In the imperial city of the newly built city of Beijing, a family banquet is being eaten to the fullest.

The alliance between Chen Dexing and Haidu has ended, and the Treaty of Kaiping has been signed. This treaty was called "the first unequal treaty in the history of mankind by Comrade Vladimir, a revolutionary of the Divine Heavenly Dao Country, and it is also the origin of the Divine Heavenly Dao Kingdom, the darkest national prison-like religious state in human history......

It seems to be really evil!

However, Chen Dexing didn't realize what an evil thing he had done at this time - in fact, many later, when the monster of the Divine Heavenly Dao Kingdom was born, he himself felt a little dark and a little sorry for the people of Europa.

But that is for the future, and for now Mr. Chan sees himself as moving toward the grand goal of helping the people of Europa enter the civilized world. Although the Treaty of Kaiping did not contain any provisions on Europa, the actual purpose was to arm Haidu and use Tiandao to control the Mongols' minds, turning it into the "Eight Banners of Mongolia" and throwing it into the war to liberate the European people.

For now, it seems, everything is under control. Chen Dexing, who was sitting at a round table, thought proudly - in fact, many things have been out of Chen Dexing's control, and in the process of random development, but Chen Dexing, a saint, does not know yet.

The family banquet was held in the Daming Palace in the imperial city of Beijing, called Daming Palace, but the area was not comparable with the Daming Palace in the Tang Dynasty. Covering an area of only a few thousand acres, it is a circle of tall and solid stone walls, surrounded by several large halls and more than a dozen courtyards of different sizes, and there is an imperial garden covering an area of more than 1,000 acres.

Tonight's family banquet is placed in the pavilion in the imperial garden, all of which are home-style flavors, and the vegetables are fresh and green. The fruit is sweet and the rice is fragrant. In addition, the crucian carp boiled in the pond of the Imperial Garden is boiled in soup, and a few cold vegetables are stir-fried. There are also a few jugs of fine wine. Looking at the starlight in the sky and feeling the cool breeze at night, everyone feels open-minded.

The rules in Chen Ming's palace are not big, and there is no saying that food is silent and sleeping, and there is no stopping talking and laughing at the banquet. It's all anecdotes, it's about the New World. As more and more gold prospectors and merchants traveled between the Pacific Coast, the topic of the New World became hot. Especially not long ago, a New World Travel Chronicle called "Wenshan Manji" was released in the Ming Dynasty, and the author of this book was Wen Tianxiang, the great genius of the former dynasty! As soon as this book came out. Naturally, Luoyang paper is expensive, and all kinds of things about the New World have become popular after tea and dinner.

Since it is called a family banquet, there is naturally a banquet object. The guest is a woman, and Sophia, who is a little older but still charming, is the mother of Baoyin Temur and the fallen princess of the Rurik family. She did not live with Baoyin in Chen Dexing's court, but found another house outside the palace to live alone. is still learning Chinese, and a Henan dialect (Central Plains Yayin) actually speaks the words in a round tone. It's just that the grammar is a little confused, so I don't have to turn over the dictionary - this dictionary is the "Chinese Latin Dictionary" compiled by the Mingdu Tiandao Academy, and the Tiandao Academy has Latin and Dashi language departments, and the teachers are all lust slaves who were captured by Chen Dexing's army back then. Several of them are also quite talented in languages.

Their achievements are not only the "Dictionary of Chinese Latin", but also Hanyu Pinyin! 25 Latin letters are used to phonetize the Yayin of the Central Plains. This Henan dialect version of pinyin is now a compulsory course in the academies of the Tiandao Department and the Ministry of Education. This "homophony and word agreement" is also the regulation of "Chen Li"! In the future, not only the entire Ming Dynasty will teach Hanyu Pinyin in all academies. Even overseas Chinese countries and Ming vassal countries, as well as countries with Tiandaoism as their state religion, must teach Hanyu Pinyin. All speak Chinese, using Chinese characters!

Except for Chen Dexing, all of them were women. Empress Dowager Guo Fu'er, Empress Li Cuixian, Ming Guifei Baoyin, Qing Guifei Wang Qing'an (daughter of Goryeo Wang'er) and Cui Yue'er, Wang Rong'er, Liu Zhen and Xia Lian'er and other four concubines, as well as the chief Tiandao envoy Mo Yingniang, as well as the red-clothed Taoist aunt Xiaoai, and the palace manager Yang Po'er are all together, as long as Zhao Lin'er is alone in Lin'an to accompany Zhao Yun.

More than a dozen women gathered together, naturally chatting endlessly. Chen Dexing just drank and ate by himself, and looked at the women who ate with him from time to time. All of them are bright colors, even if they are a little older, they are all infinitely charming, and they are also eye-catching. Being an emperor in this era, in fact, there are not much benefits, that is, being able to open a harem, collect some bright colors, and enjoy the warmth of a woman.

Seeing Chen Dexing put down his chopsticks, Empress Li Cuixian coughed lightly, and a bunch of chattering women immediately stopped chatting and turned their eyes to Emperor Daming.

Chen Dexing smiled with satisfaction at himself, the queen who knew the cold and the warm, a bunch of women, all of them were so beautiful, and they were still circling around him. Where do you feel in the afterlife? For this welfare, we also have to take care of the country's major affairs.

"Sophia," Chen Dexing smiled and nodded at the fallen princess of the Rurik Dynasty, "The mission to Europe has been formed, led by Liang Chongru, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is a rather large expedition team, and there will be people from all walks of life accompanying it." Wen Tianxiang from Mingzhou will also go to Europa...... There will also be a few thousand Aztec green battalion soldiers accompanying them, and the Western Fleet will also send many warships to escort them, so there is no problem in terms of security.

The trip will first go to Portugal, then the Mediterranean, visit Italy, and meet with the Pope of the Ecumenical Church, the Holy Roman Empire Caesar, in Italy, and sign some treaties against Kublai Khan. Then we will travel to Constantinople to meet the Eastern Roman Emperor...... Eastern Rome has been very weak over the years, and if you still want to find an opportunity for revival, you should be friends with the Ming Dynasty. ”

As Chen Dexing spoke, he glanced at Bao Yin, who was accompanying Sophia, and Bao Yin hurriedly said in Ancient Rus: "Sophia, there are many merchants from Venice here in Daming, and they will also accompany them to Rome, and the line on the Holy See's side is mainly led by them." But there in Constantinople, the sage wants you to go and make a pre-stop and find out what is going on. ”

Sophia's mother was from Constantinople and was a nobleman of the Eastern Romans, who were captured by the Crusaders during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 to form a Romanian Empire (Latin Empire). Many Roman nobles slipped away to Kievan Rus', including Sophia's mother and Bao Yin's grandmother.

However, after all, Eastern Rome was a thin camel, and when Constantinople fell, a group of Eastern Roman nobles fled to settle in Nicaea in Asia Minor, and with the support of the Turks, they established the Nicaean Empire. At the beginning of the establishment of an empire that seemed to be a small court, there was a dramatic turn. The Romanian Empire's pursuers suffered heavy losses due to the Bulgarian and Thracian uprisings, and were annihilated by the Nicaean army at the Battle of Adrianople, and Emperor Baldwin I was captured and killed by a stabbing eye. As a result, the Nicaean Empire gained momentum, and many Eastern Roman nobles who fled to Kievan Rus' fled to Asia Minor for refuge, and most of Sophia's mother's relatives returned to Asia Minor. In 1261, Constantinople was captured by the Nicaean Emperor Michael VIII with 800 men, and the Eastern Roman Empire was restored.

And Michael VIII, who was born in the Palaiologous family, needless to say, was also a relative of Sophia - Eastern Rome was so big, and the great nobles married each other, and the nobles on the table could climb close to each other.

Therefore, Chen Dexing hoped that Sophia could go to Constantinople to find out the situation and see if the ruined Roman Empire could cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and become a bridgehead to resist the Mongol invasion of the west. If there is such a possibility, the Ming may as well give some support to the Eastern Romans.

The mission visiting Europa this time will also carry 5,000 Tiandao two-year-old arquebuses and 30,000 catties of Nanfen steel. In addition, the members of the mission will also include some officers of the Ming army, who will inspect the military strength of the Europa countries, and will also serve as instructors in the Europa army that is better than the Ming Dynasty.

Because of the memories of later generations, Chen Dexing was reluctant to support England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire. As for the Eastern Romans, which were mainly Greeks, he did not think there was any threat and could support them appropriately.

If the Eastern Rome were indeed worth supporting!

Sophia nodded and smiled, and said to Chen Dexing: "Sage, although you can rest assured, although Sophia has never been to Constantinople, she is confident that there will be a way to open up the situation in Constantinople." ”

Her mother's noble bloodline, her father was one of the Grand Dukes of Rus', and she was backed by the Great Eastern Empire, so she could naturally open up the situation in Constantinople. Moreover, her ability to pull relationships has always been not bad.

Seeing that Sophia was full of confidence, Chen Dexing also smiled and nodded, "That's good!" I'm waiting here for good news...... Sophia, this time it is an envoy of tens of thousands of miles, and all decisions are made by Liang Chongru and Chen Chongguan (Chen Dexing's fake son) and Liu Minzhong. Listen to them. Finally, I wish you all the best and a safe arrival in Europa. ”

In these years, there were no telegraphs and telephones, and tens of thousands of miles of envoys were sent to them, and they were real plenipotentiary envoys. This time, there were three plenipotentiary envoys, led by Liang Chongru. They will stay in Europe for a long time, with full powers to represent the Ming Empire and the European countries, and have the right to conclude treaties.

It even has the right to ask the Western Fleet and the three governors of Mingzhou to send troops to Europa to wage war against a small European state that they don't know, and they also have the right to try to get a concession for the Ming Empire somewhere in Europa...... (To be continued......)