Chapter 173: The Messenger of the West
In March, the capital suddenly became more lively because of several teams of blonde and blue-eyed fans.
These people are different from the Jin, Khitan, and Western Regions, they are the Europa.
"Wow, who are these people? How is hair blonde? ”
"Haha, these people are all green-eyed, are they human?"
"It seems, to hear from those who go out to sea, that these people seem to be Europa, and that all the people there are like this, and that they eat raw meat and drink blood."
"Isn't that a barbarian? Why are they coming to our big song? ”
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Like the surprise of the Song people, these Europa people were also shocked by the prosperity of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty!
"Oh, Maiga, is this heaven?"
"I can't imagine that the Great Song Dynasty in the East is so prosperous, and the place where we live is the kennel!"
"Da Song is really good, but their people are not good, all of them are not tall, and they can't compare with us. The little ladies are delicate, buy a few when you go back. ”
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The Western mission soon presented its credentials and asked for an audience with Ming Jian.
Ming Jian did not shirk either, and asked these envoys to line up and wait for the meeting one by one.
The first to be met was the envoy of the Holy Roman Empire, and the envoy who came in strode with his head held high, but when he approached, he did not kneel, stretched out his hand to touch his chest, and bowed his head slightly.
"William, the envoy of the Holy Roman Empire, has met His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty!"
This man spoke Germanic and needed a translator, but the Holy Roman Empire and the Great Song Dynasty never intersected, so there were almost no people in the Great Song who knew Germanic languages, but William brought a translator himself, this person was a descendant of immigrants from the Tang Dynasty, but he was fluent in Germanic and Chinese.
However, Ming Jian didn't need to guess, and he knew that this messenger was saying kind words.
He raised his hand lightly and said, "The envoy is exempt, you will come to the Great Song Dynasty from afar, is there anything wrong?" ”
After the translator translated Ming Jian's words to William, William said: "Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, we are here to convey the sincerity of our Emperor Lothair II, your country's fleet has brought a large number of goods to Europa, and our country has also known about the Great Song Dynasty, therefore, our two countries should be able to cooperate, please ask the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to read the letter of our emperor." ”
William handed over the credentials, but it was all Germanic, and Ming Jian couldn't read a word.
"What's written on this? Translator, you can read it to me directly! Ming Jian said, and the letter was handed to the translator again.
The translator smiled and began to read.
In fact, the whole text is mostly greetings, and secondly, this Lothair II knew that the exchanges between the Great Song Dynasty and Byzantium were relatively frequent, and hoped that the Great Song Dynasty could also send supplies to the Holy Roman Empire.
However, Lothair II should not have known that the Great Song Dynasty had sold a lot of weapons to Byzantium, nor did he know that the Great Song Dynasty had also formed a Japanese mercenary army for the Holy Roman Empire, otherwise he would not have been so polite in his letters.
After listening, Ming Jian smiled and said, "Haha, I didn't expect that this far west also knew the reputation of my Great Song Dynasty." Well said, well said. I don't have to reply to the letter, so you can go back with a message. The Great Song Dynasty welcomes the Roman Empire delegation to visit, and also welcomes you to come to the Great Song Dynasty to do business, the Great Song Dynasty is a big country, the land is vast, the products are rich, and it is also a country of etiquette, and the etiquette is still exchanged, your emperor respects me, I also respect him, come here, send a thousand pieces of silk, 5,000 porcelain, 100 stones of tea to the Roman Empire mission, and then give each of them a reward of 100 taels of silver, by the way, this translator is my Chinese descendant, reward him with 2,000 taels of silver. ”
The translator was the first to know, and he was overjoyed at the moment, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Thank you for the reward, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty!"
"Well, you are a descendant of Huaxia, if you don't want to go back, I can make you an official of the Great Song Dynasty, what do you think?" Ming Jian is quite interested in this translation, mainly because he wants to know more about Europa through translation.
The translator suddenly kowtowed again, and said: "Thank you Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty for your attention, and the grass people Liszt is willing to obey the dispatch!" ”
This translator also has a name called Liszt, which is quite interesting, a combination of Chinese and Western.
Ming Jian smiled: "Okay, I will make you a Great Song consultant, well, although it is an idle position, but free, I will give you a hundred taels of silver every month." ”
The position of consultant was invented by Ming Jian on the spot, and it is really suitable for this translator.
Liszt said happily: "Obey the order!" ”
Liszt then translated to the mission, telling him about the reward of the sword, and when the things came up, they were dumbfounded by the people of the Holy Roman Empire, and they saw too little of the silk, this porcelain, and silver, and tea.
"William thanks the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty for the gift, and we Germanic people are willing to become friends with the Great Song Dynasty!" William said.
However, a trace of greed flashed in William's eyes, and this trace of greed was clearly seen by Ming Jian.
"It seems that the wolf nature of the Germanic people is no worse than that of the Jin people, haha, do you want to capture a group of Jin people and let them go to Europe to fight a dozen?" Ming Jian suddenly had an inspiration.
However, Ming Jian said coldly: "You guys stand down, and the Frankish mission will come to see you." ”
After the mission of the Roman Empire went out, the mission of the Kingdom of France came.
Ming Jian specially asked Catherine to hide next to the side door and peek.
"Gurhoff, the envoy of the Kingdom of France, has met His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." The envoy was also quite polite, similar to William's etiquette before.
Moreover, I also brought a translator.
Catherine couldn't hold back any longer, jumped out of the side door, pointed at Gurhoff and scolded: "Rebel thief, rebel thief!" ”
Gulhoff obviously did not expect that there would be a French princess here, he knew Catherine, who had escaped from under his nose when he first stormed the palace.
"Haha, Princess Catherine, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect you and I to meet in Da Song today, it seems that it is really fate!" Gurhoff laughed.
When Ming Jian heard this, he sneered and said, "Come on, drag the envoys of the French Kingdom out and cut them down!" ”
The wolf-like Praetorian Guards immediately rushed in two, grabbed Gurhoff, and dragged them outside.
Gulhoff, however, struggled, shook the two Praetorian Guards away, and said with a cold smile: "Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, what do you mean?" This envoy came to visit the Great Song Dynasty with good intentions, why did he kill this envoy? ”
Ming Jian said angrily: "Where is Yue Yun? ”
Yue Yun had actually come in, and when he saw that the two men couldn't play and were freed by Gurhoff, he wanted to come and arrest Gurhoff himself.
"Official, Gurhoff offended his mother, he deserves death, and the young general will bring him to justice!"
After speaking, Yue Yun flew up and pounced.
Gurhoff laughed, although he didn't translate Yue Yun's words to him, but when he looked at Yue Yun's methods, he also knew what was going on, Gurhoff said: "Haha, a milk doll, dare to come to a duel with this messenger and look for death!" ”
After speaking, he kicked Yue Yun over.
With a 'click', Gurhoff's foot broke, he screamed in pain and fell to the ground!