Chapter 694 Sea
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Just when Li Anran couldn't help but complain that he didn't know how to get something new, the housekeeper of the Li family suddenly reported that a guest was visiting.
Seeing that another time and space were also the Tang Dynasty, Li Anran, who was a little bit bored, was not in a hurry to go there.
It just allows the space-time portal to pass information to the exploration team at a fixed time, so that they can further collect information from that space-time, especially the Tang Dynasty in that time and space.
With Li Anran's own understanding of himself, he is very clear that this time and space Taoist mark will definitely not be that simple. But what happened is that it still takes some time to explore.
Seeing that time is still rich, I naturally don’t rush to leave this time and space.
After hearing a visit from a guest, he first ordered a good command, and then slowly came to the hall dedicated to the front yard for guests.
I don’t know if it was a coincidence or other reason, but this time the visitor was not alone, or to be precise, it did not belong to the same place.
According to the butler's previous report, there were two groups of guests visiting this time.
One group is clerks from the Dengzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the other group is the Dengzhou government’s specialty in receiving foreign merchants.
To be honest, these two guests are not of high level, so there is no need for Li Anran, the head of the family to show up to receive him.
The reason why the housekeeper reported was just to let his master know about this. He didn't think that his master would be interested in receiving him in person.
Not long after, Li Anran came down to the hall in the front yard surrounded by the butler and two personal guards.
After seeing the two guests, Li Anran thought that whether it was the government or the chamber of commerce, the storefront skills were good.
At least the two people who visited were very good at looking just, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as being handsome.
"Li Anran, a survivor of the pre-Qin period, is here late and hopes to be with a waiter." Li Anran, who held her fists and bowed, said with a smile.
I have to admit that having a good skin does have many benefits.
Look, although the ceremony just now seemed a bit casual and frivolous, it became unrestrained in the eyes of the two visitors.
Although the specific identity of the person in front of me cannot be confirmed, the large Garen ship parked in Dengzhou Port and various cargoes that are being transported continuously on the ship are enough to show that the person in front of me must have an extraordinary origin.
No matter whether it is the one from the Maritime Chamber of Commerce or another from the government, who has been in Dengzhou for so many years, his eyesight is still fine.
Not to mention that such a large Galen ship has entered Dengzhou for the first time. No, it should be within the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Just those large quantities and a wide variety of goods. By the way, the unruly posture that seems casual and rude, but makes people unable to have any anger at all. It also shows that the identity of the person in front of him is not as simple as he sees on the surface.
With this school newspaper, the two of them will naturally not be too stupid to get any identity.
After a harmonious atmosphere, I explained the reason for the visit.
The purpose of visiting this person from the Maritime Merchants Association is very simple.
Since Li Anran is an overseas businessman on the surface, it will naturally involve transactions.
Although no one knows where the Great Qin Kingdom is, it is enough to have that big ship of cargo.
The biggest purpose of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce after its establishment is to coordinate the transactions between Maritime Chambers, such as interoperability, development of new routes, etc.
Li Anran, who is not interested in trading at all, is naturally irresistible.
He called his butler directly to him and asked the other party to deal with these trivial matters in business.
The clerk of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce would not have any intention of being despised for such an arrangement.
Just kidding, I spent so much money to buy this house at will, and it has an extraordinary origin.
Such a person is not something that can be offended by a small clerk. Not to mention that the status of the housekeeper is not low, what if he sends a hand to entertain him?
After the butler took the clerk of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce to discuss the specific matters, Li Anran quickly learned the other party's purpose from the official's mouth.
If it is just an ordinary maritime merchant, even a foreign maritime merchant that has not appeared in the Tang Dynasty.
After entering the Tang Dynasty, you only need to register the relevant identities, origins, types, quantities of goods, etc.
At most, it is to check the identity, confirm that it is not a dangerous person, there is no process such as selling contraband, etc.
In addition, the various laws and regulations issued by Dengzhou against maritime merchants will be notified in place, so as not to know what mistakes they made when they are arrested in the future.
But Li Anran's situation is very different. In addition to being a maritime merchant in the Qin Dynasty, he also worked part-time as an envoy.
No one knows where this Great Qin Kingdom is, how strong the national strength is, and how big the territory is.
But even if a country with only one small island appears on the territory of the Tang Dynasty as an envoy, it will receive corresponding attention.
This time, the officials who came to the door wanted to confirm the situation in the Great Qin State so that the rest of the work could be completed more smoothly.
With such a request, Li Anran had long been built by the Qin Empire, so naturally there was no reason to hide it. He immediately asked his servant to take a chart made of the skins of unknown animals.
If you want to talk about things like Nakada, it is not a rare thing in the Tang Dynasty.
During the past three hundred years of development, the sea areas near the Tang Dynasty have long been clearly explored.
Not to mention those inhabited islands, even uninhabited islands are recorded on the shore.
However, this kind of chart cannot be owned by ordinary maritime merchants.
After all, having an accurate chart means that you can avoid many risks and earn more benefits at the same time.
But from a military perspective, once this precise chart is leaked, it also means that war is likely to come.
It is said that more than 80 years ago, the Tang Dynasty had a fierce naval battle with the Arab navy.
Although the final result was that the two sides tied and then signed an agreement on maritime trade between the two countries, it did not mean that the war between the two countries would not be ignited again.
Even with the power of this official, he was not qualified to see the precise chart that was firmly held by the Tang Dynasty royal family.
However, as a department specializing in foreign maritime business, there are many kinds of nautical charts that are often seen on weekdays.
But when the huge chart that the attendant of the Li Mansion slowly unfolded, the official who visited the door was stunned.
There is no way, who made the chart in front of me not only extremely exquisite, but also the lines marked on the graphics and the ones that are obviously the most extreme.
What is even more surprising is that the place where the Qin Empire is located is actually on the Australian continent at the bottom right of the Tang Dynasty territory.
The reason why I was surprised is not that no one in the Australian continent knew about it. On the contrary, this continent had long been recorded by the Tang Dynasty's naval chart.
But it is precisely because of this that it is even more surprising, because there has never been a Great Qin Empire on this continent.
Well, as an official in the relevant department, this person also knows that the overseas situation he has is not perfect.
So after a little surprised, I buried my doubts in my heart.
After showing the continent where the Great Qin Empire was located, the entourage of the Li Mansion presented various proofs that a country should have, such as a document containing the jade seal of the Great Qin Empire.
Of course, as a diplomatic envoy, it is definitely not enough to have documents and a hero.
Even if the country you are in is small, you have to show some sincerity to a greater or lesser extent, such as the specialties of your country.
Regarding this, Li Anran, who had been prepared for a long time, would not really only take out a little specialty as a gift, as this is too much of a devastating Emperor of Qin.
So after the relevant procedures were completed, the official who came to Honglu Temple was stunned by the thick gift list.
After I figured out that the things on the gift list were just some specialties, they were not considered real gifts. The real gift list was directly engraved on a flawless jade, and I was even more confused.
There is no way, as a lower-level official, even because Dengzhou Port is one of the important ports in the Tang Dynasty, what you see and hear is still a bit of insight.
But after seeing the content recorded on the Wuxiaomei Jade, I couldn't help but have a very intuitive understanding of the strength of the Great Qin Empire.
Chapter completed!