Augustus Road

"A country that has been exhausted by war for a quarter of a century cannot resist the attack of the entire armed world on its own." - Engels's comment on Napoleon's failure

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At this time, he really raised his head in astonishment and looked at the Seres envoy opposite him, and found that the other party also had a flash of surprise in his eyes. Looking at his appearance, although both sides were somewhat clear and confused, they were both very active in their minds. No one said anything more, and they still had to play the show seriously!

"In addition, the Seres envoy also has a generous gift to give to His Excellency the High Priest." At this time, it was too late for the General Wang Qinian to try to stop Otacilius, but he saw the other party waved his hand and asked a team of slaves to carry a box forward. Lepidus and Adiana stretched their heads to see. "What is this? It looks like jade." Adiana asked curiously.

Li Bi Da, who looked carefully, almost couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Wang Qinian was hesitant to speak just now. The box was half filled with slightly rippling well water, with floating ice on it and impermeable python skin underneath. In the water, the bright pink and white things were actually pieces of high-quality tofu pudding...

It seems that this envoy is really amazing. I really don't understand how he could send soybeans here after thousands of miles of travel. However, this tofu pudding must have been made here first. But I don't know whether he did this to offer beauty to himself or to satisfy the taste of Wang Zhonglang. It's really unknown.

Li Bi Da looked at Wang Qinian, who could only smile and stretch out his sleeves, meaning that this delicacy was presented to the Roman high priest and Queen Eubernia.

"Very good, Karabia, this is very good food." Lepidus leaned over and whispered to Adiana, "Thanks to Envoy Seres for preserving it with ice water. Now we can ask the servants to process it and serve it at the banquet. You and Youaijit can both taste it, it is absolutely delicious!"

This is a grand banquet, in the main hall of the Nicomedia Palace, with the most handsome musicians and the sexiest dancers. Shuttled between the seats, the high priest and his queen frequently raised their cups to salute, wishing blessings and longevity to Emperor Seres, and congratulating the envoys from the Zhonglang General who came from afar. The translators in the middle were almost exhausted. There were constantly precious gifts - ivory carvings, enamel jewelry boxes, corals, porphyry gems, crystal utensils, etc., piled in front of the king Zhonglang General, and several of the prettiest dancers also gathered around the Zhonglang General, toasting and massaging. Tonight they were all gifts from the high priest.

"No, no, if I receive too many gifts from the high priest after returning home, I will be impeached for disrespect and having private relations with foreigners. No, no." Wang Qinian said to the translator politely, but he said that during this period before returning home, he would definitely "disrespectfully refuse" the gifts from the high priest and the queen.

After a while, the final dish, tofu, came up!

As a result, at this time, the high priest and the general looked at each other's table, and suddenly there was a little estrangement - in front of the vessel holding tofu pudding in front of the high priest, there was Indian "Sha Ge" sugar, and in front of Wang Zhonglang Jiang, there was "Wu salt" brought from Seris.

So Wang Qinian could only sigh. Shaking his head, he raised the silver spoon in his hand, with an expression that summer insects cannot talk about ice.

Only Adiana and You Ajit had both sugar and salt. They were almost unable to close their mouths while eating.

Suddenly, the high priest couldn't help it anymore. He asked directly in the somewhat unfamiliar modern Seris language (no one here understood it anyway), "General Wang, you should be able to recognize the ivory carvings I gave you. Is that right?"

The translator opened his mouth, not knowing how to convey it.

Wang Qinian stopped eating, lowered his head, and the spoon was shaking slightly. He straightened his clothes for a long time, and finally smiled and replied to Li Bi Da, "I recognize it, but these small statues show the male and the female, which is very indecent. I'm afraid I can't take them back home!"

"That's easy. I can ask someone to send some more with complete clothes to you." The high priest continued politely. At this moment, even Adiana was stunned. The two of them talked happily without any obstacles, which was really strange.

After the dinner, Li Bi Da also invited the General of the Central Army to play "Montanus" for a while. Wang Qinian and Li Bi Da both had "Montanus faces". The two fought like a dragon and a tiger, sweeping away all the chips of Adiana and Otacilius.

And on the table, although the two had no expression on their faces, the conversation never stopped. From jacquard machines to canals, to shipping routes, almost everything was discussed. The General of the Central Army promised that he would do his best to mediate for the high priest after returning home, and the high priest also said that if there was any trouble in Seres, he could come here and he could guarantee the General of the Central Army a lifetime of wealth and glory.

In short, the host and the guest got along very well. After seeing off the King's General, the slightly tipsy high priest stood up and found that Adiana had left early. But at this time, the maid who was previously appointed by him to inquire about the news of Youaijit half-knelt in front of him and handed him the "Queen's ultimatum", asking him to go to the Queen's bedroom tonight for a final showdown.

"Showdown? I didn't expect Carabia to say such a word." The high priest said with some displeasure, but then he agreed to the maid's request, and followed by the servants, walked into the queen's bedroom.

At this time, on both sides of the room, the lights were off, and the queen's couch was placed behind the curtain. It can be seen that Adiana was lying on it, and her shadow was dim under the candlelight inside.

Lepidus suspected that this was a trap. Once he entered, he would be hacked to death by the ambushed maids and eunuchs, or poisoned by something from Adiana. He loved the queen of Eubernia, but he would not love anyone when he died, right?

So Lepidus could only stand outside the curtain, quietly, without saying a word, waiting for the other party to speak first, and then decide on a countermeasure.

"How much will your gift to Euagete go - I know, Carapis, I hate to discuss such topics between us, but you also understand that it is time to be honest with each other." Finally, Adiana said behind the curtain.

"Bosphorus, after destroying Dacia in the future, I will give him half of it and Colchis." Lepidus said these words.

The queen sighed inside and said that she was very satisfied with these gifts. In fact, I had figured it out a long time ago. "The dream in the sacred wheat field has long foreshadowed that even if my country is revived, whether it is called Pontus or Eubernia, it will all be yours, Carapis. I know that I mentioned this topic these days, which made you feel resentful towards me. So when you made this promise, I was happy for Euaget. After all, you still have your own love for him, and I think you have sufficient reasons to execute Spences. When we were young, we made a vow that "Carapis and Carapis should trust each other", right?" (~^~)