Thinking of the 'heroic' in prison, the messenger couldn't help but be speechless. Of course, he didn't want to enter the palace for the second time, so he simply turned around and walked back. Seeing that the sun was sinking in the west, many shops began to move out, and they set up pots and stoves but did not put on the lights. At this time, the attendant pulled the sleeve of the messenger and pointed diagonally. I saw that he pointed to a group of people wearing foreign clothes, and his appearance was indeed different. The messenger had already noticed, but pretended not to see it. I saw that the people on the street were not particularly sensational, everyone just watched and did not speak.

The Semu did not notice the envoys of the Ashikaga family, all of whom were from Eastern Rome and had come to visit the Great Song Dynasty on the orders of Baselus. The Great Song Dynasty has been in the Europa region for a long time, and there are still some people in Eastern Rome who think that the Great Song Dynasty is an illusory and ethereal existence. In particular, many people in the church believe that the country of the East may not exist.

There is even a legend in Eastern Rome that the way to the Great Song Dynasty is through a magical door, and if you can't pass through it at the specified time, you can only see an empty land shrouded in mist. The same is true when it comes out, so there are not many Song people in the Great Song Europa Province.

People with various points of view know that there will be a large visiting team, and they all try their best to squeeze in, or recommend someone they trust to be part of the visiting team. Initially, the number of places increased from twelve to one hundred and twenty, and many more found ways to join. The number of people in Europa Province continued to increase, and finally they were happily given a place of 500 people. So that the Eastern Roman court can calmly screen more tolerant among the 4,700 people who signed up.

After completing the quarantine of infectious diseases, the delegation of 500 embarked on this uneventful journey, sailing at sea, disembarking and walking across the isthmus, and taking another boat at the pier across the isthmus. Disembarked at Songjiang Mansion at the mouth of the Yangtze River to be under epidemic prevention observation again, and then visited the Great Song Dynasty along the route of Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Xuzhou and Kaifeng.

Even those who insisted on doubting that the Great Song Dynasty did not exist also changed their original opinion, and this country really existed. More often than not, doubts popped up in the minds of the members of the visiting delegation, and the more representative question was 'why such a great country exists?'

Not to mention the current Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire, even in the heyday of the Roman State, all the territory plus the Mediterranean Sea was not as vast as the Great Song Dynasty. In the plains of the south of the Yangtze River, there are neat paddy fields like knives and axes, and in the hilly areas there are dense woods and bamboo forests and delicate fields formed by the topography, and the emerald green of the uplift looks like an incomparably prosperous giant sacred tree from a distance. On the Huanghuai Plain, the Eastern Romans saw the horizon for the first time. No matter how far the ship went, all you could see was a sentry of farmland and neat woods.

The city seen along the way made Constantinople, a thousand-year-old city, instantly lose its luster, and the Eastern Romans could not imagine how millions of people could live in the same city.

There are countless buildings in the city of the Great Song Dynasty, and the wide roads are always bustling, and you can see the city brighter than the bright galaxy when you stand on a high place at night. Thinking back to the situation after nightfall in Constantinople, the delegation finally understood why the Baltic priest who wrote the "Travels in the East" called Hangzhou the City of God. The city of Hangzhou alone has more wealth than all of Rome, and even more of all of Europa.

As the Polo priest wrote, the Song people looked very young, and it could even be said that they were a little young. But they were very tall, especially the young ones. A girl of fourteen or fifteen years old was as tall as an adult man in Eastern Rome. Not to mention the boys who are still growing their bodies. They were even arranged to visit the tables of many ordinary people in the Song Kingdom, where the children ate beef, and the adults were interested in chicken, pork, and other meats that were easier to cook and delicious. Also on the table are many vegetables and fruits that have never been seen before in Eastern Rome.

If you go to the Song vegetable market, the fruits will be processed at a very cheap price before the stall closes in the evening. The price is estimated by paying money in four directions, which is only one-half or even one-third of the price of vegetables in Eastern Rome.

There is such a great country in the Far East, so great that its people can live happily. The fact itself is illusory enough, so illusory that it is no longer real. Compared to Eastern Rome, the air here is filled with a sweet smell, mixed with the sweet smell of opulence, peace.

Many of the people who believed in the Cruciform religion in the delegation believed that God's backyard must be like the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise it would not be possible to accommodate the souls of so many believers after death. Another part of the Crucivers opposed this view, because the Song never believed in the Crucifixion. But they did not dare to assert that God could really send the souls of these unbelievers to hell after death, as the scriptures say. Since the Great Song Dynasty is so powerful, there must be even more powerful gods behind them to protect them. Can the God of Scripture really overcome this powerful force?

If the Great Song had the will to launch a ruthless expedition, all of Europa would have been destroyed. Those who have faith can ascend to heaven after death, but are they living only to seek salvation in pain, and they are destined to endure hunger, war, and pestilence?

In the midst of the heated internal debate, some of the visiting groups chose to go further afield. The few members who came to the kingdom were also divided into two factions. Some just want to see more, after all, they may not have the next chance to go to the distant Great Song Dynasty. Others insist that in the mysterious and distant East, there must be countries that are no less than or even greater than the Great Song Dynasty. Looking at the map, there is only one sea country left as a possibility.

The latter were undoubtedly disappointed, and the country they saw was only a country similar to that of the Eastern Romans, and even slightly lacking. At this time, it was dark, and uniformed people on Shikoku Island came out and climbed the towering wooden poles on both sides of the street, and it was not long before the heads of the poles were hung with glass lanterns that emitted bright light, and the streets were brightened. Whether it is the population or the size of the city, Takamatsu City and the Great Song City cannot be compared at all. The members of the visiting group walked around with some disdain, and had the last hope for a trip to Kyoto and Kamakura Castle, where the current Imperial Court of the Japanese Kingdom was located.

When the group went away, the envoys of the Ashikaga family couldn't understand what was going on with these lustful people. And the emissary's attention had been drawn to the gas lamp on the high pole, which he had seen yesterday and thought only that it was a magical spell. It still feels the same way to see you again today. Illuminated by the bright lights, there is a Kyoto festival of buying and selling, with ordinary shops and ordinary residents trading in Shikoku accents. Then the residents went home with their purchases. After careful observation, the envoy had to admit that Ashikaga Saiyun was not wrong, and it really didn't look like it was a celebration here.

The next morning, as soon as the envoy got up, he was called by Inoichiro, who had said that he would find someone to discuss, and at this time there was a result. Inoichiro told the messenger that he had already told the people above that he felt that he could do business with the Ashikaga family, but there were conditions. The envoy listened carefully to the conditions described by Inoichiro, and after listening to them for a while, he felt that these conditions were familiar. It seems to be a condition proposed by the Shikoku Army to the Kamakura shogunate. It's all about opening ports, allowing trade, and so on.

After listening to the conditions, the envoy cautiously asked, "If you agree to these conditions, will the Shikoku Army sell steel armor and tomahawks to Ashikaga-sama?" ”

"I can only talk about such conditions, if Ashikaga-sama doesn't agree, I can't help it." Nichiro replied calmly.

This peace in the nobility meant that there was no room for negotiation, and the envoy could only choose to accept or reject. If there was a discussion, Inoichiro, who was a nobleman, would accuse the Ashikaga family of various crimes in a bluff tone, and then ask for a sky-high price. The envoy did not dare to make his own claims, so he could only say that he would report to Ashikaga after he returned. At noon that day, Eichiro sent the envoys on a ship back to Honshu Island, and the envoys returned to Shikoku Island in the evening, rushed back before dawn the next day, and finally rushed back to the main town of the Ashikaga family in the evening of the third day.

In the dim light of the lantern, the messenger was ushered into the residence of Ashikaga lord. He suddenly felt that it was so dark, and the shadows of the torches used for lighting by each door only made the darkness even thicker. Entering the living room of Ashikaga-sama, a candle burned quietly, emitting a soft light, reminding the messenger of the Ashikaga clouds that liked to light two candles.

Ashikaga-sama didn't know what the envoy was thinking, and after listening to the conditions that the envoy brought back, Ashikaga-sama said cheerfully, "Let's buy a thousand sets of steel armor and tomahawks first, and then talk about other things after they are delivered." ”

"Is that okay?" The messenger reminded.

"I can't trust Eichiro's words, what if the caravan sent by the Four Nations Army is made up by their soldiers?" Ashikaga-sama resolutely replied to the envoy's question: "The shogunate army is pressing forward step by step, and we must defeat the shogunate army first." Tell Eiichiro that if we can't resist the shogunate army, there's nothing to talk about. ”

Although Ashikaga-sama said this to the envoy, he sent new personnel to form a new mission, and set out early the next morning. The envoy was puzzled by the news, but he soon understood that Ashikaga-sama was suspicious of the negotiations. But what can be done after knowing, the messenger can only wait for the result. And take advantage of this time to send the gifts that Ashikaga Saiyun and Ashikaga Saikato messengers brought to their parents.

The gift consists of steel thimbles, awls, trampolines, embroidery tools, rulers, crochet hooks, scribing powders, steel needles of various sizes, and hundreds of embroidery drawings. Of course, these tools were not enough, and the servants were so tired that when they moved in, they were so tired that the servants were out of breath. In this era when aristocrats had to sew clothes by the women of their families, this gift was not insignificant. Looking at the joyful smiles of the Ashikaga family, the messenger was not happy. Ashikaga-sama's fears were right, if there was no way to stop the fierce offensive of the shogunate army, the generous gifts in front of him would only be the spoils of war captured by the shogunate army in the future.