The communication platform built by Guo Jia and Ju Su was built very smoothly. In just one month, more than 150 high platforms were built. The information equivalent to 150 miles away can be transmitted to the capital in half an hour or even less.

Seeing that so many high platforms had been built, Han Zhan recalled Guo Jia, Ju Su and others to the capital and discussed with them the matter of testing the effect of the messaging at the right time.

As soon as the two arrived at the mansion, before they had time to discuss matters with Han Zhan, Chen Da walked in from outside the main hall and reported to Han Zhan: "Report to the lord, Chief Xun is looking for a meeting!"

Han Zhan knew that his uncle would go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. Since he came to visit him in the mansion, there must be something important, so he quickly ordered: "Come on your behalf!"

After a while, Xun Yu followed Chen Dao into the main hall. When he saw Guo Jia and Ju Su were also there, he was stunned for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He nodded slightly to the two of them, and then stepped forward to salute Han Zhan: "See the lord!"

"The Chief Secretary is exempt from courtesy!" Han Zhan asked in an official tone: "I wonder what important things are there when the Chief Secretary comes to the mansion today?"

"Report to the lord, an envoy from the Great Qin Kingdom came." Xun Yu replied: "The envoy should first meet the lord before entering the palace to see the lord."

"Envoy of the Great Qin State?" Han Zhan was stunned when he heard Xun Yu say this, and thought to himself: Didn't the Qin Dynasty perish more than 400 years ago? Where did another envoy of the Great Qin State appear?

Just when Han Zhan was stunned, Ju Su's eyes lit up and said in surprise: "Since the ninth year of Yanxi, the envoy of the Great Qin Kingdom came to Luoyang to pay homage to the previous emperor, 27 years have passed. Unexpectedly, they actually sent envoys to come again."

Han Zhan remembered that Yan Xi was the year name used by Emperor Huan of Han, but he didn't know what the origin of this Great Qin State was. Seeing that the three subordinates were all excited, Han Zhan asked tentatively: "Everyone, I wonder who can tell me who the Great Qin State is?"

"Return to the lord," seeing that Han Zhan knew nothing about the Great Qin State, Ju Su quickly explained: "The Great Qin State is in the extreme west, and according to our Great Han territory, we were tens of thousands of miles away. After Ben Dingyuan pacified the Western Regions, he sent Deputy Envoy Gan Ying to the Great Qin State to open up trade channels."

The land is tens of thousands of miles away. Han Zhan linked these phrases together and immediately thought of the Roman Empire of the same period, which was called the Great Qin Kingdom. Could it be that the Great Qin Kingdom mentioned by Xun Yu, Ju Su and others were the Roman Empire?

In order to figure out what was going on, Han Zhan said to Xun Yu after some thought: "Shi Xun Changshi, the envoy of the Great Qin Kingdom has come from thousands of miles away. It must be a hard work. This marquis should only do his best to be a landlord. Go back and notify him immediately, and this marquis will welcome him in the mansion."

"Subordinate to obey the order!"

After Xun Yu left, Han Zhan said to Ju Su: "Ju Jianjun, more than 150 communication platforms outside Yecheng have been built. You can arrange personnel to test them as soon as possible to see how the communications through the high platform are effective."

After Han Zhan finished speaking, Ju Su reminded him: "Now that the communication station has only been built less than 20%, we have been in a hurry to conduct the test. Isn't the lord worried that the news will leak?"

"The distance that can be transmitted is now 150 miles." Han Zhan had long considered this issue, so he answered confidently: "In this test, you only need to choose a 120 miles of unmanned area. By the way, the training of signal soldiers is extremely easy, and I am not worried about this. But has the person who compiles the flag language trained properly?"

"Return to the lord's words," Ju Su replied awkwardly: "It is very difficult to train people who compile flag languages. So far, there are only five or six people."

Han Zhan thought that no one had been trained so far. He heard that there were five or six people, so he nodded and said, "Five or six people are enough. You will take them to test tomorrow. As for the details, you can negotiate with Fengxiao later."

Guo Jia and Ju Su were sitting in the same place and discussing the details of the test, Xun Yu came in from outside again and reported to Han Zhan: "Lord, the envoy of the Great Qin Kingdom is brought here."

Then a middle-aged man in a leather robe, burly and bearded, walked out from behind Xun Yu, put his right hand on his left chest, saluted Han Zhan, and said in stiff Chinese: "The messenger Antonio, I have met Lord Anyang Hou."

"Antonio?!" After Han Zhan repeated this name with strong Italian characteristics, he did not bother to ask why the other party spoke Chinese, but asked curiously: "Are you from Campania?"

Han Zhan remembered that the name Antonio was the highest-profile name in Campania, the southern Italian Peninsula, so this question was asked.

As soon as Han Zhan said something, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others looked confused, but Antonio was shocked. He did not expect that in the far east, someone could guess his hometown by hearing his name. After a brief shock, his attitude became more humble: "Mr. Anyang Hou, you guessed it right. The villain's hometown was indeed Campania of the Roman Empire. But I don't know how the respected master guessed it?"

Han Zhan did not answer Antonio's question, but changed the topic in time: "Antonio, I heard that you speak Chinese well, I wonder where you learned it?"

"The villain once lived in the Western Regions for two years," Antonio replied with a smile on his face, "It is the Chinese language learned from the locals."

"What are you learning Chinese in the Western Regions?" Han Zhan looked at Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others with confusion, hoping to get some useful information from them.

Fortunately, Guo Jia understood Han Zhan’s meaning and quickly explained to him: “Lord, since Ban Dingyuan went to the Western Regions to commit the Western Regions and 36 people destroyed dozens of countries in the Western Regions, the Western Regions have been proud to be able to speak Chinese.” When he said this, Guo Jia’s face showed a bit of pride.

After hearing Guo Jia say this, Han Zhan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He really didn't expect that the Han Dynasty was so powerful that even people in the Western Regions would be proud to be able to speak Chinese. If this could be maintained, then there would be no need to learn any headache-inducing foreign languages ​​in the future.

"Antonio," Han Zhan called Antonio and sat down and continued to ask, "I wonder which emperor of the Great Qin State sent you?" When Han Zhan called the country Antonio mentioned, he did not use the title of the Roman Empire, but used the Great Qin State that Guo Jia and others were familiar with.

"It is Commod, son of Aurelius, who is the greatest king of our country and is loved by soldiers and the people."

When Han Zhan learned that the current Roman emperor was Commod, he closed his eyes and searched for information about the emperor in his mind. Soon, he remembered every detail about the emperor. Commod was a debauchery, frivolous and indecisive person. The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to make peace with the Marco Mannis and the Quad people under the conditions that were beneficial to the other party.

After returning to Rome, Commod buried himself in the various pleasures of the capital, and handed over the management of state affairs to his favorite guards, the commander of the Guards, and others. He often dressed himself up as a gladiator and a hunter fighting wild beasts, and beat unarmed people and beasts in the arena.

Antonio said that Commod was loved by soldiers and the people, but it was not a lie, but because of a conspiracy in 183 AD. After the conspiracy was leaked, Commod slaughtered the nobles, but he tried to please the soldiers and the Roman people in various ways, such as increasing the salary of the Guards and allowing the Roman people to watch gladiators for free, etc.

The reason why Han Zhan remembers Commod's history so clearly is because he has watched a movie shot based on Commod. This movie, which was listed as one of the top ten banned films, greatly restores Commod's life.

Commod was finally killed by Letus, the commander of the Guards, who launched a coup, in the Gladiator's barracks on December 30, 192, resulting in the end of the prosperous Antoni Dynasty.

"Antonio, Benhou asked you." Han Zhan silently calculated the time in his heart. Commod should have died at this time, so he asked Antonio tentatively: "How long have you been leaving Rome?"

"Five years!" Antonio stretched out five fingers and said, "I received the will of His Majesty the Emperor five years ago and went to the distant east to meet the great Han emperor. Unfortunately, the guide took me to your capital Chang'an and Luoyang, and found that the cities there were dilapidated. Later, after inquiring from many sources, I found that the capital had been moved here, which delayed nearly three months on the road."
Chapter completed!