Chapter 116 The hardworking Romans
When An Shigui returned to his residence, although he drank a lot of alcohol, his mind was extremely clear. He knew that he had already gained the trust of the man, and that the official position of the city and the fire of the city and the fire was almost his.
"You don't have to worry about the constitution or something. When you go to Yancheng, you will call a few clerks who are familiar with the rules to help you. You can learn it carefully at that time. But here you have to set up the arsenal of Fan City first, so that the Hu Shang and Fan customers in Yanqi Town know that we also have Fan City here, so you need to spend more time on this matter."
Thinking of Chen Guang's instructions, An Shigui was just thinking about doing a big fight. His ambition was not just a foreign city order, and he could see that the husband he had decided to be loyal to was lofty. If he could not catch up with the husband's footsteps, he would be abandoned sooner or later, so he had to do everything that the husband had told him well.
Wake up late at night, and the other three Hu Shangs were naturally a little angry, especially when they saw An Shigui, who was full of alcohol, the anger in his heart became even louder, "Dalang, why do you have to discuss with me so late?"
"Mr. Lang said that we will be able to leave with us in three days, but I thought about it and I won't go with you this time, so I have to explain some things in advance."
An Shigui looked at his companion with disregard for a few glances. No matter who was woken up in the middle of the night, he would be a little resentful, but he would have to rush to Yuli City tomorrow, so he would not have the spare time to waste on these three companions.
"Why didn't Dalang go with us?"
The four-person caravan also has a scale of nearly a thousand people, and An Shigui's family has nearly 400 people. What's more important is that even if they are angry, An Shigui has always been one head higher than them, they all know that only An Shigui makes the decision will the three of them be convinced. If they ask them to go on the road, if there are any differences in any matter, I am afraid that no one of the three of them will be convinced!
So they are really a little panicked at the moment, wondering what An Shigui wants to do?
"There must be someone who keeps the city in this burning city. The husband has to hold me a heavy responsibility. I should stay and serve my husband forever."
An Shigui looked at the three companions with a slightly panicked expression and comforted them, "This time I'm not here, you just need to do business as usual. If you are really worried, you might as well take off the goods in Chang'an and take your husband's fine wine to make friends with those tribal leaders, and then go to collect horses next year?"
As for this, the other three people were not willing to persuade him. They knew that An Shigui was determined to win the order of the Fan City. Now Chen Langjun personally handed over the matter of establishing the city to him. If they were replaced, they would definitely put this matter first.
"Now we are all working for Langjun, so don't hide anything. If you have friends in Yuli City and Yuanqu City, you might as well write a letter and let me bring them. Our burning city, Langjun said that if you want to do it, you must be the largest city in Yanqi Town."
"When you and my subordinates don't have a trustworthy outfit, how can they manage this Fan City well?"
When they heard An Shigui's words, the other three people breathed unconsciously. Of course, they understood An Shigui's meaning. The man who burned the city was not a joke, but really wanted to make him bigger. At that time, the four of them alone would definitely not be able to do it. An Shigui's so-called introduction of friends to make clothes is the benefit of them.
"Dalang said, I will write a book now. Dalang should also know that they should still be in Yuanqu City when they walk the southwest road."
The three of them rushed to take paper and pen and start writing letters. This was a great opportunity to expand their power in Fan City. The most luxurious Hu merchants on the Silk Road were not the only ones who relied on the responsibilities of Fan City's orders to gather the small caravans as their subordinates, and to have the momentum of a thousand camels.
Soon, the three of them studied several books and handed them over to An Shigui. They were not sure whether their familiar "friends" were still in Yuanqu City and Yuli City, so they had to take their luck.
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Under the bright candlelight, Forkas showed the enthusiasm of learning Latin with his family teacher and worked hard to learn the language and words of the Tang Dynasty. Olus and the soldiers under him were also crowded in the room and babbling with the master.
For these soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire, learning Tang Yan was probably the most difficult thing they encountered in their lives. They would rather fight with those pagans than recite the poems of the Eastern Empire over and over again.
"Master, the language of the Eastern Empire is too profound. I think it will take at least two or three years for Apius and the others to be able to talk fluently."
"Damn it, okay, it seems I can't count on their elm heads to get out of the way, then what about you, Olus, don't tell me that it takes you that long?"
Forkas looked at his guard commander with a headache. After he decided to follow the Shen Langjun, he had been working hard to learn Tang Yan and Chinese characters with the young and excessive teacher. Although his progress was not slow, he had received a complete Stoic education in his family.
But this was far from enough for Forkas. As the second son of the family, he could not get any support from the family before achieving commendable achievements. At least in the next few years, he could only rely on Olus and the others to make achievements under the command of Shen Langjun.
Forcas can ignore the soldiers below for the time being, but if Olus cannot learn the language of the Eastern Empire with him, it will be an unacceptable blow to him.
"Master, I think I can keep up with your learning progress."
As a former centurion of the legion, Olus was not the stupid big-headed soldiers under his command. He came from a wealthy family and had also systematically studied Latin for a period of time and was not too unfamiliar with learning other languages.
"Thanks to Jupiter, Olus, next, we should use the language of the Eastern Empire as much as possible in our usual conversations. Do you understand?"
"As you wish, Lord!"
When Olus answered, he spoke up and called Fokas the Lord Lord. The teacher named Kang Liulang, who taught their language, also taught them a lot of customs, customs and traditions about the Eastern Empire, and so on.
"Olus, I think you should give yourself a Chinese name for a convenient name."
Focas said in a deep voice that after staying in the Fire City for so long, he could vaguely feel the contempt of the damn Sogdians. In the inherent concept of the Eastern Empire, they were barbarians outside of Middle Earth. Although this made him quite uncomfortable, given what he observed, the Tang Dynasty did have the capital to call the kingdoms and nations around him as barbarians.
During the Byzantine period, Forkas had heard that about decades ago, the Eastern Empire once approached their territory to the Black Sea, and even concluded a treaty with the empire to divide the borders, but later the Tang Dynasty gave up the border wilderness that was barren to them.
Then the damn big-foot barbarians occupied the Silk Road, cutting off the business road between Byzantine and the Tang Dynasty. Few Byzantine caravans could arrive in Chang'an.
"I would like to give you a name."
Olus has learned some commonly used honorifics. During this period, he often took his men to observe the training of those men, and sometimes he would exchange military experience with the veterans, which made him more determined to not be enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and it also made him willing to accept the influence of Eastern culture from the bottom of his heart.
"Well, according to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, I will call you Erlang in the future."
"Yes, lord."
"You will call Olus the coach in the future."
Chapter completed!