Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 583 Are Roman nobles without silk still Roman nobles!

"Prince Arslan is very good at doing business, but what you can exchange is only my personal friendship, Chen Dong."

"If you want to gain Da Song's friendship, you have to discuss it with our officials." Chen Dong always kept his identity in mind.

Although far away in Qinghe, thousands of miles away, he still did not forget the word cautious.

Being an official in the Song Dynasty, if you are not careful, you will die.

Shi Kang also wanted to correct Chen Dong's address, but he didn't have a good way.

He heard from Chen Dong about a Jin Guoxuan named Wan Yan Zongqian. After he was kicked out of the capital due to political struggle, he helped tens of thousands of Song soldiers return to the Song Dynasty.

He also changed his name to Wang You, styled Jiayan, but no Song people called him Wang You, and more people called him Wanyan Zonggan.

He knows why, the influence of the Huayi distinction in the Song Dynasty is by no means a child's play.

It takes a long time to be recognized by Song people and become a Song person.

Arslan thought for a while and said: "I heard that your emperor likes beautiful women very much. I prepared orchids as a gift for the emperor of Song Dynasty."

Chen Dong staggered, looked at Arslan in surprise and asked, "Where did you hear that our official family likes women?!"

"Those merchants in the caravan said so. It is rumored that your official family married the princess of Xixia. This kind of courage is admirable. It is really courageous!" Arslan said as it should.

Chen Dong looked at Arslan suspiciously and asked: "Why can't Xixia's princess be touched? I've heard of this legend, but I don't know the details."

Arslan looked around and said in a low voice: "The princesses of Xixia are poisonous women among poisonous women. The deeds of the two poisonous people, the Queen Mother of Daliang and the Queen Mother of Xiaoliang, are widely spread in the Western Regions."

Chen Dong couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Our official family is not good at beauty, don't really send Hu Ji there, be careful that the official family will cut you off."

"If you plan to start in this area, Hu Ji's status is too low. Didn't you say that the Seljuk Empire was divided into many feudal towns? It would be good to find some princesses to support the officials."

The two showed smiles that men could understand.

"The small road you mentioned, can we go and see it now?" Chen Dong asked eagerly.

Arslan said: "Chen Angel is still very anxious, so that we businessmen will know that this matter is very important to Chen Angel. Isn't it the basic cultivation of officials in the Song Dynasty to be quiet?"

Chen Dong turned to Niu Gao and asked, "Am I acting urgent?"

Niu Gao nodded and said, "It's urgent."

"I will pay attention to it in the future." Chen Dong nodded. He is a student, and he is not very proficient in mastering this quiet skill.

Arslan said in a low voice: "Angel Chen, please come here, and you must tell the caravans going to the Seljuk Empire to make a fortune, and you must speak strictly. This trade route is also the way for our Sogdians to make a fortune. People know this way, and we Sogdians can no longer make a living by it.”

"Save it, save it. Commander Niu, please gather 100 people to accompany me. I'm going to see for myself." Chen Dong took Arslan to that path.

It is possible to go west without passing through Suiye City on the Chu River.

Niu Gao originally wanted to go with him, but was stopped by Chen Dong. Niu Gao and Chen Dong had to stay alone to deal with the trivial matters of Qinghe City.

Niu Gao was left behind by Chen Dong, and the centurion plunged headlong into the deep mountains and old forests, arousing waves of flying birds.

After several sunrises and sunsets, Niu Gao did not wait for Chen Dong, but instead waited for the angel sent by Yanjing.

It took Sun Li two days to rush from Yanjing to Datong Mansion with the imperial decree, and another four days to Zhenzhou.

From Zhenzhou to Qinghe City, it took him a full ten days.

"Angel has worked hard all the way." When Niu Gao saw Sun Li, he broke into a cold sweat. Chen Dong hasn't come back yet.This is dereliction of duty. The last one, Li Zhuo, who was dereliction of duty, was still watching them in the field!
Sun Li patted the dust on his body, and said with a smile: "The speed of the straight road is much faster than that of the straight road, and the speed of the straight road is much faster than that of the trail. It's not that far away."

Sun Li looked at Niu Gao with a smile and asked: "Where's Xueshi Chen? Where did he go? Let him come here to receive the order, it's a good thing."

Niu Gaohan touched his nose with a smile and said, "He's gone to the bathroom. He'll come over to see the angel in a while."

Sun Li patted Niu Gao on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "When General Yue sent you to Qinghe City, the letter said that you will not lie, as long as you lie, you like to touch your nose. Last time you drank When he was almost killed by the Taihang bandits, General Yue found out about lying and touching his nose."

"What did he do?"

"Following the prince of Huoxun Kingdom to investigate the business, it's a big matter. Chen Xueshi couldn't rest assured, so he went in person." Niu Gao said cautiously.

Sun Li nodded. He looked at the colorful clouds in the sky. The section from Zhenzhou to Qinghe City was full of gravel. He also saw the magnificent scene of the desert with solitary smoke and the long river with the sun setting round.

Also felt the bitter cold here.

"The officials knew that this place was barren, so they asked me to bring some food to share with the soldiers. It seems that Xueshi Chen doesn't have this kind of food." Sun Li smiled cheerfully.

Niu Gao didn't know whether he should cry or laugh, these eunuchs were all from the inner court, their feminine aura made people very uncomfortable, when they were laughing, they seemed to be crying at the same time.

Yin is not yin, yang is not yang, which makes people afraid.

"Commander Niu, don't worry, the officials have specifically told you that Qinghe City has a special location this time, and Xueshi Chen has the right to do things cheaply." Sun Li looked at Niu Gao's expression and explained.

"Please invite the angel to take a bath here before entering the city." Niu Gao hurriedly welcomed Sun Li into the bathhouse outside the city.

After Sun Li satiated with wine and food, he stayed on the wall of Qinghe City and watched the dim sunset slowly set. The entire sky and the ground were covered with a layer of golden light by the setting sun, and the ripples of the Chu River scattered the golden light. .

grand scene.

A tornado swept across the sky, and flew up to the sky with sand, stirring up the clouds that looked like fire.

A hundred cavalry pawns galloped wildly, coming from the horizon, and the dust they raised was like an earth dragon lying prone on the horizon.

Beacon fires descended from the foot of Tianshan Mountain. Sun Li pointed to the places where the beacon fires were, and asked, "Is that the beacon tower you built?"

Niu Gao quickly said: "In order to warn the Khitan people from Suiye City through the pass of Tianshan Mountain, the beacon tower built is just an outpost."

"Control the beacon fire, set up one commander, two assistants, and set up seven beacons for each beacon, a total of nine people, three three-three teams."

"When the smoke is released, it is only for a while, and nothing will happen. It is not a warning signal to put out the smoke together."

Sun Li nodded, seeing the unhurried look in the city, he knew that the hundred riders should not be Khitan people.

When Sharon approached Qinghe City from far away, Sun Li also saw Chen Dong who had become a native, but Chen Dong did not enter the city in a hurry, but instead entered the bathhouse next to Qinghe City.

Niu Gao hurriedly explained: "Angel Sun, please wait a moment, Xueshi Chen has to wash up before he can come to see him."

"The sand and dust in the desert are too strong. If you don't use sulfur to wash away the lice, there may be a plague."

"So that's how it is." Only then did Sun Li understand why he had to wash before entering the city, and it was the smelly sulfur saponins.

After seeing Sun Li, Chen Dong didn't care about enjoying the delicious food brought by Sun Li, but opened the map very seriously and said: "This is Prince Arslan, and his father is the king of Huoxun Kingdom. This time we found a business route to the Huoxun Kingdom that bypasses the Khitan people!"

"Dear angel, my name is Shi Kang, and my name is Lida." Arslan took the trouble to correct Chen Dong's words, but it was still useless.It can't change the name Song people call him.

It's not that easy to be a Song person.

"This business road! It's just in time!" Sun Li looked at the route on the Kanyu map and nodded vigorously.

Chen Dong pointed to Qinghe City and Suiye City and said: "I have judged Yelu Dashi's thinking. The Khitan people's thinking is very simple. With Qinghe City in their hands, there will not be so many merchants trading with Da Song."

"Qinghe City is in the hands of our Song people. More merchants pass through their Khitan territory and can collect more taxes. They hope to go west. They will not attack Qinghe City in a short time."

"So there is no war in Qinghe City for a short period of time. I can go back to Beijing with Angel Sun. As for the envoy to Daqin, it depends on the official's order."

"Okay!" Sun Li nodded in praise. After not seeing each other for more than a year, Chen Dong has become more angular. The future husband must have his place.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Dong and Sun Li rode fast horses, leaving behind a shadow in Qinghe City, and quickly headed towards Zhenzhou.

At this time, in the Yanjing Station, Anna stared at Humbert angrily and asked, "I want to buy custom-made clothes from Dasong Clothes and Hats, why can't I!"

When Anna passed through Datong Mansion, Humbert met Li Shishi, the shopkeeper of Dasong Clothes and Hats.

Li Shishi is now the chief clothing designer of Dasong Clothes & Hats Co., Ltd., and she has come into contact with Humbert. Humbert, as the Nestorian Cardinal, has a great effect on the development of business in the Ministry of Creed. Naturally, Li Shishi will not let go. take this opportunity.

And Humbert left Li Shishi a design draft, which is in line with the noble costumes of the Roman Empire.

Humbert wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's too expensive. My eldest princess, it's fine if it's made of ordinary clothes, but it's silk! We don't have that much money now, go pay for this dress."

Anna still said angrily, "A Roman aristocrat without silk is still a Roman aristocrat? Humbert, you forgot the word glory, how should it be spelled?"

"But it's too expensive." Humbert was still persuading her eldest princess.

If it is cheaper, they can still afford it, but now silk products are really beyond their tolerance.

Anna sat on the stool and sighed, this is the status quo of the Roman Empire, poverty.

Anna said helplessly: "There is a royal ball tonight. The emperor of Song Dynasty invited me to attend, but I don't have a decent dress to attend the ball. This is a shame to our Roman Empire."

"However, I heard that the emperor of Song Dynasty is very rich?"

Humbert nodded and said, "The Great Song Clothes and Hats Store is the private property of the Great Song Emperor. I have inquired about it, and the income of just one Clothes and Hats store is about half of our empire's annual tax revenue. "

"He is rich. My eldest princess."

(End of this chapter)