"I am an angel of the Song Dynasty. I am sent to Western countries under the will of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to seek knowledge and do things at a cheap price..."

"This is an envoy of Tengri Khan of the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom. He was sent to the West at the will of Khan to seek the true scriptures and have the right to conclude a treaty..."

"This is the envoy of Emperor Tengri, the Peach Blossom Stone Empire. He was ordered to submit a treaty with the Roman Empire and learn the truth of Christianity..."

These are three different statements, and the meaning seems to be the same, but there are some small differences in translation.

The first statement is that Ji Yi said in Chinese, the second one is that Moli said in Arabic, and the third one is that Baldwin said in Latin, a good Emperor of Song Dynasty was translated into Emperor Tengre, the Peach Blossom Stone Empire! Seeking knowledge has also become learning the truth of Christianity, and doing things cheaply has become a treaty with the Roman Empire... I don’t know if it is to sign a treaty against the Saracens (Arabs) and the Turks?

What? Learn the truth of Christianity? You still have to form alliances with the Roman Empire to fight against the Tianfangists? Is this true? Is it true that the Roman Empire is about to operate? Or is it daydreaming?

When they heard Baldwin's translation, the Roman nobles in purple robe were stunned. After a while, Anna Komunina, who was proficient in Arabic, asked: "Mr. Envoy, are you a representative of His Holy Dingri on the Peach Blossom Stone who was looking for the truth of Christ?"

This time Moli finally had a direct conversation with Komunina, and she also replied in Arabic: "Your Envoy is here on behalf of the Emperor of Song..."

"Emperor of Song?" Komningna repeated. Because these four words Moli spoke directly in Chinese, not Arabic.

"The State of Song is the state of Peach Blossom Stone, claiming to be the State of Song. In the land of the State of Song, no one uses the term Peach Blossom Stone." Moli explained, "The emperor is the honorary title of the ruler of Song, equivalent to the commander-in-chief of Rome and Augustus."

Komunina asked: "That Tengri is..."

"Tengri is a Turkic word, meaning heaven. And Khan is the king of the Turks." Moli explained, "Tengri Khan is the respectful title of the Turks to the Emperor of Song."

This is nonsense. Tengri Khan is the honorary title given to Li Shimin by the tribes of the grassland, which means that he recognizes that Li Shimin is the ruler of the grassland and the desert!

Komningna nodded and looked at Moli, who was in her thirties but had a beautiful appearance. "Are you a woman from Song State?"

"I was born in Song, but my ancestors came from Persia." said Mori, "It was Persia ruled by the Sassanid dynasty!"

"Are you a Zoroastrian?"

"No, I believe in Manichaeism."

"Manichi!?" Komningna was surprised to hear the name, "Is it a religion founded by Mani, the Persian?"

"It's the prophet Mani!"

"O God!" Komunina asked hurriedly, "Is the emperor of Song State also a believer of Manichaeism?"

This is not a joke! Because the learned Komningna knows what Manichaeism is like! This annoying religion especially likes to incorporate its own teachings into other sects and create a bunch of inappropriate heresy.

In Europe, Manichaeism once developed rapidly and became a strong opponent of Christianity. St. Augustine, a saint of the Roman Church, a traumatist of the Austin Church, and a great Christian thinker, once converted to Manichaeism. Later, because the Manichaeism teachings could not be self-consistent, they broke away and returned to the Christian camp.

However, after Christianity became the state religion of Rome, Manichaeism was seriously damaged, and Manichaeism, which was publicly published around 600 AD, became generally extinct.

However, there are still quite a few Manicheans who disguised themselves as Christians, thus forming heretic factions such as the Catriite, Paulist faction, and the Boglanese faction. Among them, the Paulist faction was also a Christian heretic in the Eastern Roman Empire, while the Boglanese faction was active in the Balkans and is still very powerful...

If the powerful Tengger Khan in the East was a believer of the Prophet Mani, then the Roman Empire would not have been able to unite with him!

"No," Moli shook her head, "The Emperor of Song is not a believer of the Prophet Mani. He also believes in Confucianism and Taoism."

"Confucianism and Taoism?" Komningna had never heard of it, "What is it?"

Moli said: "In the gifts given to the Roman commander, there are classics of Confucianism and Taoism, as well as some translations of Sarasen. Generally speaking, Confucianism is equivalent to Greek philosophy, while Taoism is a polytheistic belief based on Confucianism. The two envoys of the Song State were both philosophers proficient in Confucianism. The special deputy envoy Li Gang came from Yuntai University in Song State, which was the best university in Song State, and it was dozens of times larger than Nietzsemia University... One of the purposes of the Song State delegation coming to Rome was to seek knowledge of Greek philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy for Yuntai University."

"So that's it," Komninga thought for a while and said with a smile, "I am Anna, the princess of Rome. My husband is Caesar Brinius, Roman. We hope to entertain members of the mission at home before the embassy of Song State is completed, and by the way, we can understand the philosophical thoughts of Song State."

The two women chatted in Arabic for a while, and finally figured out the situation of each other. Then they introduced the situation to the Roman emperor who had been waiting on the dock for a while and the two envoys of the Song Dynasty.

"The man who was wearing purple clothes was Princess Komunina of Rome, and his husband was Caesar of Rome... probably an official like a husband, right? The couple hoped that we could live in their mansion until the embassy was built."

The permanent embassies had already appeared among European Christian countries in this era, so Princess Komunina took it for granted that the mission of the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom would also establish an embassy in the city of Constantinople.

At the same time, Komningna was also speaking to her father: "Father, the mission of the Peach Blossom Stone wants to get knowledge of Greek philosophy and science from us. In addition, they are not Christians, but believe in a kind of polytheism, and have their own philosophical thoughts, which can be communicated with us."

"Did they come to Rome just for philosophy?" The Roman emperor, the commander-in-chief (translation question), was a little disappointed, but it did not show it on his face.

"Maybe there is another purpose," Komningna said to her father, "Did you see the two Sarasen people? The envoys of the Peach Blossom Stone should be Meria and Ansari from Nietzsemian University. They are both famous scholars and consultants to the Caliph and the Sultan."

Meria and Ansari were also well-known in the Christian world, especially Meria, whose collection of poems spread to the Eastern Roman Empire and had some readers.

"I think there are some things that are not convenient to say in front of them..." Komunina thought for a while and said, "Maybe they have some secret mission, right?"

Alexus I raised his eyebrows. This is very likely! Because the Crusades had changed the pattern of West Asia, the relationship between the Seljuk Turks and the Eastern Roman Empire eased. Alexus I also regained some land in the western part of the Asia Minor Peninsula during the Crusades and stabilized the situation of the empire. It is time to turn our attention to the economy. The empire was maintained by foreign mercenaries, which means that there was money, army and empire. If there was no money, everything would be done! Due to the series of foreign wars and internal disputes during the Ducas dynasty, the Eastern Roman Empire exhausted most of its vitality. Within the magnificent walls of Constantinople, there is now only one depressed city with a desolate population.

Similarly, the Seljuk Turks fell into great division after the death of Sultan of Maliksha. Now they are in a group with the Crusaders in the west. They seem to be threatened by the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom in the east. They should have no strength to continue to fight with the Roman Empire...

"Okay!" Alexius I whispered to her daughter, "Find a chance to test them."

In addition, find out the true purpose of joining the Peach Blossom Stone Mission as soon as possible, and then report it to me immediately!"

...

The Ji Yi delegation finally entered the once glorious but now quite depressed city under the welcome of one of the few Romans in Constantinople.

However, even so, Ji Yi had to be surprised by the tall houses all over the city. Although Kaifeng Prefecture is much lively than this Constantinople, there are few houses with more than two floors in the city. However, Jiehe Shang City, founded by Wu Haogu, is full of tall houses everywhere, which is slightly similar to Constantinople.

Ji Yi rode a horse, accompanied by Alexius I, and was walking on the streets of Constantinople. Somehow, she actually thought that there seemed to be many similar places between Jiehe Market!

Not only tall buildings, but also senate... or aristocratic councils or something! Anyway, there is such a yamen in both cities, and it seems that the functions are somewhat similar.

Ji Yi then thought of Baldwin's previous statement that more than a thousand years ago, just before the Roman Empire appeared, there was a Senate and the Roman People's State (the official name of the Roman Republic is the Senate and the Roman People), which sounded a bit like the "republic" in the Central Plains! This Rausch Roman People's State was said to have driven away the fatherless country established by the Roman Queen, which was really a bit out of the ordinary.

When you look back, you must ask Princess Komunina and ask clearly the whole story...

In addition, the capital of the Roman Kingdom looks really depressed! What hope does a country that is maintained by mercenaries have so poor?

Ji Yi's lips raised slightly, showing a smug smile, and he knew that he could make a big deal soon!

This time, he wants to sell a war that can make people rich and wealth to the poor Roman Empire!
Chapter completed!