After receiving the news from Hanzhong, Sun Ce no longer stayed in Huainan, and returned to Jianye with a group of ministers and troops after a few days. The reason why he is so anxious is because the battle of Hanzhong has ended, although Cao Ying is still in Chang'an, but Hanzhong is not so easy to fight, in the absence of Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, who killed Xiahou Yuan, has been greatly reused, and he is no longer the identity of the general of the Yijun army in his previous life, but the identity of the general and the fake festival in the future, leading Hanzhong Taishou and sitting in Hanzhong. Cao Ying wanted to take down the Hanzhong guarded by the conservative Zhao Yun, and it was a little difficult. Now that the task of pulling Liu Bei has been completed, there is no need for Sun Ce to waste grain in Huainan.

On the other hand, Guan Yu has already started the Northern Expedition, so the attack on Nanjun should also be on the agenda. What he was worried about was whether Guan Yu won the attack on Nanjun or Guan Yu was defeated and took Nanjun while he was weak, or whether he asked for it once first, saluting first and then soldiering. However, no matter which option is chosen, there are many places to prepare for such a large military operation, and Sun Ce also needs to return to Jianye to supervise. There is also a little bit of caution that he is in a hurry to go back to take a concubine, thinking of the charming appearance of the dancing girl, Sun Ce can't sleep at night.

And Qiao Ren was also very anxious, since he proposed the idea of occupying Yingzhou and forming an alliance with Daqin to exchange navigation technology on the ship, Sun Ce handed over the task of negotiating with those Daqin merchants to Qiao Ren, who proposed it, and he was also the most idle.

Jianye Taiwei Mansion, the two Han Dynasty are private offices, and Qiao Ren's Taiwei Mansion is also his Qiao Mansion. Qiao Ren was dressed in an official Xuanzhu court robe, and now he said that he was going to meet the Great Qin merchants Antonini and Hassan at his mansion. Hearing the names of these two people, Qiao Ren was speechless for a while Antonini was obviously a standard Italian name, probably a merchant of the Roman Empire. The name of Hassan is strange, the name is quite a bit of the Persian Empire, but considering the size of the Roman Empire, it is not impossible to have a few people from the Arabian Peninsula.

"Your Royal Highness, may the Lord bless you." An uncle with a standard European beard bowed to Qiao Ren and said, while the middle-aged man with a slightly darker complexion next to him followed suit.

"Salve!" Qiao Ren said coldly, and he finally came out in Latin, which was one of the few words that Qiao Ren would have.

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room changed. Antonini was surprised at first, then proud. Hassans, on the other hand, was only surprised for a second.

Qiao Ren actually didn't know whether the Great Qin recorded in later history was the Roman Empire or the Rest Empire, and Ban Chao's deputy envoy actually reached the Red Sea, not Constantinople or the territory of the Roman Empire beyond. Qiao Ren's world history in his previous life was not good, but he also knew that the Roman Empire had contracted its territory when Gan Ying went to the mission, and the Red Sea coast was actually the territory of the Rest Empire, and Gan Ying visited the Sabbath Emperor Pakoros II when he passed through Hecaton Pilos, and then traveled west to the Persian Gulf, and the local Sabbath official told him that the only way to reach the Roman Empire was by sea, and the sea route near the Arabian Peninsula was difficult and difficult, so Gan Ying dismissed the idea of going to the Roman Empire, He returned to the Han court to relay to the Han and Emperor the rest of the natives' account of Rome. And the so-called Great Qin is just a name only after a few merchants came to Han, and the ghost knows whether it was a Roman merchant who came at that time.

However, looking at the expressions of the two people in front of him, Qiao Ren was a little more determined. Sure enough, judging from the big killer of the system, these two people did belong to two countries, Antonini was a merchant of the Roman Empire and Hassan was a resting man.

Situated on the Silk Road, the trade route between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty in the Mediterranean, the Empire became a center of commerce and trade, and was considered one of the four great powers of Asia and Europe at that time, alongside the Han Empire, Rome, and the Kushan Empire. Later, part of the Huns, who were expelled by Emperor Wu, came to this territory, and both the Han and Anxi empires knew that there was such a large empire in a distant land. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to Central Asia in 138~129 BC, the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to visit the Emperor Mithridates II in 121 BC. Han envoys established formal trade relations with the Anxi Empire through the Silk Road in Central Asia, but the two did not enter into a military alliance against the Xiongnu Empire.

But if Qiao Ren is not old and confused, he still vaguely remembers that the current Rest Empire is already stormy, there are Roman armies trying to destroy its country outside, and there are constant disputes inside, and the rest of the Rest Empire will not live a few years longer than the old partner of the Great Han.

"This Lord Hassan is from the Empire in peace!" The Han Dynasty had trade with Anxi, and Anxi was what the Han Dynasty called them, and this Hassan must have known that it was his homeland.

Sure enough, Hassan looked nostalgic and said softly: "Your Royal Highness the Honored Marquis, I am indeed a resting person, but now the merchant of the Great Qin Empire that you are talking about. ”

It seems that the rest is indeed short. Qiao Ren was sure of his heart, and abandoned the plan to make a deal with Anxi, a late empire that was about to die, and when the fleet of Eastern Wu passed, he didn't know if there was still an outlet to the sea. "Two, Lone invited the two of you over this time, because there is something to discuss."

The Qiao family is the largest trading partner of Antonini and Hassan in East Asia, and Qiao Ren is still a noble marquis in their eyes, at this time there is no title in Europe, but Qiao Ren, the marquis, has a bit of the shadow of the Roman Empire in the Qiao family's propaganda, so Antonini and Hassan have always thought that the Chinese Hou is their governor's meaning. Because Qiao Ren was the governor of Huainan before and had a hereditary fief, it seemed to be a little more noble than their governor. I have to say that the translation of this era is really a bit unexpected.

"Speak, Your Royal Highness, Honorable Marquis."

"You don't need to be called Lone, Your Highness the Marquis, this should be called Mrs. Lone, it is equivalent to your magisterequitum." Qiao Ren replied casually, His Royal Highness the Marquis is really a little weird.

Magisterequitum, that is, the knight commander. In earlier Roman times, the official title of the scholar was magisterpopuli. The knight commander held the power of the Guard, was accompanied by six sword and axe men, and was responsible for helping the scholars to run the country. When the scholars were far away from Rome, the knight commanders usually stayed behind to deal with the general affairs, and Yu Qiaoren, the captain and the leader, was the most suitable.

"Your Excellency." Antonini didn't want Qiao Ren to be familiar with the language and official position of their empire, although this official position was long gone, but he knew how powerful the person in front of him was.

"I intend to send an envoy to your country to meet with His Majesty the Emperor of your country to discuss the formation of alliances and the exchange of navigation technology."

As soon as Qiao Ren's voice ended, Antonini's face changed. Giorin did not know that the Roman Empire was now under the rule of the tyrant Caracalla, the warlike Caracalla, and the envoys from the Far East, did not know if this majesty would welcome it. Antonini didn't dare to think about it, no matter what Roman Empire it was, the Qiao family was the biggest customer of their Chamber of Commerce in the Far East, and Qiao Ren in front of him was the most powerful person in the Han Dynasty at sea now, if he was provoked, the entire Roman Empire would lose business in the Far East and even the east of the Kushan Empire.

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