The big man has a living father

Chapter 97: Desert Scholar (23 more)

"General Zhao, does His Majesty have any other instructions besides allowing me to visit Chang'an?"

After giving the order, Zhao Po Nu remembered Huo Hai saying that he wanted to keep this man and let him do anything he wanted, and let him teach Egyptian to some people after a while.

Zhao Po Nu: "Oh, your majesty didn't give any special instructions, but the deputy envoy did say that you can do whatever you want as long as you don't leave Chang'an."

Seth Polyas: "Great, then I want to learn about our great Tianyi God and the Son of Heaven."

Zhao Po Nu pinched his chin: "Our great gods?"

Sespolias heard Zhao Po Nu's tone and looked desperate: "Does the Great God Tianyi forbid people outside the Han Dynasty to worship him?"

Zhao Po Nu shook his head: "I haven't heard of this. I'm just wondering, don't you have your own god?"

Thespolias: "Our god is the sun god. Since the sun god is under the leadership of the great god Tian Yi, the great god Tian Yi is my main god."

Zhao Po Nu thought: "Then I will take you to study with Confucianism?"

Seth Polias: “Confucianism?”

Zhao Po Nu: "Yes, they are in charge of etiquette and law. That is...anyway, most of the rules of sacrifice, palace rules, and folk rules are proposed by them."

Seth Polias: "High Priest!"

Zhao Po Nu tried hard to recall what he had learned at the beginning: "Alas, there have been no sacrifices for some years. During the Zhou Dynasty, Confucianists sacrificed to Wu Zhu. It has been so long now that the name has been changed. Now it is called Tai Chang Tai Zhu."

"But these adults will not be responsible for receiving foreign ministers. You will not be able to see them. You can only let the Confucianists teach you."

Sethpolias nodded, wondering how he could possibly meet the Han high priest.

He was a super high priest who was much higher than the high priest of Egypt! He was the high priest of heaven!

It's normal not to see it.

Sespolias bowed again and said, "I hope to do something for the Han. My hometown is actually in a bad state and needs to be saved. There are some curly-haired people across the sea who have been threatening us."

Zhao Po Nu: "What do you want to do? Don't worry, the second master said that you will teach the selected soldiers Greek and Roman in the future."

Thespolias had not learned the Greek and Roman pronunciations of the Han people.

However, there is no difference between the pronunciations of Senus and Greece, or between Romulus and Rome.

Sespolias suddenly opened his eyes wide and grabbed Zhao Po Nu: "Who is the Second Young Master? How does the Second Young Master know about Greece and Rome?!!"

"Soldiers? He wants me to teach Greek and Roman to specially selected soldiers? How does he know I can speak Greek and Roman? Teaching the soldiers these languages... Is the Han Dynasty already preparing to attack Rome?!"

This series of questions confused Zhao Po Nu: "How would I know where to go?"

"Oh, I have a question for you."

"The Second Young Master is the younger brother of the General of the Cavalry, and the General of the Cavalry is..."

Seth Polias suddenly said: "It is one of the two marshals of the Han Empire! I remember you said it! So, is it possible that the marshal is ready to go on an expedition to the west of the sea?!"

Zhao Po Nu pinched his chin: Is there such a plan? But if it is the General of Cavalry, it is hard to say. Maybe there is such a plan.

"I want to see the Second Young Master!"

Zhao Po Nu: "I can't promise you that."

The Second Young Master is as lazy as a ghost every day. I can’t say whether you can see him or not.

Sespolias: He is indeed a big shot. This General Zhao is already a top aristocrat without royal family, yet he comes to accompany me shopping, while this second young master is nowhere to be seen. Big shots are always like this.

"Can you help me pass on a message?"

Zhao Po Nu: "You can pass on the message, but the Second Young Master really won't meet you. However, I heard that the Second Young Master likes local specialties, especially plants and animals. How about you try to please him?"

Zhao Po Nu actually wanted to suggest Seth Polyas to spend more money.

If you spend money, Huo Hai will definitely meet you.

But the problem was that when Zhao Po Nu saw Sespolias like that, he thought he had no money.

Thespolias said that he would prepare everything that the second young master might need, and he insisted on telling Zhao Po Nu about the current situation of Greece and Rome, and asking Zhao Po Nu to relay it to the second young master.

Since the Second Young Master is so familiar with the affairs of the West of the Sea, maybe he will talk to me after hearing it?
Along the way, although Thespolias was shocked by the prosperity of Chang'an, he kept talking to Zhao Po Nu about Greece and Rome.

He also asked Zhao Po Nu to remember it clearly.

……

In the small courtyard, Huo Hai was eating beef.

In the past, Huo Qubing liked to eat beef. He often killed cows, ate them himself, and sent the cow heads to the palace.

Now, Huo Hai is in charge of the ranch, which has 30,000 cows. Since they have just been changed from free-range to caged, it is normal for two cows to die every day.

Liu Che felt sad that the beef was dead. After all, in Liu Che's mind, this was all money.

But Liu Che understood one thing: he could not make big money if he was unwilling to give up the cattle.

So, when the cow dies, apart from the hide, the meat is directly divided according to shares!

Bu Shi was a lonely man, how could he take even 10%? He would keep a small piece at most every day, and send the rest to Huo Hai.

So Huo Hai can get a whole head of luncheon meat (without the cow head) every day.

This was just an accidental death.

I haven’t even mentioned the old cow that died yet.

Huo Qubing was really strong and healthy. In the snowy weather, he swung the mallet and said, "Are you sure the hand-made beef balls are tasty and chewy? If not, I'll bring you over and beat you."

Huo Hai: "It is guaranteed to be chewy, but not too chewy and hard to break. It is crispy, strong and delicate."

Huo Qubing made beef balls by hand, and they were so chewy.

Huo Qubing, who was over 1.8 meters tall, was already strong and healthy. He could wield two steel whips, let alone two steel sticks.

Before long, the beef on the chopping board had started to become mushy from being pounded.

Huo Hai used a stove to hold charcoal, and under the eaves, he was roasting beef skewers by the fire while enjoying the snow scenery.

Of course, it would be more perfect if Huo Qubing was a little lighter and no beef mince flew out and fell on the snow. Huo Qubing stopped and turned the beef to the middle: "When are you going to select the simplified Chinese teacher you want?"

Huo Hai: "Wait a little longer. No matter how talented one is, it is impossible for him to memorize the entire textbook so quickly. The selection criteria are too strict. In a few days, more people should be able to learn it. We can choose then."

“After they are selected, they still need training.”

Huo Qubing: "I heard from my subordinates that you asked Zhao Po Nu to receive the foreign minister? Why did you choose him? Is there any purpose?"

A gust of wind blew, and it was a bit cold. Huo Hai tightened the leather on his body and said, "I still have to get a leather jacket."

Is it appropriate to wrap yourself in cowhide every day?
Huo Hai picked up a skewer and turned it over: "No big deal, I just don't want to go myself, so I asked him to help me check it out."

"Once he finds out, it won't be too late to take it step by step then."

As he was talking, Zhao Po Nu's head popped out from above the courtyard gate: "What a nice smell!"

Zhao Po Nu was now also a marquis, but Huo Qu Bing still laughed and scolded: "Get in here if you don't behave yourself!"

"Who told you to stick your head over the door and climb over the wall?"

Zhao Po Nu pushed the door open and walked in, laughing: "General, do you want me to fight?"

Huo Qubing's muscles moved rhythmically, and the rhythm of the beating did not change at all: "No need."

After hearing Huo Qubing's refusal, Zhao Po Nu immediately walked towards Huo Hai and said, "Second Master, that Thespolias talked a lot, about Greece, and adding a chicken? And about the new city and Athens."

Huo Hai thought for a moment with doubt: "Carthage?"

Zhao Po Nu picked up a skewer and said excitedly: "Yes, Carthage."

"He said that there was a large ocean in the country where he lived, and there were several countries around the ocean. They were the Rome and Greece that you mentioned, Second Young Master."

"He said that in that year, the Roman army split into two groups, crossed the sea in between, destroyed Carthage, and incorporated Greece into its territory, expanding in the same year."

Zhao Po Nu finished the sizzling beef skewers in two bites, and then started drawing on the ground.

"Look, Second Young Master, he said this."

As for other things, Zhao Po Nu might not be able to remember them, but he remembered the war situation without any mistake.

"Look, sir. This is Rome. In the same year, they crossed the sea to the south to attack Carthage and expanded eastward to occupy Greece. Isn't this the same as advancing in parallel and forming a pincer attack on Egypt?"

"Thespolia said that after the expansion of Rome, the Egyptian king felt a sense of crisis. There has been a legend circulating there that if you go east and cross many countries, you will reach a country ruled by people with black eyes and black hair. That country is called Qin and is very powerful. So he was conquered by their Great Palace. Oh, the Great Palace is the name of their king."

"They were sent by the Grand Palace to look for us."

Huo Hai Oo?: The Great Palace!? What does Pharaoh mean? What is the translation?

Huo Qubing, who was hammering meat, was puzzled after hearing this: "How could the news from Qin reach them over such a long distance?"

Zhao Po Nu: "Because eighty years ago, a man with black hair and black eyes came to Egypt and lived for several years before dying, so they recorded it."

Huo Hai thought for a long time before he was sure that this big palace must have been the Pharaoh's idea.

Huo Hai was not familiar with history and didn't know what the situation was over there. He only knew there were Greece and Rome, and some celebrities he knew.

Who would have thought that Rome destroyed Carthage and Greece in the same year? Could it be that Egypt was also doomed?

its not right!
I don’t know about Huo Hai, but he hasn’t seen Cleopatra yet.

Huo Hai knew about Caesar, but that guy wasn't even born yet, so Egypt could at least last for a few decades, maybe even a hundred or eighty years. Huo Hai wasn't sure how long it would last exactly.

"Everything this man told you is true."

Zhao Po Nu: "Sir, why do you think he told us about his country's situation? He also said that he was waiting for us to send troops to save his country, saying that their country is part of us."

Huo Hai poked his head out: "Huh? What the hell?"

Huo Qubing wondered: "If he can accept Egypt as part of our Han Dynasty, why can't he accept becoming part of Rome?"

Zhao Po Nu: "How would I know that? But he said that their king is the son of the sun god, and our Majesty is the son of the sky, so our Majesty is the leader of their Majesties, so we Han people are the leaders of Egypt. He also said that we Han people can't see our hands and feet being beaten and not fight back, right?"

Huo Qubing still didn't understand, but Huo Hai did.

After all this time, it turns out that the Romans’ inability to make up stories prevented them from unifying Egypt?
The Roman Empire initially claimed to be descendants of Trojan princes.

What is the Trojan prince? He is an ordinary man who was killed by the demigod Achilles.

You, a common person, want to take over from us, the Son of the Sun God, and rule us? Don't even think about it!
But God's son can be considered.

Huo Hai suddenly thought, hey! Will Rome become the Roman Empire, and then...

Okay, okay, let’s do an imitation show, right?

Huo Qubing stopped beating the beef with his stick. The beef had already been beaten. Huo Qubing asked: "What kind of country is this Rome?"

Huo Hai: "Don't worry about it. We can't go there now. Even if we gather all our energy and go west regardless of anything, it will take at least twenty years to get there."

Huo Qubing: "When can I go?"

Huo Hai: "After we have muskets, we can reach Rome in three years at most."

Huo Qubing: "Are muskets so powerful? Is this type of carriage faster than your new horse-drawn carriage?"

Huo Hai raised his head. It seemed that his elder brother had misunderstood the meaning of "go". However, Huo Hai had nothing to explain: "That..."

Zhao Po Nu: "Seth Polyas."

Huo Hai: "This name is too hard to remember. Let him change his name to Nasus."

Zhao Po Nu was puzzled: "Why did you change the name? What does this name mean? It's easier to remember if you don't feel it? What should I say if he asks me?"

Huo Hai: "Just say that Anubis has a cousin named Nasus, and he will have the same name as Nasus from now on."

Zhao Po Nu was even more confused. Who was Anubis?
However, Zhao Po Nu did not plan to continue asking, because more questions would arise.

"Then I will tell Nasus, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Huo Hai thought for a moment, lowered his body, and whispered, "Go to the Imperial Academy's Lü Bushu and tell him that training Nasus to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and a great scholar in the desert will be beneficial in the future... If it succeeds, our envoy reception group will give you a reward on behalf of His Majesty, twenty kilograms of white paper."

(End of this chapter)