Chapter 79 The Great Noble
In Eastern Rome, or the entire West, the theory of bloodline was very popular. After hearing that the nobles and generals of the Tang Dynasty saved him, Forcas completely gave up the idea of asking for the return of goods, and even felt that he should pay more money to the Shen Gongjun mentioned by Ario to thank him for his life-saving grace.
"Master, Mr. Chen asked you to come over to meet, saying that you want to entertain nobles from Western powers. He wanted to see the customs and customs of foreign countries..."
Ario used his eloquence to speak his words in line with his master's inner thoughts, and then Focas, who had no doubts, was obviously trapped in his imagination.
Forkas, who is not the eldest son of the family, does not have the right to inherit. Although he is very favored by his father, as his father grows older, his good life will last a few years. That's why he ignored the persuasion of the people around him and spent a lot of money to recruit people to the distant East to try to start his own career.
There is now an opportunity to get along with the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, so Focas naturally doesn't want to miss it, not to mention that he lost most of his goods. Even if he could go to Chang'an, how much money could he earn? Along the way, he has heard many Persians tell the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the magnificence and prosperity of Chang'an.
Moreover, Chang'an is too far away. If he could establish a fixed business road in Byzantine and Anxi, he would be enough to make great contributions to the family.
Thinking of this, Forcas shouted to Olus who was standing in front of him, "Olus, let our friends come in, I will treat them well."
Focas didn't want to meet the noble general of the Tang Dynasty in a embarrassed manner. He needed to take a shower, change into a purple robe, and go to the banquet with an impeccable appearance.
Following the master's order, Olus breathed inexplicably relieved. He didn't want to die in the far east, and even his corpse could not return to his hometown. So he shouted and asked his soldiers to disperse their formation and then lined up to welcome him.
Lu Xiong, who was riding on the horse, looked at this scene, his originally disdainful expression changed. The change in the queue of the soldiers would not deceive people. Although their military equipment was not good, they could be called sound-trained.
The other veterans also curled their smiles and would give the most basic respect to the elite army.
Ario was already excitedly running over and said, "Captain Lu, the master said he wanted to take a shower and change clothes, burn incense and pray before going to see the husband to show respect. He also asked Captain Lu to enjoy his face and go to the camp to rest first."
Lu Xiong frowned, took a shower, changed clothes, burned incense and prayed, but the other party said that this was respect for the husband. As the saying goes, if you don’t hit someone with a smile on your face, he can’t really break into the camp and capture them!
“Leading the way forward.”
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Xiong nodded. There were only more than twenty shield soldiers on the opposite side, and his fifty old brothers were enough to deal with any scene.
"Person Lu, please come inside."
Ario said with a smile on his face. He tried his best to be this middle-aged man not only to survive. Focas was a great nobleman of Furch. The Shen Langjun also looked like a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty. If his new master could really reach the business road that leads directly to Anxi, it would be a huge wealth.
When he arrived in front of the camp, Lu Xiong led the veterans down from the horse and handed the horses to the slaves who came forward to take care of the management. When he saw the veterans who took off their helmets after dismounting, Olus did not look down on him at all. In the military tradition of the empire, veterans were the strongest combat power, and even when they were placing the array, the veterans were at the end.
Forkas was completely spared. Anyway, most of the goods were gone, and there was not much supply left. After calming down, he could only put all his chips on the Tang noble who invited him.
So when the veterans dismounted into the camp, the slaves in the caravan took out all the remaining wine and meat to entertain the guests of the owners.
But what surprised Olus was that these veterans of the Eastern Empire were obviously disciplined. Except for their centurion who drank a few more drinks, the rest of them tasted it casually.
It was such a powerful army. After seeing the excellent armor on the veterans, Olus sighed in his heart. He had heard about the reputation of the Eastern Empire for a long time. Now he saw it with his own eyes and realized that there was no exaggeration in the rumors. If the Eastern Empire had not been too far from Central Asia and Asia, he believed that the expansion of the Arabs would have been sanctioned by the Eastern Empire.
In the tent, Forcas squandered the last precious water source in the caravan, washed himself clean under the service of his personal slave, and then applied spices, then took out his noble purple robe and replaced it.
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"I know, please go and have a good rest."
Lu Xiong still sent someone back to the camp to send a message. Shen Langjun often said that the Tang Dynasty was a country of etiquette. Since the nobles from the country respected Shen Langjun, he naturally could not make others think they were rude.
After letting the veterans who came back to report the news to rest, Shen Guang suddenly felt something interesting. The Furian Kingdom mentioned by the people of the Tang Dynasty was the Eastern Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire in later generations. It was an enemy who was irreconcilable with the Arabs. That is, the Tang Dynasty lost its ability to advance westward after the Anshi Rebellion. Otherwise, if it was really connected with the Eastern Roman Empire and attacked the Black Food together, the Tang Dynasty might not be able to completely occupy the river.
Shen Guang, whose thoughts were released, quickly came to his senses. Such things were too far away. He was just a small person now and was not enough to push such a wheel of history. However, he believed that he would be able to do it one day.
"As the saying goes, 'recitations of etiquette', we cannot lose the face of the Tang Dynasty."
Shen Guang looked at Wang Shenyuan, "Prince Chen, Wang Guzheng, you can make everyone well, and make sure that the guests of the Fuguo Kingdom know how powerful our Tang Dynasty soldiers are, and go and call the crows to meet someone."
"Here."
Chen Mohe and Wang Shenyuan took the order and left. Although they felt that Langjun was too despised by the merchants of the Furian Kingdom, they did not think that they would be any nobles, just like the princes of the aristocratic families in Chang'an City, who would come to Anxi to become a merchant.
Soon, the crow came to the tent, his face full of shame. In the battle just now, he and his companions could be said to be embarrassed and were beaten by the bandits. Not to mention, nearly half of the man had lost his hands. If he hadn't been thick-skinned, he would have almost no courage to continue to follow the husband.
Thinking that the Hans beat the bandits and soldiers did not dare to approach, the Crows really doubted whether only the Tang Dynasty bloodline was a good warrior. Hu merchants like them were only worthy of being a businessman who was low and small, and who laughed at the business.
"Langjun, we...we..."
When he saw Shen Guang, the crow spoke, but he didn't know what to say, and his face looked very embarrassed.
"You are defeated by those bandits because you are underestimating the enemy's carelessness, and your performance is obvious, and it is not bad."
Chapter completed!