It was an old man with triangular eyes, a turban, and skin as dry as an old tree. Kublai Khan's heart immediately lost interest in this man, and when it came to all kinds of delicate liars, this kind of old man was the most stubborn.

"My grandfather guarded the property for Lord Saladin." The old man introduced himself.

At this time, even the boss of Boyan felt that he could probably drag the old man out and cut it down. Saladin was a figure from about a hundred years ago, and at the old man's age, he could probably make up for it. But Dashuai Boyan didn't believe in any bullshit hidden treasure news. Even Saladin's treasury is loyal, and the treasurer's descendants will never be so loyal.

"When Lord Saladin died, there were only a dozen silver coins left." The old man continued.

After listening to the translated words, Kublai Khan and Boyan finally began to look at the old man squarely. This old man is not a good type, but he can't help but tremble when he is looked at it. This is not the cowardice of the old man, Kublai Khan and Boyan have killed people in their lives, they have never seen any treasures, and there is absolutely no reason to be teased by an old man.

As if the little beast sensed death, the old man hurriedly began to narrate like a bamboo tube pouring beans, "When Lord Saladin seized the true cross of the Crusaders. Although the cross was broken, Lord Saladin was short of money and knew that it was a sacred relic of the Crucifixion, and although he broke it, he did not destroy it. Instead, he looked for countries with money in the Crucian religion and sold them to several families at a high price. I still have the names of the buyers at that time......"

Speaking of this, the old man felt even more that danger was coming, and he could hardly breathe under the oppression. He had to swallow his saliva and squeeze out the words like a dying creature that said, "It's true." ”

Kublai Khan looked at Boyan, and he felt that such a liar old man had simply killed something. In this life, Kublai Khan has seen too many such bastards. Boyan shook his head slightly, which surprised Kublai Khan. Then I heard Boyan say, "Hand over the roster." ”

“…… My lord, is there no reward for being stumped? The old man looked at the pitiful man and said.

"What reward do you want?" Boyan asked kindly.

"At least give me some money to save my life." The old man muttered.

Seeing that the old man's request was reasonable, Kublai Khan waved his hand and motioned to take the old man down. Then Kublai Khan did not ask about this holy bowl, but directly asked about the previous war. If the Holy Bowl was truly that sacred, it should not have fallen into the hands of pagans and should not have been manipulated by mortals. Compared with this kind of, war is the most valuable existence.

Kublai Khan first listened to Boyan's report on the course of the war, and the 25,000 Mamluk elite faced the 20,000 Mongol army, and only lasted less than an hour before being completely defeated. It was the Mongol infantry that defeated these Mamluks, and the role of the Mongol cavalry in this battle was to reconnoitre, harass, and pursue.

"Can 5,000 pack horses carry the baggage of 10,000 infantry troops?" Kublai Khan was most interested in this issue. Mongol cavalry generally consisted of three horses per man, so that they could sustain long marches. Having seen the super combat effectiveness of the Great Song infantry army, Kublai Khan was very eager to have such an infantry army.

Boyan nodded, "The kind of military station in the Song Kingdom that is thirty miles a mile is very suitable for the current Great Khan's territory. It doesn't rain much and there is no shortage of rivers. If there is such a logistics station, it can even be used to pull a cart with a donkey in a war. ”

Thinking that the mighty Mongol army actually relied on donkeys, Kublai Khan couldn't help but laugh twice. Just when the Great Khan wanted to talk about the army again, he heard Boyan say: "Great Khan, we have mastered the holy relics of the Cross Sect, which is good for us. ”

"Why?" Kublai Khan knew that Boyan was a believer in the Cross Religion, but he did not expect that Boyan would calculate the Cross Religion so much.

"The Ark of the Golden Covenant, the Shroud of Turin, the Holy Grail, the Holy Foreskin, the True Cross, the Longinus Spear, the Holy Nail, the Holy Crown of Thorns. They are all holy relics of the Cross Religion, and if these holy relics are in our hands, although we cannot depose the Pope, we can allow those Crucidian believers to come on pilgrimage. It's good for us. ”

"They won't come to us because of that." Kublai Khan did not show romantic moods.

"We don't need them to come to us in the first place. The kings of all European countries have to kneel to the Pope of Rome, how can we recognize the Pope of Rome. But with the relics in hand, we can elevate the status of our bishops. and even against the Holy See. ”

"This ...... Wasn't Eastern Rome also a crucianism? Kublai Khan clearly lacked knowledge of the history of the Crucivers.

Boyan had to popularize knowledge to Kublai Khan. Crucialism was originally a heresy separated from Judaism, but after Judaism suffered a heavy blow, Crucialism came to dominate and began to spread. Later, the Roman emperor established the Cruciastriate as the state religion, and the Holy See appeared.

The earliest papacy was the Orthodox Curia, which was the Eastern Roman crucianism. One of the characteristics of this crucidian religion is that the emperor has the right to appoint and dismiss the patriarch, and the Roman court is above the Holy See.

The Holy See to the west took a different path, the Holy See represented the sanctity of the Divine, and all kings had to kneel before the Pope and obtain the status of the divine monarchy.

After listening to this basic knowledge, Kublai Khan immediately determined his attitude towards the Holy See, that is, he would never recognize the authority of the Holy See. In this world, apart from parents, there is no ......, oh, and Kublai Khan's elder brother Möngke. No one but these people could make Kublai Khan kneel. All religions in Mongolia, whether they are Nestorians, lamas, monks, Taoist priests, Hui leaders, all kinds of human beings must kneel to Kublai Khan.

With the basic idea, Kublai Khan immediately expressed his identification with the commander of Boyan, "and he searched for these holy relics." ”

After finishing speaking, Kublai Khan suddenly felt something, and he asked Boyan, "Do you think the holy relics we agree with should be holy relics?" ”

"When the time comes, that's the only way." Boyan replied simply, and then he continued: "Great Khan, I want to make a grange here in Jerusalem. ”

"Where can't you get the grange, how can you think of it so far away. What's bad near Baghdad. ”

"It's just a wish. After all, I'm religious, and there are granges here, which seem to be more sacred. ”

"Hmph. You people are always thinking about pilgrimage. ”

The conversation between the monarch and the minister was easy, after all, it was a big victory now.

Further south in Cairo. The atmosphere is completely different. The representatives of the Great Song Dynasty in the Mamluk dynasty felt the unease. The unrest had been going on for a long time, and the Mongol invasion had been a nightmare for Mamluk, and now that the nightmare had come true, the Mongols were likely to be killed here. The upper echelons of the city were terrified.

The envoys of the Great Song Dynasty also felt very uneasy, and the Mongols would slaughter the city. There is no doubt about that. On that day, the Great Song Mission did not believe that the Mongols would be particularly open to the Great Song Mission. Therefore, after the mission deliberated, they simply rolled up and ran away. As for where to go, everyone's decision was to withdraw to the Great Song Territory at the southern end of the Red Sea first.

With a decision, the people of the Great Song Dynasty immediately took action. All the Great Song personnel set off. This news was also sent to Hangzhou, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, by the fastest means.

Zhao Jiaren, who was in Hangzhou, was not particularly averse to this matter, and the Mongol flight to the west did not harm the interests of the Great Song Dynasty. If Kublai Khan could honestly admit the reality, the Great Song Dynasty would not even care about cooperating with Mongolia in the Middle East. In fact, trade between the two sides has not been affected in any way. Recently, Mongolia even ordered a large number of iron shackles from the Great Song Dynasty, and from other information, the Mongols were using the efforts of those captured to build a large number of buildings. And the Mongols themselves simply could not meet the needs of these metal products.

Zhao Jiaren finally brought the people from the Ministry of Rites to Xiong Shangshu and asked Xiong Shangshu if anyone dared to volunteer to meet Kublai Khan and discuss with Kublai Khan about opening up a shipping route. The Great Song Dynasty was interested in opening a canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, and if such a project was to be completed, it could not ignore the existence of Mongolia.

Xiong Shang Shang immediately went back to recruit people, and sure enough, some people were not afraid of life and death, and just wanted to make meritorious contributions. The Ministry of Rites sent an envoy to the Middle East. There was always a gift for this departure, so Zhao Jiaren asked the envoy to go to the Liujia pearl farm in Guangdong to see if they had any good pearls there.

This farm was set by Liu Pet at the request of Zhao Jiaren, and Zhao Jiaren helped him set it. Before the envoy group departed, he also went to visit Liu Meng, who was also about to retire at this time, and of course he enthusiastically wrote a letter of recommendation.

The envoy has two messengers, the chief and deputy envoys, and there is time along the way, and both of them are not too optimistic about this mission. For these two men, their mission was to meet Kublai Khan and bring two pieces of news to Kublai Khan. The first was to ask Kublai Khan to return the Gabala bowl made from Song Lizong's skull. The second was to ask Kublai Khan if he had any plans to build a canal.

It's a chore, and no matter what the end result of the two is, they'll get promoted. For those who dare to run so far, simple hard work cannot satisfy the ambitions of the two. But no matter how you look at it, there is no way to solve these problems. No matter how peaceful the Zhao Guanjia is, the state of mind of wanting to come to Mongolia is not as happy as that of the Great Song Dynasty. It's hard to pinch the places that make the Great Song Dynasty unhappy, will Kublai Khan really not make things difficult for the Great Song Dynasty in these aspects.

Air-to-air talk is also ineffective. When everyone arrived in Guangzhou, they met the representatives of Liu Meng's family. Hearing that the representatives of the family came to buy pearls these days, the shopkeeper of the Liu family immediately looked full of joy. The beads were placed in the tray and taken out, and the messenger was quite surprised.

Of course, pearls are round and large, and if they are not big enough, the rounder is naturally the better. Although the pearls in the tray are not to the point of being rare treasures, they are all close to the appearance of horse beads. It's just very round. Originally, the envoys still felt that the quality of the Liu family's things was only afraid that it would not work, but now they felt that they might have underestimated the Liu family.

The shopkeeper said proudly, "Two ambassadors, these are excellent beads. It was just picked this year. ”

"What's the price?" The messenger asked.

"Since it is a person sent by the government, of course we can't ask for a high price. That's the number. The shopkeeper said as he wrote a number on a piece of paper.

The two people in the Ministry of Rites were not from poor backgrounds, and they were shocked when they saw the price. That's half the price of a regular pearl. The so-called ordinary pearl refers to the kind that is not round enough in shape and smaller than the current beads. Selling at this price, it can be seen that the Liu family is loyal to the Zhao family.

Actually, these two are really thinking too much. Of course, the Liu family is loyal, but the purpose of setting this price is to seize the market. Under the guidance of Zhao Jiaren, the Liu family cooperated directly with the branch of the Agricultural College in the South China Sea, and the production of beads immediately skyrocketed. Ordinary people raise pearls, just by luck waiting for the pearl oyster to inhale the sundries and give birth to pearls.

The cultivation method of the College of Agriculture is to cultivate a large number of pearl oysters, find suitable inoculation, and use surgical methods to let pearl oysters grow pearls. In the past, by traditional means, dozens of pearl oysters were opened, and one was able to find one with pearls. The Liu family's farm, that is, every pearl oyster has several pearls in it. 100 times more efficient.

In addition to relying on the basic technology of theory, Liu Chongjia also followed the advice of Zhao Guanjia and adopted high technology. This high technique involves implanting polished pearl grains into the pearl, so that the nacre secreted by the oyster is wrapped around the round beads polished with ordinary pearls. Therefore, it can quickly produce relatively large particle beads.

With this approach, the use of pearls has increased dramatically. The leftovers from ordinary pearl polishing can also be made into pearl powder and sold, and there is no waste at all. In Liu Yongjia's view, they are already grabbing money, so it is natural to set the price within a more acceptable range.

The messenger bought five hundred pearls at a very cheap price. In fact, the actual gift to the Mongol Great Khan was about 200. But the so-called Hades is intolerable, and everyone doesn't believe that Kublai Khan's men are so easy to dismiss.

The envoy was sent away here, and the shopkeeper of the Liu family prepared another 400 beads and sent them to Hangzhou. These beads were specially explained by Liu Meng, and they were naturally carefully selected. The beads were delivered to Liu Meng in less than ten days, and Liu Meng went to meet Zhao Jiaren with this gift.

When Liu Meng opened the box, Zhao Jiaren's expression also wavered. The luster of the pearl is very beautiful, and it is a big box of horse beads, which is gratifying to look at. But what the Zhao family has seen is not comparable to this era, he regained his composure after a while, and said with a smile: "Are you trying to bribe me?" ”

When Liu Meng opened the box, Zhao Jiaren's expression also wavered. The luster of the pearl is very beautiful, and it is a big box of horse beads, which is gratifying to look at. But what the Zhao family has seen is not comparable to this era, he regained his composure after a while, and said with a smile: "Are you trying to bribe me?" ”

"A little heart." Liu Meng smiled, "Of course the official family knows how those beads are raised. It doesn't cost a lot of money at all. The official family can just keep it to play. ”

Zhao Jiaren himself wanted to refuse. With his stance of pursuing a simple life, taking so many pearls is tantamount to a burden.

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