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Chapter 490 All Nations Come to DPRK
As soon as the imperial guard left, Lu Chengqi caught a glimpse of a group of strangely dressed people in the crowd, and upon closer inspection, he turned out to be a black man!
It is not a new thing for black people to come to Dashun.After all, as early as the previous dynasty, there were already records of black people entering the Central Plains, and they were called Kunlun slaves at that time.Although black people are rare, I am afraid that the well-informed and well-informed people of Chang'an City would not be so cheering.Lu Chengqi noticed that behind these black men, there were actually a few white men with curly hair, brown eyes, and extremely fair skin!These white people are actually black-haired, Lu Chengqi's first reaction was Europa!

No wonder the people in Chang'an City stopped to watch. It turned out that the Europeans came to the Central Plains.As the emperor of Dashun, Lu Chengqi was a little frightened: "Could it be that the age of great exploration in Europe is about to start!" Lu Chengqi, who knew the course of the official history, felt a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

Lu Chengqi noticed that all these Europeans covered their heads with turbans, and the well-informed Lu Chengqi knew that they were some Arabs.Although Lu Chengqi had known for a long time, there were many Arab merchants in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Yangzhou. They usually traded spices, medicinal materials, rhino horns, and jewelry to China, and then purchased silk, porcelain, and other commodities.In Guangzhou and Quanzhou, there are still many wealthy Arab businessmen living there.The Arabs introduced Arab culture, such as astronomy, calendar, and medicine, to China, and then spread Chinese culture to the West.Chinese papermaking, alchemy, gunpowder, compass, etc., were spread to Africa and Europe successively by them.Lu Chengqi didn't have any resistance, because with him, the Chinese, the ancestors of gunpowder, had already made guns first.It will take another few hundred years for Europeans to catch up.

Although it is a good thing to know that Arab businessmen have come to China to communicate with each other.But Lu Chengqi finally had a grudge.There is no way, Lu Chengqi has always been a little unwilling to accept China's failure to participate in the age of great navigation in his previous life.Today, I saw the Arabs who braved the wind and waves and traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains. How could they be unprepared?
Defense is defense, Lu Chengqi is still very curious.The places where Arab businessmen stay are usually coastal cities. How could they suddenly come to Chang'an City, Jingzhao Prefecture?You know, Dashun has not established diplomatic relations with any big food country!
Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi stepped forward.Gao Hao was so frightened that he hurriedly followed, and persuaded in a low voice: "Young master, these people look weird, don't..."

Lu Chengqi glared at him angrily, came to the pedestrians, and asked in standard Chinese: "Where do you come from?"

These Arabs were a little surprised. Since they entered the south of the Yangtze River, no one dared to ask questions.Even some soldiers felt a little afraid of them.It was beyond their expectation to see a young man blocking their way and asking such questions right away.

Lu Chengqi was even more surprised. There was an Arab who spoke very standard Chinese, but with a Cantonese accent. Hearing Lu Chengqi's local accent, he felt like a confidant: "We are the envoys of the Great Food Kingdom, for He Zhengdan. , I’m here to congratulate Dashun on the Yuanzheng New Year.”

"If I remember correctly, there doesn't seem to be any relationship between Dashun and Dashi Kingdom?" Although Lu Chengqi was surprised that his Chinese was so standard, he still asked the key things first.

The Arab didn't make his own claim, but turned around and chatted in Arabic with an Arab with a ruby ​​in his turban behind him. The two exchanged briefly, and the Arab turned around and said, "That's true, The king of our country realized that Dashun is a friendly country, so he sent us here. In addition to congratulating Dashun on the Yuanzheng New Year, he also asked to see the emperor of your country to establish diplomatic relations."

The surrounding people listened and explained their doubts one after another.Lu Chengqi also understood that these Arabs are here to establish diplomatic relations.And judging from their appearance, it seems that it is not only as simple as establishing diplomatic relations, but also asking for super-national treatment, right?

Lu Chengqi's heart became brighter, and he didn't ask any more questions, but moved out of the way and said: "With the customs clearance ticket, you can go to the Huaiyuan Post Station in Huaiyuan Square in the west of the city, and it specializes in receiving various vassal states from afar."

After hearing this, the Arab imitated the appearance of the Han people, bowed and bowed, and said, "Thank you, sir, for showing the way!" Then he turned around and chatted with the high official who looked like an envoy, and the high official also told Lu Cheng Qi nodded, and seemed to habitually take out a silver coin, and handed it to Lu Chengqi.

Lu Chengqi was a little confused, is this a tip?Seeing these Arabs and blacks walking towards the west of the city, Lu Chengqi held the silver coin in his hand and found that it was the Dashun Royal Bank that issued the silver coin. "What do you mean, is it impossible for the Arabs to have plans for the Central Plains? Impossible, the Great Food Kingdom is farther than Tianzhu, how could it be possible to invade the Central Plains! Since it is not a territorial dispute, it is to have plans for business..."

"Young Master, Young Master!" Seeing that Lu Chengqi was lost in thought, Gao Hao couldn't help calling a few times.

Lu Chengqi came back to his senses, put the silver coin in his sleeve, and said, "Go to the Ministry of Rites!"

Gao Hao also had eyes, knowing that those were foreign guests.It is normal for the little emperor to go to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to ask about it without knowing it.Gao Hao naturally wanted to lead the way, he went out of the palace several times to buy things, he had already familiarized himself with the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, and soon brought Lu Chengqi to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

After quietly showing the token, Lu Chengqi went straight to find Feng Chengping, Minister of Rites, and before Feng Chengping could see the ceremony, he immediately asked, "Just now I saw a man from the Dashi country on the street, claiming to be the envoy of He Zhengdan, what's the matter?" What's going on?"

Feng Chengping was taken aback, and smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know what's going on! In the past few days, no letter of credence from the Great Food Kingdom has been handed over, and the old minister doesn't know anything..."

Lu Chengqi knew that when the two countries came to envoys at this time, they had to submit their credentials to be considered normal exchanges.Otherwise, they can only be regarded as ordinary foreign visitors, and they do not have the special treatment of staying in various stations in Chang'an City to welcome foreign envoys.

Since the Great Food Kingdom did not submit its credentials, Lu Chengqi has nothing to say.After sorting out his thoughts, he then asked, "What about the rest of the countries?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are Goryeo, Jiaozhi, Huihe, Khotan, Zhenla, Sanfoqi, Waguo, Bohai Mohe, Jurchen, Kucha, Tianzhu, Guasamen, Yizhou, Xizhou, Boni, and Chi (Daqin) , Zhulan, Zhancheng, Japo, Danliumei, Tuolali, Puntan, Wuxunzhou, Yuluhe and other countries have submitted their credentials, or they are on the way to and from Chang'an, or they have already checked into the couch." Feng Chengping didn't dare to hide anything, so he said it in a nutshell.

Lu Chengqi was a little surprised: "Why are there so many countries this year?"

I remember last year's New Year's Day, but it was just a few countries such as Goryeo, Cochin, Wa, Chenla, and Champa. Why did there suddenly be so many this year?
Feng Chengping smiled wryly: "The old minister doesn't know why, but the Liao Kingdom has not yet received any envoys..."

(End of this chapter)