After arranging for his henchman Xiao Tieniu to visit Ceylon and Palembang, Jerod began to write letters to an Egyptian queen.

The queen of Egypt who was the same age as Dashi was certainly not the Cleopatra who seduced Julius Caesar, but Anna I of the Komnenian dynasty. A respected scholar, politician, and military strategist, and probably the second greatest woman of the Middle Ages—the first of course, the mother of the United States, was Takemi-niang.

The butterfly wings flapped by Wu Haogu more than 20 years ago have also profoundly influenced the course of history in Europe and North Africa!

And Anna. Komenina undoubtedly benefited from this butterfly effect. Her fate completely changed when Ji Yi visited the West, and with Ji Yi's help, Anna. Komnina and her husband Nikiphoros. Soon after his return, Brynius seized the Sinai Peninsula and became the queen and king of the Republic of Sinai—of course, a republic can have a king, and the historical Republic of Poland has a king. However, the throne of the republic cannot be inherited and can only be elected by parliament.

The Republic of Sinai is a country jointly founded by the knights of the Balkans and the merchants of the four countries of Italy, and it is really similar to the Zhou State founded by Wu Haogu.

The start is similar, and the result is a bit the same!

Benefiting from trade with the East and the importation of gunpowder weapons (no artillery, but black powder and bombs), the Republic of Sinai soon became the leading Christian power in the Middle East, far surpassing the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The powerful Republic of Sinai naturally wants to expand externally, and the direction of expansion of the Republic of Sinai can't be the Kingdom of Jerusalem of the same sect, so it can only attack the Fatimid Dynasty in the west to fight Egypt.

At this time, the Fatimid dynasty had long since weakened, the authority of the caliph had long been weakened, and the military and political power had fallen into the hands of the self-respecting ministers and the Mamluk guards.

What is even more terrifying is that after the loss of the Sinai Peninsula, the Fatimid Dynasty completely lost the possibility of getting involved in the trade routes between the East and the West. Revenues plummeted, and there was no way to maintain a sea force sufficient to overwhelm the Christian navy.

In 1120, the port of Nikephoros (named after Komenina's husband, located on the Mediterranean coast, was the capital of the Sinai Republic, and was very close to Egypt, so it was easy to be the target of the Fatimid army). The fleets from Eastern Rome and Venice joined forces with the fleets of the Republic of Sinai, and the Doge of Venice Dominic. Under Michel's unified command, 120 Calais ships destroyed the fleet that had been built up after exhausting the Fatimid treasury. In one fell swoop, he destroyed 81 Sharandi warships and killed and captured tens of thousands of Heavenly Sect warriors.

At the same time, under the command of Komenina (at this time Nikephoros. Brynius has died) knights and mercenaries fought their way out of the castle in the port of Nikephoros and crushed the Fatimid army that was attacking by land.

The Fatimid dynasty, which suffered a crushing defeat at the same time on land and sea, soon ushered in the final rout. At the call of Komenina, Pope Calixtrian II launched the Second Crusade.

Allied forces from the Holy Roman Empire, the Franks, the Eastern Romans, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Republic of Sinai, and Italy invaded Egypt with great vigour, and soon the Fatimid Dynasty, which had lost its old Ben at the Battle of Puerto Nikephoros, was completely expelled from the stage of history.

Subsequently, Komenina bribed the Pope by borrowing a large amount of money from the Jingdong Bank in Suez, and with the support of the Pope and her brother John II, she turned the Sinai Republic into the Kingdom of Egypt and was elected Queen of Egypt, founding the Komnenos dynasty in Egypt.

After being elected queen of Egypt, Komenina went from being a Christian female saint (she was destined to be canonized after her death) to a tolerant and friendly queen.

Under her rule, Egypt became a place of harmony where all religions and races could live in harmony. And she, the queen, has also become a bridge and intermediary between various civilizations in the East, West Asia, North Africa and Europe.

She can be best friends with the holy woman on the bright top of Ceylon - she and Mo Niangzi have known each other for a long time, and the relationship between the two sides is very good.

She and Ji Yi, the prime minister of the Great Eastern Empire, were important business partners.

She was able to discuss reincarnation and afterlife with the Buddhist monarchs of Gofu in letters, and was willing to provide protection for the Buddhist temples in Alexandria, her new capital.

She had a particularly close relationship with the mighty Whip of Allah, Jerodashi, and the two exchanged letters frequently. The Empress of Sinai, Komenina, who had just been widowed at the time, also met and lived together for nearly three months in Trabzon, on the Black Sea coast, with Jerodashi.

Regarding the relationship between the two, there have even been rumors that they are going to get married. Later the rumors did not come true, and the friendship between Jerodashi and Komenina was later proven to be pure by later history - their friendship was based on philosophy, mathematics, historiography, and military science.

During the three-month meeting in Trabzon, Komenina never spent time alone with Jerodashi, but was accompanied by scholars from both sides. The issues discussed are also academic.

As a result of this meeting, two universities, Alexandria and Tabriz, which combine the highest academic achievements in Europe, Asia and Africa (North Africa), were opened in 1122 and 1123 respectively.

The opening of the University of Alexandria, which was independent of Christianity, also meant the revival of the Aristotelian school...... Decades later, it also became the birthplace of the Renaissance!

Egypt itself, riding the east wind of the Renaissance, will become the richest and most progressive country on the Mediterranean coast.

The butterfly effect produced by Wu Haogu not only acted on the East, but also caused drastic changes in the Western world.

And this letter written by Jerodashi to Queen Komenina in the summer of 1127 in the Western calendar also had a profound impact on later history.

In this letter, Jerodashi told Komenina that the war in the Eastern world was over for the time being. The two great powers of the East that have risen in the midst of this war will open up the Western Ocean with unprecedented enthusiasm, which is what the Europeans call the Indian Ocean!

Therefore, the further decline of the Arabs and the Celestial Sect was inevitable.

The Caliphate of Baghdad and the Sultan of Iraq (also the Seljuks) now pose no threat to Christian civilization in Europe. Reconciling with them and treating them as a shield against the westward advance of the Zhou and Song states is the best option.

In addition, Oishi told Komnina that the Golden Horde, a semi-nomadic state that had lost the war in the Eastern world, had gone into exile in the Kipchak steppe. Most likely, their target will be the steppes along the Volga.

Once they gain a foothold in the Volga Valley, the rich Black Sea coast and the Caucasus Mountains will become the target of their attack.

And such a situation is expected to occur within 10 years!

Therefore, Yelu Dashi hoped that the Liao State could form a reliable alliance with the Roman Empire and the Grand Duchy of Kiev, and put the Kingdom of Georgia under direct protection.

That is, let Liao become the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Georgia!

Of course, the Jeroda Stone will guarantee the religious beliefs of the Georgian people.

And at the end of the letter, Oishi also tentatively proposed a marriage. Of course, it was not he who married Komenina, but who married an Egyptian princess for his son. That is, Anna. Komenina and Nikephoros. Daughter of Brynius.

Emperor Dashi hoped that through this marriage, the Liao Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt would be firmly bound together.

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"Alexei," said Queen Komenina to her son, Prince Alexei, in Alexander's splendid and heavenly palace, "the emperor of Tabriz wants your sister to be his daughter-in-law...... The only official daughter-in-law, the future queen, what do you think? ”

"Is Maria going to be a heretic?" The young prince asked.

"Yes," replied Komenina, "she must convert to Manichaeism or Tenriism...... However, she is still the child of the Lord, and Tianli is just the name of the Creator in the East. Although they did not receive the Revelation, they still discovered the existence of the Lord with their own knowledge, which is a very remarkable achievement. ”

"But the Pope doesn't think so." "He visited the East more than 10 years ago," the prince said...... He has studied the knowledge of the Orient. ”

When the current Pope Calixter II was still a cardinal, he was appointed by the previous generation of popes to follow Ji Yi to the Great Song Dynasty, and he also had contacts with the divination people who believed in Nestorian Buddhism.

During his years in the East, the future pope also delved into Confucianism, which was in the midst of a drastic change. In the end, they came to the conclusion of "blasphemy" - Eastern scholars are free to study whether there is such a problem as the "Lord" (Heavenly Principle)!

If the same thing were to happen in the West, it would be a fatal blow to the authority of the Holy See.

This means that believers do not have to go through a priest to communicate directly with God, or even to study whether God exists!

Therefore, after Calixter II became pope, the spread of Orientalism was forbidden for a time until the army of Jerodashi entered Tabriz......

"He can use religious decrees to prohibit the doctrine of heavenly science, but he can't use decrees to stop Emperor Dashi's army!" Komenina smiled, "And now, the Golden Horde, a nomadic state identical to Emperor Oshi's empire, has set out from Peach Blossom Stone and will soon appear near the Black Sea and Kievan Rus'. If we can't unite with the Great Stone Empire, then the good times of the Christian revival will soon come to an end. And Constantinople could also become a pagan castle!

I think His Majesty the Pope understands the importance of this issue...... In the future, the Komnenians had to form an alliance with the Great Stone Empire in order to concentrate their forces on the Golden Horde with Kievan Rus'. ”