"You, you..." Wanyan Zonghan really didn't know what to say about his son. In order to become an official in Rome, he even changed my name. It was too outrageous. Must be taught a lesson!
"Hmph!" Wanyan Zonghan snorted coldly, "You are Wanyan John!"
Wanyan Xiebao actually nodded and said with a smile: "Dad, you are right, the child is also Wanyan John!"
What is also Wanyan John? Can there be two more of this Wanyan John?
Wanyan Xiebao explained: "Dad, my grandfather, my great-grandfather, my wife's grandfather...counting twenty or thirty generations back, it's all Wanyan John!"
Ah, it's easy to compile a family tree since all the ancestors share the same name. The same name has been used for generations...but how to tell the difference?
"You, what are you talking about?" Wanyan Zonghan was angry, "Where do all our ancestors use the same name for generations?"
Wanyan Xiebao nodded, "That's right. Since more than a thousand years ago, every generation of our family has been named John!"
This crow-mouthed obelisk was still very good at making up stories. After he met with the envoy of the Archmage Leon of Kingsborough, he found the Nestorian monks accompanying the army and asked King John about the story of the priest. We know that in the legends of Western believers who worship God, Priest King John is a descendant of the three wise men from the East.
In their Bible, the Gospel of Matthew, there is a story about the three wise men. It is said that before the birth of Jesus, there were three wise men in the East who received dreams from God and looked at the sky at night. They knew that a saint was coming to Bethlehem in the west, so they brought gold with them. , frankincense, and myrrh, they traveled thousands of miles to Bethlehem and dedicated them to the newborn Jesus. Then the three wise men returned to the East.
Of course, there is no Priest John in the Bible. But I don’t know since when, the legend of Prester John appeared among Western God-worshippers, saying that the three wise men from the East went to have children after they returned. Among their descendants came a great man, known as John the Prester. By some unknown means, this John became a generous and upright monarch. He also ruled a land full of treasures and rare birds and animals. Moreover, John the Prester led The borders of the kingdom are even more surrounded by paradise.
After some research, Wanyan Xiebao felt that Priest John was his ancestor!
First of all, the Jurchens' hometown is in the east... and it is still in the "very east, very east" east.
Secondly, the Jurchens’ hometown is rich in gold, pearls, medicinal materials, and furs. It should be considered full of treasures, right? There are also many rare birds and animals, including big tigers and bears.
Finally, isn’t the Jurchen’s frontier the Song Dynasty? Is there any place in the world today that is more like a paradise than the Song Dynasty?
So Wanyan Zonghan is Wanyan John...
"Okay, our ancestors have had the same name for generations, and it's really yours!" Wanyan Zonghan almost made his son angry, "Then how to distinguish? Tell me, how should I distinguish between the names of my son and me?"
"Dad," Wanyan Xiabao said with a smile, "This is easy to do. You can add a number after John. Let's call him King John I, King John II, King John III... as soon as you arrive. King John the 30th, my son is King John the 31st.”
"What? Even Wanyan's surname was changed to Wang?" Wanyan Zonghan frowned, "Although Aguda once took Wang as his surname and Min as his name when he proclaimed himself emperor, but it was later ignored... ..Now that we have arrived in the West, would it be interesting to change our surname to a Chinese one?"
"Dad, this king is not the king of Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou, Wu and Zheng. It means king and great king... His name in Roman is Vasilius!" Wanyan said obliquely, " From now on, father, you will be John Vasilius 30th, and my son will be John Vasilius 31st!"
Wanyan Zonghan's nose was almost crooked with anger. He finished Wanyan Nianhan well, and he became John Vasilius Thirty...
Wanyan Xiebao saw the old man's livid face and his stubborn look, so he could only sigh and said: "Dad... I know you are not willing to worship God, let alone abandon our Jurchen tradition. But the situation is worse than People are strong!
In the West, people either worship God or the true God. If they worship, they are a family. If they don’t, they are a different kind of heresy. Although our knives are sharp enough, we are not afraid of these people who worship God and the true God. But there are few of us! Without the support of the Church of Worshiping God, it would not be able to occupy much territory and could only shrink to Crimea Road. But this is not a long-term solution!
Moreover, we can defeat the Rakshasa princes to throw away their armor, and defeat the Roman towns on the Crimean Road to surrender. This is not only due to our bravery... but also to our sharp firearms! But can we supply gunpowder? "
Upon hearing this question, Wanyan Zonghan's old face fell instantly.
Because the Jinxi Route Army did not have the ability to produce gunpowder on a large scale... they knew the general formula of gunpowder (the Liao Kingdom would make gunpowder), and they also knew how to collect nitrate. But knowing the general method and being able to do it well are two different things!
Therefore, the gunpowder for the Jinxi Route Army was provided by the Western Tang Dynasty. The development of the Western Tang Dynasty was relatively stable, and it followed the route of settling down and farming. After years of hard work, a large-scale gunpowder production workshop has now been established in Xi'an Prefecture (Broken Leaf) - Xixia would have also refined gunpowder, and the earliest tubular firearms discovered by later generations were made in Xixia.
However, there was no stable gunpowder trade route between Xitang and the Crimean Peninsula. The fire, saltpeter and sulfur (they knew how to burn charcoal) on hand by the Jinxi Route Army were all obtained in exchange for the land in the Huzhang River Basin with the Western Tang Dynasty when they left the Huzhang River Basin.
Although there was a lot of fire saltpeter and sulfur that I got at that time, I couldn’t help but keep consuming it without replenishing it!
"Dad," Wanyan Xiebao said again, "so we must take the castle before the gunpowder we have runs out...and we can legitimately become the Roman official of the castle. , we have to let the God Worshiping Church support us! Only in this way can the eighteen Rakshasa princes and the Alan Kingdom truly obey us. And we can also truly open up the trade route with the Western Tang Dynasty and obtain the supply of gunpowder and silk."
Yes, silk, of course!
Wanyan Xiebao not only wanted to obtain gunpowder for warfare from the Western Tang Dynasty, but also wanted silk for business.
Because he has reached a secret contract with the profiteers of the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa... After seizing Castle, he will give Venice and Genoa greater privileges, and be responsible for opening up the Silk Road to open up the Silk Road. Venice and Genoa supplied silks from the East.
The Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa will send some shipwrights and captains to the Jinxi Route Army to help the Jinxi Route Army establish a navy - the Crimean Road was originally an important maritime trade town, and several coastal colonial cities in Japan There are shipyards and many sailors and craftsmen.
But these people were Greeks (Romans) and very unreliable, so Xiabao needed Venetians and Genoese to manage them.
Wanyan Zonghan sighed, "Xie Bao, dad is old, you can take care of yourself!"
After hearing this, Wanyan Xiebao nodded and said, "Dad, don't worry... the child will definitely take care of it."
"Really?" Wanyan Zonghan looked at his son, "Then tell me, how do you plan to persuade the two to three hundred thousand nationalities who follow us?"
Wanyan Xiabao smiled and said, "Dad, how come you forgot that your child is a shaman?"
...
Wanyan Xiebao was not a shaman originally, but he couldn't resist his crow's mouth! This matter spread more and more widely, and the more it spread, the more evil it became, so more and more people believed that he had magical powers. In order to strengthen his authority, Xie Bao said that he was a Tongtian Shaman... and he was also recognized by the shamans in the Western Route Army.
I dare not deny it!
The crow's mouth is too powerful...and Xie Bao, apart from his mean mouth, is also fast enough with the knife in his hand. Anyone who doesn't admit it will have to go to see Changshengtian.
And this Xiebao Immortal with "boundless magical power" fell ill the day after his father Wanyan Zonghan was suspected of being assassinated!
As soon as he got sick, he felt feverish all over his body, his eyes turned white, he foamed at the mouth, and he was about to whimper.
So his father, Zong Han, called all his men, Meng An, Mou Ke, shamans, Nestorian monks and others, to Yan'er Village to see "Crow Mouth" for the last time.
I saw "Crow's Mouth" placed in a hall, covered with thick animal skin, flushed red, with beads of sweat on his forehead, and kept talking nonsense.
Zong Han burst into tears when he saw that he wanted to give away the white-haired person to the black-haired person. His brother Zong Xian, his old buddy Wanyan Xiyin, and his veteran minister Han Qixian all surrounded him and tried to persuade him.
But no matter how they tried to persuade him, Wanyan Zonghan wouldn't listen. He just kept saying over and over again: "This son is not a normal person, but a man who knows the secrets of heaven. However, he has revealed too many secrets... He is sent to heaven today!" "
It turns out that "Crow's Mouth" was sent by heaven... To be honest, everyone is very happy to see this!
After all, it's very stressful to stay with a "crow's mouth"! Who knows what he will say?
Of course, no one dared to show a happy expression on their face. Everyone had a sad face, just waiting for Xie Bao to die.
At this moment, Wanyan Xiebao, who was about to die, suddenly shouted and sat up from the bed. His eyes that had been tightly closed suddenly opened wide, and then he shouted: "Heavenly Father and Emperor God! Heavenly Father! Father God... I have met Father God!”
What? Has this "crow's mouth" seen God?
Everyone was stunned. Of course they knew who God was? So we were all surprised, because after seeing God, shouldn’t we be “unable to come back”?
But why was Wanyan Xianbao... released?
When everyone was in a daze, Wanyan Xiabao suddenly shouted: "God, God, he told me... I am the thirty-first Priest King John after the Three Sages of the East, Fengtian marches to the west, and will enter the Imperial Castle and become a Roman official! But if you want to enter the Imperial Castle, you must first worship God, then be baptized, and then enter the church. Only in this way can you have good luck! Are you willing to worship God with me? "
