Herat, also known as Harai, was once the capital of the Timurid Empire, is an important city in Central Asia with Samarkand and Isfahan, located in the east of Isfahan City, south of Samarkand City, and is also an important turning point of the Silk Road, Isfahan City is very ancient, there is a Persian proverb called "Isfahan's wealth occupies half of the world", and Samarkand and Herat are naturally not far behind,

The land trade route of the Silk Road, starting from the Western Regions, first entered the Black Sea through Samarkand-Herat-Isfahan-Trabzon, then to the north or west, the second through Samarkand-Herat-Isfahan-Baghdad-Antioch into the Mediterranean, and the third through Samarkand-Herat-Isfahan-Ankara-Constantinople into Europe. The degree of affluence can be imagined,

Early in the morning, countless people come out of their homes, out of the city, or in their yards, facing the rising sun, and begin their morning prayers, which represents the beginning of the day, and the YSL congregation attaches great importance to this ritual, and Abu Saeed is no exception, which is a daily routine.

After the morning prayer, Abu Sa'id summoned his royal ministers to the palace, and Abu Sa'id apparently got some news,

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a message for you, and for you to inform the Great Khan Princes,"

Abu Saeed then said,

"The Romans of the west, as you know, are the merchants who come to us every year to trade silk, porcelain and spices, their empire was very strong a long time ago, the empire of the Romans has fallen, but among them there is a Genghis Khan-like figure, and now that their army has reached the banks of the Tigris, we must be ready."

Abu Said's Timurid Empire was not completely centralized, except for some important areas, that is, very rich areas placed provinces, there were many feudal princes, nomadic tribes in other places, the famous Ottomans are a branch of the Turkmen tribe, according to different beliefs, princes, khans, emirs can be found here, it is a hodgepodge.

"Yunus is still in Zhedemu, and he is not ambitious, he covets the wealth of Samarkand, and now that there is such a powerful neighbor in the west of the empire, what should our next strategy be, please teach me."

After the death of Crooked Si, he also drove away Hanus, occupied the throne of the Chagatai Khanate, and wanted to occupy Samarkand several times.

"In addition, we also have to be wary of whether it is possible to ask for help from the people of the Ming Empire, Mahama's nephew Nahei Yashihan has received the help of the Ming Dynasty, and it is possible to find the Ming Dynasty without spending it first, the empire in the east is strong and rich, if the other party wants to occupy the grassland, we have no way to resist."

There are khans close to the Tianshan region who are very anxious, and the pressure on everyone from the Eastern Empire is still relatively large.

"Hahaha~"

But someone laughed and comforted the other party,

"Khan don't worry, the Warat Department on the steppe won a victory on the steppe not long ago, the pressure from the steppe obviously made the people of the Ming Empire start civil strife, the Khitans are like this, as long as there is a little sprout, they will mess up on their own, we don't need to worry about the pressure from the east in a short time, now we need to think about it, only the Chagatai Khanate will not sweat first."

The change of the Ming Dynasty has just passed, and the change that occurred in 1457 is now in 1459, but it is only two years.

"The Kipchak Khanate in the north has been divided, and a few regimes are still fighting each other, we don't have to worry about the threat from the north, they can't threaten Samarkand and Khorezm, but they don't sweat first, it is possible for him to extend his power to Samarkand, we must be vigilant, as for the threat of the Romans... It's better to let the emir of the Black Sheep Jahan resist, hasn't he always wanted to restore his homeland? ”

Someone suggested this, and it was a suggestion that made Abu Said's eyes shine.

"But Jahan can't even resist Uzun Hassan, and now let him resist the Romans? Uzun Hassan was defeated by the Romans, could he do it? ”

What the hell is it to let Jahan resist the Romans, just him? It's really not a lot of confidence.

Speaking of this, it can be clearly felt that Abu Saeed hesitated again.

Well, Abu Sa'id's prudence was correct, Jahan was not able to do so, and he probably had no interest, after all, Jahan's lifelong philosophy of unifying the western Persian plateau was well known, and he was probably not interested in areas outside the Persian plateau.

"Since there is no good way for the time being, let's take a look at what the Romans mean, if the Romans try to follow Alexander the Great to conquer Persia, then we have to take action even if we don't want to."

When Abu Sa'id heard this, he could only reluctantly agree to this proposal, he knew that since he could not fight against Uzun Hassan in the first place, he should be able to not fight against the Romans now.

"In that case, then send a messenger, don't rush to Constantinople first, first find the head of the Roman legion in Babylonia, and then turn to Constantinople to find that... Constantine? Find that Emperor Constantine and see if we can sign a treaty between the two countries, and we can have a good rest,"

"Also, go and tell Yunus not to toss during this time, and see what the Romans mean first, so as to avoid us falling into a two-sided situation."

The tone is full of vicissitudes, how difficult the situation is, the current family of the Timurid Empire, can not do a two-sided war, if Abu Said has a reliable civilian system, or has such a high prestige, can integrate all the resources of the Timurid Empire, maybe it can also be done on both sides of the war, but he obviously has neither this means, nor the empire has this practice, the Timurid Empire is not a few independent princes and nobles, the khans, princes, emirs, etc. will not necessarily buy this account.

But thinking of the Persian Gulf, Abu Saeed sighed a little, doesn't this mean that he had to share this trade route in the Persian Gulf with the Romans, and the Romans could still put their tentacles into the heart of MSL after such a long time, which is really touching.

"Call me the most knowledgeable scholar in Herat, and I will learn about the history of the Romans."

Turning to the attendant beside him, he said that it would never hurt him to learn more about his future neighbors.

Looking back, if the Romans promised the two countries to non-aggression, then Abu Said would have accelerated the pace of eastward expansion, and the Chagatai Khanate was not a threat to him, and he would not spend it yet, since Yunus had promised to be loyal to him forever, he could be put on the throne of Chagatai Khan.

What? You ask Abu Sa'id why he believed in the oath of Yunus?

The Qur'an clearly states that MSL does not allow lying, as long as Yunus is an MSL, he cannot disobey the revelation of Allah, otherwise he will go to hell after death!

Such a punishment is obviously too severe for people today, more frightening than the worst punishment in the world, just as we cannot know the lives of the ancients, nor can we speculate on the thoughts of the ancients.

And at the same time as Abu Said's decision, Everynos's army had completed a new milestone...

"Captain, look, seagulls! It's the sea! We're on the eastern coast! ”

A column leader was extremely excited, for hundreds of years, I am afraid that they are the only ones who have hit here.

"It's the Persian Gulf."

The salty and wet sea breeze on the face is no different from the Mediterranean sea breeze, but the meaning of the two is completely different.

The cry of the seagulls echoed in everyone's ears, and even the soldiers at the bottom knew that their final stop had arrived, and the journey was coming to an end!

"Prepare to set up camp, we will stay here until Your Majesty's wish is fulfilled."

Bursting with pride, Everenos waved his hand, and the soldiers immediately began to cheer.

I don't know who started it, the soldiers sang the chant directly, or the famous "God Save My Emperor Constantine", and there were only so many ways for the simple soldiers to express their emotions, either drinking, dancing, or singing the chant.

The chaplain walked up to Everenos and bent slightly,

"Allow me to compose an epic for this matter, to record the exploits of yours and of His Majesty Constantine."

"Do you want to be Virgil? Of course, you can do whatever you want. ”

Everynos smiled, and he was in a good mood.

In today's days when bards are almost extinct, many times, priests are bards, because they are usually well-educated, and relatively wealthy, the aristocracy likes to sponsor some poor priests, priests can also find jobs in monasteries or government departments, because most of the priests in this era are not very poor, of course, there are no absolutes.

A good work can bring glory not only to its singers, but also to its authors, a good bard may also ascend to the high halls of princes and nobles, priests are not all loyal to their own work, and it is normal for some people to not do their jobs, on the one hand, this is also one of the reasons why they are hated, because when a person does not need to do a good job to be in that position, it will attract resistance and disobedience from others.

This should be true!

Some people died, but not completely......