Nhoroondo inotiudza izvozvo Marco Polo akararama makore mazhinji muChina uye kuti kubva pane izvi zviitiko akanyora bhuku rakadanwa Tsananguro yenyika. Ini ndinogona kufungidzira kushamisa kwenyika iyi uye nedare ramambo rinofanira kunge rakaratidzika kwaari panguva iyoyo. Akanakidza zvakadii akararama!
Nyaya iyi yakatanga muna 1260 when baba vake nasekuru vake vakatengesa zvese zvavaive nazvo muConstantinople ndokuenda parwendo kuMambo weMongolia. Imwe nyika, chaiko. Vakasvika kudare reKublai Khan, muzukuru wechimwe chinhu uye hapana chakaderera kupfuura Genghis Khan, uye ivo vakagamuchira chikumbiro: kudzokera kuItari uye kudzoka neboka revanhu zana vaigona kupfumisa dare reMongolia neruzivo rwavo. Uye Marco Polo aive mumwe wavo.
Nicolás Polo paakadzokera kuAsia, akauya nemwanakomana wake ane makore 17, Marco. Mhuri yePolo, baba, babamunini uye protagonist yedu, akararama uye akafamba muAsia pakati pa1271 na1295. Vakacherekedza zvese ndokutsika Persia neArmenia vasati vasvika kuChina. Zvese, nzendo, zvinoitika, nzvimbo, maguta, matare, zvakatorwa mubhuku iro rinonzi tsananguro yenyika. Pavakasvika muBeijing, vakagara mudare uye vakashandira Khan. Asi nyaya idzi "dzakashongedzwa«? Iko kuwedzeredza, chokwadi kana manyepo?
Prose yaMarco Polo inoita senge pane dzimwe nguva kuwedzeredza, zvakanyanya zvekuti Panga pasina kushaikwa kwevanhu vakatenda zvakananga kuti zvaive zvigadzirwa. Kana iwe uchiziva China, nei usingataure chero chinhu pamusoro peGreat Wall zvinonakidza? Wadii kutaura nezvezvimedu, tsoka-diki tsoka dzevakadzi vechiChinese, kana tii yechinyakare? Zvinogoneka here kuti haana kuenda kure zvakadaro uye kunyora kwake kwaive kwakavakirwa pamamwe mabhuku kana zvimwe zvipupuriro zvevamwe vanhu? Hazvingadaro here kuti izvo hazvina kuwana kutarisisa kwako?
Kana iwe uchifarira chokwadi cheizvo zvakanyorwa naMarco Polo, unogona kuverenga iyo kudzidza kwaHans Ulrich Voger, nyanzvi yeChina kubva kuYunivhesiti yeTübingen, akaisa pfungwa pakuongorora chokwadi chemashoko ake. Vogel anofunga ichokwadi kuti Marco Polo aive kuChina Zvakanaka, pane tsananguro dzinovimbika dzeimwe tsika yenguva iyoyo, sekugadzira mapepa kana kuti zvakaita mari dzeChinese panguva iyoyo.