I went back to my lodgings and introduced everyone to each other. At this time, Naga and Mnaqi's spoken Chinese was already very good, although they couldn't write yet, and the tone was always a little weird, but there was no problem in communicating with Li Zhan and his party.

As for the information of Eighteen Lang, Li Zhan and Zhang Lu Li Ji were greatly surprised, and they could actually meet the descendants of the Cui family, although they were not the Cui clan of Qinghe County, but Boling Cui and Qinghe Cui were already one with each other, you must know that the Qinghe Cui clan and Li Zhan also had dealings with each other's ancestors back then.

It's lively, the descendants of the famous family in the Tang Dynasty, Lao Luo has three here, Boling Cui Clan, Fan Yang Zhang Clan, and the former royal Li clan, in fact, looking back, it is not a coincidence, the late Tang Dynasty wars were frequent, and ordinary people's families have long been stirred by the war and are miserable, only the big family has the background to let the bloodline multiply in different places. Moreover, the children of large families are basically well-educated, and they can retain their own culture and traditions after surviving.

Before leaving Athens, Ronald chatted with Elhesyn and occasionally raised a question about the ship's watertight compartment, so the Arabs who stayed in Athens were working on this issue recently. At this time, when he saw that Lao Luo was finally back, he immediately complained, until Lao Luo introduced him to Zhang Lu, who had a rough voice, and then Al Heissen found an object that could be communicated, and the two of them simply looked at each other, Al Heisian needless to say, he was proficient in counting, astronomy, philosophy, and intensive optics, Zhang Lu was not a simple person, how could the role that led the coordination and production of the craftsman camp be a corpse vegetarian meal?

In addition, Li Zhan himself is also a person who knows the crafts of craftsmen, Al Hesian himself is an Arab, and Zhang Lu and Li Zhan are both from the craftsman camp of the Abbasid Kingdom, so there is no problem with the language communication of the three people, so Lao Luo quite expects that the three people who have followed different civilizations can collide with something.

Li Ji was only interested in Lao Luo's magic, but a few words from the eighteenth Lang who had just met made her not good to chase Lao Luo anymore, so she focused on Hua Biao, the hot girl and the smart serval may have discovered the commonality between the two sides when they met, and Hua Biao, who was very reluctant to contact with others, did not reject Li Ji, but her maid Karina never had any sense of existence and always followed behind Li Ji.

Li Zhan and Zhang Lu brought several attendants are all big-shouldered and round-waisted guys, who are the children of the craftsman battalion, and they are also at ease about this non-dangerous environment, the training ground for the four of Naga has attracted their attention, and Max Oude is very welcome to the new helper, and directly called Li Ji's maid Ge Rina to help arrange accommodation and other issues with them.

Lao Luo, who arranged for everyone to know, then called Mnaci and distributed some of the gifts he bought in Constantinople to the people left behind, what kind of cold-proof leather robes, specially customized gloves, boots, etc., although they are basically not used in Athens, which is not a very cold city, but it is essential for the next trip, Lao Luo bought a lot of these things, and everyone who stayed behind had a share.

A couple of kids born and raised in the tropics are so new that they can't wait to equip them on the spot right now. You know, while the snow is flying in Constantinople, Athens is only cold for a while. The snow scene that Lao Luo casually described to them made a few boys who didn't know what the cold was.

Of course, Lao Luo's "paintings" on the streets of Constantinople were also taken out, and the things on the picture attracted their attention very much, along with Al Hesian and Zhang Lu Li Zhan, who were completely different from the painting method and the content of the picture in this era, which made everyone call them again and again.

In particular, Nuralman, who had studied in the Al-Azhar Mosque, was most interested in Lao Luo's painting method, which was different from so many decorative patterns in traditional Arab paintings, Lao Luo was a combination of the military's surveying and mapping technology and the characteristics of later generations of realistic painting, which was completely different from the style of this era, which attracted Nuralman to look carefully at each picture scroll.

"Bartol, I didn't expect you to know how to draw," said Al Hesyn, touching a painting of the Grand Palace, "and looking at this painting, even if you haven't been to Constantinople, you have no regrets." ”

"Yes, indeed, I spent many days in Constantinople, and I have seen the Grand Palace from afar, but unfortunately I have not been able to get close to see this building." Zhang Lu pointed to the main building of the Grand Palace depicted by Lao Luo in the picture, and then suddenly turned his head and asked Lao Luo, "Hey Luo Saburo, why does El call you Bartol?" ”

This question also attracted Li Zhan and Li Ji who were watching from the side, especially the latter, Lao Luo said casually: "Because I have two names, Batoel is from the maternal family, don't you notice that El pronounces your name very strangely?" ”

It is true that Al called Zhang Lu's cousin Long Ping a strange one, but it was better to call Li Zhan with only one word, and everyone who heard it couldn't help laughing. Alhesion said a little embarrassed, "No way, you Seris language is really not very easy to learn, especially the pronunciation, Allah is on it, the same word is different in different tones, it's really ...... However, my Seris is not good, and you guys are not very good at Arabic. ”

Everyone laughed again, their conversation was in Arabic, in fact, in the ears of El Hessin, in Lao Luo's language, some words have not been heard at all, after all, Lao Luo was learned in later generations, and although Li Zhan and Zhang Lu grew up in the circle of Abbasids, the inherent customs of the East, plus the Tang people around them are mostly artisan households, so the pronunciation is actually not very good.

"Al, you must know that you will go to the East with us in some time, where you basically speak the Seris language in your mouth, so you still have to learn our language carefully," Lao Luo listened to his words and persuaded, and then thought for a while, "That's it, you will try to speak in our language every day in the future, anyway, now that there are more people, you will learn quickly if there are people around you to correct them." ”

"Well, I really don't know how your two black boys learned so fast." Al Hesyn said with emotion.

"Hehe, they, I forced them to speak my language all day, and it wasn't a good time for them." Lao Luo explained with a smile, "Maybe it's talent, but until now their Chinese characters are still not very good." ”

Naga and Mnaqi, who were not far away, listened to what Lao Luo said, and couldn't help but think of the days on the East African grassland, which were indeed very hard, but they were much better than the days when they were hungry since childhood, especially Naga was a big-bellied man, and his memory was even more profound. Mnaki because he was weak when he was a child, so he mostly hid in the tribe, the ferocity of the beast is the deepest memory for him when he was a child, his mother was bitten to death by the beast when the tribe migrated, compared to the beginning, now he feels that every moment is happy with his physical strength.

After arranging the newcomers, Li Zhan and Zhang Lu reminded that there would be a month before the Tang people's New Festival, that is, the Spring Festival of the later generations. With the temporary addition of Li Zhan and Zhang Lu and others, Lao Luo's small group is finally more Chinese, although Al Hesian and Max Oud and others are Arabs, but they are destined to go to the East with Lao Luo, so Lao Luo plans to make them adapt to some habits of the East as soon as possible through the celebration of the festival, and at the same time, it can be regarded as integrating this small team.

This was met with the approval of everyone, including the two black fellows from the Maasai people, and everyone was curious about something new, not to mention the distant eastern world that they must go to. Therefore, Li Zhan came to explain that Max Oude was in charge of the overall planning, and everyone actively cooperated and began to prepare.

On the third day of Ro's return to Athens, the red-faced captain Messos and the chubby fur merchant Soratinok arrived.

"Good morning, Mr. Bartol." Mussos hadn't seen Lao Luo for a long time, and he came to visit many times because of Soratinok's urging, but unfortunately he always heard the news of Lao Luo's absence, and it was not until two days ago that he heard from the sailors that Lao Luo had returned.

"Good morning, two of you, please inside." Lao Luo looked at the two people who came to the door and the attendants brought by Soratinok, "Soratinok, didn't you go to Salonica, old fellow?" ”

"Bartol, do I have to stay in Salonica and not come to Athens?" When Soratinok entered the gate of the mansion, he noticed Naga and the others who were leading the team to train, and now Li Zhan and Zhang Lu's entourage had also joined the training team. "Your lads have added again?"

"Yes, I met my people by coincidence." Lao Luo didn't mention his trip to Constantinople, anyway, Soratinok is not a deep friend, and he still wants to keep it secret, so he turned his head and greeted Captain Messos, "Mesos, how is your ship ready?" ”

"The structure is almost revised, but it is a little troublesome to re-oil in winter," Mussos's ship is ready to take advantage of returning to his hometown to make a change and upgrade, and by the way, he will pack up the spoils in Crete, and Lao Luo has made arrangements for the next trip, so Mussos said directly, "Don't worry, you won't go out now anyway, and it will definitely be repaired in two months." ”

"Well, that's good," this result is similar to Lao Luo's estimate, "So, I plan to revise my plan, I won't go to Constantinople in the future, my itinerary is to go east to Smyrna (later Izmir, the head of Izmir Bay on the east coast of the Aegean Sea, this period was occupied by the Byzantine Empire, it was the eastern parish center of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, the Abbasid kingdom tried to seize this site many times without success, and then in the 11th century, the Seljuks rose, and the Byzantine Empire abandoned Smyrna, The Prince of the Seljuk Empire, Chaka Beiyi, was guarded by the feudal town), and the number of people has increased by eight people, and it is estimated that there will be some items to carry, you see if your ship is enough space, this is discussed with our steward. ”

"Yes, Bartol," agreed Messos cheerfully, "isn't the butler Masod, I'm familiar with it." ”

"Bartol, you're not going to Constantinople?" Soratinok couldn't help it beside him, he could also see that Lao Luo didn't welcome him, after all, he must have known that someone was staring at him last time in Crete, but he didn't give Lao Luo any hints, and used Lao Luo as a shield.

"No, I'll be fine going there anyway," Lao Luo looked at Soratinok with a smile, and then said: "I went out a while ago, and I heard that there have been several thefts in Constantinople, and I am tracking down suspicious people recently, so I don't want to cause any trouble." ”

"Well, I've heard too, it's said that the thieves are very powerful, and the general of the North Gate, Sommere, whipped several of his right-hand men with a whip." Obviously, Soratinok had a special channel to learn about Constantinople, at least he hadn't heard of it when he had just returned from there.

"Alright, Mr. Soratinok, don't go around in circles, just say anything you want." Lao Luo still had the same expression, with a respectful and distant attitude, "Let's talk about it first, I won't personally participate in the affairs of your Byzantine Empire, if it's about this, don't talk about it." ”