Lord Moyu was forced to open

"What? Those weirdos pulling camels want to see me? Have they been sent to Bianjing?"

Zhao Jun looked at Wang Hua in shock and disbelief.

Wang Huai'en said helplessly: "Yes, Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on down there? They sent people over one after another without any notice."

It is said that those strange men riding camels will arrive in Bianjing City today.

As soon as Wang Huai'en finished speaking, a young eunuch hurried over from outside the door, bowed respectfully to Zhaojun and the others, and then reported to Wang Huai'en: "Eunuch Wang, those weirdos just entered the capital!"

Wang Huai'en was shocked when he heard this!
"How did it come so fast?"

But he quickly reacted and asked, "Where are they now?"

The young eunuch said speechlessly, "As soon as they came in, they headed for the cloth shop in the city. Now I think they are all buying cloth. The eunuchs are like leopards, curious about everything they see."

After receiving the news, Wang Huai'en waved his hand to send the eunuch away, then turned around and said to Zhao Jun:
"Your Majesty, now that everyone is here, why don't you meet them?"

Zhao Jun also shook his head speechlessly, then nodded and agreed, promising to meet them after the morning court tomorrow.

When Wang Huai'en got the news, he immediately arranged for someone to deliver the letter.

At this moment, in Li Ji Cloth Shop in Bian Jing City.

A group of special guests wearing white robes and covering their heads with white cloth came in here.

As soon as the customers came in, they immediately swarmed to the silk area of ​​the cloth shop.

Looking at the silk area, with its dazzling array of silks, the owners felt their eyes were shining.

Thinking of this, the boss couldn't help but start to feel nervous.

No way! You guys are going to rob a cloth shop?

However, just when the boss was feeling uneasy, the white-robed man who was the leader of the group immediately took out a handful of gold coins from his arms and placed them in front of the boss.

Then he said in the stuttering official language of the Song Dynasty: "I want all the silk in your shop. Do you think these gold coins are enough?

Boss Li looked at the handful of gold coins on his table with shining eyes, instantly dispelling all his doubts.

Just this handful of gold coins in front of me is enough to buy his shop.

His Li Ji store is just a small shop.

Including the shop rent, it was only five hundred taels.

But now there are hundreds of gold coins in front of him.

This converts to almost a thousand taels!
Boss Li nodded quickly: "Enough! Enough! Enough!"

As he said this, the boss was going to help them pack the silk in the store.

But he was stopped by the guards of the white-robed man who had just given him the gold coins.

When the boss was puzzled, he heard the white-robed man who gave the money say, "Let us pack these precious silks ourselves."

After saying this, he waved his hand, and immediately his men carefully collected all the silk in the hall.

The level of caution is as if looking at a rare treasure

Boss Li then realized that these big customers were afraid that he would damage the silk by being careless, so they didn't let him touch it.

Boss Li was speechless for a moment, but he still had to do business, so he smiled and sent this group of big customers out of the store.

Then Boss Li immediately wrapped up the gold coins and went to the bank.

Soon, everyone on the street knew that Boss Li had made a big deal. An unknown foreigner bought all the silk in his store for more than twice the price.

All of a sudden all the merchants became excited. Since Boss Li could sell so many goods, maybe they could too. So they started looking for this wealthy customer everywhere.

In the end, it was discovered that they were taken into the Honglu Temple.

It turns out that he is a foreign envoy?
The merchants were immediately disappointed. And the actions of this group of foreigners on the first day of their arrival in Bianjing were also sent to Zhao Jun's chopping board that night.

Zhao Jun didn't care. They were just some country bumpkins who had never seen the world and wanted to buy some nice new clothes.
The next day.

Just after attending court and finishing some daily work, the Minister of Honglu Temple came out to report:

"Your Majesty, a group of people from other countries came to the Honglu Temple last night, claiming to be envoys from their countries and came to see Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, would you like to see me?"

Zhao Jun, who had anticipated this, nodded immediately and asked him to bring the person up. Not long after, foreigners wearing a piece of cloth on their heads walked into the court.

As soon as he entered the court, the white-robed man in the lead immediately touched his chest and bowed, "Abratier, the second prince of the Arabs, greets His Majesty the Emperor of Seris!"

"Abratiel?"

Zhao Jun repeated the name and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Could this so-called Arab Empire be the area in the Middle East?

They are the only ones who name themselves this way.

Moreover, the identity of this man in white robe also surprised Zhao Jun.

He originally thought it was just an ordinary caravan.

I didn't expect that the leader of the team was actually the second prince of their country, so why did he want to see me? This must be complicated.

If you don't understand, just ask. Zhao Jun is undoubtedly a good student. He immediately expressed his doubts and curiosity:

"Prince Abratil, huh?"

Abratiel nodded quickly, and Zhao Jun continued:

"Where exactly are you from Dashi? And what is your purpose in coming to Dasong? And why do you want to see me?"

Abratil obviously knew the other party's concerns and immediately replied: "Two hundred years ago, Seris's territory once bordered ours, and we fought a battle, but the two sides were evenly matched.

Silk, tea and other goods from Seris became the most popular commodities in the Arab world.

But the good times didn’t last long. Soon with the decline of the previous Seris, our trade routes with Seris were cut off.

Likewise, we can no longer get what we want from Seris."

This time we came here because we learned from the Huns who escaped that Seris had appeared again.

Even the Huns were wearing silk pajamas underneath, which drove the entire Arab nobility crazy and everyone was eager to get the silk.

So, with the push from all parties, I was sent to the Song Dynasty.

Dear Emperor Seris, this time I came here mainly to discuss the trade between our two countries with your country!"

"Business?"

Zhao Jun looked at Abratiel in astonishment, and then asked:

"Where are you going to find a trade route?"

You should know that if you follow your itinerary this time, there will still be great risks on the road.

Abratiel nodded and said, "Of course we know that. What I want to open up is the sea trade!"

If we, the Arabs, want to come to Seris, we can do so by land or sea.

This time we would like to ask His Majesty the Emperor of Seris to grant us permission to come to the waters of the Song Dynasty.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun immediately lowered his head and began to think.

...(End of chapter)