Crete in the Mediterranean, the crown of beauty in the Aegean Sea.

Located at the southern tip of Greece, at the mouth of the Aegean Sea where the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea meet, Crete is the largest island in the Aegean Sea. It is only 300 kilometers from the African continent. The island is about 260 kilometers long from east to west, 60 kilometers wide from north to south, and only 12 kilometers at its narrowest, with an area of 8,236 square kilometers. The island's Heracleon and Rethymnon are both historic cities that have been famous since the time of the Greco-Roman Empire.

The island gave birth to the ancient Greek civilization, condensed the history of Greek civilization, and witnessed the historical changes of the Byzantine Empire. Since the 9th century, it has been the front line of the struggle between the Celestial and Christian civilizations, and has fallen to the pagans several times.

Since the fall of the Mongol conquests, it has once again returned to the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, as one of the busiest transportation arteries in the Mediterranean, and still the pearl of the Mediterranean among Europeans.

On the island, in the city of Chania, the great king of the Eastern Roman Empire, the patron of Manuel IV, the master of Constantinople, the governor of Crete, the Count of Phineas, was receiving guests from afar.

In the room, a fireplace by the wall is lit with a majestic bonfire, and the owner of the room, the Count Phineas, is a Frankish ancestor, a descendant of the Crusaders, typical of the Constantine. He has a long hooked nose, a strong body, deep furrows on his face, and a deep tiredness between his eyebrows.

He walked up to his walnut chaise longue, and at once shrank the whole person in, and said:

"Dear Monsieur Alisandro, I think that our Grand Duke of Tuscany, the wise man with the crown of the great Medici, must have brought you good news by sending you to me!"

One of the greatest families in contemporary Europe, the Medici family of Florence, Italy, which even produced several popes, was certainly a guest worthy of his attention, and the Monsieur Alisandro in his mouth was a figure that stood tall even in the presence of Manuel IV.

The Medici family has multiplied to this day, and its influence is by no means limited to Italy, and their banks can be said to have opened all over Europe, and even as far as the New World, all of which are their gold-illuminated territory.

Even the great king of Spain had to ask the Medici family to help them sort out the palace finances and leave the Medici bank, and even the king of France could not calculate his taxes.

Today's Europe is the age of merchants, and the power of money is everywhere, so none of the kings of Europe dare to underestimate this family living on a remote peninsula in Italy.

And Alessandro in front of him is an important figure in the Medici family, and the entire Medici banking business in the Mediterranean region is under the control of this person.

How dare Count Phineas underestimate such a person.

But even so, Alessandro still respectfully performed court etiquette to Count Phineas, an action that clearly pleased the Count.

Then he said:

"Dear Earl, it's a pity, I'm afraid I won't bring good news."

Count Phineas did not answer, but motioned to Alessandro with his eyes to continue, he knew that Alessandro was rushed back from Alexandria, and from where he rushed back, I am afraid it will really not be good news, he is mentally prepared for this.

Alessandro said worriedly:

"I was in Alexandria and saw the Orientals!"

Count Phineas:

"Oh, is it the Song people of the East, the merchants of the Song people who have traveled thousands of miles through Egypt?"

He had also seen this kind of person in Crete, and I have to say that those Song people made a deep impression on him, the Song people were like locusts, where there was money to be made, they would go, for money, they even dared to cross an area like Egypt full of bandits.

"No, beloved Count Phineas!"

Alessandro's voice was hoarse, and I have to say that it didn't match his meticulous court clothes and his graceful silver hair

Alejandro says:

"Unfortunately, Count Phineas, the Song people I am talking about in Alexandria are not the merchants of the Song people, but the warriors! Each of them had muskets in their hands, the best muskets, and they even built a fort in Alexandria, and with it, the fleet of any king in the Mediterranean could no longer take Alexandria, they were turning Alexandria into a fortress! ”

What the?

Alessandro's words apparently surprised Count Phineas.

"Alexandan actually has soldiers from the Song people, how did they come here, aren't they still separated from Alexander by Egypt?"

"Hey! O my Count! ”

Alessandro looked helpless. This is not understood, it is obvious that the Song warriors appeared in Alexandria, and they are still building in Alexandria, which means that they are not taboo to have bandits behind them, which can only show that there are no bandits in Egypt, at least under the obscenity of the Song people, no bandits dare to attack Alexander - this probably means that the whole of Egypt is likely to be eaten by the Song people.

The brave marquis of the Song people in heaven, the Qin who embroidered the winged bear on the army flag, must have dared to do such a thing.

Count Phineas was not stupid, and quickly figured out what Alessandro meant, but with suspicion in his eyes, he looked at Alessandro,

"You say that the Song people really have such strength? In just a month or two, I remember the last time I sailed from Alexandria to Crete, I hadn't heard of anything like this! ”

Alessandro's eyes were very sure, and he looked at the count very firmly and replied:

"Yes, I'm sure, the Song people must have such strength, not to mention their great king of Anguo, that brave Marquis of Qin, has such strength, and also has such will. I remember that as early as five years ago, this merchant under the Marquis of Qin traveled every inch of the Mediterranean, bringing us tea, silk and porcelain from the East.

If you say that those merchants at that time were mixed with Qin's spies to record the information of our harbor here, I would not doubt it at all. ”

"Then you mean to say that Qin and the great Anguo king behind him are aiming for our Mediterranean?"

"Oh! Oh, my God! Do you want to say that these Song people actually want to bring us another yellow peril through the Mediterranean? ”