The trade between the Purple Horde and the Javanese Kingdom lasted for more than twenty years, but the time of direct contact was limited. Now, as demand mounts, the two sides are beginning to formally establish diplomacy.
In 1405, Emperor Timur's uncle and Roman Khan Basil Yerigo died successively. The departure of the two heroes gave the defeated country a rare opportunity.
In particular, the rule of the Timur Khanate was not strong. After the death of the old emperor's uncle, his descendants, like an ordinary khanate, began to fight among themselves for the right to inherit. Finally, the fourth son Shaharul gained power.
However, Shaharul was more like a literary Persian king than an ambitious and typical steppe conqueror like his father. He limited his ruling area to Central Asia and eastern Persia, focusing on stabilizing national order, developing production, and rewarding culture, and was not very concerned about conquests in the east and west. Even the title was changed from "Khan" to the Persian "Shah".
Shaharul was not very interested in western Persia, the Caucasus, and the Mediterranean coast. In these places, the forces that had been defeated by Timur began to expand again.
Compared to Timur, the Persians preferred Shaharul and considered him a more noble and enlightened ruler. But for the Purple Horde, the trouble is big now - neither the Ottomans nor the Mamluks, although they are temporarily in decline, are not fuel-efficient lamps. Shaharul ran away directly, leaving the huge pressure on the Purple Horde.
As for Egypt, although it promised to open its ports to the Khanate, the new Mamluk regime still hoped to make as much money as possible. As military pressure diminished, the Mamluks began to attempt to regain control of trade routes and seaports. The Purple Tent Expeditionary Force alone is unable to secure northern Syria. Therefore, the Khan's court urgently needs new allies to support itself.
Although Javanese is far away, it is also a large maritime country. Moreover, both parties have similar requirements for trade routes. Therefore, there is a basis for cooperation.
Sun Shiwan was a very influential figure in the Purple Horde Khanate. When he came this time, everyone was very attentive to his reception, in order to form practical cooperation as soon as possible and reopen trade routes.
Invited to have sex, Sun Shiwan soon came to the Saint Sophia Temple. However, Dalai Lama Wang pointed out that it was not appropriate to ask him to negotiate terms too directly. He suggested arranging a visit and banquet first, and then following the Central Plains tradition, eating and talking.
No one has any problem with this. Tuohuan asked Guo Kang to help receive him so that there would be time to arrange follow-up activities. Lama Wang sent Wu Han to help Guo Kang, saying that if he had more professional questions, he could answer them.
Guo Kang felt a little guilty about this. Judging from Wu Han's famous saying "The church is a sheep herder", he may have some understanding, but not that much. However, all the priests here were under the control of the Great Lama Wang. Guo Kang could not say anything about the people he recommended, so he could only go with him to greet them.
On the way, Guo Kang finally couldn't hold it back and asked proactively: "What position do you hold here with Master Wang?"
"My subordinate was sent here to study." Wu Han still kept a straight face and replied seriously: "Master Wang said that after completing these studies, he will recommend his subordinate to go to the border area and serve as a local priest."
"Being the Patriarch..." Guo Kang felt that Lama Wang was positioning himself as a benchmark for "Orthodox experts". He lived a comfortable life in the capital because according to Eastern Roman tradition, the Patriarch was not originally a theological expert.
The organization in the church is quite mature, with specialized institutions and a large group of theologians who are responsible for theological issues, such as explaining the meaning of scripture to believers, or debating scripture with the Bishop of Rome. Under this structure, there is actually no problem if the Patriarch himself does not understand theology - the eunuchs and Patriarchs of Eastern Rome at that time did not even know how to read. Lama Wang at least knew Braille and could do magic, which was already very powerful. .
However, grassroots organizations often do not have this condition, and it is best for local leaders to be more versatile. The religious situation in the territory of the Roman Khanate is very complicated. I don't know if Wu Han's level is enough.
"How did you gain during this period of further study?" Guo Kang was embarrassed to question directly, so he started to inquire.
"I have gained a lot. Master Wang taught me a lot of tricks, and now I can show the image of Heavenly Father and Brother Heavenly on the wall." Wu Han said proudly.
"Um..." Guo Kang was speechless for a moment: "Is there anything more practical?"
"Of course." Wu Han nodded.
The two happened to walk through a gate, and Wu Han took him out. On the platform outside, there were several haystacks for training and a lot of weapons piled up. He didn't know what Lama Wang was doing.
Just as he was thinking about it, Wu Han picked up a chain hammer and waved it at the armor stand next to him. The shelf snapped open with a loud bang, and the armor pieces fell to the floor. Wu Han picked up one of the pieces and saw that the armor had been beaten and deformed.
"Master said that when preaching, this is enough." He said seriously.
"Then I think that's enough." Guo Kang nodded decisively.
The two continued walking towards the hall. When I came to the door, I heard a loud voice asking loudly: "Why don't you have any empresses worshiping in this empress temple?"
