Chapter 215 Swinging Thousands of Miles Viewing Yujing (1)
John smiled awkwardly but politely: "It's our first time in Guangzhou, so we don't understand these things."
Duda laughed and said, "I understand. It's the first time a business traveler has heard about silver dollar coupons and money orders. They won't easily exchange real money for a few flimsy pieces of paper. Only those who have seen it with their own eyes and suffered losses twice, next
I'll know how to exchange silver dollar coupons and make money orders when I get back."
John is not doing well, but Yin Sak seems to have lost billions.
When setting off from Constantinople, His Majesty gave a lot of gold and silver coins as travel expenses. However, it cost a lot to travel all the way. Now we have finally reached Song Dynasty, which may be the destination. I don’t know how much it will cost later.
Yin Sak, who was in charge of money, wanted to break the silver coins apart and use one as ten.
I thought about the way people looked at me when I was trading directly with silver coins in Guangzhou. At that time, I thought it was reverence, looking at the rich people from the West. Now I realize that they were looking at a fool.
Heartbroken!
Du Da was keenly aware of Yin Sak's emotions and quickly comforted him: "Mr. Yi, it's okay. There are many banks in Quanzhou. The three major banks, Fuguo, Fufeng and Industrial Bank, have branches here. Just find one.
Can be exchanged for silver dollar coupons."
John looked at Du Da with sharp eyes, feeling secretly vigilant in his heart. The sailors of the Song Dynasty were of such high quality, how could they know everything? They could tell you something about anything they just said.
Very suspicious!
"Mr. Aksukh, Mr. Furnisis, Dabaike, and Charité say hello to you." Two men in their early thirties emerged from the cabin and bent down to say hello to John and Yinsak.
John glanced at the two guards and said with a smile: "Citong Port is coming soon."
Charité read the book and immediately asked in surprise: "It's the Saracen University scholar Yin Ben Kaul Dabei who recorded in the book the richest and busiest port in the East and even the world."
"Yes. It's just that it is no longer the richest and busiest port in the Eastern world."
They were all talking in Greek, and Duda watched quietly.
After walking along the channel for a while, a four-oar pilot boat came over. After approaching it, two people climbed up along the lowered cable net.
"Hey, Fantou, why did you come to the boat in person this time?"
When he saw the leader, the bow of the boat greeted him with a smile.
The rest of the people, the first mate, the second mate and navigator, the boatswain, and the sailmaster also greeted each other with a smile, in a respectful but friendly tone, and seemed to be very familiar with this model leader.
"Damn it, something happened today. Merchant ships are coming, copper ships are coming, and even the group of sea loaches from the second ship are coming for supplies. But Da Malian's family is getting a bride, and those who ask for leave are asking for leave, and those who are helping are going to help.
, I have suddenly lost a lot of people in the Port Authority. I have no choice but to delay things, so I can only take over."
Fan Tou touched his fat belly, as if he was worried whether his protruding belly would be scratched when he climbed the rope net just now.
"Xiao Guizi, tell Old Xu Tou where will his broken ship park today?"
Following Fan Tou was a young man less than twenty years old, carrying a large backpack. He quickly opened the book in his hand, glanced at it and looked up and replied: "Fan Tou, Nanhai No. Bing 46 on the bow of Captain Xu."
, moored at berth C-9 today."
"I heard, old Xu Tou, you know the way to Pier C by yourself. There are many ships today, so drive carefully. If you hit anyone, you will be completely blind this time."
"Don't worry, Fan Tou." The bowman responded, patting his chest.
"Okay, routine inspection. Is there any suspicious person hiding on the ship?"
"No, they are all crew members, each with a seaman's certificate. There are also eleven people traveling by ship, four of them went to Quanzhou Port, three to Mingzhou Port, and four to Shanghai Port. When they left Guangzhou Port, they were all registered in the
By the way, there are four people traveling overseas, from Flynn, who have registered at the Guangzhou Port Border Bureau and obtained entry papers."
"Oh, overseas travel." Fan Tou didn't care at all. There was no overseas travel in Quanzhou Port, but this country of Flynn was rarely heard of.
"Flynn Country, I haven't heard of it, little noble son, please check the catalog."
"Okay, Fan Tou." Xiao Guizi quickly took out a booklet from his backpack, checked it out, and replied loudly: "Fan Tou, the Flynn Kingdom is now renamed the Byzantine Kingdom, a Class A country.
To the west of the Seljuk Turkic Kingdom, it faces Aiji, the great food in green clothes, across the sea to the north and south, and its capital, Constantinople, is at the junction of Liuzhou and our ancestral continent."
"Haha, those who are far away have all gone to Liuzhou in the west. Which four are they?"
"Here, Fan Tou, are these four. These two are Mr. Yue and Mr. Yi who are taking the lead." Du Da quickly greeted from the side.
"Xiao Dazi, are you on duty again?"
"Earn some extra money." Duda replied with a smile, then called to John and the other four to take out the entry papers.
Fantou pursed his lips and said nothing. He took the immigration paper and glanced at it, then stared at John and Yin Sak. Especially John, he looked left and right, and looked again and again.
"Your name is Yue Han?"
"Yes." John replied quickly.
"Oh, I can also speak Mandarin."
"Learned from me." Duda responded quickly from the side.
"See what you can do." Fan Tou said to him and continued to stare at John, "You look like a Turk."
The expressions of John and Yin Sak changed. Yin Sak looked even more panicked, and just in time to explain, John stopped him. He explained himself.
"Our Roman Empire, adjacent to the Turkic Seljuk Khanate, has been fighting for hundreds of years. My adoptive father found me in a Turkic village when he went on an expedition. I was only a few months old at the time, and there was no one around me.
Relatives are only corpses. My father took me back to the empire and raised me. When I was eighteen, my father told me everything and then let me choose. I firmly chose to be a Roman and believe in God."
Fan Tou stared at John, with swords and swords in his eyes. John held his head high and remained motionless.
"Good boy, I don't care who you are. Cannibals, Persians, Turks, or your Romans. No matter how awesome you are, when you come to our country, the Song Dynasty, be honest and abide by the law.
, otherwise..."
Fan Tou sneered twice and said nothing further.
Seeing him turning around to leave, John quickly asked: "Excuse me, sir, how did you know that I am a Turk? Have any Turks come to Quanzhou Port?"
Fan Tou smiled, did not answer, continued to turn around, got into the cabin, and walked around. Then he called Xiao Guizi and asked the ship's leader, Old Xu Tou, to sign the port entry notice. Then they got off the ship together and returned to the water diversion.
boat and left alone.
The ship continued to move forward slowly, but John had doubts in his heart and wanted to solve them. He asked Duda in a low voice.
"Dago, do Turks often come to Quanzhou Port?"
"There are all kinds of people in Quanzhou, including Koreans, Eastern Japanese, Liao people, Jurchens, Johor people in the South China Sea, Champa people, Bagan people, Tianzhu people, Ceylonese, Persians, cannibals, and black people from Yanzhou, too.
I've been here a few times, but there are no Turks."
"Then... that fan, how could he tell at a glance that I am a Turk?"
"Because he fought with the Turks."
"Really? Is he a soldier?"
"A few years ago, he served as a soldier under Xu Duhu of the White Tiger Banner. He chased and killed Hezhier Khan of the Nianbage tribe, all the way to the Kara Khanate. Later, the Western Kara Khanate killed our Song Dynasty caravan
, the White Tiger Banner and the Zhuque Banner will fight with them, and go to fight with them every year."
"I heard that Western Kara Khan invited foreign aid. The governor of the Turkic Seljuk Khanate in Khorasan sent thousands of elite Turkic cavalry, called Kahana. They fought with the cavalry of the White Tiger Banner at the Yinli River.
After a battle, they were all left there. Fan Tou beheaded seven heads in one go, and also killed a royal general, which was a great achievement. Later, he returned to Kaifeng City to receive honors and fell in love with a minor official.
daughter."
"Fan Tou is on fire with the old house, and nothing can be done to stop it. There is nothing we can do. Xu Duhu, Marshal Liu, and several high-ranking officials from Xuanhuiyuan came forward to protect him and propose to the old master to marry him. I heard that
The old master didn't like Fan Tou and thought he was vulgar, so he deliberately said that he wanted to go back to his hometown to retire and had only one daughter. If Fan Tou wants to marry his daughter, he must come to Quanzhou with her so that he can provide for him in his old age."
"Fan Tou also changed his mind and asked to be discharged from the army and change his career. This man has won two hussars medals, so the superiors offered him a position as deputy director of the Quanzhou Port Authority, so that he could return home with a beautiful woman."
"He is a very famous figure in Quanzhou Port. Even the governor of Quanzhou has to be polite when meeting him. He is bold by nature and likes to drink and brag with us people who go to sea in the tavern. He listens to us telling overseas stories and bragging about him.
His deeds during the battle in the northwest. I only heard about his stories twice."
Governor of the Seljuk Turkic Kingdom of Khorasan! When John heard this name, he was ecstatic and couldn't help but look at Yinsak, who was also overjoyed.
When he heard about the killing of thousands of Turkic Kahana cavalry, John's heart almost jumped out of his chest.
The Kahana cavalry is a heavily armored cavalry of the Turks. I heard that it was learned from the Eastern Empire called Tang, and combined the characteristics of Saracen and Persian heavy cavalry. It is very fierce. When the Roman Empire army fought with the Turks, they suffered
Kahana's cavalry suffered a lot.
Hearing that the Song army could easily annihilate thousands of Turkic Kahana cavalry, John and Yinsak's expectations grew.
Duda stood nearby and continued talking, but inadvertently saw the changing expressions on the two people's faces. This chapter has been completed!