In the newly built imperial city of Beijing, a family dinner was just about to have a good time.

The alliance between Chen Dexing and Haidu has ended and the Kaiping Treaty was signed. This treaty was called "the first unequal treaty in human history, and the origin of the Holy Heavenly Kingdom, the darkest national prison-like religious state in human history..."

It seems really evil!

However, Chen Dexing did not realize how evil he had done at this time. In fact, after many times, when the monster of the Holy Heavenly Kingdom was born, he himself felt a little dark and a little sorry for the people of Europe.

But that is a future. Chen Dexing now believes that he is moving towards the grand goal of helping the people of Europa enter the civilized world. Although the Kaiping Treaty does not involve the provisions of Europa, the actual purpose is to arm Haidu and use Tiandaoism to control the ideas of the Mongols, turn it into the "Eight Banners Mongolia" and devote it to the war to liberate the European people.

At present, it seems that everything is under control. Chen Dexing, sitting at a round table, was proudly thinking that many things have actually been out of Chen Dexing's control. In the midst of random development, but the saint Chen Dexing doesn't know.

The family banquet was held in the Daming Palace in the Imperial City of Beijing. It was called Daming Palace, but the area was nothing compared to the Daming Palace of the Tang Dynasty. It covers an area of ​​only a few thousand acres, and a circle of tall and solid stone walls surrounded several halls and more than a dozen courtyards of different sizes. It also has an imperial garden covering an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres.

Tonight's family dinner is placed in the pavilion in the Imperial Garden, with home-cooked flavors, fresh green vegetables, sweet fruits, fragrant rice, and soup made from crucian carp raised in the Imperial Garden Pool, plus a few small stir-fried dishes, and a few pots of grape wine. Looking at the starry sky and feeling the cool breeze at night, everyone feels happy.

Chen Ming’s palace has little rules. There is no saying that he will not talk or speak. He can’t stop talking and laughing at the banquet. He talks all about strange stories, about the New World. As more and more gold diggers and merchants travel on both sides of the Pacific, topics about the New World have become popular. Especially not long ago, a New World Travel Notes called "Wenshan Man Ji" was released in the Ming Dynasty. The author of this book is Wen Tianxiang, the top scholar of the former dynasty! As soon as this book was released, it was naturally expensive in Luoyang. All kinds of things about the New World have become popular after dinner.

Since it is called a family banquet, there is a naturally a party to the banquet. The guest is a woman, who is a little old but still charming. She is the mother of Baoyintemuir and the princess of the Liurik family. She did not live with Baoyin in Chen Dexing's court, but found another house outside the palace to live alone. She was still learning Chinese, and she spoke Henan dialect (Central Yuan Yayin) and even spoke the words of the word "Song of the Chinese and Latin Dictionary". This dictionary is compiled by the Tiandao Academy of Mingdu. There are Latin and Dashiling language departments in Tiandao Academy. The teachers were all semen slaves who were captured by Chen Dexing's army back then, and several of them were quite talented in language.

Their achievements are not only "Chinese Latin Dictionary", but also Chinese Pinyin! They use 25 Latin letters to pronounce the Central Plains Elegant Pinyin. This Henan dialect version of the pinyin is now a compulsory course in the academies of the Tiandao Department and the Ministry of Education. This "homophones of the language and the character agrees" is also the provision of "Chen Li". In the future, not only will Chinese Pinyin be taught in all the academies of the Ming Dynasty, but even overseas Chinese countries, Ming vassal states, and countries with Tiandaoism as the national religion will teach Chinese Pinyin, and they will speak Chinese. Use Chinese characters!

In addition to Chen Dexing, all of them were women. The Empress Dowager Guo Fuer, Empress Li Cuixian, Concubine Baoyin, Concubine Qing'an (daughter of King Gao Li), and the four concubines including Cui Yue'er, Wang Rong'er, Liu Zhen and Xia Lian'er, as well as Mo Yingniang, the chief envoy of the Heavenly Daoism of Heaven. There were also the red-clothed Taoist nun Xiao Ai, and the palace manager Yang Po'er all gathered together, as long as Zhao Lin'er was alone in Lin'an to accompany Zhao Yun.

A dozen women gathered together, and naturally chatted endlessly. Chen Dexing just drank and ate food on his own, and looked at the women who were having dinner with him from time to time. They were all beautiful, even at some age, and they were full of charm and charm. They looked at them. In this era, they were actually not very beneficial to be an emperor, and they could only open a harem, collect some bright colors, and enjoy the tenderness of women.

Seeing Chen Dexing put down his chopsticks, Queen Li Cuixian coughed gently, and a bunch of chattering women stopped chatting and turned their eyes to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Chen Dexing smiled at his queen who knew Leng Zhinu with satisfaction. A bunch of women, all of whom were so beautiful, and they were still circling around him. What would he think about in the future? For this benefit, he had to take care of national affairs.

"Sophia," Chen Dexing smiled and nodded at the Princess of the Rurik Dynasty, "The mission to visit Europe has been formed, led by Liang Chongru, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This is a very large expedition team, and there will be people from all walks. Wen Tianxiang from Mingzhou will also go to Europa... There will be thousands of Aztec green camp soldiers accompanying him, and the Western fleet will also dispatch many warships to escort him. There is no problem with safety.

On this trip, we will first go to Portugal, then enter the Mediterranean, and visit Italy. We will meet with the Pope of the Church of the Lord and the Holy Roman Empire in Italy, and sign some treaties that jointly oppose Kublai Khan. We will also go to Constantinople to meet the Emperor of Eastern Roman... Eastern Rome has been very weak in recent years. If we still want to find a chance to revive, we should be friends with the Ming Dynasty."

As Chen Dexing spoke, he winked Baoyin who was with Sophia. Baoyin quickly said in ancient Ross: "Sophia, there are many merchants from Venice here in the Ming Dynasty, and they will accompany them to Rome. The lines on the Holy See are mainly led by them. But in Constantinople, the saint hopes that you can go to the front station to learn about the situation."

Sophia's mother came from Constantinople. Constantinople was a nobleman from Eastern Rome. In 1204 AD, she was captured by the crusaders during the Fourth Crusade and established a Romanian Empire (Latin Empire). Many Roman nobles escaped to Kiev Rus, including Sophia's mother and Baoyin's grandmother.

However, Eastern Rome was a lean camel after all. When Constantinople fell, a group of Eastern Roman nobles ran to Nicaea in Asia Minor to settle down, and received the support of the Turks and established the Nicaea Empire. At the beginning of the establishment of this empire that looked like a relatively peaceful court, a dramatic change took place. The pursuit and suppression army of the Romanian Empire was severely damaged by the uprising of the Bulgarian and Thracians.

During the Battle of Delhia, he was completely wiped out by the Nicean army, and Emperor Baldwin I was captured and blinded. As a result, the Nicean Empire became very powerful, and many Eastern Roman nobles who fled to Kiev Ross ran to Asia Minor to defect to, and most of Sophia's mother's relatives went back to Asia Minor. In 1261 AD, Constantinople was captured by the Nicean Emperor Michael VIII and 800 people, and the Eastern Roman Empire was immediately restored.

Needless to say, Michael VIII, who was born in the Valleo family, was also Sophia's relative, just a little big in Eastern Rome. The great nobles were married to each other, and all the nobles who were on the table could get married.

Therefore, Chen Dexing hopes that Sophia can go to Constantinople to find out the situation and see if this devastated Roman Empire can cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and become a bridgehead to resist the Mongol invasion west. If this is possible, the Ming Dynasty might as well give some support to Eastern Rome.

The mission that visited Europa this time will also carry 5,000 two-year Tiandao mesh rope guns and 30,000 jin of Nanfen steel. In addition, the delegation members will also include some officers from the Ming army. They will investigate the military strength of the European countries and will also serve as instructors in the European army better than the Ming Dynasty.

Due to the memories of later generations, Chen Dexing was not willing to support England, France and the Holy Roman Empire. He believed that there was no threat to Eastern Rome, which was dominated by the Greeks, and he could provide appropriate support.

If Eastern Rome does have support value!

Sophia nodded and smiled, and said to Chen Dexing: "Sage, don't worry, although Sophia has never been to Constantinople, she is confident that she will definitely have a way to open up the situation in Constantinople."

Her mother's blood is noble, her father is one of the great Dukes of Ross, and the Eastern Empire as a backing, so she can naturally open up the situation in Constantinople. Moreover, her ability to build relationships has never been bad.

Seeing Sophia full of confidence, Chen Dexing also smiled and nodded, "That's good! I'm waiting for good news here... Sophia, this time it's a mission of tens of thousands of miles, and all decisions will be made by Liang Chongru, Chen Chongguan (Chen Dexing's fake) and Liu Minzhong. You have to listen to their instructions. Finally, I wish you a smooth sailing and a safe arrival in Europe."

These days, there are no telegrams or telephones, and if you go on missions tens of thousands of miles, you will be the real envoy. This time, there are three envoys, led by Liang Chongru. They will stay in Europe for a long time, representing the exchanges between the Ming Empire and European countries and have the right to conclude a treaty.
Chapter completed!