk River and capturing the Syrian capital Damascus?

However, he set sail for the far east after Khalid ibn Vellid had sent troops from Damascus to capture Jerusalem, and even if a merchant came to Tang at the same time, it would not have been possible to bring such detailed news!

Allah is above, how does this Tang nobleman know?

Did Allah give him a dream?

Seeing Hussein's two entourages looking shocked, Fang Jun snorted, feeling that he had said too much, and hurriedly instructed the scribe on the side: "Hurry up and arrange seats for a few messengers of Allah and serve tea!" ”

The scribes then went to move the chairs. It's not that they are rude, but in the eyes of all the Tang people, these Hu merchants in the Western Regions are lowly inferior people, and there is no need to treat each other politely, and the chief manager's willingness to meet them is already to save face......

As for what Fang Jun and Hu Shang said, they couldn't understand it, Allah's messenger?

The scribes, who had never been in contact with Arab merchants, were confused, and who was Allah?

Is it the emperor of the Hu people?

Oh, the chief manager is well-informed and knowledgeable, and the general manager already knows who the emperor of the family is......

Tut-tut, no wonder people are the chief managers, convinced!

The chair was moved and the fragrant tea was served, but Hussein did not sit down, but bent down to salute Fang Jun again, with some urgency in his tone: "I took the liberty to come to ask for a meeting this time, and I really have a hundred thousand urgent matters to implore His Excellency the Marquis." ”

Fang Jun's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Why are you so anxious? Sit down first, take a sip of tea to quench your thirst, and then talk slowly. Ben Hou is the most hospitable, we have a sage in Datang once said, 'There are friends from afar is not also happy', since your Excellency came to Datang, it is fate to meet, no matter what difficulties you have, Ben Hou will do his best to help, come and come, drink tea and drink tea. ”

Regardless of whether people believe in God or not, he holds the teacup and salutes from afar.

Hussein had no choice but to sit down with two of his entourage and pick up his teacup.

A light and timeless aroma penetrated into the nostrils, and several spirits were shocked, but they had never drunk such a light green drink, and they were a little embarrassed, and when they saw that Fang Jun had already taken a sip, they did the same, and took a shallow sip.

The tea enters the throat, smooth and astringent, and the mouth is fragrant, neutralizing the greasy and refreshing beef in the mouth.

Hussein cocked his beard and asked, "What is this?" The contemptible have never seen it. ”

Fang Jun smiled: "This is tea, the leaves of a plant. Don't underestimate this small leaf, a tea tree, only a few young leaves can be picked every year, more expensive than gold, in the Tang Dynasty is only the top luxury that only nobles can enjoy. Moreover, this kind of tea is the most able to relieve the oiliness in the abdomen, clear heat and detoxify, and benefit the body and mind. ”

Arabs eat beef and mutton, usually drink milk, and many meat and dairy products are more practical in their daily life, and tea is the best drink they need. Otherwise, why would tea become the largest commodity in the East-West trade in later generations, along with porcelain? Even due to the large demand for tea and porcelain by ordinary Western people, the huge trade deficit between the East and the West made Western countries have to balance the trade balance by dumping large quantities of opium chips to the East, which indirectly contributed to the opium war......

The Hussein in front of him is an Arab nobleman, can he sell tea to the West in advance from him and earn a lot of gold coins?

Who knew that Hussein only expressed his amazement and curiosity about the tea a little, and then quickly changed the topic, and said with a heavy expression: "Your Excellency the Honorable Marquis, I can't hide it, the contemptible people came to the Tang Kingdom this time and led a large caravan, but unfortunately on the way to the Tianzhu coast encountered a hurricane, half of the merchant ships sank, so I had to lead the rest of the merchant ships to the Tang Kingdom to trade, but who knew that when I entered the Yangtze River and wanted to take the waterway to Chang'an of the Tang Kingdom, I was attacked by pirates......"

Fang Jun was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, how bad luck do you have?

First hurricanes, then pirates......