- In the cabin, the bearded man sat cross-legged, his hands propped up on his legs, staring at Chen Ke, and said wow-wow-wow-la.

"There is a famous saying in the Great Song Dynasty, which is called to open the skylight and speak brightly." The young translator said, "Let's talk openly and honestly. ”

"Yes." Chen Ke nodded and said, "Then let's start by introducing ourselves." After a pause, he said aloud: "I'll come first, the contemptible surname is Chen Mingke, the Great Song official who manages Qinzhou Port." ”

"......," he said for a long time, before he heard the bearded voice say in a low voice. The young translator said: "Abdallah Jabbar, the black-clad food official, on behalf of the great caliph, has come to make a pilgrimage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty......"

"Hmph......" Chen Ke sneered: "While saying that you want to be open and honest, you are still lying!" ”

"Where did we lie?" Young people are obviously not confident.

"I don't lie, I know it." Chen Ke lowered his face and said: "I won't pursue you either, wait until you arrive in Bianjing City and confront the Seljuks!" He got up and left the cabin.

"Wait!" It was not the young man who spoke, but the bearded Abdul-Jabbar.

Liu Yue'e looked at him in surprise, but Chen Ke laughed and said, "You really can speak Chinese." ”

Abdul-Jabbar nodded, and said with a solemn face: "How did the adults see the flaws?" ”

"Your acting skills are actually really good, even an old fox like Wang Han has been deceived." Chen Ke smiled slightly: "It's just unfortunate, I happen to know." The Abbasid Dynasty no longer exists, and the current black-clothed food is part of the Seljuk Empire, and all internal and foreign affairs are all decided by the Seljuk Sudan. The caliph is only a spiritual leader, how can he have independent diplomatic power? ”

Hearing Chen Ke say this, Jabbar showed a calm expression instead. He said in a deep voice: "Lord Chen, there are actually no Seljuk envoys, right?" ”

Chen Ke smiled and said, "How do you know?" ”

"Those arrogant savages. Thinking that he was the king of the world, how could he send people to make a pilgrimage to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. Abdul-Jabbar said heavily.

"Not bad. The Seljuks did not come. Chen Ke nodded and smiled.

"What are you going to do?" After a short silence, Jabbar said quietly: "Expose us and send us to the official?" ”

"If I want to expose you," Chen Ke said, "Why do you need to get on your ship?" ”

"What do you mean?" Abdul-Jabbar said in a deep voice.

"Tell me your ins and outs first." Chen Ke said coldly: "Although I am not afraid to deal with liars, I can't keep it in the dark. ”

"Hahahaha, why should I tell you!" Jabbar let out a sinister laugh: "I could have killed you and run away overnight!" ”

"Net stupidity." Chen Ke also laughed loudly: "You pretended to be the messenger of the Great Food, and you made a bloody investment, right?" Coming all the way and returning empty-handed, how do you explain to your debtor? Oh. By the way, I'm afraid that you don't have to wait for the debtor to chase and kill, these mercenaries on your ship will throw you into the sea to feed the sharks because you can't pay the commission. ”

"Devil's ......" Jabbar was poked by Chen Ke in the key point. With an iron-blue face, he said: "You are the devil who spies into people's hearts!" ”

Chen Ke pretended to smile deeply and did not answer.

After a long while, Abdul-Jabbar sighed, "Okay, I'll tell you the truth...... Abdullah Jabbar is his pseudonym, and his original name is Aziz. Nor the Great Cannibals, but the Persians.

Of course. The Song Dynasty could not distinguish the difference between Persia and Great Eclipse at all. After all, the people of the Song Dynasty were still arrogant, and were only interested in the Western Xia and Liao kingdoms, which posed a threat. The rest of the neighboring countries, such as Japan, Cochin, and Dali at the beginning, did not know much about it, let alone the Great Eclipse thousands of miles away. In the official eyes of the Song Dynasty, Persia and Great Food were simply the same thing.

In fact, it is not the same thing at all, Persia is an ancient empire with a civilization of 1,200 years, but 400 years ago, it was conquered by the new Arabs, and the Persian Empire has since disappeared, and the Persians have become a ruled nation. The Arabs established a new empire, the Umayyad dynasty, known to the Tang as the 'White Cloth'. …,

However, because of the struggle between Shiites and Sunnis...... In short, it was the struggle between the Chan and hereditary factions that kept the empire in a fierce civil war, and finally less than a hundred years later, at the end of the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, the Shiite Abbas overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and established a new empire. Ironically, after becoming caliph, Abbas quickly turned his face and legitimized Sunnis, fought against Shiites, and established a second Arab hereditary empire.

Because the banner of the Abbas family is still black, the Tang people call it 'black clothes'.

The first 100 years of the Black Diet were the heyday of the Arab Empire, which was no less than the Tang civilization of China.

Geographically, it was a great empire spanning Asia, Europe and Africa. Economically, it is the center of world trade, the footprints of Arab merchants, all over Asia, Europe and Africa, monopolizing maritime trade and international markets, Baghdad, Basra, Siraf, Cairo, Alexandria, Oman and other waterway trade ports, have become world-famous big cities.

In terms of culture, it is unceremonious to say that they want to suppress the Tang Dynasty, although the Tang Dynasty is literary and glorious, but in fact it is still a place for literati to entertain themselves. The Abbasid dynasty vigorously advocated and sponsored the development of academic culture, established libraries, observatories, various schools and hospitals in major cities across the country, and carried out the largest 'Centennial Translation Movement' in human history with the Baghdad Wisdom Hall as the academic center.

The so-called 'Wisdom Museum' is a comprehensive academic institution integrating book collection, research, and translation. The Abbasids sent people around the world to collect ancient books. Gathering in Baghdad and employing translators from the East and the West to translate Greek, Roman, Persian, Indian, Syrian, and Chinese philosophical and scientific works into Arabic, in order to absorb advanced cultural heritage, and to enrich and develop Islamic culture.

The books translated by the Arabs cover the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe spatially. The content covers language, literature, astrology, religion and philosophy, history, art, political science, law, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, logic, and natural sciences...... It is the essence of 3,000 years of human civilization.

Islam, which has been fully nourished, has become extraordinarily powerful. Under the strong push of the Abbasid dynasty, Iraqis, Syrians, Egyptians, and Persians were included in the territory. Completely Muslimization, or Arabization, is no longer distinguishable at all.

So Aziz is not wrong to say that he is an Arab.

Of course, no hundred days are good, and every empire will have a day of decline, and excessive pleasures and pleasures will cause the Arabs to degrade rapidly. In order to maintain the vast empire, they had to reuse Turkic slaves, and as a result, the Turkic slave generals took advantage of the situation and seized the military power of the empire. The arbitrary killing and deposition of the caliphate led to the decline of the imperial monarchy, and the governors of various regions became independent one after another. A hundred years ago, the caliph was under its direct control of Baghdad and its surrounding areas. It was soon annexed by the Baiyi Dynasty. The caliph lost all power and became only the spiritual leader.

Just the year before, the Seljuk dynasty, founded by the descendants of the Turks, overthrew the Baiyi dynasty and took control of Baghdad under the name of 'Sudan', with the caliph still only the spiritual leader. There is no right, let alone a tributary...... Aziz claimed to be a Persian nobleman who had served as an official in the Abbasid dynasty for generations, and when the Baiyi dynasty annexed Baghdad, the family switched to business. During the 100 years of the Baiyi dynasty's rule, although the Arab world remained at war, it did not affect their commercial trade...... Conquest was a costly activity, so all forces tacitly agreed to protect the trade routes and give the merchants immunity.

At sea, in particular, the Arabs were unrivaled in their seafaring skills, allowing them to sail the seas that were feared by other peoples. They were embedded in the middle of the trade routes between the East and the West, and for hundreds of years, they resold them and made huge profits. In this era of Sinbad, the Aziz family went from strength to strength, despite their late entry into the nautical industry. …,

But after the rise of the Seljuks, the situation took a turn for the worse. Speaking of which, the Seljuks were the Turkic people who were defeated by the Tang Dynasty and migrated to Central Asia for a generation to settle down, and later converted to Sunni Islam and have been called Seljuks since then.

A few decades ago, the Seljuks overthrew the Baiyi Empire, occupied Baghdad, and established the Seljuk Empire, which spanned Central and Western Asia and Africa. In order to consolidate their rule, they reversed the early Islamic tolerance of infidels and cultures. Not only did it implement the extremist religious policy of Shunchang's rebellion in the country, but it also occupied the provincial capital of Jerusalem and banned Christians from going to Hajj.

The news reached Europe, and Christendom boiled. The pope clamoured to wage a holy war, the fanatical Christians attacked Arab merchant ships at sea, and the port cities of the West made it difficult for Arab merchants to make their goods difficult for various reasons.

The Aziz family's business was heavily damaged by Christian attacks, and the family was heavily indebted due to the robbery of their ships one after another. Angry creditors, they sent fierce Mamluk slaves to besiege Aziz's homeland, capture his wife and children, and sell them into slavery if they failed to repay their debts on time.

However, even when the trade routes were open, Aziz could not have earned enough money to pay off his debts through normal trade in a short period of time. When he was desperate, he thought of a way, that is, to pretend to be an envoy of Dashi and make the most profitable livelihood in the world - tribute...... Partition...... And also...... (To be continued) RQ