"Your Excellency, Augustus would like to ask if there will be a problem with the food supply this year."

The second governor of Europa, the governor of the province, did not immediately answer this straight question, and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel. It was very hot in Athens in June, and this was a special issue that was discussed by Jeruhon and the province of Europa. For him to be frank about the worries of the province of Europa, it is really beyond Jeluhom's bottom line.

The staff next to him could see Yeluhong's embarrassment, Yang Sixian and Sima Rong glanced at each other, Yang Sixian smiled and said: "We also asked the representative of the Yuan State about this matter, since Augustus of Western Rome and Hao Ren, the lord of the Yuan State, are in-laws, didn't they go directly to the Yuan State to ask?" ”

This interjection satisfied Yeluhon, and he did not answer, but just looked at the expression of the Western Roman envoy. Sima Rong looked at this little intrigue, and suddenly felt funny in his heart. Compared with the close relationship, it is naturally the relationship between Boyan and Hao Ren, since Boyan has already considered the food supply, why did he send someone to Athens to ask questions in such a pretend?

Thinking of the closeness, Sima Rong suddenly lowered his gaze. Boyan and Hao Ren are in-laws, but from the perspective of barbarian relations, the surname Yelu is a standard barbarian descendant. The northern barbarians that the Great Song Dynasty initially faced were the Liao State, although it was also said when the Liao State existed that the Yelu family was a local force recognized by the Tang Dynasty, and the Chai family inherited by the Great Song Dynasty and the Zhou family inherited by the Chai family did not have the Yelu family from a historical point of view. However, the history textbooks of the Great Song Dynasty have characterized the Liao State as a relatively civilized barbarian state. The Western Roman Empire rebuilt by Boyan and the Jeremia ...... It's really a couple.

Although he knew that he was thinking too much, Sima Rong couldn't help himself not to. The meeting led by Yeluhong to discuss the food supply of the Yuan Kingdom began with the transmission of domestic news, and the Zhao official family began to emphasize the Chinese identity and Chinese life in the Great Song Dynasty. It is good to be educated, but to be too literate will lead to being less deceived. As long as you have carefully studied history textbooks, you will understand that Yeluhong's ancestors were barbarians. A descendant of a barbarian tribe emphasizes his Chinese identity, even if this Liao State, a relatively civilized barbarian state, has been destroyed for nearly two hundred years, it still makes people feel that it is difficult to contain and want to laugh.

It is clear that the emissaries of the Western Roman Empire did not want to laugh at all. He replied solemnly: "Your Excellency, Augustus did not inform me whether he had contacted the Yuan Kingdom or not, and I was ordered to come here to inquire about the possibility of the Yuan Kingdom ending the export of grain. It's already June, and if there is no grain export this year, we will not have a good time. ”

Sima Rong's mind was drawn back to this discussion. Europa's expectations for the future are not as pessimistic as those of the Western Roman Empire, but they are also not optimistic. If there is not enough food, the province of Europa can only request from the Ministry of Governors to call in the food of the Tianzhu colony to supply the shortfall. It's a very disturbing thing.

Jeluhon finally spoke, "The Western Roman Empire is much larger than the province of Europa, and the land is quite fertile, if the Western Romans have no way, our province of Europa will not have so much food output. ”

"The Great Song Dynasty is so powerful, there is no other way to do the record?" The Western Roman emissary asked.

"It's not for nothing that there are records." Yeluhong responded: "We have prepared a filing in the province of Europa, but it sounds a little unrealistic. ”

Sima Rong raised his hand to cover his mouth, which made him not laugh out loud in public. Before he could completely suppress his laughter, he heard that Yang Sixian couldn't help but laugh out loud. Yang calmly knew that it was inappropriate to smile like this, and hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth. Sima Rong looked at the few people present, that is, Yeluhong was still calm, and the other officials of Europa Province either covered their mouths or buried their heads in their arms. Another one held back his laughter, but his face turned red.

The Western Roman envoy looked at the performance of these Song people, and his expression became even more serious. He asked tentatively, "May I ask what your Excellency has come up with for the record?" ”

"Why don't you eat minced meat!" Yeluhon gave the answer briskly.

There was silence in the living room, and Sima Rong's hands were covered tighter, although there was no malice or ridicule, but when he heard this famous golden sentence in Chinese history, he couldn't help but want to laugh. When Sima Yi's great-grandson Emperor Jin Hui was in power, there was a catastrophe one year, and the imperial court was very anxious about it. (The people had no rice to satisfy their hunger, so why didn't they eat minced meat and porridge?) ）

This sentence is famous in history and has become a model of ignorance and incompetence. Yeluhong used this sentence to summarize his solution, and this sense of humor is really a bit like the style of Zhao Guanjia when he laughed and scolded. Yang calmly stepped down, but Yeluhong, who was handpicked by the Zhao official family, served as the second envoy of the province of Europa.

The Western Roman envoy was talking to the officials of the province of Europa in Chinese, and when he heard the words, "Why don't you eat minced meat?" ”

Jeluhon shook his head, "This is the solution for us in Europa. Increase meat supply to reduce staple food consumption. ”

"Your Excellency, do you think we don't know how to raise livestock?! The family has a lot of money, and the hair does not count. If livestock can really be raised as a substitute staple food, how can so many of us Mongols in Western Rome not know! The voice of the Western Roman envoy was already full of insulted anger.

Yeluhon's face showed great displeasure, and he replied very unhappily: "This is the solution of our Europa Province, since you asked, I will also tell the truth." Could it be that what we in the province of Europa should do, and you Western Roman Empire should do the same? ”

Both sides are angry, and this is obviously impossible to talk about. Seeing that both sides were annoyed, Sima Rong interjected and came in, "Let's talk about this first, let's take a break." ”

The conference hall has a lounge, and people on both sides go to the lounge. Sima Rong asked: "Jie Du envoy, if we talk like this, Western Rome will definitely not be happy." ”

Yeluhong replied indifferently: "That's their business, let's settle our affairs well." The Yuan Kingdom was stable before, and everyone kept talking about ensuring food supply, but it was just talk. Now the wolf is coming, and everyone is on their own to solve it. ”

Yang Sixian followed the text: "It is ...... to increase the production of so much meat, not to mention epidemic prevention, which is also supported by the forage provided by Ethiopia." Can't we in Europa Province solve our food supply on our own? ”

In the face of doubts, Jeluhon replied frankly: "Ancient Greece is known as the pioneer of Europa civilization, and I didn't expect this place to be so barren. It's no wonder that there were so many characters in ancient Greece who were unknown. How is it possible for such a land to sustain prosperity for thousands of years. Since this is already the case, we will try to increase the physical production of Europa. But we ourselves need to determine the food policy of the Europa provinces. We cannot guarantee food security on our own. ”

Hearing these words, Sima Rong couldn't help but approve in his heart. Although he couldn't help but think of Yeluhong's barbarian background, it was not for nothing that this person could be chosen by the Zhao official family. It is already very responsible to dare to speak so bluntly about the food policy of the province of Europa. The knots make the errand itself necessary to be able to make the right judgment, and covering one's ears and stealing the bell will only make things worse.

The officials were silent, and since the envoy of Yeluhong had told the truth, everyone could only listen. If these people have the ability to achieve a different food policy than Yeluhom, they should not be Yeluhom who will succeed them. I heard Yeluhong continue: "Taking a large amount of preservatives is not good for the body, and the Food Department has sent a special report for us to study. When the people of Western Rome are gone, let's have another meeting to emphasize it. The slaughterhouse and the meat factory must be supervised by the government, I don't care if others say that we have learned from General Zhang Fei, or everyone's body matters. ”

Sima Rong lowered his head again. It's so interesting to know history, according to Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" and some other legends, it is said that General Zhang Fei's family killed pigs. Recently, there have been a lot of small comment books in the market, and Sima Rong loves to read, so he subscribed to some. One of them talks about three points. It is said that General Zhang Fei and General Zhang only used one knife to kill pigs when he was a teenager, and no matter what kind of pig he was, he would be killed with a knife. And the pigs that did not die after being stabbed would be pinched to death by General Zhang empty-handed. This comment made Sima Rong laugh.

However, after studying the course of the Qin and Han First Empire systems organized by the Great Song Dynasty, Sima Rong knew that Zhang Fei, who monopolized the meat factory, would never kill pigs as a business. If it is not the local tycoon, where can it interfere in the slaughtering industry. Under the Han Dynasty's system of detailed state planning, only wealthy families who were effectively loyal to the imperial court could get this errand. Even if you don't know history, you can understand how a pig killer can have a good word that will be handed down to future generations. "General Zhang's Post" is very famous.

Since Yeluhon wanted to emphasize the state-run characteristics of the meat factory, it shows that he was ready to fully implement the Great Song Dynasty system in Greece, a poor and scumbag barren mountain and wilderness. This is a very important matter, and if Sima Rong can execute it well, the third envoy of the province of Europa will not be hopeless.

was thinking about it, so I heard Yang Sixian say: "Jie Du Envoy, if you do this, do we want to export?" ”

Jeluhon replied, "I'll talk about this later, I don't think Rome is really rich enough to import meat." It's one thing to eat rare, if you really want to increase the production of meat and vegetables, and change the dietary structure to the appearance of the Great Song Dynasty, you need a lot of related technologies. I don't want to do a technical proliferation of them. ”

The outline and leader straightened things out, and everyone resumed the meeting after a short rest. As Jeluhon expected, the Western Roman Empire's emissaries directly raised the price of meat. Jeluhon also bluntly told the messenger about the wholesale price of Athenian cured meat. Sima Rong saw that the faces of the Western Roman envoys had changed color. Yeluhon quoted the currency unit of the four-party banknote, and the legal tender of the trade between the four-party alliance was the four-party banknote, and a series of prices derived from it. Even if the Western Romans came to Athens with gold and silver, they had to first exchange the gold and silver for the Quartet at the exchange rate at that time, and then use the Quartet to buy goods.

Of the quadripartite alliance, only the province of Europa uses the Quadripartite banknotes exclusively as legal tender. The other three parties only use the four-way banknote in certain areas. This price was quoted, and the empty treasury of the Western Roman Empire was not enough to buy food.

In the end, the two sides did not talk about the results, and the Western Roman Empire avoided talking about the problems of the Yuan Kingdom and the war between the Mongols and the Tianzhu slave dynasty, and they did not dare to talk about it, so there was nothing to talk about.

The Western Roman envoy hurried back to Rome, and after seeing Boyan, he reported the results of the investigation. Boyan didn't say anything after hearing this, just let the messenger go down. Then he took out the half-read letter from his desk. It's also sad to say, since Boyan left the Mongol court with his troops, there has been less and less contact with the Mongol Great Khan. Kublai Khan was slightly better when he was alive, and the two still had some personal letters. When Timur Khan ascended to the throne, the letters on both sides were completely official, and this letter was the third letter that Timur Khan had written to Boyan over the years.

Boyan thought of Hao Ren's sigh, and he also felt a little sad in his heart. With the death of Kublai Khan, the former Mongol court has completely changed, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister has degenerated into the relationship between the Mongol Khan and the Mongol prince. Boyan was the farthest away from Mongolia, and Timur Khan didn't want to communicate with Boyan at all. It is no wonder that Hao Ren has never forgotten the era of Kublai Khan, when there was always a bit of personal friendship between the monarchs and ministers, and it was much warmer than the pure interest relationship now.

In this letter, Timur Khan recounted the ongoing war, and it was evident that Kublai Khan's grandson was extremely optimistic about the war, even saying that a Mongol cavalry could fight at least three slave dynasty soldiers. Boyan picked up the pen after reading it, but he didn't know what to rewrite. He did not underestimate the Great Khan of Timur because of these words, on the contrary, from the letter of the Great Khan of Timur, Boyan seemed to see what he was like when he was young.

At that time, Boyan was still fighting with the cowardly general Buhua, and not long after the end of the Great Western Expedition of Mongolia, the Ilkhanate was ruled by King Hulagu Khan. In order to survive, the Eastern Roman Empire relied entirely on the power of King Hulagu Khan. When he was on a mission to the Eastern Roman Empire, he was treated as a guest, so he had the opportunity to meet Princess Maria and talk with her about topics including faith in life.

At that time, Mongolia was really extremely confident, and it was full of grasp of its own strength from top to bottom. From the two river basins to the Huai River and the Yangtze River basin, all the countries around the Mongolian world also believe in these and are full of reverence for Mongolia.

Thinking of the changes in the past few decades, Boyan couldn't help but think of Kublai Khan. He suddenly smiled bitterly, how could he be as nostalgic as Hao Ren's guy. The Great Khan of Kublai Khan has died, and now it is the Great Khan of Timur who is in power.