"Is this what is called Athens?" Standing on the hill where the Greek temple was located, Wang Qincha said regretfully.

The province of Europa made Yang calmly silent. He knew what Qin Cha was sighing, in the history books of the Great Song Dynasty, the ancient Greek civilization originated from the two rivers and the Egyptian civilization, which was considered a secondary civilization. However, in the place of Europa, ancient Greek civilization is one of the origins of European civilization.

Since the Eastern Roman Empire has nearly 2,000 years of civilization inheritance, Yang Congrong inevitably had some romantic feelings when he first arrived in Europa. More than ten years have passed, and this little affection in his heart has long been wiped out. This ghost place has no way to make people feel 'sad Qin and Han meridians, and the palace is made of soil'. At this time, Yang Congrong wanted to ask what Qin Cha knew and what considerations the imperial court had behind the disposition of Europa Province.

Wang Qincha saw that Yang Congrong didn't speak, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Old classmate, who are you angry with?" ”

"How dare I be angry." Yang Congrong had to sigh.

"If you don't get angry, do you think that all the wrong things in the province of Europa are someone else's responsibility, and everything that is right is your credit?" Qin Cha continued to ask with a smile.

Yang was furious when he calmly ascended. However, he was still a little clear in his heart, and soon found that his anger was not because what Qin Cha said was wrong. He really thought about it himself. Being seen through his thoughts, Yang calmly looked at his old classmate, who is now Director Wang of the Ministry of Officials, and fell silent again.

Director Wang's heart was full of unhappiness. Yang Congrong was a rather bold person when he was in school, and if this character has not changed until now, Yang calmly said that he would take responsibility. Unexpectedly, the former classmate would become no different from those ordinary officials who suffered from gains and losses.

After staring at each other wordlessly for a while, Director Wang could only decide to go down the mountain and return to his residence. There's really nothing to talk about on both sides. As soon as I took a step, I heard Yang calmly speak, "But I don't know who wants to protect me?" ”

Director Wang felt that his old classmate was smart enough, but he was too old-fashioned. There were indeed many ministers in the imperial court who advocated the complete removal of the personnel of Europa Province, and there was a private discussion in the ministry, thinking that those people thought that Yang Congrong had no background and that it was easy to remove. Unexpectedly, the Zhao official family and the crown prince saw through this, and just asked for some adjustments to the province of Europa. In order to ensure that the Qin Cha in charge of this matter would not get in the way, he found Director Wang, a person who was relatively able to communicate with Yang Congrong and friendly.

My family knows my own business. Before his departure, Director Wang received a lot of news through different channels, hoping to 'determine Yang's unruly personality'. Many people are eyeing the big fat shortage of Europa Province. Now Director Wang is hesitant in his heart, if the old classmate really completely changes his personality in more than ten years, he will have to make a report that is unfavorable to Yang Congrong. Those who set their sights on the province of Europa offered Director Wang an attractive offer.

was thinking about it, so I heard Yang Congrong Jixue say: "You also know the situation of my family, I am a person with no background, it is very easy to move......"

"Of course I do." Director Wang interrupted Yang Congrong's words, "I originally thought that I hadn't seen each other for a long time, everyone drank and ate, and said happily." Since you care so much about position, let's make it clear here. The first option is that you do exactly what the edict requires, and after the money is rectified, you continue to be your envoy to the province of Europa. When this term of office is over, he will return to the Great Song Dynasty. The second option, if you continue to think and do nonsense, I will go back to impeach you for being arrogant, and you will be transferred back to the imperial court, and then go to the official family to complain. I've made it clear, the choice is yours! ”

Yang Congrong stared at Director Wang with wide eyes, and after a while, his eyes moistened, and he asked in disbelief, "Could it be that the official family protects me?" ”

Director Wang sighed. His classmates are really smart people, but they have been away from the Great Song Dynasty for too long, and their understanding of government politics is still at the level of more than ten years ago. At that time, the official family in the imperial court had the sole power, and Weifu used it for his own use. Of course, the people around me have some background. Yang Congrong, a member of Yang Shufei's clan, is not easy to win the opportunity.

Now that the official family has established the crown prince Zhao Qian, other departments have their views on Zhao Qian, and the officials think that the prince attaches importance to the construction of the system and will be more kind to those who are promoted by the system. Yang Congrong just meets the standard of the prince's weight. He has no background and is very capable. If Yang Congrong is the type that the crown prince does not value, Director Wang actually doesn't care about exchanging the dismissal of Yang Congrong and other personnel from Europa Province in exchange for his own interests.

Seeing the reaction of his old classmates, Yang Congrong's heart set off a huge fluctuation. For him, Zhao Guan's family is heaven. Now that he can probably be sure that he has been favored by God, Yang Congrong has nothing to say. Trying to calm down, Yang said calmly: "I will definitely obey the will of the official." ”

Director Wang was afraid that Yang Congrong would misunderstand something under his excitement, so he advised: "After you finish your term, you should be transferred." Don't be wrong. ”

"Understood." Yang calmly replied immediately. What he is worried about now is not that he will leave his job, but that he has become the object of coveting by a certain force, and if he admits his mistakes, he will be caught. If the person who protects himself is not an official, Yang Congrong believes that he will definitely become a victim.

The old classmate temporarily lifted his vigilance, and Yang Congrong compensated Director Wang again. Director Wang didn't care, he had also discussed with the staff of the Ministry of Officials before this trip, and everyone analyzed Yang Congrong from the perspective of successfully solving the problem. Now that he has finally obtained a result that is likely to satisfy the prince, Director Wang feels that the basic purpose of this trip has been achieved.

The two talked and walked back to the city. At this time, it is a light topic, such as what has changed in the Great Song Dynasty recently, such as what is the current situation of Europa Province. After talking for a while, Wang Qincha asked again why Athens looked so wild. Yang calmly told his old classmates that after hundreds of years of war and local tyrants, no matter how prosperous it once was, any place will become a wild place.

At this time, Director Wang couldn't help but sigh. Not to mention hundreds of years, Kaifeng fell into the hands of barbarians for only 160 years, and the Great Song Dynasty moved its capital back to Kaifeng, and there are no traces of literary style more than 100 years ago. Even the accents of the locals have changed quite a bit. Yang Congrong immediately agreed, the Eastern Roman Empire had completed Hellenization hundreds of years ago, and it was completely different from the Latin-speaking Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

As he spoke, the captain of the guard suddenly shouted, "Be careful! The guards immediately stepped forward to protect the two men. At the same time, several arrows were fired in the direction of the two people, and the guards simply pounced on the two of them.

After Yang calmly fell to the ground, he hurriedly got up and protected Wang Qincha with the guards. If Wang Qincha is assassinated, no matter whether Yang Congrong is cared for by Zhao Guan's family or not, he will be miserable.

When Yang calmly pulled out his pistol, he saw more than 20 people jumping out of the side of the road, holding weapons and killing them. The guards immediately opened fire on the group, knocking them down in an instant. Yang Congrong thought that these people would be scared away, but he didn't expect that the other party was very fierce and continued to charge. The guards were all armed with rifles, and it was not easy to reload. Being approached by these people regardless of life and death, they can only get on the bayonet and fight the thieves.

Yang Congrong could only push aside the guards and strode forward. He had a revolver in his hand, and the closer he was, the better, and he wounded several enemies one after another. I could hear the sound of killing in the rear. When he turned around, he saw another group of thieves appearing on the other side, and they were sent to kill Wang Qin.

Spitting, Yang calmly dropped the revolver that had run out of bullets, pulled out the stabbing sword at his waist and killed it back.

Although there are many thieves, they are all locals. The height is generally only about 160. Yang Congrong and other Song people are generally around 175 in height. Moreover, the food of the Great Song Dynasty personnel was far from being comparable to that of the locals, Yang Congrong and others fought hard, and the thieves they killed could not be parried. Seeing that the situation was not good, several thieves who were farther away turned around and fled. The thieves who were closer to Yang Congrong and them also wanted to escape, but they were chased and defeated by the Great Song Dynasty personnel.

When it was safe, the captain of the guard ran over and said, "Jiedu envoy, I will leave as much alive as possible." ”

"Hmm." Yang calmly responded, and he did the same. At this time, Yang Congrong's heart was boiling with anger, and his purpose in leaving his mouth alive was not to be in pity. Compared to the Assassins who survived for the time being, those who died were really lucky.

The news of the assassination and attack on the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty Europa Province and the Great Song Dynasty Chin Cha quickly spread in a small area, and the officials who learned the news were relieved after making sure that the Chin Cha was not injured, and then they all went to comfort Wang Chin Cha.

Although Wang Qincha is a civil official, he is not a weak chicken, and there are indeed people who are afraid of seeing blood in the Great Song Dynasty of this era, but the proportion of people who are afraid of seeing blood among officials is much lower than that of the people. After entertaining the officials who came to offer condolences, Wang Qincha went to see Yang Congrong. The two sat down, and Yang said calmly: "It's clear, it's the local leader who sent the assassins." ”

"That's clear?" Wang Qincha was quite surprised. He felt that the person who dared to assassinate the Great Song Qincha would have a deep background and purpose behind it no matter what. Where would it be so simple to explain.

"But I frightened you." Yang calmly smiled bitterly, "Don't blame me. ”

“…… Why did they assassinate you? Wang Qincha had already figured out what Yang Congrong meant.

"We have also nationalized land in the province of Europa. Many local leaders hate us to the core. They did not dare to come to the city to assassinate, and when they heard that we were traveling, they set up an ambush on the side of the road. ”

"Why don't you dare to go into the city?" Wang Qincha was surprised.

"They have carried out assassinations in the city before, so the city has implemented a very strict system of household registration and entry and exit certificates. Without a pass, it is impossible to enter the city at all. ”

After listening to the old classmate's story, Wang Qincha was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Everyone in the court talks about how majestic you are overseas and how you accumulate wealth, but I don't know that you are so hard. ”

"Haha!" Yang laughed calmly, and tears of laughter came out. Finally holding back his smile, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said helplessly: "Of course I know what they will say." The official family annihilated the traitors and recaptured the South China Sea route. After that, the Great Song fleet was invincible everywhere it went. The important ministers who participated in the maritime guild thought that this was the case everywhere. But I don't know how we work overseas. If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have dared to talk to you about those heartfelt words. ”

I don't know why, Wang Qincha was moved but had some other thoughts, could it be that Yang Congrong deliberately arranged the assassins? Or did you use the Assassins?

Thinking of this, Wang Qincha relied on his analytical ability to deny his ideas. This is not in the Great Song Dynasty, and even in the Great Song Dynasty, there are many barbarians who have escaped the purges of the Great Song Dynasty. If it weren't for Luoyang's affairs, I am afraid that in more than ten years, I may not know which barbarians exist. Yang Congrong and they opened up overseas, except for Yang Congrong and others, there were barbarians everywhere.

"You've really worked hard." Wang Qincha suddenly felt as if he could understand Yang Congrong's mood. There is still a place for reason in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no such opportunity overseas at all. Yang calmly faced such a huge pressure, where could they still look at the orders from the imperial court rationally and progressively.

Thinking of this, Wang Qincha sighed: "Do you know that this resolution was proposed by the prince first? ”

"Prince?" Yang was stunned. He had a deep impression of Zhao Guan's family, and there was an oil painting portrait of Zhao Guan's family hanging in Europa Province. The crown prince Zhao Qian was given the title of Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and he had also read the official document to officially confirm his identity. But there is no way to form a concept at all. Because the two have never met.

"Yes. The prince is a wise man, and when he hears about you, he thinks deeply about it. I think the problem of Europa Province is not that you are greedy, but that the system is not perfect and not progressive enough. ”

“…… Why did they assassinate you? Wang Qincha had already figured out what Yang Congrong meant.

"We have also nationalized land in the province of Europa. Many local leaders hate us to the core. They did not dare to come to the city to assassinate, and when they heard that we were traveling, they set up an ambush on the side of the road. ”

"Why don't you dare to go into the city?" Wang Qincha was surprised.

"They have carried out assassinations in the city before, so the city has implemented a very strict system of household registration and entry and exit certificates. Without a pass, it is impossible to enter the city at all. ”

After listening to the old classmate's story, Wang Qincha was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Everyone in the court talks about how majestic you are overseas and how you accumulate wealth, but I don't know that you are so hard. ”

"Haha!" Yang laughed calmly, and tears of laughter came out. Finally holding back his smile, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said helplessly: "Of course I know what they will say." The official family annihilated the traitors and recaptured the South China Sea route. After that, the Great Song fleet was invincible everywhere it went. The important ministers who participated in the maritime guild thought that this was the case everywhere. But I don't know how we work overseas. If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have dared to talk to you about those heartfelt words. ”

I don't know why, Wang Qincha was moved but had some other thoughts, could it be that Yang Congrong deliberately arranged the assassins? Or did you use the Assassins?