Chapter 47: Aba was happily baptized, and Julia was depressed to get married

Xuanhuang's second year is a year in which Yanhan vigorously develops production and promotes commerce, while enriching the population and recruiting talents. In this year, Zhao Jin has no plans to send troops. He is afraid that the army will make the country unbearable. He still needs to lay some foundation for national strength and then try to develop in the next step.

In response to the suggestion of the Byzantine side, Zhao Jin sent Taicang to order Liu Shide to send an envoy to the Duchy of Rostov, proposing that the two countries should be peaceful and friendly, jointly expand business routes and ensure business travel exchanges.

According to Zhao Jin's instructions, Liu Shide explained to Grand Duke Konstantin Rostov that the antagonism between our two countries is not beneficial, and only cooperation can benefit each other. We should make it easier for businessmen to travel between the two sides of the Volga River. In this way, with more merchants and a large amount of trade, our two countries have received more taxes. Isn't it a big benefit?

When Grand Duke Constantine heard this, he was immediately attracted and asked what to do.

Liu Shide explained: "Your city of Donsko should be built as a transit port. In this way, merchants from our country can cross the Volga River and reach your country's Donsko as long as it takes a short distance; from Donsko, you can take a waterway and take a boat along the Don River to Rostov, your capital; then change to a seaboat in Rostov, out of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea to reach Constantinople; in Constantine The fort can enter the hinterland of Europe by land or by sea, passing through the Aegean Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and reaching major ports in southern Europe and North Africa. In this way, the whole business road will be very smooth.

Constantin was overjoyed and thought carefully. He was worthy of being the grand Duke of a rich country. He quickly thought of the great interests after the smooth commercial road, and his heart was moved. But he still took the momentum and said, "However, your country destroyed the Duchy of Mogiglio and occupied most of the territory of the Duchy of Mogiglio. Now Liao Zuowei has established the Marquis of Mojiliao, which is my vassal country. I have the obligation to help him recover the land. How can I make peace with your country? Moreover, our alliance will definitely not be happy if I make peace with your country.

Liu Shide said humbly, "Although your country has joined the alliance, isn't each country in charge of their own affairs in the alliance? China's strength is not only enough to protect itself, but also enough to attack. Just because the Byzantine emperor contacted our country, our king felt that it was not good for both sides to move troops. It was more important to unite to make money, so he sent me to contact the Grand Duke. If the Grand Duke cares about the issue of the alliance, it doesn't matter. China will establish friendly relations with Kiev, Ryazan, Kim Ordisco and other countries. At that time, everyone will be friendly and prosperous together! As for the problem of the Marquis of Mojilio, you are the patriarch of Liao Zuowei! Only vassals have always listened to the suzerain. How can there be a suzerain who listens to the vassals? You just want to be friendly with us, he definitely doesn't dare to have a problem! If you have an opinion, how about our country responsible for sending troops to destroy him and the territory belongs to you?

Contin pondered and laughed, "Your words make sense! Well, I'll study it again!"

After several days of research, the ministers of the Principality of Rostov felt that peace was the point. First, interests are always the most important! Second, this plan was led by the Byzantine Empire to buy face. Third, it is not good to fight with Yan Han, and the alliance is not reliable. For example, when Mogiglio was attacked, other countries, including China, did not send reinforcements except Sara and Benza, and all of them were out of their own intentions! Therefore, if we are not friendly with Yan Han, Yan Han will fight and the alliance will not help us, then we will not only have no benefit, but also bear the disadvantages alone!

A group of kings and ministers accepted Yan Han's suggestion. Yanhan and Rostov decided to work together for the prosperous North Road of the Asian and European commercial road, and jointly sent envoys to Byzantium to participate in a grand event with Byzantium.

The Byzantine emperor Mikhal VIII was greatly pleased that the Yanhan Kingdom and the Duchy of Rostov cooperated with the plan put forward by his country. Since then, the trade on the North Road has developed significantly, and the taxes of Byzantium, Yanhan and Rostov have increased, and it has become easier to obtain various commodities.

When the envoys of Yanhan and Rostov arrived in Constantinople, Zhang Han and Liu Shide, the envoys of Yanhan, presented a one-person-high mercury mirror to the Byzantine emperor Mikhal VIII. This was the first appearance of this kind of mirror, which immediately caused a great sensation! It can reflect people so clearly that it is no different from real people! Ten times better than the bronze mirror!

Miherr gave this big mirror to his favorite little daughter Su Feiya. Su Feiya was happy to dress up in the mirror. She had never been so happy! But when she was extremely happy, she suddenly thought of her own sister Julia. Poor Julia, she is about to marry far away and marry an old barbarian guy..." Su Feiya deeply sympathized with her sister, so she decided to give this precious mirror to her sister. Mirrors and mirrors can accompany her in a foreign country and make her remember her sister as a comfort.

The sensation caused by mercury mirrors in Constantinople soon spread to many European cities, as well as North Africa and West Asia. They all knew that Yanhan produced a precious mirror that could clearly show people's shadows. Soon, there was an endless stream of buyers from aristocratic families and businessmen from various countries who were good at capturing business opportunities. Yan Han's popularity in Eurasia and Africa has soared.

When buyers and merchants arrived in Anhan, the capital of Yanhan, Zhao Jin took the opportunity to show them various goods of his country, such as fur, glass, glass, porcelain, etc. Buyers and businessmen were very surprised, and since then, the number of business trips to and from North Road has increased significantly.

Glass and porcelain were originally specialties of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty. Since the chaos in Haidu, the business road from Europe to the Yuan Dynasty has been blocked, and the Western market is very out of stock. Now, Yanhan has replaced the supply status of the Yuan Dynasty, and gold and silver have flowed to Yanhan.

Zhao Jin also encouraged foreign merchants to barter goods, such as exchanging food and slaves. Yan Han has accumulated military food to lay a good foundation for future military operations. Slaves arrived in Yanhan and were released as free people as soon as they were bought. The vast majority of them were female slaves, which not only alleviated Yanhan's gender balance problem, but also could serve as a labor force. Foreign countries despise women's labor force, but Yanhan is not. Yanhan is rich in animal skin, animal skin, wool and other textile raw materials, and urgently needs a large number of textile labor. Zhao Jin has made women in his own country start to engage in the wool textile industry. If Che Chuerliang successfully brings Huang Daogu from China, she will also bring advanced technology in the cotton textile industry, and even the cotton textile industry can develop at that time. However, the raw materials of the cotton textile industry are nothing more than three major production areas in the world today - Egypt, Central Asia and India. India is too far away; Central Asia is under the control of the Haidu Khanate; only Egypt can transport goods by water, which is more convenient, but Yanhan's sea voyage is controlled by the Principality of Rostov. Therefore, the cotton textile industry does not have the conditions for great development, but it doesn't matter. Huang Daogu is a very flexible inventor. Six kinds of cotton spinning machinery alone have been invented. When she comes to Yanhan, Zhao Jin asked her to try to improve wool spinning machinery, and she should be able to draw inferences from it!

Now Zhao Jin can look forward to the news of Che Chuerliang. If Che Chuerliang successfully completes the task, Zhao Jin will be really happy! Huang Daogu, who can promote production, Guan Hanqing, who can promote art, and the agile bitter son can be a close guard - although Xu Yu is good, because she is a woman, she is not suitable to stay around from time to time; Moreover, Xu Yu is a general, and she has a certain position, so it is not easy for her to stand beside the king all day as a soldier. As for Ajiao and Anu, Zhao Jin has experienced the pain of lovesickness! And they are all young. Maybe God wants them to help Zhao Jin get heirs? Otherwise, why can't you get along with any women now? There is also a little peacock, and Zhao Jin often misses it. There is also Long You, although he is young, but his courage is very good. Zhao Jin also included him in the list invited by Chu Erliang.

In the past year, Zhao Jin has developed domestic production and raised international reputation. At the same time, he paid close attention to the changes in the surrounding situation. What's more, look around the world and look for all opportunities that are conducive to the development of our country!

When he learned that the Byzantine emperor was really going to marry the princess to King Illi Khan, Zhao Jin couldn't help thinking: "The two Byzantine princesses are very beautiful..."

Why did Zhao Yu know that the two princesses were very beautiful? It turned out that the Fang brothers not only tried their best to introduce it to Zhao Jin, but also had a picture scroll proof. Emperor Mikhaile is very proud of having two beautiful daughters, for fear that countries will not know that there are often two portraits of their two daughters in the national ceremony.

Oil painting began in the 15th century, but in this era, the level of Byzantine art has reached a considerable level, and the level of color painting is higher than that in the West, which is already very realistic.

Because Zhang Han and Liu Shide presented valuable gifts when they visited Byzantine, Byzantine sent envoys to Yan Han to return gifts. Zhao Jin held a grand meeting ceremony in the palace, and Byzantine messengers from afar presented many gifts. Zhao Jin was attracted by one of the Western pictures. The two princesses in the painting were really dignified, plump, graceful and graceful.

Zhao Yu thought that what the Fang brothers said was not bad. The messenger smiled and wished King Yanhan health and happiness. Zhao Jin came to his senses and smiled. He also wished the Byzantine emperor a blessed Mediterranean Sea and a long life longer than the Alps.

After friendly contact between you and me, the relationship between Yan Han and Byzantium has gradually improved.

So, now that the eldest princess of Byzantium has a partner, and the little princess has not yet, Zhao Jin thought, "Hmm... How about the king?"

After a smile, Zhao Jin began to seriously think about the feasibility of marrying a Byzantine princess: "It's human nature that I want to eat swan meat. What's strange? Don't laugh! Moreover, I is not the king of toads. Regardless of status, appearance, wisdom and bravery, which one is not worthy of the Swan Princess? More importantly, for political reasons, it is of great significance to marry a swan princess!"

Sure enough. If Su Feiya becomes Zhao Yu's concubine, the Byzantine emperor and the king of Yan Han are the son-in-law, and the relationship between Yan Han and Byzantium can rise from ordinary allies to close allies! In that case, if Yan Han wants to beat Rostov, Byzantine will not only condemn, but may also help! Is this significance alone significant?

What's more, if Aba married Julia and Zhao Jin married Su Feiya, then Aba and Zhao Jin are... right! Brothers! Well, how about the two monarchs of the Illi Khanate and the Yanhan Kingdom become in-laws to resist the huge Haidu Khanate together? It's so meaningful! If this purpose can really be achieved, can't Zhao Jin rest assured?

Consuming this, Zhao Zhen began to covet Su Feiya's beauty. The farther she thought about it, the more greedy she became. The desire for beauty turned into a stronger desire for national security, and Zhao Jin decided to try his best to marry the Byzantine princess.

Let's talk about the baby. Ababai and Mikhail had several messengers and finally finalized the matter of turning the enemy into a relative. Ababa agreed to convert to the Orthodox Church, be baptized by a Byzantine priest, and honored the Orthodox Church as the state religion. After Ababa was baptized, Mihail sent a guard to escort Princess Sufia to Tauri, the capital of the Illi Khanate, to marry Ababa.

Ababa was loyal to the Yuan Dynasty. When he succeeded to the throne, he insisted on asking for Kublai Khan's will. Now such a major event as changing the state religion should have been asked for instructions, but the Haidu Khanate isolated the exchange between the Illi Khanate and the Yuan Dynasty, and he had to make his own decision.

To be honest, the reason why Aba is willing to believe in the Orthodox Church is that in addition to the normal ** of a beautiful princess for a man, it is more political considerations. The Illi Khanate is now alone. Without the backing of Mongolia, it faces a huge threat from the sea capital. Haidu combines the three khans into one, and their ambitions have been well known to passers-by. The Illi Khanate is in danger of being annexed by the Haidu Khanate, and the old danger - the Mamruq dynasty and the crusaders still exist. If it is still hostile to Byzantium, then the Illi Khanate is a veritable "enemy on all sides". It's better to turn enemies into relatives with Byzantium, so that a big relative and friend of the three enemies may survive.

(to be continued in the next section)