Chapter 671: You Tang Essentials

Subsequently, Zhao Song Junchen talked with the Tang envoy for a few words, and held a banquet to entertain him. The Tang envoy retreated, and within a few days, he came to resign and return home. Zhao Song Junchen is polite and courteous, after all, this is a fundamentally speaking, the blood of the Han family flows together, and the 'brothers' who are separated by thousands of miles After knowing the history and geography of the founding of the Tang Dynasty in detail, Zhao Song Junchen treated these remnants of the Tang Dynasty like a thief. I didn't worry at all, and I didn't think that the Tang people would give up their hundreds of years of family business and return to the Central Plains to compete for hegemony. Because it is impossible, they will not give up the foundation that their ancestors have operated for hundreds of years, and they will not abandon it regardless of it. However, Zhao Song Junchen was very interested in the country of the Tang people, so he sent an embassy of the same scale to visit the country of the Tang people.

After the Tang envoy bid farewell to the Zhao Song monarchs, he took the Zhao and Song envoys all the way back to the original landing place 'Suzhou', and then sailed out to sea and stepped into the way home. After a year's voyage, the Tang fleet returned to the Red Sea. Later, they contacted the wizards of their own country and worked together to cross the Red Sea and return to the Mediterranean. As soon as you step into the calm Mediterranean Sea and stay away from the turbulent oceans, the homesickness of the Tang Mission suddenly gushes out. Then, after sailing for a few more days, a rolling 'green line' finally appeared in front of them, and the Tang people knew that it was their country and land, and they finally returned home.

"Lord Lu, the land ahead is the country of my Tang people." The Tang envoy explained to Lu Duan, who was standing beside him, that he was the envoy representing Zhao Song this time. It is not only to investigate the country of the remnants of the Tang Dynasty, but also to compare the national strength of the Tang people. Because Zhao Song Junchen heard too much of the Tang envoy's boastful words, he always felt a little disappreciative in his heart, so he had the intention of taking the school examination, and also wanted to see if the country of the Tang Dynasty was as the Tang envoy said, with a herd of good horses in the country, almost like stars in the sky.

After hearing this, Lu Duan put his hand on the pergola, looked into the distance, looked at the undulating green line in front of him, and knew that they were about to reach the country of the Tang people. Then he was silent, and he only nodded slightly to Tang Envoy's explanation, because he didn't understand, he didn't say anything. Everything, it is still being argued after seeing is believing, and specific things still need to be witnessed by the Tang monarch in the future.

Seeing that Lu Duan didn't speak, Tang Envoy didn't say much, and quietly accompanied him to stand at the bow of the ship and look at the distant continental line.

It didn't take long for the huge fleet of ships to slowly approach the port, and Lu Duan was able to clearly see the whole picture of the port at this time. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the size and prosperity of the port, it is not inferior to them. The berths of the wharf are full of ships of all sizes, and the ships are constantly loading and unloading cargo. Before he could get close to the port, he could already hear the noise of bustling and bustling. This made Lu Duan nod secretly, no matter what else, just from this prosperous and lively scene, it can be seen that this small country that relies on trade, even if it is not as rich as them, I am afraid that it should not be underestimated in this foreign land.

As the huge fleet approached, the tax officials of the port naturally recognized the royal flag hanging above the flagship, so the tax officer hurriedly called the port police department and asked someone to comb the berths. At the same time, the ships entering and leaving the port are sorted out in a unified manner. In short, the entry of royal ships into the port must not be delayed.

Under the arrangement of the National Police Agency and the Port Tax Agency, it is not surprising that businessmen from various countries and their own countries are surprised by this. Those who wanted to leave the port stopped moving, and those who wanted to enter the port also avoided the direction of the royal fleet. And as the huge fleet of ships gradually entered the port, the port gradually began to return to normal.

The envoy sent to the Song Dynasty returned again, not only when he visited Zhao Song, he brought a wealth of national gifts and various commodities. When he returned to China, he also brought goods full of cargo in the hold, including gifts from the Zhao and Song dynasties and goods purchased in the Central Plains nearby. And silk has always been the head of the trade between the East and the West, and it is an absolutely lucrative commodity.

When the boatloads of fine silk were brought down, the eyes of merchants from all over the world, including those from their own countries, turned red. Obviously, they know the item and they know what its value is. It is no exaggeration to say that it is not difficult to source silk from China and ship it to Europe at a hundredfold price. Who makes this kind of commodity, only China can make it? And China has mastered the gold-absorbing weapon of silk, and has been making huge profits in the trade between the East and the West.

Merchants from all over the world also resold silk from upside down, making sky-high profits.

Therefore, the moment the silk was delivered, all the merchants were red-eyed. They all scrambled to buy silk, but the officers and officials of the port police department, with their unsheathed horizontal knives and murderous faces, stopped the merchants of various countries. However, there were still countless merchants, their eyes widened, panting as they looked at the delicate and tender silks, and the longing in their eyes was like substance.

When Lu Duan saw this, his heart was full of disdain and pride, "Yi Di's generation, if you are vulgar, you don't know etiquette." But he was quite interested in the horizontal knife in the hands of the Tang officials, and asked hesitantly, "This is the horizontal knife that was one of the four systems of the Tang Dynasty?" Lu Duan asked uncertainly, because in the Central Plains, the steel smelting method of the Tang Dynasty has long been lost. And the subsequent dynasties were no longer able to reproduce the knives of the Tang Dynasty. Even in the Ming Dynasty, I still had to learn from Japan, which I have to say is a pity.

"Yes, it's a horizontal knife!" Although the tax officer didn't know Lu Duan, he still didn't dare to be contemptuous when he came here with the ship. Moreover, Lu Duan's voice and appearance are very similar to those of his homeland, and his clothes are similar to them, which makes him feel good. "There are not only horizontal knives, but also Mo knives, ritual knives, and barrier knives."

"What, you still have the Sheng Tang Dynasty Weapon Smelting Method?" Lu Duan's eyes widened, it was really a weapon in the Tang Dynasty, they could only understand it from books, and it was long unknown how to smelt it. Because, in the future five generations and ten countries, many technologies have been lost. For example, the assembly line during the Qin Dynasty has long been lost in the Han Dynasty.

The Tang envoy explained to him, "We have lost a lot of the smelting methods of the Tang Dynasty. In the end, though, we made up for it. Compared with the smelting method of the year, it is still excessive. ”

"I never thought that with such skills, there would be a day when we would see each other again." In this regard, Lu Duan was quite emotional. Subsequently, the news of the visit of the envoys of Zhao and Song was brought to the capital to inform them. And the Zhao and Song delegations who had come here after a long journey were also exhausted. Afterwards, accompanied by officials, a resting place was arranged for them to rest, and during the day, government officials led them on a tour of the city and the countryside in the countryside.

Lu Duan looked at this place one by one, and saw that the remnants of the Tang Dynasty here, although the language was very different from that of the Central Plains, they could still understand it after getting acquainted with each other. It's like a dialect somewhere in the Central Plains, but their script has been improved. Although it is not similar to Chinese characters, it is quite beautiful in writing. However, Lu Duan is still a little dissatisfied with this group of remnants of the Tang Dynasty who changed the characters without authorization, isn't this a dictionary that forgets his ancestors? However, it is also a matter of reason that they have been away from foreign lands for hundreds of years, and their language and writing have changed. Subsequently, Lu Duan visited the city during the day, and at night he wrote "You Tang Yaolu" in the room, "... The people of the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of years of wind and frost, far away from the homeland of the Central Plains, although they still maintain their Chinese clothes, but the language and writing are contrary to our Chinese and very different...... However, the remnants of this place are beautifully dressed, and everyone is extraordinary, and they have the legacy of the Tang Dynasty...... The warehouses are overflowing all over the country, and they like to raise livestock and make wine...... The martial wind is especially fierce, almost like a violent Qin... It is especially understandable that Nian Nai is in a foreign land...... The country of the remnants is like the reappearance of the Tang Dynasty. ”