"General Li, it is said that the great northern governor is on the island called Yizhou in front of you?"

Lawrence was very excited to learn that Wei Shuo, the general of Zhenbei, would personally greet the entire mission, and through Li Zhao's dictation, he had learned that the northern governor named Wei Shuo was amazingly powerful, with hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, nearly five million people under his rule, and at the same time he was a close general of Emperor Seris.

"That's right, Messenger Lawrence, my lord will personally sit in Yizhou to welcome you. In addition, I will explain again that my lord is not the governor of the north, he is the general of Zhenbei and the pastor of Youzhou in the imperial court! ”

Li Zhao had corrected the Romans' reference to their lord as the governor of the north many times, but it would not be long before Lawrence forgot about it and still called him the governor of the north.

Departing from Port Klang and crossing the Straits of Malacca, the Roman mission once again drifted at sea for a long time before seeing land.

In order not to let the great governor of the north of Seris look down on Rome, Lawrence immediately armed his guards while there was still a little time to go ashore.

The two hundred guards of the mission were all from the elite of the Roman Praetorian Guard, all of them were tall and powerful, wearing helmets on their heads, double-edged swords at their waists, and chain mail, which looked majestic. Lawrence, as a centurion, wears shin armor on his calf that only a centurion can equip.

Looking at the exotic Roman phalanx in front of him, Li Zhao's eyes showed a trace of solemnity, just looking at the performance of the Roman soldiers in front of him, it was enough to know that the Roman Praetorian Guard was definitely an elite army with no less strength than the box army.

And because the Roman soldiers were taller, they looked much stronger than the soldiers of the Liaodong Army in individual combat.

Since learning that the Roman mission was visiting from the sea, Wei Shuo postponed his return to Jicheng, and he had to personally welcome the arrival of the Roman mission in Yizhou. No one knows better than him what Rome meant to Liaodong, and it can be said that it was a major event that could change the history of China.

"My lord, is that Great Qin Mission really that important?"

Wen Qiao stood beside Wei Shuo and asked softly, he didn't quite understand why his lord attached so much importance to the envoy from the distant Great Qin.

"Taizhen, how many times have I explained to you, people are not called Daqin, that is Rome - the Roman Empire! It was a powerful country with a splendid history, and to put it more bluntly, you could think of Rome as the China of the West or China as the Rome of the East. ”

"Shhh I didn't expect that there is a country in the world that is as powerful and long-standing as China! Feng Yi exclaimed.

"Look, Li Guan has led the Romans ashore!"

Wei Shuo, Wen Qiao, Feng Yi and others looked up and looked intently, only to see about 200 Roman soldiers lined up in four columns, slowly walking down the Liaodong with neat steps. The momentum displayed by the Roman soldiers shocked Wen Qiao, Feng Yi and others, and it was only at this time that they fully believed that the Rome in Wei Shuo's mouth was as great as China.

"Let's go, you come with me to welcome your guests!" Saying that, Wei Shuo took the lead and walked towards the Romans.

"Line up!"

"Wow! Ooh! ”

With a burst of slogans, the Roman soldiers who had just landed on the shore, under the command of Lawrence, quickly assembled into a small Roman phalanx. In front of the entire phalanx, the entire mission led by Lawrence, including Blake and Sophia, was impressively listed.

Come and don't be rude!

In the face of the strict phalanx set up by the Romans, Liaodong, who had already made all preparations, was not to be outdone, and three hundred carefully selected guards soldiers, under the leadership of Chen An, the general of the guard army, completed the formation as quickly as possible.

While the Jin people were constantly looking at the Romans, Lawrence on the opposite side was also staring intently at the Liaodong Army. Individually, although the Seris soldiers were not as strong as the Roman soldiers, Lawrence admired the discipline and integrity shown by the other party.

Lawrence knew that the individual prowess of a soldier on the battlefield was limited, and that the soldier's overall ability to work together was the key to winning war. In this respect, the Seris soldiers were comparable to the most elite Roman Praetorian Guards.

Although they had already learned from Li Zhao that Wei Shuo was very young, when Wei Shuo stood in front of Lawrence, Blake, and Sophia, they were still stunned by Wei Shuo's too young face!

I couldn't believe that the young man in front of me was actually the northern governor of the Seris, he couldn't be a son of a noble family, right? Relying on some power in his family, he was in a high position at a very young age. This happened from time to time in Rome, and if it did, it would have caused Lawrence to lower his opinion of the Serisians.

"Welcome from Rome to China!" Wei Shuo looked at Lawrence with a smile.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I, Centurion of the Praetorian Guard, Lawrence, on behalf of His Excellency Licinius, the great Emperor of Rome, have the highest respect for you and your family! I hope that you and I can build a bridge between the two greatest countries of the East and the West. ”

"Yes! The arrival of His Excellency Lawrence has taken a crucial step in the exchanges between the two countries, and as long as you and I work together in the future, the understanding between Rome and China will be deepened and a solid foundation for future cooperation will be laid. ”

Wei Shuo and Lawrence greeted Rome and Huaxia respectively for a while, and then the two reviewed the military formations of Rome and Huaxia together, and finally Lawrence and his party were taken by Wei Shuo to Keelung City to participate in the welcome banquet.

Sophia wandered in the mission, her eyes fixed on the young Governor Seris, and she was soon bewildered by the other party's extraordinary demeanor. In her heart, she faintly felt that the Governor of Seris, who always had a smile on his face, did not seem to be a gentlemanly nobleman.

Because she was as beautiful as a flower, there were a large number of noble children around her in Byzantium, but although the look of the governor of Seris in front of her was amazing, it did not have the strong possessiveness of ordinary gentlemen. This shows that he is a very good person who controls reason and desire.

Walking into the house of the Serisians, Lawrence was shocked to discover a building material that he had never seen before in Rome. It turned out that this was cement invented by the Seris people, which was specially used to build houses, bridges, and roads, and was a very widely used material.

"First of all, on behalf of Liaodong, I would like to welcome all Roman friends and invite you to drink this cup together!"

"Please!"

Lawrence took a sip of the wine bottle and immediately felt that the wine of the Seris was very different from the wine that the Romans drank on a daily basis. It cannot be said which kind of wine is better, but the two ethnic groups have liked different drinks due to different eating habits, and have formed different wine cultures.

"Ahem!" Obviously, some Romans were not very accustomed to the drinks of the Great Jin Dynasty and were choked one after another.

"Hehe, it seems that you are not quite used to the local diet!"

"Your Excellency, your wine is stronger than the wine of Rome, and it tastes different."

Wei Shuo waved his hand and promised very boldly: "You can do it if you like it, and when you return to China in the future, you can send a batch of good wine for you to bring back to the emperor of your country to taste." ”

"Thank you, Lord Doge, for your generosity, but I wonder when we will be able to meet His Majesty the Emperor of Seris?"

"This ......"

Wei Shuo showed a trace of hesitation on his face, he didn't know when the Yongqin Rebellion would end, and he didn't dare to guarantee when the Romans would be able to come to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven.

"What? Is there anything inconvenient? ”

"Your Excellency Lawrence, civil strife is now breaking out in the Great Jin Dynasty, and a feudal lord of the clan has launched a rebellion because he is dissatisfied with His Majesty the Emperor's policies, and the two sides are engaged in a fierce confrontation around the imperial capital. As for when this war will end, to be honest, it is not clear below, so your wish to meet the emperor as soon as possible will not be realized. ”

"What?!"

Lawrence was stunned when he heard this, he did not expect to encounter a rebellion in Seris. It seems that Cyris is not as good as imagined, and there are also rebellions like Rome, but I don't know if this war will affect the cooperation between Rome and Seris.

"You can go to Liaodong to stay for a period of time first, and if you have any urgent matters, you can also tell me, even if you can't go to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven, Liaodong can also cooperate with Rome." (To be continued.) )