"Back to Your Majesty, these Great Qin people came by boat......"

Feng Jing's answer almost didn't make Lu Chengqi hesitate: "What the hell, the Age of Exploration has started so soon?" It shouldn't be, is it because of my relationship to this era? ”

“…… They took the ship of our Central Plains merchants, set off from the country of green-clothed food, sailed for more than a year, and arrived in Quanzhou. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info set off from Quanzhou and took a month to arrive in Chang'an...... "Feng Jing likes to say half intercepted and half intercepted, which makes Lu Chengqi breathe a sigh of relief: "It's good that it doesn't open the Age of Discovery, which proves that China is still hundreds of years ahead of Europe......"

After Lu Chengqi settled down, he seemed calm again: "What do they want to do when they come to my Dashun?" It's not going to be a missionary, is it? They believe in God, and we only believe in the Jade Emperor's ......"

Feng Jing didn't understand the stalk of "God" and "Jade Emperor", and said in a daze: "Back to Your Majesty, they are not here to preach, but to let Your Majesty reopen the Silk Road, so as to open up the trade route between Great Qin and Great Shun. They said that since the Silk Road was occupied by the Great Liao, the Arabs took the opportunity to sit on the ground and raise prices, and all silk and porcelain could be sold at sky-high prices in Daqin. They didn't want the Arabs to make money anymore, so they came to Dashun and begged His Majesty to open the Silk Road again......"

Lu Chengqi asked with interest: "Then did they say that they were from the Eastern Roman Empire or the Western Roman Empire?" ”

Feng Jing was obviously a foreign blind and was asked confused: "What horse?" ”

"Rome!"

"Oh, they didn't say that...... However, they are not very good at Chinese, and they can only understand some of them, but they can't speak them. But they brought an interpreter, like a big cannibal......" Feng Jing said cautiously.

"Well, I got it. I will summon them in a moment and see what they really want. Lu Chengqi said lightly, "Go get busy!" ”

"Retire!"

After Feng Jing went out, Lu Chengqi remembered that Feng Jing said that he was wearing green clothes and food, wasn't he an Egyptian! However, at this time, Egypt also seemed to be occupied by Arabs, and the relationship between the Romans and the Arabs has always been not very good, why could these Romans start from them? I really can't figure it out. It is not known whether these Great Qin people were from the Eastern Roman Empire or the Western Roman Empire...... No, didn't the enemy state of Western Rome have long been destroyed by the Huns? Now it seems to be called the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of Germany. As for the Eastern Roman Empire, it seems that it also has another name, called Byzantium......

Forget it, forget it, the history of Europe is too confusing, just let them ask in front of themselves.

sent an inner attendant to announce the summons, and after a while, he came back to reply to the decree, saying that those Great Qin people were already waiting outside the Chongzheng Palace.

Lu Chengqi nodded, and after reviewing the fold in his hand, he set up to control the Chongzheng Palace.

Before he arrived at the palace gate, Lu Chengqi saw a group of Europeans dressed in red, black, and white linen, with yellow hair and brown eyes, which were very different from the Han people.

After Lu Chengqi entered the hall and sat down, the chamberlain summoned them, and they entered the Chongzheng Hall under the leadership of the interpreter and performed their own etiquette on Lu Chengqi.

"No courtesy, flat!"

Lu Chengqi said lightly.

After the interpreter also got up, Lu Chengqi smiled and asked, "Are you from the Arab Empire?" ”

The interpreter was stunned for a moment, he knew that the people of the Central Plains called the Arab Empire a big food in black, but he didn't expect that the emperor of the Central Plains actually knew that they were from the Arab Empire, and hurriedly said happily: "Your Majesty, you are really knowledgeable, yes, I am a citizen of the Arab Abbasid Dynasty......"

"Oh, so are they from the Byzantine Empire, or from the Holy Roman Empire?"

Lu Chengqi pointed to the group of Europeans who did not have their heads and said that only when they determined where this group of Europeans came from could he start negotiations!

"Your Majesty, you are truly a god! They were indeed people of the Byzantine Empire, and mortal enemies of the Holy Roman Empire......"

The interpreter was surprised by Lu Chengqi's omniscience, and said a bunch of muttering words to those Byzantines, and the group of Byzantines listened, knelt down on one knee and made a knightly salute. Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "It seems that they are all knights!" ”

The interpreter was even more shocked and fell to his knees: "Your Majesty, you are the reincarnation of a god!" ”

Lu Chengqi was stunned, but he didn't expect that what he said casually would surprise them. Think about it, how many people in the Central Plains now know about European history? Lu Chengqi also vaguely remembered these big countries, and the rest of the small European countries, I don't know how many there are. But since they misunderstood, let's continue to misunderstand!

"Get up, I want to know why you have come to see you?"

After the interpreter stood up, he said loudly: "Not only our Arab Empire, but also the Byzantine Empire also hopes that Your Majesty can reopen the Silk Road, so that silk and porcelain from the East can be introduced to the West......"

When Lu Chengqi heard this, he shook his head very regretfully and said, "This matter...... You shouldn't come and tell me that you are going to Liao and tell their emperor Yelu Hongji that he is now occupying the grasslands and the Western Regions, how can he open the Silk Road? ”

This is the truth, the interpreter was stunned for a moment, turned around and muttered a lot to those Byzantines, and then said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, is there really no way?" ”

"There is a way, isn't there also sea freight!" Lu Chengqi said with a smile.

The interpreter hesitated, "But Byzantium is not on the seaside, is it?" ”

Lu Chengqi also knows that the Suez Canal has not yet been dug in the Red Sea, and the Red Sea has not been connected to the Mediterranean. But that doesn't mean there's no way: "it's ...... to go around it" He didn't bother to say, and directly asked the chamberlain to take out a nautical chart, on which Africa, the Arab Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire were clearly written.

The interpreter, who was also familiar with geography and sailing, was shocked: "This ...... Is this really possible? ”

Lu Chengqi said affirmatively: "It must be feasible." If you are too troublesome, you can also unload the food in black and then transport it to the Byzantine Empire...... Anyway, the Silk Road is impassable, and the only way to go is by sea. This sea route does not have to be bad on the Silk Road, I will name it the 'Maritime Silk Road', what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty is indeed a man of God!" The interpreter was completely convinced, and if there was this chart, there was indeed no need to fear the loss of oriental silk, porcelain, and spices.

Lu Chengqi also wanted to bring Dashun into the Age of Discovery, and immediately hit it off: "Did you agree?" ”

"Of course, if there really is this 'Maritime Silk Road', how can we disagree?" The interpreter was so happy that he almost danced.

Lu Chengqi smiled and didn't speak. Dashun's business has long been done in Africa. It wouldn't be a big deal to go around to Western Europe. Maybe one day, in order to open up another route, a businessman ran around the earth, and a great geographical discovery came. As long as Dashun still exists for one day, then this possibility exists.

After signing the covenant immediately, Lu Chengqi gave them a banquet in the Chongzheng Palace. First, in order to show the demeanor of a great country, and secondly, to show favors, so that they can earn their money in the future! (To be continued.) )