Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 10

The trade between the Purple Horde and the Javanese dollar has been going on for more than 20 years, but there is not much time for direct contact.Now, with increasing demand, the two sides have only begun to formally establish diplomacy.

In 1405, Emperor Timur and Roman Great Khan Basil Yerigo passed away successively. The departure of the two heroes gave the defeated country a rare opportunity.

In particular, the rule of the Timur Khanate was not strong.After the death of the old emperor's uncle, his descendants, like an ordinary khanate, began to fight among themselves for the right to inherit.In the end, the fourth son, Shah Ruh, took power.

But Shah Ruth was more of a literati Persian king than an ambitious, typical steppe conqueror like his father.He limited his ruling area to Central Asia and eastern Persia, focusing on stabilizing the country's order, developing production, and rewarding culture, and he didn't care much about conquering east and west.Even the title was changed from "Khan" to the Persian "Shah".

Shah Ruh did not pay much attention to western Persia, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean coast.In these places, the forces once defeated by Timur swelled up again.

Compared to Timur, the Persians liked Shah Ruh more, thinking that he was a more noble and enlightened ruler.But for the Purple Horde, the trouble now is big—whether the Ottomans or the Mamluks have temporarily declined, they are not fuel-efficient lamps.Shaharu ran away directly, throwing all the pressure on the Purple Horde Khanate.

On the Egyptian side, although it promised to open the port to the Khanate, the new Mamluk regime still hopes to earn as much as possible.As military pressure eased, the Mamluks began trying to regain control of trade routes and seaports.With the Purple Tent Expeditionary Force alone, it is already the limit to keep northern Syria. Therefore, the Khan court urgently needs new allies to support itself.

Although the Java dollar is far away, it is also a big maritime country.Moreover, both parties have similar requirements for trade routes.Therefore, there is a basis for cooperation.

Sun Shiwan is a very influential figure in Zizhang Khan's country.When he came this time, everyone was very attentive to hospitality, in order to form practical cooperation as soon as possible and reopen business routes.

Invited by Tuo Huan, Sun Shiwan soon came to the St. Sophia Empress Temple.However, Lama Wang pointed out that it is not appropriate to ask him to negotiate conditions too bluntly.He suggested to arrange visits and banquets first, and then follow the tradition of the Central Plains to talk while eating.

Everyone is fine with it.Tuohuan asked Guo Kang to help him receive him, so that there would be time to arrange follow-up activities.Lama Wang sent Wu Han to help Guo Kang, saying that he had more professional questions and asked him to answer them.

Guo Kang felt guilty about this.Judging from Wu Han's famous saying that "the church is the shepherd", he may have understood something, but not that much.But the priests here are under the care of Lama Wang, and Guo Kang can't say anything about the people he recommends, so he can only go with him to meet them.

On the way, Guo Kang couldn't hold back after all, and asked, "You are here, following Master Wang, what is your position?"

"The subordinates are sent here for advanced studies." Wu Han still kept a straight face, and replied solemnly: "Master Wang said that after finishing this study, he will recommend his subordinates to go to the border area to serve as a local priest."

"Being the patriarch..." Guo Kang felt that Lama Wang had positioned himself as the benchmark of "Orthodox experts".He lived leisurely in Dadu because according to Eastern Roman tradition, the Patriarch was not originally a theological expert.

The organization in the church is quite mature, and there are specialized institutions that have recruited a large group of theologians who are responsible for theological issues, such as explaining scriptures to believers, or debating scriptures with the bishop of Rome.Under this structure, the patriarch himself does not understand theology, so there is nothing wrong with it—the eunuchs and patriarchs in Eastern Rome didn’t even know words, and Lama Wang at least knew some words, and he could do magic tricks, which is already very good up.

However, grassroots organizations often do not have this condition, and it is best for the local person in charge to be more versatile.The religious situation in the territory of the Roman Khanate is very complicated. Wu Han's level is not sure if it is enough.

"How did you gain during your training?" Guo Kang was embarrassed to question directly, so he began to inquire.

"I have gained a lot. Master Wang taught me a lot of tricks, and now I can take pictures of my father and brother on the wall." Wu Han said quite proudly.

"Eh..." Guo Kang was speechless for a while: "Is there any, something more practical?"

"Of course." Wu Han nodded.

The two happened to walk through a gate, and Wu Han took him out. On the platform outside, there were several haystacks for training and a lot of weapons piled up. I don't know what Wang Da Lama was doing.

Just as he was thinking, Wu Han picked up a chain hammer and swung it at the armor shelf next to him.The shelf broke with a bang, and the armor fell to the ground.Wu Han picked up one of them, only to see that the iron armor had been deformed by beating.

"Master said, when preaching, this is enough." He said seriously.

"Then I think enough is enough." Guo Kang nodded decisively.

The two continued to walk towards the hall.When I came to the door, I heard a loud voice, asking loudly: "Your empress temple, why is there no empress worship?"

(End of this chapter)