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    "Your Majesty, the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, King Wu, is here to visit. The fleet is now approaching the river mouth outside the city!" In the main hall, an Eastern Roman naval officer came forward to report.

    "What?" Upon hearing the news, Constans II, who was wearing a purple robe, stood up from his chair with an incredible expression on his face.  Next to him, Queen Irina and good friend Forris also looked like they couldn't believe it.

    "How is this possible? The Tang Dynasty is far away from us, and the prince of the Tang Dynasty is extremely noble. Even if he is coming, he will definitely notify us in advance. But now we have not received any news. The other party must be pretending.  ?" Forris quickly reacted and spoke first.

    However, as soon as Forris finished speaking, the officer who came to report the news immediately said: "Your Majesty the Consul, we had doubts at first, but the other party showed the credentials written by the two Popes of the Tianzhu Empire, and there were also  Four main warships are accompanying us for protection, and it definitely doesn¡¯t look like a fake.¡±

    "Warship?" Constans II's eyes lit up after hearing this. He had long heard that the Han people's shipbuilding technology was superb, and the performance of those Han merchant ships was better than Roman warships. This made Constans II's attitude towards the Han people's  The warships are also very curious and have always wanted to see what the other side's warships look like. They didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

    "Your Majesty, should we change our costumes and inform the ministers at the same time to prepare to welcome the Prince of the Tang Dynasty who has come from afar?" At this moment, Irina, who had been silent next to her, suddenly said.  The two emperors of Tianzhu are also the sons of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Since they have their credentials, there are also warships from the Tang Dynasty.  This can naturally prove the identity of the other party, so what they need to prepare for next is what happens next.

    "That's right. Inform all the ministers to go to the port to greet you. The Queen and I also need to change clothes!" Constans II said very excitedly.  He had been sending envoys to Datang for exchanges in the past, hoping to bring the two countries closer.  The arrival of Li Ke was the first time that the Tang Dynasty took the initiative to send an envoy to contact Rome, and the other party was a noble prince. The political significance of this was very important.

    Following the order of Constantinople II, the news of Li Ke's arrival quickly spread. As a result, the entire Constantinople was in a sensation. All the nobles changed into formal clothes in the shortest possible time, and Gui  The women also put on their most beautiful clothes.  Then he rushed to the port in a carriage.

    Constantinople is surrounded by the sea on three sides, so strictly speaking, the entire city is built on a prominent trapezoidal peninsula. The east of the peninsula is facing the exit of the Bosporus, and the southern side of the peninsula has difficult terrain.  , the palace is located here, but although the palace is built on the sea, there is a cliff behind it, which is impossible to climb.  Moreover, there are two sea walls built on the sea south of the palace, which are also guarded by soldiers, so the safety of the palace cannot be questioned.

    To the north of the city is the famous Golden Horn.  This is a narrow bay about seven kilometers long and is also one of the world's premier natural ports, hosting most of Constantinople's naval and maritime transport activities.  Most of them are concentrated here, and the people in the city call it the port.  This generally refers to here.

    When Li Ke and his fleet sailed towards the Golden Horn, they happened to pass the eastern end of Constantinople.  The palace is also located just to the south of this end, so when the fleet passed here, Li Ke and the others held telescopes and observed the situation of the palace from a distance.

    The emperors of Eastern Rome also combined political and religious power, so the imperial palace was also called the Holy Palace by the Romans. It was also because of this that the buildings of the Holy Palace had an obvious religious style. What Li Ke and the others saw were all buildings.  This spire building doesn't look much different from a Roman church, except that the building is larger and more majestic.

    Li Ke looked at the majestic Holy Palace in front of him and couldn't help but compare it with the Taiji Palace in Chang'an. He found that the Holy Palace was still unable to compare with the Taiji Palace in terms of scale. At least the area of ??the Taiji Palace was larger than that of the Holy Palace.  Much bigger. As for the architectural styles, each has its own merits. I can¡¯t say who is better and who is not. However, one thing about the Holy Palace is better than the Tai Chi Palace. That is, the Holy Palace is mostly made of marble, while the Tai Chi Palace mainly uses wood, so this  Zuosheng Palace is definitely stronger than Tai Chi Palace in terms of sturdiness and fire resistance.

    "Your Highness, His Majesty the Roman Emperor has sent an envoy to greet you!" While Li Ke was admiring the scenery of the Holy Palace, a very crisp voice suddenly said next to him.  Li Ke put down the telescope and looked back, just in time to see Kelis in palace clothes standing next to him. Although Kelis is a Persian woman, she has a unique style in her palace attire with blond hair and blue eyes.

    "Well, that's right, come with me to see the Roman envoy!" Li Ke nodded and said, not sure whether he was praising Kelis for what she said was good, or whether he was wearing something wrong.??Not bad?  And Kelis naturally followed Li Ke closely with an excited look on her face.

    Kelis didn't know Li Ke's true identity at first and thought he was an important figure in the fleet. However, she soon discovered that even the captain Lu Wan respected Li Ke very much, even at any time.  , Li Ke would be surrounded by several guards to protect him, which made her a little curious about Li Ke's identity.

    It wasn't until they entered the Aegean Sea that Wang Fangyi from behind joined them with four warships. Then Li Ke finally revealed his true identity. As a result, this little slave girl Kelis was so shocked that she didn't even dare to look up for several days.  Li Ke, it wasn't until she entered the Black Sea Strait that she slowly recovered a little.

    Now Kelis serves as Li Ke's translator and also his maid, and she can also warm the bed.  It's just that poor little Kelis has just adapted to Li Ke's identity, and now she has to go with him to see the Roman Emperor, which makes the little slave girl very nervous.

    Li Ke walked to the side of the warship and happened to see a Roman warship next to their ship. Just because their warship was too tall, several officials in Roman official uniforms on the other side's ship had to look up.  , and when one of the officials saw Li Ke above, he immediately screamed: "His Royal Highness King Wu, it is really His Highness King Wu!"

    "Eh~" Li Ke followed the voice and found that this Roman official seemed familiar to him, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen him?

    At this moment, the guards on the warship put down the rope ladder, and then several officials below climbed up the ladder. After the official who had just spoken came up, he immediately walked a few steps to Li Ke and saluted: "See His Highness King Wu  , don¡¯t you remember me?¡±

    Although Li Min felt that the other party looked familiar, he actually couldn't remember where he had met him before. However, he quickly remembered another thing, that is, Rome sent an envoy to Chang'an, and the other party's name was Ciro.  He had participated in the first Winter Games, which happened to be organized by him and Li Min together.

    Thinking of this, Li Ke pointed at the other party and laughed and said: "Of course I remember my old friend from the sports meeting back then. It's just that the world is strange. I didn't expect that more than ten years later, we would meet again in Rome, thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty."

    The person who came to greet Li Ke was none other than Ciro, the envoy to the Tang Dynasty. The reason why Constans II sent him to greet him was because he understood Chinese and because Ciro mentioned it in his book.  He had visited Li Ke and had spent considerable space describing Li Ke's reputation in the Tang Dynasty, so Constans II sent Xi Luo to identify whether Li Ke was really His Highness King Wu of the Tang Dynasty?

    Hearing Li Min's words, Silla also seemed very excited. He stepped forward again and said gratefully: "I haven't seen you for many years, but His Highness King Wu still has the same elegant demeanor. Moreover, after so many years, I haven't had time to say thank you to the two Highnesses. If not,  During that sports meeting, I may still be a warrior in Tubo to this day, and I will never have the chance to return to Rome."

    The reason why Siro said this was mainly because after that sports meeting, he won a gold medal for Tubo, and as a result, he got the attention of Songtsan Gampo. Later, he was promoted and became much freer, which gave him the opportunity to escape from Tubo.  , and then lived in the Tang Dynasty for two years, and finally returned to the Eastern Roman Empire from the sea, so it is not wrong for him to say that the sports meeting changed his destiny.

    However, Li Ke was a little surprised after hearing this. He didn't know what Silla meant?  Originally, when Ciro arrived in the Tang Dynasty as an envoy, his legendary experience aroused the interest of many newspapers. Many newspapers interviewed him and introduced Ciro's experiences in the newspapers.  , which also caused a sensation, and also gave the sports meeting a bit of legend.  However, Li Ke was worrying about overseas development at that time, and later went to Li Min's place, so he didn't see it at all, and of course he didn't know about Ciro's original experience.

    However, although Li Ke did not understand the meaning of Xiluo's words, he could still see that the Roman envoy not only knew him, but also expressed gratitude to him. This made Li Ke very happy, and he even went out of his way to  Chatting with the other party about the changes in the Tang Dynasty over the years, as well as Li Ke's situation over the years, the result made Cilla's affection for Li Ke double.

    After Ciro and the others boarded Li Ke's warship, the Roman warship that sent them led the way. After crossing Constantinople, the Golden Horn as a port finally appeared in front of them.

    I saw that the entrance of this long and narrow bay was not very wide, and at the entrance, the Romans also built a water fort. The water fort had four huge entrances and exits. A large number of ships entered and exited the bay from here, and it looked very prosperous.  .

    And when Li Ke and his fleet passed through the entrance to the Golden Horn Bay, what they saw was a very busy port scene, and on the pier on the south side of the port, there was a scene of huge crowds of people.??, almost all the residents of Constantinople who had received the news gathered on the dock, ready to admire the prince of the Tang Dynasty who had come thousands of miles away.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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