In July of the Great Song Dynasty 331, it was probably the ninth month of the Western calendar. The crops on the vast black soil of the Yuan Kingdom are all showing the appearance before the harvest, and everyone can be ready for harvest in a month at most. After harvesting, the land is prepared and winter wheat or rape can be planted in the land before snowfall. Then you can wait for the start of next year.

The news from the agricultural departments everywhere is very good, which does not make Hao Ren feel relaxed, or even reduce Hao Ren's pressure. Because in the latest news, this Teutonic knight kingdom is too capable of tossing. The Holy See, which had been taken captive by Kublai Khan, held the election of a new pope in Marienburg.

The archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire were present, and Bishops from Gaul, England, Scotland, Ireland and other countries were sent. With the strong support of the Holy Roman Empire, the Archbishops finally considered the election of the Holy See legitimate. In the end, a new pope was elected. Immediately after the new pope ascended the throne, he declared the Mongol Empire an enemy of Christendom, and killing the Mongols was tantamount to buying indulgences.

No matter how great the sin is, it can be atonemented by killing the Mongols. If enough Mongols are killed, not only will they be able to go to heaven after they die, but even their family members who have already gone to hell for their sins will be liberated from hell because of this kind of redemption.

In the past, it was the Yuan Kingdom that went to other places to kill the Semu people. As soon as the latest news came out, there was already a notice in Warsaw to recruit men to kill the Mongols. Yuan Guo was on the front line of facing the people of color at this time, and Hao Ren's pressure can be imagined.

At such a time, Hao Ren did not want to trouble Kublai Khan at all. The last time he met with the Marshal Boyan, Hao Ren talked with Boyan about the current situation of Kublai Khan. Marshal Boyan believed that Kublai Khan had let the battle of wills dominate thinking. At this time, no one can do anything. So Hao Ren could only send a message to Boyan Dashuai quickly.

When the news reached Egypt, Marshal Boyan was also dealing with the problem of a good harvest. Kublai Khan already knew the news of the bumper harvest in Egypt, so he naturally ordered Boyan to continue to send grain. Boyan wrote a note to the Great Khan, informing Kublai Khan that the Egyptian peasants who grew grain also needed to eat. If it is sent any further, there will be a famine in Egypt itself.

Kublai Khan's Great Khan soon replied, 'The Mongols are the most expensive of my great Mongol kingdom. If there were no Mongols, where would I be a great Mongolia? Those Egyptians who eat a little more can stabilize the country. Boyan must persevere. ’

Putting down this holy decree, which was a bit external and internal, Boyan picked up Hao Ren's letter. After reading this letter, Boyan roughly judged the situation that appeared, and the Holy Roman Empire wanted to go against the sky. For a long time, it was believed that the Holy Roman Empire was not rich in territory, and that the combat effectiveness of the army was not as high as that of Gaul and England. At the time of the Crusades, the French and English crusades were considered to be more powerful than the armies of the HRE.

Picking up the pen, Bo Yan first wrote a letter to Hao Ren. In the letter, he told Hao Ren that he must not panic at this time, and he must be prepared for a decisive battle with the Semu country. Moreover, the place where Hao Ren is located is easy to raise horses, and the cavalry has always been very strong. Hao Ren should have faith in him.

After writing a letter to Hao Ren, Boyan wrote another letter to Kublai Khan. The letter told Kublai Khan that if Mongolia wanted to get more food, it would have to go on an expedition. Italy has a warm climate and produces food. Moreover, there were many ports in Italy, and it was very convenient to transport grain to the Mediterranean, so he asked the Great Khan to send troops to seize Italy.

Within ten days, Hao Ren and Kublai Khan received the letter almost simultaneously. Hao Ren originally wanted to get some advice from Boyan to see how to avoid the war at this stage. The Yuan Kingdom now has less than three million people, and the population of the Teutonic Knights plus the Holy Roman Empire is almost 20 million. Hao Ren felt that the pressure was indeed very high. After reading the letter, Hao Ren found that he didn't seem to have the possibility of avoiding war at all. This made him very regretful.

Kublai Khan wrote a decree to silence Boyan. Unexpectedly, Boyan actually proposed to seize Italy. This greatly annoyed the Great Khan. Kublai Khan's first thought was to write another decree to scold Boyan. However, during the pause, Kublai Khan suddenly felt that this suggestion was not bad. Previously, Timur, the grandson of Boyan and Kublai Khan, invaded Italy and captured the Holy See. This shows that Italy is not strong.

"Call Timur." Kublai Khan commanded.

It didn't take long for Timur to enter the palace. After saluting his grandfather, Timur asked, "I wonder what the Great Khan has ordered when he calls his ministers." ”

"You've been to Italy, do you think it's rich?" Kublai Khan asked.

Timur had always wanted to tell his grandfather, Kublai Khan, about the richness of Italy. Kublai Khan, however, never gave him time, and when he finally found an opportunity, Timur hastened to tell what he had seen and heard. Italy has a lot of mountains, and the plains are not short of stones. Because the land area is not large, there are naturally no decent plains. At least from the Mongol point of view, there were no great plains in Italy.

But those lands had good estates, and wherever the Mongol army went, they found that the Italians had a good opinion of Mongolia. This also surprised Timur. Later, I learned that it was because the Ilkhanate had carried out a lot of actions close to Christendom in order to be able to flank the enemy Mamluk dynasty with Christendom.

When Kublai Khan heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt Timur's narration, and he asked, "How many Mongols can Italy feed?" ”

"I heard that Italy also has a population of several million, and twenty Italians can feed one Mongolian, and they can also feed three or four hundred thousand."

Kublai Khan's eyes lit up, and he asked Timur, "If you were to be asked to go on another expedition to Italy, would you be able to do it?" ”

"Yes!" Timur replied immediately.

"How many men do you want?" Kublai Khan continued to ask.

"Just like last time. Please come along. Timur replied.

Kublai Khan frowned and said to Timur: "No,"

"Why?" Timur was a little confused.

"It's not going to work." Kublai Khan didn't want to explain to this little rabbit cub at all, Kublai Khan didn't want to trust Boyan anymore. This is not because Kublai Khan had any personal feelings towards Boyan, but because Kublai Khan thought that if Boyan was so strong, he would not be able to do anything to his grandchildren. At that time, Kublai Khan disagreed with most of the things that Zhenjin had done, but he was extremely satisfied with Zhenjin's interception and killing of Ahma. At that time, Ahma was useless to the imperial court, and Zhenjin decisively killed this political enemy. However, the sons of Jinjin can't seem to understand this cruel world.

"You must personally lead the troops this time." Kublai Khan could only give this order in the end.