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Chapter 806 A Different Travel Note ([-])

Not to mention the grandson of the system, who was like a big BOSS behind the scenes at the moment. If Hu Biao and others could hear what he was mumbling, they would definitely deduce a lot of useful things.

At that time, Hu Biao and others had turned into a ball of light and shuttled through the extremely deep space-time passage.

Just like the situation I encountered after many previous missions.

The content displayed on both sides of the time and space channel is from the perspective and experience of a certain person more than 200 years after passing through the mission world. It can be regarded as a side witness to the procedures of the mission world.

Moreover, Hu Biao and the others had heard people talk about this person selected by this system countless times.

Because this man's name is: Marco Polo.

Not the heroic character in the Game of Kings, but the famous tourist who once wrote "The Travels of Marco Polo" in history...

"Hello fellow passengers, this time train 12360 has officially arrived at the terminal station, Kucha Station; please be careful not to get off the train immediately.

Please wait patiently in the carriage and wait until the conductor gives permission before getting off the train in an orderly manner under their guidance. "

When Marco Polo heard this sentence, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he is a 17-year-old young man with a great body.

But after spending more than eighty hours in a cramped, crowded second-class train carriage filled with all kinds of vomit, instant noodles, the smell of sweat, and the smell of feet.

I also felt that all the bones in my body were in severe pain, and my waist felt like it was going to collapse.

At this moment, Marco Polo had too many things on his mind.

For example, after getting off the bus, go to the ticket hall and queue up to buy three tickets for the next journey; then quickly find a hotel to stay, take a good shower, and then sleep.

After waking up, of course I went shopping in Qiuci.

The most important thing is to taste how delicious things like beef noodles, Tujia sauce-flavored pancakes, roujiamo, roast duck, braised pork, etc. are in the birthplace of Tang Dynasty.

After all, in Venice, although many local chefs have been trying hard to claim one thing:
Their traditional delicacies such as pasta, pizza, grilled quail with vegetables, and grilled lamb chops with spices are no worse than Datang’s food.

However, after so many years of promotion, various Tang Dynasty restaurants, especially those high-end restaurants in Chinatown, will always be synonymous with high-end cuisine in the eyes of Venetians.

If you are inviting distinguished guests to dinner, don't go to a Chinese restaurant to have a meal, but visit and have a meal locally.

Don't talk about the host of the treat, or even the guests will be embarrassed to meet him.

But having said that, the food in Tang Dynasty is indeed delicious. The only regret is that it is too expensive to have a full meal.

So much so that many beautiful female classmates in his school are often willing to go out for a night as long as someone is willing to treat them to a feast in a Chinese restaurant.

One of his favorite girls was chased by someone in this way.

And those Tang restaurants that claim to be authentic Tang delicacies already taste so good; if they were replaced by real Tang delicacies, what kind of wonderful taste would these delicacies have?

Of course, more importantly, it should be cheaper.

With such a strong expectation, Marco Polo took off his luggage from the luggage rack.

I supported my father, who had difficulty walking due to numbness in his legs from sitting for too long. After greeting his uncle, we began to wait patiently along with the large number of passengers of various skin colors in the carriage.

wait for what?Of course, those nobles from the Tang Dynasty who were qualified to sit in first class seats or even sleeper seats got off the bus calmly one by one, and then they waited until they got off.

Otherwise, how would it be if he bumped into those noble people?

Regarding this point, Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle, not even the 200 people in a carriage full of them, seemed to feel nothing was wrong.

Because since the Tang Dynasty, there have been sailing battleships and cruisers as tall as mountains.

After appearing in major ports in Europe and in the waters off the Yanin Peninsula, they used large-caliber naval guns to demonstrate their power.

In the entire Europa region, all Tang people have extraterritorial rights.

Specifically, after the Tang people committed a crime, the local city hall, king, and lords had no qualifications to judge at all.

Only officials from Datang's overseas management yamen are qualified to handle it.

Anyway, the final result is usually to pick it up high and put it down gently.

In short, since that time, the Tang people have always been superior to others and have various priorities no matter what they do in the entire Europe and other continents.

Even a beggar has priority over white nobles.

Now, in the blink of an eye, more than 100 years have passed; such an unequal situation has long made many crooked people accustomed to it.

If Marco Polo must have had some thoughts in his heart during the difficult wait.

Then, while looking through the window at the platform of the prosperous, beautiful and clean Kucha City Railway Station in Kucha, I imagined in my mind that I could join the Tang Dynasty and become a second-class naturalized Tang citizen.

Because even if they are second-class naturalized Tang people, they are still Tang people.

In front of countless foreigners in the world, the noble and decent Tang Dynasty master.

If I really became a naturalized citizen of the Tang Dynasty, I believe that I would just need to return to Venice and show my identity as a naturalized Tang citizen.

Caterina will definitely kick him, and that boyfriend, who is just a small nobleman from the countryside of Padua, will return to her arms.

The crux of the problem is that it is too difficult to obtain the qualifications to become a naturalized Tang person.

If you don’t have the talent that Datang urgently needs, you can apply for a special naturalization channel.

Among the normal joining methods, not to mention other difficulties, just having to read "Three Hundred Tang Poems" well and not making any mistakes in the exam would almost make Marco Polo despair.

As for the language, he wasn't worried at all.

Because now the language of the Tang people has the largest number of speakers on all land under this sky, and it is definitely the only universal language.

Not only the school where Marco Polo attended had a special Tang language course.

After returning home from school, in order to better inherit the family's business career, there will be a tutor specially invited by his father to give him lessons.

With the addition of Marco Polo, he is indeed quite gifted in language.

So much so that even now, the school’s language teacher has been praising Marco Polo for speaking Chinese with a standard Guanzhong accent, which is called authentic...

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Marco Polo was a child of a wealthy merchant family in Venice.

Even though it is not considered a wealthy family in Venice, it can still be considered a member of the upper class.

If everything was normal, he would hang around in Venice every day, hooking up with female classmates, playing mahjong and polo that emerged from the Tang Dynasty, and happily living the life of a rich young master.

Unfortunately, three months ago, their family encountered a huge crisis.

Specifically, their family has been in the business of selling a certain brand of kerosene and kerosene lamps from the Tang Dynasty since their grandfather's generation, making money every day.

However, according to the latest pincer telegram received, a merchant family from the Tang Dynasty provided them with goods.

They are the new generation of heirs who have just taken over the business and have not been around for long. It is said that they lost too much money investing in real estate in Chang'an City, and now the company is completely bankrupt.

Even the company went bankrupt, so the supply agreement signed with their family was naturally invalid.

For a time, they didn't even have the supply of goods, so how could they live happily as second-rate dealers and earn a large price difference?
Faced with such a crisis, their entire family immediately took action for their destiny.

In fact, it was Marco Polo, his father Niccolò, and his uncle Matteo. They planned to go to the Tang Dynasty immediately to urgently contact new sources of goods and channels.But before leaving, his father planned to take Marco Polo with him to train the heir to the family's business empire in advance.

The young man who had long wanted to visit the Tang Dynasty immediately agreed excitedly.

Unfortunately, just as he was about to leave, he encountered a series of troubles.

Originally, the plan of the three of them was very simple. They would set off from the Mediterranean Sea by boat and pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, the Black Wind Cape (also known as the Cape of Good Hope), and the Tianzhu Ocean.

After such a long voyage, they finally arrived at the legendary Tang Dynasty.

It’s just that God knows why they have been so unlucky recently. It’s all because the Tang Dynasty planned to build an artificial canal to connect the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, which would greatly reduce the Tang Dynasty’s plan to travel to and from Europe.

The opening of such a canal is naturally an excellent thing.

The problem lies in the fact that the entire project requires a large amount of labor and that many white people serve as contractors.

In order to earn greater profits, these contractors hired a large number of mercenaries and knights.

In the Uncle Black Continent mentioned by the Tang Dynasty, Kunlun slaves were captured everywhere to serve as coolies, which eventually led to a huge turmoil in the entire Uncle Black Continent.

A large number of tribes united, and at first they only attacked the mercenaries and knights of the white people.

Later, due to some small victories, the leaders of those tribes became swollen and began to target Datang's many plantations, factories, mines, and supply points along the coast.

Although for the current equipment, Datang has completely completed the breech-loading bolt rifle.

Facing an opponent armed with rubber knives, spears, bows and arrows, and even shoes that few people have, such a turmoil can be easily put down.

But it is inevitable that this turmoil also caused many ocean-going ships to replenish coal at ports along the way. Shipping will be disrupted for at least three to five months.

In order to prevent their own market from being robbed by competitors.

Marco Polo and the three of them quickly made a unanimous decision: to take the overland route.

Because as long as they cross the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea and come to Baghdad, they can get on a fashionable train and change trains along the Tangdong Railway.

Crossing the desolate and terrifying Iranian desert, crossing the steep and cold Pamir Plateau, and finally arriving in Datang.

Go to that legendary city made of gold: Chang'an City...

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the latest news in the "Datang Morning News" five days ago was that General Guo Zixing defeated the [-]-strong Uncle Black tribe's coalition forces in the Uncle Black Continent, and captured and captured them in vain.

Master Guan Hanqing's new play "The Love Story of Deyuelou" was recently performed at the Huang Yizhi Theater and received great acclaim~"

When the above shouts fell into my ears, Marco Polo was guarding their pile of luggage outside the ticket hall of the train station.

Naturally, his father and uncle were lining up inside, planning to buy three tickets to Chang'an City.

Due to the cutoff of sea routes, there have been a lot of people changing land to go to the mainland of the Tang Dynasty recently, and the team has been lined up with seniors and seniors.

It will probably take a while before it's my father and uncle's turn.

Therefore, during such waiting, Marco Polo, who wanted to put down his luggage as soon as possible and walked around Kucha City, became a little bored.

After all, the reputation of Kucha City is too great for him.

This is not only the largest city of the Tang Dynasty in the northwest region, but also the largest city in the vicinity for thousands of miles.

It is also the place where the legends of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty and even great scientists such as Hu Biao, Guifei, and Yang Dongli began.

When I think of those legendary figures who changed the world.

They lived and fought in this city more than 200 years ago, and finally came to the stage of history, laying the solid foundation for the current glory of the Tang Dynasty.

Marco Polo couldn't help but feel excited and wanted to explore it.

Just when Marco Polo was feeling bored while waiting, the shouts from the newsboy above suddenly rang in his ears.

After hearing the above shouts, he turned to look at Marco Polo.

The first reaction in my heart is: envy, intense envy.

Because the newsboy was only eleven or twelve years old, and he had the same white skin, blue eyes, etc., which was very different from the facial features of the Tang Dynasty people.

But one look at the attire and one can tell that this is the legendary Uighur.

Although the Uighur people were well dealt with by the Tang army and their territory was completely taken over by the Tang Dynasty, it was precisely because of this that they were second-class naturalized Tang people as long as they were born.

Just this alone makes many Europeans envious.

Then, Marco Polo's second reaction was: Oops!Are there any copies of Datang Morning News from five days ago for sale?That date is so new.

You know, this newspaper is actually sold in Venice, but often when you get it, the date of the latest issue is more than a month ago.

Based on such a surprise, he spoke in his proud Guanzhong accent: "Brother, give me every copy of the latest "Datang Morning News", by the way! How much is it?"

After the newsboy heard this, he quickly replied like this:
"If I return to my husband, I only need a copper god of wealth~"

"This price is much cheaper than in Venice~" After hearing this answer, Marco Polo took out his money bag.

From among the seven or eight gold coins, more than twenty silver coins, and many copper coins, he selected a copper coin with the image of the God of Wealth girl and handed it to the other party.

After collecting the copper coins, the newsboy shouted loudly again and ran away.

During the whole process, neither of them paid any attention to the fact that the copper coin actually had the image of the God of Wealth girl on it.

Indeed, there is really nothing to be curious about such a thing.

The God of Wealth girl is, after all, a certified public accountant in the modern world; in terms of professionalism, she could easily crush everyone in the household department of the Tang Dynasty at that time.

Even if the mission is completed, after leaving here.

Some of the people she trained, with the support of Li Deyu and Niu Sengru, gradually stood out and became the most professional people in accounting in the entire Datang.

And these people and their disciples and students gradually became the gods of wealth in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, more than 100 years ago, when the Ministry of Finance of the Tang Dynasty felt that the original silk, copper coins, gold, etc. were already quite inconvenient for currency circulation.

It must be as the scientists have said, when gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins start to be issued.

Under the strong suggestion of the disciples of the God of Wealth in the Ministry of Finance at that time, it became a matter of course to use the portraits of their ancestors, the God of Wealth, as the patterns on the backs of these currencies.

Anyway, what happened to the imperial concubine in the Jingkang Shame mission of the Song Dynasty and the Xiangyang City mission has now happened to the God of Wealth.

As for the imperial concubine, because of her operations in Deyuelou, she has now become a figure like a grandmaster in the 'hotel industry', 'entertainment industry', 'fashion and luxury goods industry', etc.

Not to mention anything else, just the "Donkey Brand" bags and cosmetics she launched can bring back many ships of gold and silver from overseas every year.

As for Marco Polo, why did he carry so much money?

On the one hand, when you go out, you need to bring more money to feel at ease.

On the other hand, it was the ambition of Marco Polo. He was determined to spend a month eating all the delicacies of the Tang Dynasty.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to bring out all the private money he had saved since childhood...

(End of this chapter)