Umar did not answer his words immediately and said coldly: "Is it just for me to stand here and talk? Are there anyone who treats guests like this?"

Umar was deliberately so arrogant. On the one hand, he was angry at the Romans framed and forced to detain Wang Huili and others; on the other hand, he was fearless and knew that he was not in danger.

Grand Duke Stefan suppressed his anger and ordered: "Give him a chair."

After sitting down, Umar raised his legs and took out a letter from his sleeve, saying, "There are letters from your daughter and son-in-law here, you can take a look at it yourself."

The housekeeper of Grand Duke Stefan took the letter and handed it to Grand Duke Stefan.

Grand Duke Stefan opened the letter eagerly and immediately recognized the handwriting of his daughter. First, he looked at the signature. The signature below was his daughter and son-in-law, and their handwriting was fine. He hurriedly read it.

The letter said that because the Romans unreasonably forcibly detained Wang Huili, the daughter and son-in-law of the Grand Duke Stefan, as well as thousands of Roman officers, soldiers and warships, were also detained by the navy of our Tang Empire.

The navy of the Tang Empire asked Stefan to exchange hostages and release Wang Huili and others. The navy of the Tang Empire would also release his daughter and son-in-law, as well as the relatives of senior officers and some Roman officers and soldiers accordingly.

The daughter and son-in-law of the Grand Duke Stefan specifically emphasized that they and the family members of the senior officers were treated preferentially, and hoped that the Grand Duke Stefan would treat Wang Huili and others well.

There are only so many letters, and the Grand Duke Stefan had many questions. He looked at Umar and asked, "You..."

If you talk too much, you will lose it. Umar understands this truth. He will not tell Grand Duke Stefan more related issues.

He directly interrupted the Grand Duke Stefan and said, "Don't ask me other questions, I will not answer you. I just need your affirmative answer, will you change someone, and when will you change someone?"

Grand Duke Stefan knew that his daughter, son-in-law and the family members of the senior officer were safe and sound, and he was in a better mood. He said politely: "Please give me some time. I need to discuss with the generals of the Admiral."

He said to the butler: "Take good care of this Tang Dynasty guest."

After saying that, he hurried out.

Grand Duke Stefan left the residence in a carriage. He originally wanted to go to the Admiralty, but he felt that his sudden return to the Admiralty was too big, so he went to the home of a naval general and asked his guards to notify the naval generals and also met at the home of the admiral.

Not long afterwards, senior generals of the navy rushed over, and Grand Duke Stefan showed them letters from his daughter and son-in-law.

The navy generals were shocked to read the letter. Although the letter was brief, it also revealed a lot of information.

First, the daughter and son-in-law of the Grand Duke Stefan and the family members of the senior officers fell into the hands of the people of the Tang Dynasty, at least for the time being, they were safe and sound.

Secondly, the enemy was from the Tang Dynasty, and they came for the detention of the Tang Dynasty merchant Wang Huili and others.

Third, it is said that the Tang Dynasty was in the east thousands of miles away. They were able to come to Rome, which proved that they had strong navigation capabilities and were able to seize all two Roman fleets, which further showed that they had strong naval combat capabilities.

Grand Duke Stefan asked, "How should this matter be handled?"

A naval general whose family was detained said, "Your Excellency, the most urgent task is to exchange your daughter, son-in-law and our family back."

"Yes, yes, let's save the person first." The navy generals said one after another.

Grand Duke Stefan nodded and said, "I have this opinion too. Besides that, what other questions can I say, please tell me?"

An older naval general said: "His Excellency, although I have not seen the true appearance of the Tang Dynasty navy, there is no doubt that the Tang Dynasty navy is powerful.

The two powerful Roman Navy fleets were able to detain all of them, either their warships had far higher performance than the Roman Navy, or their number was very large.

Beizhi believes that among these two possibilities, the former is more likely.

First, the Tang Dynasty's navy was able to come to Rome from the far east, and it was impossible to do without solid and advanced warships. The Roman Empire's navy was very advanced, but its ability to carry out oceans was still insufficient, and it should not be as good as the Tang Dynasty's navy in this regard.

The combat power of the navy of our Roman Empire was extremely strong. Neither the Franks, Persians nor the cannibals were the opponents of our Roman Navy. Thousands of Roman Empire naval officers and soldiers with combat experience, nearly a hundred advanced warships were silently seized by the Tang Dynasty people, and they could not escape one person or a ship, which was enough to prove the advanced warships of the Tang Dynasty people.

Secondly, the number of warships of the Tang Dynasty must not be large, otherwise their logistics supply would not be able to bear if the sea sailed thousands of miles away."

This person's judgment is basically accurate.

As the saying goes, "a century-old navy", the optimization of the naval management system and the improvement of talent quality need to be formed through years of inheritance.

The quality of the Roman naval generals was extremely high, which was incomparable to the Tang Dynasty's navy. The Tang Dynasty's navy had been formed for too short, and what they could rely on was the advanced warship construction technology brought by Li You.

Another naval general agreed with him and said, "Yes, it is certain that the Tang Dynasty's warships and weapons are so advanced and the speed of navigation are unprecedented in our army. Their advanced warships are difficult to deal with, and our army is not sure that they can deal with such advanced warships as the Tang Dynasty people.

The advice of the humble official is that our Roman Empire navy should not be enemies with these Tang dynasties from the East, and negotiate with them immediately and exchange hostages."

Grand Duke Stefan nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. These Tang Dynasty people have no grievances and no grudges with our Roman Navy. The reason for seizing the Tang Dynasty merchants was not caused by our Roman Navy. It can even be said that our Roman Navy protected the Tang Dynasty people."

"Yes, the people who seized the Tang Dynasty merchants were from the Constantinople City Hall. They almost killed the Tang Dynasty merchants. It was our navy who protected the Tang Dynasty merchants."

The naval generals believed that the Tang Dynasty would not resent the Roman Navy because of the Tang Dynasty merchants, but should thank the Roman Navy instead.

Thinking of this level, the navy generals all felt relaxed, thinking that the risk of exchanging hostages was very small.

Grand Duke Stefan sighed and said, "What I am worried about now is not the security of hostages, but the issue of how to keep it confidential. Thousands of Roman Navy officers and soldiers and nearly a hundred warships disappeared, especially in combat, a large number of naval officers and soldiers must be killed or killed. How do you explain these problems?
Chapter completed!