The two sat in the lounge for a while, and although they said they didn't want to entertain, Wu Han still sent someone to bring tea and snacks. They didn't have to wait long, though, for the meeting to end.

Guo Kang stood at the door, watching a large group of Father Ross in new robes and beards rushing out of the conference room. Several high-ranking clergymen with black scarves followed. Grand Lama Wang finally came out and said goodbye to everyone in a friendly manner.

When they dispersed, Lama Wang beckoned Guo Kang to come over.

Guo Kang turned around and called Theodora and walked into the conference room with her. Most of the people inside had already left, except for the Grand Lama and two familiar priests, and two men in plain robes.

Neither of them was wearing a new robe, but the one on the left was a middle-aged man, wearing an undyed tunic with short hair and beard, with a gentleman's face, a cross carved of wood around his neck, and chanting something with his eyebrows down.

On the right is an old man, his clothes are more tattered and patched, he has no shoes on his feet, and his long beard is a little messy, but his eyes are bright, and he also looks at Guo Kang and Theodora.

Guo Kang estimated that the two of them were invited by Wang Da Lama and others from the Rus region before. There, there were clergy who advocated penance and rejected new clothes, and it is estimated that these two men were of this type.

Before, these people didn't even want to take a bath. Later, when Lama Wang saw Guo Kang's steam equipment, he took them to visit. The huge steam organ and the steam shrines that rotate back and forth give these ascetics who have been active in remote areas all year round a great shock. The Great Lama took the opportunity to tell them that there was clearly a divinity in the steam. In some places, people unconsciously invent a form of steam bathing, apparently inadvertently inspired.

As a result, he succeeded in fooling them into going to the sauna.

Seeing Theodora also coming over, the king was a little surprised. He only asked Wu Han to find Guo Kang at that time, and the next thing should be related to religion and military. But since she came, she couldn't drive away, so she had to step forward to salute and then start to introduce.

"Let me introduce you. These two are my assistants, Father Mark and Father Leo. Guo Gongzi should recognize it. As he spoke, he turned to the other side: "The two new faces here are Father Mikhail and Father Andrei. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is our princess, Her Royal Highness Theodora, and my advisor, Mr. Guo, a church scholar." He said to the two Ross monks.

Several priests stood up to salute Theodora. Theodora nodded and sat everyone down.

Guo Kang saw their reactions, and felt that since it was the person he brought in, it was better to explain it - although he thought about it, he really didn't think of how to bring Theodora here, and it seemed that he didn't realize it......

"Oh, this time the princess happened to be there, so I invited her to come along." Guo Kang explained: "On the one hand, you can communicate with her in advance about the recruits; On the other hand, for the new diocese in the Ross region, I have some suggestions for the ordination of nuns, which I can ask her to come and listen to as well. ”

Of course, Grand Lama Wang and his two assistants would not object, and the other two Fathers Ross also thanked her.

"We very much welcome Your Highness." Middle-aged Father Andrei said: "I just don't know, what is the matter with the nun? Nuns don't need to be ordained, right? ”

"Of course. However, we wonder if it is possible to reorganize the various types of nuns that are now in a state of confusion. Guo Kang said: "It just so happens that we have not been discussing the issue of the regularization of the diocese recently. Two things can actually be solved together. ”

"Mr. Guo has already made a report to us on this issue." Father Mark, who was his assistant, told them: "When Sir Plonsky comes, we can elaborate." ”

"Yes." Guo Kang said, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't you know what his title is called?" ”

"Their titles over there are messy, and there are all kinds of problems with translation." Father Marco couldn't help but complain: "And in the past translations, there are often translations that are too different from the original meaning. ”

"Oh? Are there any adverse effects? Theodora asked.

"Most of the time it's fine, but there are some occasions when there may be misunderstandings." Father Marco bowed and replied: "For example, the monarch of the Rus' country, speaking of the big concept knyaz. The word is very similar to the Alemanni konig and we think they are cognate and both mean 'king'. It is not reasonable to call him a grand duke. ”

"I think, logically, that it should at least be called a prince. Or it can be called a prince - because the holders of this title are all members of the same family, and everyone has the right to inherit, but the people of this family are not necessarily the monarchs in power. A misunderstanding of these concepts may affect some of our judgments, such as the fact that the mentality of these people is significantly different from that of the European dukes, who are much more independent of each other. ”

"What do you mean, the two of them were still relatives in their early years?" Grand Lama Wang was a little surprised.

"The Rus' rulers came from the other side of the North Sea, and the ancestors of the Alemanni may have been old people in ancient times." Father Marco told him: "So they have some similar words, and I think it's normal. ”

"Oh yes, I forgot about it." Grand Lama Wang was calm and admitted it directly.

"It's not surprising that many languages have a lot of loanwords." Guo Kang told him: "And many of these loanwords are obviously centrally distributed. ”

For the Rus, this was normal. After all, since Kievan Rus' onwards, the country has hardly been governed by its own people – either the Nordics, the Germans, and later even the Georgians.

"Hey, there are some places, I don't know if you can only realize your potential when you are managed by foreigners." He casually complained to Theodora in Chinese.

"What do you mean? Is there a foreigner's influence? Father Marco asked, puzzled, in non-standard Chinese.

"Oh, nothing." Guo Kang didn't notice that he also knew a little Chinese. He thought about it for a while, and felt that it was still not good to use the Rus people as an example in front of the other two, so he explained: "I'm talking about Cochin! ”

"What is that place?" Father Marco wondered.

"It's an area south of Seris." Guo Kang told him: "The people in this place used to want to make a split. In the early days, it was some female leaders who took the lead in making trouble, such as the Second Expedition in the Han Dynasty and Zhao Fei in the Three Kingdoms. Later, the local upper class was gradually assimilated by the Central Plains, and many Hao chiefs were simply descendants of immigrants from the Central Plains. Wu Quan, who established the first regime, was born from Hebei; Later, the ancestors of Ding Buling were Cantonese; Li Huan, who defeated the Northern Song Dynasty and opened up a new dynasty, was a native of Guangxi; Li Gongyun, who replaced them, is a native of Fujian; Chen Xuan, who defeated the Yuan Dynasty, is also a Fujianese. ”

"In such a place, only women and foreigners can lead the war." He prevaricated: "That's what I said. ”

"Oh......," Father Marco realized.

In this way, Ross's problem is temporarily covered up.

(End of chapter)