Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 998 The 'Taste' of China

There are two reasons why Byzantium took the initiative to participate in the war. The first was the agreement with Sanjar in advance, and the second was the sheepherders on the Kipchak grassland who returned to the embrace of the Lord.At this time in the monotheistic world, the power of faith was at its peak, and John II had to respond accordingly.

Otherwise, if the news spreads back to Western Europe, it will arouse the hostility of Catholic countries towards Byzantium!
Even in recent decades, due to the emergence of the antipope, the power of the Catholic Church has been greatly reduced, and the continued growth of the power and influence of the Holy Roman Empire has greatly affected the authority of the Catholic Church.

But this is not a reason for the Byzantines to ignore Catholicism.

This country has had no choice but to wade into this muddy water. The only thing that can make people feel lucky is that the Lu Qi army has not launched an attack on Asia Minor. Of course, they have not attacked Jerusalem and other Crusader countries on the east coast of the Mediterranean.

Because the real battle has not yet broken out, the Byzantine legion exists more as a supporting force in Asia Minor. As an ally, Sanjar, whose strength has been severely damaged, can continue to maintain internal dignity.

But the Chinese will definitely not let go of Sanjar, or Seljuk.No one would sit back and watch a dying enemy steadily regain its strength beside them, and eradicating the roots was the only option.

Therefore, after the Chinese have stabilized the rule of the Persian Plateau, they will definitely launch a war against Asia Minor.

This country that only existed in 'legendary' in the past time appeared in front of the Byzantine Empire.The threat has come, and John II must support the Seljuks in order to protect himself.

It's just that the identity of the Seljuks has changed from an ally to a "isolation zone".

Blanco Meme entered the Persian Plateau through the Alborz Mountains, and what he saw was a scene that was both reasonable and unreasonable.What is reasonable is the resistance of the Seljuk natives to the Chinese, which can be seen with the naked eye; The Chinese make deals.

As far as Turan was concerned, there was such a lively trade scene in front of him: in the wide market outside the city, there were areas divided by roads everywhere, some selling food, some ironware, some selling livestock, A flag is hung on each of the different areas, and simple lines are used to outline simple pictures on it, which can be understood at a glance.

There are also some fixed houses and shops in it, which are obviously more advanced than the stalls on one side, and they are equipped with square signboards. The latter is quite magical in the eyes of Blanco Meme, making people feel dazzled.

"Last year, silk, tea, and rhubarb were sold here, and this year there was a lot more cloth. The Chinese planted a lot of cotton in the Western Regions. As you know, cotton picking requires a lot of human labor, but the rebellion of the Western Uighurs , as well as the Tianzhu and Ghaznavids, so that the Chinese have sufficient labor force.

With cotton, there will be cotton cloth. The Chinese people's weaving skills are very developed, even the people of Tianzhu can't match it.It is only because of the cost that they do not appear in Tianfang on a large scale.

The cost of sea transportation is far more convenient and faster than land transportation.Merchants are also more willing to transport silk with higher value and profit.

But now the entire Qincha grassland has been conquered by the Chinese. Chinese cotton cloth has appeared in the Black Sea, and there are Huacizimo people as accomplices. I don’t know the situation in the south, but Khorasan and Tuluohuo, and In the northern part of the plateau, order is already being restored.A large amount of Chinese cloth has been transported here through the Hezhong area, and our linen and cotton cloth are increasingly out of market. "

"It has to be said that Chinese cloth is encroaching on our market. If it is purely based on economic interests, we should send some middle and high-grade cloth instead of these inferior cotton and linen. Compared with Chinese cotton cloth, they are really It's too bad." Walking on the streets of the trading market, Blanco May heard the 'servant' Varister beside him say to him.

This person was actually his subordinate, but on the surface he was a servant of Blanco May's family.The relationship between the two is the relationship between the young master who came to inspect and the dispatched manager.

Blanco May did not speak, but walked around the entire market, observing the relationship between the Chinese and the Seljuk natives with the naked eye.

"Damn it, are these stubborn pagans really bowing their heads? Aren't they loyal? God knows what I saw. I saw Chinese ham and bacon in the food section."

Back at the residence, Blanco May felt that he had discovered a brand new world.

There is a kind of Chinese taste everywhere here, which is different from Byzantium and Tianfang.

There are some strange foods on the roadside food stalls, most of them come from China in the East, and a small part comes from the local area.Some merchants or hawkers are arguing with customers on the side of the road. They speak a language that is difficult to understand each other, make gestures, and communicate with guesswork.

Proud Seljuks bow their heads!They are obviously adapting to this change. Along the way, Blancomei has heard the Seljuks speak the same language as the Chinese in a strange tone more than once.

Blanco May is very clear why all this happened, everything is for survival...

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The war in Tianfang is far from over, and the Byzantine Empire has sent a letter of war to Lu Qi's army.But the obvious reason is definitely not the agreement between John II and Sanjar, but that Lu Qi's army persecuted many shepherds who were grazing for God.

This is absolutely intolerable to the Byzantines.

Baghdad will not be able to help China by force in a short period of time, and what Muktafi can do is only support morally.Now that he has the support of Lu Qi, after the Seljuks retreated to Asia Minor, he is trying his best to 'harvest' his own achievements-to seize the eastern half of the Fertile Crescent as much as possible, which is the Iraqi region of later generations.

In this environment, although the main force of the Lu Qi army was trying to 'consolidate' the Persian Plateau as much as possible, the Song and Qing Dynasties did not set off for Ethiopia immediately.Oman is his next target.

Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz, who had not been back to his hometown in Oman for ten years, went to Sohar Port first as Song Qing's assistant and started the formal exchange between the two sides.

Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz's Chinese name is Qi, and his single name is Hai.He was the first batch of Tianfang people who voluntarily naturalized in China.Now that decades have passed, his behavior has long been no different from that of a Chinese.

(End of this chapter)