This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 266 The Mage from the East

At this time, Venice was not very famous in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it was very famous in the northeastern part of Europe.

Although Venice is still part of the Eastern Roman Empire on the surface, it has faint signs of self-reliance, and it is also the most fertile region in Europe at this time.

Richer than Constantinople.

It is too rich, so there is an 'independent' mind.

When Lu Sen came to Venice, he received a lot of attention.

Only Europeans have always gone east to do business and transport silk. In the true sense, Venice welcomed the first oriental guest.

It even looks like a noble guest.

Lu Sen and Alizee stayed in the most luxurious mead hotel in the city. Because they were new arrivals, Lu Sen was not in a hurry to show his magical powers.

Sitting on the so-called softest velvet mattress, Lu Sen said with a smile: "Since I came here, I have seen that I seem to be in a trance."

Alizee was lying on the window looking out, and she turned around and said, "When I was ten years old, I lived here for a year. It was also the opportunity for me to become an Assassin."

"A very sad past?" Lu Sen asked.

Alizee shook her head: "Let's not talk about that, if I hadn't become Assassin, I wouldn't have met Mr. Lang... Now there are many people waiting outside the hotel, Mr. Mr., what are you going to do?"

"It's impossible to find the hibiscus tree just by the two of us." Lu Sen said with a smile, "So I want to ask someone for help."

Alizee came over, sat next to Lu Sen, and asked, "Your Majesty already has a plan?"

"Venice is currently the most prosperous place in the entire Roman region, and also the place with the most intelligence resources." Lu Sen propped his cheeks and said: "Besides, as far as I know, Venice's troops are all 'private troops', as long as they have enough money, let them do things for you." , is a very simple matter.”

Alizee laughed when she heard this: "That's right, as a gentleman, it's really not suitable for me to do it myself. Then, do you need me to notify the Governor of Venice?"

"No, he will come to me by himself." Lu Sen said firmly.

Indeed, as Lu Sen said, the Governor of Venice, Domenico, is holding a banquet at home.

Wearing low-cut dresses and having not showered for several months, the noble ladies who smelled of spices and sweat all gathered together in twos and threes to chat.

A noble lady showed a small piece of silk handkerchief in her hand: "This is the silk my husband collected from the merchants in the east. Look, this transparent color, this smooth surface, and this charming fragrance , is worthy of being a treasure from 'Qin'."

At this time, there was a very strange phenomenon. Because of the inconvenience of communication and even the lag of information, the Northern Song Dynasty at this time called Rome on the European side "Great Qin", and then on the European side, the East was also called "Qin".

"I heard that Qin people all wear clothes made of silk." A woman said with emotion: "A small piece of silk has wiped out our savings for several years. Qin who used it to make clothes People, I can't imagine how rich they are."

"In addition to silk, there are also porcelains." A woman pointed to Domenico on the throne: "The governor has a set of smooth blue-printed porcelains, which are said to be special items for the nobles of the Qin Dynasty."

Immediately, a woman answered: "Yes, I have seen it too. It is really smooth, beautiful, and full of artistic atmosphere. It is completely different from our current pottery. The pottery is too ugly."

And the central figure of the women's discussion, Governor Domenico is pinching a small porcelain tea with his fingers, which contains a little yellowish liquid and a few tea stalks floating.

He could faintly hear the discussions around him, and he was certainly happy with the current flattery.

This is also the purpose of his holding the banquet. He managed to get tea from the East from a big businessman and spent nearly one-fifth of his military expenditure this year, just for such a small bag.

How about not showing off.

He sniffed, and felt that the tea in the cup exuded a charming fragrance, covering up the strange smell of spices in the whole banquet.

At this time, a servant boy came in, and he leaned over and said something in the governor's ear, and then the governor was shocked: "Really? Are there really guests from the East? Are they still staying in the mead hotel?"

The servant boy nodded repeatedly.

The mead hotel is the estate in the name of the governor.

He thought for a while and said, "Order the kitchen to extend the banquet time, let the guests stay here, and then prepare the carriage for me, and I will go there myself."

After finishing speaking, he went back upstairs, changed into his military uniform, waited out of the Governor's Mansion, and got into a carriage, followed by a group of leather guards.

Of course, the clothes of these guards are not uniform, and they have all kinds of leather armor and weapons.

Venice is a city of water, and the carriage went around several bridges, making seven turns, before arriving at the Mead Hotel.

In fact, it is faster to take a boat, but the river in Wells City can only pass through small boats, so sitting is not imposing.

When Governor Domenico came to the mead tavern and got off the carriage, he subconsciously arranged his clothes, then slung the ceremonial sword on his waist, and stepped in.

At this time, Alizee, who was lying on the window looking at the scenery, turned her head and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you guessed right, the governor is here."

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and Alizee went to open the door, looked at Governor Domenico outside the door, and said with a smile: "Welcome, respected Governor, my master has been waiting inside for a long time. "

After finishing speaking, Alizee stepped back and stood beside Lu Sen, looking very cute.

Domenico is a middle-aged man, 33 years old.

He looked at Alizee and felt quite amazed.

In fact, Alizee is really good-looking, but people in the Northern Song Dynasty have a natural "discrimination" against Semu people, so in the eyes of the people in the Northern Song Dynasty, Alizee's appearance is only considered beautiful.

But the Venetians didn't see it that way. They thought that Alizee was as beautiful as a goddess in a dream.

Domenico licked his lips subconsciously, and when he saw Lu Sen in the room, his eyes immediately 'fixed'.

There is a common standard for things like 'beauty' all over the world, unless your XP system is really too outrageous.

Not to mention the shape of his face, Lu Sen's appearance is clean and fair, and his temperament is dusty. In Domenico's view, this is a special beauty that the Venetians and even the Romans do not have.

The charm of scholars?

After much deliberation, Domenico could only come to this conclusion.

He stopped looking at Alizee at the moment, took two steps forward, made a gentlemanly salute, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, are you a nobleman from the Eastern Kingdom of Qin?"

Naturally, Lu Sen couldn't understand the current Venetian dialect, but Alizee did, and she immediately helped translate.

Lu Sen clasped his fists and said: "Ordinary people in Hangzhou City of the Great Song Dynasty come to do some business, please take care of your Excellency the Governor."

Alizee rolled her eyes helplessly, she knew very well that Song people tend to be self-effacing and elegant when speaking.

This is of course no problem in the Song Dynasty, and she also likes Lang Jun's appearance very much.

But the problem is that this is a territory of the Roman Empire, and people here generally like to exaggerate.

If you have a five-point strength, you have to give you fifteen points, and other people will look at you high.

At that time, Alizee said: "Your Excellency, my master is from the highest class in the Qin Kingdom. He is a young nobleman who can directly talk to the emperor. His reputation is known to everyone in the Great Qin Kingdom."

Domenico knew that his own people were used to it. When he saw Alizee say this, he subconsciously took it as a compromise, but found that even so, the oriental man in front of him seemed to be very special.

He couldn't help asking: "Why did such a noble person come all the way to the territory of our Roman Empire? And it seems that he didn't bring his own private soldiers."

Wandering nobles?

It doesn't seem like ah.

Listening to Domenico's doubts, Alizee said: "My master is a magician from Qin, no matter how far away he is, it's not a problem for him."

Domenico's eyes widened immediately, and he couldn't believe it.

At this time, Europe is still a world of "gods, gods and ghosts". They believe in such things as "gods" and "devils" far more deeply than people in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's not that he doesn't believe that Lu Sen has 'magic', but he can't believe it. Why did such a noble oriental come here?

Of course, he still has some doubts in his heart, for fear that these two people are liars.

Alizee was not in a hurry when she saw that he didn't believe it, but said, "It's just that, my master said that I need to talk to Your Excellency the Governor!"

Domenico touched his stubble subconsciously, he thought for a while, and said: "Since we want to talk about things, we have to go to my house to talk, and it happens that there is a banquet held there, and there are many beautiful women... Oh, you My master doesn't need those beautiful women."

He looked at Alizee's face, and then thought about the appearance of those women at the banquet at his home, then he shrugged helplessly and spread his hands.

Alizee immediately translated this to Lu Sen.

After listening, Lu Sen smiled and said, "That's fine, let's go and have a look."

Alizee turned to look at Domenico: "Your Excellency, my master has agreed to your invitation, but please make sure to provide the best hospitality."

"Of course there is no problem." Domenico looked at Lu Sen's black hair and black eyes, and was quite happy in his heart.

Being able to entertain a real nobleman from the East in one's own banquet, even if it costs more, it is a great honor to spread the word... It should be called an honor here.

Then Lu Sen followed Domenico out the door, and rode in a carriage with him to the Governor's Mansion.

It was almost evening at this time, but none of the people in the banquet had left, and as the night approached, the nobles began to get a little bit excited.

As soon as Domenico led Lu Sen into the banquet hall, he found many men and women cuddling together!

There are also some women sitting on men's laps, with their collars opened wide, looking up and smiling happily.

Seeing the situation in front of her, Alizee's expression changed on the spot.

She stayed in the Song Dynasty for several years, how could she not know the customs and three views of the Song people.

Even in a brothel, there is no such an exaggerated picture, let alone a formal occasion.

Her complexion gradually became ugly.

At this time, Domenico noticed the change in Alizee, and felt something was wrong in his heart, but he didn't know how to explain it for a while.

This was originally the banquet tradition of their Roman Empire.

At this time, Alizee also looked at Lu Sen, she was afraid that her husband would become angry.

Banxian really wants to fight, absolutely no one can live in this place.

But in fact, Lu Sen was very calm.

His gaze swept over the banquet boss without any fluctuation.

It's no surprise already.

As I said before, Lu Sen has never seen anything in the information age.

When he was still in high school, he had seen the famous 'Bald Hawks'.

That series of movies used exaggerated techniques to show the "chaos" in the colleges and universities of Bald Eagle Country.

Many of the scenes are scenes of the protagonist and others starting school, and the surrounding male and female students are having fun on the campus on the spot, not to mention the live banquet later.

So Lu Sen didn't think there was anything strange about it.

These Europeans and Americans are like this, and the essence has not changed in the past two or three thousand years.

Seeing Lu Sen's normal expression, Alizee immediately felt relieved.

And Domenico felt relieved when he saw that Alizee's expression was much better. He really didn't want to let the other party have a bad impression of his Venice, a rare oriental.

"Mr. Lu, this way please." Domenico personally led the way.

Just now in the carriage, the two also exchanged their names.

Lu Sen sat down as promised, and the waiter immediately brought a wooden plate and two porcelain bowls.

This is already the best tableware in the Governor's Mansion.

At this time, many banquet guests had temporarily 'quiet' from their excitement.

They also quietly gathered around, many of them not even wearing clothes.

This is a very normal behavior for them.

"Governor Domenico, is this your guest or your 'slave'?" A man asked, licking his lips.

"Dear guest."

"That's such a pity." The man shook his head helplessly.

Then someone said: "This kind of pure black-haired and black-eyed oriental man, who is completely dressed in silk, can buy a third of Venice with his bare clothes. How could he be a slave? Besides, there really is such a class." His slaves should also be sent to the palace instead of appearing here."

The man who was naked just now was full of embarrassment.

Many women also gathered around. These women used scarves to cover their bodies at will, and Lu Lu didn't care at all. They just looked at Lu Sen, wondering if they could try something new.

As they approached, a strange smell permeated the air.

Lu Sen has a compartment formed by 'clothing illusion', so he can't smell it.

But Alizee couldn't bear it, she even covered her nose.

Domenico clapped his hands and said, "Let me introduce to you, this distinguished guest is a top nobleman, a top scholar, and a powerful magician from the Eastern Great Qin Kingdom, Mr. Lu!"

At this time, there were fewer people messing around in the banquet. After all, there was something new, and they couldn't help but hastily ended it and came to watch.

They can do that kind of thing anytime, but this is the first time I've seen a real oriental person.

After listening to Domenico's introduction, these nobles all felt a little incredible.

The combined titles of nobility and scholar are not surprising!
But what is a magician? Is it really a legendary magician who possesses magical power?

(End of this chapter)