Chapter 305 Master Lu uses the world as chess pieces
Lu Sen came from later times and knew the character of the people in this place very well.
He had completely expected the other party to go back on their word, and was even... happy to see it happen.
"It's also possible to exchange it for two peaches." Lu Sen said calmly, "But I need to know the information you have collected first."
Domenico pulled a piece of parchment from his clothes and spread it out on the table.
The parchment had a strange smell, a mixture of urine and sweat.
Lu Sen frowned slightly, while Xianxian and others immediately retreated.
After all, the environment they have always lived in has been too clean, and they are not really used to such things.
This piece of parchment is not big, about the size of an A4 paper, and has a scribbled map on it.
After identification by Lu Sen, he found that this map was very similar to later European maps. He could see from it the terrain of the eastern Mediterranean and near the Black Sea.
"I united dozens of well-known nobles and asked them to help search the entire Eastern Roman Empire and nearby city-states." Domenico said proudly. In essence, he was showing off his connections and abilities. "We didn't find anything, and we didn't see the giant tree that Grand Priest Lu mentioned."
Listening to Alice's translation, everyone frowned slightly.
Lu Sen's attitude was okay, but the attitudes of others were not so good.
After all, the others all had a strong "Heavenly Kingdom" mentality, and they looked upon the Venetians in much the same way as barbarians.
The other party actually dared to keep us in suspense. It's really unreasonable.
Domenico also spotted the others, especially the goddess-like beautiful women who seemed unhappy. He said quickly, "But we found that there is a mysterious force preventing our exploration team from entering by boat. We can only wander around the periphery."
Lu Sen looked at the place Domenico pointed to. It was a narrow area of ocean with a small island in the middle.
He couldn't help but mutter, "A small island in the middle of the Aegean Sea? Next to Athens?"
When people think of Athens in later generations, they usually only think of Athena and the birthplace of the Olympic Games. However, anyone who has studied a little history knows that this was the birthplace of many famous Western historical figures such as Plato and Aristotle.
This can be said to be the cultural and economic center of Greece. There is also a big city called Constantinople in the east, which is also the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
It can be said that the current economic and cultural center of Europe, or the Eastern Roman Empire, is located in the Aegean Sea area and radiates to the surrounding areas.
Jinghuan placed the hibiscus tree in the middle of the Aegean Sea. From a geographical point of view, it can indeed affect the fortune of the entire Xirong.
It is known as the "place where dragons rise".
It seems that there is a high probability that the whales are hiding on this small island.
Lu Sen sat down and looked at Governor Domenico.
As if frightened by Lu Sen's gaze, Domenico began to sweat on his forehead.
After a while, Lu Sen retracted his gaze, looked at the cup in his hand, and said: "I can give you two peaches, but you have to understand that the more mysterious the item is, the more strength is needed to protect it. Can you protect your own things?"
From what Domenico heard from Lu Sen, he thought that he was willing to give him two legendary forbidden fruits?
"Please rest assured, Grand Priest. I have enough strength to guarantee my wealth."
"It's a good thing to have confidence. As you wish." Lu Sen took out two peaches from his backpack and placed them on the table.
When this thing came out, Shi Lei, who was standing not far away, couldn't help swallowing.
He had also eaten one...but when it comes to peaches, no one would complain about having too many.
"So beautiful and holy." Domenico picked up one of the peaches and sniffed it gently, his eyes full of excitement: "If I eat these two peaches, I can return to my youth?"
Xianxian and others watched quietly, no one wanted to speak.
Lu Sen replied: "One peach can restore ten years of life. You'd better find a safe place to eat it."
"I understand." Domenico carefully took off his coat and wrapped up the two peaches. Then he bowed to Lu Sen and said, "Thank you, generous priest Lu. You will always have the friendship of the Domenico family."
Lu Sen smiled: "It's my honor."
Then Domenico left in a hurry with his servants.
In fact, the safest place in the world is Lu Sen's "home system".
But Domenico didn't know about this, and he didn't really trust Lu Sen. Although the thing was given to him by the other party, it didn't say that he couldn't take it back.
People in the Eastern Roman Empire have always believed this.
I can also take back what I gave you.
In this way, Domenico believed in his heart that his own manor and castle were the safest places in the world.
After Domenico left, Xianxian came up and asked, "My husband, why did you give such a precious thing to a barbarian?"
Lu Sen laughed and said, "He is too greedy. He originally said he only wanted honey and silk, but he ended up wanting peaches. I gave them to him!"
Xianxian was a little puzzled, and asked slowly with a beautiful frown: "What does this mean?"
"Compared to our Song Dynasty, the people here are indeed more barbaric." Lu Sen smiled and explained to the people around him, "We in Song Dynasty all have the idea of 'a child carrying gold through a busy city'. Do you think there would be no similar thing in this uncivilized society?"
Lu Xianxian understood after hearing this: "Oh, he is greedy and you gave it to him, and then wait for him to get into trouble? It feels like a waste of two peaches."
"It's not a waste. That Domenico is a good advertisement. If you want to do anything here next time, you can do it simply."
"Advertisement?" Xianxian widened her foxy eyes.
“It means a cover.”
"A pretext for publicity?" Lu Xianxian nodded to show that she understood, and then she said to Alijie beside her: "Xiao Jie, go and follow the barbarian just now. No matter what happens to him, don't worry about it. Just tell us the result. I estimate that he will be in trouble within one or two days."
Because Lu Sen planned to rest here for three days and recuperate before going to look for the whale threat. After all... the other party is well-rested and if he rushes over, something bad will probably happen.
For the next two days, Lu Sen and others rested in this small manor.
During this period, Lu Xianxian also went shopping with Bilian, wanting to see the differences between the city of the Western Rong people and that of the Song people.
As a result... he came back in less than a quarter of an hour.
Because… the streets are littered with excrement.
Lu Xianxian also saw a man and a woman walking together on the street. While they were walking, a plate of golden juice suddenly fell from a building on the side of the road. The man reacted quickly, pushed the woman aside, and then he was drenched in it.
The woman was very grateful to the man, so she ran to the other side of the street and looked at the man across the street with affectionate eyes.
Lu Sen laughed out loud after hearing this, because this is one of the origins of the word "gentleman". Gentlemen are supposed to protect women from shit.
He was laughing happily in the room when Shi Lei came in and said, "Master, there is a man outside who speaks Song dialect and looks like a Song person. He said he is an old acquaintance of yours and wants to see you."
Old acquaintance?
This is Venice. Apart from a few of us, I don’t have any old acquaintances here!
However, since the other party speaks Song language, I have to go and meet him.
As a result, when Lu Sen went out, he saw a heroic man wearing a blue gown and holding a black scabbard. He was immediately surprised.
"Brother Zhan, why are you here too?"
Lu Sen walked forward quickly, gave Zhan Zhao access rights, and welcomed him into the system home.
Zhan Zhao sat down, took a sip of the honey water that Yaoyao brought over, and then sighed comfortably: "Sure enough, Master Lu's fairy wine is still delicious."
Zhan Zhao at this moment was obviously a little "rougher" than the last time they met.
It’s not that he is not handsome anymore, but he has changed from a heroic man to a handsome man with vicissitudes of life.
Lu Sen looked at him for a while and couldn't help asking, "Brother Zhan, didn't you go to sea with Bao Longtu? Why are you here?"
"This is also a seaport." Zhan Zhao said with a smile.
Lu Sen was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "That's right, if Bao Longtu had this idea, he would definitely come to the Mediterranean for a walk."
Before they set sail, Lu Sen gave them a simple nautical chart. If they followed the chart, they could indeed get here.
"We encountered a shipwreck at sea yesterday. After we rescued it, we heard that a golden spaceship had come to Venice Harbor. We knew it was your ship, Master Lu." Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "Prefect Bao thought this was the so-called fate. He had originally intended to come and visit, but he had just got off the ship..."
Lu Sen asked curiously, "What happened to Bao Longtu?"
"The streets of the Xirong people are really disgusting to the sight." Zhan Zhao smiled bitterly.
Lu Xianxian listened nearby and covered her mouth with her sleeve. She originally thought that she was the only woman who could not stand the "heroism" of the Xirong people.
As a result, even a man as upright as Bao Zheng couldn't stand it.
"I'll go visit Bao Longtu later." Lu Sen stood up and said with a smile, "It's fate that we can meet in a foreign land. It's such a coincidence!"
Lu Sen asked the others to stay in the manor to rest, then took out the aircraft and flew Zhan Zhao towards the harbor.
This was the first time Zhan Zhao "flew" in the air.
He looked at the scenery below through the glass cover and murmured, "When I was in the Central Plains, I always thought that this was the world. After coming out with Bao Fuyin, I realized how big the world is and how wide and long the coast is."
It's normal for Zhan Zhao to feel this way.
A year ago, Bao Zheng took him out to sea. At first, he did have some ideas about going out to sea to see the world, but more importantly, he just wanted to protect Bao Fuyin.
But after this period of time, he truly understood that this world is really very big.
The races of people in this world are all very strange.
Far beyond his imagination.
The Port of Venice was not very big at that time. As soon as Lu Sen's aircraft took off, he saw a huge golden treasure ship .
It didn't take long for the spaceship to land on the stable side of the ship. When he and Zhan Zhao came out, they found a circle of sailors around them bowing and saluting him.
These sailors were all very dark, some of them looked like Song people, while others looked like short black people.
Zhan Zhao explained, "After we set sail for a month, we encountered strong winds and waves on the sea. Some of our brothers were blown into the sea and could not be found. We could only go ashore to recruit some native people."
Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao's face looked a little uncomfortable and a little scared.
He still remembers the scene of that day vividly.
The sky was clear at first, but suddenly it became pitch dark.
The wind was howling, as if blowing from all directions, and people could not stand steadily on the side of the boat.
There were also purple or white lightning flashing across the clouds above, which was scary to look at.
Several brothers who were responsible for keeping wind on the mast did not have time to climb down and were blown away.
Fortunately, Lu Senjian's treasure ship was big and stable enough. Although it was tossed up and down and swayed from side to side by the huge sea, it managed to hold on until the storm disappeared.
Then Zhan Zhao cheered himself up and took Lu Sen to the cabin, where Lu Sen met Bao Zheng.
Originally, Lu Sen was still thinking about how to talk to Bao Zheng, but as soon as they met, Lu Sen couldn't help laughing out loud.
Bao Zheng sat on a bench, stroking his black beard, and asked, "Master Lu, why are you laughing?"
"I suddenly felt something." Lu Sen managed to hold back his smile.
It's not his fault. At this moment, Bao Zheng was wearing black and sitting upright, just like when he was the prefect of Kaifeng.
But the problem is... Bao Zheng was very fat and dark at that time!
A fat man with a black face and a crescent moon on his forehead!
That’s right, it’s the most classic image of Justice Bao in Lu Sen’s memory.
Lu Sen sat opposite Bao Zheng and said with a smile: "Prefect Bao is becoming more and more blessed."
"There's nothing I can do." Bao Zheng showed a rare embarrassed expression on his dark face: "I had nothing to do all day on the ship, and I unknowingly developed a habit of eating snacks. As I ate, I became like this."
Sailing on the sea, exposed to wind and sun all day long, most people would get darker, and Bao Zheng is no exception.
Every time the ship stopped at a port, it would buy some local specialties and try to sell them at the next port.
The treasure ship is big enough to carry many things besides water and food .
So they sailed here along the coastline from East Asia, buying and selling along the way, and their money increased more and more.
Not to mention Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao and others, the amount of silver possessed by ordinary sailors alone is enough to make them small wealthy people in the city of Bianliang.
"You must have had a rough journey."
From East Asia to the Spice Islands, then to the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope and then north along the coastline, to the Strait of Gibraltar, into the Mediterranean, and finally to the vicinity of Venice, where I happened to meet Lu Sen.
Just thinking about such a journey makes people feel admiration.
Bao Zheng nodded: "This journey has really broadened my horizons. But Master Lu, what is the purpose of your coming here?"
"Why does Bao Fuyin have this idea?"
"I have recently figured it out. You let the sea merchants go out to sea, and you let us go out to sea. The world in the fairy shadow play is trying to tell us... This world is very big, and our Song Dynasty is very small. You have something you want to do." Bao Zheng's dark face was full of pride: "Master Lu, you use the world as your chessboard and the world as chess pieces. Not to mention me, even the government is your chess piece."
