On a winter afternoon, the warm sunlight shines all over the land. Guo Kang leaned against the big tree in the small garden, only to feel more and more lazy, and he didn't want to move.

The bell rang and what seemed to be the landmark of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia, began worship again.

The Guo family's mansion is located in the fourth district near the Imperial Palace of Constantinople, and it is also a place where powerful and wealthy families gather. From the garden, you can see the Hagia Sophia, which is commonly known as the Niangniang Temple in the mouths of the father-in-law. Her magnificent main building, surrounded by four huge Sulu ingots, stands out even here.

Guo Kang has always been skeptical about who designed this layout.

But now, he was in no mood to think about it. The soreness in his limbs made him just want to lie down and do nothing.

It's been a few years since he came to this world, and he still can't stand the devilish training of his father-in-law.

Last night, he had a strange dream about a skyrocketing fire enveloping an unknown city, as if the Greek priests were talking about the end of the world. He wandered around the city in a daze, not knowing what to do. After waking up, I felt depressed and depressed.

After breakfast, Guo Kang still didn't ease his spirits, and decided to go out for a walk, but as soon as he went out, he saw his father-in-law practicing.

He was shirtless, completely ignoring the cold of the deep winter, and played an iron rod with a loud sound, and a layer of white mist rose from his knotted body. Guo Kang greeted him, and he put down the iron rod and walked over to ask kindly.

Guo Kang said that he was just not in a good mood. When the father-in-law heard this, he nodded earnestly. Then, he lifted the two stone locks and handed them to Guo Kang.

"Kang'er, don't think too much. Just exercise for a while and the worries will disappear. The stepfather smiled heartily and said.

As a result, Guo Kang was dragged by him to practice for most of the hour, and he didn't want to move until now.

While he was thinking wildly, a head suddenly poked out of the wall and looked left and right.

As soon as he saw him, Guo Kang knew that he didn't want to rest today.

Before he could stand up, a handsome young man skillfully climbed over the wall and jumped into the garden. With a long pole in his hand, he strode towards him and called out to him: "Don't lie down, get up!" Master Wang has something to look for you! ”

"Can't you go through the front door if you have something to do with me?" Guo Kang said angrily: "My stepmother told me last time that Li Xuanying would blast out if she came over ......the wall again."

"The front gate is too round." Li Xuanying waved his hand: "Why is your door open to the east?" Every time I walk down the street, I have to go around in circles. The next time I see my wife, I will apologize to her. ”

"If you get caught next time." He thought for a moment and added.

Guo Kang has a headache for this kind of guy who casually flips into someone's house. However, the other party threw down the sentence "I'm waiting for you outside", and turned his head and left.

The wall of the Guo family is actually not short, but Li Xuanying grabbed the long pole in his hand, ran a few steps, and pierced the pole to the corner of the wall, jumping over the wall in one fell swoop, and he could also pull the pole over the momentum.

Guo Kang rolled his eyes. I looked left and right and saw that no one was there, so I ran to the corner of the wall. Lifting his breath, he jumped on the wall through a crack in the stone in the wall and climbed out.

"You've made a lot of progress, boy." Li Xuanying hugged the long pole and said with a smile: "But it's definitely better to use a lance with bare hands." Do you want to learn from me? Call me big brother, and I will teach you a few moves handed down by your ancestors. ”

"If your ancestors knew that the lance pole was used to climb over the wall, they would probably have killed you." Guo Kang said angrily: "What is Grand Lama Wang looking for me? ”

"Probably another national letter." Li Xuanying said: "You go to Suo Niangniang Temple, ask him yourself, and you will know." ”

Wang Da Lama is a nickname, and the real title seems to be "Wang Da Patriarch". However, Guo Kang and others are used to shouting this joking nickname, so they have not been able to change it.

In this world, there are far more people who came to the Western Regions from the Central Plains than the world from which Guo Kang came. For example, Wang Da Lama, who was originally a wandering magician, was in the river when he was young, and relied on the kung fu of pretending to be a god and a ghost to eat. However, the competition in this industry was too fierce and there was no future, so I decided to change places and reopen.

He heard that the Roman Empire was now ruled by the Purple Horde, and after thinking about it, he felt that the most promising thing in this khanate should be Lamaism. So, he memorized some scriptures, got dressed up, called himself the great lama from the East, and prepared to start anew.

Who knew that at this time, the officials of the Purple Horde had already believed in Orthodox Christianity, and the lama was no longer popular, and Wang Da Lama was facing the risk of losing his job again, so he could only start from scratch again.

However, while he was mixing food for the church helpers, he met the patriarch Yin Daochang, who had just been appointed by the emperor at the time. Yin Daochang is also unfamiliar with the place, and he is quite distressed about the environment here, and when he saw that Wang Da Lama was smart and clever, he accepted him as an apprentice, and he could be regarded as an extra helper.

Fortunately, Wang Da Lama's basic skills were originally solid, and he was very good in professional business such as giving speeches and performing miracles. With the guidance and support of Daochang Yin, he rose to prominence in the church, and after Daochang Yin died, he naturally took over as the patriarch.

Of course, it's not really a big deal. The Roman Empire had a tradition of emperors interfering in the church, and in the past, it was not uncommon for emperors to send eunuchs to serve as their ministers' capitals. At least Lama Wang is a religious person, and he is still a little more "serious" than the eunuchs.

Out of the Guo family's house, the two walked along the road to Niangniang Temple. Thanks to the victory in the previous war, the city has been relatively stable in recent years, and there are more and more people, especially the profiteers from Venice.

The traditional friendship between Venice and the Khanate has always been maintained. When Batu went west and entered the Black Sea coast, he established contact with Venetian merchants.

The merchants provided detailed information to the Mongol army, and in return, Batu would protect their business interests and expel their rivals. Under the guidance of these Venetians, the Mongols were sometimes more familiar with the local geography than the local princes themselves, which provided great convenience for warfare. Naturally, the Merchant of Venice also made a fortune.

When the Golden Horde was on the verge of collapse, a force under the Khanate grew stronger on the western shore of the Black Sea – of course, at that time, they did not have that name.

The chieftain, Boyan Timur, claimed to be a descendant of the Golden Horde Batu and with the help of his friend Guo Gai, the ancestor of the Guo family, and others, he broke away from the Golden Horde and established a new Khanate. Although Guo Kang's original world, it seems that he has never heard of this force; Moreover, even in this world, the identity and lineage of Boyan Timur are quite suspicious. But in the midst of the chaos, no one is looking into it.

From then on, the Khan's court had close contacts with the Venetian merchants because of their common interests.

Later, after years of hard work, they managed to move south to conquer Constantinople. Because the Khanate, believing itself to be the Roman power, also imitated the Romans, using purple as the most honorable symbol of the Great Khan. Although the official title is still the same as that of the Roman Empire, it is generally referred to as the "Purple Horde".

In order to restore their trade position in the region, the Venetians were among the strongest supporters of this action. And for the Khan's court, the Genoese power here was too strong. If you want to balance them out, Venice is undoubtedly the best choice.

Passing through these pedestrians coming and going, they quickly arrived at their destination.

In addition to being the abbot of the Sophia Niangniang Temple, Wang Da Lama also had to serve as a royal shaman, participating in various necessary diplomatic occasions and religious ceremonies. Usually, it's really not easy to find where he is.

Fortunately this time, there were priests waiting for them in front of the gate. Li Xuanying said that he still had something to do, and let Guo Kang go by himself.

Guo Kang could tell at a glance that something was wrong.

"If you had something, you wouldn't have come to me." He put it bluntly: "If you simply inform me, a servant will do the trick." Is it worth the son-in-law of the Li family to throw away other things and run in person? Now you're in a hurry to go...... Come to think of it, you just want to take the opportunity to escape to the theater, right? ”

Li Xuanying's old face turned red and he didn't speak.

It's not that Guo Kang can't understand him, it's just that his excuse is indeed a bit speechless. But his family is really strict, and there is nothing good to do.

Like the Guo family, the Li family was also a meritorious prince of the Purple Horde, ranking among the pillars of the state and having a high status. Li Xuanying's great-grandfather, Li Tiance, won five battles and five victories, completely defeated the Hungarian-Polish coalition and the support of the Holy Roman Empire, so that in the northwest, there was no powerful force that could directly threaten the hinterland of the Khanate.

This war is considered to be one of the two founding wars of the Purple Horde. After this battle, the Purple Horde took advantage of the internal strife of the Palaiologous dynasty and expelled the emperors John V and John VI, who were in the midst of civil war in the city, and easily entered Constantinople. Li Tiance himself also received great honors from it.

Constantinople was designated as the seat of the Purple Horde's Khanate, and was renamed "Dadu". And Li Tiance was appointed as "Jing Zhaoyin" and became the first general of the capital.

- Actually, the Khanate knew about the city for a long time. Because this is the capital city established by the Roman Great Khan, it was once called "Khan Bali": Khan is the Great Khan, and Bali is the city. Taken together, it is the "City of the Great Khan".

The Turras under the Khan's tent also knew this name. They called the Great Khan the Tsar and the city Grad, so the Khan Bali became "Tsar Grad" in their mouths.

It was the Vikings from the north who ruled the Rus' back then, and they still retain a deep cultural influence. These Vikings, also known as the Rus, called Constantinople "Miklagard". Mikla is big, and Gad is the city. Therefore, the name is simply "Dacheng", or "Dadu".

From this point of view, Tsargrad, Khan Bali, and Dadu are all one place. Everyone thought that most of them were the best to listen to and remember, so they used it instead of the original name that was too long.

However, after the war, Li Tiance became complacent, indulged in Greek dramas, and did not ask about business all day long. Only two years later, while the main force of the Purple Horde was out to fight, the two Emperor John joined hands and sent their cronies back to Constantinople under the sponsorship of HRE and Poland to incite the citizens to revolt.

At the critical juncture, Li Tiance, who was responsible for defending the city, was watching a play, and was suddenly besieged by the actors. Caught off guard, Li Tiance was seriously injured, and escaped from the city in a hurry under the desperate rescue of another pillar state and the old minister Cao Meng. However, his subordinates suffered heavy losses, and even Cao Meng was seriously injured and died.

The following year, Li Tiance also died of injuries and depression. On his deathbed, he gave his son Li Yinglin three arrows and asked him to fulfill three last wishes: to return to Constantinople, which had been driven out, to destroy the old enemy Polish-Hungarian alliance, and to ban the usurped pseudo-Holy Roman State. And these last wishes have not been fully fulfilled so far. Therefore, the Li family hangs the hatred of the country and the family in their ears every day.

Li Xuanying grew up in this environment since she was a child, and was urged by her family to learn the art of war and practice martial arts every day. His entertainment was much less than that of the other noble children. Watching the drama is a pain point for the family, and it is resolutely forbidden.

Guo Kang's idea is somewhat more "free", and he feels that as long as he doesn't delay his business, it's not impossible to have fun. He waved his hand at Li Xuanying, saying that he didn't care and would not sue his family.

Li Xuanying was like being amnestied, carrying the iconic pole, and ran away in a puff of smoke.