Li Xiu didn't expect the ears of the Persians to be so sharp, not long after he came back, they already knew, and they immediately came to visit, it seems that these Persians visited the magnates in Chang'an some time ago still have some effect, otherwise they would not have figured out Li Xiu's influence in the Tang Dynasty, and they would not have known the news of Li Xiu's return so quickly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Let them in!" Li Xiu commanded at the moment, but he was also a little curious at this time, and he didn't know which Persian mission came to visit him this time? If it was the mission led by the mysterious woman named Misia, it would be interesting, I wonder what kind of expression she will have when she sees herself?

After a while, he heard a sound of walking outside, and Li Xiu didn't go out to greet him, and then he saw a man walking in with two Persians, but to Li Xiu's surprise, the people who came were not Misia and Alda, but two strange Persians, so it seems that they should be the envoys who came to Datang by land.

"Persian envoy Bahra, see the Duke of Yan!" What Li Xiu didn't expect was that the Persian who walked in the front of the draw actually saluted him in very fluent Chinese, only to see that this Bahra was very young, at most in his thirties, with brown hair and blue eyes and a beard, a standard Persian dress, in fact, Persian men almost always have a big beard, and their hair is vigorous, resulting in half of their faces being covered by beards, so almost all men look the same.

Li Xiu nodded when he heard this, and then motioned for them to sit down, and at the same time, a maid served tea, and then he asked knowingly, "No need to be polite, do you have anything to do when you came here today?" ”

"Qiqi Yan Guogong, this is my deputy Shapur, we are here today on behalf of the entire mission, hoping to get the help of Datang, because our Persia is now suffering from the invasion of foreign enemies, and the other party is very powerful, relying on our own strength, it is impossible to defeat the other party, the only thing that can help us is probably only Datang!" I saw this Bahra stand up again at this time and saluted Li Xiushen.

Hearing Bahra's words, Li Xiu did not respond immediately, but took a sip of tea, and then suddenly said with a smile: "Ambassador Bahra's Guanzhong dialect is very good, I can hardly hear any accent, I don't know where you learned it?" ”

As the so-called ten miles of different sounds, the area of the Tang Dynasty is so vast, and the exchanges are not as frequent as in later generations, so the difference in accents is also greater, for example, Li Xiu went to the south and couldn't understand the local dialect at all, fortunately, Guanzhong dialect has always been the official language of the Tang Dynasty, and it has been mandatory in the government, and businessmen from all over the country will also speak Guanzhong dialect in order to do business, so in addition to Guanzhong people, most of the people who can speak Guanzhong dialect are either rich or expensive.

"This ......" Bahra didn't expect Li Xiu to ask this question, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then replied honestly, "Qi Yu Guogong, although I am a Persian, I was actually born in the Central Plains, and my father has been doing business in Chang'an, and it was really not until I was fourteen years old that I returned to Persia with my father, so I am also half of the Central Plains, but now Persia is in trouble, and in order to protect Persia, my family has nineteen men from the clan who have died on the battlefield, including one of my brothers, even so, Our situation in Persia is still grim, and no one knows when the big cannibal on the opposite side will hit Ctesiphon, so please have mercy on the Duke of Yanguo! ”

When Bahra said at the end, he almost showed a pleading expression, it seems that the situation in Persia is indeed very serious, but Li Xiu is most interested in his experience, at the beginning he said that he was born in the Central Plains, and he is half of the Central Plains, but the latter words keep saying "how we are in Persia", it seems that in his heart, he still thinks that Persia is his motherland, but this is not surprising, the Central Plains people, especially the Guanzhong people, have always looked down on the Hu people, Bahra used to live in Chang'an, I am afraid that he is not less despised, Therefore, the identification with Persia in his heart will naturally be higher.

"I see, I didn't expect you to be born in the Central Plains, calculate your age, it should still be the former Sui at that time, but I'm very curious, do you think Chang'an was prosperous in the former Sui Dynasty, or Chang'an was more prosperous in the Tang Dynasty?" Li Xiu asked with a smile again at this time.

Bahra has always wanted to pull the topic to support Persia, but Li Xiu didn't want him to get his wish, but kept asking some irrelevant questions, which made Mahla very helpless, but there was no way, after all, he came to beg for help, and these days he has run into walls everywhere in Chang'an, and many people don't even want to see them, in contrast, the Duke of Yan in front of him can invite them into the mansion to drink tea, and there is no disdain between words, which is already very rare.

"When I lived in Chang'an, I was still young, and so many years have passed, and my memories of the past are not very clear, but I can also be sure of one thing, that is, there are several times more Persians living in Chang'an now than in the former Sui period, they are all businessmen, and where there is money to be made, it can be seen from this that the current Chang'an is far more prosperous than the former Sui Dynasty!" Bahra saw that Li Xiu did not want to talk about supporting Persia immediately, so he could only reply according to his words.

"This angle is quite peculiar, but it is also true, there are indeed more and more Persians in Chang'an now, but have you thought about it, maybe many of them are actually here to take refuge?" Li Xiu suddenly spoke again at this time.

"This ......" Bahra was stunned again when he heard this, he thought that Li Xiu was unwilling to talk about the Persian side, but he didn't expect him to suddenly turn back, such an unreasonable conversation really made him feel overwhelmed.

"Haha, let's not talk about this matter for a while, Ambassador Bahra, you have come from afar, you should have already met Your Majesty, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks about your Persian affairs?" Li Xiu saw Bahra's stunned appearance, and suddenly laughed again and asked, his purpose was to disrupt Bahra's rhythm, so as not to be led by his nose, this is also one of the negotiation skills, of course, this method can only be used when he has the initiative.

Hearing Li Xiu take the initiative to talk about Persia again, Bahra was obviously relieved, and of course hurriedly replied: "Qi Guogong, His Majesty the Emperor did not make a clear statement, but I went to visit Qi Guogong, and it turned out that Qi Guogong was very supportive of us, and it was Qi Guogong's guidance that let me know the news of Yan Guogong's return!" ”

Li Xiu only understood when he heard this, it turned out that the eldest grandson Wuji pointed out Bahla, and it seems that he is the same as Li Shimin, for example, he prefers to win over Bahra, the Persian real power, and does not pay much attention to the Persian royal family of Misia.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu just wanted to say something, but suddenly someone rushed to report: Another Persian envoy came to visit!