Chapter 284: The British Envoys
On the other side, Luoyang had begun to boil. After trekking through mountains and rivers, the British envoys finally arrived in Sili after a difficult journey.
In fact, after arriving in Beiliang City, it was no longer the British envoys who were leaving on their own, but Yao Chong ordered Ma Chao to escort them.
For the Han Dynasty, an unheard-of country was worth doing so, and they were full of curiosity about Great Britain.
After all, compared to Rome, a recorded country, a new empire is worthy of attention.
As for how the Han Dynasty determined that Great Britain was an empire, it was very simple. Just by looking at the powerful strength and confident temperament of the envoys, Yao Chong instantly judged the strength of Great Britain. What's more, the subsequent conversation that Great Britain could fight against Rome further proved this point.
It was for this reason that Yao Chong sent Ma Chao to escort him to Luoyang. It would be more accurate to say that it was more of an escort than a surveillance.
After all, it is quite intimidating to have two people who have achieved internal energy out of their bodies in a delegation. Moreover, they are able to compete with Ma Chao in internal energy out of their bodies, so they are definitely not fakes at all.
That is why, after entering Luoyang, the British group was quickly welcomed by Liu Zhang to a place that had been arranged in advance .
As the new Grand Herald, Liu Zhang's life has become much more stable. Of course, it would be better if Liu Zhang did not have those annoying aristocratic families around him.
He originally ran away because he couldn't stand the noble families in Yizhou, but after arriving in Luoyang, the harassment from the noble families became even more severe.
Liu Zhang was annoyed by all the overt and covert hints that he was involved in the turmoil they were trying to prevent. He even reported it to Jia Xu secretly , but Jia Xu just said "I know" and then nothing happened. He was almost annoyed to death.
After Chen Xi told him about welcoming the delegation, Liu Zhang simply closed the door and refused to see anyone, with no intention of paying any attention to those annoying aristocratic families.
The British delegation has been shocked since entering the Sili territory. For these European barbarians, the prosperity of the Sili region and the infrastructure along the way have completely overwhelmed them.
If they had stopped looking down on Ma Chao after seeing him in Beiliang City, at this moment they felt what strength was, real strength.
To them, this was an empire as powerful as Rome. Walking on the wide tunnel where twelve chariots were running side by side, they could deeply feel the heritage of the Han Dynasty.
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. This is a truth that has never been violated in any era, and broad roads can also indirectly reflect the wealth and strength of a country.
At least in Great Britain, roads are also a big problem. If they could have such wide roads, their food and logistics problems would be much easier.
After registering at the border of Sili, they soon saw a huge city. The neat and simple city and the tall and thick city walls all revealed the atmosphere of an imperial capital.
"Have we finally arrived at the capital of the Han Dynasty?" The British envoy Bedivere asked the player who was responsible for translation.
The player translated this to Ma Chao, who rolled his eyes helplessly. They had just arrived and were still a long way from Luoyang.
"This is Chang'an City, which is considered to be a relatively important city in the empire. It is still some distance away from the imperial capital, but from here we enter the core area of the Han Empire."
The player translated Ma Chao's original words to Bedivere with a smile on his face.
Bedivere's face turned extremely ugly in an instant. This is not the imperial capital. This thing is almost more luxurious than their British imperial capital, but it is just an important city. Are you sure you are not kidding me?
Ma Chao smiled and expressed his understanding of Bedivere's fuss. When he first came to Chang'an, he was also shocked and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. After learning that Luoyang was the imperial capital, he was no less shocked than Bedivere.
Afterwards, Ma Chao took the envoys on a stroll in Chang'an. The British envoys were shopping like crazy, and some even served as sparring partners for Ma Chao in order to borrow money to do so.
Unlike Rome, they in Great Britain were extremely poor and could not buy any good things from Parthia. Of course, Parthia and Wusun were being taken advantage of by the Romans. They were already unable to share some inferior products with Britain, so how could they possibly sell good things to Britain?
Silk and celadon, which were more valuable than gold over there, were simply priceless, but here they were so cheap that one could take them away for only one gold coin, so the British envoys bought things frantically, regardless of the cost.
Bedivere even sold the secret techniques he developed to Ma Chao. In the end, he had no choice but to sell himself to Ma Chao and fight with Ma Chao every day.
After all, Ma Chao was a well-known figure in Liangzhou, and he was also a direct descendant of General Guo Hao. The defender of Chang'an City lent Ma Chao a large sum of money with a wave of his hand. After all, Ma Chao was a powerful military marquis, and it was a good deal for him to make friends with money.
Finally, after Ma Chao received the news from Liu Zhang, he forcibly took away these British envoys and directly gave some treasures given to him by the Chang'an city defenders to Bedivere, thus ending the madness of the British envoys.
Bedivere's eyes were red, and he couldn't let go of the set of tribute silk in his hand. This thing was better than the one worn by King Arthur, and it had never been seen even in Rome. It was a symbol of wealth and status.
He thought that Ma Chao was a great nobleman, but he didn't expect that Ma Chao, who was crazy about martial arts, was actually such a terrifying nobleman. He couldn't believe it that such a tribute was given to him so casually.
Looking at Bedivere with bloodshot eyes, Ma Chao couldn't help but shook his head. Lord Yao said that they were British aristocrats. Could they be British refugees?
He was so fond of a set of tribute silk. Before he met the general, his family would have more than a dozen sets of this stuff every year.
Now he even dislikes the roughness of this silk, let alone being unable to let it go.
Of course, he did not underestimate Great Britain. Maybe its economy was not good and it had not seen the world, but its strength was definitely not weak. He was confident that it could be considered a strong country in the Han Dynasty.
He didn't expect that there were at least seven or eight people on the opposite side who could fight with him. Bedivere and his deputy, who were equally matched with him, were much stronger.
Moreover, he vaguely felt that the envoy group on the opposite side might be a legion, at least at the level of the Royal Guards.
He had only seen such strength in a series of legions such as the Sun Knights. It was definitely a legion that could not be ignored.
And I heard that they were still at war with the Roman Empire, but they still had the strength to come visit. They were definitely not small fry.
Although Ma Chao was a little reckless, he was not a fool. How could he not know what Yao Chong meant when he asked him to take people to escort the envoys?
Anyway, he pestered Bedivere to spar with him every day. He didn't believe that after fighting every day, Bedivere would still have the energy to cause trouble. It just so happened that he was in need of a few sparring partners, and Bedivere and the others' strength was just right.
Anyway, his younger brother Ma Dai was watching over the army, so Ma Chao was not panicked at all.
