The city of Baghdad is divided into an inner and outer city structure, and the inner city is the imperial city with the royal palace as the core. The city of Baghdad outside is dominated by wealthy people of all kinds or people who have serious business. The residential areas outside the city are filled with all kinds of ordinary people. Hao Ren had heard of this for a long time, and now that he had personally led his men all over the city of Baghdad, he was sure that his description of the city of Baghdad was correct. The tall and magnificent walls surrounding the huge city look impregnable.

Hao Ren didn't say much, and the Great Song Dynasty no longer pursued protecting the city with city walls. The powerful Song army defended the frontier of the Great Song Dynasty, and various powerful departments within it defended the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, using the economic system to link the people of the entire country together. This is the future state form described by Zhao Jiaren in "The Social Contract".

Now that the Imperial City of Baghdad has released Hao Ren and the others who were forced to stay inside, the people who want to come to the Imperial City feel much more relaxed. Order in the city of Baghdad is okay. Although there were no true believers, the Mongols still walked the streets. Hao Ren saw large areas outside Baghdad being destroyed. As the situation began to settle down, the Mongol army began to break into the homes of the True God Cult outside the city, arresting the women and children of the families and taking them away.

Hao Ren reined in his horses and let the team escorting the women and children pass first, instead of fighting with the Mongol army in the posture of a prince. Looking at these crying teams and the wolf-like Mongolian army, Hao Ren was silent. After they passed, Hao Ren continued to move forward, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh slightly.

It took several days to walk through Baghdad, and Hao Ren went to the Answering Mahbala Mansion to inquire about his condition. It was learned that Tara Maha Bara had saved his life, but his body was very weak. Hao Ren didn't dare to give any gifts, in case his condition deteriorated, God knows what would be said. Hao Ren sent two ingots of fifty taels of silver and a letter of condolence with a clear gift list, and left the mansion of Arama Bala.

After another day of rest at the inn, Hao Ren wrote a letter to Kublai Khan, asking him to leave Baghdad. The day after the concert went up, Kublai Khan asked Hao Ren to meet him. After the meeting of the kings and ministers, Kublai Khan opened his mouth and asked: "I heard that you walked around Baghdad, and when you saw the women and children who captured the True God Cult, you still had a look on your face. ”

"Yes. I think the Mongols suffered a lot during the uprising. I feel sad in my heart. Hao Ren replied.

"This ...... You can talk. Kublai Khan did not believe that this was Hao Ren's true words.

Hao Ren hurriedly explained. After looking at more than a dozen teams of women and children who had been taken away, Hao Ren found that there were no adult men who came to the rescue to prevent the Mongol army from taking away women and children. There are probably two possibilities, one is that the Mongol army broke into these homes and killed all the adult men. Another possibility is that the adult son of the family had already been killed in a previous rebellion.

In order to confirm his thoughts, Hao Ren went to see the families where the women and children were arrested after the Mongol army left. Men who were killed were also seen in the courtyard in the morning, but in small numbers. This means that the men in these families have either been killed or have fled. Regardless of the type, it proves that the Mongol army did not capture the wrong person.

After listening to Hao Ren's explanation, Kublai Khan's expression became much gentler. He asked in a still serious tone: "This is not the same as the so-called benevolence and righteousness of the Han people. ”

"Righteousness is not about not punishing the wicked. The benevolence and righteousness of the Han people want everyone not to have evil thoughts, so it seems ethereal. The minister followed Teacher Hao Jing to learn Confucianism, which Teacher Hao Jing often talked about. ”

Hao Ren's original intention was to let the name Hao Jing move Kublai Khan, but he heard Kublai Khan say impatiently: "Forget it, don't talk about this." If you want to leave, that's not enough. In your recital, you say that you are worried about the Crucidian attack. ”

"The Great Khan must have known the story of the Crusades. Hundreds of years ago, it was the Holy See's Pope who called for a crusade that led to the creation of many Crucidian states on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. Once the Holy See here fled back to Europa, they will, of course, declare a crusade in order to restore their reputation. The territory of the minister was in Kievan Rus', and the adjacent Poland and the Teutonic Knights all believed in the Holy See. The previous Teutonic Knights also sent emissaries to Kievan Rus' to threaten their vassals, saying that they were going to attack their domains. The minister had to rush back. ”

Kublai Khan listened quietly, he never took the Holy See into account. This time, Boyan easily captured the Holy See, which made Kublai Khan look down on the Holy See even more. So I don't particularly believe in Hao Ren's statement.

Hao Ren saw that the first wave of statements failed to impress Kublai Khan, and hurriedly changed the statement that Kublai Khan could understand, "Great Khan, in the past few years, the ministers have been fighting with the Grand Duke of Poland, burning down many local granges, killing many local nobles, and kidnapping many women from the local area. ”

Kublai Khan snorted, which could fully make him understand the reason for Hao Ren's departure, and he said, "Hao Ren, I will speak like this in the future." What Holy See can make the entire Europa country obey. The Pope has been captured here for a long time, and not a single soldier from the countries of Europa has been seen. ”

"Yes. Sweat. Hao Ren respectfully agreed.

"Alas...... If he is well, I want you to tell him more about the Grange, now. When you have settled down and become better, you will come to Baghdad again. ”

"Yes!" Hao Ren respectfully replied to Kublai Khan's words.

After leaving the palace, Hao Ren was expressionless, but he was very surprised in his heart. Yuan sent troops to participate in the siege of the Knights Hospitaller on Rhodes, and now not only eliminated the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller, but also inflicted heavy damage on the Knights Templar's fleet, capturing many people. These people were sold as slaves to the slave markets in Egypt.

When things got to such a point, why didn't Kublai Khan hear anything? Hao Ren didn't think it was just because Marshal Boyan was a very humble person. Boyan is a person who cannot be evaluated by ordinary people's terms. Because Boyan himself doesn't have so many boring ideas, he will stick to his ideas. For example, when Hao Ren heard of Boyan, he asked the captured Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller to write an oath saying that he would transfer the name of the Knights Hospitaller to Boyan. Although I don't know what the final result will be, Boyan is not doing it for fun.

But if Boyan didn't say it, Hao Ren couldn't find a reason to mention it. What he needs now is to return to the Yuan Kingdom as soon as possible. Back at the post station, Hao Ren and his subordinates discussed what road to follow to return to the Yuan Kingdom. Generally speaking, everyone chooses how to go and how to get back. Hao Ren thought so at first, but as soon as his mind changed, he chose to return to Yuan by sea. Now there has been a rebellion in Baghdad by the True God, and most of the True God is the force of the True God along the way. Hao Ren's troops were insufficient, and he really rushed out dozens or hundreds of True God Cultists, and Hao Ren was still worried about his own safety.

"Let's go by water. Go to Basra. Hao Ren gave the order.

Basra is a very prosperous port city, and after arriving in the city, Hao Ren found that the city also had a lot of changes. The places where the rich live are good, and the places where the poor live are hit a lot. When he arrived at the ship of the Great Song Dynasty and reported his name as the lord of the Yuan Kingdom, the Great Song personnel here immediately greeted Hao Ren warmly. First invited Hao Ren into the upper class, and the person in charge personally came out to entertain him, "Please also ask the lord to wait a few more days." Our fleet is said to be there in these two days. ”

Hao Ren was originally prepared to wait for five or six days, but he didn't expect to learn that the Great Song fleet had arrived the next day. When I arrived at the wharf, I saw that several berths were built according to the standards of the Great Song Dynasty. As long as you see the tall metal crane, you know that there is absolutely none. Thanks to the efforts of human and animal power, a large number of goods kept being lifted out of the cabin. Other wharves still use manpower to carry them down one by one, and compared with the two, the efficiency is too much.

On the third day, Hao Ren and the others got on a boat and set off for the Yuan Kingdom. It wasn't until the warm sea breeze blew in his face that Hao Ren was sure that he had finally broken away from the relatively chaotic territory of the Mongol Great Khan. This feeling is really good, Hao Ren no longer has to worry about those bad things, just need to return to the orderly Yuan Kingdom.

The boat was moving fast, and Hao Ren was bored, so he chatted with the captain. The captain told Hao Ren that they were going to Egypt to transport grain, and that since the Suez Canal was navigable for large ships, Marshal Boyan hired a fleet of Great Song ships to transport grain from Egypt to Basra and the ports on the northern border between the Ilkhanate and Tianzhu. It should be that both places need a lot of food.

"I heard that the Mongols lost the battle?" Hao Ren asked.

"There seems to be such a thing. But who doesn't lose the battle, what's so strange. Those Tianzhu people also lost the battle, but they did not surrender and kept fighting with the Mongols. ”

Hearing this, Hao Ren was silent, and he looked at the captain in surprise. I didn't expect such a captain to say such incisive words. The Mongols hoped to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and they have achieved this goal in all wars. In the face of Tianzhu, who refused to surrender and always fought, after the failure of Mongolia's quick victory policy, it fell into a quagmire-like war situation.

The captain didn't know that Hao Ren had such a high opinion of him, and the reason why the captain said this was that the Great Song Dynasty faced the onslaught of the Mongols, although there was a situation where Lin'an surrendered. However, Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's family continued to fight against the Mongols, and as a result, the Mongols were defeated. They also counterattacked the Mongols. Therefore, Tianzhu's firm counterattack is in line with the captain's opinion, if Tianzhu surrenders easily, the captain will probably only look down on Tianzhu.

The fleet soon bypassed the Arabian Peninsula and crossed the Egyptian canals into the Mediterranean. After thinking about it along the way, Hao Ren finally decided to go to Cairo to meet the marshal Boyan. A lot of things are too strange, if he didn't ask Boyan face-to-face, Hao Ren felt a little empty in his heart.