"His Royal Highness? Why are you here? When Misia saw Li Xiu in front of the gate of Luoyang City, she couldn't help but shout in surprise at the moment, and then immediately jumped out of the carriage and walked a few steps to salute, although she and Li Xiu had some misunderstandings and disagreements last time, but in the end, Li Xiu pointed her out regardless of her previous suspicions, which is why she fled to Datang with her younger brother today, so she was also quite grateful to Li Xiu.

"Hehe, I just happened to come to Luoyang for something, and I heard that you were back, so I came to take a look." When Li Xiu said this, he also saw Yi Si Qi probing his brain on the Mysia carriage, and he couldn't help but ask again, "The carriage is the king of Persia, right?" ”

"Yes, he is my younger brother Isi, but he is no longer the king of Persia!" When Misia mentioned her younger brother, she couldn't help but say with a low expression, although intellectually she made the move to escape to Datang with her younger brother, but emotionally speaking, she has never been able to accept it.

When he said this, Misia immediately called Yi Si Qi out of the carriage, and then introduced them to each other, it is estimated that Misia has already told Yi Si Qi about Li Xiu, so after the other party learned Li Xiu's identity, he immediately said in non-standard Chinese: "Yi Si Qi thank His Royal Highness Guogong for his guidance to us!" ”

"His Royal Highness the King is too polite, you and I have always been friendly, and now that your country is in a big disaster, our Datang will naturally not stand idly by!" Li Xiu opened his eyes and said nonsense at this time, although the other party was just a child, he was the master of a country after all, so he had to take out these diplomatic words.

However, Li Xiu used idioms in his words, and Yi Siqi's Chinese could only barely converse, so he couldn't understand what he was saying for a while, and finally he could only look at Mysia for help, and saw that the Persian princess who was familiar with Li Xiu couldn't help laughing: "His Royal Highness doesn't have to say these things to my brother, in fact, we are here to flee, and I hope that Datang can take us in!" ”

"Don't worry, princess, Your Majesty already knows what you are coming, and Chang'an has also arranged a mansion for you, as long as you want, you can live as long as you want!" Li Xiu also saw that Misia's expression was a little lost, and he directly opened his mouth to dispel the biggest worry in her heart.

Sure enough, it was only when Datang welcomed his party that Misia's face immediately improved, and he thanked Li Xiu again at the moment. This is not a place to talk, so Li Xiu asked them to enter the city with him, he had prepared a place for them to live in the city, and when it was arranged, he invited the two sisters and brothers to come to the largest restaurant in Luoyang to pick them up.

"Your Royal Highness, I have always heard my sister say that Chang'an City is the largest and most prosperous city in the world, but I think the Luoyang City under our feet is already very prosperous, is Chang'an really more prosperous than Luoyang?" As soon as he sat down, he saw Yi Si Qi open his mouth to ask Li Xiu for confirmation, after getting along before, he was also somewhat familiar with Li Xiu, and felt that this Tang Dynasty prince had no fight, so he was bolder.

"Hehe, in fact, Luoyang and Chang'an are two big cities built almost at the same time, in terms of scale, they are actually very similar, but the population of Luoyang is only about six or seven hundred thousand, while the population of Chang'an is more than one million!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, Chang'an is definitely the world's first city with a population of more than one million, although it seems to be nothing compared to the megacities with a population of 10 million in later generations, but in this era of backward productivity, it can definitely be called a miracle to be able to maintain a million people living in a city.

"Millions of people!" Yi Si Qi's eyes widened in shock when he heard this, their Persian capital Ctesi had a population of more than 100,000 at most, and it could already be called the Western Asia region, and only the capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople, could be compared, but even if the population of Ctesiphon and Constantinople combined, I am afraid that it would be less than half of Chang'an City.

"Brother, don't be too surprised, when we arrive in Chang'an in a few days, you will know what is the largest city in the world!" Seeing her brother's shocked appearance, Misia couldn't help but smile and said, when it came to the end, her eyes also showed a bit of longing, although she had a task last time and didn't have the heart to enjoy the scenery of Chang'an, but during the time she lived in Chang'an, she also felt too much shock, and she was even reluctant to leave at the beginning.

Li Xiu chatted with the two sisters and brothers of Misia, and then beckoned them to eat, after all, it was already afternoon, and they had been tired all the way, and they hadn't even eaten at noon, so there was something to talk about after dinner.

Yi Si Qi is a child after all, although he has also tasted some Central Plains food along the way, but after all, it is not the exquisite food made by Luoyang Restaurant, so he has been very curious to ask non-stop, because he doesn't know many dishes, Li Xiu and Misia are responsible for explaining to him, but the little guy eats very happily, and he doesn't feel uncomfortable at all.

When the food was almost finished, Li Xiu asked: "Misia, how many people have you come this time, is this journey still smooth, are there any difficulties that we need to help solve in Datang?" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's question, he saw that Mysia was gloomy, and then he slowly spoke: "Originally, I wanted to move the entire royal family to Datang, after all, they won't end well if they stay in Persia, even if Kavad doesn't kill them, there are others who won't let them go, but many people don't believe my words, so in the end there are not many who are willing to follow me, and when we were at sea, we encountered a big storm, lost a boat, and killed a lot of people, and finally arrived in Datang There are only fifty-seven members of the royal family, In addition, there is a guard of about 100 people. ”

Hearing that there were more than 100 people in Misia, Li Xiu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, he was really afraid that the other party would bring too many people, and then Datang would consume a lot of food just to raise them, but fortunately, there were only more than 100 people, and it was not difficult to feed, and compared to the benefits that Yi Si Qi might bring in the future, raising them would definitely not lose money!

"The sea is unpredictable, and one of my elders and students also lives overseas, and every time they come to the Central Plains, they have to take great risks, and many people die on the way back and forth every year!" Li Xiu also said with some emotion at this time, speaking of the sea, he also thought of the bearded man and Li Chengdao and others who were far away in the Americas.

"Yes, those who dare to go to sea are warriors!" Misia's expression was also a little depressed at this time, probably thinking of those relatives and friends who died in the sea.

"By the way, how are you and Da Shi doing now, is there another war?" At this time, Li Xiu finally asked what he was most concerned about when he came to see Mycia, he had always been vigilant against the distant enemy of Da Shi, after all, as long as Da Tang wanted to expand westward again, there would be a chance to fight with Da Shi in the future.

Hearing Li Xiu mention the Great Cannibal, the expression on Misia's face also changed, and even Yi Siqi, who was eating happily next to him, stopped, and a little fear flashed on his greasy little face.

After a long while, I saw that Misia said slowly: "The Great Cannibal was defeated by us once a few years ago, and it was that victory that made the Great Cannibal temporarily retreat, and it was with that victory that Kavad defeated other opponents in one fell swoop and usurped our Persian military power, but at that time, the Great Cannibal was only temporarily withdrawn, and he was killed again only a year later......"

Misia then explained the war between Persia and the Tang Dynasty in detail, which made Li Xiu know that the war between the Great Food and Persia had not stopped in recent years, and the religious fanaticism of the Great Cannibals made their soldiers not afraid of death on the battlefield, and the Great Cannibals fed the war with war, leaving only scorched earth in the place they passed, which also made Persia suffer great losses.

"When we left Persia, the Great Cannibal was about to hit Ctesiphon, and it was for this reason that Khavad did not dare to really tear our faces, and he also needed the support of our royal family, so my brother temporarily handed over the military and political power of Persia to Khavad before leaving, which was exchanged for our freedom to leave Persia." Finally, Misia concludes again that if it were not for the threat of cannibalism, they might not have been able to escape from Persia openly.

"How can the Great Cannibal Blade be so prosperous?" Li Xiu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, if Persia was really wiped out by the Great Eclipse in the original history, then the use value of the two sisters and brothers of Misia would be much smaller, and without the containment of Persia, the power of the Great Cannibal would expand rapidly, even if it could not threaten the Tang Dynasty for the time being, it was still not what Li Xiu wanted to see.

In Li Xiu's vision, the best situation is that Dashi, Persia, and Byzantium will stand on three legs, and then fight together in West Asia, just like the three kingdoms in history. Now the Great Eclipse is the strongest, equivalent to Cao Wei, while Persia and Byzantium are equivalent to Wu Shu, and only if they form an alliance against the Great Eclipse.

"Although Kavad has overthrown me, he is indeed a very good general, and I have handed over all the military and political power to him before I leave, so that he can mobilize the remaining resources of Persia, with his ability, I estimate that even if he can't defeat the Great Cannibal, he will be able to hold out for at least a few more years!" At this moment, I suddenly saw the young Yi Si Qi speak, after all, he is the king of Persia, and he still knows the internal situation of Persia very well.

Li Xiu couldn't help but nod when he heard Yi Siqi's words, and then suddenly thought of Bahra, who had represented Kavad on behalf of the Tang Dynasty last time, and asked again: "By the way, Bahra should also return to Persia, where is the alliance between your Persia and the Byzantine Empire?" ”