The next morning, the snow had stopped, but knee-high snow covered the whole of Constantinople, but few people in this era admired the snow in front of them, and Lao Luo was no different.

The hotel staff had been tipped to help pack and carry the gifts of his room onto the docks, and the Athenian captain, who was in a hurry to sail home, had been waiting impatiently, and of course all the boxes would inevitably be searched by soldiers and officials who were eager to catch the thieves. Unfortunately, until everything is on board, there is no doubt for them to take credit.

Li Zhan and his entourage of three people, followed by five attendants appeared in front of the boat at the dock. As soon as they met, Li Ji enthusiastically pointed to the boat in front of him and said to Lao Luo: "Third Brother Luo, there are too many boats on the dock, fortunately, there are not many people, it is still effortless to find you, shall we take this boat?" ”

"That's right, does Siniang like to take a boat?" Lao Luo liked this girl's straightforward temper, unlike the women of Cui Fan's family on Mombasa Island, and did not impress him at all.

"yes, it's nice to take a boat, you can go a long way without having to walk." Li Ji replied to Lao Luo with some excitement, and she was followed by a maid with the same expression.

"Well, then hurry up and get on the boat," Lao Luo casually greeted Li Zhan and Zhang Lu, "Uncle Zhan, your movements are very fast, let's get on the boat, the captain is already in a hurry." ”

"Okay, Luo Sanlang, I'll listen to you for the rest of the trip," Li Zhan replied to Lao Luo with a hearty smile, and then pointed to the entourage behind him who helped carry the salute, and said, "How long does it take to estimate how long it will take to get to that Athens?" These boys were still a little uncomfortable with the boat, and they were dizzy when they crossed the strait from the east. ”

"According to the captain's estimate, we can reach Athens in six or seven days at most," Lao Luo said, holding the other party's shoulder, "Don't be afraid of seasickness, I have a way to prevent it." ”

Beckon everyone to hurry up and board the ship, and then pass through the waterway of the port as soon as possible, if it is a little later, there are too many busy ships, and it is easy to delay time because of the blockage, which is also the only congestion phenomenon in this era, right?

Busy boarding, busy departure, followed by a calm sea journey, this season basically there will be no storms at sea and the like, not to mention that the Mediterranean Sea is basically relatively calm, even small motorboats can cross the sea in later generations.

There are not many people on the ship, except for a few seasick Li Zhan's subordinates, Li Ji, a beautiful girl, has received everyone's attention, boldness does not mean recklessness, she often chases Lao Luo's side and asks around, including the captain, the sailors are concerned about her, of course, Lao Luo's knowledge has also been able to show a part, and the common sense about the ocean in later generations is not something that mainland residents in this era can understand.

In their concept, the waves set off by the giant whale became the wrath of the sea god, and the dolphin, a creature close to humans, became the messenger of the sea god, and of course the dolphin's call was the song of the siren. Under Li Ji's curiosity, this kind of topic has become the focus of the whole trip, and of course, it also makes the trip seem to be relaxed and enjoyable.

In fact, the journey to the sea was not so long, and it did not take as long as a week, and under the blowing of the winter north winds, the ships with high sails moved very fast, and reached the port of Athens in the afternoon of the fourth day.

Looking at the ruins of the Parthenon standing in the distance on the land, as well as the houses with white walls and red roofs everywhere, Li Ji, who was still interested in the sea, asked Lao Luo excitedly: "Third Brother Luo, is this Athens?" It's beautiful. ”

"That's right, more than a thousand years ago, this was once the capital of a great kingdom," Lao Luo looked at Athens in front of him and replied casually, then turned his head to Zhang Lu who was surprised: "Uncle Longping, at that time, the Central Plains happened to be the Spring and Autumn Period of the late Zhou Dynasty, and some great sages of Lao Tzu, Confucius and Zhuangzi appeared, and there were also Plato, Aristotle, Euclid and other sages here. ”

The surprise in Zhang Lu's eyes did not diminish at all, because these were things he had never heard, "It's that I'm shallow, after all, family learning is family learning, it's just the words of a family." ”

"I have a friend at my residence, an Arab from the kingdom of Fanoma, whose name is El Hessin, who is a great scholar, and you can communicate more." Lao Luo introduced the people around him to the other party by the way, "Uncle Longping naturally knows Arabic, right?" There shouldn't be a language barrier that way. ”

"No problem, I know the language of the Western Qin people, it's nothing." Zhang Lu said happily that a person like him, who relied on family inheritance, grew up in a foreign land, so he was not influenced by Confucianism, but because he belonged to the craftsman battalion, he was deeply influenced by the Mo family.

led everyone back to Lao Luo's residence not far from the harbor, where the place was spacious enough, and it was originally an independent building that Lao Luo didn't want to be disturbed by outsiders, so not to mention Li Zhan, there were only eight people in their line, even if they came to sixteen people, they could live in it.

The Chinese of this era have full confidence in their own nation, and few people will change their clothes, including headdresses and beards, etc., which are called the parents of the body and skin, and they are ashamed of the loss. On the way, the outfits of Li Zhan and Zhang Lu and their men attracted the attention of the Athenian city residents, after all, pulling their hair on the top of their heads was a unique feature of the Chinese at this time.

At this time, the Naga people in the courtyard of the half-mountain mansion were training in the field, and during the break, Shibalang looked in the direction of the port below, "The third uncle should also come back, he has been gone for so long." ”

Naga, Mnaqi and Nuralman ignored him, and everyone was there with a cup of tea to replenish his water, and finally Mnachi couldn't help it, "Eighteen Lang, you better take a break, save yourself from complaining again for a while." ”

"Hey, what's that?" Eighteen Lang put his hands on the low fence, and after a while, he noticed the team coming from the dock, "The third uncle is back, really back, all of you come and see." ”

"It's really back!" The crowd who rushed to the fence to watch noticed it.

"Go out to greet me, it seems that the boss has bought a lot of things." It was Mnachi who spoke. So all four of the boys began to run out, and the noise alarmed El Hesyn and the butler Maxod.

"It must be that Mister Bartoll is back," Max Od was more familiar with the children, and knew what was going to happen as soon as he saw their reactions.

"That guy, who ran to Constantinople on his own, should have come back a long time ago." "That Alessandro Tiffano has to ask every time he comes, and then I'll explain." ”

"Well, that captain Mussos has been here several times, too." Max Oud added.

"That's right, it is estimated that this time Bartol will come back, and it won't be long before we will go to the East." Al Hesion said with some emotion, he didn't want Max Od to say anything, just stating, a little nostalgic for the peaceful life in front of him, but a little yearning for the mysterious East in the future.

The four young boys ran out, but it was not them who first picked up Lao Luo, but Hua Biao, a serval who hadn't seen Lao Luo for a long time, and the size of this little guy was now getting bigger and bigger, not so much a serval as a clouded leopard.

The people who followed from Constantinople had never seen it, but when they didn't pay attention, they saw a huge "flower cat" squatting on Lao Luo's shoulder, Hua Biao rubbed his head against Lao Luo's neck and head, while "meowing" non-stop, Lao Luo held its body with one hand, while nagging, "Hua Biao, you have grown up, and you are still so naughty." ”

Li Ji, who had been paying attention to Lao Luo next to her, was about to pop out her eyes, "Third Brother Luo, is this a flower cat?" "When he said that, he reached out and touched the little one.

"Don't touch it, it's not familiar with you yet, this little guy has a bad temper, be careful that it scratches you." Lao Luo hurriedly blocked Li Ji's moves, and Mnaqi and Naga were all scratched by its sharp claws, "It's a serval, its name is Hua Biao, and it was adopted from the Afrikan grasslands." ”

Hua Biao was lying on Lao Luo's shoulder, arrogantly standing up his chest, and that appearance made Li Ji keep staring at it.

"Huhu...... Third uncle, you're back," Eighteen Lang, who ran the fastest, came over, looked at Lao Luo, and looked at the people behind him, there was actually a young woman following Lao Luo so closely? "Third uncle, is this the third aunt?"

Lao Luo led everyone forward, and just saw the four boys coming from the opposite side, the two black boys, Naga and Mnaqi, were obviously getting stronger again, Eighteen Lang was almost as dark as the two black boys, and Nuralman became less thin, and suddenly heard Eighteen Lang coming. Before he could come to his senses, he heard Li Ji next to him say, "Third Brother Luo, what does this kid do?" ”

Before Lao Luo could answer, the eighteenth lang on the opposite side called out, "I'm not called a boy, third aunt, you are not a few years older than me, don't call me a boy." ”

Naga and Mnaqi, who came later, stood next to them and watched the excitement, and Nuralman, who had just learned a little Chinese, also stared at Lao Luo silently, but the eyes of the three of them were swirling between Lao Luo and Li Ji. Later, Li Ji's uncles Li Zhan and Zhang Lu were also watching the play silently, along with the four subordinates and Li Ji's maids.

The third aunt of another sentence made Li Ji's face a little unbearable, and she turned red all of a sudden, and Lao Luo hurriedly interjected: "Eighteen shut up, all of you around me are the descendants of the Tang people I met in Constantinople, the descendants of the Li family in Qinghe County, and the descendants of the Zhang family in Fanyang." ”

I have to say that Lao Luo responded quickly, this can't be explained, it's not good to say it, it's just to change the topic. Not to mention, this method is really effective, the ancestor of Eighteen Lang is the descendant of the Cui family of Boling County, although it is far away from the Cui family of Qinghe, after all, it used to be a family, and the five surnames of the early Tang Dynasty included the Cui family, so the eighteen Lang was also stunned.

Lao Luo casually greeted everyone, first of all, he was not busy saluting, he would go back and talk about it, what is the matter with this kind of thing on the road. So a group of people greeted each other in a friendly way and went to their lodgings.

Mnaki took a break, and when he saw that Lao Luo had some spare time, he approached and said: "Boss, Captain Mussos has been here a few times, and Mr. El Hessen received him, saying that he was looking for you, but he didn't say what the matter was. ”

"Well, I see," said Ronaldo, patting Mnaki on the shoulder, encouraging, but looking at the way he stopped talking, "what else?" ”

"Half a month ago, when I occasionally went to the north of Athens, I seemed to see the fat furrier last time." Mnachi whispered to Lao Luo.

"Soratinok? What did he come to do? "Lao Luo thinks it's a little big, that old guy is not easy to mess with, it's troublesome.