When Bai Dong and his entourage arrived in Athens, they saw from a distance that the inner harbor of Athens was full of people who came to greet them; Bai Dong saw Aristotle and Meng Fuzi in Chinese clothes at a glance.

Aristotle is now deeply in love with Chinese civilization, he thinks that the Chinese clothes are more reasonable, especially the two-legged pants improved by Bai Dong are ten times stronger than the Greek robes, which is what civilized people should wear!

With the strong funding of the Qin State and the Bai family, the Fengming Athens branch has now made a preliminary sign in Athens, with the appeal of Aristotle and the academy's policy of free admission to civilian students, many children of commoners and even low-level aristocratic families have enrolled. These students were rigorously selected by Aristotle and Mencius, and in the future, they will all become talents who will learn and build East and West and an important link between Eastern and Western cultures.

Standing beside Aristotle was a richly dressed Athenian nobleman, about forty years old, but still with full pectoral muscles that even a Greek robe could not cover; With a hooked nose, deep blue eyes and the Greeks' signature flaxen hair, but the hair is braided into small braids, like that of the star named Gurlit.

The Athenian nobleman whispered a few words to Aristotle and Mengfuzi, and then greeted Bai Dong with the two, and laughed loudly from afar: "Ah, Jun Jing's son, I Si Jean" turned out to be in Chinese, although it was not very standard.

Bai Dong laughed, strode up to Jean, and patted him on the shoulder as if he had seen an old friend: "My beloved Archon, your reputation has long covered the Aegean Sea and my ears. It's a pleasure to meet you. ”

"Oh, No, Your Excellency Baizi, it's just my luck. Ah, you're going to say the same thing to the Romans, aren't you? ”

"Of course not, Your Excellency the Consul, Rome is an ally of the Chinese people. And you and Mr. Aristotle are brothers in China, you know, brothers are closer than allies. ”

"Thank you, thank you, my brother."

Jean was moved, Athens is no more than it was two hundred years ago, and since it was repeatedly attacked by the Persians and Spartans, Athens has now entered the most declining period in history. Not to mention that compared to the mighty Rome, even compared to Sparta, which also entered a period of decline, Athens was still very weak.

If it weren't for seeing Bai Dong. He couldn't even believe that the mighty Huaxia would choose Athens as an ally, and not choose Sparta, a recognized fighting nation? He can only attribute everything to the personal friendship of his good friend Aristotle with Bai Dong, and he is glad for it.

Jean affectionately took Bai Dong and Dongyang Jun's hands, insisted on riding in the same carriage with them, and sent them into the mansion to rest, until the morning of the second day, when he personally greeted the two of them, Aristotle and Mengfuzi, and went to the council hall to discuss the matter together.

When Bai Dong and the others came to the Athens Council Hall. The chamber was already full of crowns, with the representatives of the 500 citizens' councils and the chief general of Athens present. When the four of them walked into the council chamber, each of the Athenian nobles smiled at them with the most sincere smile.

Compared with the Romans, who were quite stern, Athens was obviously more kind to Bai Dong. Aristotle lowered his voice and said to Bai Dong: "For the arrival of Baizi and Dongyang Jun, the Athenians have enough sincerity. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I think I see that too." Bai Dong nodded and smiled, the Athenians were smart enough. Know what Huaxia's attitude represents at this time; This is actually another reason why he chose Athens over Sparta, the fighting people are always proud and stubborn, and they are definitely not qualified allies.

"Dear Baizi, we all know from the mouth of His Excellency Aristotle that China is strong and friendly, and Athens has enough sincerity towards China. Today, the distinguished guests of China have come to the great Athens, which is a grand event between the East and the West. But I still want to know, what will China bring to Athens? What will it bring to the entire Western world? ”

The one who spoke was Jaas, the chief general of Athens, a middle-aged man with curly brown hair and a country-like face, who was not tall but very athletic, and when he sat there, he looked like a lion crouching on the ground.

Since Pericles, the real power in Athens has not been the consuls, but the chief generals. Therefore, after Bai Dong and others sat down, he was the first to open the topic, straight to the point, and went straight to the point, showing his straightforward and hearty character.

Dongyang Jun and Meng Fuzi glanced at Jia Aisi, but they didn't say anything, in their opinion, the Athenians were too direct, even direct to the point of being a little rude. Bai Dong smiled and nodded to Jia Aisi: "Your Excellency, General, I like your straightforwardness. Now that the general asked, I will no longer go around in circles, China will bring peace and development to Athens, will make Athens stronger, and make Athens our brother and partner! ”

The conversation between the two was naturally translated by Aristotle, and Aristotle also laughed when he heard Bai Dong say this.

"Is it like Rome?" Apparently Jaas also got some information.

"Oh, not exactly, my friend." Bai Dong smiled and said, "I once said to His Excellency the Consul that Rome is an ally of Huaxia, but Athens can be Huaxia's brother. That's why I set up a college in Athens, but I didn't think about establishing a college in Rome. ”

"Why?" Archon Jean couldn't help but ask.

"As I said to Dongyangjun, the civilization of the West originated from Greece, and the civilization of Greece originated from Athens. It is true that Rome also had a perfect civic system, a perfect form of government, and a civilization that represented the most advanced ideas in the West, but it seems to me that Athens had not only civilization, but also culture! Athens has the Lords Socrates, the Plato Lords, the Archistotle, such sages, does Rome have them? Similarly, China also has Laozi, Confucius, Mozi, Mencius and other sages, this is the cultural heritage, the power of culture, so between China and Athens, how can there be no cultural intersection and identity? ”

Bai Dong looked at the Athenians in the council hall with a smile and said loudly: "We are all cultural people!" The Romans couldn't compare, and the Spartans couldn't compare! China has benefits, of course, the first thing that comes to mind should be Athens! ”

"Great, that's so well said! We are all cultural people, how can those barbarians compare? ”

"Gaul, Sparta, the Iliad, Carthage, these are uncivilized barbarians, not even Rome, but our students of Athens!"

"Support Huaxia, support Baizi!"

There was thunderous applause in the Athenian council chamber. (To be continued.) )