Frightened by the city's Willan in Cairo, Camille fell to the ground and worshipped as if on a pilgrimage. Naga Namnaqi, who is not an Islamist, and Choi Shibalang are stunned by their mouths. Similarly, even Lao Luo of later generations sighed like a young man in literature and art.

Different from the cities of later generations, which blend the chaos of advanced and retro, the city in front of you with a unified classical style has an overall shocking power. There were also travelers and merchants who came from afar, or did the same thing as Camille, or were as amazed as Lao Luo.

At this time, the businessmen no longer had the rejection of Lao Luo and his party on the road. However, a businessman who had spoken a few words accosted him, and kindly reminded Lao Luo that it was not allowed to walk on the streets with long weapons in Cairo. A man who can carry a scimitar on the road, or a soldier patrolling the streets, or a guard for nobles and ministers.

Of course, the dagger that you carry with you is not counted, because the dagger is just the tableware of the Arabs. Lao Luo hurriedly asked a few entourages to put scimitars, spears, sledgehammers, longbows, etc. into a box, at least on the surface, and the soldiers guarding the door could also have Camille to deal with. You must know that Camille's uncle is the minister of the kingdom, and the soldiers guarding the door will not offend the relatives of a minister, and the humane society is not just Chinese characteristics.

Oh, to mention, the Kamil family name should be Khalid, to be correct the Khalid family, Kamil's full name is Kamil Abdul Rahaman Khalid, and the old Girohad name is also a long list, or don't mention it, it's basically hard to remember if you are not an Arab.

The city of Cairo in front of you is very tall, but it is not like the Chinese-style Xiongcheng read in the military history books with moats and suspension bridges, but it is tall enough to have more than ten meters of arrow stacks on the city wall, as well as protruding arrow towers, which is enough to deal with cavalry, of course, whether there are defensive facilities such as return cannons on the city wall, Lao Luo can not see.

If you want to be like later generations, if you pretend to be crazy and stupid or pretend to go to the top by mistake, you will definitely be arrested by the guards as a secret agent of the enemy country, and then after some interrogation, you will pierce it with a long javelin comparable to a flagpole and hang it in the open space outside the city gate to warn future generations.

Of course, it is said that the same was done on the Roman and Byzantine sides, but instead of a javelin flagpole, it was a high cross. At the same time, there is no record of this in the historical materials of the Song State or the Liao State, maybe the same, maybe just caught and killed and buried, the literati of the Central Plains always felt that they should not use the appearance of barbarism to show their strength, who is right and who is wrong? It's hard to tell.

Forget it, don't say this disappointment. As expected, the guards did not make things difficult for the people, there were no bloody ladies to spice their moods, and there were no stunning beauties for everyone to admire, for all the Arab women's countenances were hidden under veils of various colors.

In a hurry to arrange accommodation before sunset, the busy crowd did not pay attention to the streets of Cairo. Camille's family is actually quite famous in this city, not to mention many industries, there are still a few inns, restaurants and workshops.

When I got here, I needed Camille to inquire or guide me, and after a few circles, through the bustling crowds, near the Nile, I found a spacious and quiet inn - the Khalid Family Hotel.

It is said that it is Kamil, well, the Khalid family is an old family that followed the first caliph of the Fatimid kingdom, Said, and has not been up or down for a hundred years, and it seems that this happens to echo the idea of moderation in China, and it has never been suspicious of the royal power because of its proximity to the royal power, nor will it be oppressed by the officials because of its exile to the civilian class. When he was sailing at sea, Lao Luo once asked about Camille's family affairs, and he couldn't help but admire the way the Khalid family survived, no wonder there was such an excellent figure as Girohard.

Many of the Arab customs at this time were influenced by the East, including night curfews. The inn where the Lao Luo people lived, near the Nile, was a three-story building, but the area of the third floor was much smaller than that of the second floor, and a terrace was set up on the second floor.

From the terrace, you can see the surrounding buildings, the Nile River at your feet, the spires of the royal palaces or mosques in the distance, and of course, the most important of all, the Pilgrimage Tower.

Since it was not possible to go out at night, after an Arabic dinner, everyone enjoyed the chill on the terrace. The owner of the inn also has the surname Khalid, and there are a lot of middle names, and Lao Luo only remembers the first name, Maher, according to the generation, it should be Camille's uncle of the same clan, and the minister is Camille's own uncle.

Maher was no more than sixty years old, with a typical desert complexion, a sparse beard, and a traditional turban. At this time, he sat opposite Lao Luo and introduced some of the conditions of Cairo City: "It has been almost 30 years since Kaihelen was rebuilt, and when General Sauhail invaded this place 30 years ago, the place where we sat was all in ruins, and only those mosques have survived to this day. ”

"Really? Uncle Maher. And the palace of the caliphate was also newly built? Camille chimed in.

"Yes, the Caliph's palace was rebuilt on the old site," Maher raised his hand and pointed to the tall towers to the left and right, "All these minarets, low, high, especially tall, were built later, and I participated in the construction of them when I was young, when I was your age, Kamil. ”

"Oh~ Wouldn't it be a big construction site at that time?" Camille said with some surprise.

"yes, I remember back then, when almost everyone was busy. You know, at that time, what was it that people used to say? Maher paused, and before anyone could answer, "Build a new dynasty!" ”

"I think it must have been fulfilling and satisfying, even though it might have been tiring." Lao Luo remembered what his father had said about building a country, and the expression of excitement and aftertaste, and interjected casually.

"Yes, Mr. Bartol." Maher looked at Lao Luo and said, "Although you look young, I don't know what you have gone through, you have such vicissitudes of life. ”

Lao Luo didn't speak, just looked at this ordinary and perhaps extraordinary old man, waiting for his next step.

"If you want me to say, youth is wealth, you can gamble on it, you can do it without risking your life." After another pause and a sip of tea, Maher continued, "What's wrong?" No regrets, no regrets are enough. ”

"Uncle said it well!" Camille shouted excitedly, and Eighteen Lang joined in the fun.

Some of the residents around who were also enjoying the shade were also cheering, and such a night, even if there was no wine, no singing and dancing, it made people feel a little drunk.

Lao Luo never spoke, he was asking himself, what are you hesitating about? I longed to return to the land of my hometown, but I was a little timid to return to my hometown in this era, because I knew that I couldn't see the people I wanted to see, or even the cities I wanted to see.

What is in that land of this era? The incompetent monarch of the Song Kingdom, the monarch of the Liao State who was addicted to wine, and the bitter and barbaric lord of Western Xia...... Add to this the flattering vulgar and bloodthirsty ministers of various countries, what do they have to do with themselves if they don't die?

So why do you want to go back? Maybe it's for the people who have the same blood, for the words and ideas that have been inherited for thousands of years? In later generations, Lao Luo and his colleagues also boasted that he was a hawkish soldier, but it was a pity that the politicians who were raised by the son of a bitch dragged their feet......

If you go back, it is not for those so-called wealthy families, never for those royal relatives and nobles, but for relatives of the same blood, what about a dynasty like the one in front of you? It rose a hundred years ago, and it is estimated that it will decline after more than a hundred years, and the Guozuo, which is less than 300 years old, has also been brilliant for nearly 300 years. However, it followed the Umayyad dynasty and created the highest end of Arab civilization together with the Abbasid dynasty.

As far as the eye can see, Cairo at night, with its many pilgrimage towers lit on the top, and mosques that are also reflected in the firelight, the city has never been destroyed by war, and although the Fatimid dynasty has not existed for a long time, all subsequent dynasties have not allowed to damage the religious and cultural buildings here.

It was only later that some natural damage was made, and then later people expanded around the city. Although it was chaotic in later generations, it has always been a sacred place in the hearts of the people who lived in this land.

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