Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 171 "Old Sea Urchin" Asks for Help
Lama Wang was not surprised by the Queen Mother's approval.

"I have always felt that it is too inferior for him to go to the front line as an officer." He said to the Queen Mother: "I told Xiao Guo before that it would be better for this child to follow me to practice from now on. The next Patriarch, let him Well deserved."

"I'm afraid he doesn't like it." The queen mother smiled and said, "It's just such a boy, and he has to be counted on to inherit the family business. Sooner or later, he will be stuffed into the army."

"In my opinion, he should work harder." She began to express her worries about Guo Kang's adoptive father: "Last time I told him that this one was not enough at all. In the end, he was still embarrassed——Hi, I don’t know why I’m so shy at such an old age. Next time I’ll go and ask for some medicine for his young couple, so I’ll try again.”

Lama Wang opened his mouth, but couldn't answer for a while.

"This child, I think it is dear. Come, let grandma take a look." The old lady pulled Guo Kang over and looked at it: "Your words have the style of old Peter-speaking of it, You couldn't have been born secretly by Xiao Guo and those foreign girls, and you were afraid that Miss Huang would be unhappy, so you must have been shot by Osman, right?"

"..."

Others were stunned when they heard it, but Lama Wang didn't know what to say.

"The child was dug out from the ruins, not brought in by the cannon. I was still at the scene at that time." He had no choice but to explain: "During the cleaning, a child was crying in the half-collapsed shed. Xiao Guo went to take it out for him. I happened to be on the front line of the city defense, and I was close, so I was called over to give him a baptism."

"That's it." The queen mother actually looked a little regretful: "Hey, it's not bad. There is a folk saying among the Italians that children born in storms are stronger and more resilient. This kid was born in artillery fire. He must be a Promising."

"Don't worry about having multiple younger brothers and sisters. They will snatch something from you. We are short of people everywhere in Rome now. And in this war-torn era, having an older brother is more important than anything else, and people have to count on you." She He has already begun to comfort Guo Kang in advance.

"I heard from Constantine that Po Nu still likes to bully you. This girl is very skinny, don't worry about her, next time she messes with you, grandma will teach her a lesson for you. OK?"

Guo Kang caught a glimpse of Tuo Huan smiling triumphantly at him, and nodded.

He himself didn't really care much about it, but Tuo Huan, the Queen Mother and the others seemed to take it very seriously.Although he said this in public... he probably understood the Queen Mother's simple intentions, but he was very grateful.

"Don't worry too much about it." Tuo Huan also came over and said: "Grandma is not only an elder, but also my father and your father's teacher. If there are any family matters, just ask her to help you."

He seemed very happy. It is estimated that the queen mother spoke publicly for Guo Kang, and his efforts were behind it, so he couldn't help showing it to others.

"Yes." The Queen Mother nodded repeatedly.She smoothly pushed Tuo Huan aside, and stretched out her hand to call Theodore, who was standing outside the crowd, to come over.

"I also brought up this child myself. If there is anything going on in the future, just let her tell me. You two, get along well." She said meaningfully.

The people around showed expressions of understanding.Theodora lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed.

Tuo Huan murmured doubtfully, explaining that he helped this time, but Theodora stepped in halfway to make trouble.Lama Wang quickly knocked him with his fly whisk and pulled him behind him.

After exchanging pleasantries, the Empress Dowager invited everyone to enter the monastery and come to the reception hall.

"Zoe, bring tea and brew it for everyone." She ordered a tall girl who came up to meet her in Greek: "A new guest came today, let everyone write seriously."

The girl named Zoe bowed and retreated.

"Oh, then let me introduce you. This is actually an old acquaintance of Xiao Guo and me." Taking advantage of the situation, Wang Da Lama called the astronomy scholar over and introduced with a smile: "He is from Granada. Muhammad, we all call him 'Old Sea Urchin'."

"What kind of nickname is this?" The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing.

"I wish you all the best, Queen Mother." Muhammad touched his chest and bowed, and said in fluent Greek, "This name was given to me when I was young. At that time, I liked to practice martial arts. I was a tax collector at home. I find people to make trouble every day. Others thought I was too bad-tempered and covered in thorns like a sea urchin, so they gave me this nickname."

"It's really hard to see." The queen mother said: "The old king praised you as a rational and generous person before."

"Maybe it's because I have experienced many changes." Muhammad sighed: "These years of experience have taught me that it is useless for a person to be brave and ruthless."

"My family originally lived in Córdoba, which used to be the second largest city in Europe and Africa. Oh, the largest is your Constantinople." He said: "Then At that time, Cordoba was the center of the western world, where countless wealth gathered. Scholars, merchants, and craftsmen were bustling, making the city a center of economy, culture and education."

"However, these are all gone now." He sighed: "The Kingdom of Castile occupied Cordoba and wreaked havoc. These people are too barbaric, and they don't know the value of the long-term accumulation of civilization. They neither used their wealth effectively nor understood philosophy. Since then, the glory of Cordoba has disappeared.”

"When I was a child, I thought it was because the emirs in Granada and other places were too cowardly, they were tolerant of the heretics, and even surrendered to them. As long as the piety and bravery of the ancient times are restored, they can protect their homeland and solve these nasty problems. Barbarians. But later, the Castilian army came to plunder the town where my family lived and massacred the residents, and I realized that the 'courage' practiced in these street fights was actually useless at all."

"The 'brave boys' who ran rampant on the streets with me were completely unable to defend the town. Some people were killed in the chaos, and more people..." He smiled wryly: "Their performance was even worse than usual. Ordinary residents who are bullied by them are even worse."

"Those Christian residents are trying to fight for their homes and property. But these people see that the situation is wrong, and most of them have abandoned the oath they made in the name of Hu Da, and fled directly-according to them, maybe now It's not time for martyrdom yet."

"My father died in the attack. My uncle tried to get my mother and sister out, but they thought the whole of Andalusia was too much to live in. So we ended up in Morocco, then Tunisia, and finally I left Egypt and Syria. It was in Syria that I made acquaintance with His Excellency Codaus and others."

(End of this chapter)