"Father, the canals in Baghdad have been repaired. Nine Bedouin tribes have promised an annual tribute of seven hundred Arabian horses. The road from Baghdad to Jerusalem has also been repaired...... "Standing in front of his father, the crown prince Zhenjin reported the latest government affairs to Kublai Khan.

Looking at his son's cheeks, which were a little red from excitement, Kublai Khan suddenly felt a wave of disappointment in his heart. His son is 43 years old, only three years younger than Kublai Khan's worst enemy, Zhao Jiaren. Kublai Khan believed that Zhao Jiaren would never manage so many complicated things. Back then, Hao Jing specifically talked about the way of being a king, the monarch must not bow down to everything, and his responsibility is to manage the following prime ministers and rulers.

Thinking of this, Kublai Khan said: "Zhenjin, you will have to follow the teacher every afternoon in the future." You can handle the affairs of national affairs by yourself. You don't have to tell me. I'm only in charge of the military department and the war. ”

"Father. Today, we sent an envoy to the Song Kingdom and brought the Song people back with us. He said that he was willing to help us prevent the epidemic. Zhenjin hurriedly told Kublai Khan what he felt was the most important thing.

"Such a foreign messenger, you must let me know. If I don't want to see it, you can do it yourself. Kublai Khan unconsciously took back the power of the army and diplomacy into his own hands.

"Father wants to see them?" Zhenjin hurriedly asked.

"Bring them here." Kublai Khan ordered.

When the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty saw Kublai Khan, he saluted and said straight to the point: "Great Khan, we also have something we want to ask you for help, so we are willing to cooperate with Mongolia in epidemic prevention." ”

"What?"

"Our country has missions in the Eastern Roman and Mediterranean countries, numbering in the thousands. I wanted to withdraw to the Song Kingdom, but I didn't know if the Great Khan could make it easier. ”

"Why are you leaving?"

"They arrived in Eastern Rome before the Great Khan arrived in Baghdad, and since our two countries are still at war, sooner or later the Mongols will march westward. When the time comes, they are afraid that they will die, so we will evacuate them all. ”

"That's why you're willing to help our country in epidemic prevention?"

"Yes. If we can't save the lives of tens of thousands of Mongolians, how can Mongolia let our thousands of people spare? ”

Kublai Khan looked at the young envoy of the Song State opposite, and the unhappiness in his heart soared into the sky. This young man confidently made Kublai Khan feel the urge to kill, and at the same time as he had a murderous intent, Kublai Khan couldn't help but laugh a few times. He found that even at the age of 71, the impulsive energy in his heart did not fade in the slightest. In Mongolia, only Kublai Khan could call the shots. No matter what kind of threat he faced, Kublai Khan was the one who had the power to decide the life and death of others.

"This is the case first. If your methods work, I will promise to let your people go. Kublai Khan said patiently. This is already his maximum compromise.

The envoy of the Great Song Dynasty did not ask too much. If you want to cooperate, you have to satisfy the other party. It is said that the Great Khan of Mongolia is also a person who wants to be faced, and the possibility of them going back on their word is not high.

"Back to the Great Khan, I have heard that when the Mongols are attacking a city, they often throw those who have died of the plague into the city where they are attacking. In fact, this is already an understanding of the basic principle of the spread of the plague. The spread of plague has its own source, means of transmission. Recognize the plague, cut off the source, and interrupt the means of transmission. You can stop the plague ......," the Great Song envoy recounted.

Kublai Khan listened to it for a while and felt that most things could be understood. He asked indifferently, "You just said that you want to take a bath, but the shaman told me not to dirty the river." Doesn't this dirty water make people sick? ”

After hearing this, the envoy was first surprised in his heart, which was the same as the concept of water source cleaning that the Great Song Dynasty told in the Patriotic Health Month. The messenger smiled and said, "Great Khan." If someone bathes in the lower reaches of a river, even if the water is dirty, will it affect the people who drink it upstream? ”

Kublai Khan pondered for a moment, and was very appreciative of the Song envoy's answer. He didn't want to praise it publicly, so he asked, "What if the river has been dirty?" ”

"If you're in the wilderness, you can't dirty the water. If you want to get rid of the plague, you have to drink boiled water. If you're in the city, there's another way. At a clean water intake site, water is diverted to a dedicated reservoir. Water is transported from this reservoir to the city. This water intake place can be kept clean, and everyone will be able to drink water. In addition, the Mongols loved to drink milk in silver bowls, and silver could eliminate the plague. Putting some silver in the palace cistern would also be effective in eliminating the plague......" The envoy quickly told Kublai Khan the method of spending money on sanitation requested by the Zhao officials.

However, these contents are not much in the outline. The messenger quickly finished speaking, and was quiet for a moment. He didn't speak, but the messenger had a feeling of openness in his heart. In the training before coming to Mongolia, the trainer said that the world is materialistic, even if there are all kinds of nonsense in the religious canons, the propagation of religion itself is a practical action. So religion has to be part of it really useful, and then explain what is useful in terms of that idealistic idea. Get people to believe in religion.

The envoy could see that Kublai Khan did not understand science or the principles of epidemic prevention. On the many practical means of execution, the Mongol Khan had a bad opinion. Before the personal contact, the envoy did not know that the Mongolian shamanism had a rule that 'you are not allowed to bathe in the river and wash your clothes in the summer, but you can do it in the winter'. From the point of view of preventing bacteria from multiplying, this requirement is actually not wrong.

When Kublai Khan heard the envoy's story, he felt very embarrassed. Based on his life experience, he felt that what the young people on the other side were saying should be from the bottom of his heart, and it sounded very good. But the opposite side is a Song man after all, and everything he says will be built on a large scale.

"You go down and rest first." Kublai Khan commanded. As soon as the envoy left, Kublai Khan ordered again: "Call Guo Shoujing." ”

Guo Shoujing had long heard that Mongolia was going to cooperate with the Great Song Dynasty in epidemic prevention, and this Mongolian water conservancy expert very much agreed. Hearing that the Great Khan had received the Great Song envoy and heard that the Great Khan had called himself, Guo Shoujing happily followed the envoy and set off. Not long after entering the palace gate, Guo Shoujing and the envoy hurriedly let go of the roadside. Prince Zhenjin, accompanied by his attendants, was walking in the direction of the gate.

It could be seen that the prince was in a hurry, and when he saw Guo Shoujing, he just nodded and disappeared outside the palace gate. Guo Shoujing is also very anxious, if he can really completely solve the plague problem, it will be a big deal for this water conservancy expert.

Horses are not allowed to be ridden in the palace, and the real golden prince went out of the palace gate, and there were already people preparing horses outside the door. After getting on his horse, he followed his attendants from inside the palace and ran all the way to a restaurant outside the royal city. At the heart of the new city of Baghdad was the heavily guarded Imperial City, and beyond the Imperial Palace was the Imperial City. Ordinary people don't want to enter the royal city, and the people who live here are princes, nobles and officials. Outside the royal city is the walled city of Baghdad, which is home to a variety of official facilities. Ordinary people live outside the city of Baghdad, and it is not easy to open a restaurant in Baghdad.

Entering the restaurant, someone had already led the prince to the private room on the second floor, and there were already people waiting inside. Seeing the real golden prince come in, the man immediately knelt down and saluted, "Congratulations to the prince for supervising the country." ”

Prince Zhenjin couldn't help but smile, he had been longing to be able to hold power for so many years, and now that he had got what he wanted, of course he was happy. However, the Su and Batel on the other side are people from the Ogedai Khanate, and as the object of the real gold prince who once led the troops to fight, the current Wokotai family, where the Kuritai Assembly is resident in the prince, is the object that must be paid attention to.

"Prince, everyone has supported the prince for so long, and now they are all worried about what Hao Ren said to the Great Khan." Sue and Battle asked anxiously.

"He's just talking about small things." The real golden prince couldn't help but sell Guanzi. In Zhenjin's opinion, what Hao Ren said is actually not a big deal. Now Baghdad was crowded with all sorts of princes and nobles, either descendants of the four khanates or direct tribal chiefs of Kublai Khan. Hao Ren felt that he could not be ranked in such a place, and he asked to take his troops to Kievan Rus' in the far west. Only over there can there be real territory.

Hearing what the prince said, Su and Battle hurriedly said: "Prince, now Hao Ren has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, stationed between our three kingdoms. Prince, I'm really scared! ”

"Why do you want to be as knowledgeable as Hao Ren?" Prince Zhenjin already had a smile on his face. In fact, Zhenjin also considered why Hao Ren's straightforward statement did not make Kublai Khan angry. At least Zhenjin felt that Kublai Khan was not angry.

Those Hanchen who followed Zhenjin privately analyzed Zhenjin, if others dared to say so, or Hao Ren dared to say that he had killed thieves for the Great Khan, and he had carried a gun for the Mongols. Kublai Khan's probably first thought was that Hao Ren was going to rebel. Now that he has seen Hao Ren's even a little coquettish and cute, Kublai Khan remembers Hao Ren's contributions. If Hao Ren had not swept away the Chagatai Khanate and the Ogedai Khanate, relying solely on Boyan's advice, Kublai Khan would not have agreed to come to Baghdad.

Now the position of Hao Ren's subordinates is actually quite good in Zhenjin's opinion, and the four major khanates of Mongolia, the Ogedai family and the Chagatai family once raised the banner of rebellion. The descendants of the Jochi family once ignored Kublai Khan. Feeling Hao Ren's power, these people should be honest.

Su and Battle rolled their eyes, and said with some anxiety, "Prince, we and others who were recognized as princes in the Kuritai Assembly are destined to be the subordinates of the Great Khans in the future. We are loyal to the Great Khan, who guarantees that the status of our descendants will never change. If Kublai Khan returns to heaven, we naturally want the user prince to become the Great Khan. Hao Ren may be a subordinate of the Great Khan, but is Hao Ren a subordinate of the crown prince? ”

Originally, there were some high-ranking people in Zhenjin who showed their calm smiles, but when they heard this, the smile disappeared from his face. Kublai Khan established the Kuritai Congress, which established the system that no matter how unruly the khanates were, they were destined to be the subjects of the Mongol Great Khan. That is, the subordinates of the real golden prince. Compared with these people who have their own territory, Hao Ren has no territory. He was the blade in the hands of Kublai Khan, and God knows what he would choose after Kublai Khan's death. At least Zhenjin didn't think Hao Ren looked like someone he could subdue.

Thinking of this, Zhenjin couldn't help but speak, "This may not be, Hao Ren doesn't want to stay over there." You're thinking too much. ”

Mongolia is a place of strength, what good is it to Kublai Khan to exterminate Hao Ren's 30,000 cavalry? The Ögedai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate now bowed down because they knew that with Kublai Khan's order, Hao Ren would be able to clean them up again. Hao Ren is finished, Kublai Khan is weakened, and the happy ones are definitely Kublai Khan's enemies. For this, real gold still knows.

"But I don't know where the Great Khan wants to reward Hao Ren?" Sue and Battle hurriedly asked. For the three khanates, they were really afraid of Hao Ren. If Kublai Khan had agreed to Hao Ren's fiefdom, Hao Ren would have become a nightmare for the three khanates.

The fear of Su and Battle is the fear of the three khanates, and the crown prince Zhenjin is very happy to see it. He laughed, "Why should you worry so much. ”

The situation in Baghdad in recent years is indeed as Hao Ren said, the fertile soil of the Crescent Belt is full of Mongols, and Hao Ren will not be of any benefit when he comes. Jinjin felt that she could understand Hao Ren's request. Kievan Rus' was in the westernmost part of the Kipchak Khanate, and was the territory captured by Batu during his expedition to the west. After the end of Batu's expedition to the west, God knows what the situation will be over there.

Seeing the prince's expression, Su and Battle also knew that the prince was enjoying the happiness of the powerful man, and he hurriedly took out a bag from his pocket, "This is our gift to the prince." ”

Zhenjin took it, and when he opened it, he saw that there were several round pearls inside. Take it out and put it on the table, and the pearl itself begins to roll gently. Each bead shimmered with a silver glow, and even the reflection of a person could be seen clearly. Even the prince's real gold knows that this is a very precious gift.

"Prince. I will be the prince's subordinate in the future. I hope the prince likes these gifts. Sue and Battle said observantly.

Zhenjin knew that it was not easy to make such a bloody capital, which showed that the Ögedai Khanate was really afraid of Hao Ren. He couldn't help but ask, "I don't know what the situation is in Kievan Rus'." ”

"Kievan Rus?" Sue and Battle really didn't know where this place was.

After saying this term, Zhenjin also regretted his impulsiveness a little. But as a superior being, it feels good to be gracious. So Jinjin said again, "I don't know what is going on in this place of Kievan Rus." ”

As Hao Ren's cousin, Zhenjin felt that Hao Ren had taken hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese to distant Kievan Rus', and he was completely out of the hands of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. In the eyes of many Mongols, Hao Ren resembles a Han more than a Mongol. In Zhenjin's eyes, Hao Ren is like nothing important, the most important thing is that Hao Ren has enough ability. Su and Battle said a very important thing, until now, Hao Ren was still only a subordinate of Kublai Khan. Prince Zhenjin is not Hao Ren's master.