It had been more than half a month since the document was sent, and Xie Song, who was stuck in his throat, found that Yuan Guo did not respond immediately. This made Xie Song very happy. He only hoped that Yuan Guo would not agree to this, and then the world would be peaceful. Within three days of happiness, he received news from Athens that the imperial court ordered Yang Congrong and other upper echelons of the Europa province to end their term of office early and return to the Great Song Dynasty. Looking at the report, Xie Song had the suspicion that the imperial court wanted to hold Yang Congrong responsible.

The telegram asked Xie Song to rush to Athens as soon as possible to attend the meeting of the upper echelons of the province of Europa convened by Yang Congrong. After explaining the matter a little, Xie Song rushed back to Athens by boat. On the day he returned to Athens, the meeting was held, and Xie Song thought that he would see Yang Congrong with a sad face or a forced smile before entering the venue. At the beginning of the meeting, Yang Congrong, a festival envoy who had made great contributions in the Eastern Mediterranean, began to speak with a calm expression, looking no different from usual, which made Xie Song feel that Yang Congrong was very remarkable.

"Brothers, I was a hairy boy when I first came to Europa. More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. I suspect that some people may be worried about whether the court is going to deal with me, but I am not worried. Officials have repeatedly said that if the country is clear, it cannot let people die without their crimes. Be fair and open in everything. So I'm not worried at all. For me, it's great to be able to go back to China! ”

No one spoke, and Xie Song, who was originally full of suspicion, didn't know what he was going to say. Yang Congrong has already said what everyone is worried about, and if he says anything at this time, he can only mention how to fight against the imperial court.

"It's good for me to go home early. I have been out for more than ten years, even if I can't talk about leaving home as a child, but my hometown accent has not changed and my sideburns have declined. After speaking, Yang calmly raised his hand and knocked on his sideburns, where there were already a lot of gray hairs.

Some people want to smile politely, and so does Xie Song. was about to laugh, but Xie Song felt that his nose was sore, and tears were about to flow out. When he heard about his hometown, he would have uncontrollable emotions, even if he saw others being able to return to his hometown, it was enough to make Xie Song feel embarrassed about himself.

"To tell you the truth, I was willing to go to Europa, thousands of miles away, to ask for additional promotions. I didn't expect to become the current real power envoy. I have no regrets about what I can't do at home anyway. When I parted, I would like to say something from my heart, my hometown is in the Great Song Dynasty, not in Europa. The court of the Great Song Dynasty is clear and clear, and the system is stable. Serving the country overseas is the foundation of waiting for a life and prosperity. The state did not treat us badly. I also hope that all brothers can be loyal to their duties and honest and self-reliant. We have been helping each other overseas for a long time, and the friendship is deep, and I will return to China this time, and when you return to China, I will definitely invite my brothers to drink the wine of my hometown! Thank you! ”

Xie Song was excited when he heard this, and applauded vigorously. Like him, he was moved by Yang Congrong's words.

This personnel transfer was mostly in the middle and lower levels, and the Jiedu envoy was replaced by Yang Congrong's deputy, rather than sent by the imperial court. It's a lot more reassuring for everyone. The big change was the improvement of the school system in the province of Europa, and the head of the school was sent by the imperial court. Yang calmly arranged official business and set off by boat. The thought of finally returning to his hometown made him feel both happy and uneasy. It's been so long since I've been away from my hometown, and when I think of my hometown, the architecture of the Europa region often comes to mind.

The boats sailed safely, through the canals, and along the Tianzhu Ocean. Landing on the Isthmus on the Siamese side, there was already a very good road on the isthmus, and it took less than a day to reach the Pacific side from the Tianzhu Ocean side. This alone saved a few days of time before heading north to Matsue Province.

The passengers stayed at the epidemic prevention station for three days, and Yang Congrong, who had ended the quarantine period, was directly led out of a side door. I saw more than a dozen people standing outside the door, most of them capable soldiers. Among them, I only know my old classmates who are the head of the Ministry of Officials. The old classmate introduced to Xie Song, "This is Jiang Ding'an, deputy minister of the Ministry of Governor's Department. This is the crown prince Zhao Qian. ”

Yang Congrong only felt that his head was buzzing, and he was still a little puzzled when he saw so many soldiers, could it be that these people were here to arrest him? Hearing that the prince actually came to Songjiang Mansion to greet him, he felt that his old classmate was joking with him. The Great Song Dynasty has moved its capital back to Kaifeng, and the capital is no longer Hangzhou. Even in Hangzhou, there is a long way from Hangzhou to Songjiang Mansion, so it is impossible to let the prince come to greet him in person.

Just when he was at a loss, he saw the tall and handsome thirty-year-old middle-aged man known as the crown prince step forward and stretched out his hand. Yang calmly stretched out his hand to shake it, and felt that the other party's palm was very powerful, which made Yang calmly and his mind clear. He hurriedly greeted: "Hello prince." ”

"Yang Jie Du envoy, I have admired your name for a long time." Zhao Qian replied with a smile.

"I don't know why the prince is here?" Yang asked calmly.

"Yang Jiedu, who can open up territory thousands of miles away, is really refreshing." Zhao Qian praised.

Yang Congrong didn't expect that he could get such a high evaluation, and his heart was full of confusion. I couldn't help but look at my old classmates, and I saw that my old classmates gave him a thumbs up and expressed his appreciation. At this time, Yang Congrong was a little relieved, and suddenly remembered that his old classmate had said that the prince had spoken for Yang Congrong.

Still didn't know what he was going to do, so he felt that Zhao Qian let go of his palm, turned his head to look at Zhao Qian, and heard Zhao Qian say: "The imperial court has something to ask Yang Jiedu's envoy, the matter is urgent, so I will rush to the deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance Jiang first." Yang Jiedu is going to leave with us now, but there is no way for you to go home to visit your family first. ”

"Yes." Yang replied calmly and cheerfully. After finishing speaking, he remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "Prince, I have stepped down and am no longer the envoy of the festival in the outer land. And in the Great Song Dynasty, it's better not to use this title. ”

Zhao Qian responded: "Why should Yang Jiedu be too modest, it is the feudal town that has ruined the name of the Jiedu envoy. Call it whatever you want to call it. Let's go, we'll go catch the boat now. ”

Yang calmly sighed in his heart, and could only follow Zhao Qian and them to set off. As Zhao Qian said, the Jiedu envoy is a good name, in the early Tang Dynasty along the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the old system of the Sui Dynasty, important areas were placed in charge of the army, and the rotation was changed to the name of the governor, but Shuofang was still called the governor, and the border states were not placed by the envoys, and there were Tuntian Prefectures to set up camp envoys. The Tang Dynasty began to establish local military and political chiefs. Because when he was appointed, the imperial court gave him a festival, and the festival was a kind of full-power seal at that time, and those who received this full-power seal could be fully dispatched, so it was called the festival envoy.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court made all the festivals to support the army and respect themselves, and the feudal towns were lined up, and the imperial court was finished. After the Setsudu envoy was associated with the feudal town, his reputation became very bad. The Song Dynasty was extremely disgusted with the rebellion of the feudal towns, and the imperial court made every effort to weaken the military leaders. Later, the festival envoy became an honorary title. To put it mildly, only those who have passed away are eligible for the title of Jiedu Envoy.

Yang calmly knew these stories, so he was a little uneasy about the official family's position of the title of the highest governor of Europa. He even suspected that the name might be a secret warning to the officials of the isolated provinces of Europa not to inflate themselves. Now back in the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Congrong can only listen to the prince. Don't say anything about the title anymore, and follow honestly.

Everyone got on the boat, and Yang calmly saw that there was no one else on the boat, and he judged in his heart that something big must have happened. A ship was specially sent over, and the prince was in charge, could it be that someone said that Yang calmly rebelled, so the prince came to the rescue?

A few people sat down in the empty restaurant and conference hall, and Zhao Qian said to Jiang Ding'an: "Minister Jiang, you come." ”

Jiang Ding'an immediately opened his notebook and asked, "Envoy Yang Jiedu, how much do you know about the slave dynasty in the north of Tianzhu?" ”

The so-called slave dynasty is easy to think of the Mamluk slave dynasty, which is said to be the title of slave mercenary who has served various forces from Egypt to Syria and betrayed countless masters. Later, the slave soldiers turned over and became masters, still under the name of Mamluk. It is said that the general of the Ilkhanate Khan, Hulegu, was cowardly and defeated after being betrayed by the Crusaders, and the Mamluks were cowardly and did not spend time to surrender, and cowardly did not spend time scolding: "I am a servant of Hulagu Khan for life, unlike you who are the murderers of the monarch!" The Mamluk general, who was so ridiculed, was furious and directly cut off the cowardly head of the cowardly Buhua.

"Slave dynasty...... not Mamluk slave dynasty?" Yang asked calmly.

"It's not. It is the one in the northern part of Tianzhu. ”

"Well, as far as I know, the slave dynasty in the north of Tianzhu has been at war with the Mongols." Yang said calmly while thinking. This slave dynasty also had another name as the Delhi Sultanate. Since it is a sultanate, the system is similar to that of the True God Religion, and the army of this country is also called 'slave soldiers', which is called the northern slave dynasty of Tianzhu.

After less than ten words of the news he knew, Yang calmly fell silent. The slave dynasty was east of the Mongol Empire, separated from Baghdad by an Ilkhanate. In the eyes of the province of Europa, Baghdad was already a distant place, and the slave dynasty was not considered by the province at all.

The closest to the Great Song Dynasty and the slave dynasty should belong to the Li Fan Department in the south and central part of the Tianzhu Peninsula.

After asking Yang Congrong a few more prepared questions, Jiang Dingan, deputy minister of the Ministry of Domain, closed the notebook, "Yang Jiedu, I will introduce the situation first." As far as we know, the slave dynasty was recruiting troops. It's unclear who exactly they were going to fight, but according to the information we have received, the Slave Dynasty has mobilized more than 200,000 cavalry and 3,000 war elephants. If war really breaks out, it will greatly change the situation in Tianzhuyang. That's why we let the Jiedu envoy return to China early to participate in the discussion of this matter. ”

"200,000 cavalry and 3,000 war elephants......" Yang calmly repeated, but found that he didn't believe this number, he subconsciously frowned and asked: "If the slave dynasty is defeated, won't it destroy the country?" ”

Jiang Dingan looked at Zhao Qian and saw that Zhao Qian's eyes were full of approval. Those who do not understand politics and military affairs will certainly feel that this figure is very powerful, and those who understand politics and military affairs will understand that mobilizing such a large number of troops requires strong organizational and logistical support capabilities. If this battle is fought, even a big victory will exhaust the national strength. If it fails, it will also face the crisis of national destruction.

Turning his head, Jiang Dingan said: "We don't know who they are going to fight against, if they fight with our Great Song Dynasty, they will definitely destroy the country." If they were going to war with the Mongols, it was not clear the outcome. This time, I invite you to come to ask Envoy Yang Jiedu to provide information on the Mongolian side. Our Great Song Dynasty knows Mongolia best is Europa Province. ”

Yang nodded calmly. He was finally sure that the court was not trying to clean him up, nor was it deliberately belittling him. Yang calmly thought about it and took out his notebook. After writing a brief outline, I began to introduce the situation of the Mongol Empire, "Now the Mongolian finances are very bad and cannot collect taxes. The Mongol military system was also a tribal system, and soon after arriving in Baghdad, it was similar to the local tribes. ”

"The Arabian Peninsula is flat, how did it become a tribal system?" Zhao Qian has always been puzzled by this.

"Because the land is too salinized." Yang replied calmly.

After Zhao Qian heard this, he only felt that the sky was full of dark clouds, and he saw a clear sky by this sentence. Having worked in the agriculture and water conservancy departments for so long, Zhao Qian feels that this sentence is worth a thousand words.

At this time, on the road approaching Damascus, Hao Kang and Tokh set off along the dirt road on horseback, both wearing only light clothes and trousers, and wet clothes on the support behind the horses.

He said deflatedly: "Brother Hao Kang, this ghost place says that it will rain when it rains. ”

Hao Kang was not angry, he lived in Hangzhou when he was studying in the Great Song Dynasty, and it was more than 20 days during the rainy season, and this kind of sudden rainstorm was not a matter at all. The east side roared and the west side rained, and the road was sunny but sunny. Back then, I stood with classmate Mu under the eaves of the street shop to shelter from ......the rain, and even the rainbow on the horizon looked the same.

Like the Mongolian nobles, Tokhtar had never experienced his student days, so he naturally couldn't understand what Hao Kang was thinking. Looking at Hao Kang's appearance outside the wandering object, Tokhtar asked, "Brother Hao Kang, you are not worried about whether the courtesan will arrive in Damascus on time, right?" ”

Hao Kang sneered when he heard this, and was speechless at this big brother. In order to watch the courtesans perform, he was itchy and scratchy, and when he learned that the courtesans would not go to Baghdad, he was willing to spend a few days traveling to Damascus. It's really touching to be so determined.

"What are you laughing at?" Taket asked.

"It's nothing, what I think is too far from what you said, so I laugh."

"What are you thinking?"

Of course, Hao Kang wouldn't say that he was missing Classmate Mu, and he couldn't say nothing, so he pointed to the barren land around him, "I heard that thousands of years ago, this was all fertile soil, and the fertile fields were next to each other, and there was no edge in sight. ”

Totoh looked around, and saw that there were large and small patches of green on the ground, but they could not be connected at all. Moreover, the green plants are all tenacious weeds and shrubs, and there is no way to see that there can be endless fertile fields in this place. He asked suspiciously, "Brother Hao Kang, don't lie to me. ”

"I didn't lie to you, the land here is too salinized." Hao Kang said something that was quite in line with the Minister of Water Resources, but also completely inconsistent with what the Minister of Water Resources of the Mongolian Imperial Court should say.