I am the king of the dead

Fortunately, although a lot of unhappiness happened in the court, His Majesty seems to have forgotten that he is a loyal henchman of King Jili, and let him control the water in Hetao with peace of mind.

Xu Youzhen is good at managing politics, but he is not good at political fighting. In terms of political fighting, compared with an old fox like Hu Wei, he is two behind Yu Shaobao.

In his busy schedule, he took the time to meet with the envoy from the Great Qin Kingdom.

He didn't wear court clothes, let alone official clothes, but ordinary clothes, a jacket, cotton trousers, and a pair of ordinary cotton shoes, which were quite dilapidated.

Because after seeing the two envoys, he was about to go to the Yellow River in Jinglu Mansion to inspect the freezing situation of the Yellow River.

Afterwards, I will go to the Shengzhou factory to meet with the general manager Kuai Xiang to arrange the supply of coal this winter, the resettlement of the people who went to the west entrance, and the people who have been put into service in Tatar.

The weather is getting colder and colder. The Yellow River froze three days earlier than last year. During these three days, Xu Youzhen was worried.

Regardless of the fact that there are only three days, it means that the celestial phenomena are different.

When not farming, Xu Youzhen didn't understand why the past dynasties would care about the ten days, half a month, or even a day in the calendar.

But since Zhang Qiu's flood control, he discovered that one day represents the people's year's profit.

This explanation is not complicated.

Farming is not a very rewarding thing. Whether it is summer harvest or autumn harvest, it is a rush to harvest.

Once the weather changes, there will be heavy rain in the summer harvest, frost in the autumn harvest, and a day late harvest, and a year of busy work will be wasted.

How does it feel to have food rotting in the ground?

Xu Youzhen experienced it once, and that feeling was worrying.

It was as if someone grabbed his heart and squeezed it hard!

If the calendar is inaccurate, this kind of natural disaster will turn into a man-made disaster, and billions of people will farm the land, but there will be no profit for a year's harvest. How can we not worry?

Fortunately, Xu Youzhen has learned His Majesty's unique skills, and is lenient in anticipating the enemy.

Once the rush to harvest starts, all men, women and children will go to battle, trying to collect the grain into the grain depot before the sky changes.

If you learn His Majesty to be lenient in anticipating enemies, you will not oppose Your Majesty.

If you can't learn how your majesty predicts the enemy, you will be lenient. If you fight with your majesty, you will definitely lose.

This is a logical circle.

Xu Youzhen is from Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture, Southern Zhili Province. He is from the south and cannot tolerate the cold, so when winter comes, his cheeks turn red from the cold. Because he is busy and careless, he looks a bit sloppy.

Elena's expression was extremely strange. The person in front of her was a feudal official, the provincial governor personally sent by Emperor Huang Ming VI.

But this person was almost the same as the ordinary Ming people she had seen. The clothes were not expensive, nor were they made of silk or satin.

But Elena felt that Xu Youzhen had a strange temperament.

His eyes are shrewd, and he speaks and does things very neatly. Even though his clothes are a little shabby, this person is not shabby at all.

Nikolaoz can only sigh with emotion that they do not have such officials in Rome.

In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, there were not many such officials.

However, Daming's narrative perspective and ruling philosophy have undergone adjustments. The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the state is peaceful. It is the big thinking and the spiritual core.

All the ruling ideas are derived from these eight characters.

Nikolaoz has received such warnings more than once. It is not that Daming does not welcome envoys, but envoys who break the law will go to hell.

The Ming Dynasty priority principle is another narrative.

Nikolaoz hurriedly said: "We came from afar to bring friendship and exchanges. We don't intend to offend the laws of Ming Dynasty. It is not our purpose to make the two countries turn against each other."

"If my country still exists."

Nikolaoz was pessimistic about the future of Constantinople. He didn't know how long they would last if they left.

After the envoy translated Nikolaoz's words, Xu Youzhen nodded frequently and said: "The wild beasts and bandits in Jing'an Province have been calmed down, and the official roads and post roads have been leveled."

Nikolaoz took something out of his pocket, and said with great reluctance: "Your country's expeditionary force doesn't have the air of a governor at all. They forcibly took all our money."

"I brought a lot of books this time, but I didn't bring any goods. In fact, we don't have any goods to carry."

"Excuse me, can I exchange some Ming currency?"

The envoys of Nikolaoz and the envoys of other barbarian countries gave Xu Youzhen a completely different feeling.

The envoys of the largest Qin State were very frank. They did not hesitate to discuss the demise of their own country, and they were not ashamed to speak out.

The envoys of the second largest state of Qin are not philistines, and they will exchange things for money instead of messing around.

These are the two biggest differences.

What Nikolaoz took out was a ring with a weird symbol "p" on it. This ring was made of all gold.

"This is the ring given to the ancestors by the Holy Lord Michael VIII 200 years ago. It is called Kele. This symbol, which is usually used on the military flag, represents: With this, victory will be guaranteed!" Nicolaus was quite dissatisfied. She said.

The Roman military flag is called the Rablan flag, and this symbol will be engraved on it, representing the confidence to win.

Nikolaoz continued: "It is very precious, and there are not many of them in Rome. The Holy Lord Michael VIII only bestowed five such rings, and a few others are lost."

Artifacts tell stories about civilizations.

This symbol was the military standard of Constantine I.

The stars in the sky spelled out this symbol that night, and the sergeants were terrified. At that time, the battle was imminent. In order to inspire people, Constantine I carved this symbol, which represented victory.

After Constantine's victory, the symbol has represented certain victory ever since.

There are not many things that can be exchanged for money on Nikolaoz, this is the only thing that can be sold, he is as shabby as the Roman Empire with only one castle left.

Elena is a very lively child. When she was in the Western Regions, because the danger of survival was imminent, Elena didn't ask for anything.

But after entering Daming, Elena wanted to buy some inexpensive things, and they had no money.

Nikolaoz was a little depressed because the governor of the province returned the ring back.

"To tell you the truth, I'm actually very poor, and I may not be able to afford the price. How about this, I can lend you two silver coins, and when you have money in the future, you can return them to me." Xu Youzhen didn't want to buy this coin. gold ring.

The ghost knows if this thing represents the power of the emperor or something!

If he bought it casually, wouldn't that be an excuse for His Majesty?

In order to survive, Xu Youzhen was extraordinarily cautious.

Two silver coins, although not much, are enough to live for a period of time, and it is completely enough to buy only some gadgets.

What Xu Youzhen received was the salary of the second rank, and two silver coins were not a lot.

Nikolaoz gave Xu Youzhen a good impression, because Nikolaoz did not hide his poverty and embarrassment.

Xu Youzhen handed him the silver coin and said, "Okay, I'm going to get busy."

"Thank you for the generosity of the governor of the province." Nikolaoz took the two silver coins and was very grateful.

Xu Youzhen rode his horse and headed towards the Yellow River. After checking the freezing situation of the Yellow River, he still had to go to Shengzhou without stopping.

Also non-stop are Elena and Nikolaoz.

They will rush from Jinglu Mansion to Wuyuan Mansion and Shuofang Mansion, and after crossing the entire Hetao Plain, they will enter Xuan Mansion from Jining Mansion, and after reporting, they will enter Beijing to face the saint.

After entering Jing'an Province, their footsteps were obviously quickened a lot, because the terrain was flat and the road surface was very smooth.

They only had books, and a mission of 300 people ran wildly on the official road post.

Elena kept looking out of the window, and said after a long time: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble, that ring is very important to you, but you want to sell it."

Nikolaoz shook his head and said: "It's nothing, we need money now, in comparison, honor and living, I choose to live."

"I don't mind selling it if someone is willing to offer a good price."

"Apparently the governor is inconvenient."

The ring in Nikolaoz's hand represented supreme honor in the Roman Empire, but in Ming Dynasty, it was only worth a little gold.

"It's because of my greed, otherwise you wouldn't have to sell it." Elena felt aggrieved.

She pursed her lips stubbornly, looking out the window, tears swirled in her eyes, Elena tried her best not to let it fall out, but it still passed across her white cheeks, and after a short pause on her cheeks, dripped on the arm.

"If you want to cry, just cry." Nikolaoz said with relief.

Elena finally burst into tears.

In Constantinople, she didn't know when the fate would be. She didn't cry, but practiced her combat skills hard, waiting for the day when the catastrophe came, ready to do her best at any time.

After the mission, the embarrassment and madness of the Ottomans did not make her cry. She represented the dignity of Rome.

The anxiety in Samarkand did not make her cry, because Elena is a very courageous girl.

Octavian said: A warrior does not shed tears, even if he is afraid.

On the official road post in Daming, Elena cried her heart out, because a reality was placed in front of her.

The Roman Empire is really dead.

This kind of subjugation is not a change of dynasty in the usual sense, but a civilization similar to Rome, which has disappeared in the long river of history. Although there are some successors, Zhengshuo will never be there.

Nikolaoz was over 50 years old, he didn't cry, but looked out of the window with some melancholy, and said calmly: "Maybe, I said maybe, one day, we can rely on Ming Dynasty to rebuild Rome. I know it will be difficult."

"Son, your father and your uncle Constantine XI don't want you to bear such a great pressure and live well."

"Fate shouldn't put so much pressure on you, you are just yourself."

"You can be more selfish."

Chapter 452 Roman Orthodoxy in Ming Dynasty

Nikolaoz didn't want the eldest princess to live so hard. Restoring the country is really too difficult. This burden should not be placed on the princess.

The pressure will make Elena feel sorry for herself, and then turn from an elf into a bitter woman. That is not what Nikolaos, Thomas Paleologus, and Constantine XI hoped to see.

The place they found for Elena was Da Ming, hoping that the powerful Da Ming could support her to live well.

"I see." Elena wiped away tears.

The road to restoration of the country is difficult and difficult. Whether the long road to restoration of the country can be taken is still open to debate.

This first step has not been taken yet.

In the terms and context of Ming Dynasty, Rome should be regarded as a barbarian.

Just like the Romans looked down on the barbarians in Western Europe, would the Emperor Ming, the Lord of Ten Thousand Vehicles, accept a barbarian?

Especially when she looks different from Daming people, of course, there are relatively few such differences.

For example, the bridge of the nose is relatively high, for example, the lines on the face will be more three-dimensional instead of soft, but as a member of the Roman royal family, he has black hair.

Elena is still very confident in her appearance.

As for the barbarian issue.

China's name for Rome has never changed, it is called the Great Qin State.

Rome called China the Great Qin State because the pronunciation of sino is very close to that of Qin, and then silk from China became an important source of income for Rome, and the word silk was given the meaning of silk.

The reason why China calls Rome the Great Qin State is: "Its people are all grown up and upright, similar to China, so it is called Great Qin."

"It is the largest country west of Cong Ridge."

To grow up means to be tall. If you want to be taller on average, you need to eat more meat, eggs, and milk, and meat, eggs, and milk represent good living conditions.

Fair and upright, good-looking, that is, he looks very in line with the aesthetics of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Like China, how turbulent is the debate between Hua and Barbarians in the Central Plains Dynasty?

Whether it is official history or unofficial history, there are a wide variety of non-human descriptions in the extraterritorial world. They are not the same, and there are countless.

In the hands of the penholder of the Central Plains Dynasty, it is already merciful for people outside the territory to have some human characteristics.

The so-called Great Qin, although the past dynasties scolded Qin as being politically correct, cruel, harsh, burning books and burying Confucianism, etc.

But which dynasty or generation did not practice Qin law?There are countless unified weights and measures, galloping roads, county and county systems, and so on.

Although Zulong died, his karma is still there, and he has practiced Qin's political laws for more than a hundred generations.

There is no doubt that the unified centralization system was confirmed in the Qin Dynasty.

Crowned with the three characters of the Great Qin State, it can be seen that it is taken seriously.

This is a relatively realistic statement.

In the narrative of the Central Plains Dynasty, Rome is described as a land of gold, ivory as door leaves, fragrant wood as pillars, and a land rich in gold, silver and rare treasures.