After Guo Kang and Zhu Wenkui finished discussing, they found that Theodora didn't know where to run.

"What about people?" Guo Kang was a little puzzled.

"Maybe it's too boring to understand." Zhu Wenkui looked at the circles all over the ground, and the dense numbers on the notes in his hand, but he was quite self-aware.

"Forget it, let's go back and find her slowly." Thinking of Theodora's previous "interview", Guo Kang was a little stunned: "I feel that I also need a headband." ”

"What are these words?" Zhu Wenkui immediately shook his head and comforted: "It's just some daily trivialities, it's not a big deal, why bother so much?" Princess, she also cares about you, and if you communicate with you, misunderstandings can be resolved. If you need anything, I can help too. ”

Guo Kang wanted to express his gratitude, but Jeanne next to him was not happy.

"And what did you just tell me?" She glared at Zhu Wenkui and complained again and again: "Oh, your good brother is not happy, so hurry up and comfort him; My sister is not happy, so she will give her an iron hoop, right? Is there such a thing for relatives? You like iron hoops so much, why don't you give yourself one? ”

"I didn't mean to, I just said whatever came to mind." Zhu Wenkui was also unhappy: "Others asked me to fight, but I still won't give it." ”

"Okay, okay, your brother also cares about you, thinking you really want it." Guo Kang also helped persuade: "If you don't go back, let's forget it one by one, no one is more special than the other, okay......"

“？” Jeanne had a question mark on her face.

"Then, let's discuss it later......" Guo Kang had to forcibly fool him: "I still have to find a way to deal with Theodora, and other things can only be put aside." ”

"I just think it's weird about you." Jeanne said unforgivingly: "You complain every day about the trouble of Greek women, but you don't think about it, are you also responsible for this?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhu Wenkui asked.

"You know that the Greeks have problems, but you still keep intermarrying them and letting them control the power of the harem." Jeanne pointed out: "You see, whether it is the authoritarian power of the Queen Mother, or the history of the heavens, isn't it all allowed by your own system, and the officials and generals are all acquiescing? You're to blame for that. ”

"We can't help it." Guo Kang began to pour bitter water: "It's okay in other places, but the resistance of the locals has not been great. But in Greece, we were able to gain a foothold from the very beginning by in-laws and adoptive relationships. ”

"You know the geopolitical situation here. The exit from the Black Sea, and several important areas of the Mediterranean route, were inhabited by the Greeks. Therefore, if you want to enter the Mediterranean, open up trade routes, and make the country rich, you have to control the Greek region steadily. ”

"This place is different from today's Central Plains. Locals like to recognize religion and blood. Although the Greeks themselves developed a system of electing officials, even the natives, in order to consolidate their position, preferred to recognize a father-in-law or simply pretend to be an ancestor. ”

For example, he said: "You see, there are a lot of Greeks in our court with the surnames Ducasse and Komunen, but very few of them are true. Many people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and then began to claim that they were the Barcelus of the year, a lost relative. ”

"I've heard that in the Frankish state the same is true. That's right? ”

"That's right." Jeanne was stared at by him, so she had to nod and join him in the topic: "Many people are pretending to be the descendants of the old nobles of Charlemagne's era, and even if the royal family can find out the records, in order to appoint talents, they can only turn a blind eye." ”

"Everybody cares a lot about bloodline, but bloodline doesn't really guarantee talent. As a result, they have no choice but to acquiesce to capable people to fake their bloodlines to open up a channel for selecting talents. She exclaimed, "Sounds ironic, doesn't it?" ”

"As for the ...... of the Shinra," she thought for a moment, "I doubt that after the era of the Great Vacancy, the HRE side will still have the ability to verify the whereabouts of every nobleman." Even if there is really a wandering sideline, it is estimated that there is no evidence to be found. ”

"yes. This is the same all over the world. Guo Kang said: "Back then, the Empress Dowager Helena told the officials that after she married the Purple Tent, she knew that the Comunens family was so prosperous. A small half of the Greek officials promoted each year are long-lost relatives. ”

"Even when we first entered Dadu, we took advantage of this habit. Do you remember the Cao Jian who sent you the documents before? He asked.

"I remember." Zhu Wenkui said.

"His ancestor, Cao Meng, was an envoy to negotiate with the Greeks. During this time, he established a cooperation with Michael Khail, the chief eunuch at the time. Michael valued him so highly that he even adopted him as his adopted son as his heir. It was with their help that we entered the city and calmed down the chaos. Guo Kang introduced.

"Our dominion over Rome was also gained through marriage. According to Roman tradition, the Purple Horde did have the right to inherit the empire, and the Greeks could not deny it. ”

"Even so, after our first visit to town, we all faced a huge challenge. Two Greek officials who are in the midst of a civil war have joined forces to deal with us. ”

"It's so perverse that it doesn't fit the logic of the Greeks." He shook his head repeatedly: "You see, in the history of Greece, has there ever been such a thing? Shouldn't it be more in line with the historical norm for them to bribe us to bring him to be the co-emperor and eliminate the other party? ”

"What did you do?" Jeanne felt strange.

"My ancestor Guo Gai recorded this incident." Guo Kang said: "At that time, everyone felt that we should be promoted as serious Romans, which were different from those two Greek officials who were in chaos. ”

"As the saying goes, 'new officials take office with three fires', and when you first arrive, you must show a new atmosphere in order to convince everyone. So, they took out a lot of crosses, heavenly brothers, and so on in the Niangniang Temple, and made another statue of Romulus and put it in, and called everyone to make sacrifices. In this way, we are orthodox Romans and have never forgotten the Roman way. ”

"Ah......h

"The Greeks at that time were different from now, they were extreme, and some people couldn't stand it and wanted to make trouble." Guo Kang shook his head again and again: "We mobilized the legionnaires and pressed them several times. As a result, Li Xuanying and his ancestors watched the play and made mistakes, but they still blew people out. ”

"How did you solve it?" Jeanne was curious about the transformation of the Greeks.

"Didn't the Ottoman army camp outside the city?" Guo Kang said: "After the defeat of the Serbian army, the Ottomans demolished all the nearby churches, leaving one and changing it into a temporary use of the Tianfang Temple. ”

"The Greeks were very afraid, and the Patriarch at that time urgently recognized all the ancestors we worshipped, from Romulus and below, as saints, and declared that it was up to them to worship them. After that, this kind of thing is much better. ”

(End of chapter)