The night was dark, and Kublai Khan found it difficult to sleep. He got up and sat down in his recliner and lit a cigar. The aromatic and sweet smell made Kublai Khan feel much more relaxed and feel the presence of his own body. The Great Khan smiled bitterly in his heart, he expressed his opposition to the Han way of life, but Kublai Khan himself knew that the way of life from the Han people had deeply influenced Kublai Khan. There are some things that Kublai Khan could not live without for a day.

The small reflection quickly jumps to another incident, which is that more than 20 years ago, Kublai Khan sent the remains of Möngke Khan to each other for burial. They seized all the people they met on the way, and before killing the martyrs, they said to them, "Depart from this world and go to the underworld to serve your deceased master." ”

How many people he killed along the way, Kublai Khan himself can't remember. In his vague memory, at least more than 2,000 people had to be martyred for Möngke Khan. Because Möngke Khan was not keen on collecting other people's wives and daughters, Kublai Khan specially found forty people from the harem beauties who served Genghis Khan for the burial of Möngke. Such a number of martyrs were worthy of the life of the Great Khan of Mongolia.

Compared to so many martyrs, the Great Khan's funerary objects are quite ordinary. When Genghis Khan was buried, mink jackets, fur hats, boots and socks, waist ties, and box bowls were all made of white powder leather. He was martyred with two golden pots, one jar, and one dish and spoon. Funeral, with gold as a hoop four to bind it. There is also a horse.

This thing is made of materials and the content is simple. What kind of equipment does an ordinary Mongolian have when he travels on horseback, the Mongolian Great Khan will accompany him to the funeral. In the eyes of the Mongols, such a thing was enough for Genghis Khan from another world to gallop on horseback.

Simple funerary goods were buried deep under unmarked land along with the Mongol Great Khan. After the burial, the horse team was used to trample on the ground, so that there was nothing unusual on the ground. No tombstones, no graves. Only a few people know where the burial place is, and as time passes, no one has been able to find a specific location.

This was true of Ogedai Khan after Genghis Khan, this was true of Guiyu Khan, and so was Möngke Khan. Kublai Khan hoped that he would end up being the same as his predecessor, buried in an unknown place, dressed as an ordinary Mongol burial object. When you go underground, you can follow the previous Great Khans and continue to gallop in another boundless world.

In the real world, Kublai Khan migrated from Dadu to Baghdad, and Kublai Khan once thought that the vast land was shielded between the Song Kingdom and him. Unexpectedly, the Song State arrived in distant Bhagh by sea, and the ghost still lingered around Kublai Khan. The Song envoys did not really anger Kublai Khan about the threat to the tombs of the Mongol Khans, and Kublai Khan, who participated in the burial of Möngke Khan, could not remember where Möngke was buried.

What the envoys of the Song State made Kublai Khan unbearable was the threat in reality, when the Song army in Hebei was to first seize Zhigu Village, and then attack Dadu. If the Song army transported a large number of soldiers and horses to Basra by sea, wouldn't it be a repeat of the Battle of Hebei. Thinking of this, Kublai Khan's heart burned uncomfortably. Even the action of smoking a cigar is much heavier.

Thinking of the later, Kublai Khan even somewhat blamed Boyan for his suggestion to move the Golden Horde to Baghdad. If the Golden Horde was in Helin, the fleet of the Song Kingdom would not have been able to reach it anyway. Now that it has roughly swept across Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, where should Mongolia go next? Whether to attack to the west or to attack Tianzhu to the south.

There was sweat on his forehead, and his heart was restless. Finally, Kublai Khan got up and ordered his subordinates to bathe. While soaking in the hot water, the Mongolian Khan felt slightly better. However, the Great Khan did not notice that he was now considering the question of an overall grand strategy, which required great mental and spatial imagination, as well as a huge mental exertion.

The maid helped Kublai Khan out of the bath and gently dried him with a towel. Although Kublai Khan was much more comfortable, he was still impetuous. I finished my yukata and walked to the door, ready to breathe. The slaves who passed by outside were coming with plates, but they didn't expect Kublai Khan to suddenly appear, so they were so frightened that they quickly stopped their steps. As a result, I didn't pay attention to my hand, and a cup on the tray snapped to the ground and shattered into several pieces.

Kublai Khan frowned, and said to the guards: "Whip this twenty whips that don't have long eyes." ”

"Yes." The guard hurriedly replied.

"Smoke in the yard." Kublai Khan commanded.

Not long after, with a loud whip, the slave couldn't help but let out a scream. Kublai Khan was sitting in the outer room next to him, and although the slave broke a cup, he did not break the honey water that was delivered. The water is chilled in an underground well, and when you drink it, you feel refreshed. Coupled with the screams of the whipped slaves, Kublai Khan felt that everything was under control. As soon as he relaxed, he leaned back on the soft chaise longue and fell asleep.

The guards were all people who knew Kublai Khan very well, and they really wanted to clean up the slave fiercely, but the whip was not loud, and the skin and flesh were open when the whip was whipped. Twenty lashes will probably kill. The crackling was loud, and the screams sounded loud. The nature of the performance is more than that.

Early in the morning, Boyan Dashuai woke up from his sleep. Just moved her body slightly, and Maria next to her turned over and hugged Boyan in a haze. Boyan was not in a hurry to go to the toilet, so he let Maria hold him. Looking up at the roof, Marshal Boyan couldn't help but think about official business. He thought that he could completely put down his official duties, but he didn't expect that after a long break, he couldn't help but start thinking about those complicated things.

When he was young, he almost traveled all over the continent called the World Island in the Great Song Dynasty, and Marshal Boyan was able to construct the current situation in his mind without much effort. The Great Song Dynasty in the east traveled all over the world by virtue of its excellent navigational skills, and the countries of Europa in the west were more backward than Mongolia, but they were all local snakes, and they were by no means good at stubble. Now that Mongolia occupies the middle of the 'world island', it is only a matter of time before Egypt completely falls into the hands of Mongolia, and Mongolia is already at the center of the world. This is the future that Boyan has designed for Mongolia.

The Mongols had two next choices, one was to go west and conquer the countries of Europa. The other was to go south, beyond the territory of the Ilkhanate, and into Tianzhu in the south. Although the handsome Boyan did not have the extreme admiration for the Great Song Dynasty like Hao Ren, he also knew that the Great Song Dynasty entered Tianzhuyang about twenty years ago. If you rashly go south to attack Tianzhu, it may trigger a chain reaction of the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking about it, Boyan Dashuai felt a little impetuous, he moved his body slightly, took out a small cigar from the silver cigarette case, and then skillfully lit the match with a long chain of fire with one hand, and then lit the cigar. After a puff of cigarette, Boyan felt that his whole body was in good spirits. Every time he made such a judgment, Boyan felt extremely tired. There are two kinds of judgments, one that is useful and one that is useless. Boyan was very envious of the army of the Great Song Dynasty, and with a lord like Zhao Jiaren, he thought that the Song army could easily make useful judgments.

"Uh-huh......" Mary finally woke up, rubbed her eyes, and then rested her head on Boyan's shoulder with a happy expression.

Boyan hugged Maria, although the tentacles were warm and soft. But it must be said that there is a lot of hair on the body of the Semu people, and even women do not lack hair. Compared with Han women, the feel is a little worse. However, Boyan Dashuai will not be dissatisfied with anything, and his lover will be in his eyes, which is an indelible truth.

"You're going back to the royal court." Maria said in a deep voice.

“…… Be. Boyan replied honestly. As strong men, lying has never been their hobby. Except for Zhao Jiaren, the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no invincible enemy in Boyan.

Maria rubbed her cheek on the shoulder of the handsome Boyan, and replied indifferently, "Come back as soon as possible." By the time you return, the estate will have been renovated. ”

The Great Song Dynasty has extraordinary architectural capabilities, and Eastern Rome also has its profound heritage as a thousand-year-old country. Constantinople was never short of skilled craftsmen, and as an Eastern Roman princess, Maria invited some famous architects to rebuild this beautiful oasis estate for her.

Boyan touched the beauty in his arms, and replied calmly: "But there is no need to worry." Just wait until the Great Khan orders me to go back. Arrogance is the first of the seven deadly sins, and we must be humble before the Great Khan. ”

Without waiting for Maria to answer, Boyan got up and went to the bathroom. According to the news sent back by the Mongolian ambassador, the toilets in Da Song are very convenient and comfortable. And Rome is a thousand-year-old country, and there are very molded toilets in the city of Rome.

He waited in Jerusalem for half a month before the Mongol Khan sent an order for Boyan to return to Baghdad. Bidding farewell to Princess Maria, the marshal embarked on the road back to the royal court.

As soon as he returned to Baghdad, Prince Zhenjin met Boyan before Kublai Khan. A brief introduction was made to Kublai Khan's detention of the Great Song Dynasty envoys, and Prince Zhenjin said that this was not in line with Mongolian tradition. Boyan Dashuai thought to himself that it was not in line with Mongolian tradition for Zhenjin to become the crown prince. But he didn't say such a bad thing at all.

"Prince, this is the order of the Great Khan. As courtiers, we must obey. "Marshal Boyan expressed his position.

"I always felt like something was going to happen with that." Jin Jin voiced his concerns.

Boyan felt that Zhenjin's ability was probably not as good as Kublai Khan's, but after listening to this judgment, Boyan agreed with Zhenjin's opinion. There was nothing wrong with seizing the Great Song envoys themselves, and Kublai Khan could do whatever he wanted on Mongol territory. But the Great Song Dynasty would never allow the envoy to be detained.

After thinking about it, Boyan asked, "Does the prince want to negotiate peace with the Song Kingdom?" ”

Zhenjin was shocked, he had never talked about this with anyone other than his close cronies. For those people, the real gold has been repeatedly explained that it will never be leaked. Now there is no shortage of remarks in the Mongolian court that shout to recuperate and return to Hebei. Hearing such a frank question from Boyan, Zhenjin was silent for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "Marshal Boyan, do you think you can really negotiate peace?" ”

"Probably not. Even we Mongolia are willing to negotiate peace, but the Song State will not stop there. They will definitely continue to fight with us. They didn't make peace until they couldn't fight anymore. Boyan was frank about his views on the future. Although he had not personally met Zhao Jiaren, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Boyan was able to judge Zhao Jiaren. If Zhao Jiaren was as weak as those Han Chinese in the Song Kingdom, he was afraid that he would be satisfied with the treaty of the 'Huaxian Peace Conference'. It will not wage a large-scale war against Hebei. Since Mongolia can't even hold Hebei, the situation after that doesn't need to be considered. The Song army will definitely continue to wage war against the Mongols.

There was a sense of loss in Zhenjin's heart. After he became the crown prince, what he hoped most was to be able to keep the current Mongolian country. If he could stop the war with the surrounding area, he could become the crown prince in peace and security, and then become the new Great Khan of Mongolia. If the war continues to break out, Zhenjin is really feeling too strong pressure.

Boyan took the opportunity to continue to reply: "Prince, the minister thinks that the envoy of the Song State should indeed be released. I don't need to be ridiculed for detaining emissaries. ”

Hearing that Boyan agreed with his opinion, Prince Zhenjin smiled, "I also think it should be so." ”

After expressing his limited support for Prince Zhenjin, Marshal Boyan went to see Kublai Khan. Along the way, Bo Yan looked indifferent, but he was judging the situation in his heart. Many people know that Prince Zhenjin led his troops to kill his old enemy Ahma when he evacuated Hebei. But no one talked about it. The same is true of Kublai Khan, who did not mention Ahmad at all, as if this man had never existed.

The prince is so ruthless, Boyan doesn't want the prince to feel that he is an enemy. Boyan and the real golden prince are only a few years apart, as soon as Kublai Khan died, the real golden prince was in power, probably to clean up the guy he had always been unpleasant.

Seeing Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan asked straight to the point: "Boyan, do you think it is better for us to march to Tianzhu next, or to march west?" ”

"Great Khan, let's continue to attack Egypt as well. Even if you want to enter the western powers, the best route is to take Egypt and then Tripoli to the west. After taking Tripoli, we can sail to Sicily, after which we can march to Rome. This way, apart from the sea route, is flat land. If you go by land, you have to pass through the mountains. "When Boyan went to the countries of Europa, he was very clear about geography. At this time, it is even more pertinent.

Kublai Khan then asked some questions, and Boyan answered them one by one. From the beginning to the end of this meeting, Kublai Khan did not mention the matter of the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and Boyan did not say much at all. It's one thing to promise the prince, it's another thing to do it.

After coming out, Boyan didn't say much. But the whole thing was similar to what Boyan Dashuai thought, and Song Guo couldn't contact the envoy for a long time, so he sent the news back. Half a month later, Zhao Jiaren learned that his envoy had been detained by the Mongols. Zhao Guanjia issued an order, "Send additional troops to the Liaodong Military Region, and we will cross the sea to attack Goryeo and recover Korea." ”